My life!

Some of you guys know me really well and some of you don't! I have been going through a lot of stuff lately that I would like to share! So far I have only told a few people. If you have any negative comments stop reading now. I don't need them! 

    I eat a lot when I'm alone!  When I go to Wal-mart I buy a lot of junk food. I then eat all of it before Manny gets home and then I hide the evidence!  One day it was popcorn chicken, mozzarella sticks, a mountain dew, and a milky way. Another day it was pizza rolls (20 count), 3 chocolate chip cookies, 2 dessert lunchables, and a pop! I ate all of this stuff in one sitting. The whole time I was in Wal-mart I was hoping I wouldn't see anyone I knew. I felt like an addict. I might be one! I believe I'm addicted to food. Some people don't think that's a thing and I do. People are addicted to alcohol, drugs, sex, and a lot of other stuff. Then who is to say you can't be addicted to food? I feel like I can't even go to Wal-mart alone. Now I have to find out what triggers these eating episodes. Once I figure that out I will be able to finally lose weight. Another thing that happens is when I start losing weight something triggers in my head and I start eating junk again. I think some of it is that when the scale shows loss and I don't see any changes it depresses me. Even though I know it's gonna take awhile to see change. My brain just gets fed up I guess and that is what makes me eat. I'm sure it happens to most people that are trying to lose weight. I just need to find out how to get over it. The only time I feel depressed at all is when I think about my weight. I hate being embarrassed about my weight. I'm so ready to get rid of the weight. I'm ready to get Healthy!!!

  I wrote this almost a month ago. I have been doing a little better with this but I still have slip ups. I will post more about how I have felt another time. I can only bare so much of my soul at a time! lol 

God Bless!
Shanny

God Loves Me Anyway!

                             One thing I have always known is that God loves me no matter what I have done. God will always love me. I sin every day yet God still loves me. We crucified His Son yet He loves us! Jesus had to die for us to have a relationship with God.  
                    How many people have said they loved you but have stopped talking to you for something that you have done that was a mistake? (or a misunderstanding) People will come and go in your life. Even if you think they will be there forever. I think we all have had people leave our lives even after they say they love us. The thing is is God will never leave you and guess what???? He will always love you! I don't take saying I love you lightly. I think we should all be that way. God showed us how much He loved us when He let Jesus die on that cross. (I know I keep jumping around but I'm typing what just pops into my head.) 

     I heard this song today that reminded me that no matter what God loves me anyway!  That my friends is the best feeling in the world! I hope all of you know that. God will never leave your side. It might feel like God isn't there sometimes but He is trying to let you figure out that you have to trust Him. That is what this year to me is going to be about. Trusting God more. I'm putting my health in His hands and our financial stuff in His hands. Everything should be in His hands but those are the areas I need to work on more! 

God is there 100% of the time. Let Him be!!! Life goes much easier when you let Him drive! 
Just remember God loves you anyway!
So if you think He doesn't because of all your mistakes you are wrong. 
God loves you more than anyone here on earth!

The question was raised
As my conscience fell
A silly, little lie
It didn’t mean much
But it lingers still
In the corners of my mind
Still you call me to walk
On the edge of this world
To spread my dreams and fly
But the future’s so far
My heart is so frail
I think I’d rather stay inside
But You love me anyway
It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known
You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
How You love me
It took more than my strength
To simply be still
To seek but never find
All the reasons we change
The reasons I doubt
And why do loved ones have to die?
But You love me anyway
It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known
You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
I am the thorn in Your crown
But You love me anyway
I am the sweat from Your brow
But You love me anyway
I am the nail in Your wrist
But You love me anyway
I am Judas’ kiss
But You love me anyway
See now, I am the man that called out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking ground
Yes then, I turned away with this smile on my face
With this sin in my heart tried to bury Your grace
And then alone in the night, I still called out for You
So ashamed of my life, my life, my life
But You love me anyway
Oh, God… how you love me
You love me anyway
It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known
You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
You love me, You love me
You love me, You love me
How You love me
How You love me
How You love me 

God Bless!!!!

