Why Me?

We have all had those days where nothing seems to go our way.  We end up asking ourselves, “Why Me?”

I had a situation in the past couple of days that kinda hurt my heart.  I became sad that something had happened and felt that there was something wrong with ‘me’. 

What is wrong with this picture?

Here is what is wrong with this picture.  My life is not about me or what I want or how I want things to be.  If it doesn’t go my way, there is a reason!  Maybe God is trying to teach me something or maybe he just wants me to relax.  Maybe he is saying I need to change my attitude.  Maybe he is saying nothing at all and this is just the way it is.

Ultimately, my life is not about what suits ’MY’ needs, what ’I’ want or how ’I’ want it.  The more selfish we become in our own desires, the more God will tear the specific desire away from us and bless someone else with what we want.  We need to take a look at our motives and desires and make sure they are in line with the ultimate mission God has for us.  Does this mean that we will get all the material things, fame, health, or whatever we desire if we are doing what God wants us to do?  NO!  This means that God will be glorified in how we live our life and that none of these things will matter when we have our eyes focused on him.  When our focus changes to what really matters, the things of this world will become minuscule when we look at the full picture. 

This is how I want my heart.  I want to be selfless to give out Gods blessings to others.  Remember, Jesus had nothing and gave everything-he chose to take all the sin in the world so we could live an everlasting life with our God in heaven.  How unselfish is that! Check your heart!  I am checking mine!

 

Reading the paper

I was reading my home town paper this moring, the Yakima-Herald Republic.  I have read it for years on the computer and came across an obituary.  I don’t know if this letter below came from the person who passed or if it was written by someone else.  I wanted to share this because it just touched my heart so much.  If anyone has lost a loved one this year or in the past, I hope this will relieve some sadness in your heart through the holidays. 

“I know how much you miss me. I see the pain inside your heart but I am not so far away, we really aren’t apart. So be happy for me, dear ones, you know I hold you dear, and be glad I’m spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I send you each a special gift, from my heavenly home above; I sent you each a memory of my undying love. After all, love is a gift more precious than pure gold, it was always most important in the stories Jesus told.

Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do. For I can’t count the blessings or love, he has for each of you. So have a merry Christmas, and wipe away that tear.

Remember, I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.”

 

What’s on a plate?

Isn’t it funny how our world is so dispensable?  We like something, use it for a short time then toss it and get something even better.  I found myself so attached to my grandma’s plate set while I was visiting.  I used these plates ever since I can remember.  I know she had them before I was born because they were discontinued around 1968.  I love these darned plates.  My grandpa ate on these plates, cousins, great aunts and uncles-and alot of the people that have eaten off of these plates have passed away.  Oh the conversations these plates have heard and the desserts they have served.  The memories these plates have are like treasure chests full of gold.  This is what these plates mean to me and I am sure this is what they mean to her. 

 

Amazed!

Our last sermon series at church, Vale Community Church(sermon on-line), was entitled ‘Amazed’.  Personally, this sermon was about me.  God can do miraculous wonders in so many ways that sometimes we don’t realize he is doing miracles right in front of us and for us.

A touchy subject for me to discuss with others is the fact that I have always had bad acne, hair on my face, and enormous amount of scars.  Thankfully, I do not feel this has hurt my self-esteem just maybe a little self conscious. So I started seeing a Plastic Surgeon and esthetician in February in the hopes that I could at least get rid of the hair.  My wonderful husband, who has never been bothered by any of this and has loved me unconditionally, told me to do whatever it is I needed to do to get it done.  So, many zaps from a laser and ‘poof’, all the hair is gone. 

Through the process, my doctor was anticipating getting a laser that would remove acne scars.  They told me that they would be getting a trial run of it and asked me if I wanted it done and they would not charge me.  Are you kidding me?  You bet your bippee I was going to do it.

 The day of the procedure I was very nervous.  The doctor decided he would do the deepest level of laser and said I would need 14 days to heal.  Okay, no prob.  Oh my goodness, day three of healing was absolutely the worst day in the whole world.  I cried, worried and nearly thought I was going to lose my whole face!  Yup, don’t watch shows about flesh eating bacteria when your face looks like it has gone through a meat grinder!

That 3rd night, Jim sat me down and prayed with me.  I was crying so much that I know the Holy Spirit interceded.  Here is why!  Within 24 hours, My face was 80% better, 48 hours I was going outside and by 62 hours I was back at work.  So instead of the 14 days it was 6 days.  The doctor was amazed.  But this is even more amazing-Jim says I look 24 years old and I have had so many compliments on my skin that I can’t believe.

 So here are the miracles:

1.  The gift of something I could never afford.

2.  Healing in such a quick amount of time.

3.  God giving the knowledge for doctors to be able to do this.

4.  Seeing God work in such an amazing way.

5.  Being able to have the ability to even share such a personal thing.

Isaiah 58:8 (New International Version)

New International Version(NIV)

 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
       and your healing will quickly appear;
       then your righteousness will go before you,
       and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

 

Pepsi is better than Coke!

So which is better?  Pepsi or Coke?  I would say Pepsi, my husband would say Coke.  “Who cares” is probably what you may be saying to yourself.  But the reality is that we will always have something we will disagree on and this is okay.  It is pretty easy to just let this one go cause you know you can’t change someones taste buds. 

I was on the phone with my father tonight and we were discussing some family things.  He and I did not see eye to eye on a certain issue.  I found myself frustrated but said to myself-my point to be right is not as important as my love for him.  I said, ”Dad, can we agree to disagree about this?”  He agreed and this saved both of us frustration, anger and disappointment. 

I am so thankful that God can give us such a quick way out of a touchy situation.  God will always take care of the little details while we keep our actions in line with how Christ would want us to handle it.  In the long run, the right action is more important than the disagreement itself.