tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22551776023353750852024-03-05T16:43:12.378-06:00Queenie's CafeA place where we can get together to encourage each other, grow together, laugh together, maybe even cry together. We will try new recipes,answer health and wellness questions, learn to be the BEST we can be.
BUT more than all that we will build a better relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ and together we will walk out the spiritual journey set before us.
Send any ideas, thoughts or contributions to queeniescafe@gmail.com .Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-75706311326521798112010-12-17T09:10:00.000-06:002010-12-17T09:10:39.180-06:00Ponder.....Ponder where your feet have been..... Where have you traveled through your life. Have you stepped over things, walked around things, or just stomped the fire out of things?? It's the steps that we take everyday that lead us into Victory.. Where will you walk this Holiday Season. Why don't you walk right over to that neighbor you haven't spoken to lately, walk right into your child's room and spend alitte "kid" time with them, walk right into the arms of your spouse and tell them how much you love them and last but not least, WALK right into the heart of Jesus. His feet led him straight to the cross for YOU and for ME. Ponder that...Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-2368459598041424662010-12-16T08:05:00.000-06:002010-12-16T08:05:02.911-06:00POWERWhen you think of the word "POWER" what do you think of? Power as in electricity, Power as being a CEO, Power as in physical strength? We sometimes say, "Oh, they have the Power". Usually when that is said we are speaking of something earthly..... Have you ask yourself lately IF you have the POWER.? There are many scriptures in God's word that show us the Power of God. To have Power in the Lord means to know that you have yielded your life to him totally, you have sold out, you have allowed him to come and dwell inside of you. That's where your Power comes from. The reason Moses had Power was because he yielded his life and allowed God to use him. When is the last time you lead someone to Christ, Prayed for healing, just did something for the kingdom. I encourage you to do it TODAY. Be filled with God's power today. Put all your needs aside, let the sin go in your life and realize that God is the only one who can FIX YOU. Do you know that POWER today? Are you Transformed?Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-30210822367297147652010-12-10T07:56:00.000-06:002010-12-10T07:56:32.225-06:00Birds of a Feather.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMRWa85TH-i9-WPlIiHo-mmPhxrm6MyhIRE78C2eUeRpu0pqiN4Ufk1wTC0qFa03WIyzOZs8LLDr3DPQAGjv4Mw3fmLog-51o2LTcbU5dH1rxz46Jcmz58HxESsilepoC-90i3rDvp7w/s1600/11-revised.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMRWa85TH-i9-WPlIiHo-mmPhxrm6MyhIRE78C2eUeRpu0pqiN4Ufk1wTC0qFa03WIyzOZs8LLDr3DPQAGjv4Mw3fmLog-51o2LTcbU5dH1rxz46Jcmz58HxESsilepoC-90i3rDvp7w/s320/11-revised.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I was up early a few days ago and looking out my kitchen window where tons of Red birds... some of you might call them Cardinals. As a little girl my grandmother and I would sit and watch them. She just loved them hence my love for them I suppose. I ran and got my camera and took this shot... I was thinking about how one would fly in and then several others would join in .... They seemed to be just "hangin out" . When is the last time you just "hung out"? They say Birds of a Feather, flock together... I had the chance yesterday to have lunch with a group of Christian friends. It wasn't even planned, it just happen. It was a sweet time. We all need to "hang out" with those who can encourage us, speak God's word into our hearts and show us that real Joy comes through knowing the Father. I encourage you today to Flock to someone who can touch your life. Surround yourself with friends who you can just hang-out with in Christ. Blessings to you today.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-42239949787693807492010-12-08T06:54:00.000-06:002010-12-08T06:54:05.632-06:00COLD... outside and inside....????Gosh, I woke up this morning and it's so cold. Seems we complain if it gets too hot and now I hear everyone already talking about how cold it is. Are you cold or hot??? Sometimes we are just like the weather.. Hot for God and then we find ourselves Cold for God. Funny how the real Seasons in our lives change and so do our Seasons with God. I know that you can't just be luke warm. I did that for so many years of my life. Thinking I was enjoying life, being involved in all my JUNK. Looking back I realize I was just passing time. God was NOT the center of my life so the truth is I WAS COLD... I have alitte fire burning inside these days. It keeps me warm all over. Don't get me wrong there are days that I feel a draft but I just grab a log ( my bible) and throw it onto the fire. How about you? You COLD today? I encourage you to spend some time in his heated word, call a Christian friend who is like a nice wool wrap and aask them to pray with you . Let's get those FIRES burning.