It's not goodbye...

Yes I know..its been a long time. First, the Holidays, then a new job, and add that to twin 5 yr olds who have preschool and Awana? LOL..Im lucky Im not gray headed. I have a friend through MOPS who is moving away because her husband is being station further north. I was looking at this video of the amazing time we had a MOPS Convention 2010 and I realized..Christie isn't going to be there for MOPS Convention 2011. It made me sad and yet it made me realize something ; These women aren't just my friends..They are my FAMI(ILY)! We have laughed together until we couldn't breath. We have cried together until the tears dried. We have broken bread together and shared life's moments, both happy and bittersweet. We are MOPS. We are sisters in Christ. Maybe its a bond some can't understand or have never experienced, but it should be something that Humans strive to understand and experience. This is the kind of bond that lasts a lifetime..no matter who moves away. We will always have each other. We love you Christie and we are never very far away no matter how many miles seperate us.

I was blind...

I came across this term in one of my devotionals and it prompted me to research it...




"All through Scripture, blindness is a spiritual metaphor. And it is used to represent the spiritual inability to see God's truth. As a man is physically blind, he cannot see God's visible revelation. That is he can't see the trees and the earth and the sky. But as a man is spiritually blind, he cannot see God's invisible revelation; love, truth, holiness, forgiveness, blessing, eternal life, grace, joy, peace, etc. As the blind does not see the vast blue of the clear sky, so the blind spirit does not see the vast holiness and purity of God. As the blind eye does not perceive the blanket of green that covers the earth, so the blind spirit cannot see the grace of God. As the blind eye does not see the immensity of creation, so the blind spirit does not see the limitless power of God. And as the blind eye sees no rainbow of colors that speckles the earth, so the blind spirit sees not the love of God which colors every revelation. As the blind eye cannot see light, so the blind spirit cannot see the light, the light of the world, Jesus Christ ." - John Mc Arthur



"This means that the spirit of the individual is unable to perceive. It is unable to function as it should. It is walled off and sleeping. It is unable to receive any messages from spiritual heights and consequently it is isolated and abandoned to whatever danger threatens it." The Spiritual Encyclopedia











"Amazing grace! How sweet the sound



That saved a wretch like me!



I once was lost, but now am found,



Was blind, but now I see.



Those words of John Newton, penned in 1772, form part of one of the most well known and well loved of Christian hymns. They also serve as an introduction to an important biblical doctrine: that of spiritual blindness and its associated doctrine of spiritual deafness.



Jesus frequently said: 'He who has ears, let him hear (Matthew 11:15).' Or, as Mark records it: 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear (Mark 4:9).' What did he mean by that? He meant: 'He to whom God has given the ability to hear and understand spiritual truth, let him pay attention to what I am saying.' That command is so important that Jesus gave it to each of the seven churches in the Book of Revelation (Revelation chapters 2 & 3) " - Michael Grahm

It has really made me think..How many times have I been blind to the will of God? How many times have I looked into the Face of God and not seen its radiance? "I once was Lost but now Im Found...was BLIND but now I SEE! "