Day 5~E

E

1.  Emily: aunt, Thank you for letting me stay with you when I first got to KS.

2. Emily (Rizzuti): Friend, Thank you for being such a great friend in College and helping me to laugh when it was hard.

3. Ear buds: way to listen to the raido on the go.

Day 4 ~ D

D

1. Dad: Thank you for teaching me how to use tool and fix things, Thank you for loving me when I made it difficult. Thank you for never leaving, thank you for providing for me. Thank you for disciplining me. 

2. Donuts trimmings:  a snack, the yummy left over bits from making donuts at work

3. Dollar tree: the only way I can stay on budget with food

Day 3 ~ C

C

1. Catie Turner: Sailor and friend, Thank you for being so encouraging and making me laugh. 

2. Cake: who is not thankful for cake?

3. Cell phone: Connection any time any place to my family and friends. 

4. Countryside: My Kansas church. Thank you for the wonderful lessons from Gods word, and welcoming me into you church.  

Day 2 ~ B

B

1. Bike: mode of transposition

2. Barnes and Noble: place of employment, God than you for giving me a second job that I do not absolutely hate. 

3.Blog: a place where I can record what God is doing in my life that I can never lose!

4. Bob Jones University: My Alma Mater. God thank you for all the teachers, staff and students, thank you for making a place where your word is taught in every class and the students are taught how to live for you. 

      

Day 1~ into + A

26 days till Thanksgiving, 26 letters in the alphabet. My desire this November is to take one letter a day and write a post filled with all the things that start with that letter that I am grateful for. (Note family members will addressed under the name I use most i.e Amy Smith will be under mom, family members with titles Aunt and uncle with be under there first name.) So with all that said. We are off moving like a heard of turtles!

A.     

1. Abby/ Abigail: My oldest sister, playmate growing up, closets friend today, God has used you in my life in so many ways, Thank you for being there when I needed you. Thank you for being tough on my it has made a stronger person today. 

2. Ashley McNally: Sailor,  friend. Thank you for asking to use the outlet in my room two years ago! even if we overloaded the critic. Thank you for caring about the people in society, about me. 

3. Apartment: Space of my own, quite, safe, dry. Thank you God for providing me with this apartment.

4. Angie Carter: Sailor, Friend. Thank you for encouraging me to join your deaf extension. Thank you for all the lunches we shared. Thank you for taking me to the Royals game. 

5. Andrea Lyons: Culinary arts, Friend. Thank you for having me over your home to study. Thank you for all the help you gave during our time as culinary arts students at BJU. 

6. Andrew Vaillencourt: Uncle, writer of Cora's Log, Thank you for all the laughs and smiles that come from Cora's log and your other posts. 

      

fear

Fear:an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. 
Fear robs us of our joy and peace. Fear is a powerful tool in the tool belt of Satan. Fear destroys our trust in the the one true God. Fear eats away at our will, our strength and our hope. Fear blinds us to the truth found in the word of God. Fear distracts us and fills our heads with noise so we can not hear the still small voice whispering words of encouragement. Fear can rob us of sleep. 
Last night I just as was getting ready for bed I was blindsided by fear. No, not blindsided, more like overcome. A fear that I earlier I had stumbled upon came up with such force that it brought my to tears. Not sure where to turn I turned to Gods word. (for all of you out there saying "you could have turned to me." it was at 11 pm so for my east cost friends that means it was 12 midnight I was not going to call you) I started reading verses about how the Lord is victorious in the end, how he cares for his own and how fear and suffering lead us to Him and his glory. I am not saying that the fear is gone but more I came to realize me thinking on it and losing sleep over it was not going to change a thing. I was comforted to remember that God is still in control, He still loves me and cares for my needs. That my strength needs to come from Him. As I final drifted  off to sleep verses that I did not read that night came to mind. 
Those verses were Matthew  6:25-34 "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?  Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." I still have a long way to go but with God for me I will not waste time dwelling on things beyond my control. Instead I will take them to the foot of the cross, kneel before my Lord and savior who sits on the right hand of God my father interceding on my behalf and leave my fears and worries there and go away filled with a peace that passes understanding.       

What God is doing

 People ask me what is God doing in your life today, or how did you come to be a christen? Well here is the answer.
  I came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal savior when I was about three years old, baptized at age ten. I did not start to grow in the Lord till I was twelve years old. between the time I accepted Jesus and then most of my growth happened my family was in many different churches some were good others not so good. no church is perfect for they are made up of imperfect people. Over the last few years I have continued to learn and grow in the Lord. God has used many things in my life to teach me that his plan is good and he is faithful. God used me going away to college in South Carolina to grown my trust in him and to teach me to lean on him. During that time He brought people in to my life that would be helpful down the road and I would need them to encourage me in some hard times to come. January 2015 I experienced my first margarine, it scared me a lot. But God use the staff and friends I had at bju to encourage me and help me. I then spent the rest of the semester with a constant pain in my head. I had to lean on God for strength to finish the semester and he never failed me. After graduating I moved to Kansas to start a job in a restaurant. event though on occasion I still battle a migraine I know I can turn to God in my time of need and he will be there. I do not mean to say I have never have a moment of doubt, trust me I do, but that I try hard to rest in the fact that God is in control no matter what I go through.  
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.