Shanny! 

God's Love!

   So this week is revival at our church! I'm super excited about it! We have Brother Doyle Williamson speaking. He spoke this morning and tonight! It was like my spiritual health got revived! I know that is what revival is about but I love the feeling. He got me thinking about a few things so here is my notes from this morning! I hope you enjoy!!!

     39 Going a little farther, He fell with His face to the ground and prayed. "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." 40 Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for on hour?" He asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptations. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." 42 He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." 43 When He came back, He again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
                                                                                 Matthew 26: 39-44

 Jesus prayed the same pray that night 3 times. Asking God if this cup could be taken from Him. At the end of each pray He said, "not as I will but as you will." I believe this was Jesus' human side showing in this moment. Jesus knew He had to do this so we could have a relationship with God. Even though He knew what He had to do He asked if this could be taken away because He knew He had to suffer for us. Now I'm not saying He didn't want to do this but any human that is near death would act like this. I know if I was fixing to die I would be like, "can someone else do this?" Jesus knew this was the only way for us to have a relationship with His Father! Just think Jesus knew He was going to suffer before He died. God did this so we would know how much He loves us!!! If He didn't love us do you think He would have sent His son to die for us? I don't think so.  Even Jesus who was fully God turned to Him for help. If Jesus can turn to God, His Father, in times of need why don't we? We need to remember even Jesus prayed to God.
   Verse 41 makes me think that Jesus wasn't just telling the disciples this. I think He was reminding Himself that too. He was telling Himself, " hey remember my body is human but I am the Son of God." 

     There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
                                                                                  Matthew 27:34
 They offered Jesus wine mixed with gall. Gall acts like an anesthetic. Jesus refused it. I wonder if He did that because He knew He had to suffer for our sins. So that we could all see how much He suffered for us so that we could have a relationship with God.
  
   39 Those who passed by hurled insults at Him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!" 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked Him. 42"He saved others," they said, "but He can't save Himself! He's the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue Him now if He wants Him, for He said, ' I am the Son of God.'" 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with Him also heaped insults on Him.
                                                                                     Matthew 27:39-44
    They were telling Jesus to save Himself if He was the Son of God. But Jesus couldn't because He had to be a sacrifice for our sins so that we could have a relationship with God.

      45  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
                                                                      Matthew 27:45,46
           Jesus asked God why He had forsaken Him. I think this might be the other part of His human side coming out. Since He took all our sin on to His body He had to feel the separation from God for a short time. That had to kill Him inside. He was God's Son and God sent Him to die for us. Maybe Jesus was thinking just for a second, " are they worth it?" 

        50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He gave up His spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split.
                                                                    Matthew 27:50,51
      The curtain was torn in two. Some think when this happened it was God showing us that he barrier between God and man was torn down. Jesus dying on the cross allowed that barrier to be torn down. We have to believe in Jesus so that we can have a relationship with God. If we don't then Jesus dying on the cross was all for nothing.

       54 When the centurion and those with Him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely He was the Son of God!"
                                                                      Matthew 27:54
      How many of us ask for a sign from God before you believe? That is why we have Faith! Faith is believing without seeing. We live in a world today that they want you to see before you believe. If you can't see it, it doesn't exist! How do you think God and Jesus feel when we think that way? Jesus dying on the cross was a sign that God does exist and He loves you more than you will ever know. 
  Everything I have written about today shows you how much God loves you! We can't fathom how much God loves us! It would blow our minds if we could. God loves you no matter what. He might not like what you are doing but He still loves you! God wants you to choose Him, to love Him, and to live for Him. I think Jesus dying for us is pretty big. So don't you think living for Him is the least we could do?

    Lord,
       I want to thank you for blessing my life with everything you have given me or not giving me. Lord I pray that anyone that reads this will come to know you if they don't already! I pray that they know how much You love them! If they will just let You in it will change their lives like they will never know! Lord please be with everyone that reads this.Thank you for sending Jesus to die for us so that we could have a relationship with you!
                                               In Your Sons' Name I pray,
                                                         Amen!
                                        

 
 

Jesus will always be the same!

