Be still and know....

Ok, Im going to bare my soul a little today. I told you that we dont have children and that I would be talking more about that later. Today that is what I want to talk about. Last week we got yet another disappointment in the baby department. I wont go into detail on all that now, but suffice it to say that I am really struggling emotionally with everything right now. Today I went to pray and just really didnt even know what to say. Im just kind of numb right now. Anyway, what God spoke to me in that moment was profound. What he said was that I dont have to say anything. He said just to be quiet and be with Him. The verse that came to mind is Psalm 46:10  Be still, and know that I am God.."  Also Romans 8:26  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  In the times where we dont even know what to pray, The Spirit does the speaking for us, and takes our needs before the Father when we cant even find the words to express them.

Our High Priest

Sorry I have been AWOL for a while. I hope to get back into it and post something everyday. I cant promise anything though :) Anyway, the thoughts I want to share today have been on my mind for a while. I am so thankful that Jesus is our High Priest. When He died on the cross the veil of the temple was torn in two. This veil was a very thick, strong curtain, that was for all intents and purposes a wall. It separated the Holy place from the Holy of Holies. This was a place where God met with the High Priest. Only the High Priest was allowed in there, and if he wasnt clean and pure to God's specific standards, he would die instantly. This is because God cannot allow sin in His presence. The significance of this veil being torn in two at Jesus' death was that there was no longer any separation between God and man. We could now God directly to Him ourselves, with Jesus being our High Priest, that offered the final sacrifice that was ever needed. There are those out there that still believe that we need priests, but I, for one am glad that I can go directly to my heavenly Father. 1Timothy 2:5 says "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"

Where Has the Decency Gone?

What is on my heart today is this: what has happened to us? Where did our sense of decency go? There was a day where is was considered riskee for a woman to even show her ankle, and today so many women run around in public wearing little more than underwear.  In the early days of tv you had wholesome family shows like Andy Griffith and I love Lucy, just to name a couple. Now there is barely even anything censored anymore. Shows like Desperate Housewives are popular. Even people who were not churchgoers were still decent, moral people. Today many Christians do things that would not even be thought of just a few generations ago. I just wonder what happened to us. How did we get to the point we are? I dont have a lot to say today, but thats what was on my heart.

Lessons From Nature

I pray about what I should share, and this is what God gave me today:

    Today I was working in my flower beds, planting some beautiful fall mums and getting the bed ready for the winter. God impressed a couple things on my heart. One is this verse:  Hosea 10:12  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. As I was breaking up the ground in the flower beds, getting the dirt all fertile and ready for the plants, I thought of this verse and how our heart should be just like that ground. It should be a fertile place where God's Word can take root and grow and flourish and bring forth fruit. I thought back to the time when I first came to Christ and I just could wait for the next sermon to hear what God was going to tell me. I was so in love with Him I could get enough of Him or do enough for Him. I thought about how over the years I lost that childlike enthusiasm and zeal, and how it had come to the point where sometimes it was a drudgery to do anything for God. Lord, may my heart once again become that fertile soil where your Word can blossom. The other thought that came to me was how absurd it is that anyone can look at this world around us and believe it just all happened by accident. Look at the beautiful flowers and and all the amazing animals and the breathtaking sights there are all over the world. Even look at our own human body and how all the different systems work together to keep it going. One doesnt have to look very hard at all to see that there must be a magnificent Creator that designed this world. Well, those are my thoughts for today...We will see what God has in store for tomorrow. 

I Go to Prepare a Place For You

Today I want to share some thoughts from church on Sunday. The pastor's message was on the thought where Jesus said "I go to prepare a place for you" and he went to several different passages that talk about heaven. The bulk of it was in revelation. As, he talked, I saw heaven in a way that I never have before. You see, I am a perfectionist. More specifically a discouraged perfectionist. This means that I want everything to be perfect but obviously in this world, it cant be, so then I get discouraged. So thinking of heaven from this perspective was amazing. All my fellow perfectionists will appreciate this. Just think...in heaven, there will be no dirt, no dust, no cobwebs, no stains. Nothing will ever break. Nothing will every rust or wear out. In heaven there will only be the finest, purest gold, silver, pearls, and precious stones. Scripture tells us that there will be a street made of gold, so fine that it shines like glass. We may have to live temporarily in this fallen, corrupted world, but if we have trusted Christ as our Saviour, He is preparing for us a perfect place where there is no corruption, only pure beauty.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. My name is Erica Meyer, and this blog will be a walk through my mind. I will share things that I think about, and whats going on in my life. First of all, let me introduce myself. I am 30 yrs old. My husband is John Meyer. He is 36. We have been married 7 wonderful years. He is an amazing Christian man, who loves God and loves me. We dont have any children yet. That is a long story in itself, and you will hear much more about that in the days, weeks, and months to come. Thank you for reading my blog, and I hope it will be a blessing and encouragement to you in some way.