Rev. 7, 8, 9 and 13
Rev. 10, 11 and 12
Rev. 13 and 14
Rev. 14, 15 and 16
Rev. 16 and 17
Rev. 18 and 19
Rev. 19, 20, 21 and 22
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Video of My Testimony/ Life Story
watch if interested :) This is my whooooole life story lol :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Zqe1sMg7o&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Zqe1sMg7o&feature=youtu.be
Revelation Videos I Made
I made some videos unpacking my understanding of the book of Revelation. I plan to read through most of Revelation via these videos and explain how I see it. May God give me and anyone watching eyes to see and ears to hear through them. Amen :) I hope they bless you and edify you! God bless! :) May God's peace be with you! :)
Rev. 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Lh0Ri43wA&feature=youtu.be
Rev. 7, 1 Cor, 1 Thess, Luke etc....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_9pJ_fspc&feature=youtu.be
Rev. 3 and unpacking the Roman Road/ The Gospel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xPRrySPPrc&feature=youtu.be
Rev. 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Lh0Ri43wA&feature=youtu.be
Rev. 7, 1 Cor, 1 Thess, Luke etc....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_9pJ_fspc&feature=youtu.be
Rev. 3 and unpacking the Roman Road/ The Gospel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xPRrySPPrc&feature=youtu.be
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Gospel in Many Languages :)
The gospel: what I would say if witnessing to someone :)
Jesus loves you and he died for your sins or anything you've done wrong. He is alive and can live inside of you. God sent his son, Jesus, to die for you because he loves you. We do not have to do anything to earn his love. He already loves us because he created us. If you confess with your mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus can save you, you will be saved, meaning you will go to heaven when you die. Do you believe Jesus is enough to pay for your sins and get you into heaven? Please believe. God loves you!
that translated into filipino via bubble.com lol :)
Si Jesus ay nagmamahal ka at siya ay namatay para sa iyong mga kasalanan o anumang nagawa mo na mali. Siya ay buhay at mabubuhay loob mo. Ipinadala ng Diyos ang kanyang anak, si Jesus, upang mamatay para sa iyo dahil siya nagmamahal ka. Hindi namin gawin upang kumita ang kanyang pag-ibig. Niya na nagmamahal sa amin bec
and chinese....
耶稣爱您，并且他为您的罪孽死了或任何您做错了。他活，并且可以居住里面您。因为他爱您，上帝送他的儿子，耶稣，为您死。我们不必须做什么赢得他的爱。因为他创造了我们，他已经爱我们。 如果您在我们的心脏交代与我们的嘴并且相信耶稣能救您，您将救，意味您将去天堂，当您死。您是否是否是相信耶稣支付您的罪孽和让您进入的足够天堂？请相信。上帝爱您!
and arabic....
يسوع يحبك, لقد مات ذنوبكم او اى شئ قمت به خطأ. انه على قيد الحياة يعيش الداخل منك. الله ارسل ابنه يسوع الموت لك لانه يحبك. لا لا شيء لكسب حبه. انه يحب لنا لانه خلقنا. إذا كنت الاعتراف مع الفم نؤمن ان يسوع القلب يمكن حفظ لك سيتم حفظها معنى ستذهب الى السماء لحظة وفاتك. هل يسوع المسيح هو كافية لدفع ذنوبكم لك فى الجنة? يرجى نعتقد. الله يحبك!
and french.....
Jésus vous aime et il est mort pour vos péchés ou n'importe quoi que vous avez fait de mal. Il est vivant et peut vivre à l'intérieur de vous. Dieu a envoyé à son fils, Jésus, mourir pour vous parce qu'il vous aime. Nous ne devons faire rien pour gagner son amour. Il nous aime déjà parce qu'il nous a créés. Si vous avouez avec notre bouche et croyez en notre coeur que Jésus peut vous sauver, vous serez sauvés, en voulant dire que vous irez au ciel quand vous mourez. Croyez-vous que Jésus est assez pour payer pour vos péchés et vous recevoir dans le ciel ? Croyez s'il vous plaît . Dieu vous aime!
and german.....
Jesus liebt Sie, und er starb für Ihre Sünden oder irgendetwas, dass Sie falsch getan haben. Er ist lebendig und kann in Ihnen leben. Gott sandte seinem Sohn, Jesus, für Sie zu sterben, weil er Sie liebt. Wir müssen nichts tun, um seine Liebe zu verdienen. Er liebt uns bereits, weil er uns schuf. Wenn Sie mit unserem Mund gestehen und in unserem Herzen glauben, dass Jesus Sie retten kann, werden Sie gerettet, meinend, dass Sie zum Himmel gehen werden, wenn Sie sterben. Glauben Sie, dass Jesus genug ist, um für Ihre Sünden zu zahlen und Sie in den Himmel zu bekommen? Glauben Sie bitte. Gott liebt Sie!
and hindi
पाप की मृत्यु या आपके पसंद करता है और आप ईसा आपने कुछ गलत किया था। हो सकता है आप के भीतर रहते हैं और वह जीवित है । अपने पुत्र को भेजा, ईश्वर, ईसा से मरते हैं क्योंकि उन्हें पसंद हैं। हम अपने प् यार अर्जित करने के लिए कुछ नहीं करते हैं. इसलिए हमें उन्हें पसंद है वह हमें उत्पन्न किया जा चुका है। यदि आप अपने मुँह और सतायागया सहेज सकते हैं कि आपको दिल में विश्वास करते हैं, तो आप सहेजा जाएगा, जब आप स्वर्ग जाएंगे तो सही मर जाते हैं। ईसा के भुगतान के लिए पर्याप्त है तो आप मानते हैं कि आपको अपने पाप और आकाश में? विश्वास करें. आप ईश्वर प्रेम!
and italian.....
Gesù vi ama ed egli è morto per i nostri peccati o ciò che hai fatto di sbagliato. Egli è vivo e può vivere dentro di te. Dio ha mandato il suo figlio, Gesù, per te morire perché vi ama. Non abbiamo nulla da fare per guadagnare il suo amore. Egli già ci ama perché egli ci ha creati. Se confesserai con la nostra bocca e credere nel nostro cuore che Gesù può salvare voi, sarete salvati, il che significa andare in paradiso, quando morirai. Credete che Gesù è abbastanza per pagare per i vostri peccati e vi verso il cielo? Vi prego di credere. Dio vi ama!
and Japanese....
イエス・キリストはあなたが大好きで、彼はあなたの罪をかがしてきました何で死亡した。 彼は生きて、の中に住むことができます。 神は彼の息子は、イエスは,送信された、彼は愛するために死ぬ。 私たちは、彼の愛を獲得するために何かをする必要がない。 彼はすでに私たちは、彼の作成しているため愛する。 を使用すると口で告白すると心の中でイエス・キリストは保存することができたと考えられる場合は、保存された、天には死ぬときにすることを意味します。 イエスはあなたの罪のための支払をし、天に入るには十分にあると思いますか? と考えていてください。 神はあなたが大好きです!
and Korean....
당신을 사랑하고, 예수님 당신의 죄나 잘못 한 어떤 일에 돌아가셨습니다. 그는 살아 있으며 당신 안에 살 수 있습니다. 하나님은 그의 아들 예수에게 보내어 당신을 위해 너희를 사랑하시기 때문에 죽습니다. 우리는 그의 사랑을 얻기 위해서 아무 것도 없습니다. 그는 이미 우리에게 주님 사랑 만들어졌기 때문. 당신은 우리의 입으로 고백하고 우리의 마음에 예수 당신을 구해 줄 수 있다고 생각하는 경우, 저장 하늘을 죽으면 가 됩니다. 즉 예수님을 당신의 죄에 대한 대가를, 천국에 갈 수 있을 정도로 믿고 있습니까? 믿어 주십시오. 하나님은 당신을 사랑하십니다!
and Russian....
