My God is an Awesome God

Philippians 4:7 KJV

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The last couple of weeks have been very stretching and filled with much uncertainty, but I can say with the utmost assurance that my God is alive and faithful and He cares deeply about all my needs great or small! Even amidst all the questions of “why now” He assures me that with every circumstance He asks me to walk through, He has an amazing plan and purpose that even though I can’t see the reason now, someday

I will be able to and it will be marvelous!! So no matter what life holds for you right now always remember, God is faithful and He loves

 you more than you can ever fathom here on earth!!

Maintained Purity

                            Purity

Love me, love me, love me, God calls us to an intimate love relationship with Himself. He is our creator, redeemer, and friend. He created us with the intention to have a relationship with Him! He loves us dearly, so much so that He sent His only son to die so that we no longer have the barrier of sin separating us from Him.


Holy, Holy, Holy, He is a Holy God who can have absolutely no part of sin whatsoever, that is why He commands us:

15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. -1Peter 1:15-16

this is where the relationship part comes in and why it's so important. As long as we are in our mortal bodies we will never be able to be perfectly Holy, but as long as we constantly walk in the light of our Father's grace and forgiveness, when He looks upon us we are white as snow in His eyes. Relationship is SO important.

Then comes the life of surrender, obedience, giving up what the I wants, and giving my life over to what He wants for my life. Surrender is hard, it means counting the cost. Am I willing to pay the price surrender to my Heavenly Father's will is going to cost me? It means handing all my anxiety, fear, longings, sexual desire, cravings, everything over to HIM. But so often we stop there and forget the joy, the peace, the AMAZING grace that is so readily available for us, we tend to look at how scary the process will be and forget the wonderful joy and peace it will produce.

Now you may think I have completely gone off on a bunny trail, but I think all of these points are oh so important for a life of purity, whether it may be your heart, mind, soul, or sexual. First, we must throw off the old man and all his desires and put on the new man, whose heart longs to follow the will of His maker.

When we have the kind of love that we should for our Father -an all-consuming love- the comes to the desire for the relationship with Him -communion and fellowship- then comes the surrender to his will. And I believe out of that then comes the desire for obedience to His plan for our lives.

Now I say all of that to say this, (and now I am specifically talking about sexual purity). Purity is a life long journey, something that has to be maintained with a very careful hawkeye, ALWAYS on guard, because our enemy is on the prowl ready to strike when you are at your weakest, and then he will make his move.

Talking from personal experience the struggle is very real, very hard, but oh so worth the battle. When there is no barrier of sin standing in the way of our communion with our Heavenly Father we can then have a very deep intimate relationship with Him, and be on fire for Jesus. And this is exactly what our enemy does not want. But oh let me tell you when you refuse to give in to what the devil says will be fun and rewarding, and give your body to the one it truly belongs to, the rewards will be out of this world (quite literally) you will be blessed by saying "no" to your flesh and it will give you fresh strength and courage to keep saying "no" in the future.

When living a maintained purity life you will be able to look back and see what your heavenly Father has redeemed you from, and how faithful He always was and will be. He loves us so much and He gave us the greatest gift of all time, His Son to die so that we can have a pure and Holy relationship with Him! Praise God!!!!

So if ever it comes to be extremely hard to keep maintaining that pure life, always remember that it is for His Honor and Glory, He created us for relationship, so that we would love Him in return, and maintaining a pure life in all aspects of our lives, we will have that wonderful unobstructed communion with our Heavenly Father and through that our lives will be a living testimony of what our Savior can do, and that will bring Him Honor and Glory.

Readers, because no matter who you are or what you have been through a maintained pure life is possible. I am not saying you will never fall, because we are human, but that's when you get right back up dust yourself off, ask forgiveness, and continue walking in the light of God's wonderful grace and forgiveness- because HE is able.

Dog Pictures 2017

So I was looking at pictures that I took of my dogs years ago and realized I don't take as many pictures anymore, so I decided tonight to do a photo shoot and I am very pleased with the results!!

