Well im back! Hawaii was lots of fun! Check my facebook page for piccies etc.
I am back and work and trying to focus!!! I did read a bunch of Psalms while i was away and was really challenged to be godly!!
So i think i am up to Psalm 100
I have really enjoyed the psalms in the 90s its been nice to get out of the psalms of Judgement and on to the praising God ones :) The Lord reigns! lets sing the new song of Joy!
Psalm 100 is another of that kind, the all about praising and worshipping God!
Vs 1 &2
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness, come before him with joyful songs
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us and we are his
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Yay!!!
How great it is to remember who our God is and start the day being encouraged by that truth!!!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Holidays are almost here and Psalm 85
So tommorrow tomorrow!!! Ill be on a plane and away to NZ then Hawaii, its tops of 30 degrees in Honolulu, but at the moment i cant quite imagine it! its been sooooo cold here!!! I have got gloves on as i type :)Brrrrr!!!
Anyhoo i had a lovely day yesterday meeting with women from church and praying it was fun! I also packed last night so i am feeling a little less stressed!
Here is a Psalm
Psalm 85 is almost like a harvest psalm but its also about Gods salvation. He is the one who gives to his people, he brings peace and abundance to the land. The Psalmist knows that God has saved his people and provided for them and he calls on God to do it again. I love verse 10 - im not quite sure what it means, God brings righteousness and peace? but then in verse 11 we respond to Gods love with faithfulness.
Verse 10-11
'Love and faithfulness meet together
righteousness and peace kiss each other
Faithfulness springs forth from the earth
and righteousness looks down from heaven."
Anyhoo i had a lovely day yesterday meeting with women from church and praying it was fun! I also packed last night so i am feeling a little less stressed!
Here is a Psalm
Psalm 85 is almost like a harvest psalm but its also about Gods salvation. He is the one who gives to his people, he brings peace and abundance to the land. The Psalmist knows that God has saved his people and provided for them and he calls on God to do it again. I love verse 10 - im not quite sure what it means, God brings righteousness and peace? but then in verse 11 we respond to Gods love with faithfulness.
Verse 10-11
'Love and faithfulness meet together
righteousness and peace kiss each other
Faithfulness springs forth from the earth
and righteousness looks down from heaven."
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Arrggghhh!
Starting to freak out about how much there is to do before i go!
ALso i am an idiot! I have double booked myself with two one off events, i am so grumpy! I feel like this is happening a lot and its cos my mind isnt in the right place and i am eating like i am trying to set a world record, ugh!
time for a psalm
Psalm 84
Ahhh! a lovely encouraging psalm, it speaks of the joy of being with God in his place.
verse 1-2
"How lovely is your dwelling place o Lord almighty
My soul yearns, even faints
for the courts of the Lord
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God."
This is my cry today!
ALso i am an idiot! I have double booked myself with two one off events, i am so grumpy! I feel like this is happening a lot and its cos my mind isnt in the right place and i am eating like i am trying to set a world record, ugh!
time for a psalm
Psalm 84
Ahhh! a lovely encouraging psalm, it speaks of the joy of being with God in his place.
verse 1-2
"How lovely is your dwelling place o Lord almighty
My soul yearns, even faints
for the courts of the Lord
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God."
This is my cry today!
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Tuesday is the new monday dont you know....
Because i work weekends and have mondays off Tuesday is my "Monday" and so here i am fresh from a year 1-2 scripture class with staff meeting looming. But i am happy because the next few days are filled with fun things like meeting up with people to pray and read the Bible! and then on friday-----HOLIDAYS!!!!
Last weekend we had our church weekend -we didnt go away but we did have lots of things on! I missed alot of the sessions because i was running the kids program. which i think went well but by just before lunch on sunday i wanted to kill them all!!!
We had lots of fun and did lots of activities!
Some link missionaries from the red sea region lead the teaching times and it was really interesting, they love living where they do and ministering in that context. It was super encouraging. they will be coming to my bible study group tonight to share more which i am looking forward to.
