WordPress is having issues… March 28, 2012

Hello my lovely readers!
It was pointed out to me today that my blog isn’t allowing comments without first signing in to WordPress. Since the majority of you do not have a WordPress account, this means you would have to create one just to leave a comment. Lame! I am not the only one having this issue. In fact, there’s a whole website created where people can publicly bash WordPress for making such a mistake. I assume this will be fixed. There’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. So sorry. If you’re Ellen or Dr. Phil and you’re trying to comment so that I can come be on your television show- you can email me at cmlane676@aol.com
Or if you’re a lovely reader and think you’re as important as Oprah think I deserve a comment, you are welcome to email me.

Thank you for bearing with me through this issue. Hopefully this is the only weird thing going on- let me know if something else is astray.
Loves!
Carlee

Holy Spirit, the forgotten God March 26, 2012

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the words “Holy Spirit”? If you would have asked me that question only 2 years ago I would’ve given you a completely different answer than I would give you today. You see, a few years ago I had no idea who the holy spirit was. I honestly didn’t care that much because I didn’t think that He mattered. I grew up knowing the different parts of “the trinity” and “3 in 1″ and all that stuff… But as much as I heard the words “God” and “Jesus”, I hardly ever heard anything about that other guy- Holy Spirit. I knew something was missing in my life. I just didn’t know what. I knew there was more to this world, more that I could experience in THIS place, not just in Heaven. I knew Someone desperately wanted a connection to me and to show me how amazing our friendship could be, but I didn’t know that was The Holy Spirit. Within the past couple years i’ve learned more about myself, the world, my friends, church…you name it… I’ve experienced such growth in every aspect of my life because of allowing the Holy Spirit to be a part of it. Granted, I’m still learning. Definitely still learning. I learn something new almost every day about Him. He is so fun if you give it a chance. He can do things I never would have imagined possible! I thought I had to wait until heaven to see angels. Nope! I thought people being healed and miracles happening constantly were only a part of the Bible. I often asked and wondered as a child, why doesn’t Jesus do all that cool stuff He did back in Bible times anymore? Like raising people from the dead and healing the blind and turning water into wine? Why do those things have a place in our storybook collection but not in our perception of what can happen today? Well guess what! It CAN! And it DOES! We’ve just forgotten those verses in the Bible that say He is STILL ALIVE! And roaring like a Lion!! We just forgot. Is Holy Spirit really the forgotten God? I don’t want Him to be. I want Him to remind me each time I forget. I want Him to remind YOU if you forget. And I know, you might think that calling the Holy Spirit the “forgotten God” is a bit extreme. Maybe you agree that the church has focused too much attention elsewhere but feel it is an exaggeration to say we have forgotten about the the Spirit. Yeah? I don’t think so.
From my perspective, the Holy Spirit is tragically neglected and, for all practical purposes, forgotten. While no evangelical would deny His existence, I’m willing to bet there are millions of churchgoers across America who cannot confidently say they have experienced His presence or action in their lives over the past year. And many of them do not believe they can. The benchmark of success in church services has become more about the attendance than the movement of the Holy Spirit. We value quality over quantity. Perhaps we’re too familiar or comfortable with the current state of the church to feel the weight of the problem. But what if you grew up on a desert island with nothing but the Bible to read? Imagine being rescued after 20 years and then attending a typical evangelical church. You’d be shocked! (for a whole lot of reasons but that’s another story). Having read the Scriptures outside of the context of contemporary church culture, you would be convinced that the Holy Spirit is as essential to a believer’s existence as air is to staying alive. You would know that the Spirit led the first Christians to do unexplainable things, to live lives that didn’t make sense to the culture around them, and ultimately to spread the story of God’s grace around the world.
There is a big gap between what we need to read in Scripture about the Holy Spirit and how most believers and churches operate today. In many modern churches, you would be stunned by the apparent absence of the Spirit in any manifest way. And this, I believe, is the crux of the problem.
If I were satan and my ultimate goal was to thwart God’s kingdom and purposes, one of my main strategies would be to get churchgoers to ignore the Holy Spirit. The degree to which this has happened (and I would argue that it is a prolific disease in the body of Christ) is directly connected to the dissatisfaction most of us feel with and in the church. We understand something very important is missing. The feeling is so strong that some have run away from the church and God’s word completely.
And I believe that the missing “something” is actually a missing “Someone”-namely, the Holy Spirit. Without Him, people operate in their own strength and only accomplish human-size results. The world is not moved by our love or actions that are of human creation. And the church is not empowered to live differently from any other gathering of people without the Holy Spirit. But when believers live in the power of the Spirit, the evidence in their lives is supernatural. The church cannot help but be different, and the world cannot help but notice.

What about you? How do you feel about all this Spirit talk? What is your church like? Is the Holy Spirit invited there? What about in your heart? Is He invited there? If He’s not, or if you just need to open the door once more I pray that you will do so. He so passionately loves you and wants to be a part of your everyday life. Prepare yourself though, you’re in for a wild ride!!

