BCC'd at Work

I found out that my boss has been monitoring my work email for the past two months. Everytime someone sent me an email, he was automatically BCC'd. What's that about? He took the feature off today. It doesn't matter, that just meant more stuff in his in-box, trust me, there's nothing juicy going on in the work in-box :)

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“You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.” (Psalm 86:5)

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Term Paper 1

Well I turned my term paper in today. It was supposed to be 5 to 7 pages and mine was right at 7. The Universoul Circus came to town this weekend and we didn't have a chance to take the kids. Hubby had to leave to go to his favorite uncle's funeral and I'm with the kids till Tuesday. R.I.P Uncle George, We Love You!

Guess what? Pastor said that he wanted to meet with me and hubby in about two weeks on some things with the new buiding. Wonder what it's going to be? Is this my dinner invite or my 56-day countdown or neither? BTW, 54 days left.

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“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:2)

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Study, Study, Study

I have a test tomorrow and I have to turn in my term paper at Seminary School. So Peace Out!
Oh, and remember the Toy Story 2 situation, where I had to order another one for my neighbor? Well, guess what came in the mail? Toy Story 1 and The Little Mermaid 2! What the?

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“Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:35)

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T.G.I.F.

Last night I was praying and I heard 56 days. If I'm not mistaken, that'll be on March 25, 2005. I'll mark my calendar with excitement!

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“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24)

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Wednesday

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“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” (James 4:10)

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Tuesday

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“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.” (Philippians 4:8)

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Monday

Yesterday I had this feeling that someone was going to ask me out to eat. I asked my husband if he wanted to take me, and he clearly told me no, and asked me to go to the grocery store for Digiorno. Okay, nevermind.

I'm thinking about getting braids.

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“Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.” (Galatians 6:1)

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A $4-Day!

I had four dollars to my name yesterday, (shhhh) and my hubby wasn't feeling well, so he sent me to the store to buy Pepto. I went and saw that they had some eyeliner, mascara, etc. that was 50% off, so of course I went looking through them. I had several coupons to use for certain types of purchases. By the time I went to the counter, and the lady rang everything up, the total was $23, then by the time she deducted my coupons, I walked out with everything for $3.78! (BTW, this was good Revlon stuff: foundation, eyeliner, mascara, etc.)
-->Thank You Lord.<--

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I found this in an old email and I want to post:

Your response to each assignment, determines what He will do next for you.

If you are going to be of no use to Him on Earth, he can take you home at any time.

It’s not what you want to do for Him, it’s what He wants to do through you.

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

He may choose to leave you in a difficult situation to see whether or not you’ll remain faithful.

There comes a point in your life when the Lord opens your eyes to understand what the Christian life was meant to be. It isn’t just going to heaven when you die; it’s dying to self on Earth and allowing Him to live through you.

The burden of service dissipates and the Spirit will carry you into the Father’s perfect will.

What has the Holy Spirit done through you today?

“Father thank You for the immeasurable gift of Your Holy Spirit. I now yield and surrender all of my life to Him and His working of Your will in me and through me. Thank You Father for hearing me and immediately responding. You are the Master and I am the servant. Your servant is ready to obey.”
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“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” (Galatians 6:7 and 8)

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Birthing the D R E A M

Last night in church my pastor was out of town so another of our pastors spoke (T), and he was talking about how to fulfill your dreams. It was such a good sermon! I know that sermon was for me (I know, I know... everyone says that). He talked about the principles for birthing your dreams and visions. The dreams and visions are tools that God uses to shape your life. We must remember that for every word you get from God, there's an assignment from hell to try and stop you. Big dreams must be birthed out of a carrier, and if God has chosen you, you must be obedient, or He will choose someone else. Our problem is that we aren't testing God, we need to tell God, that if this is the dream He has given us, we need Him to make a way for us and we will be obedient. Your dreams and visions cannot be birthed out without the pains of disappointment and vulnerability. You need BOLDNESS and to get over the "Fear Factor." The bigger the chance of failure, the greater the reward of success. The value of your dream is determined by the price you pay. We must verbalize that, "God's going to do this for me," and "I'm believing God for that."

