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Name: Donatta
Country: United States
State: Texas
Gender: Female
Interests: my main interest is developing a deeper relationship with the Lord, as well as hangin with my TEENS! DANCE! MUSIC! and anything else i can do for a friend!
Expertise: bein a tornado... ;-)
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AIM:  tornadodrocks
Member Since:
3/2/2004
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| Well, It has been a long time since I updated. so, much has happened I would no where to start. haha.. cliche' huh.. well, I throughly enjoyed being on Campus the last few days and being able to spend time with people I met through the year and years. My prayers, will be with you.. It was refreshing to see everyone and learn more about missions, about myself, and more importantly about God. I will truely miss all of you and wonder why I don't come to campus more often.. but I would never want to take you away from your responsibilities.. maybe I can volunteer and do something while I visit..hmm.. maybe in the kitchen??haha.. well, I hope to make more ouey gouey stuff and send it on .. Not sure if I can make graduation.. highly doubt it due to my work.. but I can hope.. If I do come up I really need to drive home when there is daylight.. it is Not good for me to drive inthe dark.. wild boars seem to inhabit the road and semis' seem to fill them as well..scary thought..It was funny but it could have been dangerous.. =O !!!! | | |
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| Happy New Year!!! today being Jan 2008 .Last night Lyssie and I brought it in with our church family. It was alot of fun. Playing games..such as Sequence, and bon fires, fireworks. movies.. and a house full of people I love. Very cool..... I miss my other family as well.. but I can't be two places.. but this was good. So, what does the New Year bring.. what am I praying for ... mainly to me to see the world and desires of the Lord's Heart.. to know them , know Him more passionately and love as He does.. My needs are met and I am content in what I have..wanting some things.. but not required.. only seeking Him.. and wanting to experience the journey fully. Wow.. Just wish my body would be as young as my heart feels and have as much energy..LOL..Yesterday, a customer wanted a cake.. one we don't make.. I googled it and found the ingredients and proceeded to try to make it as close as I could. His response was I LOVE YOU!!! for he had to have this.. ( this was on the phone).. so I inturn said I LOVE YOU TOO.. He's like YOU DO?.. well Yeah I said.. this world needs love and it's people need it. and he is like you are right. Then he said you must be a complete woman..??? and with that my response was.. I have all I need and am content with God. I have learnt not to expect certain things and be happy with what I recieve.. and in knowing this I have come to realize God knows my every need. It was an interesting converasation... and the day before.. I did a really special cake and they actually tipped me.. not used to that.. Anyways, I think my hunger grows ...and it is amzing how God really shows us things.. in small ways to guide us where we need to go. My Faith , is being tested as I pray for stronger Faith... but testing in ways I didn't imagine..hmm.. well, Happy New Year .. to great Expectations...of all that is coming.. Be Blessed.. | | |
| Being spiritual is finding ones view of reality in the Spirit of God raher than in ones own flesh. ( taken from Metamorpha by Kyle Stobel)God has always been working within a generation to develop a people who will follow and live according to His ways - not the ways of the world, but the way of the Spirit within.When living in the Spirit it is like a child being raised by their parents.. and the Spirit is raising us and guiding us. The child feels as the whole universe is surrounding him and he learns that he is not the center of the universe as with the Spirit.Life in the Spirit is learning to submit to God who prays for, guides,and deconstructs our being from the inside out. We have a God who searches the depths of our being and knows the honestyand how we really see the world and ourselves in it. We do an injustice to God and others if we really fail to live in honesty about who we really are and how we really see things. Life in the Spirit is a life of Honesty, humility and growth...When doing so a life in the Spirit will naturally bear good fruit. Humainty, has a tendancy to place ggifts from God ahead of God, whether it be the Word, or law , a building, or temple, or grace and forgiveness. All things should point to Godand not become ends in themselves,even when He is the giver of these gifts.Knowing the Spirit guides changes everything and our lives should never be dull or grow dull cause God is hanging out with us on daily basis. That is why we must renew our understanding of Him daily. The spirit will not force submission he urges, patiently and at times we get depressed , regress, frustrated but the goal is not our happiness but our holiness. It is like a dance and the spirit leads and we are to follow..not drag our feet.. It is a life of interaction, submission and understanding that our growth will not be done on our own but through his power and agenda. If you are interested in what was said.. it is all in Metamorpha , the book.. by Kyle Strobel.. It's Jesus as a way of Life.. be Blessed and walk in the Spirit. | | |
| | We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in
ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to
be very well what you are.
-- François de Sales
"The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never
go out."
-- Leviticus 6:13
Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all
piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here,
therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence,
evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion.
Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be, if
possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. Effectual prayer availeth
much. Have you nothing to pray for? Let us suggest the Church, the
ministry, your own soul, your children, your relations, your
neighbours, your country, and the cause of God and truth throughout the
world. Let us examine ourselves on this important matter. Do we engage
with lukewarmness in private devotion? Is the fire of devotion burning
dimly in our hearts? Do the chariot wheels drag heavily? If so, let us
be alarmed at this sign of decay. Let us go with weeping, and ask for
the Spirit of grace and of supplications. Let us set apart special
seasons for extraordinary prayer. For if this fire should be smothered
beneath the ashes of a worldly conformity, it will dim the fire on the
family altar, and lessen our influence both in the Church and in the
world.
The text will also apply to the altar of the heart. This is a golden
altar indeed. God loves to see the hearts of his people glowing towards
himself. Let us give to God our hearts, all blazing with love, and seek
his grace, that the fire may never be quenched; for it will not burn if
the Lord does not keep it burning. Many foes will attempt to extinguish
it; but if the unseen hand behind the wall pour thereon the sacred oil,
it will blaze higher and higher. Let us use texts of Scripture as fuel
for our heart's fire, they are live coals; let us attend sermons, but
above all, let us be much alone with Jesus...........................If faith is the gaze of the heart at God, and if this gaze is
but the raising of the inward eyes to meet the all-seeing eyes
of God, then it follows that it is one of the easiest things
possible to do.
-- A. W. Tozer
+Today this is what spoke to my heart as I read early in the morning.. Hope you enjoy.. |
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