Happy Fresh New Year!

I wanted to send out a quick note today to kick off our brand new year! I pray God's richest blessings upon you and your loved ones! Maybe you're like me and you want more than anything to live your life smack dab in the center of God's will and be just exactly where He wants you to be in your walk with Him!

Just yesterday evening I asked The Lord to send a revival to my cool heart and a fresh vision to my mind! Do you ever have that realization that you need a spiritual renewal? Sometimes we lose sight of what's most important or we get comfy (or just plain lazy) and forget the promptings the Lord has given us in the past. He has a plan for each one of us that brings us closer to Him and keeps us moving ever closer to the goals and dreams He has set for us! 

I don't know about you, but I do not want to look back  and see all the things I know God wanted me to do with the time He gave me and realize I had accomplished little of what He laid on my heart! Right now I can think of many things that God wants me to do either personally or for my family! Can you think of things that you have been putting off?  What is holding us back? What's keeping us?

 Sometimes fear overwhelms me and keeps me from going forward. I forget it's not about me!  My lack of ability has nothing to do with what God wants to accomplish through me! Other times it is poor time management or procrastination. Unfortunately, I seem to be really "good" at that!  Maybe we're listening to "naysayers" and care too much about what people think of our hopes, dreams and ideas!  I'm a firm believer that God is the One that plants dreams in us!  So pray about your dreams and ideas!  I try to take all my thoughts and ideas to Him and if any are contrary to His will for me I trust Him to remove it; if my dreams are in line with His will for me then I trust Him to bring them to life!

God is SO good to hear and answer our prayers...and so quickly, too! I woke very early this morning with the burden of  personal revival on my heart and like I do every morning began talking with The Lord. As I prayed my mind was flooded with reminders of Who God is and all He has done for me...how He gloriously saved me! How He brought the sweet gift of a wonderful husband that so lovingly cares for me! How He miraculously made me a mother 12 years ago and has blessed us with eight children so far! Jesus, sweet Jesus, What a Wonder You Are!
As I recalled all these things and many more, my heart began to swell and now my cup overflows once again! Revival! It came...when I asked! 

So, whenever our hearts become cool or we allow fears to freeze us, I pray that we will quickly be like Mary, Jesus' mother, was as told in Luke chapter 1 and Luke 2:19 and reflect on all of God's greatness and goodness and ponder them in our hearts!

God bless us as we grow in grace,
Melissa