Nellisms & Life

Well, just a few more days till SWBC!!! I am so excited! I told my mom today that it’s not just ME, but my spirit is like jumping around inside me!!! I am so pumped!!! I’m doubly excited because of all the prayer and fasting that the church has done, but also my own personal prayer and fasting!  Sunday service was SO different. The church got to say what they were expecting to happen. I can’t wait for it to happen! I have no doubt that every prayer, even every thought is going to happen.

I actually have a job. HAH!!!  Its like right after I graduated dental school the economy went KERPLUMP!!!!!  VERY aggravating! I assure you I tried so very hard to get a job. Most everyone I applied for needed an RDA which I can’t be until I have my hours. Or Bi lingual, Que?  Hey This here’s A’merica! hah!  Soooo I prayed and I told God the money that I needed and the commute I wanted. I wasn’t specific about the actual Job, I just said whatever it is I will attempt to better myself at it or at something.  So I got a call. From a young family that wants a nanny for there adorable 9 month old daughter. They pay very good, and there will be raises in the future.  And I like it. The baby’s name is Amariah. And her parents are such good people! Carl and Tracy. It’s really great that they are Christians!!! That helps SO much!  Yesterday, I was coming downstairs and Carl was in his office working and there was some black gospel jammin’ !!!!!  They are the kind of people that just make you feel right at home. I feel very comfortable with them both. None of those so very awkward silences that you can sometimes have.    So thank you JESUS!!!  As bad as the economy is right now, I’m very blessed to have such a good job. God definitely takes care of His children.

Tonight I tried out a new dish.  Chicken stuffed Portobello’s . I have to say, it’s one of my better creations!!! So so so so good!  I’ll put the recipe on here if ya’ll want me too.

I’ll write more after SWBC!!  Probaly not before then.

Ok so I’ve been really busy lately. Not sure with what exactly but I just feel really busy!!! hah!  I’m very much looking forward to SWBC!  I think it’s going to be awesome! I KNOW it’s going to be awesome! and then when it’s done, I’m gonna be glad not to hear about it every service! =)

I am soooooo sick of politics! I don’t even listen to the radio anymore! A usual day for me starts out with Armstrong and Geddy on talk 910, then Rush Limbaugh, then SOMETIMES Michael Savage, then Fox Hannity and Colmes(?). And some Dr. Laura. But lately I just CANT listen to all there ramblings!! Its way too political, and I’m thoroughly SICK OF IT!!!

As far as the election goes….. I figure we’ll probaly get Oboma. Which I don’t want but a nation gets the leadership it deserves.  And  I have to move on before I go on a hour long rant!!!!!

I am VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY sad!!!!!!  I want to go to Texas for our family shindig in Wichita Falls SOOOOOO bad, but it just isn’t possible!  I don’t even know my newest cousin, that’s like 2 years old!  Ashlyn, I think. Alayna was maybe 3 when I last saw her. I know Savannah, but not her sister.  My husband hasn’t even met my cousins!!!  John, Brenda, Andrew, Mandy…. I don’t think he’s ever even spoken to them!! although I’m pretty sure Matthew and Andrew would get along… they have common interests.  <<<<BIG SIGH>>>>  I know if i went alone I could probaly stay with someone. But even though I would lOVE to go, I really want my husband to go!  Well, I guess thats just life.

Today our neighbor woke us up at 730 IN THE MORNING ON A SATURDAY !!!!!!!!!  I honestly think he’s got a devil in him!! hahahahaha!!! just kidding!!!   His music was SO LOUD I COULD HEAR THE WORDS!!! Through the walls, through 3 closed doors! AAAAAAAAAGH!!  It is the most aggravating thing.  The sad thing is I really like our apartment, it’s finally starting to look like a home! But if it’s not his music, he’s cussing his kids out, if its not that the kids are screaming, jumping up and down, running .. you name it. SO I am looking for another place to live. Hopefully we can find something very nice within our price range!  I don’t mind living in a apartment but if  I have to, from now on I’ll live upstairs!!!

Ok, so there is this guy in our church. It took him forever to get the Holy Ghost! He came and set in the back for probably 4 months. I thought he’d never really get it!  I’ve been born and raised in Pentecost and I love it, I wouldn’t trade my life for anything. But I think until recently I never really paid attention to the change in people. As a kid I would see people come in and get the Holy Ghost and to me they just became a part of the church. No biggi!  BUT now watching God TOTALLY TRANSFORM this guys life… It has amazed me. His countenance, demeanor, the way he speaks, and interacts with people. He is truly a different guy. I watched last sunday as he prayed for my husband. He got into it!! I mean he was PRAYING!! I just think it’s so awesome. I have seen God CHANGE his life. A year ago, I would not have believed he would still be with us.  It really is a miracle how the Lord changes lives. It’s not just a cliche. And I’ve very glad that I got to SEE with my own eyes the miraculous change in his life.  Dad always tells people, if you stick with me, in one year you will look back and not recognize your life! How true.

I’ve been reading self help books! So ya’ll might be getting some of that too.. but later.

