Five Minute Friday: Rest

REST

Matthew 11:28-29King James Version (KJV)  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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.

Rest is such a simple but yet profound four letter word. Mothers and teachers tell their little children to rest in the afternoon. Adults may come home after a long day of work, and sit on their chair, couch, or lay in their bed and rest. But God tells us in His word to COME to Him and he will give us rest. I was thinking yesterday (on Friday) what that meant. We all carry burdens on our shoulders, financial, health, work, and family. At times those troubles can weigh you down, make you discouraged, made you just want to crawl under your covers and hide. Sometimes you may feel so alone you don't know who to turn to or what to do. But there is ONE that will help ease your burden. It is our Heavenly Father God. He is always there to take your burden and help your soul find the rest it needs. I know as a Christian I struggle to give my burdens to the Lord. I want to keep them for myself and not share with the Lord what is going on (even though He already knows). But, God wants us to give us our burdens. The journey is hard, and it hardly ever easy. I am thankful to have a God that will help guide me through the valleys and the mountains of life.

Story

My story isn't anything fabulous. Its simple. My story is of redemption, forgiveness, and love of a Savior. When I was six years old my life changed for good. I saw my need for a Savior, and realized I needed Him in my life. My mom knelt beside me next to our kitchen chairs. She went through the gospel with me, and I realized I had a need to be freed from the punishment of sin. I asked Jesus into my heart, and he saved me. My life changed. I had more of a desire to obey my parents, to please Jesus, and to help others.

There have been times I tried to write my own story...do what I want. But, letting God write my story is far much better--He is a much better author than me. :) There are a lot of things I want written in my story...I want to fall in love for the first time, get married, serve the Lord with a godly man, have a family, maybe travel the world to help missionaries....but the Lord hasn't written that part yet. 

Share your story of salvation below~ I would love to hear it..Or just share a story about your life. 

Five Minute Friday: News

As I sit under my covers propped up on my pillows my mind is racing. I am not sure why...but it always does. It has been since July since I have participated in "Five Minute Friday." Many reasons why I haven't...mainly because I have had a bad case of writers block....its been there for a long time and I don't know what to do...any suggestions on how to get past it? So here is the NEWs whats going on with me...

1) I quit my job at the daycare I was at at the beginning of July, without a new job lined up. Within a week the Lord provided a new job, in a Christian daycare. I enjoy working in a Christian environment again.

2) My old PC finally went KAPUT...the hinge on the screen finally gave out...so I was without a PC until November. I bought it intending to blog more--well sadly that hasn't happened.

3) My family has been going through some valleys and some mountains, but God has been good.


That is about all that is new with me...not much really. Thanks for reading.

I am also trying to think of a different name for my blog...any suggestions are helpful.