Angie's Answer

New NAME??? POWER OF LOVE! and explanation

Dear blogger friends,

          Today I got a special treat.  One of my CHG, Marianne, invited us over after church for a little extra fellowship.  What better way to end a weekend than with friends, esp. if you are a people person, which I must admit I am.  I am usually pretty dedicated to doing what I should or need to do (with in my capabilties).  However, I tend to let things drop by the wayside for time with a friend ( and another cup of coffee).  An occasional Sunday is nice because the guys are home from work and then they get a little more fellowship as well.  Of course their fellowship is not lady like. Rightfullly so! 

Marianne, asked me if I had been offended by my girlfriends on Friday because apparently for the 2nd Friday in a row that I had mentioned not being understood by them.  No I was not.  I  want to make sure you guys out there in cyber space know that I am a very blessed woman to have friends so special.  I  have a few  friends outside of my friday CHG also, so I am just amazed at the wonderful, abundant blessings of friendship that God has placed in my life.  I even find at times that I can not give them all the proper attention I desire to.  This is so different that my life growing up.   I was the objects of bullies painful comments and hits back then.

           So back to this last Friday, I was simply trying to explain my own feeling of not being able to express myself in a way that gets the true picture accross to others of what God had shown me.  I was so excited about what the Lord showed me in the verses Friday and yet I thought I could sense that I had not made sense ..... OR ...  they already had that revelation (which would be a good thing, but then it would not be new and exciting to them....... bummer!).  There just was not the same level of enthusiam that says they were blessed by it like I was.   Any how I have great friends and I was not upset with them at all.  But the revelation of what God was showing me was still burning inside when I sat down to blog (Friday 4/3/08).

          Speaking of burning.  This joy God placed in my heart not too long before I started to blogging ( and my reason for blogging) is still burning strong.  I am not the type to dance all over the place (except in my home), but inside my gut is burning and I feel like dancing a lot of times.  I am still so blown away by God's goodness and love for me.  This morning in church we sang the Hillsong song The Power of Your Love. 

Here are the words to it ;

Lord I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I found in You.
And Lord I've come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love.

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.

Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me.
Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
In the power of Your love.

And here it is on YouTube for you audio people.  It is beautiful so enjoy as you listen..  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfqK5X248Zo

Those words so adaptly explain what has happened in me since the night my friends prayed over me (see the first blog) back in Feb.  Once I got it into my HEART, not just my mind, that HE really does LOVE me, it has just transformed me.  The area of weight, where I had been trying to change and be victorious for sooooo long, is not the same battle anymore because I do not have to loose to please God.  His love has surrounded me and with it all the shame and self-yuckiness has been stripped away.    He loves me unconditionally, and as my mind renews with this line of thinking, I see HIM stripping away the weaknesses in this area.  I am able to loose wieght now, not only because I had reduced calories (duh!!)but because He is my helper.  His love and flowing grace causes me to rise up like an Eagle and soar over the problems in my life and SOAR WITH HIM.  Do not get me wrong, I am not saying that because I am walking in victory in this one area of my life that I have arrived.  But praise God, year after year, He transforms another part of me and I am becoming more like Him over time.  Are there other areas He will work on soon?  Well..... I think this  is one that covers a lot of issues, and a lot of mind renewing, so I think we will be here awhile, but who knows!  But He will be transforming me in some way till I see Him face to face.  Halelujah!

So guys, I have been wondering, should I change my blog name???  As you can see, my blogs are mostly about His grace and how HE is the answer to every problem in my life, ....and yours too!  I wonder sometimes if Angie's Answer sounds arrogant or if the fact that I am pointing to HIM comes accross.  Please share your thoughts, (and suggestions of a new name if you think I should change it).  

God bless all, Angie