I am so
thankful for the opportunity the Lord has given to me to be in full time
ministry! I am very much looking forward
to all that will be going on in the New Year!
With all of the planning, researching, writing, and a lot of other
things with starting this ministry I just realized last night that I never did
share with you why I chose “Reflecting Truth Ministries” as the name for my
ministry! I just dived in and wrote five
devotionals and not once did I share this tidbit of my heart. Woops! J
In Luke
6:45 Jesus said, “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in
his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his
heart. For out of the overflow of his
heart his mouth speaks.” (NIV: New International Version) What a great reminder this is! What is in our hearts is what is reflected
out to the world. In Luke 8:16-17 Jesus
also said, “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a
bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so
that those who come in can see the light.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing
concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.”
I am
working on a book that has to do with what is reflected from our hearts and
why. It’s entitled “Reflections of the
Heart.” I’ll keep you updated on when it’s
published and available for you to purchase (hopefully sometime next
year). Here’s an excerpt from chapter
two: “What we are passionate about is where our heart is. If our number one in our hearts is our job
then our life is all about that job. If
our number one is our spouse then everything in our lives is about them. Anything that takes the place of God is where
our devotion lies. Where our heart is
determines where God is in our lives. In
Mathew 22:37 (NIV) Jesus says, “Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.” This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it:
“Love your neighbor as yourself….” If
our heart is devoted to something other than God then we are not following the
greatest of all of the commandments. We
need to ask ourselves why this person or thing is more important than God.”
I have been teaching Bible Studies
ever since I was a teenager. I have
always loved teaching! Now I am a
wonderfully blessed married woman and my sweet husband and I have three
beautiful children between the ages of six and twelve. I love teaching about the importance of God
being in first place in our lives. If He
is in first place then that is what is reflected out to the world but if He’s
not in first place then that’s what is being reflected out into the world. I’ve done both! There was a time in my life when my husband
and my kids took the top place in my life and boy was I suffering! Don’t get me wrong please! I love my family with all of my heart but the
priorities in my life have changed for the better!
When God
convicted me of idolizing my husband and our children I turned to His Word. In Exodus 20:4 it says, “You shall not make
for yourself and idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters below.” An idol
is not just a thing that looks like a minnie statute, it can be a person, place
or thing. The most important commandment
is to love God first with everything, my heart, mind and soul. The second most important commandment is to
love my neighbors as I love myself. My
neighbor’s includes my family! When the
priorities were placed in the right order, God first, husband second, children
third, life became blissful! Not that
life is always “perfect,” but my Rock, my Foundation is God and no one or no
thing else.
I am so incredibly thankful for
you! I pray for you constantly! I am so humbled by your love and
support. Thank your for taking the time
to read my devotional postings. May the
Lord bless you and your loved ones! Have
a very Merry Christmas!
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