Freedom

Lately I have been thinking how privileged I am in my Freedom.....

on my camping expedition last week there were 3 of us all girls .... we didn't even think about if it was safe or not, we just went.....in so many countries women can't even walk the streets by themselve let alone camp....we even unzipped the tent and stuck our heads out to sleep under the stars.......................Thanks Jesus for freedom

I was at the local Park this morning and while walking round the park I was praying the bible... How awesome is it that I own not only one bible but 3 or 4 (I heard that there are some Salvation Army Officers in Papua New Guinea who can't afford a bible?!?!?).....Also I have the freedom to walk around in public praying it...I don't have to hide my bible I can whip it out anytime I want...I can even where it on my shirt!!!!......Thanks Jesus for Freedom


also.....God has provided....I have all the funds for the next overseas mission he is sending me on......I have stopped worrying if he will provide....of course he will...If he asked me to go he will get me there......I just keep an eye out how he is going to do it each time... this time he used the Australian Tax Department........sweet eh?

Cheers,

-Be Strong and Courageous-

!Relle

Delight yourself in the Lord

I have got some really wise friends.... they whip my thinking back into line without knowing they are doing it.....

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

... I absolutely love this verse and have loved it for a long time..... but realised I was putting the emphasis in the wrong place..... I was waiting for the LORD to give me the desires of my heart without delighting myself in him....

He knows my desires....

I remember hearing Retired General (of The Salvation Army) Eva Burrows talking one day about butterflys. She was saying... if you chase a butterfly they keep flying away, but if you busy yourself with the things of life, they just come and land on your shoulder....she likened this to happiness.....

Last night I decided I had to change a few things and have already seen the change in my thinking and the change in my perspective....I am accepting things that I haven't for a while and the desires I have had for a while seem to on the backburner....I'm excited about the present.....and it is good

God may give me the desires of my heart....but there not that important anymore

-Be Strong and Courageous-

!Relle

Literally in Tents, Creation and Blue-Shoelaces

Hey all,

decided it was time for a break, so grabbed a tent and some mates and headed up the coast for a few day....it was absolutely awesome.....how blessed am I that I live in a country like Aus with so much beauty....was reminded the other day about a quote I made a few years back 'Creation stirs my spirit to praise'...it is still so true for me today...thanks Jesus...

This morning while having breaky outside out tent watching the waves roll onto the white as sand (anyone jealous yet?)...me and me mates played a game of making preach points from the environment we came up with some good ones.... rising on eagles wings, resting in the shadow of the almighty, he is the vine we are the branches, his grace washing over us.......so true 'Creation stirs my spirit to praise'...

I also bought some new shoes yesterday and I liked them but knew I would like them that little bit better if they had blue shoelaces....so i was asking at all these shops for blue-shoelaces...and I prayed for blue shoelaces...but no one had any.....when we got back to our tent I took the shoes outta the box to look at them and inside the box was a pair of blue-shoelaces.....how awesome is God he provides not only what I need but also what I want.....

cheers,

-Be Strong and Courageous-

!Relle

I am entering the bloggin world

Hey all bloggers and blog readers...I have finally after much contemplation and procrastination started my very own blog spot....

But i also have to get off the net so Dad can make a phone call.....

So come back in a few days and pick your way through my thoughts and make some sense...

-Be strong and Courageous-

!Relle