Be on the look out...

Hey everyone,

I have a few things to update ya on, but more importantly I have a book to share with you about...God has really been speaking to me in several areas of my life and really telling me to give it all over to Him, all of it and mostly giving me comfort that His revenge is far more powerful than mine could ever be and really speaking to me on how I should love everyone that I encounter....this all ties perfectly with the book I am currently reading.

So, if you are interested...stay tuned because when I have some more time I am going to be writing a good blog. (at least in my opinion it will be good, take it how you want.)

But for now, it is time for bed. Jeremy and I had a wonderful Sunday....I always love Sundays. I wish every day could be Sunday.

Hope you all find good rest tonight and have a blessed and marvelous Monday.

to be continued...

Good Stuff

**For those of you who haven't noticed, I have Chad Hambrick on my "best of the best" list. He is an awesome man of God and I love hearing Him speak, you should check out his link, he always has inspiring things to say. On facebook I am in two of his groups that are about encouragement and today I got two messages that really speak volumes and I hope that they help you in whatever you might be struggling with.


Message #1

But I want you to know, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel. (Philippians 1:12)

There are two ways to look at every situation: How it will affect you, and how it will affect God’s kingdom. The apostle Paul was always concerned with how his circumstances might aid the spreading of the Gospel. When he was unjustly imprisoned, he immediately looked to see how his imprisonment might provide God’s salvation to others (Phil. 1:13; Acts 16:19–34). When he was assailed by an angry mob, he used the opportunity to preach the Gospel (Acts 22:1–21). When Paul’s criminal proceedings took him before the king, his thoughts were on sharing his faith with the king! (Acts 26:1–32). Even when Paul was shipwrecked on an island, he used that opportunity to share the gospel there. Regardless of his circumstance, Paul’s concern was how he could use his current situation to tell others of God’s good news of salvation.

Often when we encounter a new situation, our first thoughts are not about God’s kingdom . When we face a crisis, we can become angry or fearful for our own well-being, rather than looking to see what God intends to do through our circumstances. If we remain self-centered we will miss so much of what God could do through our experiences, both for us and for those around us.

Ask God to make you aware of how He could use your present circumstances to bless others. Perhaps someone around you needs to see the difference Christ’s presence makes in your life. Are you willing for God to use your circumstances to demonstrate His saving power to those around you?

Experiencing God


Message #2

Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

. . . what shall I say? ’Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ’Father, glorify Your name’ —John 12:27-28

As a saint of God, my attitude toward sorrow and difficulty should not be to ask that they be prevented, but to ask that God protect me so that I may remain what He created me to be, in spite of all my fires of sorrow. Our Lord received Himself, accepting His position and realizing His purpose, in the midst of the fire of sorrow. He was saved not from the hour, but out of the hour.

We say that there ought to be no sorrow, but there is sorrow, and we have to accept and receive ourselves in its fires. If we try to evade sorrow, refusing to deal with it, we are foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts in life, and there is no use in saying it should not be. Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them.

Sorrow removes a great deal of a person’s shallowness, but it does not always make that person better. Suffering either gives me to myself or it destroys me. You cannot find or receive yourself through success, because you lose your head over pride. And you cannot receive yourself through the monotony of your daily life, because you give in to complaining. The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow. Why it should be this way is immaterial. The fact is that it is true in the Scriptures and in human experience. You can always recognize who has been through the fires of sorrow and received himself, and you know that you can go to him in your moment of trouble and find that he has plenty of time for you. But if a person has not been through the fires of sorrow, he is apt to be contemptuous, having no respect or time for you, only turning you away. If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, God will make you nourishment for other people.

