HAVE YOU EVER JUST SAT, LOOKED AROUND YOU, AND ACTUALLY SEEN EVERYTHING AND EVERY WAY GOD HAS BLESSED YOU? I HAD A MOMENT THIS MORNING AND IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. HE IS SO AWESOME, SO AMAZING AND HE TRULY HAS BLESSED ME!!!! AND HIS BLESSINGS ARE NEW EVERYDAY?!?! HOW COULD I EVER LONG FOR ANYTHING? MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU ALL SEE HIS BLESSINGS OVER FLOWING IN YOUR LIVES TOO.
IN CHRIST
CORKIE

PSALM 139:14

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT GOD, YOU CAN READ SOMETHING 100 TIMES IN THE BIBLE AND THEN YOU READ IT ONE MORE TIME AND GET SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, NEW, EXCITING AND HELPFUL FROM IT.......AND THAT HE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR.
I WAS TALKING AT WORK TO A COWORKER ABOUT NAMES AND I MENTIONED HOW MUCH I DISLIKE MY NAME. (HENCE THE NAME CORKIE THAT MY HUSBAND SOMEHOW CAME UP FOR ME....) I WAS TELLING HER THAT I NEVER LIKED IT, NO ONE HAS IT AND THOSE THAT DO HAVE THE NAME SHIRLEY ARE OLD. THE REST OF THE DAY AT WORK, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT I WORKED PROBABLY 15 DIFFERENT PATIENT ACCOUNTS WITH THE NAME SHIRLEY. I FINALLY STARTED LAUGHING OUT LOUD SAYING, OK GOD. I GET IT. YOU LIKE THE DUMB NAME AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME NAME.
THEN TODAY I COME ACROSS PSALM 139:14 "I PRAISE YOU BECAUSE I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE; YOUR WORKS ARE WONDERFUL, I KNOW THAT FULL WELL." WE WERE THOUGHT ABOUT, BORN IN GOD'S THOUGHTS AND THEN MADE BY GOD IN THE DEAREST AND FANTASTIC AND MOST PRECIOUS WAY....OUT OF LOVE. THERE IS ONLY ONE ME AND I AM DESIGNED TO GLORIFY GOD AS ONLY I CAN!!!

BLESSINGS
SHIRLEY

col1:9-10

I PRAY COL 1:9-10 ASKING GOD TO FILL MY FAMILY AND MYSELF WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL THROUGH ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE MAY HAVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE LORD AND THAT WE MAY PLEASE HIM IN EVERY WAY: BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK AND GROWING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
AMEN

JOHN 6:5-15

NO EXCUSES!! I HAVE BEEN A SLACKER!! NO PROMISES. JUST GOING TO TRY HARDER. I JUST KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY IN THIS WORLD FOR THE BREAD OF LIFE BECAUSE GOD HAS PLACED WITHIN EACH ONE OF US A SPIRIT HUNGRY FOR GOD. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE WHAT THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR SO WE MUST FEED THEM THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. WE WALK THIS EARTH A SHORT TIME, SO WHILE WE ARE HERE, IT'S OUR TURN, MY TURN, TO TEACH THE WORD OF GOD TO THIS HUNGRY GENERATION.
TODAY, I THINK I HAVE BEEN ASKED THE SAME QUESTION THAT PHILIP WAS ASKED,
"WILL YOU OBEY ME AND FEED THE HUNGRY, SHIRLEY? " RIGHT AWAY, THE BLOG CAME TO MY MIND. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANYONE READS IT ANYMORE. I FEEL LIKE PHILIP AGAIN WONDERING IF I AM REALLY THE ONE TO FEED THIS GENERATION. THEN I REMEMBER THE REST OF JOHN 6. JESUS ALREADY KNOWS HOW HE IS GOING TO USE THIS BLOG. I KNOW I HAVE VERY LITTLE TO GIVE, BUT IF I SURRENDER TO HIM, HE WILL FEED THIS HUNGRY GENERATION. I KNOW THAT NOTHING IN MY LIFE SHOULD BE WASTED. IF I AM ABLE TO SPREAD HIS WORD THROUGH THIS, THEN THAT IS WHAT I WILL DO. I'LL LEAVE THE MIRACLES TO HIM.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN 2009

