Oh dear God.... Can it be?

Guess what I read today??????



The New Kids On The Block are reuniting, and have put out a "teaser" for the public to listen to!!!
Hello, flashback to neon, sky high bangs, tightrolled jeans and big ole tee shirts with matching hair scrunchies, Batman!!!!


Check it out for yourself.....

http://www.nkotb.com/

SHA! NO Way! (Like, gag me with a spoon!!) Exsqueeze me!

C.

Best. Computer. Accesory. Ever.

Ever wondered what would happen if you took your earphones and magnified them times 500? Well Fred & Friends has created an actual pair of earbud speakers that they claim are "bigger, better, louder, and cooler." When I spotted them on the Uber Review, I instantly thought they were a concept design, but they are in fact the real deal! These 500XL speakers come with a built-in amp and you can connect it to your computer's USB port with the included cord. If they are bigger, better, louder, and cooler then I'd have to say they are totally geek chic! What do you think?


I thought that was SO FUNNY!!!!! It would be worth it to buy them just for the pop culture-ness of them!

Have a great day!
C.

Funny Things Kids Say.

So my 8 year old son, Michael, and I were talking over dinner about how God created Adam and Eve.
He was very earnest in telling me that he was amazed that God could do such amazing things. In fact, he didn't know that Adam liked to eat ribs too!

I was kind of puzzled, so I asked him,"Well, what do you mean?"

Michael looked at me and replied,"Well, you know - after Adam was done his dinner of ribs, God took them and made Eve out of them!"

I tried so hard not to laugh, but I explained that Eve came from Adam's ribs in his chest, not his dinner.

Maybe that's why my husband likes ribs for dinner so much! :D

C.

Standing in the Word...

I had the coolest thing happen last night. I was at my Ladies Bible Study, where we were finishing up the Beth Moore "Believing God" study, and afterwards we broke off into one large group to discuss stuff. And the leaders started to talk (and I felt that they were attempting a rebuke) - I felt this condemnation and judgment start to fall upon to my Spirit and all of a sudden a Scripture popped into my heart/mind:
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1)

As I said that to my inner man, I felt this condemnation slide right off of me, and I felt the peace of the Lord once again. It was so cool.

Just my 2 cents worth....
C.

A Word From The Lord....

Now, I KNOW that it seems like a presumptuous title for a blog post, but hear me out.....

Yes, I sort of feel like Jonah by saying that I got a word from the Lord. (All I need now is a half caterpillar, half worm named Khalil who follows me around. LOL)

Here is what I received from the Lord while I was in church today......

I really felt led to sit down and write and journal my conversation with God while I was praying, so I sat down and took out a piece of paper (that my 2 year old had so thoughtfully pre-decorated for me with a nice teal blue marker), a pen, and asked,
"God, what would You like to say to me today?"

This is what I felt He was saying.....
"CINDY. I have spoken you forth before the beginning of time. What makes you think that the calling and the mandate that I've put on you since before the foundations of the world were laid is now null and void? Am I that small of a god?"
"I AM Jehovah Nissi! I Am that I Am! Look before you - I AM stretching out my right hand of GLORY out before you! The mountains shall be as the valleys - and they will be under your feet! I am your deliverer! I am your justice! I am your righteousness! Am I not the King Of Kings, the Lord of Lords? I am ready, willing and able. Trust me - your many foes shall be conquered. Wait, and watch the LORD!"
"You are right to bow face down in the presence of My Glory. You have been asking for wisdom. For understanding. For knowledge. The your eyes of your heart to be enlightened. And so they shall. They shall."
"See, Cindy, you are in a transition. No longer of the old, newly ushered into the new."

So I asked, "What does that mean, God?"

"It means, look! See! I do a new thing in you! No longer are you the same as you were 10 years ago, 5 years ago. All that disappointment is washed away. You are cleansed.
You are an oak, planted by the River. I diverted the River for a while, and caused your roots - your trust in Me - to go deeper and deeper. Now, you've tapped into the underground Spring Of Life."

So, I asked God, "What does that mean for me, God?"

God replied,
"A new mantle I lay upon your shoulders. You are not limited in My Kingdom.
Arise, and see your God - your Daddy God in action."


I realize that not everyone has these sorts of conversations with God that I do. All I can say in my defense was it was how I learned it from Mark Virkler (thank you Mark, where ever you are!) at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship School Of Ministry.

Part of me is SOOOOO excited to have this sort of conversation with God - it's what I've been begging Him for. Part of me is petrified - I looked it up, and Jehovah Nissi means "LORD Our Banner" (which, we all know, armies fought under banners to declare their allegiances). God has also been talking to me about the wisdom and strength of Deborah - that God mightily used her both as a judge and as a prophetess.
To get this sort of chat from God is just breathtaking in it's authority and in it's other-ness. I guess that's why they call it a rhema word - a talk/breath right to the inner core of who you are, right from the Holy Spirit's proverbial lips.

I do want to be used by God - absolutely. I don't see myself as a warrior, or as a judge or prophetess (saints preserve me!). However, as I am just finishing up the study called "Believing God" by Beth Moore, I have to state that:
1. God is who He Says He is.
2. God can do what He says He can do.
3. I am who God says I am.
4. I can do ALL things in Christ.
5. God's Word is alive nad active in me.
I'm believing God! (pointer finger at myself, point at my head, point up to the sky)

So I don't really think that I have the option to disagree with God on what He says I am. As I read today, delayed obedience is full disobedience.
So I am choosing to believe that I am who God says I am - even though I don't see it myself.