A fortune cookie that I opened the other day states: "Some people never have anything except ideas. Go do it."

Another fortune cookie that I opened this week states: "Don't be afraid to take that big step."

Hey what can I say... I've been on a Chinese-food kick lately :)

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“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” (James 1:2 and 3)

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Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Today is the day that I believed in a voice and wrote TJ for some money to pay my lawyers for the patent. I can only keep praying that there's a change in his plan from the way he's been paying things and he'll see a light in this! I rebuke doubt and unbelief.

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“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)

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D R E A M I N G

Just thinking about the top two minivans I would like to get and here's one, the Nissan Quest:




I took off from work today. Didn't get as much done as I would have liked to. Oh well. After my errands, I picked up the kids, bought two juices, a bunch of bananas and a quick pick. I wonder if the Lord can grant someone to win the lotto. Hum?

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“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13)

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Sunday, January 16, 2005

Today was the second day of Seminary School and everything is going great so far. By today, I was supposed to have 100 pages read of "The Life & Teachings of Jesus Christ" and I only read up to page 87. By next Sunday we're supposed to have the entire book read (237 pages) so I better get started!

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“So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” (Galatians 5:16)

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Friday, January 14, 2005

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"If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.” (1 John 4:20 and 21)

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

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“that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.” (2 Corinthians 5:19 and 20)

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Thais and Co.

Did God tell me to name my company that?

What company?

Oh well, I bought the domain name today anyway. I figured, if I'm wrong, God will reimburse me for the cost. ha, ha, ha.

My office was so beautiful at 2:22 p.m. today. I LOVE windows. (The ones you look out of, not the computer. I just had to clarify since I'm a MAC Woman!) Speaking of which, have you seen the new mac?

Don't Talk About Someone Else's Faults

Lesson Learned…
I was telling ‘person 1’ how ‘person 2’ borrows things from my house and I have to go get it months later. Well I just went on with this conversation and we laughed it off. I’ll be darn if ‘person 3’ came to my house for a dvd that ‘I borrowed’ from them last year (I’m ashamed!). Though, I must admit, I did attempt to return it after a few weeks, but they said they know that my kids enjoyed it so much that they insist we keep watching it until my daughter gets tired of it. Well that was the wrong thing to say because she never got tired of watching this 2-disc set. Fast-forward to last night and ‘person 3’ came over to pick up their DVD set and guess what? It’s missing one of the dvd’s! Aahhhhhhhh! I prayed and prayed to find it, I tore my house up looking for it, I even apologized to ‘person 1’ for talking about the faults of ‘person 2’ who borrows stuff from me and I always have to go get it. Lesson learned!

My BIGGEST pet peeve is things being out of order to the point where I can’t find stuff.

My smallest pet peeve is when people use the word ‘conversate’ instead of ‘converse.’ I call ‘conversate’ a rapper’s word.

Here are some pictures that I took at work this morning.




And then I went to the bank to deposit a few million and I snapped a picture of B, doing his thing. I told him I was going to put it up on the internet and to smile big for me.


But he did this instead...

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“ In my anguish I cried to the LORD , and he answered by setting me free. The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ” (Psalm 118:5 and 6)

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Great Day!

I woke up at 5:30 this morning, I just had to hit that snooze button. I absolutely LOVE my alarm clock because it uses a cd that I put in it, or will wake me up with the radio AND it also has two different wake-up times that I can program in it. The way I have it now, I have a cd playing at 5 a.m. and the radio comes on at 5:20 a.m. So I got up and spent a little over ten minutes fellowshiping with God, just thanking Him for another day.

