Greater Things are yet to Come!!!!!!!

Happy Wednesday,
What a joyous day to be alive and to know that our God is still God today. What an honor and priviledge to know Him and to live in His love.

Everytime I hear the song "God of this City" by Chris Tomlin, I am deeply inspired to know that God is not done with His children; that He has great plans in store for us. That, the promises He has made to us will come true and are starting to be manifested in our lives if we will only make room for Him in our lives.

I am encouraged everytime I hear it and I wanted to share it with you. I pray it will minister to your spirit.
Blessings :):)

GOD OF THIS CITY by Chris Tomlin

You’re the God of this city

You’re the King of these people

You’re the Lord of this nation, You are

You’re the light in this darknessY

ou’re the hope to the hopeless

You’re the peace to the restless, You are

There is no one like our God

There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come

And greater things are still to be done in this city

For greater things have yet to come

And greater things have still to be done in this city

For greater things have yet to come

And greater things are still to be done in this city

For greater things have yet to come

And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our God

There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come

And great things are still to be done in this city

MIGHTY is my GOD :)

I just had to share this verse today!!!!

Isaiah 55:8-9

8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. 9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Stay blessed!! :):)

My Agenda or His? I Choose Dad's

Psalm 119: 124-125 from the Message Bible reads "Let your love dictate how you deal with me; teach me from your textbook on life. I'm your servant—help me understand what that means, the inner meaning of your instructions.

Do you often go to God with your agenda for the day and then ask Him to bless it? What about the agenda for your life, your future? I am guilty as charged!!!!!!!!!!

I can only imagine the surprises I have missed out on because I was so focused on my own agenda. I wonder if Daddy just chuckles and says, "well, I will let her make her choices and have her way...my surprise will have to wait." I do not want to miss out anymore.

The Lord shared Psalm 119: 124-125 with me this morning and I was convicted and humbled to want to come before the Lord in LOVE with the readiness to learn more about God and from God each and everyday of my life. I no longer want to present my own agenda for my life. He is the author of life as we know it, and who is more qualified to teach than He.

It is my prayer that I will daily go into the presence of the Lord in love, ready to learn from Him, receive from Him, be obedient to His teachings and his leading and to allow Him to fill my heart with abundant LOVE & JOY!!!

Is there Happily Ever After? I believe so!!!

One of my favorite christian authors are Eric and Leslie Ludy with books including "When God writes your love story" "When dreams come true" "Authentic Beauty" and such.

Leslie Ludy has her own ministry targeting at young women and she usually blogs on her website. I found this recent blog as I was browsing her website the other day and I loved what she wrote so much that I had to re-post it and share with everyone.

For all my married friends, I hope this will energize you inyour relationships. For my single pals, let this ignite intense passion in your heart to pray specifically for a future spouse who loves the Lord more than anything else. For me, it does not only give me hope, I am excited for what the Lord has in store for me. WAHOOO!!!!

Leslie Ludy's blog - Celebrating Happily Ever After

December is always a big month of celebration for us. Eric and I met on December 15th. We got married several years later on December 10th. Our birthdays are in December, just one day apart. Our first child, Hudson, was born in December. And of course we have the biggest celebration of all – remembering Jesus’ birth. So December is a whole month of special dinners, parties and presents in the Ludy home.

This December 10th was our fourteenth wedding anniversary. When people first meet us and find out we’ve been married fourteen years, they usually gasp and exclaim, “You don’t look old enough to have been married so long!” Which I always take as a compliment! But honestly, I don’t think people’s surprise comes as much from us looking young, but rather from our attitude and approach toward life and marriage. People who have been married longer than ten years aren’t expected to be passionately in love and super-enthusiastic about marriage the way Eric and I are. Rather than treating our marriage as same-old, same-old, we are excited about our ongoing love story, even after fourteen years. That, I think, is what takes people so off guard.

When Eric and I were newlyweds people would always tell us, “Sure, you are young and in love right now, but just wait a year or two. Pretty soon the romance will fade.” We would argue back and say that if God is at the center of a marriage, the romance only grows more beautiful with time. But only having a few months of marriage to our credit, people didn’t take our youthful ideals very seriously.

Now, though, it’s a different story – because we have a track record of fourteen years. We have seen through personal experience that when God is given first place in a marriage, the romance doesn’t fade. Eric and I are far more in love with each other now than when we were first together. And with each passing day, our romance flourishes and our appreciation for each other deepens. Just last night, after the kiddos were in bed, we sat in the kitchen and talked for two hours. We talked about life, about faith, about our hopes for the future and about all God has done this year. We truly are best friends, and we never run out of things to talk about. We never grow tired of each other’s company. We never need a break from being together. And we don’t complain and gripe about the other person behind each other’s back. Instead, we build each other up. In fact, for my birthday this year, Eric wrote the absolute sweetest blog ever – click here for a peek.

I believe strongly that Eric and I weren’t just “lucky in love.” We didn’t just happen to get a great marriage. Rather, we invited the Author of romance into our relationship from the very beginning. And we have allowed Him to remain at the center for the past fourteen years. We have made our romance with Him an even higher priority than our romance with each other. And as we’ve grown closer to Him, we’ve naturally grown closer together. The more we make Him our first love, the more we are able to love and serve each other with His selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love, rather than basing our romance on the unstable ups and downs of human emotion. This is not to say we never have misunderstandings or that we never have to ask each other’s forgiveness for being insensitive or selfish in our actions. But honestly, after fourteen years, I can say without question that a marriage scripted by God is truly a marriage worth waiting for.

Eric and I have faced many battles, challenges, struggles, and heartaches over our fourteen years together. But our struggles have not been with each other. Rather, because of the strength of our marriage, we’ve been able to stand shoulder to shoulder and face trials and challenges as a team. Each difficult circumstance has only served to strengthen our love, unity and commitment to each other. That’s the beauty of God’s ways.

I hope that as Eric and I celebrate our fourteen years together, you will be encouraged that modern-day fairy tales really do exist, when Jesus Christ is given His rightful place. Our God is in the business of happily ever after tales – all we must do is give Him the pen.

p.s. though this blog wasn’t really about Christmas – I hope and pray you had a wonderful time of rejoicing in the birth of our Savior, and that you will ring in the New Year with great hope and expectation for all that lies ahead in God’s amazing endless frontier!

A New Year!!! Are you ready for an adventure!!!!

Happy Happy Happy New Year!!!!
It has been sooooo long and I need to make a new resolution to blog more often.
It has been an exciting 2008 with many new adventures and blessings and there is so many stories to share. We will have make a coffee date sometime to chat so taht I can tell you all about it!!! :)

I am certainly looking forward to the new year.............2009. For the first time in my life, I did not enter the new year going before God and placing my requests. No, this time, I said, "Father, USE ME for your GLORY and your KINGDOM!!! That is my prayer!!!!

I am looking forward to a year of sharing what God lays on my heart in the moments I share with him, allowing His sweet Spirit to minister to me!!!

Are you ready for an adventure, because I am.

Lots of blessings!!!