Oswald Chambers


**wow huh?!?! really makes you think doesn't it?
Thank you Chad for sending my those so that I could share them with my readers. I hope you don't mind? lol

hope you all have a blessed day

Summer school and all its glories

Summer school is not all it's cracked up to be. Every day there is a new quiz or a test or a notebook check. Every day there is tons of notes to be taken and hours to be listening. Every day you hear the same voice from the same teacher, every day. But on the brighter side, every day you are closer and closer to being done. I have one week of summer session 1 left and i can hardly wait to be done. I am saddened that I will probably not end up with an A, which wont hurt me, but i was really hoping i would boost my gpa to get higher honors than what i already have. oh well, I am finishing up my college years in four years so I am proud to say I did that. You can't have it all right?!?! Summer session 2 will probably be a busier one than summer 1 because i will have another class and that will make most of my days full with only 10 minutes break in between classes.

It's tough, but this time next year guess what I wont be doing? SCHOOL!!!! I will be a college graduate living in the real world. WooHoo!! :) My lovely amazing husband has told me that I do not have to get a job right away so that is definitely something that has been on my mind. I have been in school for 16 out of the 21 yrs of my life, it's time for a much needed break. I am looking forward to the end of the tunnel, the light is finally in my view and I'm pressing on strong to finish it up.

If any of you have ever taken summer school, you feel my pain. Please pray that summer 2 goes by quickly...cuz time flys when you are having fun right?!? yea right. lol. OK, so I have homework to do, just thought I would share what is on my mind right now....school...school...and school.

I am looking forward to a wonderful dinner tonight with my handsome husband and some great friends of ours. Hope you all have a blessed evening.

"O HAPPY DAY"

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to wish you all a happy happy day and I pray that many blessings come your way! To my awesome friends, Thank you for being so awesome, I thank God for you every day. I also want to give a shout out to my cousin Becky, congrats on being a new mommy, well, soon enough and I also ask that y'all would pray for her and the baby as they continue to grow together and that i would have a healthy new cousin in February! Thanks again for your continual support in life, God will bless you without a doubt. love you all

"A friend loves at ALL times"
-Proverbs 17:17

For my sister Shelbi

Hey everyone, This message is for those of you who know my little sister Shelbi. Or if you just want to be nice, then this is for you too :) My little sister Shelbi is 12yrs old, a wonderful little lady and struggles with a rare disease that the doc said would put her in a wheel chair at the age of 10. Well, she is not in a wheel chair and although nothing has progressed it has not worsened either. Shelbi had the opportunity to try-out for Jr. high cheerleader this year, something we thought she would never get to do. Well, SHE MADE IT! SHE IS GOING TO BE A CHEERLEADER THIS YEAR!!! WE give all the glory to God because we know it is only because of Him that she is able to do this:). Some of my friends are also friends of my sisters and let me tell you she loves you all and talks about you every time i am with her and always asks about you. ( if you are one of those, you know who you are).

Now i want to ask something of you...Shelbi is doing only one fundraiser to raise money so she can participate in camp and pay for uniforms and it is so cool. It is called buck-a-cheer. What happens is you write a sweet message to Shelbi and it will be placed on her own personal page to go in the football program and you can donate any amount of money that you think would help Shelbi even a little bit. Or, if you can't, you do not have to donate anything, but the sweet message can still be put there for Shelbi's encouragement and support. Shelbi does not know that i am doing this for her so if you send anything at all it will be a surprise.

If you want to help, reply to this note about your message to Shelbi and tell me you want to participate and i will get in contact with you on how you can send your message and donation to Shelbi personally :) Oh. and after the programs are made during the start of the football season, Shelbi will mail you one that has her page in it to show you what it looks like and that will be her way of thanking you...she will prolly write a little note too. Who knows? she is always full of little surprises.I hope you all have a blessed day and that many smiles and laughter surround you this father's day weekend! Thanks for your time and for caring for my little sister.

"I'll see you real soon"

So tonight my mom, little sister and i dropped my dad off at the airport in Houston because today marked the end of his 14day trip home from Iraq. Although he will be returning in six short months to see me graduate from college(woohoo) it is still hard to say goodbye. Instead of telling him goodbye, we agreed that we would see each other real soon :). I love my daddy and wish he was home all of the time where i could call him anytime or see him when i want to, but he is not and that is something that i have to accept. He always has a good way of making me laugh or smile. Preciate it dad!!

