Shtuff About Me....

Someone who loves the Lord and loves to have a good time with her friends...at times crazy, but loves to be an encouragement to others.

Saturday, July 29, 2006

God's at work...

As many of you know, i called my dad this morning. i woke up at 7 because i was too excited and scared(all at the same time) about calling my dad. i still had some scripture to lookup so i was able to spend about 2hrs just reading the Bible and thinking some more about what i would say. the Lord just gave me a peace....well when i called my dad was just about to start breakfast which was actually a real blessing, becuase this meant that he wasn't doing anything and that i'd have him for a little while. when i started saying how sorry i was for the disrespect that i had showed him over the years, he started crying. and that right there was a sign that he was listening. i began telling him a little of the bitterness i had felt for such a long time, and i told him why. i felt a burden lift off my shoulders at that moment. then i asked him if he was saved...well, in so many words. i took him throguh some scripture, and he really did understand all of what i was saying. but then i asked him the question"if you were to face God right now and he asked you why should be allowed to enter his heaven, what would you say". my dad said that he would say,"your will be done.(meaning: if God wanted dad to go to heaven he'd go, if God wanted dad to go to hell, so be it) i then began to explain to him that God HAD already chosen, and that's why he'd come to earth to die on the cross, that was god's way of telling us all that he loved us and that he wanted ALL to go to heaven. and that God had left the decision up to us...whether we wanted the world or God.(mark 8:6 "for what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul) after explaing all this to him again, i asked if he was ready for Christ to come, and what was standing in the way of his accepting Christ. and he admitted that it is his bitterness toward my mom. i then gave him the verse romans14:12 "so then every one of us shall give account of HIMSELF to God". (i'm not blaming my mom for any of this) but i tryed to tell him that he was going to give an account for how he handles it, my dad can't change my mom, and vise-versa. only God can shape their hearts....my dad can't change my mom, and my dad can't change the past. so again i will ask you all to be praying that my dad won't let the past get in the way of his salvation, that God will give him a heart of forgiveness and understanding. he is so close to repenting and getting saved. and HE WILL!!!! i don't believe that this could have gone any better, and now i know what is going throguh my dad's head, and how to challenge him next time, because this is only the beginning and God has given me a new found courage in talking to my dad about his salvation. God has begun a good work in my dad, and he'll perform it until the day of his salvation. thankyou all again for your prayers....
God bless,
dani

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

my decision....(from camp)

well the Lord worked in my life all week last week...and He didn't just work while the sermons were being preached. He was working just in the camp, while we were hot and sweaty when we were playing games, and even while we were sharing the food that all the guys were snarfing down...it was the fact that you could actually feel God's presence at that camp, you knew all week that He was at work in hearts. well as i was saying, He was doing a work in my heart. mostly He had convicted me of my prayer life, i used to pray all that time for my brother and my unsaved dad. but then as i started maturing and realizing what my dad was doing to me and himself, by drinking, i stopped praying because i thought and believed that he didn't deserve my prayers. and God convicted me of that...how dare i choose who and who not to pray for. i am just as bad as my dad because God doesn't weigh sin, and my dad is not a christain....i had been harboring this bitterness in me for years. but this last week at camp, i can honestly say that i let it go, God is once again in control. so many things that i had said to my dad and that i had said to my brother were coming out of my heart of bitterness. because that bitterness was controling me. now i honestly believe that when i talk to my dad or my brother, God can speak through me, and before he could not because i was in sin. just because i let it go, and just because God is back in control doesn't mean that i will not struggle with it. so please be praying for me....i'm going to be calling my dad this coming saturday, because that's the only day tht he'll be home and not doing anything. and i'll also have this week to be getting ready. i'm going to try to witness to my dad, and apologize to him for this bitterness and for the way that i've treated him with disrespect for such a long time. i will be doing this over the phone which i would rather be doing it face to face but god can still work, even over the phone....i love my dad so much and really want to see him saved and on his way to heaven. anyway, i would really appreciate all of your prayers. thanx.
in christ,
dani

Monday, July 10, 2006

i'm POSTING!!!!!! lol

well, now i know exactly how sam is feeling, there just isn't much to post about.... so i'll just tell you what has been going on with me. i've been babysitting 2 days a week, it isn't too bad really, we watch a movie in the morning right when they get here and then play a game before lunch and then we go to the pool for about 2 hours, they'll usually come up and have a snack or something and then leave....
recently,(last friday) some long time friends traveled down here to see us from missouri.(which i want to say IS the reason for which i missed the acrees birthday party, it was not because a certain some one wasn't going to be there....just thought i'd point that out for those of you that were confused...) it was great having them here. on friday morning we took them(justin, ashley, and lacy) to the Treasure Box Club. they had a blast!!! then we went home and went swimming for a while, we ate with the rest of my family and the went down to the riverwalk. on saturday, we went to a wedding for their cousin and then they had to leave...it was a very sad time, because we most likely won't see them for another year.... it was also great having their dad(bill) here because he has been like my dad since i was 3. i'm gonna miss that....
well that's been my life lately, i can't complain.....this summer i've been able to be involved in God's work, and have been able to see people get saved, that certainly isn't anything to complain about. speaking of people getting saved, please be praying for my cousin, Gabriel, i believe that she is saved, but yet as she gets older she has more and more questions that need answering....

well i hope you all enjoy....
love always,
dani

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

FIREWORKS!!!(or the lack there of)

Well tonight we went to see the downtown fireworks, on the top of the TSYS parking garage. We got there 2 hours early because we wanted a good spot to see the fireworks. Since we got there so early my mom and I took a pleasant walk 5 blocks to a coffee shop downtown... We sat there and read for about 1 hour, it was really nice, in spite of the 104 degree heat. Then after a while we walked back to our spot and waited for about 1 hour...or so, for the Liedtke's to get there. My mom and I had fun just sitting there, we always seem to make our circumstances fun and interesting...(not at all boring) there is never a dull moment. The Liedtke's finally got there at about 9:15 after receiving some incorrect directions from my mother...Then it was a bit of a dissapointment just because the fireworks started 15 mins. early so we missed the first 7min of the fireworks. Once we got up there it was great!!! Ashley Amsbaugh was there with them and she, Sam, Libby, and me, sat on the top of our van watching...But then just as we were starting to enjoy ourselves it was over, it only lasted 17mins. It was a bit of a bummer, but yet it was a lot of fun!!! And we got to share it with friends!!!!
dani

p.s. tell me what you did for the 4th of July....:)