Иисус любит Вас, и он умер для ваших грехов или чего - нибудь, что Вы сделали неправильно. Он жив и может жить в Вас. Бог послал его сыну, Иисусу, умирать для Вас, потому что он любит Вас. Мы не должны сделать что-нибудь, чтобы заработать его любовь. Он уже любит нас, потому что он создал нас. Если Вы признаетесь с нашим ртом и будете полагать в нашем сердце, что Иисус может cэкономить Вас, то Вы будете отложены, подразумевая, что Вы пойдете в небеса, когда Вы умираете. Вы полагаете, что Иисус достаточно, чтобы заплатить за ваши грехи и получить Вас в небеса? Пожалуйста верьте. Бог любит Вас!
and Spanish.....
Jesús le ama y él murió para sus pecados o algo que usted ha hecho incorrecto. Él está vivo y puede vivir dentro de usted. Dios envió a su hijo, Jesús, morir para usted porque él le ama. No tenemos que hacer nada para ganar su amor. Él ya nos ama porque él nos creó. Si usted admite con nuestra boca y cree en nuestro corazón que Jesús puede salvarle, usted será salvado, queriendo decir que usted irá al cielo cuando usted muere. ¿Cree usted que Jesús es bastante para pagar para sus pecados y conseguirle en el cielo? Por favor crea. ¡Dios le ama!
and Swahili.....
Yesu anakupenda na akafa kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu au kitu chochote umefanya kosa vibaya. Yeye ni hai na anaweza kuishi ndani yako. Mungu alimtuma mwana wake, Yesu, Ili afe kwa ajili yenu kwa sababu yeye anakupenda. Hatuna kufanya chochote ili kupata upendo wake. Yeye tayari anatupenda bec
and Thai....
พระเยซูทรงรักคุณและเขาก็ตายสำหรับบาปของคุณหรืออะไรที่คุณทำได้ไม่ถูกต้อง เขายังมีชีวิตอยู่และจะสามารถใช้ชีวิตอยู่ ภายใน ของคุณ พระเจ้าส่งบุตรชายของเขาพระเยซูจะตายสำหรับคุณเพราะเขารักคุณ เราไม่จำเป็นต้องทำอะไรเลยได้รับความรักของเขา เขารักเราเพราะเขาถูกสร้างขึ้นมา หากคุณยอมรับว่าด้วยปากของเราและเชื่อว่าในใจของเราที่พระเยซูสามารถช่วยคุณคุณจะถูกบันทึกไว้ซึ่งหมายความว่าคุณจะได้เดินทางไปยังสวรรค์เมื่อคุณจะต้องตาย คุณเชื่อว่าพระเยซูทรงมีมากพอที่จะจ่ายสำหรับบาปของคุณและรับท่านเข้าสู่สวรรค์ โปรดเชื่อว่า พระเจ้ารักคุณ
Feel free to pass this on to whomever :)
http://www.bubblestranslation.com/our-services/new-translator.html
(for more translations) :)
Jesus loves you and he died for your sins or anything you've done wrong. He is alive and can live inside of you. God sent his son, Jesus, to die for you because he loves you. We do not have to do anything to earn his love. He already loves us because he created us. If you confess with your mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus can save you, you will be saved, meaning you will go to heaven when you die. Do you believe Jesus is enough to pay for your sins and get you into heaven? Please believe. God loves you!
that translated into filipino via bubble.com lol :)
Si Jesus ay nagmamahal ka at siya ay namatay para sa iyong mga kasalanan o anumang nagawa mo na mali. Siya ay buhay at mabubuhay loob mo. Ipinadala ng Diyos ang kanyang anak, si Jesus, upang mamatay para sa iyo dahil siya nagmamahal ka. Hindi namin gawin upang kumita ang kanyang pag-ibig. Niya na nagmamahal sa amin bec
and chinese....
耶稣爱您，并且他为您的罪孽死了或任何您做错了。他活，并且可以居住里面您。因为他爱您，上帝送他的儿子，耶稣，为您死。我们不必须做什么赢得他的爱。因为他创造了我们，他已经爱我们。 如果您在我们的心脏交代与我们的嘴并且相信耶稣能救您，您将救，意味您将去天堂，当您死。您是否是否是相信耶稣支付您的罪孽和让您进入的足够天堂？请相信。上帝爱您!
and arabic....
يسوع يحبك, لقد مات ذنوبكم او اى شئ قمت به خطأ. انه على قيد الحياة يعيش الداخل منك. الله ارسل ابنه يسوع الموت لك لانه يحبك. لا لا شيء لكسب حبه. انه يحب لنا لانه خلقنا. إذا كنت الاعتراف مع الفم نؤمن ان يسوع القلب يمكن حفظ لك سيتم حفظها معنى ستذهب الى السماء لحظة وفاتك. هل يسوع المسيح هو كافية لدفع ذنوبكم لك فى الجنة? يرجى نعتقد. الله يحبك!
and french.....
Jésus vous aime et il est mort pour vos péchés ou n'importe quoi que vous avez fait de mal. Il est vivant et peut vivre à l'intérieur de vous. Dieu a envoyé à son fils, Jésus, mourir pour vous parce qu'il vous aime. Nous ne devons faire rien pour gagner son amour. Il nous aime déjà parce qu'il nous a créés. Si vous avouez avec notre bouche et croyez en notre coeur que Jésus peut vous sauver, vous serez sauvés, en voulant dire que vous irez au ciel quand vous mourez. Croyez-vous que Jésus est assez pour payer pour vos péchés et vous recevoir dans le ciel ? Croyez s'il vous plaît . Dieu vous aime!
and german.....
Jesus liebt Sie, und er starb für Ihre Sünden oder irgendetwas, dass Sie falsch getan haben. Er ist lebendig und kann in Ihnen leben. Gott sandte seinem Sohn, Jesus, für Sie zu sterben, weil er Sie liebt. Wir müssen nichts tun, um seine Liebe zu verdienen. Er liebt uns bereits, weil er uns schuf. Wenn Sie mit unserem Mund gestehen und in unserem Herzen glauben, dass Jesus Sie retten kann, werden Sie gerettet, meinend, dass Sie zum Himmel gehen werden, wenn Sie sterben. Glauben Sie, dass Jesus genug ist, um für Ihre Sünden zu zahlen und Sie in den Himmel zu bekommen? Glauben Sie bitte. Gott liebt Sie!
and hindi
पाप की मृत्यु या आपके पसंद करता है और आप ईसा आपने कुछ गलत किया था। हो सकता है आप के भीतर रहते हैं और वह जीवित है । अपने पुत्र को भेजा, ईश्वर, ईसा से मरते हैं क्योंकि उन्हें पसंद हैं। हम अपने प् यार अर्जित करने के लिए कुछ नहीं करते हैं. इसलिए हमें उन्हें पसंद है वह हमें उत्पन्न किया जा चुका है। यदि आप अपने मुँह और सतायागया सहेज सकते हैं कि आपको दिल में विश्वास करते हैं, तो आप सहेजा जाएगा, जब आप स्वर्ग जाएंगे तो सही मर जाते हैं। ईसा के भुगतान के लिए पर्याप्त है तो आप मानते हैं कि आपको अपने पाप और आकाश में? विश्वास करें. आप ईश्वर प्रेम!
and italian.....
Gesù vi ama ed egli è morto per i nostri peccati o ciò che hai fatto di sbagliato. Egli è vivo e può vivere dentro di te. Dio ha mandato il suo figlio, Gesù, per te morire perché vi ama. Non abbiamo nulla da fare per guadagnare il suo amore. Egli già ci ama perché egli ci ha creati. Se confesserai con la nostra bocca e credere nel nostro cuore che Gesù può salvare voi, sarete salvati, il che significa andare in paradiso, quando morirai. Credete che Gesù è abbastanza per pagare per i vostri peccati e vi verso il cielo? Vi prego di credere. Dio vi ama!
and Japanese....