I woke up yesterday with a cold - sore throat, muscle aches and pains :(
But i went to get all my waxing done and had a pedicure and eyelash tint before my holiday! I also went crazy and had a spray tan, i looked jamacian last night but it looks ok this morning...a little patch and orange but ok :) I needed something to disguise the 4 kilos i have put on since the last holiday :( I ate WAYYYY tooo much on the weekend! It was YUM!
Only 3 days to gooooooo!
Anyhoo its time for some Psalms
Psalm 82
Expresses the folly of other gods. Yahweh is the only real and true God, other 'gods' and sons of god die and fade but God is God forever he can not die and it is He who will judge the nations.
'Rise up O God, judge the earth
for all nations are your inheritance.'
Psalm 83
Has a similar theme to lots of other Psalms in this section - God come and judge the nation around us, they oppose us and in doing that oppose you and your holy name. Its good but i feel the need for an uplift this morning, sore throat and all!
'Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD, that you alone are the Most High over all the earth."
Last weekend we had our church weekend -we didnt go away but we did have lots of things on! I missed alot of the sessions because i was running the kids program. which i think went well but by just before lunch on sunday i wanted to kill them all!!!
We had lots of fun and did lots of activities!
Some link missionaries from the red sea region lead the teaching times and it was really interesting, they love living where they do and ministering in that context. It was super encouraging. they will be coming to my bible study group tonight to share more which i am looking forward to.
I woke up yesterday with a cold - sore throat, muscle aches and pains :(
But i went to get all my waxing done and had a pedicure and eyelash tint before my holiday! I also went crazy and had a spray tan, i looked jamacian last night but it looks ok this morning...a little patch and orange but ok :) I needed something to disguise the 4 kilos i have put on since the last holiday :( I ate WAYYYY tooo much on the weekend! It was YUM!
Only 3 days to gooooooo!
Anyhoo its time for some Psalms
Psalm 82
Expresses the folly of other gods. Yahweh is the only real and true God, other 'gods' and sons of god die and fade but God is God forever he can not die and it is He who will judge the nations.
'Rise up O God, judge the earth
for all nations are your inheritance.'
Psalm 83
Has a similar theme to lots of other Psalms in this section - God come and judge the nation around us, they oppose us and in doing that oppose you and your holy name. Its good but i feel the need for an uplift this morning, sore throat and all!
'Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD, that you alone are the Most High over all the earth."
Friday, June 03, 2011
Friday Friday....gotta get down on friday
So here we are on friday!!!
In top news...
* very tired
* Phone and car ok :)
* Church weekend starts in 6 hours
* Had a massage for my back but its sorer than before, grrrr!
*this time next week i will be in christchurch with my friend Mary getting ready to leave for Hawaii!!!!!!!!
But first some Psalms
Psalm 80
Psalm 80 is a cry to God from his people who feel abandoned by him, they know he is rightly judging them for their sin but they want it to stop!
The refrain of the psalm is lovely
"Restore us O God Almighty
make your face shine upon us
that we may be saved."
There is no salvation outside of God and their is no salvation earned its a a gift - God must restore us. I love the image of Gods face shining on us, it reminds me of the wonderful feel of the sun after a dark night or rainy day - i turn my face to the sun for warmth and Joy and so i turn to God for the same things.
Psalm 81
Is almost like a plea from God that the people would turn and listen to him, remember his saving kindness and stop idolatry and disobedience. It harks back to the giving of the law to moses and the people...this is how God wants to be treated.
Verse 8-10
Hear O my people and i will warn you
if you would but listen to me O Israel
You shall have no foreign god among you
you shall not bow down to an alien god
I am the Lord your God
Who brought you up out of Egypt
Open wide your mouth and i will fill it.
And now to go and get some last minute things for the kids program and boy o boy do i want a diet coke!!! maybe in Hawaii!
In top news...
* very tired
* Phone and car ok :)
* Church weekend starts in 6 hours
* Had a massage for my back but its sorer than before, grrrr!
*this time next week i will be in christchurch with my friend Mary getting ready to leave for Hawaii!!!!!!!!
But first some Psalms
Psalm 80
Psalm 80 is a cry to God from his people who feel abandoned by him, they know he is rightly judging them for their sin but they want it to stop!
The refrain of the psalm is lovely
"Restore us O God Almighty
make your face shine upon us
that we may be saved."
