Does Satan ever throw stumbling blocks in your way?

I have found that he throws them in mine and the only thing I can do is run to the Father.

I hate it when I am deceived about someone, when I place faith or trust in someone and I later find out that they are not the person that I thought or that their motivation is not pure.

Now don't get me wrong we all are imperfect and I know that I have struggles in my own life. I continue to pray and to get into God's word, lean on brothers and sisters and just depend on the Lord's strength. I know that I can get through anything with him by my side. Nothing is too big, no one is too strong or powerful, nothing I can't overcome through faith.

That said it is still hard. I believe that one of Satan's most powerful weapons is gossip. Oh how we love to talk. Even if something is the truth I feel you must weigh it very carefully, look at your motivation in telling the tale, is this to help or harm, build up or tear down. As you know the tongue is quite powerful. I have found myself on both ends of the tongue and I know the hurt and I have hurt others and for that I am truly sorry.
I do try to bridle my tongue and speak only to build up but it is hard, especially when you feel maligned and betrayed. How easy is it to lash back how hard it is to stop and trust God to bring it all to light in his time.

I pray that if someone is a stumbling block for you that you look at their motivation, sometimes it is a misunderstanding, sometimes it is fear or jealousy, other times it is just evil and they only hope to destroy.

I think by looking at their motivation it can help you know how to handle different situations in a way that can bring healing, respect, and even glory to the father instead of tearing down.

Now there will always be those that are not looking for healing but for selfish ambitions or pride and those you have to leave in the fathers hands.

If you hear rumors, even from those you trust, check them out, people can be misinformed and the longer the rumors run the greater the damage.

So take a minute before you speak, ask God's discernment, remember to build up and not tear down and God will see you over those stumbling blocks and the truth will set you free.

This is very personal to me but I felt an overwhelming urge to share with my friends and family. I feel torn between wanting to lash out at a certain party and leaving it in God's hands. My pride is rearing its head and telling me to defend myself and go on the offensive. I know that God is my defender and judge and that he will bring all to light in his time but my human side is pouting right know. So please lift me up in prayer to wait upon the Lord and lift up the other party as well.

Thank you.
Melissa

A Safe Haven for the children is in sight.

And what a sight it is. I feel a thrill of excitement every time I think of the unlimited possibilities that are before us. The response to our request for assistance is overwhelming. I hear everyday how people are praying for this ministry. I can see the answers to those prayers flowing down.

We have the rough plans for the daycare, just imagine the children whose lives will be changed in these rooms.

If you want to be involved in this work email me or leave a comment

Klugefamily@gmail.com And please please continue to pray for this work, for the families here, and for the community, as well as for all of those who are working and praying to see this dream become a reality.

Mary and Martha have been on my mind today.

Luke 11:38-42.

I have been really busy the last few days, weeks, months. I know that the work that I am doing is good and that in everything that I am doing I am trying to follow God’s will, to give him the glory and to be used as his servant. But just today I realized something, sometimes all the work we do and all the time and energy we spend can actually pull us away from what we were made for……..

To love God and to be loved by him.

As I was sitting here at my Aunts ranch in Texas looking out the window at the grazing horses in fields of flowers, beautiful red birds hopping along the ground under stately oak trees I began to think about how awesome God was and how he created all of this beauty for us to enjoy. I was thanking him for all the glorious things that he has created when thoughts began to creep into my head. Not anything bad, in fact it is all good. It was plans for a fund raising dinner that my Uncle’s business wants to host. But I lost my thoughts of worship when the thoughts of “works” began to enter my head.
So I thank God today for showing me that while he wants the works of my hands he also desires the worship of my heart. I thank him for showing me that he made me for the purpose of loving him. That is my ultimate goal, to love God with all of my heart, soul and mind. To find joy in this love, to pursue him, to seek him, to surrender my all to the one who loves me lavishly.
I know that if I keep my eyes on the Father and my heart centered on his love, his word in my heart that all that the works that I long to do for others will be done according to his will and in his time and for his glory.

My prayer is that I remember to take the time to sit at his feet instead of scurrying around on my feet.

I am in Texas with my family right now. I am asking for prayers for my extended family and for my Uncle Witzel in particular. My Cousin Pam, his daughter, passed away very suddenly from lung cancer. She was only 54 years old. It has not even been two years since I lost my mother from the same cancer. This is such a painful time for our family not only because of losing my cousin Pam, but because of all of the memories that we relive of my mother as well. Lung cancer is prevalent in our family, my grandfather, my Uncle, my mother, my cousin, and my Aunt. The only one who has fought this cancer with any success is my Aunt and it has been very hard on her. We are fighting this cancer that has taken a huge toll on our family. We will not give up and we will continue to look to God for our comfort and strength, but some days are hard and we need all of the prayers of our friends and family.

The container is loaded and on it's way to Honduras!

I love to load the containers. It is so much fun to look at all of the wonderful items that everyone has donated to send. I can just see the smiles on the mothers faces as they receive clothes for their families. The children giggling and jumping around as they get new toys to play with. I can imagine the comfort the stuffed animals will bring a child in the hospital. The children that eat at the kitchen will be wearing some new colored Kool-aid mustaches. Young minds will be learning new skills on the computers, and school children will be well equipped for the new school year. The ill will find relief in the medical supplies and the physically hungry will be fed with the food while the spiritually hungry can feast on Gods word with new bibles. I could write on and on about the generosity of everyone here and the joy that it will bring everyone there, but as I just finished helping load the container I think I will go and take an Advil and cool off a while.

Thank you to everyone who donated, spread the word, collected and or loaded the items.