イエス・キリストはあなたが大好きで、彼はあなたの罪をかがしてきました何で死亡した。 彼は生きて、の中に住むことができます。 神は彼の息子は、イエスは,送信された、彼は愛するために死ぬ。 私たちは、彼の愛を獲得するために何かをする必要がない。 彼はすでに私たちは、彼の作成しているため愛する。 を使用すると口で告白すると心の中でイエス・キリストは保存することができたと考えられる場合は、保存された、天には死ぬときにすることを意味します。 イエスはあなたの罪のための支払をし、天に入るには十分にあると思いますか? と考えていてください。 神はあなたが大好きです!
and Korean....
당신을 사랑하고, 예수님 당신의 죄나 잘못 한 어떤 일에 돌아가셨습니다. 그는 살아 있으며 당신 안에 살 수 있습니다. 하나님은 그의 아들 예수에게 보내어 당신을 위해 너희를 사랑하시기 때문에 죽습니다. 우리는 그의 사랑을 얻기 위해서 아무 것도 없습니다. 그는 이미 우리에게 주님 사랑 만들어졌기 때문. 당신은 우리의 입으로 고백하고 우리의 마음에 예수 당신을 구해 줄 수 있다고 생각하는 경우, 저장 하늘을 죽으면 가 됩니다. 즉 예수님을 당신의 죄에 대한 대가를, 천국에 갈 수 있을 정도로 믿고 있습니까? 믿어 주십시오. 하나님은 당신을 사랑하십니다!
and Russian....
Иисус любит Вас, и он умер для ваших грехов или чего - нибудь, что Вы сделали неправильно. Он жив и может жить в Вас. Бог послал его сыну, Иисусу, умирать для Вас, потому что он любит Вас. Мы не должны сделать что-нибудь, чтобы заработать его любовь. Он уже любит нас, потому что он создал нас. Если Вы признаетесь с нашим ртом и будете полагать в нашем сердце, что Иисус может cэкономить Вас, то Вы будете отложены, подразумевая, что Вы пойдете в небеса, когда Вы умираете. Вы полагаете, что Иисус достаточно, чтобы заплатить за ваши грехи и получить Вас в небеса? Пожалуйста верьте. Бог любит Вас!
and Spanish.....
Jesús le ama y él murió para sus pecados o algo que usted ha hecho incorrecto. Él está vivo y puede vivir dentro de usted. Dios envió a su hijo, Jesús, morir para usted porque él le ama. No tenemos que hacer nada para ganar su amor. Él ya nos ama porque él nos creó. Si usted admite con nuestra boca y cree en nuestro corazón que Jesús puede salvarle, usted será salvado, queriendo decir que usted irá al cielo cuando usted muere. ¿Cree usted que Jesús es bastante para pagar para sus pecados y conseguirle en el cielo? Por favor crea. ¡Dios le ama!
and Swahili.....
Yesu anakupenda na akafa kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu au kitu chochote umefanya kosa vibaya. Yeye ni hai na anaweza kuishi ndani yako. Mungu alimtuma mwana wake, Yesu, Ili afe kwa ajili yenu kwa sababu yeye anakupenda. Hatuna kufanya chochote ili kupata upendo wake. Yeye tayari anatupenda bec
and Thai....
พระเยซูทรงรักคุณและเขาก็ตายสำหรับบาปของคุณหรืออะไรที่คุณทำได้ไม่ถูกต้อง เขายังมีชีวิตอยู่และจะสามารถใช้ชีวิตอยู่ ภายใน ของคุณ พระเจ้าส่งบุตรชายของเขาพระเยซูจะตายสำหรับคุณเพราะเขารักคุณ เราไม่จำเป็นต้องทำอะไรเลยได้รับความรักของเขา เขารักเราเพราะเขาถูกสร้างขึ้นมา หากคุณยอมรับว่าด้วยปากของเราและเชื่อว่าในใจของเราที่พระเยซูสามารถช่วยคุณคุณจะถูกบันทึกไว้ซึ่งหมายความว่าคุณจะได้เดินทางไปยังสวรรค์เมื่อคุณจะต้องตาย คุณเชื่อว่าพระเยซูทรงมีมากพอที่จะจ่ายสำหรับบาปของคุณและรับท่านเข้าสู่สวรรค์ โปรดเชื่อว่า พระเจ้ารักคุณ
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(for more translations) :)
Making music with my sweetie :)
Jesus Hold My Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vkkhN-pCCk&feature=youtu.be
Random
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_inUJcpNyI&feature=youtu.be
Trust in You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_Jb1PCM8U&feature=youtu.be
Valley of the Shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jY0h9Mns8c&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vkkhN-pCCk&feature=youtu.be
Random
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_inUJcpNyI&feature=youtu.be
Trust in You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_Jb1PCM8U&feature=youtu.be
Valley of the Shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jY0h9Mns8c&feature=youtu.be
Friday, March 15, 2013
How We Began
So Ben and I moved incredibly quickly but here's why. I knew from the first time I talked to him on the phone that he was the one and so did he. Well he knew from the moment he saw my pictures on POF.com. Praise God for POF lol.
We talked on the phone for the first time Sunday Feb. 24. We met for lunch for the first time Monday Feb. 25th. I came over to his house to hang out for the first time Tuesday Feb. 26th. He said he wanted to marry me. I said of course I did too. I just asked when. He said he didn't want to scare me lol. And I said, "Don't worry you wouldn't scare me." lol I'm not easily scared about anything relationship wise really. :)
I came over again Wednesday Feb. 27th and the next morning we went to sign papers in the courthouse, thinking that would make us married, but it turned out we had to have a mini ceremony as well to finalize it.
I wanted to the next day Friday, March 1, but he decided it would be better for us to wait a bit.
The next Friday March 8th we did the mini ceremony in the courthouse. He didn't realize my birth name was Elizabeth until that moment. He said God had been telling him since 2009 that he would marry an Elizabeth. How cool is that! :) lol
I knew he was the one from the moment he read a poem to me over the phone that he had written awhile ago about God etc. and it just blew me away! I was like balling on the phone. He didn't know I was crying but my goodness I was. And I had never cried like that with anyone ever! I was just blown away by how amazing he was! I could not believe that someone so on fire for God existed. And I think I cried also cause I was thinking, "Where have you been all my life!" lol
It really seems like he was custom made for me and I was for him. We fit together so perfectly! I feel like he is my twin in so many ways it's crazy.
We played basketball together for the time yesterday and I was like, "Thank you God for sending me someone who likes to play basketball as much as I always have!" That really was my primary passion from age 10 all the way to 22. After college I didn't play much cause I didn't have people to play with, but praise God he sent me a great basketball partner in my husband!
I keep thinking all along, "How lucky am I! That the same guy that I have great times in prayer with and reads the Bible to me is also the guy with mad skills in basketball that I can play with and likes all the things I like! I am so blessed! Thank you God!"
We both love the same foods, being pizza and Dr. Pepper lol and junk food in general, but I am trying to help him be more healthy with eating fruit. He loves grapes lol. So that's good. :) But we are still big on pizza. :)
We both are relatively clean, which is very, very nice for me. He actually hangs his clothes up! Praise God lol. :) I love that! :)
We both love hugs, cooking good food, eating out and watching movies. :)
We both smile a lot which is nice. :) We both love to cuddle and do silly voices a lot and be goofy. :) We both love to sing worship songs to God. We both love to write and write well. And we are both excited to have kids and I know he will make an incredible Dad because he is soooo patient and kind and funny!
I am so happy with him! And I feel so lucky that God brought him to me, or I to him really, because I just moved here a month ago. I guess God was bringing me to him really in my coming here. :) Praise God! Ironically 3 years ago when he started sensing God telling him that he would marry an Elizabeth was when one of my good friends from Cali moved out here and she was always telling me I should move out here with her, but I never did until now. It's crazy to think I could have met him 3 years ago, but it is what it is.
