thank you laura for the picture and thank you Marcia for the scripture

This verse says it all for me. One of the reason's for my fast. One of the reasons for my Journey to a Deeper Relationship with God.

       Day 4 was very difficult for me. I guess I never realized how much I crave crtain foods. See Facebook after day 2 was a thing of the past, don't get me wrong every once in a while I will think about it but not CRAVE it the way I am craving certain fod items. My craving's for food aren't really for any specific item either. I think it is more like any FOOD I can't have that someone else is eating. Let me explain by my day. Smelling Rick's coffee in the morning and watching him put his cream and stevia in it. Yummy but on the forbidden list. Then heading to court where everyone is drinking more coffee, that wasn't too bad though because I was drinking a yummy delicious glass of water. Well that is what I am telling my self it is yummy and delicious. Then off for lunch, we all went and made salad's. Well the store we went did not have any fresh fruit on the Salad bar, so just vege's for me. No cheese, no chicken, one co-worker (Jen- lucky I love her) even put popcorn chicken on her salad, hot out of the deli. Oh I so wanted to eat Carol's cottage cheese too. Lunch was bad and it got worse when some went for a chocolate piece of candy from Carol's office (Carol- why fill the candy bowl now). Oh and I forgot to mention they were drinking soda, and tea. well I made it thru because I started to remind my self why I am doing this. For God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  well dinner came and I was too tired to cook so left over vegetable soup and some nuts, they were yummy ( that is what I am telling myself). Rick and the kids had Pizza.

    There are a few pointers I have learned from today
              1. a 21 day Fast with eatiing only vege's, fruit, and seeds is NOT easy
              2. doing a fast truly increases your prayer time
              3. it is crazy the food our body craves, now to just train my body to CRAVE God that way and I will be all set


                         God Bless You all,
                                                  Kelli

  Day 1-- I was quite amazed today to find myself not so much having to pull back from Food as I had to remind myself over and over NO FACEBOOK. I sat and pondered why???? I know I have a strong bond to food but to facebook, I would have said No but Actions so speak louder than words. I wonder how many others might have the same issue. Of is it really FOOD because when I am bored I go to food, if i do not have food or I am limiting my food I go to Facebook. Well, I am sure as the days and weeks go on I will figure which is worse Food or Facebook.

              Psalm 58-- the reasons for FAST.

               Nik is struggling with FOOD pray for him.

Happy Resurrection Day or many know it as Happy Easter,

   Today was an amazing day from start to finish. It is such an amazing day for Christians as today marks the day that Jesus rose from the dead.
   As the day started my church held their service at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. What was more amazing than that our church wanted to give back to the Portland Community by donating are entire offering to Barbara Bush Hospital. This was a very special event for me. When Emma Grace was 1yrs old she almost died. She had to be on life support for approx. 10 days while her body fought an infection in her throat. It was a very scary time in our life. One where you realize that we our God's children and we have no control over when he decides to bring us home. We were very thankful that He has continued to allow us to be Emma's parents. When we were on the Barabara Bush Unit we met and saw many families who this is a part of their lives daily. It was an honor for me to be a part of this event. Praise God our church offering was over 30,000. May all the families, children and hospital staff be blessed by this offering and know this was a gift from God.
   Than we had our African friends over for Easter Dinner. They are now part of our family. The lessons they taught us will be life changing. People think they do not have much but They have SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! They are happy and are so thankful for what they do have. Contentment, Joy, Love, Kindness are just a few of the traits that you can see in their smiles. I will have some pictures added.

  So in recapping my day; being reminded of the never failing Hope in Jesus, Giving to Barbara Bush to help families at some of the hardest moments in their life; and then extending our family with 7 new family members.
 
   I am so Blessed. Thank you Lord for teaching me daily.  I LOVE you.

For any who are following, Please be praying for myself, Nik, Gloria, Phil, Michelle, Bonnie, and Laura as we embark on our Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F81afXrcA4


This is how I have felt. I want to be the best I can be. I want to give my all to My Saviour. I am so looking  forward to this Journey. I hope you all will enjoy this blog not for what I am doing or who I will become but on How God can do amazing things in someone is just ordinary without Him

Be Back on Monday

Happy Easter

I am starting a Blog about my journey on the Daniel fast. I will be only eating fruits, vegetables, and seeds. I will only be drinking water.  Why you might ask?  Well it all began in 2011. God was calling me to have a deeper relationship with him. 2011 was a very hard year for me. I had a choice to let all the bad that happen define me or to allow God to help me grow stronger thru it.  It began with my husband needing 3 surgeries, one on his knee, one on his hand, and one on his Stoma. My children experienced some difficult times. My son was deployed for his 2nd tour overseas. My oldest brother died and went home to be with the Lord. My ex-husband died a tragic death. and the list could go on and on. Through all this heart ache though we had celebrations too. My son had a wedding ceremony that was absolutely beautiful, my daughter married an amazing man. My daughter and step-daughter became pregnant. My grandson Liam was born. I was finally Blessed with being able to go on my first Missions trip. I went to Peru.
 2011 brought me more to my knees crying out to the Lord and trusting Him and when I came back to the states after going to Peru that is when I realized God was calling me to have a much deeper relationship with him.
 I began co-leading a Cycle Breakers (First Place 4 Health) group at my church. This group showed me what was missing in my life and more importantly in my relationship with God.
 So as I write this we are on week 10 and I have lost 20lbs but I have gained so much more. I have begun praying before I start my day and as I end my day. I am memorizing scripture, I am fasting, I am deeping my relationship with God.
 So I am now going to embark on a journey to give the Holy Spirit his righteous spot in my temple. Complete Control. I will be doing the Daniel Fast starting the day after Easter.
  I will be blogging about my Day, my journey, my devotional and a whole lot more.