    I have been trying to think about what to write on my blog for a couple days. I finally figured out just a few seconds ago that I am going to write about my favorite bible verse! This has been my favorite for as long as I can remember. I don't even know when I first ran into this verse. I just love what it says. So here is my favorite bible verse.......



                            Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
                                                                             Hebrews 13:8



       I think the reason why I love it so much is that people around you will change. Your best friend last year could not be your best friend this year. I have had this happen in my life a few times. This verse tells me no matter what Jesus is always going to be the same. He will always be a loving, caring guy! He will always be there for you because He died for you on the cross so that you can have a relationship with God. No matter what is happening in your life Jesus will always be there for you.  I think that ties into Jesus never changing. Knowing that Jesus never changes can give you that push to always turn to Him! I know it can be difficult.  Jesus wants us to turn to Him for help whenever we need it. I find myself sometimes just thinking about God throughout the day. Not anything specific just God is always on my brain. I know this doesn't have anything to do with my favorite bible verse but just felt like I needed to say it.

      So if you stray from your walk with God don't fret! As long as you come back to Him that is all that matters. I think when that happens when we turn back to Him, God opens His arms and says, "welcome back my child." That is how much He loves us!!! I just love knowing that no matter what Jesus will always be the same! Gives me a lot of peace knowing that. I hope it gives you peace too. I also hope you know that He loves you and will always be there for you!

    Sorry I know I got off the topic a few times. Apparently there were a few things God wanted me to say!

God Bless!
 Shannon

Why do you believe in God?

   If someone asked you why you believed in God, what would you say? Would you be able to answer?

   My preacher talked about what would you say if someone asked you that and are you really saved. A lot of us just know we believe in God. Either because we were just brought up that way or believed because of studying His word. Something to think about though is what if a non-christian asked you why? We should know what to say without thinking about it. As soon as the preacher asked us what would we say, I though oh that's easy. I sat there for a couple minutes and I know why but it's hard to put it into words. I finally did and this is why I believe in God:

  God loves us unconditionally no matter what we do. He doesn't like our sin but He loves us anyways. If God didn't love us do you think He would have sent His son to die for us so that we could have a relationship with Him? He wants us to love Him. He gives us the option so that He knows that we love Him back!! God never turns His back on you. If you are hurting guess what, He is right there with you! God hurts when you hurt!

   The other topic it was are you sure you are saved? We say we believe in God but do we act it? For anyone saying they are a Christian you want to automatically say yes. If you look at what it means you might actually not be. I know this is a hard topic. It's even hard for me. Do we pray, read the Bible, minister others about Jesus, and go to Church? It's so easy to just pick and choose what parts of being a Christian we want to do. We might not do that all the time but eventually we all do it. We might say, Oh I read my bible but don't feel like I have to pray. I used to think that if I believed in God and read my bible and prayed that it's ok if I don't go to Church. In reality we need to do all of them. I know this now! God wants us to have fellowship with others! I think the Church is made up of the people not the building! We make up the Church.

   The hardest thing for me to do is minister to others about Jesus! I know I do it through posting things on facebook but it's hard for me to just go up to people and talk to them about Jesus. I know if God wanted me to go door to door He would give me the courage to. So maybe this is what God wants me to do for now. Write blogs and post things on facebook! We will see!

God Bless!!!

Just Heartbreaking!

The past 2 days we have had really bad weather. Some on Sunday and one yesterday that was just like May 3,1999! I was watching it on tv and I just couldn't believe it. It really was like watching May 3,1999 tornado all over again. Knowing though that it went into a more populated area this time was just unbelievable! Then watching them go through the rubble at the schools. Looking at it you wouldn't think anyone would survive. God had His hands around so many people. I know it's hard listening and seeing that kids died in that school. God just wanted them home with Him. Just think they don't have to be in this crazy world anymore. Also the adults that didn't make it either. They are free from this world.