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-60451743502565071572010-12-06T07:20:00.000-06:002010-12-06T07:20:35.258-06:00UPCOMING Bible Study... "Battlefield of the Mind"It seems that it is the mind where all our problems begin. It's like this little voice says things to us to get us off track. OKAY, well I know that only happens to me. LOL Starting Thursday, January 13th I will be facilitating "Battlefield of the Mind"by Joyce Meyer. This is actually the DVD series and it's ony 4 lessons. All you need to bring is an open heart and a notebook. We all need encouragement and companionship with our "sisters in Christ". The only way to do that is to commit to something. Everything worth having or experiencing ask something of you. There is limited seating so let me know if you are interested in being a part of this study. ONLY 4 WEEKS. Refreshments will be served. Does that help any? LOL Looking forward to sharing in this intimate time of teaching with each of you. Can't wait to see you. Email me at <a href="mailto:queeniescafe@gmail.com">queeniescafe@gmail.com</a> or facebook me me or feel free to call me at 601-513-2686 with any questions or directions to my house.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-46285302336972594852010-11-28T07:49:00.000-06:002010-11-28T07:49:58.249-06:005 AM and Waiting.........What would you get up for at say 3:30 am? Get a bath, put makeup on and throw on your clothes to get out and fight traffic just to get to the door to see hundreds of other people pushing and shoving trying to be the very first in line?????? Did you do that this past Friday??? I saw photos on facebook of folks sitting in the aisles at Walmart, nose to nose in a line as far as you could see, grabbing wrist bands so you were assured a spot at the 5am sale. WAS THAT YOU??? I remember about 6 years ago I too did that same thing. The key word here is 6 years ago.LOL It reminded me of a time that I even slept in a lawn chair outside the Mississippi Coliseum to purchase Tickets to see Michael Bolton for my sister. HOW INSANE... Maybe when your young you just don't see it. I actally got sad as I saw these photos on the web and listened to news reports of how folks got strampled and that more than ever folks had turned out for the BIG SALE. I wondered if today, SUNDAY, folks were getting up at 3am, 4 am or even 5am with the anticipation of worshipping our Lord and Savior today?? Do we want to beat the crowd this morning, do we want to get that front row seat, Are we running to him this morning? The truth is we should want that front row seat every morning but somehow I think we have allowed our world to water down our time with God, our experience with God, our closeness with God , our whole concept of God. My prayer for you and for me, is that we will have or find that much enthusiasm for Christ and that we will RUN to him... Hoping to receive everything He has to SELL. Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-85726508564608335892010-11-23T09:32:00.000-06:002010-11-23T09:32:45.988-06:00Are you a Victim?? Have you ever felt like a Victim? A real Victim. Have you clung to something ( the hurt and pain) in your life when you thought you were a Victim.. Have you used it to have an attitude, used it to be filled with unforgiveness or possibly allowed a "bitter root" to rise up because of it. Negative energy is heavy... It pulls us down.<br />
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Don't be a Victim be a Victor.....Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-43844485639408464202010-11-16T06:37:00.000-06:002010-11-16T06:37:27.181-06:00WHAT DIRECTION?????What direction is your life going? What does your life's compass say? Have you found yourself lost in a place that is unfamiliar, searching for a way out, a way to see the light, a way to do the right thing, to get on the right track, course?<br />
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Our world gets this way sometimes, too. Life happens in unexpected ways and the road we're traveling makes unexpected turns. Before long, we find ourselves in places we never anticipated, wondering exactly where we are. If we are not careful, we panic and make things even worse. At moments like this, we've got to trust that there is a bigger hand at the controls of our lives than our own.<br />
