Story Indiana

Orginally posted: 3/10/10This winter we took a mini vacation to Nashville, Indiana and on our way there we found this little whole in the wall town. Which had a total of 3 residents, a resturant and a little Inn. Here is the website for it… Story Indiana.

Praying Scripture for each other…..

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sharing my thoughts and heart

originally posted: 3/12/10     A while back in a  Bible Study I was in, we were studying the book of Ephesians. In the third chapter Paul prays a prayer for his fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Our book encouraged us to pray this prayer and put our own self in it. Also a dear friend of mine suggested that we put each others names in it. I think this is a great idea. I have been praying this prayer today for a very close and dear friend of mine that is going through a very difficult time. I encourage you to do the same.Eph 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, Eph 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; Eph 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Eph 3:21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Praying you all have a day filled with the love of Christ Jesus! with care, Mrs Bumppo

Who do we lean on?????

Orginially posted on: 4/20/09   Lean on Me   by Anne Peterson   I don’t know which way to go, my strength is very small.  I’m looking for direction and can’t hear, God at all. It’s taking all of my energy to just get out of bed.  And when I try to concentrate, I just can’t clear my head.  But then in total silence I hear my Savior say, “Don’t lean on understanding just lean on me Today!”     I love this poem! There are lots of times in life when we feel like we can’t feel or hear God. But those are times when I really feel we need to just stop talking and stop trying to figure things out on our own and really just surrender to Him. Lean on Him, even when we don’t “feel or hear” Him, like we want to..or think we should. He is there and He is listening. I always try to remember the “Foot Prints in the Sand” those are the times He is carrying me…because really I can NOT do it with out Him. I can’t even walk on my own. Always remember we can’t take that next breath, unless He gives it!   Blessings, Mrs. Bumppo

Hands of love!

 

Orginially posted: 12/23/08      What wonderful hands! Hands of love and labor! This past Saturday, I got the privilege to help put on the 50th Anniversary party of a couple in our church!    It was wonderful watching them enjoy being with all six of their grown children and their spouses and their grandchildren! What a true blessing to be married for 50 years! What patience and perservering it must have taken! All accomplished through the Lord of course!   Revised: 7/28/11 I have retitled this post and cut some things out of the orginal post.    Blessings, Mrs. Bumpppo

Bless this House

Orginally posted: 12/10/08   Bless this house, O Lord, we pray. Make it safe by night and day. Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out.   Bless the roof and chimney tall, Let Thy peace be over all. Bless these doors that they may prove Ever open to joy and love.   Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God’s heavenly light. Bless the hearth a-blazing there With smoke ascending like a prayer.   Bless the people here within, Keep them pure and free from sin. Bless us all that we may be Fit, O Lord, to dwell with Thee.   Amen! This poem is from The children’s Book of Home and Family by William J. Bennett

If you meet me and forget me……

Orginally posted: 10/5/09  “If you meet me and forget me, you have lost nothing. But if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him you have lost everything.” This little message was on my Grandparents answering machine. So that everyone that called them and didn’t get them, they got this message! What a message! I have asked myself how could I ever forget my grandparents. I mean my grandmother was the meanest(never mean to me of course and I mean this is love), bestest, sweetest, kindest, loving grandmother anyone could ever have. And she loved the Lord very much, next she loved her family and would help just about every stranger there was. If you had a sad story and looked the part….you had her heart right off. But then I have asked myself how could I ever forget Jesus Christ…once I have really met HIM!! But I think sometimes we forget what He has done for us. When we are in a hurrying about life and forget to spend time with the ONE who loves us most! When we forget to be tender and loving to our children, instead we are quick and short tempered. When we cut our husbands off, when they are speaking and don’t give them the chance to speak, because after all we have something better to say. And the list goes on..you could fill in tons of examples where we do this. In these moments we are not thinking of Jesus..we are (or at least I am) only thinking about me! I mean really!! And in that moment..I need to refocus and remember Jesus. What He did for me, for the whole world. That through Him I don’t have to be a prune, or a hateful bitty. I praise God for His redeeming love and His mercy and grace. That no matter how we are, He takes us to Himself and molds us to His image and not our own. Oh, I cry to the Lord, please Lord Jesus, Help others to see you in me and not my awful sinful self! Life is too short to hold grudges, unforgiveness or another things that we are holding on to. Cry to Jesus….give Him your heavy burdens. love in Christ Jesus, Mrs. Bumppo

Thankfulness!