YAHOO, I JUST HEARD FROM MY VERY, VERY GOOD FRIEND!!!! I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE ROBIN AND OTHERS ARE READING. I PRAY GOD WILL USE ME IN SOME TERRIFIC WAY FOR US ALL. WHAT A BLESSING YOU ARE ALL THAT ARE TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY CORKIE MOMENTS. AND AGAIN, THOSE THAT KNOW ME KNOW I AINT KIDDING ABOUT CORKIE!!! THAT'S HOW I GOT THE NICK NAME.....I THINK. ANYWAY, I AM UNDER TAKING A BIG COMMITMENT AT CHURCH AND I NEED ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS. I AM IN TRAINING AND THE TRAINING IS EVERY THURS NIGHT FROM 7-9:30PM!!!!! WHAT ABOUT MY BEAUTY SLEEP???? I REALLY FEEL GOD CALLING ME HERE AND OR COURSE I WILL KEEP UP WITH MY FRIDAY BIBLE GIRLS DOING BETH MOORE. AND CHOIR. AND I AM READING WITH KIMMI AND LAUREN THEIR BIBLE STUDY RIGHT NOW AND BOY IS THAT ONE A BLESSING TOO. IT IS HITTING HOME. SO, THAT GIFTING THING THAT SATAN WAS ALL OVER IN MY LIFE, I AM BLESSED TO SAY, NOT HERE SATAN. GET BEHIND ME AND MOVE ON!!! I BELONG TO GOD IN ALL AREAS OF MY LIFE. SOOOOOO, KEEP GOD THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE AND KEEP IN HIS WORD.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL

YEAH GOD!!!!!

THIS MORNING IN MY PRAYER DEVOTION,( WHISPERS OF HOPE, BY BETH MOORE) I WAS HURRYING THROUGH THE READING (BECAUSE I HAD TO GET READY FOR CHURCH) AND IN MY HURRYING (BECAUSE I HAD TO GET READY FOR CHURCH) I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU THE DOUBTS THAT SPRUNG UP!!!! LET ME JUST SAY, THE THEME OF THE STUDY WAS 2 COR.. 13:5 "EXAMINE YOURSELVES TO SEE WHETHER YOUR ARE IN THE FAITH, TEST YOURSELVES." NOW I COME FROM A LONG, LONG HISTORY OF LOW SELF ESTEEM ACCOMPANIED WITH A PEOPLE PLEASING MENTALITY. I WANT THE WORLD TO LOVE ME!!!! I WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND KEEP THEM HAPPY!!!! AND OF COURSE, MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANT GOD TO LOVE ME AND I WANT TO MAKE HIM HAPPY AND KEEP HIM HAPPY. NONE OF THIS OF COURSE HEALTHY, ALL OF IT UNDERSTANDABLE CONSIDERING......... SO IN MY HURRY (BECAUSE I HAD TO GET READY FOR CHURCH) I AM GIVEN SEVERAL WAYS TO TEST MYSELF TO SEE IF I AM, "IN THE FAITH". 1. CONVICTION OF SIN 2. A WAR WITH OUR OLD NATURE 3.A STRANGE SENSE OF PEACE 4. AN ALIEN ABILITY TO RESPOND LIKE CHRIST. I WAS TOTALLY CONVICTED!!!!!!!!!!! I FLUNKED. I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME FROM CHURCH TO DIG INTO THIS STUDY. AM I REALLY SORRY FOR SIN? TO THE POINT OF KNOWING MY SIN PERSONALLY OFFENDS GOD? IS MY NEW NATURE FIGHTING WITH THE OLD? DO I HAVE A STRANGE SENSE OF PEACE? UHHHHHH DO I HAVE AN ALIEN ABILITY TO RESPOND LIKE CHRIST OR AM I JUST AN ALIEN? BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY BY WILLIAM MACDONALD SAYS FOR 2COR. 13:5 "AS TIME GOES ON, WE DO FIND OTHER EVIDENCES OF NEW LIFE, A NEW LOVE OF HOLINESS, A NEW HATRED OF SIN, A LOVE OF THE BRETHREN, PRACTICAL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD". LORD HELP ME, I'M LEARNING!!! AND DESPERATELY TRYING!!!
MORAL OF THE STORY......IF I HAD TAKEN MY TIME, GOTTEN READY FOR CHURCH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY, PREPARED MYSELF FOR WORSHIP, NOT HURRIED THROUGH MY DEVOTION, NOT BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH SELF IN CHURCH, I MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE ONE KEY SENTENCE IN THE STUDY......."BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LIVES OF FAITH, SATAN SEIZES EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SOW DOUBT".

WELL, TODAY IS MY BABY'S BIRTHDAY, SO I WILL POST ON HOW BLESSED I AM TO HAVE KIMMI. SHE IS NOT ONLY A BEAUTIFUL GIRL ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT SHE IS ALSO A BEAUTIFUL GIRL ON THE INSIDE. SHE LOVES HER GOD AND SHE HAS CHOSEN AN OCCUPATION WHERE SHE CAN SERVE HIM DAILY. SHE HAS GROWN SO MUCH OVER HER 29 YEARS BUT PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS SHE HAS GROWN IN THE PAST YEAR. SHE HAS GONE THROUGH TRIALS AND HAS DEPENDED ON GOD TO GET HER THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS. MY PRAYER FOR HER IS THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON GOD AND KNOW THAT HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HER, EVEN WHEN I AM NO LONGER HERE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MY SWEET BABY GIRL, AND IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES YOU EVEN MORE THAN ME....BUT HE DOES!!!!!! REST ON HIS LOVE AND CARE FOR YOU AND NEVER STOP SEEKING HIM. I AM PROUD TO BE YOUR MOMMIE.
BLESSINGS TO ALL