MTC

WOW !! Today right from the very first song, the Holy Ghost was so STRONG!! We started with God Is Here. I absolutely love that song, especially to START a service with. I know, I know it’s not a fast hopping song but the words ” come and lay down the burdens you have carried for in this sanctuary God is here”  speaks to EVERYONE!! Every person can relate, we all have our burdens and different issues to deal with but I think if we START a service with forgetting about everything else that has been bugging us etc.. that the rest of service is so much easier. My mom always says ” leave your problems at the door cus’ they’ll still be there after church”. And today that’s exactly what I did. Then we went into an old favorite Shake The Foundation and then Shout. And the whole church was just a rockin’ away!!! Even me on the piano!! It was impossible to sit still!

Then after song service Than had all the new people that we’ve had join the church this year stand. I think I counted around 11 or 12!! How exciting! And the years not over yet!! It’s SO awesome seeing new converts dancin and shout’n.  Just to watch the total transformation..

Then the choir sang and WOW !! Again. WOW!!! They rocked the house! We have been learning new songs for Soul Winners Boot Camp, that’s coming up later this month. We did 2 new songs today.  The first song I think is called Freedom. (?) “Victorious ov’r all sin, you give me freedom, I’m forgiven, one mind one voice together, we’ll worship you forever” And Dominic sounded so good on it! I just love how he inspires worship in people!!! His love for God is so contagious and though he’s not still a  new convert… he still acts like one when it comes to praise and worship!!! I love it!!! Then we sang I Need You by Tye Tribbett. We also sang it last night at Maximum Velocity. And while I enjoyed singing there, I that much more enjoyed singing it in my HOME church!!!!  I’m sure all you other singers can relate to what I”m saying…. There are some songs that you get asked to sing, and you do it. Sometimes whether you want to or not. Or whether you even LIKE the song or not. But you do it because you were asked and it’s not like your gonna say ” NO, I don’t like this song” RIIIIIIIIIGGHT !!!!!  If you did, you would probably never get asked to do anything ever again!! But this song I Need You….. It’s one of those that just feels tailor made for me.  We were supposed to sing it last week, and if you read my last post then you know why we didn’t. But today it was just SO RIGHT. Last week I could have sang it, and sang it good. But I went through some “stuff” this past week, fought some old spirits, had to annoint my own head and the windows and doors!! And today singing ” And I cannot imagine what my life would be without you, I know I would be hopeless, I’m a wretch undone without you”!!!! It was like I was kicking the devil right in the face!!!! And it felt WONDERFUL!!  There are some times that I don’t feel anything, not the whole bloomin service and noone  but my husband would know it because I try to act the same, and worship just the same if not harder. But today I FELT the anointing!!! There is NOTHING that can compare to that!!  Nothing. I think the whole choir felt it too, they certainly sang like they did!

Then my favorite preacher of all got up. My daddy. Yes I know I’m a little bit biased, but hey all my life I’ve never been bored!!!! 24 years and counting!! And yes I am a daddies girl, but that don’t have NOTHING to do with it. He preached about staying on the highway. ( I forgot the actual title) But it could not have been a MORE timely message!!! Not that I’m out smoking dope, and chasing wild men !!! But just life!! And feeling like things will never get better. Never gonna get past this hurdle!!! He talked about keeping in mind that its the way to Heaven. And ya, I’ve probably heard it a million times before, but today it was just good. And right and timely, and I’m so glad that God KNOWS where I’m at and what I NEED and WHEN I need it!!!  Sooooo we get up to sing the alter call..  It usually starts with just mom and me and the other singers come up when people go down to the front. So we’re singing ” more of You, more of You, I’ve had all but what I need is just more of You, of things I’ve had my fill, and yet I hunger still, empty and bare, Lord hear my prayer, for more of You.”  And it was like the whole service I had felt God, I had felt the annointing.. But singing that song I just couldn’t contain myself, I couldn’t stop myself, I couldn’t even sing. I felt the Holy Ghost just wash over me, like a gentle flood if that makes any sense. Tears rolling down my face and being refreshed for the first time in a long time. Services like that are precious to me. ( ok lol, I’m bawling typing this) When I was a kid not a service passed that I didn’t get something from God. But now, I don’t know if its the cares of life, or a part of growing up, or what. But it’s not always THAT easy anymore. But today it was. I know its a long post and somewhat personal… but we all go through it. We’ve all felt the presence of God so close like that. Where you can almost reach out and touch it. And if it’s been a long time for you. Don’t give up, don’t stop trying, or pressing for that touch. Because it WILL come. And when it does, you’ll be so glad you kept pressing forward!  And it wasn’t just me, I saw others that were so touched that they couldn’t even play their instruments or sing. And it wasn’t the hype or the beat of the music. I mean HELLO, theres not much hype in More Of You!!!!    But there was NO denying the presence of God.

We ended with ” We’ve got the victory and everything will be all right, all right. We’ve got the victory and everything will be all right, Cus’ we’re on the WINNING side”!!!  And it’s just great to KNOW that we are on the winning side. And I do have the victory!!

Theres a old song we used to sing in Texarkana. Hold Onto The Masters Hand. The bridge says

I”ll let nothing, I”ll let nothing, I”ll let nothing, I’ll let nothing. Nothing can turn me around! I’ve been singing that. I remember I used to stand by my Uncle Gary and boy he would just SHOUT that out!!  I”ll let nothing, I’ll let nothing, I’ll let nothing, I’ll let nothing!!!

<<< Praise Break>>>   lol.