Orginally posted on: 3/5/11   So many times I find myself…complaining! About what you might ask? Oh, about everything really!! Sometimes, it is so bad, I need a break from myself! Really!! My mind just goes on and on…about things at times! And all I hear are gripes!! Some of you are saying wow!! You, yes me!! (I know some are saying this…because they have said this to me…that can’t believe I complain), HELLO, BIG SINNER HERE…SAVED BY THE GRACE OF THE ALMIGHTY!! Really, I am just like everyone else! I struggle with life and people..and the silly things that they do..and forget about the silly things I do! Yeah, sometimes I forget I am a sinner saved by grace and think I am judge and jury of the free world! So this morning, I just wanted to take the time to Just say, Thank you to the Lord… Thank you Father God for Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour and for sending Him to this lost and dying world that we all might be saved! Thank you for loving me enough and the world enough to do this!! Thank you, Lord for your love that I might share it with others! I am also very thankful for …. loving husband, children, family, friends, for spring coming up on us, the roosters crow in the barn, for our new puppy who has his days and night confused, for coffee, for a home, for warmth, for comfortable clothing, time to reflect! Thank you, Lord for taking my eyes off of me!! In Jesus name I pray, Amen! Sometimes, taking the focus off what I think and just being thankful for what God is doing and has done, puts a whole new look on life for me! with care and prayer, Mrs. Bumppo

The prayer of a child

Orginally posted: 11/2/08 with edits on July 24, 2011 This morning in church a young man was asked to pray over Sunday School. As he prayed I hung on to every word he said, and my heart was moved with his pure words as he prayed to the One who loves us so. His prayer was as followed ” Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for this beautiful day. I thank you that we have Bibles, that we can learn about your word. I thank you that we have a church that we can join together and learn more about your word. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen!!” Amen!!! Amen!!! Yes, I too, Thank the Lord for His Word and for being able come together and learn of God’s word, in a group setting. What a wonderful blessing we have to get to own Bibles and to have the freedom to go to the church we choose or gather with whom we choose and where we choose to meet. To serve God in the way He is leading us to serve Him. Not the way someone else says we have to serve Him. My prayer today is for all those who don’t have Bibles and who can’t gather together freely. Lord be with them. Send your word to them!!! In Jesus Name, Amen!!

Why am I always the one?!?!?!

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Orginally posted: 11/4/08 Have you ever asked yourself this question? Or these question… Why can’t someone else do it this time? Why do I have to be the strong one? Why do I have to be the adult in this situation? Why can’t someone else do it this one time? Why can’t someone else clean this house, this church, this stuff?? WHY ME?? Then comes the complaining statements of… I am sick of all of it! I am just not going to do anything anymore, they can all just do it themselves!! I might be the only person in this world that has ever thought these awful, nasty things. Or maybe not. I am so glad Jesus didn’t feel this way, when He died for all of us! Jesus prayed at Gethsemane, that “not what I will, but what thou wilt.” Mark 14:36 Oh, how I need to pray this!! Not my will, Lord, but your will! If it is your will I do these things let it be a sweet fragrance unto you! Let the things I have planned today go according to your plans for me! I will admit, I have been acting like a spoiled child on the inside for sometime now. I haven’t been happy with things, I have to do. It is not that I want to be lazy. I have just been disgruntled and very, very irritable. One day I am fine and the next I am not. I know why. It is where my focus is. When my focus is on the one that loves me so. I am just fine with what I am doing. But when it is not. I am not..especially when I am trying to fulfill my own plans, my own ideas, of how I think it should go and happen. I thank God for His forgiveness and His mercy! That He gives me another chance to get it right. Each and every minute, each and everyday! That He shows me my sinful heart. And that He helps me to keep my eyes on Him. And when and if I take my eyes off of Him, He will direct me back to Himself and remind me of His love for me! How wonderful God is! How merciful God is! So if you are feeling like someone else should do your job, as I have. Remember Jesus didn’t pass His job off to anyone else. God hand picked Him to die for me and you. And God hand pick each of us to do whatever it is, He has placed in our lives. Verse to Remember: Jeremiah 29:11-13“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” God has a plan for each of us. We just need to be willing to do it. God has been reminding me lately, that He has called me to be a certain way and to do certain things, that He may not have called others to do. And He has given me all the tools I need in His Holy Scripture to do so. Along with the Holy Spirit as a guide. So if you are feeling as I have lately, turn to the one that Loves you so. Cling to Him. He has plans for you and has equipped you for the job, He has given you!     My Prayer: Lord, I ask you today, to forgive me of my sinful heart! Help me Lord, to follow your ways. Direct my path and teach me your ways. Also I ask you Lord, to be with others who have felt the same way I have. Wash your Holy Spirit over them. Remind them of your plans, for them in their lives.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen!