I need to take a break from the news and media but it's hard. You just keep watching hoping that it will change for the better. Yet just looking at the debris makes your heartbreak. For people that weren't in the storm, it's ok to cry! It's good that you want to cry. Means you have a heart. Don't keep stuff in. If you need to find someone to talk to. I know a lot of people are going to be afraid every time a storm comes through.

Sunday night when we were told to take shelter we did. As we were walking down into the cellar my mom said there was a tornado around. If you don't know my mom she gets weird feelings about storms. She stopped and looked around. She saw it. She was like Shannon you have to come and see this. I go up there and it was already east of us. It looked like a mini rope tornado. Not touching down just still in the sky. Then we looked back to our west and there was another circulation. It wasn't forming it was just going round and round. It was my first time to see that. It was cool yet very scary. I guess that is why yesterdays tornado scared me so bad.

I know this is just a lot of rambling but I needed to.
Love you guys!!
God Bless!!!

Confession time!

 So I feel God pressing on my heart to say some stuff. I'm sorry if it seems crazy that I'm posting this stuff but when God puts something on your heart to do I feel like you should do it!

 So lately I feel like I have put God on the back burner again. I hate this feeling. I know that God is number one but it's so easy to just say, "hey God is always there so He won't be mad if I don't read or pray for a little while." Don't get me wrong I know He is always there for us. But I think He does get upset when we do that. I know that when I don't do what He wants I feel crappy. I think it's like when your parents told you not to do something and you do it anyway. Then afterwords you are feeling guilty and you don't want them to find out. Well when we are doing what God wants then turn from that He feels like our parents do when we do something that they told us not to. I know that might not make scense but it does in my head.

 Right now in my life I kinda feel like a failure. I know I shouldn't but I do. I haven't been reading my bible. I don't really have a job right now. (waiting on stuff for that) I slacked in school so when I go back I have a lot to do. I also feel like I never finish anything. Not just spiritually. School, church, and my weightloss. I don't know how many times I start working out and eating right then all of a sudden I'm back to where I was. I know I need to lose weight for very many reasons. I get depressed about it then I'm like who cares! I will never lose the weight. I know I can and I am so ready for this weight to be off. I have health issues because of it. This time though I have a lot of people to hold me accountable! This time it's going to work. But in the back of my head after I typed that was, "nah shannon you say that but you won't!" That makes me so mad that I'm already doubting myself. I guess that's my main problem. I doubt myself.

 Another reason why I feel like a failure is I stopped reading my bible daily and praying daily. I still do them it's just not daily like I used to and that upsets me. I was doing really good there for a while about reading my bible. Then one day I skipped reading and never really went back to doing it. This is where you guys come in.....if you read this text me or message me on facebook and ask me if I have read or prayed today. This way I will have accountablity with that too. Let me tell you though, when I see you guys asking for prayer and I comment saying I'm praying I really am! I don't want you guys thinking because I said I don't pray everyday anymore means I don't pray for you when I say I do.

 I am going to try to go back to school in the fall. I don't really know what I want to major in but I know I love helping people. Some people tell me I should be a counselor because I'm a good listener and give good advice. Not going to lie though that advice comes from God! Maybe that is what I'm supposed to do. I'll pray about it.

 God loves you! No matter what you have done He loves you! I mean He did send His Son to die for you! Now that is LOVE!!!!!!  

God Bless!!!!
~Shannon

Learning to Listen!

So God has been tugging at my heart lately. For some reason it's hard to understand what He is wanting. I'm having to learn to listen with my heart. A lot of stuff is happening in my life right now and I'm trying to listen hard for what God wants me to do. I think sometimes we might try to hard to listen and I think that might get in the way of listening to God....if that makes sense! I feel this yearning for God. I can't get enough of Him. Please pray for me to learn to listen to Him completely and then to do what He says!

More blogs to come later! I love you guys!

