Constantly Learning To Trust

Perhaps I don't need to ask God to change my circumstances, but instead TRUST HIM to pull me through WHATEVER my circumstances may be.

My KSBJ 2010 Sharathon Experience!

I wasn't able to physically be there to answer phones or volunteer in other ways for KSBJ Sharathon 2010, believe me, if I could have, I would have!

HOWEVER, I feel like I HAVE been. I've had a browser open since Wednesday with KSBJ's web cam up showing phone central watching the DJ's and volunteers doing their thing, I have twittered and Facebooked about it almost constantly (and gained some new followers....*waves*) trying MY best to get the word out and hopefully get more people to give.

What I think is the most significant part of this for me though was that I gave....For the first time.

I've been a KSBJ listener since Amanda Carroll was the afternoon host. She was the host I first heard when I first found KSBJ years ago, however, I've always just kinda felt like "just another listener..." and never really felt like A PART of the KSBJ family.

All that changed this year as my friendship with Liz Jordan grew and a new friendship formed between myself and Bill Ingram. Those two people have made me feel like a REAL part of their lives and in turn, a part of the radio station....As I was praying about giving, it wasn't even a real debate...How could I NOT give? For the first time, I REALLY feel like part of the KSBJ family and it's a wonderful feeling!

KSBJ met their monthly Operations Goal Friday morning at 8:42 a.m. and met their Impact Initiatives Goal at 1:08 p.m. this afternoon! It was INCREDIBLE to be watching the web cam when both goals were met!

To everyone at KSBJ....THANK YOU for everything you do to minister all across the world! I know these last three days were exhausting but you ALL did an INCREDIBLE job! To the volunteers, THANK YOU for giving of your time to help make Sharathon possible! And to the givers, THANK YOU for giving....For taking that step of faith, for stepping out of the boat and taking that step...BELIEVING that God will be there, that the funds will be there! THANK YOU for trusting HIM! And to God, whom ALL of this was for and about....THANK YOU. For Your blessings, Your Faithfulness, Your protection, For all of the INCREDIBLE things that you have done, are doing, and WILL do through KSBJ. All glory and praise goes to YOU. We love You SO much and are SO thankful!

And all God's people said....AMEN!

KSBJ Sharathon!

KSBJ's annual Sharathon is going on RIGHT NOW through Friday night! Please go to ksbj.org to learn what Sharathon is (if you're a regular listener, you're familiar with it) and to learn how to give via the web or to get the phone number to call in and make a pledge! If you are unable to give financially, please PRAY for everyone involved in this three day event! Thank you in advance for giving...In any way you are able! God bless!

What A Shower!

I've said this before, but let me say it again: It's been my experience that God shows up in the biggest ways when we get desperate. Why? Because we take off the mask, get rid of the false words, stop pretending and get real.

When Kyle Sherrill was born, we prayed desperate prayers for Kyle to live. There was NO TIME to mess around with false fronts. Kyle didn't have that time, we got real...FAST. And God showed up. In BIG WAYS....Kyle survived. There was no time for me in 2006, I prayed desperate prayers and God showed up. God moves the most when we are desperate, because we GET REAL!

I think that's the motivation behind Amy Grant's new song "Better Than A Hallelujah" for us to get real and talk to Him...Tell him what's on our hearts....WHATEVER that may be....He knows anyway why not tell him? And I think He gets us to that point, the point of desperation, the point of surrender because that's what causes us to REALLY lay everything down and get out of God's way so that He CAN move...Perhaps THAT is why He seems to show up in big ways at desperate times!

It was the chorus of that song that has been going around in my head a lot lately and perhaps it is what motivated me tonight. I got in the shower tonight and got real. My showers (as I've also said before) are where I have some of my best times with God because I know that unless it's a dire emergency, I will not be bothered while I am there.

I've had something in my heart for quite some time now that I've wanted...I don't consider it a need, but I want it...In a desperate way. I pray about it daily but I can't say I pray about it often with DESPERATION.

I did tonight. In the midst of my shower, with the door shut, steam fogging everything up, and nothing but the sound of the water roaring in my ears, the frusturation of it all came pouring out and I prayed....Desperately. I don't think I've prayed that hard and that fast in a LONG time...Telling God exactly how I felt, what I wanted Him to do...As quickly as those thoughts came to me I prayed them, many of them seemed to come over and over so I told God about them over and over. "Pray without ceasing" took on a whole new meaning in the shower tonight. By the time I was done with my shower, I was exhausted...In every way.

I need God to move mountains, the ONLY way this is ever going to happen is if God (figuratively) moves mountains, puts the right people in my path, and makes things happen. It's ironic, because most of the time, I stand out in a crowd...My disability causes me to stand out, but in this situation, when I WANT to stand out, I'm just another face in the crowd. I need God to cause me to stand out in a way I haven't before. Like I said, I need God to move...In big ways A God thing will have to happen. I have a fear that God doesn't plan for this desire of mine to ever come to pass, but I have to believe that He hears my prayers and that it's not for nothing. At least I can say I asked.

I got desperate tonight and as usual, it caused me to get real....And that's why I HAVE to believe mountains will begin to move.

Please Vote For My Friend!

My friend Christi is a (positive) entertainment reporter in Florida. She is one of many auditioning to get her own talk show on Oprah's network! Christi has been a constant source of encouragement to me the past several years and I think her positive outlook is EXACTLY what's needed on t.v. today!

Please go vote for Christi HERE!!!

On behalf of Christi and myself....THANK YOU!

What do ya think?

I for one LOVE the fact that blogspot now gives us "pages" for our blogs! It's a feature that wordpress has had and I thought about moving there several times but everyone already knows this address and I didn't want to go to the trouble of re-directing everyone, so I was using my limited (and I do mean LIMITED) html knowledge to link you guys to certain things. The "pages" feature got rid of all that and made me VERY VERY happy!

What do you guys think of the new design I have? Love it? Hate it? Let me know!

LeMans: One Year Ago

One year ago I watched the 24 Hours of LeMans, staying up all night to watch Patrick Dempsey and Team Seattle participate in the event as they raised money for Seattle Children's Hospital with each lap completed. That night was the start of some AMAZING life long friendships! To those that shared that night with me-you know who you are-I love you girls and will forever remember the night that started it all!

Relive my experience and read the entry I posted about it HERE.

And HERE are the interviews that were done. I still get teary watching Patrick get emotional.


That night will go down as one of the best nights of my life!