Something I find awesome is that even though my earthly daddy is across the whole world from me, my heavenly daddy is with me all of the time. God is right there with me in all that i do guiding each step when i allow him to. He too also has a good way of making me laugh or smile. Like, when i worry about finances and He proves me wrong time after time and i have nothing to do but laugh at myself for not fully relying. Or when i see the state bird picking on a squirrel(yes, i saw it on campus the other day, hilarious.lol). God is so good, all of the time. And all of the time, God is so good. I am so thankful that I have two wonderful daddy's who only want the best for me and give me the world if i let them, not to mention, love me unconditionally. There is no limit to a father's love for his daughter. I just happen to be a "daddy's girl" and i miss my dad very much right now, but i know i will see him real soon:)

If you think about it, could you say a prayer of safety for my dad as he travels for several days. Also could you be in prayer for my family in this time of distance. Thanks. I pray you sleep soundly, I know I will, tylenol sinus pm here i come :) ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

"What kind of BS is this...you probably wrote that comment to yourself to make you look good"-a paraphrased version of the cruel anon. comment i got

Ok. have you ever heard the saying, "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all?" well, i have and a time or two, i have listened to that and there are other times that i spoke out in anger or whatever and caused pain to others and guilt came over me and apologies came out. But seriously, if you cannot say something nice, it is probably best if you leave it unspoken. In my opinion posting anonomously on someone's blog is being cowardly. Once again, this is my opinion, my blog and if you do not have anything nice to say...get over it, leave my blog site and keep your hateful words to yourself. Neither I, nor anyone in their right mind wants to read anonymous comments that are cruel. You, whoever you are that leaves anonymous comments, yes you, are a sad person and I do pray that one day you find happiness and that you surround yourself with people who bring you up and not tear you down. I do realize the only reason you leave such harsh anonymous comments is because you are hurting and want to make yourself feel better by tearing someone else down. I know there are some anonymous comments that i have been sent, but that person actually emailed me and told me they would rather leave their name out of it for reasons i need not explain. How dumb would it be for me, the writer of this blog, to comment on my own stuff. Really? Are we 10 here? Anyways, this is my rant about RUDE ANONYMOUS COMMENTS and my final thoughts on this subject are and always will be..."IF YOU CANNOT SAY ANYTHING NICE, THEN DO NOT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL." You, mr. or mrs. anonymous cruel comment writer, have a nice day. Oh, and if you don't like what you read, please go elsewhere.

To those who leave good, encouraging, helpful comments:

Thank you for being so kind with your words and showing you care and take interest in what i have to say. Thank you for sharing with me when one of my blogs touches your life and makes you rethink some things. Sharing these comments with me lets me know that there are people out there that do read this and do take some of it to heart. You are awesome and i commend you for your kindness and thoughtfulness. It really does mean a lot, especially when you get cruel comments and the last one you read is positive. Thank you, again and I hope you revisit my blog anytime you like.

p.s. If you have some comments, mr. or mrs. cruel anonymous commenter, please direct them to my personal yahoo mail account... khellums@yahoo.com ...and we can discuss why you feel the way you feel and what i might can do to help you. That is, if you aren't too much of a coward to let me know who you are.

What kind of footprints are you leaving behind?

I am currently wasting time before my next class and i was browsing through my email, facebook, the typical online stuff and a thought came to my mind. Throughout this past year of being married to the love of my life, there have been many people come in and out of our life.
Old friends have left, MANY new friends have come.

Some hurt us, some love us, some call us and some don't, some reconcile situations and move on, some hold grudges and forget about it, some call us names, some lift us up, some tear us down, some encourage us, some think we should have never been married, some return phone calls, some don't, some are there for you anytime you need them, some could care less of your needs, some are fun to go to dinner with, some are fun to laugh with, some are friends forever, some are only friends when it's a convenience, some friends enjoy reading scripture about friendships, some think you are pointing fingers at them...the list could go on and on...