God Bless,
   Shannon

2013

So my resolutions for this year are to get closer to God and to get healthier! Then I was thinking about it and getting closer to God should be my daily resolution! I need to learn that when I have a problem to go directly to Him instead of trying to fix it myself! He has the power to change everything if you let Him! I am going to get up before I go to work and read my bible! Thats how I want to start my days. God needs to be number 1 in my life and my marriage. It will happen!

My mission statement for this year:
   I will not let Satan win!!!

If God is for us who can be against us?

God Bless!!!

Diet!

So I think my body is actually in line with my head about getting on a diet! I haven't been on one in a few weeks because sickness and other things. Although I didn't ever really want to do it I just knew I needed to. This time around my body is telling me to diet! I am craving water, fruits, and veggies! So since my body is telling me to do it I am going to do it! Starting Monday I will start the diet and exercise! I will take a before picture but not sure if I will post it till I start seeing results! Anyway I am going to try to start keeping this up again! I saw that a lot of people have started reading my stuff and that makes me feel good!

God Bless,
   Shannon

You are beautiful in God's eyes!

So last Sunday at church I cried for the first time in a service. The only time I usually cry in a church is if I'm at a funeral. We were talking about what God loves. They played this video at the end of it and it just made me think a lot.

I am getting teared eyed thinking about it again. I'll post the video at the end of this blog. It just made me think that no matter how we look at ourselves that God thinks we are beautiful! I wish I would have known that more when I was in high school! I think if a lot of people knew this there would be less of low self-esteem in the world. God wants us to know that no matter what we have done that if we want to change that He can help us. He can mold you into what He wants you to be if you will let Him!!! I guess just watching that video it just hit me more that if you are willing to let Him change your life He will. You don't have to do it by yourself! Tell God that you let go and are letting Him run your life now and just see how much better your life will be! I know mine is so much better when I let Him lead! It is my one wish in life that people know how much God loves them! If only they knew. It would change their life forever! Once I get all my stuff together that God wants me to do with my life I won't be stopped! God put me on this earth to do His work and I will!

My mom and I were supposed to die when she had me. My mom has always told me that that's why I survived! God has a big plan for me! I just can't wait to see what it is! I know it's to help people. Just not sure what field of it He wants me to do! So pray with me when I ask Him to show me where and what He wants me to do it! If anyone needs a shoulder to lean on or just needs someone to listen, I am here for you! Don't hesitate to contact me! If you have questions about Jesus ask me! If I'm not sure of the answer I will ask someone I know that can lead me in the right direction! Just because we are Christians it doesn't mean we know everything! I love you all!

God Bless!!!
 Shannon 

Spiritually healthy!

So not only do we have to be physically healthy we have to be spiritually healthy! A healthy relationship with God is the most important relationship to have! You can always depend on Him to always be there. Reading your bible, talking to God in prayer, worshipping Him, and going to church! He wants you to gather together to worship Him. I used to think it didn't matter if I went to church because I loved Him! But I know now that isn't all that it takes. Having a good church to go to is key in your relationship with God. That way if you have questions you don't feel weird about asking. Also so you might see that you aren't the only one going through trials that come along with being a christian! Manny and I have finally found our church home! We are excited about going to church again! Manny is reading every day and I am reading every day! I also keep a prayer journal! I love that God has helped us to make Him first in our marriage!

For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.
                            Matthew 18:20

God Bless all of you!

Bullying!

 So today a young man killed himself at school. I know the superintendent of stillwater schools is saying she doesn't know if it was from bullying because it wasn't reported. That it would be in there system. Most kids think that if they tell on the person that is doing the bullying things will get worse for them. I know when I was bullied I never told any adults. My friends knew but my parents and or teachers didn't know. It's easy to act like nothing is happening at school at home because your parents aren't there. It really breaks my heart that kids this young are committing suicide. People are just so cruel. It's crazy to think kids that young are so cruel. I wonder where they get it from!!!! Maybe their parents or stuff they watch on tv! There is so much hate in this world that it is unbelievable! These kids feel like they are alone and the only way to make the bullying stop is to commit suicide and thats not the case! If everyone would just show a little bit of love to everyone they met I think the world would be a better place! I just can't get over how many kids have killed themselves because of bullying! It just breaks my heart!

