The Beauty of a Godly Family...

Once again it has been quite a while since i have been on here. It just seems that life goes crazy fast for about 2 months and then will slow down a little bit but then as always picks its speed back up.

I have been all over within the past 2 weeks. I went home for a few days to visit my family and get some dental work done, not my kind of fun. Home was good, I didn't get to do as much talking with my family as I would, but im trying to trust the Lord that He will give me other opportunities to talk to them and shine HIM.

Last week I stayed at Ken & Laura Krause's house (the director's of my college) for the whole week. They invited my 3 year old niece Caitlin and I to come and stay for a week and simply rest and be served by them. This was a great time for Caitlin to get away from everything going on at home and be poured into by a solid godly family and be shown true love.

I was blown away at the way that the Krause's house was so centered around Jesus and who He is in every aspect. When one of the kids was struggling to do something Laura would get down on their level and explain to them how the Holy Spirit would help them through the situation and how they simply needed to ask Jesus to help them. Then they would get through the situation and would realize that it truly is the Lord and His Spirit that helps us through every trial that we come to in life.

Long story short I was show during week how godly parenting, marriage and living is supposed to be. The Lord was so extremely faithful during my time at the Krauses house and I am so grateful that I was able to be amongst them and to see Jesus inside of them overflowing onto and into my niece and I.

Thank-You Lord for families that are portraying who YOU truly are.
Lord, make me more like this now and in my future family.

All Glory to Him,
Laura
The Lord was so faithful

Holy Spirit Teacher as Jesus Christ is Savior?

Do you trust the Holy Spirit to be your teacher as much as you trust Jesus Christ to be your Savior?

Through-out the past 2 weeks this question has been brought up by my supervisor here at my college and our whole team has been pondering what this question rises within our own lives in the areas of trusting and believing that the Lord has every area of our lives in His control.
This is very much in my opinion a trust issue and a believing issue on our part.

Do we believe that the Lord will guide us by His spirit, just as much as we believe that He sent Jesus to die for us?

Do we believe with EVERY aspect of our lives that the Lord is in full control and we can trust Him?

Do we trust Him to give us the wisdom to make EVERY decision in our lives?

Do we believe that He is capable of EVERY good and perfect thing? (my mom asked me this yesterday and I doubting said "yes...?")

Do we believe that He knows BEST?

Do we believe that He will provide for whatever needs we have? (Both physical and spiritual)

do we trust and believe that He will guide us perfectly in the direction that He has planned for us?

I know that in my personal life I don't believe and trust in all of these areas. But, I am desiring to start walking out in trust and belief. I know that I cannot do this on my own strength, but ONLY by the Lord's.

I am starting to realize that this will take an act of humbling myself and giving these areas fully to the Lord and asking for His help in ALL of these areas. If I am in control I am going to get no where at all. I must come to a place of trusting the Holy Spirit to guide me as much as I trust Jesus Christ to be my Savior. Wow, that's an intense thing to trust in....

Lord, Humble me. Show me how to trust and believe in your Holy Spirit in EVERY aspect of my life. Lord, I need you. Guide me...

Forgiveness? Say what?

I know that it has been an immensely long time since I have been on here, but wanted to post some thoughts that I have had the past few weeks...

So, I have been contemplating the issue of forgiveness.
What does Godly forgiveness look like?
How do you forgive when the same instance in which you are forgiving continues to happen time after time?
How do you live with the feelings that are so very after you feel you have walked out in forgiveness?
How do you forgive and know that it is finished and that you can move on?

I know that forgiveness is an everyday thing, but where do you draw the line in the situation?
I have been trying to look to scripture to find the answers to these questions, I have found some VERY beneficial scriptures but am not sure how to piece them all together.

I know that Jesus died to forgive the sins of the world, and that I should also forgive if I am claiming to live as he did, but how do I get that from my head to my heart? and also, how do I live in the perspective of forgiveness that Jesus had?

These are just a few questions I am asking myself... I don't fully know the answers, but want to hear feedback from others.

Seeking it out,
Laura

A new blog!

Hello friends, 

I have been trying to figure out a way to keep in touch with friends, family and all of my contacts in general and have realized that it is fairly hard for me to keep in touch with everyone as much as I would like. So I thought that I could effectively keep everyone up to date if I started a blog where I can post about where I am and what I'm doing, what the Lord is teaching me and just how life is going for me in general. 

I am excited to share my heart with all of you and to encourage you as well. :) 

I am going to try to post weekly and hopefully more than that when my schedule allows. 

Talk to you soon!