All of them behaving so well after about 100 other photos ;)

Matilda my precious girl (6 years old)

Duke my handsome buddy (5 years old)

Madeline my sweet girl (7 months old)

We took this picture for Matilda's birthday on August 29th (mother and daughter)

This girl LOVES sticks. This was on our walk tonight she will walk around with a random stick in her mouth all the time

Great is Thy Faithfulness!

Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
[Refrain]
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

[Refrain]

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

How often do you take the  time to look back on your life and thank God for his amazing faithfulness in your life? This past weekend I was in VA visiting some very good friends of mine and we were discussing life and what God has done for us in the past and how those past experiences have prepared us for the trials we are facing today.

In the beginning of this year I went through one of the hardest trials in my life thus far and I struggled very hard to see God’s love at work in my life, but from previous experience I knew that He is good and He is always at work in my life for my good and for His glory.

The lyrics that are written above are thanking God for His faithfulness in  the midst of every season of life, whether it was a time of want or a time of plenty God wants us to thank and praise Him. But how in the midst of a trial when we are already struggling to breathe do we sing a song of praise? We remember that God is faithful. Always. And that He promised we would never walk alone. Always remember he is there with you in the middle of the storm.

So go out this week, Praise Him because He is good, and because He loves you always. And most of all for His Faithfulness!!

Until Next Time

Forget not the Lord thy God

The portion you are about to read below I used to teach a Sunday School lesson today and I was so inspired and convicted I decided to share the thoughts with you! I hope you enjoy and walk away blessed!.......

We often read in the old testament how the Lord led his people guided them and protected them.

He led them to Egypt and they faced hardship -God was faithful in guiding them out and showing his power in parting the sea

When they were out of Egypt they wandered in the dessert and complained ALOT -but yet again God was faithful in leading them and providing their simple day to day needs

We read the stories and we already know the outcome and how every trial they faced was for their good and for God's glory. So while we read we get frustrated that the Israelites don't just get it and follow God and what he says because, he a came through for them in some huge ways and showed them time and time again that he was able to handle their every need.

But how many times do you and I do the same thing in our lives? We have seen him work and move mountains in the past. Why is it so hard to believe that he is going to follow through this time? Because we are human, and if your like me it's a new situation it's scary the road looks long and hard. But if I look back on my situations in the past and see how God used the hard times, and if I allowed Him to work His wonderful way in me that gives me the peace and comfort to trust Him all over again because I know two things
       1. He is Faithful
       2. He has my best in mind.


Section 1 Observe and DO
(the scriptures passage comes first then my comments on them come next)

Deuteronomy 8: 1-9

1. All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.

2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.


We sometimes wonder what the point was of God letting the Israelites wander in the wilderness for such a long period of time. I believe it was to test their trust and obedience to him. Even him giving them manna and all the special instructions that went with how they were to gather it, they learned very quickly that obedience was the key because the manna spoiled if they disobeyed and did as they pleased and not how God said. And it was also a lesson in their need of Him because without the manna they would have starved.

He was chasening them and teaching them obediance to him was of the utmost importance. Just as your earthly father has your good in mind so does your Heavenly Father. He led them through the wilderness and their were many trials and hard times, but at the end awaited the promised land flowing with milk and honey.

And so is the same with us. God provides us with all the tools we need to not only survive but thrive here on earth below, but he brings trials into our lives so that we never forget our need of him and where we were brought from- a place of sin and slavery and captivity to a place of freedom and love in Jesus Christ, and eventually we will get to see our Promised Land-Heaven.


Section 2 Forget Not

Deuteronomy 8:10-16

10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;


God warns the children of Israel to never forget their roots and who brought them out of the land of Egypt and provided for their every need. He tells them that even though they are going to have nice homes, lots of food, and pretty much every conveniance that they could have on earth, they were not supposed to get prideful and think that it was because of their strength and effort that they had gained all that they had! It was their good Father who made it all possible and gave them the strength and provisions to get where they were.


We live in a society where we believe it is our right to have all that we want or could ever dream of owning and we forget who it was that made this nation what it is today. We live in a country that God has blessed abundantly, yes it may seem to be going down the tubes at times, but we must never let our prosperity and wealth take our eyes and our goals off of why we were brought or placed here in the first place.