REBELLIOUS TEENS!!!

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Orginally posted: 12/22/10   Ok, No my teens aren’t being rebellious. This title stems from a comment a older gentleman made to my daughter back at Easter time. They were at a sunrise service and the older gentleman commented on another teens behavior and said “he was being disrespectful and reclusive”. My daughter agreed, that the teen was being this way. The man turned around and looked at her, then proceeded to let her know, she would be like this. Wow!! I am glad this man knows the future! “All teens WILL REBEL” is what he said! Wow, poor teens… I didn’t know this was a rule in the land of ” Teendom”. Ok, I rebelled..but that was because I didn’t have a relationship with God. I knew God was there..but that was about all, I didn’t think of God, unless it was an emergency. I wish I wouldn’t have rebelled. I didn’t have to though!! And,”ALL TEENS” don’t have to either. My daughter was quite upset by this man’s comment to her…”statement to her”. My son said, that my daughter looked as if she wanted to punch the man. She wouldn’t have and didn’t of course! My son just knows his sister!! LOL!!! LOL!! One thing I thought was interesting, was the fact other adults heard what was being said, by this man to my daughter and didn’t say a word. Did they agree with what this man was saying???? He wasn’t just saying this about my daughter..but about ALL Teens!! Wow!! Ok, I don’t believe all teens have to rebel! I think some will, some won’t! I think part of it, is on the parents. But then I have known teens to rebel that have had parents who loved the Lord. It is the heart of each teen that comes into play! Their heart towards God! Who God is to them! What He means to them! No, they aren’t going to be perfect people…(we aren’t as adults). But they don’t have to rebel. My daughter just read a book called, “Do Hard Things“. She said it challenges Teens to rebel against rebellion. She loved the book. She was convicted to do better things with her teen years! Sure, none of us are perfect. I don’t expect perfect teens! But I don’t expect them to flat out rebel either. Will they…I don’t know! I hope not! I pray, NOT! But I know one thing, it is not a command that they do!! It is not a code all teens have to live by!! I pray for my teens! I am sure most parents do, even parents of kids who have rebelled. No one but God knows the matter of each man’s(or woman’s) heart! We are all capable of rebellion at anytime. But do we have to….NO!! I could turn from all I know and live a different life…sin is in me to do so!! I am doing it…by the grace of the Almighty, I am not! What can we do as parents to help our children to not except this lie! ~pray to the Lord for guidance on how to live your own life..and be an example for your children ~pray for your relationships with your spouse and children. Having a strong marriage built on the Lord, helps with raising children. Notice I said strong…not perfect. (as my husband says…there is no perfect marriage, except that of a blind woman and a deaf man. She can’t see him and he can’t hear her! LOL!! ..) ~pray for your children’s individual needs. Each child is different! I only have two and they are completely different in personality! This is a good thing! ~teach them about God. Why He put us on this earth? What God expects from us? About Jesus, about His saving grace. About repentance. About a life built around giving glory to God and not ourselves. Teaching these things when they are little, will help them in dealing with their heart as they grow. I am sure many of you more experienced parents with teens could add many more…please do in the comment section! I don’t know all the answers. All I know is what the Lord, shows me through His word. I do know though, you don’t have to do something, just because someone else says you will! Always, go back to what God says about it! Verses to think about: I Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word , in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.(the Harris bothers use this verse on their website) I Samuel 17 Where God used David. A boy! Psalm 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Psalm 71:17 O God thou hast taught me from my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Some verses to think upon… I challenge each of us today, do hard things! Not just teens, but parents too!!