  This is something really strong to me because like I said I was bullied. I got bullied at school and on the bus. All because I was a little over weight. I almost got in trouble one time in 1st grade because someone was making fun of me and I hit him for it. I really did act like it didn't bother me hoping that it would make it stop but it didn't really. It just made them do it more. I'm surprised how much love I have for everyone even though they did that to me. It's all because of Jesus I can tell you that much. If it weren't for having Jesus in my life maybe I would have thought about doing something like that. But I knew that I was never alone because I had Jesus!!! I never thought about killing myself so don't think I did! Never even crossed my mind. I don't even think I knew what that meant when I was teased. Jesus got me through it with His unfailing love! Even though they made fun of me I knew that Jesus loved me for who I was!!! Thank you God for loving each and everyone of us!!!!

So before you start to say something mean to someone stop and think if someone was saying that to you! How would you feel? Look out for each other!!!

Todays events!

So today wasn't the best for Manny and I! We had a big bill pop up today that we can't really afford. We got some help with it. Not proud of letting someone help us. So instead of getting upset about everything what happened I stopped and prayed. Recently Manny and I have recommitted our lives to God. We have been reading the bible everyday. So today's events made me realize how bad satan is going to try and attack us right now. So I told Manny put your whole faith into God that He will help us with this. As soon as I prayed I felt a since of peace come over me. I know God helped not sure how He did but He did! I just kept telling Manny this is satan, this is satan. Satan can stuff it. He ain't getting us. God has us completely!!!

Anyways that is my rant for today lol

God Bless you guys!!!!

Faith and loving!

Faith: is essentially trust and faithfulness is dependability or trustworthiness.

Throughout the Scriptures faith is the trustful human response to God's self-relevation via His words and His actions. God initiates the relationship between Himself and human beings. He expects people to trust Him; failure to trust Him in essence the first sin.
                   (got that from the Holman illustrated dictionary)

What does faith mean to you? To me it's putting everything I believe and trust into God. It is very hard sometimes to have faith but if you take that leap God is there to catch you cause you have faith in Him.
 In my daily bible reading I am in Deuteronomy and Matthew. Doing OT and NT at the same time. Anyway it was talking about our God being a jealous God.( In deuteronomy 4,5,6 all talk about God being a jealous God) He doesn't want you to have other god's than Him. He shows us so much love even for all the stupid things we do He still loves us like crazy! Why wouldn't you want to put your faith in Him. God hates the sin not the sinner. He doesn't like what you do but God is still crazy in love with you. God wants you to choose Him. It's like when you love someone so much that you can't live without them and them saying I don't love you or even care about you. I'm sure how you would feel in that moment God feels that every day when people turn from Him! He wants you to turn and say, "God I want you and I need you!" I can't stress enough how badly God wants you. I mean He did send His only Son to die for our sins so we could have a relationship with Him. How many of you would let your kid die to have a relationship with someone? No one would. That is why God did that to show you how much He LOVES YOU AND HOW BAD HE WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU!!!!!! Just think about it!!!!!

I was gonna write this whole thing about faith but God had other reasons when I started typing. I think what I wrote about could be faith. I felt so convicted to write this that I was tearing up while typing it.

    So I will leave you with a few bible verses about faith:

      But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
                               Romans 4:5

      But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.
                             2 Corinthians 1:24

      5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 and one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all.
                             Ephesians 4:5-6

      Don't let them waste their time in endless discussion of myths and spiritual pedigrees. These things only lead to meaningless speculations, which don't help people live a life of faith in God.
                            1 Timothy 1:4

God's Plans

Hey guys! I know I haven't posted in awhile and I'm sorry! I know not many people of anyone reads my blog but I'm going to keep doing it because it helps me get some feelings out!

