Saturday, January 24, 2009

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

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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

Saturday, January 10, 2009

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