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I am not sure which direction my compass is pointing. I am forced to trust God in ways that I have never had to trust him -- to care for people over whom I have little influence and whose circumstances are beyond my control and whose future I cannot secure. More than ever, I am convicted of the importance of leading people to faith in Jesus, so I know they are in my forever family, the family of God's grace. Jesus is the only compass point that matters.<br />
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( shared thoughts from a devotional I received today)Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-69919575301309695782010-11-10T05:24:00.000-06:002010-11-10T05:24:05.741-06:00I would like to INTRODUCE you to YOU GO GO GIRL... it is a place where Women can encourage one another. They have been busy, busy making new T-shirts. Cheryl May is the founder of this group and has been working and serving deligently to get the word out about their new SHIRTS. Please go to their Facebook page YGGG ( you go go girl) and click LIKE and follow along. You might want to grab up one of the Christmas Shirts. Below are a few more announcements from Cheryl herself. <br />
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The Christmas shirt is our 7th design! :)<br />
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We love to DESIGN and GIVE!<br />
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I am taking orders for ALL COLORS AND STYLES in the silicone watches made famous by Sandra Bullock and featured by Oprah.<br />
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They will be up and posted tomorrow on the YGGG FB page.<br />
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$15-22. The Charity of Choice for the watches is "The Christmas Village" (which is a home that takes young girls in that choose to have their babies but have no family support...wonderful, wonderful charity!!!) $1.00 of EVERY watch will be donated to The Christmas Village!!<br />
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http://www.thechristmasvillage.org/history_Christmas_Village.htmlKathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-9292061408607948762010-11-10T05:12:00.000-06:002010-11-10T05:12:28.639-06:00ARE YOU MISSING?The Farmer's Almanac is predicting a very cold winter. It must be true because the squirrles are gathering NUTS..... three of my friends have disappeared... ARE YOU OKAY??<br />
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( sent to me yesterday by a dear friend.. I couldn't resist reposting)Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-66740004032260475082010-11-08T07:59:00.000-06:002010-11-08T07:59:01.767-06:00Re-Building your HOUSE....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCS7Av6OQ2d4DuutvUn_8DcPQnl6do3kneG-EZ1Tozi9S99YwadmFm7MWjGTwv4prhclcLRretiu7e6zMQNkGSG5NFbiaaE6WeYtb1kRJxKuUlfaDQ7f1SsiZv74e-PJbVoQ4hbKzE_0w/s1600/rebuild+my+house.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCS7Av6OQ2d4DuutvUn_8DcPQnl6do3kneG-EZ1Tozi9S99YwadmFm7MWjGTwv4prhclcLRretiu7e6zMQNkGSG5NFbiaaE6WeYtb1kRJxKuUlfaDQ7f1SsiZv74e-PJbVoQ4hbKzE_0w/s320/rebuild+my+house.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Around the corner from where I live they were tearing down a house. I took notice every time I drove by. Then for some reason Friday I stopped and took a picture. It was sorta neat I suppose. One day the house was there and the next pretty much NOT. They torn into it with this big piece of machinery and in the blink of an eye it was GONE. I began to ponder over what that pile of rubbish represented. How many times in our lives might we have been faced with our houses being torn down or torn apart? We have all experienced some kind of hurt and pain in our lives. When we do it affects our house. Not only the one we actually live in but also the one that lives in us. Our holy house. I have been pressing in for months now with GOD to free me of all my hurts and pains and to restore my house. Mainly the one inside of me. It is definately a journey, it takes a big piece of machinery.... it's name is GOD.. This morning as I drove by this lot, it is all clean, the rubbish is gone. A new plot, new ground , fresh dirt waiting for something to be built on. IS that you this morning? Do you need a place to rebuild? He is there waiting on you. AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE..... We will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-81137825851935053332010-11-07T05:55:00.000-06:002010-11-07T05:55:25.269-06:00REST IN HIM Isaiah 61: 1-3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTlChJImdzb-R3r0G5y2EV23g4AMo_ruQzobt4kzmX9EfxuiAR48lwBasMTbs-HxXF_j2Po5ZTGxgVYie9sPhiC-d7d3i4yG-ZOUgRx2_02647k7-nw1bIZAiWJwgbDSjDc2z7IDvlvk/s1600/Isaiah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTlChJImdzb-R3r0G5y2EV23g4AMo_ruQzobt4kzmX9EfxuiAR48lwBasMTbs-HxXF_j2Po5ZTGxgVYie9sPhiC-d7d3i4yG-ZOUgRx2_02647k7-nw1bIZAiWJwgbDSjDc2z7IDvlvk/s320/Isaiah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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God is waiting for you this morning on his day of worship for you to sit at his feet and rest in him. Allow him to talk to you today. Feed on the Word.......<br />