 Lately I have been feeling like God wants me to do something big with my life but I just don't know what that is yet. I pray about it all the time that He will show me what it is He wants me to do. I have been getting up everyday and going directly to reading my bible. I am trying to read through the whole thing. Something I have noticed with doing this each day is that no matter how my day is I feel wonderful inside. Even if it's the worst day I feel peace inside me. I knoe it's because God is with me! I think I am just now feeling that He is with me with every step I take! I always knew that but now I feel it. So if you don't feel like I would strongly encourage you to start reading His word every day! As I am writing this blog I'm listening to Klove and the perfect song came on that kinda goes along with what I'm talking about! The song is Call on Jesus by Nicole C. Mullen! If you have never heard that song go listen to it.
 
So with me talking about doing what God wants me to do with my life I have looked up a few versus to kinda go along with this here are a few:

            I know a lot of people probably already know this one!
                  11  For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord."They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 In those days when you pray, I will listen.
                                                             Jeremiah 29:11-12

                     For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan from before the beginning of time-to show us His grace through Christ Jesus.
                                                             2 Timothy 1:9
 
                   You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail.
                                                               Proverbs 19:21

                    24 Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prizethat will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
                                                             1 Corinthians 9:24-27

I know that was a lot of verses but there were many more I found but those were just a few of my favorites. So I won't stop praying that God will show me what my purpose is and what His plans are for me. Till that day comes I will study His word and talk to Him every day!

I will talk tomorrow about something else that is on my mind. God bless you guys!

 

Pray! Pray! Pray!

So I have been worried about what my hospital bill was gonna be. I got it in the mail today I opened it while I was walking my dog back to the house and I almost fell to my knees. Next to the amount that I owe says $0.00! I started crying and thanking God. My mom thinks it's just cause it hasn't really gone through the insurance yet but I am gonna believe that it was God. I still get teary thinking about it. I am just amazed! 

 God Thank you so much for helping me. You have taken away what was wrong with me and now you have helped me with the hospital bill. You are the all mighty God! You are in control Lord. I love you and thank you again for everything you do for me.
  In Jesus Name,
      Amen!

So I have to tell you guys! Just pray pray pray!!!!!

  God bless!
      Shannon

Power of prayer!

I just want to talk about the power of prayer! If you guys don't know I have had some health issues. My heart was beating to fast, having trouble breathing, and chest pains. Well the doctor thought I had a pulmonary embolism. I did a CT scan and it came back normal. I had all the symptoms of pulmonary embolism except for one. So I though for sure that was going to be what was wrong with me. When the doctor called me to give me the results everything came back normal! I think because there were so many people praying for me that I think God made it go away! I am feeling a bunch time better! I have been taking a pill everyday to lower my heart rate. So for now we are gonna try diet and exercise to see if that will lower my heart rate. I have to take the pill for a year but if it comes down I won't have to take it anymore! So lets pray that that happens. I know prayer changes things. If you have any prayer requests you can ask me to pray and I will!

       God Bless,
        Shannon

 

I am second

I have recently started a 22 day challenge with a group called I am second! If you don't know what it is about go to their website, www.iamsecond.com It's celebrities talking about how they came to know God. I was gonna buy the book but our pocket book can't afford a $20 book right now. Watching todays video made me think I need to write down my testimony. I know a few people have heard it but that was the recent part of it. I am going to start at the beginning. Which means it might take me awhile to type that up. I want to challenge you to tell someone or everyone your testimony. You never know it might help someone out. On todays video it was Brian Welch from Korn. His realestate agent felt he needed to tell him a bible verse and it changed his life forever. So when you feel like God is trying to tell you to do something you might want to just do it. I know it's hard. But you will feel better in the end and you brought someone closer to Him. I would also like to know if I start a small group on facebook who all would join? message me if you would like me to start one!

     God Bless!
       Shannon

Bible studies

I am going to start a 22 day challenge with the group I am second but have yet to get my email. I would also like some ideas of some good bible studies. I also would like some suggestions on some good christian books. I'm still reading through the bible all the way. I have never done that before and being a christian I would think that would be a good idea. So I will get to reading. I might write some more later!

     God Bless,
        Shannon