The little boy who went fishing....

I wanted to share briefly a story I heard the other day ... that really affected me... I was listening to the christian radio station... a speaker came on for a minute.... he told a story of a man in Pennsylvania.... who was driving and as he was passing on one particuluar road..... he saw a little boy fishing in a little pond... the man pulled over... rolled his window down.. and said "are they bitin?" and the little boy said "no.. but the worms sure are.." the man chuckled and drove on... as he came to a gas station, he got out and went inside and asked the men "good fishing areas around here?" and the men said "ya you passed it.. just back there in a little pond off the road".. the man said "yes I saw a young boy there"... and then he shared the story with the men.... the men also chuckled... then one man all the sudden got a pale white fearful expression on his face... dropped what he was holding and jumped in his car speeding in the direction of the little boy... when he got there... he found the boy dead.... you see the man realized when it hit him that the boy said "the worms sure are".... that he wasn't playing with worms... he had been playing with baby rattlesnakes....

The mans point was... sometimes we can play around with "small" sins in our lives... thinking we wont' get bit.... but eventually.... we will..... and while it might not destroy just our own lives..... it might destroy those around us...

I know this has been true in my own life......

Well it was such a powerful story... I just wanted to share it with you all....

Movie Monday : Why not now?

I was driving yesterday to take my stepson to meet his mom after he had a weekend visit with us.... and on the way back.... I wanted to take advantage of the alone time and spend some time with God praying and worshipping him...... and so each new city/state I went into I would scroll and find the christian radio station in that area.... I began to think about my relationship with God.... and how this year I started off really strong, and how already it was begginning to fade a bit..... I would forget to do a quiet time one day.... not pray as much the next.... and before I knew it... I saw how life was bogging me down.... and it was happening so quickly.... I kept having those moments where I would say... "tomorrow I'll make sure to read my bible"..... but then tomorrow happens... and one thing after another and before I know it... I'm laying my head to go to sleep at night... and thinking.... today is already gone..... I'll do it tomorrow...

Well I LOVE toby mac.... and it just so happened (God ordained!) that Toby Mac's song City on our Knees came on.... and it was like God was telling me "kassie... quit planning and just DO IT!" Here are some of the lyrics I heard..

IF YOU GOTTA START SOMEWHERE WHY NOT HERE
IF YOU GOTTA START SOMETIME WHY NOT NOW
IF WE GOTTA START SOMEWHERE I SAY HERE
IF WE GOTTA START SOMETIME I SAY NOW

The rest of the song speaks to the rest of what we should be focused on... reaching out to others and helping them stay focused as well.... and I'm sure it will speak other things to different people....

Here's a video for the song... the rest of the song is incredible, Please take a moment.... and watch and listen.... Why not now?

comment and let me know if and how it speaks to you...

I'm back..... and in Indiana!!!

Well to all of you who might have been wondering why I have had no new blogs in the past 2 weeks.... my husband received a job transfer with Chrysler. We got notice 3 weeks ago that we were transferring to Kokomo, Indiana. It was a 3 weeks filled with excitement, nervousness, sadness... pretty much every emotion that you can feel, we have felt these past three weeks. God was so good though and he provided every step of the way. I have learned to lean on him in a way I haven't had to do much in my life. Being here though it's hard.... when you know noone..... it's easy to get caught up with the lonliness.... and being overwhelmed.... that you forget to do the one thing you know you should....... talk to God! Even as I sit here.... I am realizing that this move can be an area of great growth in my life.... or I can allow all the feelings I am having to overwhelm me and I can distance myself from God. Right here and now I am going to committ...... to making it an area of growth!!

When i was little I always imagined what it would be like to live in a different state.... how exciting it would be... and it is... however I also knew deep in my heart how incredibly hard it would be to leave all my family and friends. I have NEVER lived more than a couple of hours away from my family and that was for a sememster in college and I was so homesick I couldn't stand it... i think i went home almost every weekend I could! This is a huge challenge for me and my husband... we had a safety net in Missouri... friends we knew would always be there for us... a church that was supportive and encouraging....... and we had all of our family there......

I think about when Jesus called the disciples to leave everything and follow him... they had friends... families.... jobs..... and yet they left to go with him and follow him. On a much smaller scale that is what Mike and I have done..... we trusted him with our future.... we told him we were willing to go where he would send us... even though in our hearts he knew that if possible we wanted to stay..... but we were willing to go....willing to put our future in his very capable hands... and he chose to send us..... Now we have to keep trusting him.... trusting he will provide friends.... a church.... and anything else we need.... He is our heavenly father..... and I know I can trust him... just like I know my kids trust me and their daddy to take care of them.....

Here are a few pictures from our first week in our new home in indiana.....