Wow...I really stink at keeping this thing going!!!

Well it has been almost a year since I last posted anything on this blog! When I started it, I didn't think I would be very good at keeping it up but thought..."What the heck, everyone else has one. I think I will start one as well." Knowing good and well that I didn't have the time to keep it up!!! LOL...it's a good thing that I don't have any followers!!! My plan from here on is to try and post at least once a week with what the Lord is placing on my heart to share. I want this to be a tool for Him to use!!!

Well here is is 2011 and the start of what is going to be a wonderfully blessed year!! I start my new job on Monday and I am really excited. It is very bittersweet leaving "The Shack" after almost 7 years with the people that have become family!! But all things must change after so long. I look forward to the blessings that God has in store for me, just because He loves me.

Speaking on that...isn't it awesome to think about how much He really does love us!!?? He has not only provided us with eternal salvation but He has provided us a way to have a BLESSED life right NOW! We have the blessings of the Lord around us at all times and the favor upon us...if we'd only take the time to look. It's there...it's always been there. It's not just coincidence that you have a front row parking spot at Wal-Mart or the you saved an extra $10-15 but going to the grocery store on a certain day the they were having a sale! That's favor!!!! And it's there for us because He wants nothing but the best for His children!

I have purposed in my heart to live each and every day with a smile on my face and a song in my heart because I am His. I choose not to live as the world lives because in it is a life of death and destruction. No good comes from the world but all good comes from the Father above. Doors are opened to them that trust in the Lord and are willing to follow His lead. But once those doors are opened...YOU have to walk through. Though the steps may seem scary and uncertain, you have to trust that God is leading the way and all you have to do is walk in His footprints.

Scary...yes! I have had to walk through some doors lately that scared the pants off me! But I trust that He is leading me to where He has made a place for me. That's exciting!!!!!  It's like a treasure hunt each and every day! I'm excited when I think of what He might have in store for me!!! His promises are "Yes and Amen" to me, His beloved!!! He fulfills the desires of my heart above and beyond what I could have ever hoped for!!

And He will do that for all of us!! That's what so awesome...there are enough blessings to go around, and around, and around!!! There is an endless supply with the Master!! All you have to do is tap into those blessing NOW. Why wait until you get to Heaven, when you can have Heaven on earth!!!!

Woo...Now that I've preached myself happy...I think I will get going to the day's tasks ahead.

My prayer for each and every one of my friends is that if you haven't found Jesus, that you begin to seek Him and learn of his marvelous love and mercy. If you already know my Jesus...then my prayer for you is that you learn to walk in His blessings each and every day. We as Christians have no need to be depressed and downhearted. We are loved by the most AWESOME GOD and through Him there is life, health, peace, protection and never-ending mercy and grace.

Be Blessed,

Carmen