Everyone of us have friends like these, but the real question is, what kind of friend are you? do you encourage your friends to walk in the way Christ has laid out for them? do you love them unconditionally as Christ loves you? Or are you the type that holds grudges and never forgives? Do you talk bad about your brother/sister in Christ and tear them down?

**As i type this blog do not think that i am pointing any fingers. The reason for me to blog about this is merely to bring it into the light and be a vessel for God to use me in any way possible, even through reading/writing a blog. God can use Christians in any shape or fashion that He chooses. If my thoughts touch even one person that reads this, then that was the reason it was written. If you are easily offended by things that are brought up that might measure up to the type of friend you are then that is something you should take up with the Lord.**

Some friends come and go, but it is those friends that leave footprints on your heart that really matter. Do you leave behind footprints on your friends heart? Or do you stomp on them because they might have done you wrong? Whatever the case, God's word tells us that we should never put ourselves before others, that we should serve one another with gladness and love unconditionally. Maybe you have some friends that you need to call today just to say hello. maybe you have old friends that need to be forgiven and start a new clean slate....maybe you could care less and will never be the first one to say "I'm sorry" or "will you forgive me?" Whatever you choose to do with your friends is completely up to you, but i do pray that if you are a Christian, that you would live like it and treat others around you the way God says to. Daily Jeremy and I find ourselves praying for our friends both old and new, even the people that do not want our friendship. Some might say I'm boasting about my spiritual life or just putting on a front, but I say it's God speaking through me to share what is on my heart.

Some of this might make sense to you or all of it might not make any sense. Take these words however you want to or forget about them and not take any of it to heart. I believe that if we, as Christians, are out to reach the world, then we need to stop living like the world. We need to set ourselves apart and not only stand out, but stand up for what we know to be the Christlike image that we are called to be.

It's all about LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE...at then end of the day, could you say to yourself that you were as loving as you possibly could have been.

Okay, these are my thoughts, hope you are all having a BLESSED day and I pray that God shows you something about friendship and love and all the things He wants for you.
Proverbs 17:17

To write or not to write...

Hey everyone

To all who might read this, im considering taking on this blog thing to keep those who care informed and involved in my thoughts, my life, etc...There are a lot of new things happening in my life right now. One of those being summer school!! YAY school's out for the summer, well, not so much. For the first time in my life of school, i have to attend summer school. I am not happy about it, but not sad either because this is it, I am 9 hrs away from being done with school. Atleast until i go back and get my masters...or more. :) All of which will be decided by our wonderful creator. After the summer, i start student teaching in the fall and graduate in december!!!Life is good. Summer school is only 9 weeks long(yes, im taking both sessions) and then im done with summer school for the REST OF MY LIFE. Thank you Lord for leading me to this profession where my summers, weekends and holidays will be filled doing your work and spending family time.

After a year of amazing wedded bliss, i am looking forward to 100 years more. I am so in love with my husband and enjoy every day knowing we have an eternity together! Married life rocks!!!

One question that has been popping up by lots recently is "are you having kids soon?" This is a question that im sure will be asked more and more, but the answer is just this...When God is ready for us to have kids, we will have them. Are we planning them? NO. Do we want a kid now? NO. Most things that happen in our lives happen when we are not planning...the moment we take the wheel and try to do it on our own, God shows us otherwise. Jeremy and I are enjoying each other and the lazy days we get to lounge and not worry about anything but ourselves and our dogs. :) We do LOVE playing with our nephew, he is awesome. It is so much fun being an aunt....cuz you get to give him to his mommy when ur done playing.

We are spending the next week with my family( Dad is home from work for a little while), so i am going to go hang with them, since this is my last day of freedom. I hope this info finds you all well and doing great. Have a blessed day everyone!!