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A Follower of Christ
  
Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in
churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble
if you try and let him out.

-- G. A. Studdert Kennedy


A Christian……..a follower of Christ……how do you follow Christ? How do you love Christ? Whose will………His will? How do you hear Him when He speaks? Do you hear Him? Do you listen?

Which are you…….one like the woman caught in adultery……..or the prideful scorner hurling stones?

Are you like the humble tax collector who comes before God admitting your brokenness……….or are you like the Pharisee…..better than the broken one?

Are you saved? You know the beginning…….you know the ending…….but what comes between?

What does this mean?
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

What does it mean to you?

I have to admit, there is nothing easy in being a follower of Christ. It’s easy being saved, easy reading the Bible, going to church, praying but when it comes to actually living our belief and faith……we fail miserably.

Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I have taken these two verses to heart in a big way. Because being a follower of Christ is sometimes burdensome. Giving up your desires for His desires, asking for His will in your life as opposed to your own….this is not an easy thing. But He equips us, and gives us the strength we need to walk the walk with Him.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When you ask God to create in you a clean heart…….it means sometimes He has to break you down, bring you to your knees……..and it hurts! Coming face to face with God with all your brokenness has got to be one of the most painful things you will ever do….but I can tell you from the depth of my heart that it is the most spirit refreshing thing you will ever do!

The closer you draw to God, the lonlier you feel as a Christian. There is nothing sadder than talking with a fellow believer about the wonders of the Holy Spirit, the amazing grace of God, and they look at you with glazed eyes. I know this because I too once stood with glazed eyes, just “not getting it”. When I talk about listening to His Word while I sleep, or listening to His Word on my IPOD as I walk, other Christians look at me as though I am whacko!

Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

What does that verse mean to you? It means exactly what it says to me.

And if we are mocked for loving God this way……….who is being mocked……is it me………is it God’s work in me……..is it God Himself?

Mt. 11:15
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Blonde roots and hardware stores don't mix! Sep 29, 2008 10:45 pm
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Ok so here's what happened.....the continuing saga of my little weedy problem...

First I tried pulling the weeds out.....oh puhleeeeeeeese!!

Then I decided to take busyKYdad's advice....go for the brute strength of......weed KILLER.

Well that's not so hard.......right?????

So I go to the hardware store, and there's this ditzy woman in there, looks like she's capable.....so I ask her for weed killer. She asks me what kind of grass I got......whaaaaaat?????

Um.......grass, I say....it's green and has blades...it's just blinkin grass!

She wants to know if it's kooooooch or something......huh?????? I don't smoke that nasty stuff...c'mon!!!

I just want blinkin weed killer!!

I should have asked a bloke for help coz they are soooooo helpful! The bloke would have known what I wanted without any silly blinkin questions.

I mean you blokes go to buy a drill.....they don't ask you what you want to drill right???? you grunt, they grunt and then they say "man have I got a drill for you".....everyon'es blinkin happy, right????

Maybe if I had grunted at her?????

Anyways she sells me weedkiller that at first was $12 then became $18....so I bought a spray container thingy as well coz it was concentrated stuff.

Then when I was about to leave the store, I realised I better get a mask too....only this time I was going straight to the bloke for help.....coz you know....they love it when chickies go to them for help!! All you have to do is smile real sweet and before you know it, they are climbing ladders, huffing and puffing...looking for what you want.....

Anyways I did the flirty helpless female thingy....got the face mask.......oh and.....um.....a whipper snipper too!! Well he was sooooo niiiiiiiiice!!!

Sooooooooo my supposedly $12 purchase actually cost me $64.....how did that happen??????

But wait there's more.....I get home, put on my gloves, face mask....I looked like a pro.....but couldnt' get the blinkin spray thingie to work! I spent half an hour trying to get the blinkin thing to work....no luck! So I had to put the weedkiller in the watering can....and it took forever!!

Buuuuuuuuuuut I have done it.....my garden is now a toxic dump and the next door's cat better think twice before pooping in my weeds right now!!

As for the whipper snipper..........I still need a blinkin bloke coz I don't know how to use it!! This has kind of gone full circle hasn't it.......all I wanted was a man.....instead I got weed killer, a spray thingie that don't work, masks and a whipper snipper.....something is very wrong with this picture!!

But you wanna know what else? I strutted out of that hardware store like a woman who knew exactly what she was blinkin going to do!!!! I loooooooooove hardware stores!!!

Anyways....here's a pic of me in the mask.....I look pretty dang proffessional huh?

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Dear God....I need a man RIGHT NOW..... Sep 29, 2008 4:11 pm
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to weed my garden! Seriously, I just went outside....it's a jungle out there! And I DON'T DO GARDEN!!!

Hey spunky butt yeah that's right I'm talking to YOU why don't you come on over?

I'll show you my etchings

My weedy etchings!!
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JIGGLE THAT FLATLINE! Sep 29, 2008 3:37 pm
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When you're in flatline mode.....it's very easy to fall prey to the "woe is me" attitude. Many of you can relate....."why me"...."it's not fair, bad things always happen to me"...."I don't know why I bother".......DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!

Last night I found myself falling into this pit of self pity.......and it took discipline to pull myself out by the hair!

There's nothing bad about being sad. When things hurt us, we feel sad, when people hurt us, we feel sad. When life isn't going the way we hoped it would, we feel sad....that's kind of normal. I think if we didn't feel sadness, we would be in a whole lot of trouble coz the opposite of that is (LOL I've had a mental blank...can't think of the word) being totally devoid of feelings. I know people like this...and I feel sorry for them! Or else they hide their real feelings under a blanket of false bravado...not healthy!

But when sad turns to self pity....that's not a good thing either. It's SO important, when you feel the tide turning in that direction....to swim in the opposite direction! It's not a good place to be coz self pity can damage you incredibly. If you look at with a negative view....then rest assured life will be negative for you. I know this...been there, done that in the past!

Well last night, when I felt the old self pity rear it's ugly little head......I fought it by counting the many times God has blessed me beyond antyhing I could hope for. There's a song, "count your blessings, name them one by one...."

I remembered that God made lots of my dreams come true....I got to be a singer, an actor, got to travel to the USA....all three are dreams I've had since childhood...never thought they would happen! But they did....because of Him!!

But my biggest blessing walked in the door last night, saying "I had an awesome night of prayer with the guys, mum".....oh wow!!!! My heart just filled with gratitude and thanks to God!!!

You know, one of my many mountains in life, is to get beyond the opinions of my sisters, towards me. I wont get into that one right now LOL, but I do recall one of the things my sister said to me when I was pregnant..."we think you are too immature to have a child"....those words caused a lot of damage to my spirit, and I know my sisters were waiting for me to collapse in a heap as a parent. They didn't think I was capable of being a good mother. So I look at this beautiful boy of mine, and I am blessed beyond measure!! Coz he has been an awesome kid from the moment he was born, and he made being a parent a whole lot easier than I thought it would be!!

I've kind of digressed all over the place here, but the point I'm trying to make is......no matter how sad you are, no matter how tough life gets....always remember the blessings you have been given, and it just helps to put things into perspective.

Through everything......God is good! He has good intent for our lives, He hates to see us sad and hurting....and He blesses, we just have to open our eyes wide enough to recognize it!

To anyone hurting.....I pray for you. May God bless you richly and may His desire for your life truly set you free! When all seems lost.....look up......see, He is looking down at you...arms outstretched, a tear in His eye coz His beloved child is hurting.
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