I am amazed by God’s leading and clear direction. I am so happy that He is so in control!!
The past few months have been such a show of God’s leading and guiding. He has been so good and faithful! He has been strong and powerful. He has given me wonderful jobs with wonderful people who have been really good to me and now He is leading so clearly my family into a wonderful new ministry! We are moving back to Michigan… !!
I am excited about what God has in mind when we go there. Right now I am working hard on our singing ministry with my sisters. We are excited about what God is doing in that and blessing that ministry. We just want to talk to others about how much we love Jesus and what He means to us. Wherever we can. So we have been practicing every evening… and getting that going a little more. God has blessed us with a mike and very nice new sound system that we have been practicing with.
Thanksgiving is coming! I am so excited. I love this time of year. Hope is already listening to her Christmas tunes on the radio and has lights up. I love that girl…. though it’s WAY too early for that.
Oh and if you want to see a cute movie for Christmas… rent “The Christmas Card” It’s cute. And yes it has romance… or I wouldn’t reccomend it
Here is an essay that has been on my heart that I would like to share with you.
Have You Been Judged?
Have you been judged? I have. It’s been from the clothes I wear ( and I think I am pretty conservative, but not enough for some -another essay for another time) I have been judged about who I talk to. If I talk to a guy I am judged by having motives behind a simple gesture of conversation. I have been judged. It’s kinda a painful thing. I would ask God why? In the quiet of my heart I would ask my Father who knows all. Why am I being judged so harshly? It was kinda like being a player in a football game. I would be bashed over and over and over from all sides and about the time I got up to my feet another unexpected turn would come and again I would be flat on my back from someone hitting me down… again.
I asked God why? I believe He answered me. It was because I judged other people. It says in His word that if I judge others I will then be judged. I realize what a sin this is. We cannot take the place of God. Only He is the rightful Judge. Only He knows the motives of all hearts… so only He can judge others accordingly! It makes sense. Our job is to Love people. That’s what He wants of us.
I was convicted of looking and seeing a girl wearing something that was way too low or way too high to my standard and I would judge. No I wouldn’t sometimes say it out loud… but I would in my mind. They weren’t doing right that was wrong. Especially it seemed if she looked really good in it. Girls are like that. In my mind I was better, somehow. Well in all reality I am the one in the wrong. Who am I to know the heart? I don’t. My job is a lot simpler. I need to love people. It doesn’t mean I love what they do or do it myself. But who am I to judge other people? God has shown me that just as others who judged me with painful, hurtful things who didn’t know my heart, so I have others. Just as others have said things about the length of my skirts or the amount of slit or sleeveless shirts….etc.etc.etc. that I wear. They don’t know my heart! I am a pure girl who loves Jesus Christ. I want to live my life to His glory and honor and I hope and beleive that I am. I want to be who God has called me to be… and by His grace I will save all the judging to Him.
My challange this day is that we would consider the damage we do by judging other people. Whether you say something out loud or in the quiet of your heart. Guess what? it doesn’t make you better that you do this. It won’t make you “holier”. It would be better to go and do a few “bad” things than to sit and judge others as though you are a “holy” person.
God bless you all! As we all seek what real holiness is all about.
