I wanted to hop on real quick and remind you to go ahead and be praying for our upcoming Discipleship Training courses. Pray for the leaders, the logistics, and each participant to have open ears and hearts. I am real excited this time because one of the courses offered will be Beth Moore's new course...James. It is one of my most favorite books of the Bible!
Information will start this weekend I believe...so get ready to sign up!
In Him,
Kristy
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Back again
Well, posting twice in a month is probably not going to keep the two of you interested. I know I need to do better. I won't make any promises...but maybe I can get back in touch with the world. The last few months I have become quite the recluse! And that is so not like me!
But you want to know the honest to goodness reason I haven't posted in AGES? I haven't had anything to say. Plain and simple. I know...it's a boring excuse...but it is the truth.
You see since my new job I have been reeling trying to get in the rhythm of life again and it just hasn't happened. I would like to blame someone or something but its just been me. It started because I had slacked off on my Bible Study...still reading the Bible everyday and praying...but had not been "studying"...in fact I had a week of the Fall Discipleship Training class homework left that I said I was "saving for my next Denmark trip". I know that sounds ridiculous, but that is exactly what I did! Over the course of two months I just simply ran out of words. God stopped providing them. And it took a trip to Denmark this week for me to realize what I had been missing the last couple of months. Existing is not enough for me...I want to feel connected to the Holy source of power!
I finished the final week of Jesus the One and Only...and I must say...it was timely in Denmark. But I felt convicted that I waited...I won't try that stunt again ;)
I also read and read and read...it's a 9 hour flight home and very difficult to sleep, then a 6 hour layover and another 2 hour flight home. So I read the entire book "Discerning the Voice of God" by Pricilla Shirer (loved it!) and I am 20 pages shy of finishing "The Circle Maker" by Mark Batterson. Oddly enough, although Batterson is one of my VERY favorites, this book hasn't topped my list. It is good, but not what I was expecting. I guess a different kind of good.
So after 26 hours with one meal and 6 hours of sleep...I must go take a nap! ha
I will be back soon...
In Him,
Kristy
PS - Caswell Ladies Retreat is the end of Feb...sign up NOW! $132 for the weekend includes all food and linens and materials...hope you can make it! It is a blessing I look forward to every year!
P.S.S. - We will start posting our scripture memory verses on Feb 1st. So get ready...
But you want to know the honest to goodness reason I haven't posted in AGES? I haven't had anything to say. Plain and simple. I know...it's a boring excuse...but it is the truth.
You see since my new job I have been reeling trying to get in the rhythm of life again and it just hasn't happened. I would like to blame someone or something but its just been me. It started because I had slacked off on my Bible Study...still reading the Bible everyday and praying...but had not been "studying"...in fact I had a week of the Fall Discipleship Training class homework left that I said I was "saving for my next Denmark trip". I know that sounds ridiculous, but that is exactly what I did! Over the course of two months I just simply ran out of words. God stopped providing them. And it took a trip to Denmark this week for me to realize what I had been missing the last couple of months. Existing is not enough for me...I want to feel connected to the Holy source of power!
I finished the final week of Jesus the One and Only...and I must say...it was timely in Denmark. But I felt convicted that I waited...I won't try that stunt again ;)
I also read and read and read...it's a 9 hour flight home and very difficult to sleep, then a 6 hour layover and another 2 hour flight home. So I read the entire book "Discerning the Voice of God" by Pricilla Shirer (loved it!) and I am 20 pages shy of finishing "The Circle Maker" by Mark Batterson. Oddly enough, although Batterson is one of my VERY favorites, this book hasn't topped my list. It is good, but not what I was expecting. I guess a different kind of good.
So after 26 hours with one meal and 6 hours of sleep...I must go take a nap! ha
I will be back soon...
In Him,
Kristy
PS - Caswell Ladies Retreat is the end of Feb...sign up NOW! $132 for the weekend includes all food and linens and materials...hope you can make it! It is a blessing I look forward to every year!
P.S.S. - We will start posting our scripture memory verses on Feb 1st. So get ready...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year!!!!
Good morning and Happy New Year!
I am weird because I never think of the new year starting on Jan 1. I think of it starting on the first working day of the new year...and for me that is today! Most of you probably start back tomorrow...if so...don't become an accountant ;)
Did you make any resolutions? I didn't. I gave that up years ago. I never kept them and then spent an entire year dwelling on being a failure... So now each year I just strive to have a "better year" in some way.
I am reading the Bible cover to cover again this year. I have an easy reading guide if you want to join in. Email me kgardner1@aol.com and I will send it to you. It is an excel spreadsheet (surprise). It is nice because it goes OT book then NT book then OT book and so on. That way you don't burn out in the OT. I have used it 3 years and I love it! I also read it chronological one year and I highly recommend it...but be warned...Jesus isn't born until like October and that is a LONG year of reading and living by the Law. If you read like me and imagine yourself in it that is!
Have a great day...I got to hit the shower and get my babies up and moving!