Each one of us was born with a divine plan and purpose for our lives, but ultimatly we were put on this earth to honor and glorify God and to make disciples and witness to others in the name of Jesus. That's the whole purpose of the chastening and refining to make us better Christians so that others may see by the example of our lives that we trust and obey our Heavenly Father amidst the poverty or wealth whatever state we may be in let us never forget whose we are and where we were brought from.


Section 3 Remember the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:17-20

17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.


God warns us what happens to those who forget him and become prideful at all their success and start believing it is all because of them. Luxury has a way of making us unaware of who actually gave us all that we have, but if we continually look up to Heaven and give God the credit no matter how small the task that will help us to keep our perspective in the right place at all times.


in verses 19 and 20 God tells them that they are not above the heathen nations by any means, if they forgot him and walked away and started worshipping other gods they would end up in the same eternal destination as the heathens.

Same with us today if we forget God and start serving the world, we have the same eternal destination as the wicked around us. We may not do any horrible sins or physically bow down to an idol, but it is possible to have idols and put other things in our lives ahead of God especially in the society we live in today. What are the things you and I put before God? And what are some ways we can keep our focus on him and not let the glitz and glamour of the world around us distract us from our purpose on earth?

Until Next Time~ Rose Mary
*Some of these thoughts were taken from Christian Light Publications ADULT and YOUTH teacher handbooks

Dog Pictures 2017

I have added another puppy to my dog family! I thought having 3 dogs trying to take pictures this year would be a nightmare, but it went better than it ever has!! Love all of these guys and they all have very different personalities that tends to make life very interesting!!

These guys have been building such a bond in the past couple of months! Since I knew that we were going to be adding Madeline to the bunch I was letting them run around outside all together and they love each other and love hanging out together!

Matilda with one of my hardest but yet most rewarding dogs to raise. She is stubborn through and through, but yet the most loyal dog you'll ever meet! She has so much personality and character. And one of the only golden retrievers I've ever met that hates to be hugged or snuggled with!

Duke is my mama's boy and he too is such a snuggler. He is the epitome of what a golden retriever should be. He is so gentle, loving, and one of the sweetest dogs you will ever meet. I have never had to train him much because he was always so obedient to a fault and that is absolutely what I love the most about him!

Madeline is such a sweet girl, she is has that rare sweet, obedient personality and she loves to be right by my side at all time. She is loyal, soft, and loves to cuddle!! <3 She has a lot of Duke's personality traits, but I can definitely see some of Matilda stubbornness seep through every once in awhile.

Yes, they are goofs and that's what makes life so much fun with them!! <3

And yes, this is when I was trying to get a picture by myself with Matilda but Duke absolutely wouldn't allow it he thought he needed some lap time too LOL

What have I to Fear???

Fear.... Something I have been thinking a lot about lately and even heard a message preached on the topic this morning. We all have things in life that we are afraid of, whether it be of heights, driving, spiders...etc. What do we do with these fears? Some of us may cower in the corner and vow to never ever get near that edge, or we face our fears (I am talking irrational fears at this point).

At the beginning of this year I decided that this would be the year I face some of my fears. And I have done a few of them so far and you know they weren't nearly as scary as I first assumed they would be.

This got me to thinking about some of the things I fear in my spiritual life. I have always feared that God would call me to a far away country to serve him, But I am very happy and comfortable serving him right where I am (or so I thought). But if God wants you to do something I believe he will give you circumstances in your life that will help you see His hand in all of those things. Because even though he may call me to another country across the pond I also have learned through a string of experiences that he will walk with me every step of the way and even though it might be out of my comfort zone, I will never be out of his reach.

The message I heard this morning was given by a missionary from Canada and he travels the globe working with an organization called Open Hands. They help people to learn how to make money, then save it, and eventually give back to their community, And all this and Open Hands does not give them a cent. "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man how to fish, feed him for a lifetime" is their motto.