There is no salvation outside of God and their is no salvation earned its a a gift - God must restore us. I love the image of Gods face shining on us, it reminds me of the wonderful feel of the sun after a dark night or rainy day - i turn my face to the sun for warmth and Joy and so i turn to God for the same things.
Psalm 81
Is almost like a plea from God that the people would turn and listen to him, remember his saving kindness and stop idolatry and disobedience. It harks back to the giving of the law to moses and the people...this is how God wants to be treated.
Verse 8-10
Hear O my people and i will warn you
if you would but listen to me O Israel
You shall have no foreign god among you
you shall not bow down to an alien god
I am the Lord your God
Who brought you up out of Egypt
Open wide your mouth and i will fill it.
And now to go and get some last minute things for the kids program and boy o boy do i want a diet coke!!! maybe in Hawaii!
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
how easy it is to let things slide! Psalm 78 &79
Well i had a shocker of a weekend, so much PMS feeling sooooo grumpy and emotional.
Then on sunday i my car broke down and i broke my phone after having a hissy fit because there was no reception! Serves me right i suppose!
So monday, grump grump grump, very bad weather and i could barely drag myself out of the house to get the phone fixed ($85) and go to the gym and pilates. The car was just a battery and they replaced it on sunday night ($149). Its all a bit expensive right before i go on holiday. And i have put on 3 kilos, seriously!!!! i have been working out and trying to eat right, so mon and tues - i just ate, everything! whatever passed my path, i ate it! back on track today.
The winter weather is taking its toll, there were only 2 at Bible study last night ( which was good and max did a big vomit infront of them!) and not many coming to mums group this morning. everyone is sick! I really cant wait to be in Hawaii but i wish i wasnt so big!
Anyhoo when things are annoying its so easy to let time with God go.
Psalm 78
It speaks of Israels sin the face of Gods goodness, they keep forgetting him and his kindness, even though when they cried out to him he always recused them and was gracious to them. People are so forgetful. I am so forgetful! its so easy to be overwhelmed by the negatives of the day to day and forget the marvellous saving work of God. He has rescued us and promised us a future with him.
Vs 7
Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.
Psalm 79
GOd has allowed judgement to come on the Israelites and now they cry out to him in the famous "how long o Lord?" line. Asking how long God will allow his wrath to be free on the people. its a question i often ask, how much longer God do we have to deal with the sin and pain of this life? When will Jesus come back? but God has given us life in Christ and there is joy amidst suffering.
vs 9
Help us O God our Saviour
for the Glory of your name
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your names sake.
Then on sunday i my car broke down and i broke my phone after having a hissy fit because there was no reception! Serves me right i suppose!
So monday, grump grump grump, very bad weather and i could barely drag myself out of the house to get the phone fixed ($85) and go to the gym and pilates. The car was just a battery and they replaced it on sunday night ($149). Its all a bit expensive right before i go on holiday. And i have put on 3 kilos, seriously!!!! i have been working out and trying to eat right, so mon and tues - i just ate, everything! whatever passed my path, i ate it! back on track today.
The winter weather is taking its toll, there were only 2 at Bible study last night ( which was good and max did a big vomit infront of them!) and not many coming to mums group this morning. everyone is sick! I really cant wait to be in Hawaii but i wish i wasnt so big!
Anyhoo when things are annoying its so easy to let time with God go.
Psalm 78
It speaks of Israels sin the face of Gods goodness, they keep forgetting him and his kindness, even though when they cried out to him he always recused them and was gracious to them. People are so forgetful. I am so forgetful! its so easy to be overwhelmed by the negatives of the day to day and forget the marvellous saving work of God. He has rescued us and promised us a future with him.
Vs 7
Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.
Psalm 79
GOd has allowed judgement to come on the Israelites and now they cry out to him in the famous "how long o Lord?" line. Asking how long God will allow his wrath to be free on the people. its a question i often ask, how much longer God do we have to deal with the sin and pain of this life? When will Jesus come back? but God has given us life in Christ and there is joy amidst suffering.
vs 9
Help us O God our Saviour
for the Glory of your name
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your names sake.
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