Posts Tagged ‘the Lord’
January 9, 2010
[10:37am] Father, thank You so much for this new day, and the new contentment in You and Your plans for this little life. I read this by email this morning, which seems so incredibly appropriate for this time in this little life.
When Your Sails No Longer Have Wind
“He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.” -Psalm 107:29-30
Imagine for a moment you began an exciting sailing adventure. You’ve been trained to navigate and sail on the ocean and be ready should trouble arise. You are confident you can handle the challenge. However, midway in the journey your resources have dried up. It almost seems God has intentionally destroyed all the skills you have to deal with the weather and the obstacles and your sails are now damaged. Even your engine has broken down. And to make matters even worse, your oars were lost overboard. You are stuck in the middle of the ocean and there is no wind to propel your boat. You are, as they say, “up the creek without a paddle.”
All of this leads you to the end of yourself and you say, “Lord, I don’t know why you brought me out here only to die.” The silence is deafening.
January 8, 2010
[12:02am] (It is a day off, John.) yay! =) thank You, Father! =)
“The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? The Lord is with me; He is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.” -Psalm 118:6-9
“Do good to Your servant according to Your word, O Lord. Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I believe in Your commands. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey Your word. You are good, and what You do is good; teach me Your decrees. Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in Your law. It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your decrees. The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.” -Psalm 119:65-72
“Seek goo, 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.” -Amos 5:14-15
[1:34pm] Father, thank You so much—You just gave us another wonderful reminder of the benefit of going into trading. =) A $31 commission just came in from trading trainer. If we started building our own list, maybe next year even, we could be earning money and serving people that way as well. =)
[2:43pm] What is our next most logical step, Father? (a day off, son.) =) Yes, Father. =) Thank You, Father! =) thank You for always instructing us. =) =) Thank You for lunch also, Father. =) =) (You’re welcome, son. You are welcome, John.) =) =) Read the rest of this entry »
January 7, 2010
[1:30pm] Thank You for the resolution with the court date this morning, Father. Thank You for this new day. The ticket cost us $115, which was a little painful because the judge was being lenient actually, but very just with us. He did what was right.
Thank You also for the trading commission of $30 that came in this morning. Thank You, Father. You are great above all and continue to bless us, in small ways and big, each and every day. We only need look to You to see good things. =)
We also get to thank You once again for helping us fix Sara’s computer, it is working wonderfully well. The second is Patches, who has not been throwing up at all the last couple of days! That is so wonderful—thank You so much, dear Lord God! =) =) You have blessed us indeed!
It feels (You would be right, John.) =) =) =) …it feels like we are heading toward real estate wholesaling. And what a blessing that would be for us. =) =)
“I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand. You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory. Whom I have in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.” -Psalm 73:22-25
January 5, 2010
[11:23am] Thank You, Father, for helping return to us the money for the leads that we bought, paused and then changed direction from.
“Lord, You have assigned me my portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure…” -Psalm 16:5-9
“You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.” -Psalm 16:11
Father, indeed You are great! We praise Your holy Name! David knew You full well and had a joy that surpassed the turmoils and situations in his life. You have given me that same kind of joy so much through this little life.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. By them is Your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” -Psalm 19:1-3, 7-11
January 4, 2010
[11am] Father, thank You for this new day, and the new plans we have before us. =) We’re in Job right now, so almost half way across the Bible’s pages, but we’re listening to it. =)
After the vet appointment and the lunch, we hope to get started on the contacting of new leads; also to work on the building of the new ideas that You’ve given, including the one this morning to focus on sending emails and reaching out to a quantity of people—maybe so we’re not discouraged by getting on the phone and having to call hundred to get one new client. =) Perhaps as we go along doing PR emails and other contact calls, we’ll find some old contacts that we used to have and reach out to them.
[11:15am] But I forgot too about the wonderful blessing we might have from You in working with Clark. I do honestly think that we could build a membership to some $10k per month in the fitness industry, using affiliate marketing resources and with Clark’s credibility, previous success, and work ethic, plus good, highest quality content that could power such a membership. Father, we thank You for what You have already done so far for us!! And thank You also for what You might do in the future! =) =)
[11:44am] Father, thank You so very much. My mom is taking marie the cat on her own to the vet. This gives us the time to finish Job before we start into work this day. =) Thank You for the instructions, Father. =) Thank You so very much, dear Lord. =) You told me to finish Job before starting into work.
[11:55am] I find that listening to Job is probably one of the best books for learning the fear of the Lord. You are great and mighty, dear Lord. You are wonderful above all. =) we are so grateful for You, Lord Almighty.
