There are a few stories/portions of scripture that are my favorites.

-Matthew 6:30 (NLT) "And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?"

-Psalm 13 (NLT) "O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand? Turn and answer me, O LORD my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die. Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall. But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the LORD because he is good to me."

- 1 Peter 3:1-6 (MSG) "The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as "my dear husband." You'll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.

There are many more, but there is one that lately has been growing and growing on me.

Acts 2:42-47 (NLT) "All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity - all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved."

I absolutely LOVE this small piece of God's word. This is what the church should be like!! This is what my own church should be like!! I love the idea of the church sharing EVERYTHING!!! They sold their property and all their possessions and gave all the money to the people in the church who needed it. Talk about TITHING! lol

None of their stuff mattered to them, the things that they had, the crops that they grew, their entire livelihoods meant nothing to them, if there were other believers who needed things. Gosh, can you imagine what that would be like? In my own house, we have two refrigerators. If someone were to need one of them we could easily give one away. But it goes so much further than that. If God had this crazy idea to ask us to sell our house and give all the money to the church to help out different families, or to help re-build the church, would we? Do we love our brothers and sisters, and God enough to be obedient and give up the things that we think matter so much?

I won't lie. I like my stuff. I imagine what would happen if there were a fire in my house and I only had time to grab a few things. What would I grab? That's a hard question for me to answer! Cause I want ALL my stuff!! My laptop, pictures, my stereo (yes, my stereo), books, music, movies, shoes! All of this with the exception of pictures is replaceable!! Why do I cling sooo much to stuff?

We lived a little like the new testament church tonight. We spent time in prayer with one another, we took each others needs and laid them before our God as one church. People were healed and restored. We even had one member pray for a non-spanish speaking person, and her prayer was in spanish! We're even throwing other languages in there!!! I feel so blessed to be apart of a church that is allowing God to flow freely!

Well it's almost midnight and I have to be up early to catch a flight to what I like to call my second home. Colorado Springs, CO!!! I'm spending the weekend with three of the greatest friends I will ever know, and I am one happy girl. Hopefully I'll have an update when I come back on Monday!!

Keep me in prayer this weekend, I had a job interview on Tuesday and they said they would be making a decision this week and giving me a call at the beginning of next week!