Alpha

last fall i felt that God was leading me to help out at the alpha course. towards the end of the course i thought about helping at the next course. nope. i told God i didn't want to help at the next course because it would be winter and i hate the cold. i told God i would help at the spring course.

my pastor asked if i'd lead a table at alpha for people from our church. i had said yes but when i thought about it being in the winter i kept thinking no-o i didn't want to do a winter course. it is so cold and even inside it's cold and i sit there in pain in cold. i don't know if it's from the cancer or that i've never acclimatized from 38 degree weather in costa rica but i really feel the cold.

i told greg i couldn't lead a table because i was going on a mission trip. i told the alpha leaders that i would miss a couple of weeks hoping they would say they didn't need me. then i would be off the hook and i could help in the spring. they said missing 2 weeks would be ok as long as i would be there for the weekend away.

the weekend away is absolutely the best weekend but in the winter i'm thinking the worst weekend cuz you're outside a lot. i hate winter, i hate the cold and i hate being outside in the cold.

i went to the training meeting last week and one of the leaders talked about treating each person coming to alpha with love and care and protect them and treat them if they were own beloved family. i thought of my daughter.

the next morning i thought of how selfish i was being, thinking of my discomfort at being cold and my daughter and what the leader had said. i thought how i had to with my whole heart love, care for, protect and treat each person as i prayed someone would be loving my own daughter,caring for her, protecting her and treating he as if she were their beloved child.

God calls us to preach good news to the poor whenever, wherever. He gave me a wake up call that morning. i thought of Jesus again and His suffering. knowing the suffering ahead of Him Jesus gave His life for others.

how is God trying to get your attention?

THE TOP TEN PREDICTIONS FOR 2008

1. The Bible will still have all the answers.
2. Prayer will still work.
3. The Holy Spirit will still move.
4. God will still inhabit the praises of His people.
5. There will still be God-anointed preaching.
6. There will still be singing of praise to God.
7. God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
8. There will still be room at the Cross.
9. Jesus will still love you.
10. Jesus will still save the lost.

God whispers in your soul and speaks to your mind. Sometimes when you don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at you.

It's your choice: Listen to the whisper, or wait for the brick.

Sadly most of us wait for the brick.

pain free

I met a lady yesterday that had fibromyalgia so bad she lived in pain although she took a lot of painkillers every day. One day after drinking Xango for awhile she woke up and thought she was paralyzed because she couldn't feel any pain anywhere. Then she realized she'd moved her hands and could feel them and was amazed there was no pain at all.

I know it works for cancer because I went off it for 3 weeks. I wanted to see if I could prove a point to my doctor so I stopped and I will never do it again. I felt like 100 years old, like I'd been hit by a mack truck, I had no energy at all, the brain fog was back, the bursitis in my hip was back, the pain in my hands was back and the cancer pain was everywhere. Now back on it for a couple of weeks I am almost pain free again, the brain fog is gone and my energy is back.

Thursday I see the oncologist and I am looking forward to seeing the results of my blood work and how it compares to 3 weeks ago.

A lot of people tell me that they go to their doctor who asks them what they are doing. They tell them the only difference is drinking this juice and the doctors tell them to keep drinking it because there is such an improvement in their health.

poison of unforgiveness

last week a friend at church said she felt led to invite me to a study at her place on the battlefield of the mind.

i'm looking forward to it. we are at war against the forces of darkness and we need to know how to protect ourselves. it's great to know that in the end God wins the war but we need to be ready for battle each and every day because satan will use whatever methods he can to destroy us.

drugs and alchol poison our bodies and destroy our minds but unforgiveness is worse, it poisons our soul. it doesn't do anything to the person we harbour the unforgiveness against, sometimes they aren't even aware of it, but it eats us up inside robbing us of the joy we have when we are in a relationship with Christ. when we become christians and grow in a relationship with God we consider Christ's atoning sacrifice. when we consider how much we have been forgiven how can we not forgive others. we don't forgive others for their sake, we forgive others for our sake. and when we can forgive others and the poison drains out of us satan loses the battle.

Happy New Year!!!

had a wonderful time last night having dinner at the old spaghetti factory with some friends. afterwards we went our separate ways, some had to work today and were going home and some were going to see a movie that my grandchildren want me to take them to so i didn't go with them.

this morning i met a friend for a very long coffee at timmy's.

it's going to be a good year.