Lord help me to walk by faith and not by sight. Help me to be the person you created me to be. Help me to walk in love and patients. Help me to be gracious. Help me to always be walking with you, not just for you or beside you.
I surrender everything i am and everything i have to you. In complete abandonment I give it all to you, the good and the bad, the blessing and the hurt. I give it all!
Now take me and breath beauty out of ashes. Take the impossible situations that surround me and make them possible.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Getting to the Nitty Gritty
So here is the thing, I still need to raise a lot of money for Africa, I am still a few hundred short from my plane ticket and then there is the DTS to pay for so I'm going to be doing a run-a-thon. On Aug 20th I'm running my own 10k (6 miles) and I'm looking for people who are willing to pledge per mile. If everyone gives a little then it will go a long way and i think I can make it. :) let me know if you can be a part of this.
Walk by Faith not by Sight
The time keeps getting closer and closer. It is crazy to think that in just a few weeks I will be going to Africa for a long time :)
I'd like to pretend I'm a super human Christian and say that I haven't struggled but that wouldn't be true. I have battled and am still battling fears, insecurities, doubt, I have cried many tears and felt my heart break over and over again. I'm not a super Christian, I'm merely a human saved by grace. I'm walking through a fire, It hurts but it is so good and I'm so thankful!!! Through this I'm learning in a deeper way how to walk by faith, how God is my everything and how I can truly trust Him with everything, everyone and my heart. These are things I have known for a long time but as I let the fire refine me and mold my character I'm growing in my understanding and belief in theses things.
It is so easy to pray and get a direction form the Lord and run with it and forget that life is meant to be done with Him not just for Him. But it is important to not just live for the Lord but with the Lord. To ask how to get there and listen each day, each moment, all the time. It is a gift and huge blessing to listen and walk with God every second of every day. It is easy to get stuck in the doing instead of being and living but be careful not to be robbed of this great blessing! Walk by faith not by sight every day.
I'd like to pretend I'm a super human Christian and say that I haven't struggled but that wouldn't be true. I have battled and am still battling fears, insecurities, doubt, I have cried many tears and felt my heart break over and over again. I'm not a super Christian, I'm merely a human saved by grace. I'm walking through a fire, It hurts but it is so good and I'm so thankful!!! Through this I'm learning in a deeper way how to walk by faith, how God is my everything and how I can truly trust Him with everything, everyone and my heart. These are things I have known for a long time but as I let the fire refine me and mold my character I'm growing in my understanding and belief in theses things.
It is so easy to pray and get a direction form the Lord and run with it and forget that life is meant to be done with Him not just for Him. But it is important to not just live for the Lord but with the Lord. To ask how to get there and listen each day, each moment, all the time. It is a gift and huge blessing to listen and walk with God every second of every day. It is easy to get stuck in the doing instead of being and living but be careful not to be robbed of this great blessing! Walk by faith not by sight every day.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Next Fundraiser
Ok..God is so good!!! He is providing in ways that I can't even see. He is making me in to the Woman He intended me to be...Thank you Jesus for the fire.
So now I'm going to have another fundraiser. I'm having a yard sale this Friday and Sat. July 8-9 from 7:30-3:30 at 236 Pennsylvania Ave. The plan is to have yard sales every weekend this month.
If you have anything that you would like to donate that would be very helpful! :) Thank you all for your support!!!!
So now I'm going to have another fundraiser. I'm having a yard sale this Friday and Sat. July 8-9 from 7:30-3:30 at 236 Pennsylvania Ave. The plan is to have yard sales every weekend this month.
If you have anything that you would like to donate that would be very helpful! :) Thank you all for your support!!!!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Finding Joy in the Midst of Impossibility
On Sat. I had a yard-sale...first of many. It went really well, for being the first one. I'm excited to see how God is going to multiply the money and provide when it seems impossible. If you feel led by God to support me financially, there is now a new option to do this online through Wenatchee Valley Praise Center. Here is the link to the "give online" page https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=e610a7 specify for Karissa DTS in the other box.
One of the biggest things God has been showing me... teaching me....reminding me...... lol all of the above... is the importance and blessing in resting and being. Resting in Him, and just being His. Finding all my worth and strength in Him. Having a time with Him not because I have to or because I need strength, but because I love Him and I desire to be close to Him. His grace and mercy is so great and vast, I can't even begin to comprehend Him. It is hard to grasp God, and it is even harder sometimes to receive Him. His undeniable love, His unending mercy and His vast amount of grace. Thank you God!!!!
One of the biggest things God has been showing me... teaching me....reminding me...... lol all of the above... is the importance and blessing in resting and being. Resting in Him, and just being His. Finding all my worth and strength in Him. Having a time with Him not because I have to or because I need strength, but because I love Him and I desire to be close to Him. His grace and mercy is so great and vast, I can't even begin to comprehend Him. It is hard to grasp God, and it is even harder sometimes to receive Him. His undeniable love, His unending mercy and His vast amount of grace. Thank you God!!!!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
God answers Prayer :)
I have been praying a lot that the Lord would provide a good summer job to help cover all my bills here while I'm gone in Africa. God gave me an awesome job working with the Parks Department, I was going to sit outside and watch people swim in the park pools. Although this job wasn't a full time position, it was a job and I was very thankful! Just yesterday I revived a call from my boss saying that someone got a great teaching job and there was now a Day Camp potion available. This was the job I was hopping for in the beginning! :) it is a full time potion with the potential of extra hours on the side. I'm going to be able to do what I love most, work and play with kids. I can't wait! God is so good and faithful ... now I just need to remember that :)
Yesterday I also sent the paper work for my visa for Africa (woot woot ... yeaaaaa) and paid it with money that God told me to save last year. That was a huge step of faith! I know God will provide but I still yet to see how or when. I need to rembmer God is faithful and He is in control :)
Lord, teach me how to rest and trust you. Show me how to be actively still knowing that you are God. Forgive me for not trusting you at all times, help me to trust you and give me faith to walk on top of stormy waters.
Yesterday I also sent the paper work for my visa for Africa (woot woot ... yeaaaaa) and paid it with money that God told me to save last year. That was a huge step of faith! I know God will provide but I still yet to see how or when. I need to rembmer God is faithful and He is in control :)
Lord, teach me how to rest and trust you. Show me how to be actively still knowing that you are God. Forgive me for not trusting you at all times, help me to trust you and give me faith to walk on top of stormy waters.
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