The Narrow Path

 A wonderful friend of mine has invited me to start studying the Book of Hebrews with her. It has been amazing. The Lord has really blessed us in it. This last week we did Chapter 4. Which was a lot about rest. And then our Guest Pastor Tim Morrow spoke on resting with the Lord on Sunday.  I don't believe there are such things as a coincidence.  At church he was talking about entering into the Lord's rest. Which comes at the end of our run.  God has created rest since the beginning for us. The Israelites could not enter it because they were disobedient to the Lord.  Hebrews 4:6 NLT So God's rest is for the people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.  My KJV says they failed to enter because of their unbelief. Unbelief or Disobedience?? I found this extremely interesting, maybe just because I am a nerd for the Word of God. In Numbers 14:3-4 (NLT), Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to have...

 Within the last, eh, maybe 6 months, I've been having some dreams about winter.            The first one was actually a dream. I was in a forest or on the mountain maybe, I was with somebody else, and I was going to have to start walking. It was literally a winter wonderland. There was feet of snow on the ground and the beautiful snow was falling from the sky. It was honestly a beautiful scene. But as I was about to start walking, a beautiful white horse came. I got on the horse and we just rode off, leaving the person I was with back there to walk. It was such a peaceful dream, I did not really think too much of it.  So we go on a few months, and this time it was more like a vision. I was not asleep when it happened. I was in the car and just closed my eyes. I saw snow falling on a dark grey background. There was nothing else. Just snow falling. And this one felt urgent, it honestly made me feel a little uneasy. Not at all peacefu...

 The last couple days, the Lord has really been laying on my heart, TIME!  Today, I was cleaning my apartment building, which I clean for rent money so I can work towards paying off debts. I was making all these plans to deep clean it this week. Which would take like 4 days of cleaning. Yes, I want to do it, but God convicted me for these plans.  I spend MOST of my time doing vain things. I clean, I work, I walk my dogs, I bake, I eat, I read, I watch t.v, ALL OF THIS IS VANITY! What a waste of time. Am I doing anything for the kingdom of God? Yes, I do a lot of studying the bible (which is really important) but what else do I do?  I go to church on Sundays, usually do about 3 group studies a week, I take kids to church/celebrate recovery. Which are all good things. Yes. But the Bible does not tell me to do any of those things. I have been wasting God's precious time. Wow, I am so sorry Lord. I'm repenting of this.  Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it he...

What are you yoked to? That is an odd question. How do I even answer that?     Well.... if we want to answer that we should probably look into the word! Because I know it does not mean extremely buff or the yoke of an egg.  Yoke:  a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to a plow or cart that they are to pull.  So when one animal is not strong  enough to carry something, they  will use a yoke so that two animals can pull it. It would distribute the  weight of the object evenly to the  animals and they could pull it  working together.   As Christian's it is important that we are not yoked to the wrong things or the wrong people. When we are trying to move forward, but we are yoked to a person who is stagnant, it may prevent us from moving forward. And God does not want us stagnant. He wants us to keep moving forward.  In the Old Testament, God talks about the people being yoked to the rule...

 Weakness today is frowned upon. No one wants to be known as weak. Crying is seen as weakness. Fear is seen as weakness. It is even seen as weakness if you stay quiet about something that is bothering you. We live in a society where the strong tend to over-power the weak just because they can. But my focus is not on the world we see but more on the world that we do not see. I remember just recently; I was going through a situation with a person, and God had to remind me that it was not the person that I was warring against.  Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  That can sound pretty scary. PRINIPALITIES? POWERS? RULERS OF DARKNESS? WICKEDNESS? WHHHHHHAAAT? UMMMM.... No thanks, I PASS!!!!  I'm good over here watching feel good shows on my couch.  Where it is SAFE, cozy, and I am in control.  God is real...