Bottom line

God is so good. 

I can not even begin to describe 

all that is going on in my life right now.

When I take a moment to think back even just a couple of months ago. I find it incredible that I am where I am right now considering where I was then. It's literally like night and day.
So much so that I am having a hard time finding words to adequately describe this amazing transformation. 
*I know, hard to believe. Me, at a loss for words. lol - but it does happen upon occasion. 

True enough, I am stunned speechless by this supernatural transformation. Leaving me unable to express my wonderment adequately to anyone by way of words. However,  oddly enough I am able to pin point the time and circumstance that triggered this wonderful shower of God blessings, to explode over my life.

It has been just that. God Blessings.

It's amazing what blessings await us when we let go of  the burdens we carry.

That is exactly what happened for me.

I had been carrying burdens for so long. The same ones. I would carry them to the cross - lay them down at the foot of the cross - weep and pray - then not realizing it, I would pick them back up, sling them back over my shoulder and walk back to my daily life with those same burdens. 
I was doing this for years.

Giving my burdens to the Lord. Just certain ones. Then I would take them back.

It wasn't until, out of his love for me, the Lord took them from me, that I actually felt the release of the burden. Honestly, at first it was very, very hard. Having the Lord take the burden from me. It had become a part of me. Soon I felt the freedom. Soon after the tears dried up I was able to see the Lord and I was able to see promises He had made to me. I was able to sense His peace. It was almost instantly after I the tears dried up....everything began to change. That's when I realized...To In order to embrace what the Lord had for my future I needed to let go of the past....I needed to TRUST HIM COMPLETELY....So I did.

Everything changed.

Honestly - I haven't had so much Shalom peace since I don't know when.
My heart is so filled with *JoY* - I am so excited!
My life circumstances are not much different than they were before - but I see things all together differently....and without a given thought ♥


Some days, though, I don't understand why.
I am human and that goes with the territory
Still, things will work out. 

Bottom line-

I am Amy Colleen. 

I have a best friend who happens to be GOD.

How cool is THAT?

All the power you need - to over come sin and understand God

2 Peter 1:3-9

His (Jesus) divine power has given us everything 

we need for life and godliness

 through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,

 so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

From the Presidents Facebook page

Barack Obama

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Being President of the United States of America means you're President for everybody.

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Forgivness

This blog-post is straight from 

 

There have only been two or three times I have posted anything other than my own writings on here.

 Given the season we are in, both spiritually (Days of Awe) and what I am going through personally. 

(I know many of my readers are going through as well.)

 I thought it most appropriate to share this awesome word.

Forgiveness

For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free. (Devarim / Deuteronomy 32:36; ESV)

We are currently in the time period traditionally called yamim noraim (English: the Days of Awe), which is between Rosh Hashanah (English: New Year) and Yom Kippur (English: Day of Atonement). It is during this time that we are encouraged to seek out those whom we have wronged to ask their forgiveness. What a wonderful tradition! While this is something we should be doing every day, if you don't normally consciously take stock of life like this, what better time is there than right now to make right any relational brokenness you may have?

Years ago I read the book "The Gift of the Jews" by Thomas Cahill, which claims that the greatest contribution the Jewish people brought to the world is the concept of linear time in contrast to cyclical time, which had been prevalent among most ancient cultures. But I wonder if an even greater gift is the concept of forgiveness.

Forgiveness is one of the most profound, but painful, human experiences. There are all sorts of easy versions of it, since most of the wrongs done to us are minor. But when a wrong costs us dearly, it's another matter. Maybe you have never thought of wrongs costing something, but that is actually the best way to understand what forgiveness is all about.

When we are wronged, it is as if someone stole something from us. If I step on someone's toe and cause them pain, I rob them of the physical comfort they were enjoying up to that point. If you cause a car accident, you may not only steal someone's physical well-being and create significant financial problems for them, you may also take from them the once in a lifetime opportunity they expected at their destination.

Some things can be paid for by the offending party such as car repairs and medical bills, but only forgiveness covers those things that can't be paid for. That means that the offended party assumes the cost of the wrong. When we forgive, we give up our right to exact payment from the offending party, whether it is monetary or not. Non-monetary payments are often in the form of emotional and relational aggression such as blame and bitterness, which produce nothing constructive, but only serve to imprison the offending party in some way. The irony is that it is often the person withholding forgiveness who finds themselves imprisoned by their own bitterness.

Some may think that it is inappropriate to forgive someone who hasn't asked for forgiveness. While lack of regret for a wrong is an issue when courts deal with crimes against society, we are well advised to forgive any and all who have wronged us personally, including those who have passed away. Forgiveness doesn't always mean that the wrongdoer will not face any consequences for their actions. It simply removes the relational debt that would be otherwise owed to the offended party. In fact genuine forgiveness often allows the most appropriate consequences to result without the complication of personal hurt getting in the way.

Some may think that this kind of forgiveness is far more Christian than Jewish. I assert that the only way that anything can be truly Christian is that it must be authentically Jewish first. While the depths of the richness of forgiveness are only discovered through what the Messiah has done for us by dying for our sins, what he has done for us can only be properly understood in the context of the God of Israel's covenant love as revealed in the Hebrew Scriptures. God's relationship with his people was never based on human performance, but on his love and grace. So during these Days of Awe, besides seeking forgiveness from those we have wronged, let us also forgive from our hearts all those who have wronged us, whether they seek us out or not.

Here are two videos that vividly express a biblical view of forgiveness. The first is a recent release by artist Matthew West and is based on a true story. The second video is the story upon which the song is based.

Matthew West - Forgiveness

Matthew West - The Story behind Forgiveness

For those who follow weekly Torah readings to study 

Ha'azinu
For the week of September 29, 2012 / 13 Tishri 5773
Torah: Devarim / Deuteronomy 32:1-52
Haftarah: 2 Samuel 22:1-51

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