He Lives In Us!

Thank you Lord!

God, help me to live a gracious life that reflects the YOU on the inside of me!

Sue

Wisdom

1 Cor 1:18-25
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

20 Where is the wise man?
Where is the scholar?
Where is the philosopher of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him,
God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,

23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

24 but to those whom God has called,
both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom,
and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
NIV

As I watch the news these days (I am a FOXNEWS addict),
I am amazed at the foolishness of this world and how it clamors so desperately for wisdom.

God is the source of all wisdom.
To delete Him from the equation is mere foolishness.

He, after all, DID create everything we see.

Just a thought.

Home from Texas!

Wow, I don’t even know where to start. My heart is still overwhelmed by our weekend.

It all started Wednesday morning as we headed out in the motor home for our 22 hour drive to San Antonio, TX. We were blessed to have Mark’s folks come with us, they were such a big help and Matt loved having them there.

We arrived at Lackland Air Force Base and headed to the Reception Center where we were briefed on the activities involved in graduation and our expected behavior on the base.

The first time we saw Matt, was when he ran by us for the ceremonial “Airman’s Run” signifying the last time they would do their morning run as “trainees.” Matt had a grin ear to ear as he saw us, we laughed so hard.

Then we went to the coin ceremony. This is where he received his coin that signified his becoming an Airman. It was then that we could finally go see him! He’s not allowed to be involved in any major PDA, so I waited until we got back to the motorhome to wrap my arms around him like a good Momma should!

We were all so tired that we just hung out all day in the motorhome on base.

The next morning was graduation. What an incredible experience to see our little boy, now standing there a fine young man. He was the Guidon for his flight squad, so he walked out in front with his instructor and carried their flag. I just have to say that he looked so good!

I just cried seeing him out there, we were so proud of him.

We spent the rest of the weekend on and off the base trying to soak up every minute together with our family.

One of the best parts of the weekend was church on Sunday morning. Matt was so excited to take us to his church. It is a very contemporary non-denominational service.

Every week they play the video, “Letters From War” by Mark Schultz. Picture standing in a big church that is packed out (standing room only) with military men. We were surrounded by camouflage and dress blues and when they watched the video, they erupted in shouts, they cheered and gave thunderous applause!

They have Airmen walk up and down the aisle with kleenex-that's a very good thing! I was bawling.

The video is hard enough to watch, but seeing their response made it even more emotional.


It was so hard to say goodbye again. Thankfully though, he now has his laptop and cell phone so we will be able to communicate with him on a regular basis.

Matt continues his training at the Lackland Base. He is going to technical school for the Security Forces for the next 14 weeks. We should find out then where he will be based as a Military Policeman. I am hoping that is will be stateside, but I pray God’s will would be done. I want him right in the middle of God’s plan for his life.

Now I have the wonderful honor of the title "Air Force Mom"...I'm so proud of my son.

The Name of JESUS!

Hello!
Back from a very busy and HOT weekend at the races. I don't think our trailer has ever been so busy! It was lots of fun and "our boys" on Team Allegan Motorsports did great! One of them is on his way to Belgium to compete on Team USA- go Jacob!!

I have been tagged twice, you sweet girls! Dori and Tammie Fay both want me to share the five things I dig about Jesus. I am the first to admit, I'm not very good at keeping up with these tags. But of course I would love to share the things I love about my Jesus!

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time today to share five things, because I am un-packing and re-packing the motorhome to go to TEXAS to see my son graduate from the Air Force basic training!!!

But I want to share one for sure! (With more to come in the future.)

It is that I LOVE the name of Jesus!
I love that name.
His Name is LIFE!
His Name is TRUTH!
His Name is the reason I live!

His Name is the name above ALL names! I love that I can call upon His Name at any time! I love that the Father gave ME (and YOU) the name of Jesus as a sign of our covenant with Him.

Phil 2:5-12
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
NIV

I found this video of Dori's blog and it says it so well, I love it!!!

Blessings,
Sue

I'm Going GREEN!

No, it’s not what you think. I won’t be driving a hybrid car any day soon, in fact I drive one of the worst offenders, an Excursion.

