Goals...

I've always been taught to set goals.  I started setting smalls monthly goals last year but also set some long term goals.  Nothing that will impact my life in a major way but goals that I think would be fun.

Last year I set a few goals:

Finish my bathroom (check)
Get vehicle (check)

Vacation (check)








Quality time with Kendall (could do better)
Focus on my job-promotion (got a small raise but could do better)
Walk w/ God (I did commit once again to walk w/ God this past summer and have not had one sip of alcohol since)
Be more positive (could definitely be better)
Get Involved (I am part of a Cystic Fibrosis event this coming April but need to be more involved)

This next year I would like to:

Get a promotion
Get more involved with my church
Plan more than one vacation
Gain more wisdom along w/ my walk w/ God
Put together parts of B.A.B.Y (Building a Better You) something to help kids or even young adults achieve a dream
Exercise (not just because I need to take better care of myself but I enjoy working out)
Attend church regularly
Read my Bible on a daily basis
Learn to be happy during all circumstances
Do something special with Kendall
Find my family (I guess that's out of my hands)
Go back to school (online for my Masters)

Those are a few goals for this coming year. 

I hope anyone who reads this finds themselves setting goals to better themselves for 2012! It's never too late...Find fresh faith...a fresh start...new friends...new places to go...

I AM...

Tell Them I AM Has Sent Me to You (Ex. 3:13,14)
I don't know why this verse came to mind tonight.  I don't know if anyone even reads this but it's here for me to reflect on and share my heart.

I have been dealing with the fact that my little boy's daddy is away for now.  My little boy wants to know where his daddy is but I just don't know what to tell him at this point.  But, I am trusting and asking God to give me wisdom in everything.  For HIS will to prevail.  Not my will or any one's will but God's.  I have seen God move in the past week...even this very day! There are people that are with my little boy's daddy right now that I have known for years.  It breaks my heart to know that God had delivered them and set them free only to see them fall back in to the same sin that that held them down.  But a song came to mine a moment ago...a thousand times I fall still I'm caught in your grace...everlasting...YOUR light will shine when all else fades!

Who am I to judge someone?  I myself walked away from my Savior! But His grace was there to redeem me...to set me free from my sin that was slowly killing me.  A sin that could have killed me or my little boy.  I AM  delivered! God has taken desires from me that I was not able to let go of on my own! He has set me free!! My chains are gone!

Now the part about I AM...

I was thinking about those in jail during this holiday season. What brought them there?  These are desperate souls searching for something or someone to fulfill their desires.  They are seeking joy.  They are seeking love.  They are seeking acceptance.  They are seeking a father or a mother.  They are seeking something to remove their guilt.  They are looking for something to numb their hurt.  Everyone in there has a story...but my story is I AM! God said to tell them I AM sent you...but they asked who is I AM?

Well let me just tell you about I AM...

God said...

I AM...your healer!
I AM...your savior!
I AM...your father!
I AM...your deliverer!
I AM...the final judge!
I AM...joy!
I AM...peace!
I AM...mercy!
I AM...a forgiver!
I AM...always with you!
I AM...all you need!
I AM...life!
I AM ...love!
I AM...grace!
I AM...power!
I AM...compassionate!
I AM...a refuge!

I could go on and on and on...but HE IS able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we could ever think, imagine or ask for! He is GOD! There is nothing that HE can't do!!! Addictions can be broken!!! Lives can be changed by the GREAT I AM!!!

What do you do...

What do you do when your little boy wants to know where his daddy is when he is in jail?  My little boy rarely ask but when he does, what am I supposed to tell him?  He is only 3 years old. 

I know that God is going to move powerfully in the life of my little boy's daddy.  He is a good man with a big heart.  He does not know my God and the power that he has within him if only he would allow God to take control. 

I pray for anyone that comes across this site to please lift my little boy's daddy up in prayers.  I pray for everyone involved during this time that God would pour out His peace and comfort.  Only God is able to comfort at this time.  We don't have answers but we serve a mighty God that has all the answers!

I can't wait to turn this blog around into a mighty testimony of the healing power of our God.  Healing over addictions that destroy lives!! God has a plan...and it's going to be unveiled for His glory!