In Him,
Kristy =)
I am weird because I never think of the new year starting on Jan 1. I think of it starting on the first working day of the new year...and for me that is today! Most of you probably start back tomorrow...if so...don't become an accountant ;)
Did you make any resolutions? I didn't. I gave that up years ago. I never kept them and then spent an entire year dwelling on being a failure... So now each year I just strive to have a "better year" in some way.
I am reading the Bible cover to cover again this year. I have an easy reading guide if you want to join in. Email me kgardner1@aol.com and I will send it to you. It is an excel spreadsheet (surprise). It is nice because it goes OT book then NT book then OT book and so on. That way you don't burn out in the OT. I have used it 3 years and I love it! I also read it chronological one year and I highly recommend it...but be warned...Jesus isn't born until like October and that is a LONG year of reading and living by the Law. If you read like me and imagine yourself in it that is!
Have a great day...I got to hit the shower and get my babies up and moving!
In Him,
Kristy =)
Sunday, December 4, 2011
No Excuses...
Hey Y'all! Have you forgotten me? If the two of you have given up checking the blog for an update...I don't blame you one bit! Truth is I have no excuse for slackness! I just haven't felt bloggy lately! Since I took my new job and was travelling I haven't read a single blog or had anything to share here...my "normal" has been all out of whack.
Today in Sunday School I had an "ah ha" moment and funny thing it did not relate at all to the lesson. It was just a very small piece of the discussion but it took my back to some Henry Blackaby words. When you feel yourself slipping into a spiritual slump...and you aren't getting clear direction from God...go back to what you did last and make sure you finished it. And for me in my heart I felt Him say that would be...encourage the blog world! Something told me somebody needed something that I have to say...so here I am...telling you nothing but that I am back...missed you and will try to at least get a few posts a week out here while I try to figure out my new "normal".
I do have one announcement...registration is open for the Ladies Caswell Retreat in February. Phyllis Foy is speaking again this year and Cindy Johnson is back to lead worship. They are two of my favorites! If you want to go with us the cost is $132 (i think and i am too lazy to go look right now...so don't hold that number as firm...might be $137). A $75 deposit is due by the end of Dec. You do not have to be a member of our church...we will gladly take anyone who needs a spiritual renewal weekend with a bunch of Bible Believing ladies!
Y'all have a great night...
Good to be back!
In Him,
Kristy =)
Today in Sunday School I had an "ah ha" moment and funny thing it did not relate at all to the lesson. It was just a very small piece of the discussion but it took my back to some Henry Blackaby words. When you feel yourself slipping into a spiritual slump...and you aren't getting clear direction from God...go back to what you did last and make sure you finished it. And for me in my heart I felt Him say that would be...encourage the blog world! Something told me somebody needed something that I have to say...so here I am...telling you nothing but that I am back...missed you and will try to at least get a few posts a week out here while I try to figure out my new "normal".
I do have one announcement...registration is open for the Ladies Caswell Retreat in February. Phyllis Foy is speaking again this year and Cindy Johnson is back to lead worship. They are two of my favorites! If you want to go with us the cost is $132 (i think and i am too lazy to go look right now...so don't hold that number as firm...might be $137). A $75 deposit is due by the end of Dec. You do not have to be a member of our church...we will gladly take anyone who needs a spiritual renewal weekend with a bunch of Bible Believing ladies!
Y'all have a great night...
Good to be back!
In Him,
Kristy =)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Homeward Bound...God is GOOD!!! and SMC
Good evening ladies! Well, it's actually your afternoon ;)
Please pray for travelling mercies for me...I am heading home early...yeehaw! I finished up my meetings today so I am flying out tomorrow! I am so excited! It has been a long 8 days! And I am ready to run...literally...Jill if you read this get your shoes ready!!! seriously...
But I survived and I actually enjoyed most of it. You want to know how I survived? 'Cause Sunday came!
First confession...I am (was) WAY behind on my Bible Study homework. I don't know what happened. Normally I stay on top of it...but I didn't this time. Granted I do not think God wanted me to get behind in my homework but I do believe God gives you exactly what you need when you need it. In fact sometimes I think He re-writes the pages of Bible Study to custom fit my situation.
You don't agree? Check this...this is what was in my homework on Sunday the day after my meltdown of homesickness...I should have done this homework on week 5 (currently we are on week 7 but two weeks ago I was at home probably surrounded by family and friends)...
"Solitary places can be used by God or satan". ummm..what did you say Beth Moore? "Solitary places can be used by God or satan". And the question was "In the margin list a few ways we might know if our times of isolation are being used by God or the enemy". ahhhhhhhhhh
You see I truly believe this trip is the VERY first time I have ever been in complete isolation. I have never traveled out of the country by myself. On a different time zone to talk to anyone I love. In a place where my language is not the primary language. And everyone on the street nods but doesn't want to speak when you pass by.
On Sunday when I read that I could have gone outside and screamed...God is so GOOD. And so AWESOME. And so IN CONTROL. Even when we feel like things are out of control. Things are in God's CONTROL. His PERFECT CONTROL. And in isolation if we seek HIM with all our heart...He will meet us...right there in isolation.