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Isaiah 61 is one of my favorite chapters in Isaiah. vs 1-3 "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Becasue the Lord has annointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord; and the day of vengenance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."<br />
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Are you heavily burdened today? Have you lost your joy. He is waiting. He is sending someone to help restore you.... Sit at this feet and REST.....Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-50040738667531529782010-11-05T04:41:00.000-05:002010-11-05T04:41:58.892-05:00Time to Write again.......Funny how we allow the world to intercept our lives. Sorta like in a football game. You really don't see it coming. Someone or something just sorta sneaks up beside you and "grabs" your stuff right out of your hand. I started this Blog months ago and several of you caught on pretty quick and then I just disappeared. Got too busy doing life and doing things that did not matter. Well it wasn't that they didn't matter it was I allowed them to become more important than the things that really matter. Yeah, I know that was probably not proper English.(ha) anwyway... I'm speaking out today ...I'm coming back . This little "BLOG" is my little way of giving back.... Possibly giving you some "food for thought", some encouragement for Life and lead you step by step to "THE ONLY ONE" who can change your life. Let me introduce you to my friend "JESUS"... He is doing a great work in me and well hey... any of you who know me know that he definately had some work to do.. Please join me as we journey together. OH... it's 4am. That's when I get my best work done. Love to all....Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-17769586303502931812009-08-27T07:45:00.002-05:002009-08-27T08:10:00.717-05:00Sharing your Faith.....When is the last time you shared your faith??? Do you find it hard to do? Do you only feel comfortable doing it around certain people. Funny how we sometimes feel alittle more Christian than others so we find it easy to share with those people. WE SHOULDN"T . IT's sorta like my job, I can always find someone who is a better Photographer than me and as a Christian... I can always find someone who's walk is stronger than mine.<br /><br />Read. Philemon 6:7 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith so that you will have a better understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.<br /><br />When we share Christ with others God allows us to gain a deeper and better understanding of every good thing in Christ. Can you see a direct correlation between sharing your faith and your own spiritual growth??<br /><br />Ask for God's boldness today to say a prayer for someone... I challenge you as well as myself.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-52619216199548550572009-08-25T20:58:00.002-05:002009-08-25T21:04:40.412-05:00Daily LivingI tell ya its tuff sometimes living day to day as being a good Christian. You want to do good, you try to do good but some days you just struggle. At least I do. I think back over all the years that I have wasted not following God's lead and sorta living my life like I wanted to. Thinking I was in control. I'm ashamed to say that the closer I move towards God the more I realize the time I have missed with him.<br /><br />A new friend of mine shared a verse with me today and I want to share it with you. It just sorta clicked in regards to my every day life. See how it affects you.<br /><br />"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20<br /><br />If we could only remember that each and every day..<br /><br />I promise to get back to the boat on Thursday.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-76329162173575340592009-08-20T11:51:00.001-05:002009-08-20T11:52:02.645-05:00GET OUT OF THE BOAT!!!!If you want to walk on water, you've got to get out of the boat..... Think on this ... More tomorrow.