THE NEW HARDEE'S COMMERCIAL..ARE YOU SERIOUS????

This morning, I had the tv on watching the news and weather, and a commercial came on for Hardee's. I was shocked and somewhat taken back as to what I saw. This was almost like watching Porn. Unfortunatly, Hardee's feels the need to use sex to sell their hamburgers now. Apparently the taste of their hamburgers are not good enough anymore to boost their sales, now they have stooped to using sex.  Anyone who has seen this commercial, will know what I am talking about. It starts out showing a couple at a drive in movie....and then it takes off with some very provocative stuff after that.  Several people have commented to me about this too and we agree we will no longer eat at Hardee's.  I recently sent a letter to Hardee's concerning this.  Now some people may say, "Hey, what's the big deal? It's just a commercial."  .....People, our kids are watching this garbage!  How much more do we, as Christians,  allow to just be acceptable before we stop and say, " Enough is ENOUGH!!"  As Christians, I believe we need to take a stand against this junk!!  Will it stop it completely? No....but I don't believe God wants us to just sit back and say, " oh well, I can do nothing about it"....
At least, if we stop buying their products, we won't be guilty of supporting it! 
Just sayin............

Put the Past....In the Past

How many times do we cheat ourselves of a happy life, simply because we can't forgive ourselves for things we did in the past? Maybe we lose a closeness with our family because we feel like our past is hanging over us. Or we blame ourselves when things don't go quite right because we think that's our punishment for our past....
The thing about it is, if we have asked God to forgive us, then He does, and the wonderful thing about it is....He doesn't remember it anymore!  God chooses not to remember our sins. He chooses never to bring them up again. He doesn't forget because He cannot. But, He doesn't remember them either; that is, He will never bring them up again.  Isaiah 43:25 says, "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions  for my own sake, And I will not remember your sins."  God doesn't bring our past sins back up to us. The enemy will try to remind you of them, but not God.
We have to learn to forgive ourselves, and do our best to live for God, and the way we grow, is by trying to not repeat the past, but learn from it. God loves us, and we have to love ourselves also. We need to put our past ....in the past... and leave it there.
Don't let your past rob you of your present....and your future.
Love yourself....and most of all...Love God!!! 
.....  Just somethin to think about......
               Keep Smiling :-)

God Is Plan A:::There Is No Plan B

‎"Be still...and know that I am God. I will help you, just stay in My Word." This is the word God gave me this morning when I was praying and seeking him. Wow! What a message! When God gave me this word this morning, my heart was lifted and I knew I had been in his presence! So many of us are going through things in our lives that we don't understand or we maybe don't know how we're going to get ...through it. But God knows what we are going through, and not only does he know what we are going through, he knows how to help us get through it. He sees the big picture...he knows exactly what we need, when we need it, and how it's going to turn out!
Isaiah 55:8-9 says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." So if God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours, and we know that they are, then we have to learn to trust Him.....IN EVERYTHING.... and sometimes that's a hard thing. I'll be the first one to admit it. I know my God is exceedingly able to handle anything I face, but then there are times if I let my mind dwell on it all the time, then I began to try and figure out what I'm going to do...just in case....it doesn't work out the way I'm praying for God to work it out. I was telling David the other day, so many times we make the comment, "Well the only thing left to do is trust God." ....Really?? The ONLY thing left to do is trust God???? Shouldn't that be the first thing we do? We have got to learn to trust God. Instead of saying ....I'm going to give it to God....we have to understand that God already has it. We just have to take our hands off it and turn it loose. When we do, we will be amazed at what God will do!
We need to ...Be Still...and know that He is God. And know that God is always listening to our prayers, looking at our circumstances, watching over us, and He has a plan for us .... if we're willing to trust Him and do what He leads us to do. Just remember, "His thoughts and ways are much higher than ours" We can trust Him in everyway.
                 ~Keep Smiling~   

How Close Do We Want To Be?

How much of God do we want in our lives? For the past few months, I have felt such a hunger for more of God....I crave His presence....desire such a closeness with Him. Tonight, He brought a scripture back to me- Jermiah 29:13 "You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart"
I thought about this and I asked myself...do I seek Him with ALL my heart?....
Do I truely want more of ...Him than I do anything else? How determined am I to really put everything I've got into seeking Him? I believe God is saying in this scripture, " I am here, I haven't gone anywhere, but if you really want this closeness with Me, then you have to desire it above anything else...you have to seek Me with every bit of your heart". Here in my home, every day, after a shower, I wipe down the chrome, get all the water spots off, in my kitchen, I wipe down the sink and the chrome, because I know if I don't, the water spots will build up and over time, it will be harder to get it clean. One day, God used this as an example to me. He reminded me that I take a lot of pains in being faithful to take care of my house, to keep that chrome shiny....but what about my spiritual life? What about my walk with God? Am I that dedicated to Him? Do I read and study His word faithfully? Do I pray, and seek His will for my life, and when He shows me His will, am I faithful to obey Him in doing what He wants me to do? Does my witness shine for Him? Do I live my life in a way that I, keep those spots wiped off that could possibly make my christian walk become dull looking? I came to the conclusion that I sometimes fail to do what I should, to be able to have that awesome closeness with Him....and I want that! I desire that more than I desire anything else in my life! I believe it pleases God when He sees us desiring Him and seeking to be closer to Him! And He wants that with us as well, but we have to want that and be willing to do whatever we need to do to have that closeness with Him.
"When you seek me with ....ALL..... your heart, then you will find me"
Do you desire God more than anything else in your life? I do... God I want more of you...I want to seek you with ALL my heart.....because you are my everything...
                                       ~ Renee ~