At least I am with him now and I pray we have a long and happy life together with lots of children. lol May God always provide for us and take care of us. Amen. :)
God you are so good and you give such good gifts to us! Thank you for blessing me so much with Ben! May I always treasure him and value him. :) May we always put you first and stay connected to you because I know "apart from you we can do nothing." Help us to always be kind to each other and put the other first. May we never be selfish or angry with each other. May we "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" as we let "the word dwell in us richly." Amen! We love you and we praise you for all you have done for us! Amen. :)
May God bless you in your marriage or relationship and may you bear much fruit together and grow more and more in love with each passing day. Grace and peace be with you! :) God bless! :)
We talked on the phone for the first time Sunday Feb. 24. We met for lunch for the first time Monday Feb. 25th. I came over to his house to hang out for the first time Tuesday Feb. 26th. He said he wanted to marry me. I said of course I did too. I just asked when. He said he didn't want to scare me lol. And I said, "Don't worry you wouldn't scare me." lol I'm not easily scared about anything relationship wise really. :)
I came over again Wednesday Feb. 27th and the next morning we went to sign papers in the courthouse, thinking that would make us married, but it turned out we had to have a mini ceremony as well to finalize it.
I wanted to the next day Friday, March 1, but he decided it would be better for us to wait a bit.
The next Friday March 8th we did the mini ceremony in the courthouse. He didn't realize my birth name was Elizabeth until that moment. He said God had been telling him since 2009 that he would marry an Elizabeth. How cool is that! :) lol
I knew he was the one from the moment he read a poem to me over the phone that he had written awhile ago about God etc. and it just blew me away! I was like balling on the phone. He didn't know I was crying but my goodness I was. And I had never cried like that with anyone ever! I was just blown away by how amazing he was! I could not believe that someone so on fire for God existed. And I think I cried also cause I was thinking, "Where have you been all my life!" lol
It really seems like he was custom made for me and I was for him. We fit together so perfectly! I feel like he is my twin in so many ways it's crazy.
We played basketball together for the time yesterday and I was like, "Thank you God for sending me someone who likes to play basketball as much as I always have!" That really was my primary passion from age 10 all the way to 22. After college I didn't play much cause I didn't have people to play with, but praise God he sent me a great basketball partner in my husband!
I keep thinking all along, "How lucky am I! That the same guy that I have great times in prayer with and reads the Bible to me is also the guy with mad skills in basketball that I can play with and likes all the things I like! I am so blessed! Thank you God!"
We both love the same foods, being pizza and Dr. Pepper lol and junk food in general, but I am trying to help him be more healthy with eating fruit. He loves grapes lol. So that's good. :) But we are still big on pizza. :)
We both are relatively clean, which is very, very nice for me. He actually hangs his clothes up! Praise God lol. :) I love that! :)
We both love hugs, cooking good food, eating out and watching movies. :)
We both smile a lot which is nice. :) We both love to cuddle and do silly voices a lot and be goofy. :) We both love to sing worship songs to God. We both love to write and write well. And we are both excited to have kids and I know he will make an incredible Dad because he is soooo patient and kind and funny!
I am so happy with him! And I feel so lucky that God brought him to me, or I to him really, because I just moved here a month ago. I guess God was bringing me to him really in my coming here. :) Praise God! Ironically 3 years ago when he started sensing God telling him that he would marry an Elizabeth was when one of my good friends from Cali moved out here and she was always telling me I should move out here with her, but I never did until now. It's crazy to think I could have met him 3 years ago, but it is what it is.
At least I am with him now and I pray we have a long and happy life together with lots of children. lol May God always provide for us and take care of us. Amen. :)
God you are so good and you give such good gifts to us! Thank you for blessing me so much with Ben! May I always treasure him and value him. :) May we always put you first and stay connected to you because I know "apart from you we can do nothing." Help us to always be kind to each other and put the other first. May we never be selfish or angry with each other. May we "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" as we let "the word dwell in us richly." Amen! We love you and we praise you for all you have done for us! Amen. :)
May God bless you in your marriage or relationship and may you bear much fruit together and grow more and more in love with each passing day. Grace and peace be with you! :) God bless! :)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Work and a New Job
I got a job today. :)
At least I'm pretty sure I got it. She's running my background check etc.
And praise Jesus it's only 3 miles away!
The last job was literally about 30 miles away. Not cool. lol
And my future boss just might be one of the coolest bosses I will have ever had. We had a fun talk in my interview today lol. May God grant me favor with her always and my future co-workers.
I am praying for some great Christian girls to work with, if possible. :) God let it be so. :) Amen.
I have had issues finding common ground with some co-workers in the past, like if they were talking about affairs or watching pornography or homosexual things. May God grant me a relatively clean group to work with. That would be wonderful. :) Pray for me please. :)
Work is generally hard for Christians because yes we are in the world but not of the world, but it is hard to be in it and not of it. Sometimes people outright will not like us, because they see the light in us and they want to hide in the darkness.
Paul says, "What can light have in common with darkness....come out from them and be separate." But what about when you have to work with them? lol. But yes it is hard to have things in common with the world. I was blessed with two jobs before, the ones I stayed at the longest, where I worked with great Christian people, a school and a pre-school. Most jobs with kids have great people to work with because working with kids kind of feels like a ministry. It takes very patient and loving people to do the job so usually they are Christian, but not always.
I have tried working in restaurants as a server and that usually isn't a great moral environment. Retail usually is not either. :(
My original goal was to teach high school English, thus my B.A. in English, but teaching older kids is a very hard and lonely job. Also, the job never ends. There are always lesson plans to be done and essays to grade.
You feel like a man on an island all alone in front of the class trying to direct it.
I did teach Junior High English one year and I didn't like it too much. Classroom management was very hard. You have to be mean to the kids to get them to do what you want and I didn't like that.
I concluded from that experience that to teach, at least with older kids, you can't really like them because you are somewhat torturing them. I didn't like making them write against their will. I wanted writing to be fun for them like it is for me, but for most people it's just not their cup of tea. So teaching older kids may not be my calling, as I had originally thought it was.
However, I still might go back to school at some point and get a Masters in English and teach at a community college, but most professors are older so that will probably be when I'm 40 or 50. lol When I have grey hair and I'm wiser and I don't look like I could be one of the students lol. :) But I love teaching and I love learning new things and I love helping people learn! It is so exciting! I have always, always loved school. I always got straight A's. I always loved all my teachers. Well, except for my Physics teacher in high school lol. But I always had a lot of respect for them and actually always considered homework fun. Odd I know, but it's true. :) I just love to learn!
But for now I am happy to work with little kids. They are cuter, more innocent and easier in general, aside from all the crying lol.
At my new job I will be working with toddlers at a Kindercare out here. I am so excited! I love one and two year older. That is by far the cutest age in my opinion! I also LOVE when they are learning how to talk and getting to teach them new words. :) It is so thrilling to be there right at the beginning for a human being and help them with their first developments.
I read once in the book Boundaries that all the things we need to know for life, like how to say no and have boundaries etc, we learn from ages 1 to 3. Those are extremely crucial and formative years that dictate how the rest of our lives will go really. So my job will be very important and that is exciting!
The best part is I'll be able to start saving, finally. :)
They have the cutest super colorful playground for the kids outside, and the weather is finally warming up so we'll be able to take them outside.
That is the best part of working with kids, getting paid to stand outside and enjoy nature and nice weather. :) And getting paid to watch kids run around and laugh and play. There is nothing better in the whole world really. Seeing children run with freedom and joy on the playground is the coolest thing ever. :) And they always have the happiest looking smiles and the cutest little kid voices. lol
May I get to stay at this job for quite awhile and have good community with my co-workers. May God help me to be frugal and wise with my income and to bring glory to Him in all the work that I do there. May I care for His children well and see them as He sees them, even when they frustrate me. lol. May God give me patience with them and love for them. "Whatever you do to the least of these you do unto me." May I always keep that in mind. :)
I pray God blesses you all in your various jobs. May you shine brightly for Him and not let the world pull you down. :) And may God bless you with money as well and take care of you always.
"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Amen. :)
Grace and peace be with you all! :)
At least I'm pretty sure I got it. She's running my background check etc.
And praise Jesus it's only 3 miles away!