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-37604555544226054302009-08-16T06:54:00.002-05:002009-08-16T06:58:40.799-05:00RAINBOWS.....We were driving to dinner last night with some friends and all of the sudden a rainbow showed up in the sky THEN.... when you looked closely there were two. It's was so cool. I looked out the back glass and thought, "how in the world does God do that?" It's like 5 colors just swooshed across the sky, always in an arch. Remember when you were little and your grandmother would tell you there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I love to color, always have and always will. I can remember when I was a little girl ( not so long ago (ha)) and my mom would take me to the doctor, we would always stop at the ole drugstore and get me a color book and some crayons while they were filling my prescription. GOSH, it was almost worth getting sick. ( NOT) but you know what I mean. When I had some surgery a couple of years ago I actually got me a color book and some crayons then too.<br /><br />God must like coloring too cause he sure shows it in his rainbows. Whens the last time you stopped long enough to color???<br /><br />Come on.... break out of the box, it's okay to be a kid sometimes.....Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-64974403386443354002009-08-15T07:07:00.003-05:002009-08-15T07:12:07.080-05:00YOUR TALK.....Ephesians 4:29 " Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."<br /><br />Is this hard for us to do??? I think so. In our nature we say things without thinking. Sometimes we just say things cause we think we know what is best for someone. Sometimes we get caught up in a conversation about someone that we never intended to be caught up in. I have this verse taped to my desk. It is a daily reminder to watch my talk. Am I always successful? Well of course the answer is "No". I'm ashamed to admit that but I think we must admit our failures in order to conquer them.<br /><br />What about you. Have you checked your Talk lately????Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-91875366677450480522009-08-13T05:52:00.002-05:002009-08-13T05:54:55.725-05:00What's your State????? Of Mind..."The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind."<br /><br /> Dr. Wayne Dyer<br /><br />I've had this little quote posted next to my computer for some time. I am often reminded that our minds are the center of our battles. What we think, pours out and therefore allows others to know what we think.<br /><br />Think on that.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-17126424717354799792009-08-11T06:41:00.002-05:002009-08-11T06:48:01.403-05:00Does he ask you to take action?????I was reading this morning and came across the story of Jesus first miracle. He was attending a wedding. They were just about to run out of wine and his mother came to him and said, "Oh Jesus, please make some more wine for us." He told her that it was not his time yet. ( having not performed any miracles yet) Mary must have known different. As in most miracles Jesus performed, he involved the faith and obedience of others. The servants were an important part of the miracle as they did just what Jesus told them to do.<br /><br />Have you ever asked Jesus to get involved in an unusal problem? No matter what problem you have, Jeus invites you to seek him as the solution to your problem.<br /><br />Usually when we have problems we just want them fixed and we want them fixed quick. Isn't that the way of the world these days. Everything has a microwave mentality. DO it now..... I want it now..... seems to be everyone's agenda...<br /><br />Sometimes Jesus wants us to wait on him. To rest in him. To seek his face. If we will do that our problems will seem smaller than they are, not as heavy as we thought and in the process we will find someone who loves us more than anyone else and wants the very best for us.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-63154841327913483042009-08-08T09:15:00.002-05:002009-08-08T09:24:56.081-05:00Have you been Neutered????I'm sure that question got your attention???? We took our Boxer to be neutered yesterday and it really got me to thinking. About half way there we thought," Are we doing the right thing?" We concluded that we were and continued on. We picked him up late yesterday afternoon and he was feeling Terrible.... I mean capital T terrible. I got his bed fixed and checked on him all night long. I petted him throughout the night trying to show him some comfort. THEN about 4 am this morning it hit me. "What if I had been neutered?" Not in the sense of a dog but in life. Have you ever been Neutered. Something taken away from you that left you sick, broken-hearted, feeling despair. I'm sure we all have. What do we do when we lose something?? What if it is simply that job that we wanted and did not get, what if it was that bonus or raise we thought we were gonna get and didn't, what if it was that cute fella we just knew was going to be ours but turned out to be someone elses OR maybe, just maybe, we lost our spirit. ( our power and desire to praise and worship) Have any of those things happen to you??? TODAY.. let's press in to the one who gives us all things, blesses us with all things and who takes care of us in ALL THINGS.....Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-59748749913821173232009-08-06T10:19:00.003-05:002009-08-06T10:23:42.599-05:00What's Holding you back????At church last night we were ask this question. "What is keeping you from being 100% with God?" At first I thought well nothing..... BUT is it??? I want you to ask yourself that question today. What might be holding you back from having the fullness of Christ in your life??? We say, oh yes, God can do anything, he is all this and all that, BUT do we live each day truly believing that??<br /><br />We have all issues, some bigger than others ( or so we think they are bigger or smaller than others) Some of us battle depression, addiction, anxiety, fear, financial issues, sickness, and the list goes on. How much control do you really have over those battles??? 50% of the time, 70% of the time. What we learned last night is it all comes down to a "self" problem. We are so absorbed in ourselves that we simply can't give it all to God. The world says it's okay to go out and drink on saturday night and then praise God in church on Sunday.... BUT. is that what God's word says???<br /><br />So I ask you ( and me) again does God have 100% control of your life?????Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-12048923805275492022009-08-03T07:06:00.001-05:002009-08-03T07:07:24.742-05:00DO NOT RUST.... ( quote for the day)"It is better to wear out than to rust out." Think on that for the day.. Have a great week.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-13368302467517325382009-08-02T05:53:00.002-05:002009-08-02T06:03:35.685-05:00What's that NOISE?????This Fella is looking to buy a saw to cut down some trees in his back yard. He goes to a chain saw shop and asks about various chain saws. The dealer tells him, "look, I have a lot of models, but why don't you save yourself a lot of time and aggravation and get to the top-of-the-line model. This chain saw will cut a hundred cords of wood for you in one day."<br /><br />So the man takes the chain saw home and begins working on the trees. After cutting for several hours and only cutting two cords, he decides to quit. He thinks there is something wrong with the chain saw. "How can I cut for hours and only cut two cords?" the man asks himself. "I will begin first thing in the morning and cut all day." the man tells himself. He got up at 4am and did just that and still only 3 cords of wood were cut.<br /><br />The man is convinced this is a bad saw. " I will take this saw back to the dealer," the man says to himself. The man brings the saw back to the dealer and explains the problem. The dealer, baffled by the man's claim, removes the chain saw from the case. The dealers says, "HMMM, it looks fine." <br /><br />Then the dealer starts the chain saw, to which the man responds, "what's that noise?"<br /><br />ISN"T that just like us with Jesus. We don't really listen for his noise, we just pound away at things with our own strength. Not really seeking the power of Christ. Let's cut our saws on today guys and get after it.....Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255177602335375085.post-56920371513437154622009-08-01T04:29:00.002-05:002009-08-01T04:37:19.558-05:00Can't Sleep.....Are any of you like me. Wake up all during the night. Get up, go back to bed, Get up , go back to bed. Sometimes I wonder if my mind will ever shut off. Like now it's 4am and I"m up and ready to go as if the sun is shining and the birds are singing. ( neither are happening) I've gotten where I get out my bible and read in hopes of calming my heart. I just know that God has a word for me??? The thing that he has been showing me lately is about relationships. Those that enrich your life. I talked about basement people and attic people awhile back and I think the two go hand in hand. Do you have a relationship with anyone that is broken. Has a relationship that you have sent you to the basement lately?? It can send your heart into a tailspin. At least it does mine. Jesus was all about relationships. He enriched the lives of those he came in contact with. Why is it that those who are the closest to you seem to be the very ones to hurt you and do we do that to them as well??? Maybe not consciously. We should ask ourselves, "what are we doing to enrich the lives of those we have relationships with." Everyone is so busy doing 'Their" thing that they don't have time for others these days. Its really sad to me. Being SO busy that you don't have time for others is simply the devils workshop. He loves it when you can't be Christ like. Call someone today that you haven't talked to in awhile, send a written note to someone you haven't written to in awhile. DON"T email... anyone can do that. Go the extra mile. REACH OUT.... Have a great weekend.Kathy Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713781087116057749noreply@blogger.com0