http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2009/01/01/little-choices-2/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:37:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2009/01/01/little-choices-2/comment-page-1/#comment-35374 kanj Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:51:30 +0000 http://thelife.com/?p=11671#comment-35374 gail, thank you for a new devotional to start a new year. and to all the sisters here(my extended family) I pray that 2009 brings peace, serenity and goodwill to all. I do want to make a few changes for this new year. one that desperately needs nurturing is fellowship in church. although i receive so much from other sources, with this site being number 1, and as it is not a substitute for attending church, in these past few months the comfort I have been receiving from ladies such as yourselves, has made me realize that I need the 'humanism' touch as well. i'll be honest in saying that only on one hand for 2008 have i attended church. but, once I had walked through the doors, the nervousness slowly calmed and the other parishioners were so glad to see me back. amazing that a 20 year absence would bring such fuss but it did. i am more 'at home' now going to church and when the pastor talks I am mesmerized because I feel the Lord beside me, around me and above me. I feel the Lord personally. as far as my daily little chores go the Lord takes presidence each and every day, from morning to night. And it all came so naturally. It's a want that is in me, not a ''have to''. I long to be closer to God and I know that fellowship is sooo much a part of my spiritual growth. when I first received Christ as my Savior I felt like a kid in a candy store. so much to savor but no idea where to start. it took me 8 months of tasting this and testing that and listening to this and not listening to that before it came to my heart that I needed to pick up a Bible. start reading daily. I started Jan.13/08 and of course with Genesis. On Dec. 31/08, I completed Revelations and on Jan 1/09 the first Scripture I see is Genesis 1:1-''In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.''NKJV. I know now that God is not bound by time. He is my past, He is all around me in my present and He is my future. God is eternal in my life. as for resolutions, I looked up the definition in the dictionary. resolutions are: ''a state or quality of being resolute; firm determination; a resolving to do something; a course of action determined or decided on. I welcome in 2009 determined as I have truly been blessed. gail, thank you for a new devotional to start a new year. and to all the sisters here(my extended family) I pray that 2009 brings peace, serenity and goodwill to all.
I do want to make a few changes for this new year. one that desperately needs nurturing is fellowship in church. although i receive so much from other sources, with this site being number 1, and as it is not a substitute for attending church, in these past few months the comfort I have been receiving from ladies such as yourselves, has made me realize that I need the ‘humanism’ touch as well. i’ll be honest in saying that only on one hand for 2008 have i attended church. but, once I had walked through the doors, the nervousness slowly calmed and the other parishioners were so glad to see me back. amazing that a 20 year absence would bring such fuss but it did. i am more ‘at home’ now going to church and when the pastor talks I am mesmerized because I feel the Lord beside me, around me and above me. I feel the Lord personally. as far as my daily little chores go the Lord takes presidence each and every day, from morning to night. And it all came so naturally. It’s a want that is in me, not a ”have to”. I long to be closer to God and I know that fellowship is sooo much a part of my spiritual growth.
when I first received Christ as my Savior I felt like a kid in a candy store. so much to savor but no idea where to start. it took me 8 months of tasting this and testing that and listening to this and not listening to that before it came to my heart that I needed to pick up a Bible. start reading daily. I started Jan.13/08 and of course with Genesis. On Dec. 31/08, I completed Revelations and on Jan 1/09 the first Scripture I see is Genesis 1:1-”In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”NKJV.
I know now that God is not bound by time. He is my past, He is all around me in my present and He is my future. God is eternal in my life. as for resolutions, I looked up the definition in the dictionary. resolutions are: ”a state or quality of being resolute; firm determination; a resolving to do something; a course of action determined or decided on. I welcome in 2009 determined as I have truly been blessed.

]]> http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2009/01/01/little-choices-2/comment-page-1/#comment-35086 sharon Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:55:12 +0000 http://thelife.com/?p=11671#comment-35086 thank you and happy new year to all who come to this site thank you and happy new year to all who come to this site

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