The last job was literally about 30 miles away. Not cool. lol
And my future boss just might be one of the coolest bosses I will have ever had. We had a fun talk in my interview today lol. May God grant me favor with her always and my future co-workers.
I am praying for some great Christian girls to work with, if possible. :) God let it be so. :) Amen.
I have had issues finding common ground with some co-workers in the past, like if they were talking about affairs or watching pornography or homosexual things. May God grant me a relatively clean group to work with. That would be wonderful. :) Pray for me please. :)
Work is generally hard for Christians because yes we are in the world but not of the world, but it is hard to be in it and not of it. Sometimes people outright will not like us, because they see the light in us and they want to hide in the darkness.
Paul says, "What can light have in common with darkness....come out from them and be separate." But what about when you have to work with them? lol. But yes it is hard to have things in common with the world. I was blessed with two jobs before, the ones I stayed at the longest, where I worked with great Christian people, a school and a pre-school. Most jobs with kids have great people to work with because working with kids kind of feels like a ministry. It takes very patient and loving people to do the job so usually they are Christian, but not always.
I have tried working in restaurants as a server and that usually isn't a great moral environment. Retail usually is not either. :(
My original goal was to teach high school English, thus my B.A. in English, but teaching older kids is a very hard and lonely job. Also, the job never ends. There are always lesson plans to be done and essays to grade.
You feel like a man on an island all alone in front of the class trying to direct it.
I did teach Junior High English one year and I didn't like it too much. Classroom management was very hard. You have to be mean to the kids to get them to do what you want and I didn't like that.
I concluded from that experience that to teach, at least with older kids, you can't really like them because you are somewhat torturing them. I didn't like making them write against their will. I wanted writing to be fun for them like it is for me, but for most people it's just not their cup of tea. So teaching older kids may not be my calling, as I had originally thought it was.
However, I still might go back to school at some point and get a Masters in English and teach at a community college, but most professors are older so that will probably be when I'm 40 or 50. lol When I have grey hair and I'm wiser and I don't look like I could be one of the students lol. :) But I love teaching and I love learning new things and I love helping people learn! It is so exciting! I have always, always loved school. I always got straight A's. I always loved all my teachers. Well, except for my Physics teacher in high school lol. But I always had a lot of respect for them and actually always considered homework fun. Odd I know, but it's true. :) I just love to learn!
But for now I am happy to work with little kids. They are cuter, more innocent and easier in general, aside from all the crying lol.
At my new job I will be working with toddlers at a Kindercare out here. I am so excited! I love one and two year older. That is by far the cutest age in my opinion! I also LOVE when they are learning how to talk and getting to teach them new words. :) It is so thrilling to be there right at the beginning for a human being and help them with their first developments.
I read once in the book Boundaries that all the things we need to know for life, like how to say no and have boundaries etc, we learn from ages 1 to 3. Those are extremely crucial and formative years that dictate how the rest of our lives will go really. So my job will be very important and that is exciting!
The best part is I'll be able to start saving, finally. :)
They have the cutest super colorful playground for the kids outside, and the weather is finally warming up so we'll be able to take them outside.
That is the best part of working with kids, getting paid to stand outside and enjoy nature and nice weather. :) And getting paid to watch kids run around and laugh and play. There is nothing better in the whole world really. Seeing children run with freedom and joy on the playground is the coolest thing ever. :) And they always have the happiest looking smiles and the cutest little kid voices. lol
May I get to stay at this job for quite awhile and have good community with my co-workers. May God help me to be frugal and wise with my income and to bring glory to Him in all the work that I do there. May I care for His children well and see them as He sees them, even when they frustrate me. lol. May God give me patience with them and love for them. "Whatever you do to the least of these you do unto me." May I always keep that in mind. :)
I pray God blesses you all in your various jobs. May you shine brightly for Him and not let the world pull you down. :) And may God bless you with money as well and take care of you always.
"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Amen. :)
Grace and peace be with you all! :)
Monday, March 11, 2013
Thank You!
Dear God,
Thank you for the lake out our window and the geese.
Thank you for sunny days and coffee and ice cream. :)
Thank you for cheese.....I love cheese. lol :)
Thank you for getting to run with my new husband.
Thank you for time to relax and chill.
Thank you that our cars are still working well and that we have plenty of good food. :)
Thank you for how good of a listener Ben is and how much fun we have together. :)
Thank you for our dancing and laughter and good movies.
Thank you for fun restaurants to eat out in and nature to walk in.
Thank you God that spring is almost here and the weather will warm up! :)
You have blessed us so much and we are SO greatful!
You are a GREAT Father and you take such good care of us!
We love you Abba, Daddy. :) Thanks again for everything!
Thank you for the lake out our window and the geese.
Thank you for sunny days and coffee and ice cream. :)
Thank you for cheese.....I love cheese. lol :)
Thank you for getting to run with my new husband.
Thank you for time to relax and chill.
Thank you that our cars are still working well and that we have plenty of good food. :)
Thank you for how good of a listener Ben is and how much fun we have together. :)
Thank you for our dancing and laughter and good movies.
Thank you for fun restaurants to eat out in and nature to walk in.
Thank you God that spring is almost here and the weather will warm up! :)
You have blessed us so much and we are SO greatful!
You are a GREAT Father and you take such good care of us!
We love you Abba, Daddy. :) Thanks again for everything!
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Silver Linings
We went to see the movie Silver Linings last night.
That movie was intense! Probably the most intense movie I have ever seen! lol
There were so many similarities to our own life it was quite ironic and crazy.
Except for all the yelling and craziness. My goodness there was a lot of craziness and madness in that movie.
Thus life without God. Very little peace and so much fighting. :( I felt so sad for all the characters in that movie. If I could have jumped through the screen and taken them to church I would have lol.
I love the verse, "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
When people do not have the Spirit they are lost. They are like islands floating around by themselves, very hurting and lonely.
But the Holy Spirit unites us who are saved. Praise God! Because we love Him and He loves us, we can love others.
I have noticed throughout my life the incredible bond I can feel with another Christian just upon meeting them. It often seems as if we have known each other our entire lives.
Such was the case with Ben when we met. I felt like I had known him my whole life right away, because we have the same Spirit inside of us. Lightning struck. :) And it struck both of us luckily. :)
God is so good to enable us who are saved to have peace and joy and unity!
That movie made me feel so sorry for the characters, that people live like that; lost, angry, depressed, always searching for something but never finding it. Things seemed so incredibly hard for the two of them.
Ben and I have had things hard too but God has sustained us. If it weren't for God I'm sure we both would have been in the state those two were in.
But, "Those who hope in the Lord will soar on wings like eagles." Yes? Yes.
Ever since I made Jesus/God Lord of my life instead of myself I have been soaring like an eagle, for the most part. lol :)
Tragedy hits me like getting fired or Roger's death but I still keep flying, sometimes even higher, thanks to my Savior.
After his death I kept thinking of the song, "You give and take away, you give and take away but still my heart will choose to say, Lord blessed be Your name."
My mom, my brother and I were driving me home to California. We passed a random sign that said, "A dream died here," and I remember thinking how ironic and how fitting that phrase was, for me. Before his death we had been planning to start a family, just like the girl in the movie. Things were finally looking up for us. And then bam, out of no where, completely unexpected, he died. And I was like wtf God? lol
Later that song, blessed be your name, was playing and I was just crying in the back seat lifting my hands and praising God. Acknowledging that even though he took away everything I cared about, I was still going to bless His name. He was still worthy of my praise.
His death could have gone down like the situation with Job.
God said to Satan, "Have you noticed how faithful my servant Job is?" And Satan said, "That is just because you have blessed him so much. Let me take things away from him and he will curse you." So God allowed Satan to test Job and put him through trials to prove how faithful he was.
God may have done the same with me, who knows. He knows how much we can handle. Luckily I had my best friend, brother and mom to fall back on after the death. I went to bible studies almost every day of the week after that with my mom and that helped me a lot. I RAN into God's arms instead of running away from him, as most tend to. And praise God that I did!