Lord, come. Speak to me - speak to us. Open the eyes and ears of our hearts - of our inner spirit man to hear and see you better. Lord, we long to see you in full - not as through a glass dimly. Teach us. Make us.
Teach me, Lord. Teach me who I am in Your eyes. Show me how to be the daughter of God that You've made me to be.
I know I can only exist by Your grace, Lord.......

We have nothing to give
That didn't first come from Your hands
We have nothing to offer You
Which You did not provide
Every good, perfect gift comes from
Your kind and gracious heart
And all we do is give back to You
What always has been Yours

Lord, we're breathing the breath
That You gave us to breath
To worship You, to worship You
And we're singing these songs
With the very same breath
To worship You, to worship You

Who has given to You
That it should be paid back to him?
Who has given to You
As if You needed anything?
From You, and to You, and through You
Come all things, O Lord
And all we do is give back to You
What always has been Yours

We are breathing the breath
That You gave us to breath

"Breathing the Breath" by Matt Redman

Facedown......

This is one of my favorite worship singers.... Matt Redman. I think I own every single recording that he's put out - I just simply love his worship style.
This is a song called "Facedown" from the album of the same name.

Have a great Sunday.






<3
Cindy

It's been a hard week.....

I had this massive post all written up, but I thought it wasn't quite vague enough. So I'll just say that this past week has been quite emotional. I haven't cried this much since I was at the Toronto Christian Fellowship School Of Ministry way back in the day! (And that's saying a lot, since back then I didn't wear mascara, since I didn't see the reason to put it on when I'd just cry it off anyways!)

But, it is starting to look up. I have determined in my own heart to take a step back, and I am feeling good about it. There is a very fine line (at least for me) between wanting to do something and falling into doing it out of obligation and duty. Is that clear as mud??? (LOL)
I have discovered that I've been doing things at my church - like the Nursery, and committing to ladies things - more out of a sense of duty and obligation rather than wanting to. The fact of the matter is - I don't always want to go to Bible Study. The past 6 bible study nights, I've consistently said "I don't want to go tonight. I want to stay home." but yet I keep on going because I feel guilty for not going. How lame is that!!!! It's a freaking bible study!!!! All we do is watch a video!!!
So, as I've said - I've determined in my heart to take a step back and to gain some much needed perspective.
What are my priorities? What is my treasure? What do I value?
My priorities are my hubby, my children, me. My treasure is me. I value many things, but in this season of my life, I just want to slow down. Have a breather.
The group of ladies that I do the bible study with are getting reading to finish our current study of "Believing God" by Beth Moore, and are gearing up to do a study by Joyce Meyer (I'm not sure which one). I'm going to bow out of the Joyce Meyer one..... I've tried to listen to her teaching, and I just don't appreciate it at all, and I don't feel that this is what I'm supposed to commit to.
Maybe God has something else for me to learn.

And I have to hand in my resignation for the Nursery..... I don't look forward to it, but I feel that it's necessary. It's not a "knee-jerk" reaction to what transpired over the last week, but something that has needed to happen for a while now. I need a break. I am burning out, and I don't want that to happen again. Been there, done that, don't recommend that.

I think there's a vast difference between the churches that we all attend here on earth, and the Church of God..... They never seem to look the same. The church seems to be the hurt leading the hurt - the blind leading the blind, deaf and mute.
The Church seems to be this self-assured, BELOVED of God...... I've read all the books, and I think the Church of God is magnificent, and breathtaking in her beauty. Absolutely breathtaking.

So, Missy - you don't need to worry about me anymore..... I do wish that I lived across the street from you - you have no idea how much I'd like that. (Oh - to have no snow, a beach closer than an 8 hour drive away, and no concept of what "wind chill factor" is - but there's bugs and snakes and cowboys - oh my!)
But weirdly enough, God seems to want me in Okotoks. Home of the Big Rock.

I'm not sure why, but I'm sure I'll find out.....
C.

My youngest at Christmas Time

Hap-hap-happy.... oh never mind....

Don't you find that New Year's Eve is like the BIGGEST sham going for grownups? It's like our own version of Santa...... We build it up to be this night of mythical proportions and EVERY YEAR, I am stuck either changing a shitty diaper or doing the freaking dishes.

Yeah, Happy New Year to you, too, sucka!!! *laughing*

So yeah! It's a new year, it's a new month (I got to change my calendar - now it's a picture of a cute penguin), and I got to take down the Christmas decorations! Woo, hoo!!! I was so ready to take down the tree and get my family room back to "normal" (normal being, of course, strewn with Buzz Lightyear and Polly Pocket toys and Thomas trains.... :) ). All of it is put away for the next Christmas.

I was watching a great special tonight on CMT (shhhh!!! Don't tell anyone I watch CMT - my street cred would be shot!) and lo and behold..................................
It was Jann Arden. One of Canada's greatest secrets. She is quite possibly the funniest the most entertaining person I have ever seen. (Even funnier than me!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9bKN_PxqJc
Man..... I love Jann. SO freaking funny!!!!!

And, my friend Missy, put a post on her blog about her kids rocking out to some metal tune (I was never a metal head in my younger, more hipper days), I showed it to my hubby and I think he felt a little better about our oldest son knowing the words to "Baby Got Back".....
I just smile and nod.

Well, have a great night! I'm off to go to bed at a half decent time tonight (I've been up late waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much lately, and my body's all screwed around).
G'night!