So I made good use of Sunday...loving Jesus...and on Monday...I had one of the best days ever!
See y'all sooner than planned!
In Him,
Kristy =)
PS - My verse is...Ps 33:4 "For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does".
Please pray for travelling mercies for me...I am heading home early...yeehaw! I finished up my meetings today so I am flying out tomorrow! I am so excited! It has been a long 8 days! And I am ready to run...literally...Jill if you read this get your shoes ready!!! seriously...
But I survived and I actually enjoyed most of it. You want to know how I survived? 'Cause Sunday came!
First confession...I am (was) WAY behind on my Bible Study homework. I don't know what happened. Normally I stay on top of it...but I didn't this time. Granted I do not think God wanted me to get behind in my homework but I do believe God gives you exactly what you need when you need it. In fact sometimes I think He re-writes the pages of Bible Study to custom fit my situation.
You don't agree? Check this...this is what was in my homework on Sunday the day after my meltdown of homesickness...I should have done this homework on week 5 (currently we are on week 7 but two weeks ago I was at home probably surrounded by family and friends)...
"Solitary places can be used by God or satan". ummm..what did you say Beth Moore? "Solitary places can be used by God or satan". And the question was "In the margin list a few ways we might know if our times of isolation are being used by God or the enemy". ahhhhhhhhhh
You see I truly believe this trip is the VERY first time I have ever been in complete isolation. I have never traveled out of the country by myself. On a different time zone to talk to anyone I love. In a place where my language is not the primary language. And everyone on the street nods but doesn't want to speak when you pass by.
On Sunday when I read that I could have gone outside and screamed...God is so GOOD. And so AWESOME. And so IN CONTROL. Even when we feel like things are out of control. Things are in God's CONTROL. His PERFECT CONTROL. And in isolation if we seek HIM with all our heart...He will meet us...right there in isolation.
So I made good use of Sunday...loving Jesus...and on Monday...I had one of the best days ever!
See y'all sooner than planned!
In Him,
Kristy =)
PS - My verse is...Ps 33:4 "For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does".
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Greetings from across the pond!
Hey Y'all,
I am in denmark for my new job. It is going very well. I have seen a lot of amazing things and gotten enough rest and decent food to eat. I was really worried about the food...haha
I won't lie though...I miss home! The weekend has been hard. During the week you are so focused on work and learning and networking that the days go quickly...but the weekend has been kind of long. I am ready for Monday (thought I'd never say that!).
I have been able to find American tv shows to watch sporatically, but a lot of it is trash. So I listen to the voices and then move on...lol Yesterday I had a coworker tour me around Copenhagen but today I have explored on my own. This morning I walked to an old church. The service was starting but I was afraid to go in because 1) I would not know anything they were saying and 2) what if it was like a 4 hour service and I was in there not understanding anything with no way to sneak out! haha
Anyway, I decided to walk through the garden. It was a cemetary for family plots. It was unlike anything I have seen in America. Each one was manicured with a hedge around it with paths cut through it like you see in a movie. I took some pictures. I will share later.
Hope everyone has a great week...I am off to more Sunday School lesson time with Beth Moore =)
In Him,
Kristy =)
I am in denmark for my new job. It is going very well. I have seen a lot of amazing things and gotten enough rest and decent food to eat. I was really worried about the food...haha
I won't lie though...I miss home! The weekend has been hard. During the week you are so focused on work and learning and networking that the days go quickly...but the weekend has been kind of long. I am ready for Monday (thought I'd never say that!).
I have been able to find American tv shows to watch sporatically, but a lot of it is trash. So I listen to the voices and then move on...lol Yesterday I had a coworker tour me around Copenhagen but today I have explored on my own. This morning I walked to an old church. The service was starting but I was afraid to go in because 1) I would not know anything they were saying and 2) what if it was like a 4 hour service and I was in there not understanding anything with no way to sneak out! haha
Anyway, I decided to walk through the garden. It was a cemetary for family plots. It was unlike anything I have seen in America. Each one was manicured with a hedge around it with paths cut through it like you see in a movie. I took some pictures. I will share later.
Hope everyone has a great week...I am off to more Sunday School lesson time with Beth Moore =)
In Him,
Kristy =)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
SMC - Nov 1, 2011
I finally chose. I narrowed the list to 9 and played innie, meanie, miney, mo =)
Seriously, I chose this scripture because it never hurts to remember to stay humble.
James 4:10 "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. "
But then the blog crashed and I lost a long story and had to start over. So maybe I should have picked James 4:7 which was also on my list..."Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Because satan needs to FLEE from my blog attempts! ha
Stay in His Word ladies...
In Him,
Kristy =)
Seriously, I chose this scripture because it never hurts to remember to stay humble.
James 4:10 "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. "
But then the blog crashed and I lost a long story and had to start over. So maybe I should have picked James 4:7 which was also on my list..."Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Because satan needs to FLEE from my blog attempts! ha
Stay in His Word ladies...
In Him,
Kristy =)
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