Anyway, fast-forward to about 9:00 this morning, and my friend J called me and said that she couldn't believe that I met Lezlie (the correct spelling). She found out by reading my SACRED Online Journal (did you read that Jessica, "Sacred!" Yeah right, like 'sacred' and 'online' really go together: she knows I'm just kidding) Anyway, where was I? She reminded me that she had told me the story about Lezlie's daughter just a few weeks ago. (On and on... I try so hard to tell short versions of stories... now fast-forward a little) In closing, it came around full-circle with me speaking to Lezlie and confirming that was really God speaking to my heart to meet her. I'm just excited that I actually listened and obeyed. I wonder what other stuff I heard God say and didn't obey? Hum, nevermind. Well I sure look forward to more of these!!!

Oh, short note: Bible class was good last night, we learned about Who Jesus Christ was and is. I can tell I'm going to enjoy this. But I ALREADY knew I would.

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“ But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:15 and 16)

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Hearing God's Voice

I was at the seminar waiting for it to start and I felt this overwhelming desire to sit by a lady to talk with her. I thought about it and felt that if I did not go speak to her, this would be on my mind and I will feel bad about it all day. So I told my friend who I was sitting next to, that I had to go sit next to this lady and meet her. I got up, sat next to her, introduced myself and started a conversation. She (Leslie) was telling me that her younger daughter had a rare kidney disease and her older daughter donated a kidney to help her. She was kind of shocked about how the whole sickness started because she said that her younger daughter was healthy and her sickness happened out of the blue. When she finished her story, she was saying that she always tells people about her daughter and she doesn't know why, because she doesn't want to depress people. I told her while I was listening to her story I heard a few opportunities for her to say "...thank God I took her to the hospital when I did or thank God my older daughter was a match with the kidney, etc." but she didn't. Basically she can use the story as a testimony. Well we wrapped up our conversation, went through the seminar and at the very end before we left, she told me when she was praying, God told her that she is supposed to use her story as a testimony and she needs to stop worrying if something else bad is going to happen. She thanked me for talking with her and I felt good. Maybe I did hear God when I went to go speak to Leslie.

I spoke with two people from the PM and they said that as they were praying for me, God told them that I was a "Planner and Preparer" and God was kind of tickled by that. I thought that was kind of cute.

As I am writing this, Joe called and told me that I need to get back on the radio to give some people a run for their money. Funny. I'm ready if he'll be my manager! He said he would. I felt God was stamped all over that call!

BTW, John Legend's album is completly AWESOME!

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“ Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. ” (Amos 5:14 and 15)

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My Week Wrapped Up

Well I made it! I have successfully gotten out of bed and started my day before 6a.m. everyday this week AND it felt good! Hopefully next week can be a breeze like this week was.

A co-worker had gone to church with me on Wednesday and she said that she really enjoyed it and wanted to attend on Sunday. Yeah! I'm proud of my church, so I get happy when people want to come back. She was also sharing with me that one of her new year's resolutions is to feel more comfortable talking about God to people. That's a good one, I felt like that a few years ago. It took me a while to just get a conversation started on Him... I was hardly the initiator. But now, it's a totally different story.

I saw an old friend in Wal-Mart yesterday and she totally surprised me when she told me she wanted to come to church with me, so I'm calling her on Saturday to remind her.

Well, I gotta go. We're continuing our seminar on "Hearing The Voice of God" tonight and tomorrow.

Later.

Pastor's Message

Last night our pastor was hitting on some things that I’ve been feeling that God wants me to straighten out with myself for the past few months. One specific topic was how we have to speak and believe success. You have to speak success into your life and believe that God wants you to be successful (and don’t limit your success with God). We tend to speak doubt and unbelief into our lives, i.e. saying “I can’t afford blah, blah, blah…”, “I don’t think that can happen for me…” etc. I know personally, I have to work on substituting my saying with things like, “I know God will provide for me, so I don’t worry about it” or something like that. My pastor also said that we must defend our situations with the Word of God, and I know I’m working on that as well. I pray that God increases my memory to remember all these verses of survival, cuz my memory needs the Lords help!

Oh, he also talked about how it was hard for Jesus to perfom miracles in his own town because the people knew Jesus when He was in the flesh and they weren't familiar with Him being of the Spirit. The Book says that the Healer and the sick must both believe in what God can do for them.