Psalms 23:1-3
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters,
3 He restores my soul.
NIV

David wrote this before coming to the crown. Yet he believed that God would be his shepherd and give him everything he needed.
He had great confidence in the Lord.
He believed his God.
He knew his God.

He makes me lie down in green pastures…
He is the provider of all nourishment I will ever need, physically and spiritually.
He is all sufficient.
Let’s not think that it’s enough to pass through His green pastures, He wants us to lie down there and live off of His daily bread.

He leads me beside quiet (still) waters…
His Word is a cool drink to those that are weary and thirst.
He refreshes us with His Word, He is a fountain of living water.

He restores my soul…
Those words bring such comfort to me.

Here is the description of the Greek word “restore”:
OT:7725
To pull in again, put (again, up again), recall,

recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render

(again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve,

(cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward,

say nay, send back, set again
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

He is so faithful and good. He wants to make us new again!

His only requirement is that we become His sheep.

That we surrender our lives to the Shepherd of our souls.

If you are reading this and you have never made Jesus Christ the Shepherd/Lord/King of your life or you’ve walked away and want to re-dedicate yourself to Him, you can do it right now. There is no specific words to say, just pour your heart out to Him. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and come into your life. He will make you new. He will become your Shepherd.

Please let me know if you do, I want to be praying for you.

Let's GO GREEN- let's lie down in those pastures and drink from His cool water!

Let's LET Him restore our souls!

Sue

The Way, the Truth and the LIFE

If your dreams don’t scare you,


they’re not big enough!



What has God put in your heart?


Do you know that nothing is impossible with God?


Really, do you believe that?












And one of my absolute favorite verses:
















Do you have a dream?
Maybe FREEDOM is your dream.

Our only answer in this crazy dance of life is JESUS.











I don’t think that I really GET that most of the time.

He IS THE way.
HE IS THE truth.
He IS the LIFE.

We say…
“I don’t see a way out of this…”
IT’S HIM!

“I don’t know what to do…”
Trust HIM, He’s the truth- there’s no confusion in Him.

“I am so unhappy with my life…”
Make HIM your life.


Lay down your burdens and pick up your dreams again!!


Maybe it's a business or financial freedom or a happy marriage....

Maybe it's the thought of living free of addiction...

He's the only WAY!

If our dreams scare us, it's because we know that we don't have the means to bring them to pass- good! Because if we can do it on our own, we don't need Him.

Let's dream BIG! We have a BIG GOD!
Blessings,
Sue

Forget About Yourself

Hello, I'm home again (for a couple days)!
We are traveling so much this summer doing trackside support at motocross races. I'm actually gone more than I'm home, especially the month of July.

This weekend was crazy, we were at a National Pro race so it was busier than any race we've ever been at. We got to see Ricky Carmichael win his second to the last race before he retires!

But I miss blogging and we are hoping to get satellite internet in the motorhome, so I can keep up with you all!

I was reading this and it really touched me. It's from the Message Bible.

Forget About Yourself

29-31"What's the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do. He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries. (I've never thought about it that way before- ;) )

32-33"Stand up for me against world opinion and I'll stand up for you before my Father in heaven. If you turn tail and run, do you think I'll cover for you?

34-37"Don't think I've come to make life cozy. I've come to cut—make a sharp knife-cut between son and father, daughter and mother, bride and mother-in-law—cut through these cozy domestic arrangements and free you for God. Well-meaning family members can be your worst enemies. If you prefer father or mother over me, you don't deserve me. If you prefer son or daughter over me, you don't deserve me.

38-39"If you don't go all the way with me, through thick and thin, you don't deserve me. If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you'll find both yourself and me. (Oh I love that!)

40-42"We are intimately linked in this harvest work. Anyone who accepts what you do, accepts me, the One who sent you. Anyone who accepts what I do accepts my Father, who sent me. Accepting a messenger of God is as good as being God's messenger. Accepting someone's help is as good as giving someone help. This is a large work I've called you into, but don't be overwhelmed by it. It's best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. The smallest act of giving or receiving makes you a true apprentice. (Don't worry about hearing, YOU"RE FIRED here!) You won't lose out on a thing."

How cool is that, there is not one thing out there that God has for us that we will miss if we start acting like Him, and loving on the people He came and died for. It's all about HIM isn't it!?!

He is soooo good!