Fresh Start

Happy 2018.

The goal I pursue is the prize of God's upward call in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3.14 

As I sat down to write out all my goals that I like to obtain in this New Year, I reflected back on years prior. I keep every year of things I set out to do, so referencing back helps me to see where I am out. As I looked through the last 5 years, Loving God and Loving others was always on the top. It still is for this New Year.  So I say to you what is your goal or goals for 2018? Whatever goals you've made for the New Year, let me suggest to you putting God at the top of that list. Let this be your year of a Fresh Start with the Lord. 

God first in everything. 

I've learned that whatever you do first is most powerful in your life. In Genesis 1v1 it says In the beginning "God" created the heavens and the earth. Which clearly means God made it known He is to be first. I know this might be hard for you, but keep it simple. When you wake up in the morning, before you do anything start with 5 minutes by thanking Him for waking you up. If you have access to music than play a worship song and just sing to Him. The next 5 minutes you can pray which is simply talking to Him. And the last 5 minutes you can read a chapter of the Bible. This is just a suggestion for you to get on a path to put Him first. As you develop a discipline because you Love Him you will find that your time with Him will grow. 

Let your First Love be Jesus this New Year. Let Him use you in anyway He so desires. He knows what is best for you. I prayerfully and bountifully thank God for you all. 

May your 2018 be filled with freshness of the Living waters that only Jesus can give. He is crazy in Love with you and wants to do incredible things in and through your life. He has so much for you, I promise! 

You are worth respecting, knowing and more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Step out into a fresh start of all the beautiful things God wants to give you and that is promised to you in His word. It's a beautiful thing.

Life is a gift. Give it to the Giver of Life. 

Ducks and Then Stella

This picture above was taken in May of 2015. As many of you know we have a homeless pet ministry called SpinkyPets. These are 10 babies and both Dad and Mom on our patio. We raised these ducks until they were big enough to fly. We watched days where Dad and Mom would teach them. I personally grew to Love them deeply, I am sure Steve did too. We also feed many cats too which we Love. At this time we were feeding Spencer and Sabrina two cats that had many babies over a 2 year span. One day Mom Sabrina ran up on our patio and took one of the baby ducks. I watched in horror. I watched Sabrina take this baby duck all the way to the forest behind our home. I sat and cried for hours, I mean really cried like a baby and couldn't stop. My heart was broken! I cried out to God asking why! I get teary even today thinking of that day and how Dad and Mom ducks were so unsettled as they watched Sabrina the cat take one of their babies. 

God cares about every detail of your life. He cares when you cry over baby ducks, He cares when people hurt you or mistreat you. He cares about everything that concerns you. We don't always see or believe that especially when we are going through pain. We know He is faithful and we put our trust in Him. Gal 5:6 says; The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through Love. We put our Faith in The One who holds everything. We know that He works everything out for the good of those who Love Him and are called according to His purposes-Romans 8:28 right?

On January 22, 2016 God blessed me with Stella. She truly is a God girl cat. I know that God gave me Stella, I could write a post for days of all the things God showed me that He gave me Stella. The one I want to share is this-That horrible day of May 7, 2015 when I watched in disbelief "Sabrina" the cat take that baby duck I loved so much, well Sabrina was being a Mom that needed to feed her litter of babies that were born on April 20, 2015. And guess what? Stella was one of those babies! I can't tell you in words or express the depth of my Love for Stella today, but I know God gave her to me. He saw me that day crying deeply over a duck and then blessed me with Stella who survived by eating that duck!

God cares! HE Loves you! And if you will put your trust in Him 100%, He will always work things out for your good even if they don't seem good then, later on you will reap a blessing from Him. 

Here is my baby girl Stella who I rescued from the wild. She was born on the floor of the forest. I've had so many cats over the years, but she by far exceeds any cat I've had, because not only is she like almost perfect (literally) but because this was God's gift to me.