BTW, I woke up at 5:10.

It took 3 Days!

It took 3 days, bust I finally woke up and got out the bed at 5a.m.!

Okay, this is cool! I wonder how long this hour-early thing will last... No, no, I must think positive.

Letter From My Heart

Here is the email that I sent J thanking her for listening to God.

J,

I am sending this email to thank you again. I have been telling anyone and everyone that would listen about how God is talking and most importantly, people are listening. It’s truly AMAZING when you feel that God tells you “not to worry about…” and you REALLY DON’T WORRY and in turn, He REALLY DOES take care of you. And in our situation, God told me not to worry about the finances of bible college and He spoke through you. J, whether you contribute for a semester or a year, the most important thing is that you listened to God and you were obedient. I know there were a hundred different ways you could have spent your money, but you chose to invest in God’s kingdom, and I can’t thank you enough. You have not only given me a scholarship, but you have increased my faith and opened my heart more than before. And of course, because you listened to Him, there are blessing coming your way.

Thank you again and may God bless you.

J wrote me back saying:

Thais,

You are so welcome. One thing that I have learned during my Christian journey is to be obedient. When the Lord speaks, I listen. :-) I've had experiences in the past where I didn't listen and obey, and I did suffer the consequences. As long as the Lord continues to bless me financially, I plan to pay your tuition for the year. Continue on the path that you're on. Things certainly aren't always going to be easy, but the Lord will be with you every step of the way. I pray that you are a tithe payer. No matter what your circumstance may be, always pay your tithes. I have a horror story about skipping that "one" time too. I'll tell you about that another time. Anyway, I could go on and on but duty calls. Let me know if there is ever anything I can do to help you.

Good Luck with your school work and may God abundantly bless you and your family.

Tuesday

I was watching Christian Television Network (CTN) this morning and they were talking up a book by John G. Lake on his great faith and how he went to Africa for three years and performed all these miracles. I looked him up on Amazon, and I think this is the book "John G. Lake: His Life, His Sermons, His Boldness of Faith."

So I'm blogging it, in case I need to read it later in life.

I wonder if I'll ever write a book. Humm.

I did better this morning.

I woke up at 5:15! Yeah for me. And wow, does it make a difference. I didn't feel rushed! That is so important to me. I don't like rushing out the house, I feel like I always forget something. I just hope I don't get sleepy at work because of this. I'm just doing better by preparing my clothes for the entire week on Sunday and going to bed earlier than midnight! I'm breaking old habits and making new ones.

Did You Check Out The Washing Machine

This is what I added to my "My Future Christmas List" entry.
Check out the picture and the animation.
Five years and counting!

Oh yeah, so right now I'm really tired! My husband came home at 9p, which means after a long day at work, I go pick up the kids and I'm home with them for three hours before he comes home, only to put them to bed 30 minutes later. I really don't get a lot of time to myself, because if I'm not working, I'm at home with him and the kids or with just the kids. I N E E D occasional breaks! And it doesn't help when he makes "I need to go golfing" comments. Does that thrill me? NO! Maybe if he said, "I'll go golfing and YOU do whatever you want because I've made arrangements for the kids!" Now THAT'S EXCITING! Just Venting!

I'm going to bed now. Hopefully I can get up a little earlier than the 15 minutes I did today.

Good night.

Not 5.

Okay, so I didn't do so well. Both alarms went off and I didn't hit snooze, I just turned them completely off and didn't get out the bed until 15 mintues before 6.

I'm dressed, but my hair isn't done.

I've answered one email and am about to restart my computer in OS9 to get some work done before I go to work.

Work, work, work... Sometimes I can be a work-a-holic. I guess that's better than being a shop-a-holic! You can just call me a save-a-holic!

Whatever, I'm wasting time! I'll check back in later.

Peace.

Will I Get Out The Bed @ 5!

My goal this year is to get up an hour earlier: 5a.m.

Seven minutes to midnight.
Will I make it?

Good night!

New Year w/ New Friends!