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Good Morning Bride!

11/26/2017

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God's Workmanship

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God prepared in advance for us.
Ephesians 2:10
​I have Ephesians 2:10 taped to my Mac, so that I am reminded when I sit here, that I am God's workmanship and that He created me for a purpose.

As I was getting ready for church this morning, I said to the Lord....I'm adorning myself for you and you alone...I am the bride of Christ.

Do you remember your wedding day? You primped for hours. Everything had to be perfect. No detail left unturned. 

How much time to do you primp and prepare to meet the Lord, not just on Sunday but everyday of the week?

Does He get the best of you or just the leftovers?

Wow! Can you imagine if we really believed He, the God who spoke creation into being, created us for a purpose! Wouldn't you walk and talk differently? Wouldn't you think differently of yourself and of others?

So, I guess my question is....What did He create you to do? What did He create me to do?

Years ago, I quit "going" to church. I got sick of just doing and just showing up. I got sick of being herded like cattle....and I know how that goes since I did it on a few occasions....you yell and scream at the one not doing it right...you chase them down and force them to go the way you want. (So...this might of happened the very last time I "went" to church..just sayin)

I guess I've had this longing in my heart for probably 46 years....the longing to be SO hungry and in love with my Lord, that I stop "going" and I start BEING! This hunger that is never satisfied. 

I think if I were satisfied I'd grow cold and complacent. I'd take Sunday and every day for granted. I'd stop reading my Bible and make excuses. I'd stop loving people. I'd stop doing good works...when no one is looking.
I was saved by the grace of God in 1970...I was part of the Jesus Movement! It was awesome! I couldn't get enough of Jesus. I had the best fellowship. The best friends. The best times of my life. 

I've asked God many times...many...why He brought us to East Texas. Without a doubt I know He did. It's beautiful here and peaceful but there has to be more. But frankly I have no idea. I don't think there is any ginormous mission He has for us here. But I do know that the people here really need Jesus! They need to hunger and thirst for Him. They need to love those unlike them. They need to stop going and start being. 

Many times I've said, "I don't know what I was expecting. But it wasn't this."

To be honest, I do know what I was expecting. I thought rural small town Texas would be seeping with Christianity....people on fire for Jesus. It's not here. Oh there are a lot of people "going" to Tres Dias (3 Days)....a "secret" charismatic event....but frankly I haven't noticed that it has made them any different.  

What I discovered is that the people here are just like the people everywhere. Yes, there are many more occasions of being blessed by a stranger, walking into Christian establishments and being invited to church by a stranger. But Satan is alive and well in East Texas. 

The young man above had a tremendous impact on my early years walking with Christ. Keith Green moved is ministry here to East Texas....in Texas terms...just a few miles up the road. If you know his story, he was a prophetic voice in the wilderness, speaking, singing and worshiping the King of Kings, using lyrics that convicted and hopefully brought about change. He tragically died along with his 2 small children in a plane crash right here at the ranch. 

I want to make a pilgrimage to Garden Valley (Lindale, Texas) where Keith is buried. I want to thank him and tell him that his life was not lived in vain. That he touched a young girl and impacted her life forever for Jesus Christ. 

I don't know....maybe that's the only reason I'm here in nowhere Texas. Maybe it's just the time God needed to bring me back to my roots. To remind me that He created me for good works. 

John 12:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
So, why were you created? 

​Something to think and pray about.

​Go out and live it.
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L'chaim!

11/24/2017

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To Life!

I'm sure you knew it wouldn't be long before I started talking about food and health again.

I just had to get my computer in a comfortable spot to write. 
If you've followed my blog for any amount of time....whether you started with my original Peaceful Acres Farm which I started in 2008 and chronicalized my healing journey with Chronic Lyme Disease and 3 co-infections, or if you followed the new Peaceful Acres Farm blog which doesn't exist anymore....thanks to all the hacking on Wordpress.....so now we're in this lovely little place made possible by Weebly...Wow that was a run on sentence....

Like I said, if you've followed my blog for any amount of time, you know health is a top priority in my life.

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Happy Thanksgiving

11/23/2017

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In everything give thanks...
One of my favorite books in the Bible is Philippians...the book of JOY!

It was written by the Apostle Paul...

While he was in the Caribbean soaking up some rays...NOT

While he was feasting at a banqueting table filled with all kinds of delicacies....NOT

While he was sleeping in on a weekday...NOT

While he was...

​IN PRISON.
Paul talks about times that he had plenty and times that he lacked. But in all of those times he rejoiced!

His famous verse....Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say Rejoice!
My prayer for you this Thanksgiving is that you would rejoice no matter your circumstance; whether your table is loaded to the gill or whether you are serving cereal to your children. I also pray that if you are in need that someone....someone who bears the name of Jesus Christ would come beside you and invite you into their homes of plenty. 
To me that's what Thanksgiving is all about. Sharing with the less fortunate. 
Because, there but by the grace of God go I...it only takes 1.

1 accident
1 fire
1 bad investment
1 diagnosis
If you're reading this, and you know of a neighbor or a coworker or a member of your church that has seen hard times, call them, go knock on their door and invite them to join you. 

Thanksgiving shouldn't be about "us" "my family".

It should shine through to the poor and the needy. It should shine the love of Jesus.

Give thanks in everything....go out and extend your invitation. It's never too late. 
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