Because He was preparing me for my next adventure. Praise God that he re-blessed me with Ben! I could not have asked for more! He is everything I had always hoped for in the man I would marry someday. :) And I can't believe it all worked out so easily!
There was a song on the radio a lot recently that went, "This is love and love is easy. It's the easiest thing to do." Love with Ben has been very easy. It is very easy to love him and it seems easy for him to love me as well. We just click. Praise God!
I always feel SO lucky to have met him and have him in my life. God is so good and He gives such good gifts! :)
There was a sermon at the Cause about a month ago and the woman said, "You may be going through trials, but your life is NOT OVER!"
Part of me felt like my life ended when Roger died. When she said this it made me cry and I was like, "Ok God, what do you still have for me to do? I am yours."
My grandma said to me after the death, "God only takes something away so He can give you something better." That gave me a lot of hope. And she was right. :)
In many ways my life now is so much better than it was before Roger died. It is so much more simple, less complicated, less stressful, and more joyful. Thanks be to God.
Joyce Meyer talks about God giving us a double recompense for our former trouble. When Roger died I was so distraught. I was crying out to God, "WHY have you made my life suck so much?! I don't understand!"
But He has his reasons for allowing certain things to happen to us.
And I know, and I have known all along, He works all things together for the good of those who love Him.
That does not mean the thing itself was "good" but He can work it out for good. Praise God!
So whatever you are going through, have faith, God will make it ok in the end. :) Just believe and keep trusting Him that He has you and He loves you.
You never know what He is working behind the scenes of what You see in your life. He has great plans for you; plans to give you hope and a future. So keep holing on. It will get better. This too shall pass. Just trust Him. :)
"Now to him who is able to do abundantly more than all that we ask or imagine, to him be glory, honor and praise both now and forever!" Amen. :)
That movie was intense! Probably the most intense movie I have ever seen! lol
There were so many similarities to our own life it was quite ironic and crazy.
Except for all the yelling and craziness. My goodness there was a lot of craziness and madness in that movie.
Thus life without God. Very little peace and so much fighting. :( I felt so sad for all the characters in that movie. If I could have jumped through the screen and taken them to church I would have lol.
I love the verse, "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
When people do not have the Spirit they are lost. They are like islands floating around by themselves, very hurting and lonely.
But the Holy Spirit unites us who are saved. Praise God! Because we love Him and He loves us, we can love others.
I have noticed throughout my life the incredible bond I can feel with another Christian just upon meeting them. It often seems as if we have known each other our entire lives.
Such was the case with Ben when we met. I felt like I had known him my whole life right away, because we have the same Spirit inside of us. Lightning struck. :) And it struck both of us luckily. :)
God is so good to enable us who are saved to have peace and joy and unity!
That movie made me feel so sorry for the characters, that people live like that; lost, angry, depressed, always searching for something but never finding it. Things seemed so incredibly hard for the two of them.
Ben and I have had things hard too but God has sustained us. If it weren't for God I'm sure we both would have been in the state those two were in.
But, "Those who hope in the Lord will soar on wings like eagles." Yes? Yes.
Ever since I made Jesus/God Lord of my life instead of myself I have been soaring like an eagle, for the most part. lol :)
Tragedy hits me like getting fired or Roger's death but I still keep flying, sometimes even higher, thanks to my Savior.
After his death I kept thinking of the song, "You give and take away, you give and take away but still my heart will choose to say, Lord blessed be Your name."
My mom, my brother and I were driving me home to California. We passed a random sign that said, "A dream died here," and I remember thinking how ironic and how fitting that phrase was, for me. Before his death we had been planning to start a family, just like the girl in the movie. Things were finally looking up for us. And then bam, out of no where, completely unexpected, he died. And I was like wtf God? lol
Later that song, blessed be your name, was playing and I was just crying in the back seat lifting my hands and praising God. Acknowledging that even though he took away everything I cared about, I was still going to bless His name. He was still worthy of my praise.
His death could have gone down like the situation with Job.
God said to Satan, "Have you noticed how faithful my servant Job is?" And Satan said, "That is just because you have blessed him so much. Let me take things away from him and he will curse you." So God allowed Satan to test Job and put him through trials to prove how faithful he was.
God may have done the same with me, who knows. He knows how much we can handle. Luckily I had my best friend, brother and mom to fall back on after the death. I went to bible studies almost every day of the week after that with my mom and that helped me a lot. I RAN into God's arms instead of running away from him, as most tend to. And praise God that I did!
Because He was preparing me for my next adventure. Praise God that he re-blessed me with Ben! I could not have asked for more! He is everything I had always hoped for in the man I would marry someday. :) And I can't believe it all worked out so easily!
There was a song on the radio a lot recently that went, "This is love and love is easy. It's the easiest thing to do." Love with Ben has been very easy. It is very easy to love him and it seems easy for him to love me as well. We just click. Praise God!
I always feel SO lucky to have met him and have him in my life. God is so good and He gives such good gifts! :)
There was a sermon at the Cause about a month ago and the woman said, "You may be going through trials, but your life is NOT OVER!"
Part of me felt like my life ended when Roger died. When she said this it made me cry and I was like, "Ok God, what do you still have for me to do? I am yours."
My grandma said to me after the death, "God only takes something away so He can give you something better." That gave me a lot of hope. And she was right. :)
In many ways my life now is so much better than it was before Roger died. It is so much more simple, less complicated, less stressful, and more joyful. Thanks be to God.
Joyce Meyer talks about God giving us a double recompense for our former trouble. When Roger died I was so distraught. I was crying out to God, "WHY have you made my life suck so much?! I don't understand!"
But He has his reasons for allowing certain things to happen to us.
And I know, and I have known all along, He works all things together for the good of those who love Him.
That does not mean the thing itself was "good" but He can work it out for good. Praise God!
So whatever you are going through, have faith, God will make it ok in the end. :) Just believe and keep trusting Him that He has you and He loves you.
You never know what He is working behind the scenes of what You see in your life. He has great plans for you; plans to give you hope and a future. So keep holing on. It will get better. This too shall pass. Just trust Him. :)
"Now to him who is able to do abundantly more than all that we ask or imagine, to him be glory, honor and praise both now and forever!" Amen. :)
Running
Ben and I went running last night. It was exhilirating!
I have not ran with someone in 14 years! lol crazy I know.
I was in cross country in H.S. and we would run like 5 miles in practices and 3 miles in the races. But that was a loooong time ago.
It felt so good to run again! And with someone!
We went at about 1am. I'm glad we're both night owls. lol
It's so nice and peaceful when the whole world is asleep except for us two, or so it seemed.
There was a super cool fog all over resting on the earth, making things look even more calm and peaceful.
I can't wait to run with him again! :) God is so good to give us humans the gift of running. I love to run. :) And I especially love running with Ben! :)
I have not ran with someone in 14 years! lol crazy I know.
I was in cross country in H.S. and we would run like 5 miles in practices and 3 miles in the races. But that was a loooong time ago.
It felt so good to run again! And with someone!
We went at about 1am. I'm glad we're both night owls. lol
It's so nice and peaceful when the whole world is asleep except for us two, or so it seemed.
There was a super cool fog all over resting on the earth, making things look even more calm and peaceful.
I can't wait to run with him again! :) God is so good to give us humans the gift of running. I love to run. :) And I especially love running with Ben! :)
Saturday, March 9, 2013
What's Next?
To my brothers and sisters in the Lord; watch out for the next thing on the horizon.
Rev. 6:5,
What this means is we will work all day just to buy a loaf of bread pretty much. This is next for us, for the world, I believe. A world wide famine.
Luckily Ben has been stocking up on a crazy amount of rice and beans over the last few years. It may sound crazy, but I advise all of you to do the same. Who knows when or how suddenly this famine will hit.
I believe things are just going to get harder from here on out. People kept saying this recession would lift but it has not has it? It's just getting more and more difficult to find good jobs.
I believe Revelations is chronological. Here is the last thing that happened and has already been fulfilled.
