A Few thoughts of my Father...

A Few thoughts of my Father...
Because You Never Know Who's Reading!

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Gilbertsville, PA, United States
It is only by the grace of God that I am sitting here today and writing this. I thank Him for all He has done and is doing, and WILL DO in my life, and it is my prayer that anyone who is reading this today, whether you are a scrapbooker I know, on a Design Team with me, a co-worker, a friend from church, or someone who thinks they are reading this "by coincidence," I want you to know that God loves you, and once you know Him, nothing can ever separate you from the love of God. Thanks for visiting me here. Love, Cindy

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Some of my "artwork" from ChristianCrafters

Hi friends,
I've been very busy with my paper-crafting hobby the past week or so.  With my husband out of town, I've had plenty more time on my hands, and I ven stayed up ALL NIGHT last night to work on this album:


On Monday, I start my Seminary program, and will be taking course in sermon writing, preaching, evangelism...and I have been praying and praying that I would hear from God about what I should be "preparing," and trying to understand that the Holy Spirit will inspire me and speak God's Word THROUGH me as long as I am sensitive to Him.

This little book, each page made of a different material (as I will be teaching on different material!  Get it?!)  will hold the different topics, scriputers, etc., that God gives me to share.  So far, I've only done the cover, adn 3 of the pages.  Here's the page that is opposite the inside cover.  Wnjoy another side of Cindy!



I'll update as I go along.  Thanks for sharing my journey with me` You are a very special bunch of friends I have here, so MANY THANKS!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

A PLACE OF GRACE

That's the name of the new PASTORAL COUNSELING AGENCY I'm working on starting-up through a secular counseling center, that happens to be owned by a born-again Believer and follower of Jesus Christ!  SOMEHOW OR OTHER (Holy Spirit, maybe?!?) he had 'heard" that I was availbe to do pastoral or Chirstian counseling, and had his Intern track me down!  She had the wrong phone number for me, so called every
Buchanan' in the local phone book, until my phone rang, and, after I said hello, I heard, "Please tell me there's a CIndy in this house who's a therapist!?!?!"
"OK!  I said. "I'll tell you that!"
So, a meeting was scheduled, discussions were had, prayers were shared and lifted up, and eventually, an agreement that I would commit to see clients there who called specifically looking for help with spiritual concerns.  Who doesnt' have spiritual concerns or hurts and one time or another?  I have approached many of the churches in my area, and most of them especially the larger churches, feel that they are self-sufficicent, able to meet all of th eneeds fo their parishioners.  My own beloved church has many 'support-type' groups available, including GriefShare, Divorce Care, 
Celebrate Recovery, you name it, plus a Marriage Ministry, and of course some of the associate Pastors do some brief counseling.  BUt sometimes people need to go to a trained professional who is both educated in the sound principles of psychothera[y, and solution-focused pastoral counseling!  Our church DOES refer such people out to a licensed psychologist, Praise God!  But many local churches just won't refer people out, and say its because they 'don't know you!"  I UNDERSTAND!  So, let's get together, meet a few times, and GET to know each-other, and then you, Pastor_______, can prayerfully consider whether you feel I'm a trustworthy individual!  Such did the Pastor of a local United Methodist Church, and by the end of our meetingm he agreed to 'cautiously ' make a referral at some point!  That's all I can ask for!
I hope you'll all pray for hurting spirits, searching for the Truth, will come into a Place of Grace.

Father God, thank you for opening doors!  I have been searching and seeking out your will for my life;  looking at where you are working and going there with you!  I pray, in  the name of Jesus, that you will bless this new ministry that you have entrusted to my care.  Let me minister to others as Your light shines through me.   Let Place of Grace be a lamp unto someone's way today.  I pray these things in the name of your Precious Son.  Amen.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Its Grace...

I was sitting at this computer tonight, listening to a Michale W. SMith CD, and I heard him sing,

"Its grace, your grace,
I'm nothing without You!
Your grace, Your grace
shines on me!
Shines on me, shines on me!
Your grace shines on me..."

And I had to stop what I was doing, and I lifted my hands and my face to God, and thanked Him for His grace...the grace that saved me, and sees me through every single day of my life... and I thanked Him for all He is doing in my life...for the many ways He is has blessed me, how He is using me and entrusting me with His ministry, and its only by His grace that any of it is possible...And I fell into that place where God's love was just pouring into my heart and filling me as I've never been filled before, and I could never feel too much of the fullness of God...and even though "its" not supposed to be about emotions, I felt my heart well up with tears that never came out, for they were the love of God in my heart.  And I didn't want to ever lose the feeling I had right then and there, and I don't ever have to!  Because God doesn't only pour out His love now and then, but every single time I call on His name...So I pray that I will never, ever forget the way I feel at this very moment, so I can take the love of God that's inside me and share it with anyone and everyone who needs to hear how much God loves them.

For God so loved the world...

Friday, October 9, 2009

God Keeps His Promises!

I have experienced the Love of God so mightily in my life lately, that I can barely find the words to express it!
While I have been a Christian for nearly 15 years now, it is only recently that I have felt a true ONENESS with Jesus-- that real and genuine personal relationship that I have sought for so, so long...that Peace of God that passes all human understanding is finally mine!  So, why didn't I claim this for myself  long ago?

Have YOU claimed God's promises, any of many, for yourself lately?

There are a few things that God does NOT promise, for example, He doesn't promise us a stress-free, worry-free, pain-free life.  That doesn't mean that He wishes or CAUSES us to suffer or worry, but He doesn't always step in to rescue us when we do face trials.  In James 1:1, He tells us that the testing of our faith develops perseverance, maturity, and character!  Sometimes I think I should have so much character by now, that I really don't need any more trials!

But, when God's love comes pouring down, when He comes down, breaks through, satisfies, cleanses, makes whole, redeems, and delivers....!  WOW!  It sure makes up for the little problems we face, and even most of the big ones.

God promises that He will never leave us nor forsake us; that whatever we pray that is in accordance with His will, He will do it!; that whenever two or more of us are gathered in His name, there He will be in our midst!
He promises that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved!; and most importantly, that whosoever would believe in His Son Jesus, will not perish, but have everlasting life!

Of course, there are far too many promises of God to even start to list them all, but just open His Word!  I PROMISE that you won't have to read too many passages before you hit a wonderful promise from God, for YOU!

Love,
Cindy

Check out my new Monthly Magazine Column......!

Hi friends!

You all know by now how much I ADORE writing about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and I had submitted an article to an online Christian Magazine. 
After agreeing to print the first article, I was invited by the Publisher (and my new friend) Darlene Osborne, an awesome writer and woman of faith, to continue to submit my writings, and I have now been offered to write
MY OWN MONTHLY COLUMN!!!  It will be called "ARE YOU READY?" and each month I'll be writing about the different challenges we face as Christians today.  So as not to give to much away and spoil the fun, go ahead and take a peek each month, EFFECTIVE THIS MONTH (October 2009!) at the following address:

www.christianmagazine.org

The publication is filled with inspiration, practical, and motivational articles, by columnists who focus on everything from home-schooling to nutrition (from a Christian perspective, of course!), to poetry.  I adore reading all of the Staff and Guest writers' articles every month, and I'm sure you will too!

I pray that you'll enjoy the magazine, viewable for free,  and that it will be a blessing to you, as it has been to me!

Faithfully,
Cindy
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