When you are working the harvest with all of your heart He gives you, “Handfuls on Purpose” ~ Ruth 2

When you are working the harvest with all of your heart He gives you, “Handfuls on Purpose” ~ Ruth 2

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are you in shape?

Well here we are in 2009. I trust you all had a wonderful holiday season with your families. This time of year I always am amazed at how many things happened since the last new years day that I never could have imagined. As I have written about a thousand times, seasons come and seasons go. The older you get the more you appreciate them. Some seasons are not easy but it is one that brings the next. We do our best to prepare but in the end that is all we can do. We cannot stop winter from coming anymore than we can stop summer. And without one we cannot have the other. Our lives are just like the seasons of the earth. We have trials and we have resting places, we grow, we wait. Great hurt brings about great love. Just like the farmer prepares for the harvest, which comes in God’s timing, believers should prepare for spiritual seasons, times of planting, growth, and harvesting, but in the end knowing it is all in God’s timing.
Are you prepared for spiritual growth? If you were stranded somewhere without your bible would you have enough of it inside of you to sustain you? If there was a drought of God’s Spirit around you, have you got your living water flowing From inside you? If you had to walk an extra mile for Jesus are you spiritually in shape? And if you came upon a dead man on the side of the road would you have enough faith to believe God could raise him up?
We are living in uncertain times. Politically, Spiritually, Economically, and Morally. Things could get really good or really bad. Things could get really, really hard which would eventually bring people to a place that they had to trust in Jesus, but in the mean time would half of the believers faint? Would they be too weary to go on believing? Or would they become like the dead man on the side of the road? The Body of Christ should be able to focus on winning the lost rather than motivating the compromised.

It is a time to prepare. Times are changing. Only those who know how to pray and worship like Paul and Silas are going to be free.

Get in shape.

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Based on a true story! Travel to Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, where a man murders five Amish girls in a senseless schoolhouse shooting before taking his own life. Through the eyes of a grieving mother, the film explores the Amish community's reaction---particularly how they extend unconditional forgiveness and support to the gunman's widow. Stars Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Dove Approved. Approx. 89minutes.

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Amish Grace, DVD

We watched this movie last night so I thought I would share my opinion. Yep you get my 2 cents worth for free :) . This is the story of the Amish school shooting that happened a few years back. Having a heart for children and seeing clearly the dangers of public school, I pay close attention when I hear of school shootings, and I pray, hard. It truly breaks my heart and this one was no different, I remember it happening even though it was several states away.

I don't know know how closely this story follows the real one but it is believable that it could be close. The Amish folks were not much at all like our real Amish neighbors here in TN but I know there are different sects so who knows. The story line was good but the "realness" could have been much better. The guys appeared to have fake beards and the women had makeup on. I think any actress could forgo makeup to make a part real. But maybe that is just me. The story goes through the process of forgiveness after the shooting that resulted in the deaths of several young girls. And with some it was really hard to do. It brings up good family discussion but in general my crowd described it as "sad". Very sad. And I think they all cried. The actress who played the murderers wife was very good and made you really feel for her character.

Tragedy is sad. All the way around. But when we choose to take matters in our own hearts and harbor unforgiveness we are taking away the sovereignty of God. Judgment is His place. We can judge actions and determine whether they are right or wrong but it is up to God to dole out justice. We have received mercy so we should react with mercy, the rest is up to Him.

Anyway as for the movie, well is was pretty good, not really good but pretty good, and very tastefully done. The movie is family safe, and non offensive (except for the beards, lol) . The subject matter is the only reason you may need to consider whether or not it is appropriate for your family. Without spoiling anything I will say the end was worth sticking through the movie. God wins as usual. :)