January 3, 2010
[11:23am] First written journal of the new year. We are at Reston Bible church for the service. This is where we’ve come for most of the Sundays. Sara as many friends here, and I know them too. I was thinking this morning about You bringing us together, dear Lord. It is our three month anniversary… Now seven months we’ve been together in total. We do thank You for this, Father. =)
Dani’s five-year-old advice of, ‘prosper where Your planted,’ His was ringing true now for our lives. Youth stripped away global as a business opportunity and we’re so grateful for that. You have also very wonderfully given us some new ideas about how to build sponsor missionary. We have three missionaries at present, each with their own page. We now face the challenge of missionary review, as our third signup is someone we don’t know.
But You have also given us the means of earning income as well. We can, by the numbers, earn enough for our own expenses, about $2000 per month, but that my mom has been paying about $1200 of it and Sara and I barely bringing in any business. We have this new focus and not a steady source of referrals from Tom.
We have a good business and a good focus on what to offer. We have a service—website building, and it seems very good. Tom is one of the direct reasons, other than You primarily, Lord, who helped us get the business going. Father, now we feel our need for You and Your Providential help. We need to now go after finding our own clients.
Action: PR, not sales… Just wanted to let You know were in business, for example.
January 2, 2010
[11:30am] Father, I feel at a hard point again now with money, as it always seems to be. There is no business to look forward to now in global. There’s not much to look forward to in trading, except the big blessing of $700 due in later in January. We have a vet appointment my mom set up for Marie, who is Sara and I’s cat left over from a dating relationship with Ashley in high school. Nothing but trouble is Marie though. We’ll probably be looking at a $300 bill on Monday which would take all of our available.
“Teach us to number our days right, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” -Psalm 90:12
[11:48am] Thank You, Father, for opening my eyes. The buying tour is in two or so weeks if it still continues on. Charrissa usually pays me $1500 for going on the tours, which has always been such a great blessing. =) Thank You for this Father, and also for the favor You have given us with Clark. =) He liked the designs that Sara did on the DVD covers and asked for print-ready files, with one small change. I don’t know if we’ll receive any income on this one design, but then again, in life how You’ve had it for us is that we normally volunteer first and then become partners second. It seems that’s just what You’ve got in mind for us here, Father. (Yes, indeed, son.) =) =) =) (The income will happen, John; you do not need to worry about it or anxiously advance, son.) =) thank You so much, Father. You have always provided for us—always in the right time too. Almost always it’s not on the schedule I’d want to see, but it has always been perfect. You are perfect, dear Lord God. =)
Sara is so very talented. She has done a wonderful new design for Clark. This was such a big gap that I had before with internet marketing work—all the design that could be done. But now, it perfectly fills the spaces that I had open—not all of them, but a huge part of what I couldn’t do, Sara can do, and she does so well. How great is Your blessing on me, dear Lord, that I can see every day some of that blessing in Sara, the beautiful and talented and funny wife You’ve given me. =)
[12:24pm] Dear Lord, I don’t want to go into this relationship like I have other decisions in the past, not asking You for Your directions and instructions. Read the rest of this entry »
January 1, 2010
[12:33pm] The first day of the new year. May my lips be ever praising You, dear Lord God. =)
[1:14pm]
“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.” -Proverbs 22:29
It is so awesome, dear Lord, what You have done here! =) Clark Bartram called us last night and now we just talked now. He wants us to direct his business and build out his marketing and website and products and business. It is an incredible opportunity. But Father, I can now see the traps—You’ve provided the experience to see where the traps lie. Father, please direct us, please guide us. (I will help you, John, and I will give you the answers when you seek hard after Me, son.) =) Yay! Thank You, Father. =) (It will go well with you, son.) =) Thank You so very much, Father God! =) =)
December 30, 2009
[10:30am] (John, I do not want you at the Rock, son.) yes, Father. About New Years eve at the church… thank You, Father. =)
[10:51am] Father, I do indeed feel, not empty, but more filled by You… I don’t have a purpose right now in business it feels like, though some would love to have what we have with blogs. I wonder what we are missing… I wonder if it is just not Your right time.
I was just telling Sara about how You said before about when I finished my journal adding in, that that’s when You would give the next assignment. It’s a lot to enter in, but I haven’t worked on them at all in a few days now. Aside from blogs, there’s no other work to be done now, other than the book and the journals as You have given.
[11:25am] I don’t see how the book makes sense to work on for money, but You are much more powerful than what I think, Father, and Your plans are perfect. =) You said today was a day off. Is it okay to work on the journals, dear Lord? (It is good, John. Take Sara out for breakfast first, son.) =) Yes, Father. Thank You so much. =)
[12:37pm] thank You for this day off, dear Lord, and for bringing us out for food, here at Panera for bagels. =)
