I love the Words to this Song!

Perspectives Lyrics by Kutless

It feels like your life's crashing down all around you
Let me ask if it's really so bad
Look at the world in it's suffering
Can you honestly tell me that know one else could understand
All the hurting inside

Why can't you see that freedom is sometimes simply another perspective away
Who could you be if your lens was changed for a moment,
Would you still be the same

A young child looks through a great stained glass window
Watching the people go by
Everyone seems to be wearing a red coat
His mother sees jackets in white
Now he can't understand why does she see it this way

Why can't you see that freedom is sometimes simply another perspective away
Who could you be if your lens was changed for a moment,
Would you still be the same

Yesterday, you really couldn't see
By changing your angle a new world would be
Revealed to your once blinded eyes by moving a few degrees

Why can't you see that freedom is sometimes simply another perspective away
Who could you be if your lens was changed for a moment,
Would you still be the same

I'm having a "I'm not sure what to do with myself today" kind of day!

Today has been one of those days where I've had no idea what to do with the day all day! Kind of frustrating and seems a bit wasteful! I guess I just have no ambition today... maybe I'm tired... maybe lazy... or maybe it's just February in Maine and there really isn't much to do??? Either way it's been a wierd day! Even my dog has gone nuts... she has been barking all day at nothing... just gets a look in her eye and barks like she's gone crazy! I woke up at 5:00 am froma strange nightmare that a man was in my basement... so then the phone rang... wrong number but scared me none the less... then to top it off my dog did her first of the mental breakdown barking thing... so I jump out of bed head to the basement to fight the "man" fortuantely that was a dream that hadn't come true! No man! Then I went back to sleep in the living room for a bit and entered into yet another bizarre dream! I love to dream I have amazingly vivid realistic colorful dreams... but last nights were vivid and colorful but yucky scary nightmares! UGH I really hate those... hmmmm maybe I should avoid those delicious pepperoni pizza bursts late at night! I'm looking foreward to church tonight... at least something of my day will have been useful! I'm sad though my group isn't meeting our facilitator is away... I love the study i'm in "The Bait of Satan" by John Bevere! Amazing study! So perfect in timing for stuff going on in my life! God's great that way... I wish it was about 82 degrees out and really sunny and I could just float around in my kayak on a peaceful lake somewhere and read a great book! Maybe I'll just go finish the laundry and get my kids something to eat before church!

This One is For Sherri

Sherri you did an AWEOME job singing today! I was so proud of you singing a song about our "Redeemer" in front of such a big crowd! You did a great job! Chris recorded you on his MP3 player... so there you are in the midst of Skillet, Kutless, Third Day and Many More! Hopefully this was just one of many great performances by one of my personal favorite singers!!! I love you Sherri... keep on Singing!

Walk Thru The Bible Seminar

Yesterday I attended a Walk Thru The Bible Seminar at Church. It basically covers the entire old Testament and puts it all into order. It was so much fun! I don't think I've laughed that much in along time. I've always kind of avoided the old Testament mostly I guess because I couldn't really follow stuff very well. But it brought so much of it alive and how it ties into today! I actually read Habakuk this morning... pretty cool book! I couldn't believe how much some of the "old stories" really apply to today... God is so Cool! So go grab your Bible and Have a Great Day!

Pray for Our Military

Can you imagine someone telling you for at least 12 months you cannot hold your baby; You cannot kiss your husband / wife; You cannot be at your son / daughter's birthday party; You cannot attend your place of worship; You cannot hug your mom / dad; If your sick you cannot go to your family doctor; You cannot celebrate Christmas with your loved ones; If your weary and sad you cannot have a hug; You cannot play a silly boardgame with your family; You cannot pet your dog; You cannot help your daughter or son learn how to drive; When you know your son / daughter is hurting you cannot comfort them? I could go on and on but I say all this for one reason... we have thousands of men and women fighting for us who are dealing everyday with the above stuff plus a whole lot more. We need to be praying for them and their families.

Jerusalem Here I Come :)

Anyone who knows me knows one thing about me I LOVE JERUSALEM!!! I love everything about that city... the people, the smells, the sites, the sky, EVERYTHING! Well cool thing happened, after our trip to Israel in 2004 / 2005 we talked about how we would all like to go back in 2007 as a prayer journey of sorts... so anyways during our missions conference a couple weeks ago at church I was troubled by the fact I really wasn't "moved" per se by the slide shows or stories about people that are poor or needy... so this I gave to God I said Lord why am I so hardened toward this, it seems wrong to not feel something by all this... He so clearly spoke to my heart and said "your heart is in Jerusalem, that's your mission trip." Then Pastor Scott led us in a song that I wish I knew who wrote it or how to get a copy... it says something like "Jesus, the most beautiful name that I know.... not sure of all of it but I was so touched I couldn't sing or anything I just wept. God freed me at that moment to be Debbie and to move in the places designed for me, my calling is different and that's okay! Much freedom in knowing that! Well anyways the point to this is our Israel trip is now being called a missions trip! My heart's desire to share the gospel with a Jew and to live on a Kibbutz are going to happen! The trip entails one week of touring, then a week of prayer and evangelism and one night on a Kibbutz!!! I'm thrilled to serve such an amazing GOD!!!! I love you Lord Jesus and I thank you for all you are... Master, Savior, Lord, Daddy, Friend, Father, Defender, Healer, Lover of My Soul, Bright Morning Star! I thank you Lord for the desires of my heart... not my own desires but the ones you put in my heart... You are an amazing God! Be blessed today anyone who reads this and I encourage you to believe God today for more than you ever have before... regardless of ANY situation or circumstance you may be facing... believe HIM for something really BIG!!! As I write this I'm in one of the hardest spirtitual battles I've ever faced... it's spirtitual physical and absolutely wearisome... but in this I've been given two choices: QUIT or Press on harder than ever and surrender every part of me to His Truth! So I urge anyone who stumbles on this Press in Hard... the reward and victory are just around the corner... don't miss your miracle! DREAM BIG DREAMS.... GOD IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING!

Yay It's February

It is now February 1st! For me that is a glorious wonderful thing... it means I've survived and lived to tell about another January! For me January is the worst month of the year... it is long, dark, cold, and I dread it each year. I go from a morning person who can do a million things before 9:00 am to a depressed can't even get out of the chair lazy bum for practically the entire month! I need sunshine! I thrive on Sunshine... I grew up in Texas and California... then God with His wonderful sense of humor put me in Maine! I was fondly thinking of summer last night as I was falling asleep... remembering the lazy days of summer.... we bought a soft sided above ground 4' deep pool last summer and that is what I was most longing for last night... though it never quite stood up right and it was never very warm, Chris and I would spend endless hours just floating on blow up raft things and just talk! So when February comes I mentally say hey only 28 days of this and then we're looking ever closer to the beauty of spring! I love the little animals I get to see when spring comes! The groundhogs playing with each other, fox babies with mom, bunnies licking the salt off the road, moose everywhere... some days when I think I can't live here another day in this crazy place called Maine... God will show me stuff I can't see anywhere else.... like a little animal parade right on the Highway! Always makes me smile no matter what! So for me this is a special day...