I had a dream last night.

Bear (menacing) chasing a guy and a girl over a bridge.

Then tiger (young but not a baby) steps in to fight bear on the bridge.

The guy is behind the girl standing on the other side of the bridge watching as they fight.

The tiger and the bear fall into the river.

Bear starts fighting something else and the tiger swims away.

Bear carcass floats to the top and it looks like a horse.

The girl and the tiger run away.

I felt distinctly that the tiger was me. (I was born on the year of the Tiger and this year is the year of the Tiger)

As of yesterday, February 1st, 2010 ...

The Lord told me that I would no longer be working for myself or someone else, but I would be working for Him.

:)

"From now on....You will be working for me."



Love, Krissy

Joy in the Journey

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/m/michaelcard9232/joyinthejourney310363.html

There is a joy in the journey
There's a light we can love on the way
There is a wonder and wildness to life
And freedom for those who obey

And all those who seek it shall find it
A pardon for all who believe
Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind

To all who've been born in the Spirit
And who share incarnation with Him
Who belong to eternity stranded in time
And weary of struggling with sin

Forget not the hope that's before you
And never stop counting the cost
Remember the hopelessness when you were lost

There is a joy in the journey
There's a light we can love on the way
There is a wonder and wildness to life
And freedom for those who obey

And freedom for those who obey...

He is the truth, our life, and everything we should aim for, to be like, to glorify in our workouts, studies, and jobs. The pastor preached that I was made in His image. I was wonderfully made in my mother’s womb…I am beautiful simply because I am His daughter and I am covered with His blood that paid the price for my death and my sins. I am beautiful simply because of Him. I am perfected because of Him.

You start to think over your past week and all of the thoughts, worries, and ways you planned to change your life. Then you began to understand all of the lies that you were starting to listen to and the truth that you simply silenced. You began to cry thinking how selfish you had been. All of those thoughts could have been captured, lifted up, and I could have been focused on others instead of focusing on the ways of men. You realize that you tend to beat yourself up for not looking the best, being the smartest, or having the nice things, but in reality you have everything everyone wants, you have the answer to the world’s whim; you have Him.

Jesus is my Savior, my life, my rock, and my shield. He has made me beautiful in His image and intelligent by His grace. He daily gives me wisdom and continues to pull on my heart. This is the truth that I need to tell myself, not what I need to look like or how I am not enough, but simply focus on Him. He chose me before the beginning of time. He has pulled on my heart and aligned everything according to His plan. He has made me for His glory. He is the way, the truth, and the life. I want to be focused on Him.

Are your eyes focused on the “me” or the Him?

I really want to emphasize how important it is that we hold all thoughts captive as obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). We naturally are too prideful to hold our thoughts captive and when we are prideful and do not hold our thoughts captive we do not leave room for the Lord to intervene, we do not allow love into our lives (Psalm 10:4). So all in all this note is written to warn you to capture your thoughts and give them to the Lord. Set your eyes, mind, and heart on Him.

Wonderfully Made

Psalms 139

¹³ For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
¹⁸ If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

I saw as this verse was played out before me tonight.. I spent a good portion of my evening holding five day old as he slept. I sat and admired him, just as if he was my own. I meditated on this verse, thinking about how He crafted each little finger and toe along with his little nose and ears. Blessed with a full head of hair and the Father knows each other them. It amazes me how intricately detailed we are designed. Even at a few days old, he is showing resemblance of his mother. I have always had a soft spot for babies, as they can bring a smile from ear to ear on my face. I remember when I visited the orphanage in Burkina Faso, West Africa last year, I was completely heart broken at what I witnessed. I remember seeing so many beautiful faces peering back at me from their cribs. I grabbed one to hold, then soon I grabbed another, yet it still wasn’t enough. I eventually was holding four babies at a time. My heart rejoiced as their countenances sprung forward with smiles and ooow’s and goooo’s.. The thought that many of them had lost their parents to AID’s or war. Some babies had other family members, but none of them really wanted the obligation a baby would bring. I share all of this to say..

Our days are fashioned by Him..

Each breath we breathe is a blessing He shares..

His thoughts of us are greater than the hairs on our head..

He loves each of us..

-(jon curtis)

Joy in the Mornin'

Lamentations 3

²²It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. ²³They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. ²⁴The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. ²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word].

“Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.” -Psalm 30:5

A perspective on Freedom

from WarriorPrincess for God

Freedom

How do you get from here to there? How do you stop hoping and wishing and praying something will change, when it already has..?
If you never believe that you're free, you will never live like you're free. Knowledge can be power to some extent.

There's always a difference in 'knowing' something's true and -believing what you 'know' to be true. You can argue and whine about it all you want- if I just knew how to do it, if I knew what to say, if I could only get here, I'm sure I'd make it the rest of the way...if if if if if IF! Get out of it. Quit dreaming about it, start doing something to change it.Whatever it is. I've done that a lot, and it's no way to go.
You have all the knowledge you need to survive. You'll learn more along the way , but if you never get out of that pit you're living in.. A: You'll just keep whining and never be happy--because you will never see the beauty of the great outdoors right in front of you. And B: You're own quest for knowing or wishful thinking can stop you from actually getting there. You just gotta live a little. None of this: OHhMyGoshhh, if I try GettiN' OuT.. if I get hiT with some raiiiin, thN there mIght bee A fluud...!?-...
Experiance can give you understanding of your knowledge, and if you LET it...Wisdom.

We are free. Despite our feelings and some of our circumstances, we are not controlled by a robotic God-who does not love us, who's not there to care or help us. We just have to realize we are the ones stopping ourselves from getting out of the 'hell' we're in. Instead of blaming other people for how you feel, or even God, as hard as it is, forgive them, let it go, move on. Instead of being selfish- realize you're not the only one.

I'm not trying to be ignore the fact that people do quite often misunderstand and hurt eachother, but we've come to believe we somehow deserve better than the rest of the world. And THIS is how WE should be TREATED. That's just pride, and honestly, America is one of the worst for that.
I've just been there, done it. Seen it. Heard it. Hit it. Fell....and it's not that great at all. :/
Anyway, just a thought.