A Day in the Life of Me

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ME
BY: EMILY SCHILB AND ALI OLIVER

It was Friday, the weekend of my cousin's wedding

I was assigned a poem that I was dreading.

4 am waking up in the morning

Everybody else in Bellevue was still snoring.

Arriving at my cousin's house for the big day

All the people were jubilant and gay.

Roman and Katie exchanged "I do's"

And I have to tell you, I loved her shoes!

Everyone rode the motorcyle, but me

Next up was my auntie, as brave as can be!

Bow chased her as fast as he could go

But his old legs were just too slow.

A special day we all had together

A beautiful wedding in such beautiful weather.

As the sun went down, we all lay in our beds

Not knowing what was up ahead.

Celebrating the new joining and life of two

What happened next, no one possibly knew.

When we awoke, something was not right

Bow was paralyzed it was not a good sight.

They took him to the vet as fast as they could

The news they received was not so good.

They chose to put the old dog to rest

Our family decided it was for the best.

One chapter closes as a new one begins

And that's all in the grace of our God, my friends.

Re-Focus

Don’t focus on the land; keep your eyes on Jesus!!!
He is refining you through this season to see if you will trust Him!
Don’t look at the land, look at Jesus! Recall where He has brought you from, what He is doing in your family…..
You don’t need the land in order to fulfill His purposes for you!
He can place you anywhere to live…..where you live is irrelevant to His purposes!!

Are we withholding anything?

“Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them." Joshua 7:13

Lord, are we withholding anything that could be keeping us from your provision and blessing.....or anything that needs to be removed? That is the question I am asking You?

The question then was asked of me is this: is everyone in the house tithing?

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Malachi 3:10

Lord, show us if we have any "devoted" things that need to be removed! We are looking to You, we are following Your word, we want to be in Your will! Thank You, in advance for the victory!

Is God a man that He would lie?

"God is not a man that He should lie, nor a son of man that He should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19

Oh my....it is hard to wait to see when God is going to fulfill what He has promised, especially when there is "no fruit on the trees"!

Oh my...it is hard when you have grown accustomed to the encouragment and sympathy of man, when this has been removed. For no one else is walking thru exactly what I am walking thru.....just as Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and even Jesus walked the path God had placed them on and could not depend on the encouragement of man, but God alone.

God has promised me something amazing....truly the desire of my heart. He has asked me to lead as Joshua led....and believe as Joshua believed!

Oh Lord, I hunger for a word of encouragement....my soul is anxious and I know that is not from You! For You are the God of peace....Your word tells me to be still, not to worry, rest, trust. But my feelings, my body, my soul is responding in fear.

What am I afraid of?
1) that perhaps I have claimed and proclaimed something that is not mine to have
2) that I will make You look bad by doing all these "silly" activities like marching around the property for 7 days!
3) that others will judge me for believing the impossible
4) that His provision will come in a way that will be hard for me to accept...(an unlikely
resource!)

As I write, Father, download Your love over me, Your words of truth, Your peace.
"Cast all your cares on Me, Anne, for I care for you." "Do not worry..." "I will do this....I will make your righteousness shine like the dawn and the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."
"Behold, Anne, I am doing something NEW....Brand New....unlike ANYTHING you have seen before." "You have not gone this way before." "I will never leave you nor forsake you. My promises are YES and AMEN." Trust in Me with all your heart, Anne, don't lean on your own understanding. I am faithful...I have called you...I will do this!

Oh Father, forgive me for my lack of faith.....I have not gone this way before; it is not familiar to me! "When you are afraid, Anne, put your trust and hope in Me. I will not let you down!"

"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you." Joshua 3:5