That was World War 1 and 2 I believe. So that prophecy has already been fulfilled. Next is the famine. So get ready. Be prepared. Stock up on food. I'm serious. I think it's just over the horizon.
Revelations was given to us for a reason, that we might be warned. God wanted us to have somewhat of an idea of what is to come.
I absolutely love the book of Revelations, always have. When I was little my dad would read Revelations to my brother at night as his bed time story lol pretty funny huh.
And when I committed my life fully to God at 14 I was obsessed with reading the Left Behind book. I just read the first one, but it got me thinking.
Then 5 years ago I went to a prophecy conference that just blew my mind with all the stuff they shared. They noted that America is not mentioned in Revelations or Daniel. Therefore, we may no longer exist.
They showed a video of America being blown up by a nuclear weapon, which is quite possible as many countries would love to nuc us lol. Most other countries very much do not like us. They do not like our pride and arrogance. They do not like our lack of morality.
That was why 9/11 happened. The Middle East is disgusted with our lack of modesty, as they should be. God, I'm sure, is disgusted with us as well most of the time.
I have read through Revelations many times and every time I do it just takes my breath away.
I believe I will not live to see my grand kids. I believe Jesus will come back within the next 20 years. The question is only when and will it be sooner? Who knows.
Many have had dreams that something terrible will happen to America while Obama is in office. I think we might be hit by a nuclear bomb sometime within the next 4 years. Of course I wish this were not possible but it really seems quite possible. We are not untouchable. We can be destroyed just like any other country can.
Ben had a dream of the east coast being blown up by a nuclear weapon awhile ago.
Revelations talks about one third of the earth being burned up. Fire is coming. May we all be ready and may God rescue us before hand.
Consider these verses....
Rev. 18 says, "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities."
I believe the Babylon spoken of in Rev. 18 is about America, about us. I don't believe in the rapture happening before things get bad. I think it will happen at the last trumpet.
As Paul says in 1 Cor. 15, "Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Please note the "last trumpet" is two thirds of the way through Revelations. We will still be here for some crazy shit. lol Yes I said shit.
So brace yourselves. Pray. Save as many as you can before......
But God's will be done. There is nothing we can do to stop it. It is inevitable. The prophesies in Revelations will come to pass. God will destroy the earth, not by a flood this time, but by fire.
I hope you know where you stand with God. And I hope I will see you in heaven someday dear reader.
May God be with you all! :)
Rev. 6:5,
Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth
5 "When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”What this means is we will work all day just to buy a loaf of bread pretty much. This is next for us, for the world, I believe. A world wide famine.
Luckily Ben has been stocking up on a crazy amount of rice and beans over the last few years. It may sound crazy, but I advise all of you to do the same. Who knows when or how suddenly this famine will hit.
I believe things are just going to get harder from here on out. People kept saying this recession would lift but it has not has it? It's just getting more and more difficult to find good jobs.
I believe Revelations is chronological. Here is the last thing that happened and has already been fulfilled.
Second Seal: Conflict on Earth
3 "When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword."That was World War 1 and 2 I believe. So that prophecy has already been fulfilled. Next is the famine. So get ready. Be prepared. Stock up on food. I'm serious. I think it's just over the horizon.
Revelations was given to us for a reason, that we might be warned. God wanted us to have somewhat of an idea of what is to come.
I absolutely love the book of Revelations, always have. When I was little my dad would read Revelations to my brother at night as his bed time story lol pretty funny huh.
And when I committed my life fully to God at 14 I was obsessed with reading the Left Behind book. I just read the first one, but it got me thinking.
Then 5 years ago I went to a prophecy conference that just blew my mind with all the stuff they shared. They noted that America is not mentioned in Revelations or Daniel. Therefore, we may no longer exist.
They showed a video of America being blown up by a nuclear weapon, which is quite possible as many countries would love to nuc us lol. Most other countries very much do not like us. They do not like our pride and arrogance. They do not like our lack of morality.
That was why 9/11 happened. The Middle East is disgusted with our lack of modesty, as they should be. God, I'm sure, is disgusted with us as well most of the time.
I have read through Revelations many times and every time I do it just takes my breath away.
I believe I will not live to see my grand kids. I believe Jesus will come back within the next 20 years. The question is only when and will it be sooner? Who knows.
Many have had dreams that something terrible will happen to America while Obama is in office. I think we might be hit by a nuclear bomb sometime within the next 4 years. Of course I wish this were not possible but it really seems quite possible. We are not untouchable. We can be destroyed just like any other country can.
Ben had a dream of the east coast being blown up by a nuclear weapon awhile ago.
Revelations talks about one third of the earth being burned up. Fire is coming. May we all be ready and may God rescue us before hand.
Consider these verses....
Rev. 18 says, "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities."
I believe the Babylon spoken of in Rev. 18 is about America, about us. I don't believe in the rapture happening before things get bad. I think it will happen at the last trumpet.
As Paul says in 1 Cor. 15, "Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Please note the "last trumpet" is two thirds of the way through Revelations. We will still be here for some crazy shit. lol Yes I said shit.
So brace yourselves. Pray. Save as many as you can before......
But God's will be done. There is nothing we can do to stop it. It is inevitable. The prophesies in Revelations will come to pass. God will destroy the earth, not by a flood this time, but by fire.
I hope you know where you stand with God. And I hope I will see you in heaven someday dear reader.
May God be with you all! :)
Money
I lost my job yesterday.
It was quite silly really. I just didn't tell a manager that I would be taking a somewhat extended break to go marry Ben at the courthouse. They didn't care for that much at all. lol But it was a long drive to that job anyways, a very long drive.
I would have been calling people all day who had taken out loans with the company asking them to take out another one, which in my conscious I did not feel was right at all.
People apply for these loans online.
Say someone takes out a $400 loan and they break up paying it "back" into 6 "payments." Every 2 weeks they are charged a service charge of $120 for the $400 they borrowed. A complete and total rip off.
So if they set up 6 "payments" they literally ONLY pay the service charge of $120 for the first 3 payments. $120 three times and none of that goes toward paying off the actual loan.
Then on the next payment there is still the service change and only $50 goes towards the principle balance.
So if 6 "payments" are made that is $720 in "service charges." Quite the scam if you ask me. So I would have been working for the mafia anyways lol.
I am quite glad I got fired from that job. :) Praise God lol.
I'm sure I will find a job in a pre-school soon and I would feel like I'm making much more of a difference there anyways.
May God open doors for me and send me to the best job where I can help the most people. :) Amen.
Perhaps God had me just go through the training for that job to teach more about the evils of the banks and how they rip people off left and right.
So be careful with taking out these convenience loans and be wary, as always, of credit cards. It feels like free money but it's not, obviously. It's completely the opposite. It's money that costs money. :(
Shakespeare wisely said, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." There are student loans, which I very much regret taking out, but anything else can be avoided if you really think about it. Buy the old used car and pay it all down instead of taking a loan out on a new one.
Ben and I don't plan on ever buying a house. The recession will only get worse I think. It seems quite foolish to take out a massive house loan in times like these when good jobs are so scarce.
I think our cars will last another 10 years so we are good to go on that.
May God help us to be content with what we have and not have a lust for what we don't need. May God help us to be frugal with our money and good stewards of what we already have. Amen. :)
It was quite silly really. I just didn't tell a manager that I would be taking a somewhat extended break to go marry Ben at the courthouse. They didn't care for that much at all. lol But it was a long drive to that job anyways, a very long drive.
I would have been calling people all day who had taken out loans with the company asking them to take out another one, which in my conscious I did not feel was right at all.
People apply for these loans online.
Say someone takes out a $400 loan and they break up paying it "back" into 6 "payments." Every 2 weeks they are charged a service charge of $120 for the $400 they borrowed. A complete and total rip off.
So if they set up 6 "payments" they literally ONLY pay the service charge of $120 for the first 3 payments. $120 three times and none of that goes toward paying off the actual loan.
Then on the next payment there is still the service change and only $50 goes towards the principle balance.