Anyways he preached a message based on Numbers 13 where Moses sent 12 men to spy out the land of Canaan "The Promised Land" they went in and saw all there was to see and came back to the children of Israel with a report. The also brought back some grapes, figs, and pomegranates. They looked at the food and the fact that the land was flowing with milk and honey and everything good that had been promised. BUT then they told them "we saw giants HUGE men that are way stronger than we and we would never be able to overcome them".

Do you see the fear? They looked at the grapes and the food that they got out. God had promised to them that the land would be flowing with milk and honey. But they forgot all of God's other promises when they saw all the giants in the land. They forgot that the God that they served was able to part the red sea, pour food from the sky, make water come from a rock, and all the other provisions he had given them in the course of time that they had been in the wilderness.

You know so many times we look at the children of Israel and roll our eyes at how they just never seemed to get their act together and they constantly bickered, complained, and got mad at God. But how many times do I do the same thing? I get frustrated because God isn't making things turn out the way I think that they should. But you know God never promised us in His word that he would make things go according to Rose Mary's will or that whatever you want I will give thee. And you know I am so glad he doesn't work that way because do I really know what I want?

I am so thankful that I have a Heavenly Father who ultimately knows what is best for me. When serving God we know two things, God will always do things for my good, and for His GLORY. So what do we have to fear? We have an almighty God who has our best in mind, and if he calls us to something he will walk the path with us. And there are 365 verses about not fearing in the Bible that is one a day! So go walk with God in the confidence that if He brings you to it He will walk with you every step of the way!!
Until Next Time~Rose Mary

God is Faithful!

This past Moth has been filled with many adventures and fun times! But it also had many decisions and much surrender to my Heavenly Father involved as well so that made it difficult at times. I will post more later but here's some pictures for you to enjoy!

Dorothy and I at Sight and Sound

My Puppies!!!

The puppies are now 8 weeks and going home this weekend!! Oh how they will be missed!!

C-section Drama

What a challenging last couple of weeks it has been. Mentally, physically, and spiritually. It has been a challenge to let go of self and what I want and surrender my will completely to God and tell Him that it is ok He may do with my life as He pleases. But once that surrender  came oh, life became SO much sweeter and easier again! It seemed as if life kept piling up and I would NEVER be able to get over that mountain. And it was then again that I realized I was trying to do it on my own strength and not relying on God to help me.

As some of you may know Matilda had a litter of puppies 3 weeks ago. Oh how happy that made me, but she had a few complications. On Tuesday January 31st I noticed a huge change in how she was acting, she had been off food for awhile and that is normal for a dog when they are about to deliver , but she was acting like she had no energy and didn't want to do anything. So to the vet we took her and found out she was dehydrated. They wanted to keep her overnight and put her on IV but I wasn't comfortable leaving a very pregnant dog at the vet overnight with no supervision, so they put a liter of fluid under her skin, gave her antibiotics and sent her home.

On Wednesday morning we woke up to a perkier dog who was also in labor. She started having puppies at 9am and continued throughout the day. She had 6 puppies but then around 5:30 labor just stopped and we gave it a bit, but then I decided it was time to taker her to the vet (we knew she had 9-11 pups inside her because they had done an x-ray the day before) We took her to PETS emergency and they did a wonderful job of taking care of her. They did another x-ray and concluded that the puppies were very far away from the birth canal yet and all 3 of them were feet first (breeched) so the vet said he would induce her labor and get that started again and see if we couldn't make her have them naturally.

She had one of the puppies naturally, but after one more shot and hours of pushing I finally told them to go ahead and do the C-section. So they went in to rescue the last two babies. One of them was dead and the other was healthy! So we loaded mamma and babies back up after spending all night at the vet and headed home to get them settled back in and get some much needed rest.

Whew.....flash forward 2 1/2 weeks. Mamma and babies are doing wonderful and mamma just got her stitches out on Wednesday and it is healing wonderfully and the babies are growing like weeds! I am trying to soak in all the puppy cuteness while I can cause all too soon it will be time to say goodbye. We are thankful to God for 8 healthy babies!!!