I am exhausted...

Believe it or not, it feels soooo good to be exhausted from a hard days work. (or should I say the last couple of weeks)

Non-stop, back and forth, squatting and bending, reaching and lifting, scooping hard ice cream and back and forth and back and forth, non-stop for hours on end everyday.

Sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm not. I am so thankful that the Lord brought me "through" Lyme Disease and Chronic Fatigue after years and years of suffering. There was no way in the whole wide world I could have worked in our restaurant before hand. God in His mercy has totally restored my health and I'm so thankful.

I love being able to work myself to death....that's so morbidly true.

I love being exhausted because when I'm sitting and staring at the wall, it makes me give thanks in my heart for my health.

If for some reason you are reading this and you are suffering in some way, take heart, the very first part of healing is in the attitude and you CAN experience that. Whether it be today or in time, you can have it, own it, call it what you may. Just believe!

~ Kelly

If You've Been Praying for Haiti Then You'll want to Read This...

God is at work everywhere, His spirit draws all men unto Himself. He is fair and just. His love is immeasurable. He works in places that we can't see. Praise and glory to the King of Kings, the God I serve, Jesus Christ.

Last night I received an email from the Director of Surgical Services at The Northwest Christian Mission in Haiti. In her email she explained about all the wonderful surgeries that have taken place and how the Lord is using the earthquake and mission to bring people to Christ. She said that if she were to tell us all the wonderful happenings, it would take 10 full pages to explain every detail.

At the end of her email, she stated how Haiti's national religion has been voodoo for many years. She also stated the following: (I've copied and pasted)

For many years there has been an effort by some of our Haitian Christians to have the government grant permission to have a national day of prayer and to have prayer services on the grounds of the Presidential Palace in Port au Prince. Haiti, with the national religion of voodoo, of course would never allow this. However, within a month of the earthquake, with most of Port au Prince in ruins, including some of the Presidential Palace, the government has not only granted permission to hold a national day of prayer, but has encouraged those in Port au Prince, to gather on the Palace grounds and through out the entire country, in churches and missions to hold 5-days of prayer and repentance.

Beginning on the one month anniversary of the earthquake, all public places in Haiti were closed. At 0700 on the 12^th, Haitians and missionaries, black and white, gathered for prayer and worship. Some services lasted 5 hours, some lasted late into the night. But I was told that no matter what time these services ended, that at 4:53 in the afternoon, that people stopped whatever they were doing, fell on their knees and prayed for their country, for the survivors of the earthquake and for the future of their nation. God is going to do a mighty work in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. I believe with all my heart that God will full fill his promise in II Chronicles 7:14 that God will heal their land when its people humble themselves and pray, seek His face and turn from their wicked ways.

In the midst of disaster, despair, disease, death, God has been with His people. He is bringing hope and healing to Haiti.

I stand at awe at the power of God. Please continue to pray for Haiti, not just Haiti, but everywhere, people need to turn their hearts to the Lord.

If you'd like to take a look at the Missions website, click below.

http://www.nwhcm.org/

~ Kelly

More Memory

I failed to list the 2nd verse memorized in January...

Isaiah 30:18

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you.
He rises to show you compassion
The Lord is a God of Justice
Blessed are all who wait on him!

1st verse in February

2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind.

I'm holding myself accountable by putting my verses on my blog. I don't usually follow through with these type of things, especially when no one else is looking.

I'm excited that I'm pushing myself to learn more scripture this year. It makes me feel like I'm not just wasting time.

I was especially challenged after seeing the movie, "The Book of Eli". If you haven't seen it, I won't give it away. But, after seeing the movie, I was so convicted about memorizing scripture. If the Bible was ever taken away from us, what would we have then?

Why don't you join me? Two verses a month. You will gain a lot this year, if you do!