So if 6 "payments" are made that is $720 in "service charges." Quite the scam if you ask me. So I would have been working for the mafia anyways lol.
I am quite glad I got fired from that job. :) Praise God lol.
I'm sure I will find a job in a pre-school soon and I would feel like I'm making much more of a difference there anyways.
May God open doors for me and send me to the best job where I can help the most people. :) Amen.
Perhaps God had me just go through the training for that job to teach more about the evils of the banks and how they rip people off left and right.
So be careful with taking out these convenience loans and be wary, as always, of credit cards. It feels like free money but it's not, obviously. It's completely the opposite. It's money that costs money. :(
Shakespeare wisely said, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." There are student loans, which I very much regret taking out, but anything else can be avoided if you really think about it. Buy the old used car and pay it all down instead of taking a loan out on a new one.
Ben and I don't plan on ever buying a house. The recession will only get worse I think. It seems quite foolish to take out a massive house loan in times like these when good jobs are so scarce.
I think our cars will last another 10 years so we are good to go on that.
May God help us to be content with what we have and not have a lust for what we don't need. May God help us to be frugal with our money and good stewards of what we already have. Amen. :)
Rain
I love when it rains.
It seems to give permission to slow down, to relax, to just chill.
It makes me think of the worship song, "Let it rain, open the flood gates of heaven."
I wonder why rain is relaxing. There seems to be a sleepiness in the air when it rains, like a laughing gas, and it just pulls you into a relaxed state.
And then there is the dull thunder that lulls you to sleep, like it's God's voice saying, "Be still, my child."
When it's sunny and hot every day, like in sunny southern California, it's almost as if the sun is beating down on you, expecting you to Do something.
Like, the weather is great, so you have no excuse to be lazy or stay inside all day it seems.
But the weather in the Midwest almost gives you permission to stay in more, to just Be.
No use running around trying to get things done. People just stay tucked in their cozy warm houses all day and relax.
I can't wait to possibly plant flowers in the spring and see all the trees get bright green buds on their branches again.
I can't wait to see the magical looking lightning bugs all around the lake in our backyard.
I can't wait to see baby geese running around, as I'm sure there will be. lol :)
And I can't wait to see the crazy lightning storms of summer, where I just stand in awe looking out the window thinking how amazing God is that he created such a spectacular show for us to watch!
TV doesn't have anything on a killer lightning show lol.
I have loved seeing the snow this winter. The winter wonderland in the forest. The branches thickly clothed in snow. The pure, white snow covering the ground like a clean, white blanket, making the world look new again.
And I loved watching the geese clumsily trying to walk over the snow but falling in with every step. That was pretty funny to see. :)
I loved seeing the lake frozen and the rain drops now dimpling the surface of the lake water.
The geese streaming down out of the sky and gliding into the water.
This place, Ben's, and now my our, apt, is a writer's paradise really. So quiet. So calm. So much beauty in nature here.
So much of God to be seen here.
Thank you God for your beautiful creation! It is so lovely! So amazing! So wonderful!
You are quite the artist. :) The artist of artists. We create because you created. Help me to make things as lovely as the things you have made. Help me to honor you and bring you glory in everything I write!
I appreciate the beauty of everything you created, God. Thank you! :) You are completely and utterly amazing! :)
It seems to give permission to slow down, to relax, to just chill.
It makes me think of the worship song, "Let it rain, open the flood gates of heaven."
I wonder why rain is relaxing. There seems to be a sleepiness in the air when it rains, like a laughing gas, and it just pulls you into a relaxed state.
And then there is the dull thunder that lulls you to sleep, like it's God's voice saying, "Be still, my child."
When it's sunny and hot every day, like in sunny southern California, it's almost as if the sun is beating down on you, expecting you to Do something.
Like, the weather is great, so you have no excuse to be lazy or stay inside all day it seems.
But the weather in the Midwest almost gives you permission to stay in more, to just Be.
No use running around trying to get things done. People just stay tucked in their cozy warm houses all day and relax.
I can't wait to possibly plant flowers in the spring and see all the trees get bright green buds on their branches again.
I can't wait to see the magical looking lightning bugs all around the lake in our backyard.
I can't wait to see baby geese running around, as I'm sure there will be. lol :)
And I can't wait to see the crazy lightning storms of summer, where I just stand in awe looking out the window thinking how amazing God is that he created such a spectacular show for us to watch!
TV doesn't have anything on a killer lightning show lol.
I have loved seeing the snow this winter. The winter wonderland in the forest. The branches thickly clothed in snow. The pure, white snow covering the ground like a clean, white blanket, making the world look new again.
And I loved watching the geese clumsily trying to walk over the snow but falling in with every step. That was pretty funny to see. :)
I loved seeing the lake frozen and the rain drops now dimpling the surface of the lake water.
The geese streaming down out of the sky and gliding into the water.
This place, Ben's, and now my our, apt, is a writer's paradise really. So quiet. So calm. So much beauty in nature here.
So much of God to be seen here.
Thank you God for your beautiful creation! It is so lovely! So amazing! So wonderful!
You are quite the artist. :) The artist of artists. We create because you created. Help me to make things as lovely as the things you have made. Help me to honor you and bring you glory in everything I write!
I appreciate the beauty of everything you created, God. Thank you! :) You are completely and utterly amazing! :)
Laughter
I have only uncontrollably laughed with three people in my life time.
One was my best friend in Junior High, Jennifer.
The second was my best friend in High School and now, Ashley.
And the third is my now husband, Benjamin. I love you Benjamin!
We have the best times laughing non-stop together. I didn't know I could laugh like that anymore. :)
For some reason it's like I came to think adults don't laugh like that. That's just what kids do, right? When we grow up, we get serious and forget to laugh don't we.
But what about THE JOY OF THE LORD? Why do so many Christians forget about that? Why do we always think God is mad at us?
GOD LOVES US! And he WANTS us to be happy. :) He has made me very, very happy by sending Benjamin into my life. He is a great father and He gives GREAT gifts! :)
So go laugh for Jesus today and stop being so serious. lol God would want you to have a good laugh, about nothing in particular, just laugh and be happy. :)
One was my best friend in Junior High, Jennifer.
The second was my best friend in High School and now, Ashley.
And the third is my now husband, Benjamin. I love you Benjamin!
We have the best times laughing non-stop together. I didn't know I could laugh like that anymore. :)
For some reason it's like I came to think adults don't laugh like that. That's just what kids do, right? When we grow up, we get serious and forget to laugh don't we.
But what about THE JOY OF THE LORD? Why do so many Christians forget about that? Why do we always think God is mad at us?
GOD LOVES US! And he WANTS us to be happy. :) He has made me very, very happy by sending Benjamin into my life. He is a great father and He gives GREAT gifts! :)
So go laugh for Jesus today and stop being so serious. lol God would want you to have a good laugh, about nothing in particular, just laugh and be happy. :)
Old Blog
To whom it may concern, here is a link to my old blog :) I have my "book" posted on that one with my life story and many Bible related blog posts. Also some poems. Feel free to check them out if you have not already ;) God bless!
http://www.orangecountyangel.blogspot.com/
http://www.orangecountyangel.blogspot.com/
Friday, March 8, 2013
Married :)
God is sooo good to me and He is blessing me in so many ways. I just got married and I am very, very happy with my new husband. He is an amazing man of God. Please pray for us and our marriage, that God would bless us. :)
I am so thankful for our apt and that God is providing for us. I am so thankful for all the great fellowship we will have.
And I am super excited for us to start having children! I have worked with kids for the last 14 years and love kids. I can't wait to have my own and see what a little a BenLisa will look like. lol
Praise God for bringing Ben into my life! I love you Ben! And I am so lucky to have you! :)
I am so thankful for our apt and that God is providing for us. I am so thankful for all the great fellowship we will have.
And I am super excited for us to start having children! I have worked with kids for the last 14 years and love kids. I can't wait to have my own and see what a little a BenLisa will look like. lol
Praise God for bringing Ben into my life! I love you Ben! And I am so lucky to have you! :)
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