This Is Kristin

Is there anyone in your life whom you know needs Jesus? Someone that you know He could make their life better than you could even imagine, if they’d just say yes to His love?

I have a lot of people in my life that I know need Him, but there’s one in particular that I am fighting for. It’s someone I don’t even like, or want to have in my life continually. For some reason this person that I’ve tried to turn away from so many times is the very person God has chosen for me to minister to, the very person that burdens my heart and lingers on my mind.

This person goes in and out of sanity, in and out of reality. This person has heard the truth spoken so many times, but renounces Jesus’ divinity over and over. This person is drowning in sorrow, and has many self destructive tendencies, but I fear the worst one of all is the denial of Jesus.

What do you tell someone who won’t grab ahold of the hand that will lift them up?

“You can let the same force that makes the flowers grow and the planets move, run your life, or you can do it yourself.”
~Marriane Williamson

My 4 1/2 year old son is always asking me questions. He has a lot of questions about God,
Why aren’t his ears bigger? Can he hear through walls, dirt, and when you are in the car? Is God as strong as daddy? How did God make a plant? Can God turn off my fan for me?

He asked one this weekend that turned into a long disscussion.
What is a Christian, are all adults Christians?
We talked about these things for a full 10 minutes, which is a long time for my energetic son. Littered throughout were really serious questions such as, “What happens when we die?” and “Are you going to die first, or is daddy because he’s older?”

I explained that it was important to pray to Jesus and tell him that you believe He’s the one God, and that you want him in your heart. He replied, “I’ll do that when I’m 34 or 18.” We went onto other things, but that night at bedtime, he asked me if I would pray to help Jesus get Into his heart. I asked him what he thought that meant to him. He said, “That I love Jesus, that He’s God, He’s alive, and I want to follow him.” We prayed, he repeated what I said, we said Amen, and with sheer joy on his face, he said, “Mama I’m a Christian!”

“During the 50 days of the Easter season culminating on Pentecost, Ignatius of Loyola encourages disciples to pray daily for the charisma of “intense gladness.” Clearly he does not mean a giddy cocktail party gaiety or a brave attempt to smile through the tears, but a deep seated joy in the ressurection triumph of Jesus Christ…
If this prayer is heard, I shall have found a source of Joy that is unassailable, for whatever happens, the Lord is always risen. Contingencies cannot suffocate this deep joy. Whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I am sick or healthy, whether I feel like a dirt ball or a butterfly, whatever comes cannot alter the fact that the Lord is risen.”
~Brennan Manning

Is it possible to inherit a gene that causes you to sleep walk/ talk? I think my son inherited this (entertaining) trait from my husband. They don’t just sleep walk or mumble in their sleep, they tell stories, steal pillows, and jump off the bed, (just to name a few.)

What is the most unusual sleep walk/ talk story that you have seen or heard?