Faint Not February 19, 2012

maybe it’s just me, but lately i’ve felt bombarded with depressing information going on around me. it’s everywhere from politics (don’t even get me started) to children starving in other couunties, to horrible things taking place in my own town, neighborhood, or school. i know i’m always surrounded by this evil but i’ve felt more aware lately, and while being aware is a very good thing (it’s the first step to fixing the problem) it can also be a very overwhelming thing… because i can’t fix every single problem… and that kind of makes me sad. i’ve been reading a book about a woman working to end human traffiking in a region other organizations deem “too dangerous”. bottom line, yes, it is too dangerous. but so is being a christian. we aren’t called to be tourists. no, we aren’t OF the world but we do happen to live IN it, and perhaps you disagree but God actually does LOVE THE WORLD. yes, the world, with all it’s brokenness and evil. He wants to love it into completeness, but we won’t let Him. John 3:16 begins “for God so loved the WORLD”

so all this loving the world stuff can be a daunting task. praying and petitioning on a struggling brother and sister’s behalf isn’t easy. i don’t think praying is supposed to be easy. face-planting yourself before His throne isn’t done because it’s comfortable. we are called to begin our lives OUTside of our comfort zones. and that’s an awesome thing to imagine but doing so is somewhat stressful, and not always very fun. so i’m kind of in a rut right not between wanting to help the world and wanting to give up because it’s too big of a task. and by helping the world i mean… well…i’m not quite sure what i mean. how does one person begin to help the world? i personally think there’s a lot to be said about praying. i believe in the power of prayer and i probably believe in it a little differently than you do, but i know that it’s important. and when we start praying for the people of the world as if they’re our own brothers, sisters, mom, dad, son, daughter, etc. we can begin to pray for them like Jesus does.

and as much as He cares about their earthly matters, He cares about our spiritual matters inside our hearts. He strengthens our souls. this song has been playing in my head the whole time i’ve been typing: “Faint Not” by Jenny&Tyler:

here’s the lyrics:

Faint Not

by: Jenny & Tyler

the problem’s not a gun, not a color, not a hundred dollar bill. we think the struggle can be won with simple thoughts like ‘come together be good willed’. the gap between the rich and poor is spreading out all the more or so they say. we ignore the claims.
o my soul, faint not, no faint not | o my soul, keep up, up in love.
it’s not that we don’t know or we’re not shown the proof of poverty. it’s not that we don’t have the tools to go to break this yoke of slavery. we quit because it’s not an easy fix and then forget that they are even there. we forget to care.
o my soul, faint not, no faint not | o my soul, keep up, up in love.
where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, let me pardon where there is darkness, let the Light come
o my soul, faint not, no faint not | o my soul, keep up, up in love
o my soul, faint not, no faint not | o my soul, keep up, up in love
faint not. faint not

All Consuming Fire January 12, 2012

Hello blog-world! Man, it’s been awhile!
First, I want to wish you all a joyous New Year. I suppose this is a tad behind the game but I need to tell you my word for the year! (if you’re a new reader, I pick a word on New Year’s Eve each year and watch as it transforms me and teaches me in the coming year. Last year my word was “anchor”. You can read about it in my New Years 2011 post.)
This year my word is “fire”
Cool, huh?
I can’t wait to see what God does with it. I haven’t had any revelations yet, but I know I will. Honestly, I keep seeing anchors. I seriously miss last year’s word. Funny how I can get so attached to A WORD! So God and I had to have a little chat about this. It went something like:
“Yo, I keep seeing anchors even though I’m supposed to be seeing fire and it’s really making me miss my word from last year and I just wish I could have that word again because it was so perfect and it’s still perfect and I just don’t see how I can give it up this easily.”
Then He said:
“Carlee, every word I give you or speak over you is TIMELESS. You and I will always have a special connection with anchors. I gave it to you as a gift. My gifts don’t expire.”

Oh yeah… Duh!
I’m glad He’s patient with me when I need reminders.
So I’m not as sad anymore. Just excited! Fire it is!

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. (Deuteronomy 4:24)

He is jealous for me. He doesn’t want my attention to be on anything that isn’t of Him. He loves me so much that it pains Him when I stray. He’s a CONSUMING fire. He consumes every part of me into His perfect plan, into His love, into His grace. He baptizes me in His living flame of life! All Consuming Fire, You’re my heart’s desire! I desire to live in Your flame. You’re not dead, You’re fully alive and You’re roaring like a lion, winning the battle of my heart. There’s a war going on but the victory is in You. You are sovereign and You are strong. I’m proud to be in Your army, God. I’m on Your side and I KNOW the outcome, I KNOW how the story ends. You win. Love wins. Always.
Stir the fire in our hearts. Fan the flame of the Holy Spirit and make us whole.

Oh, how He loves us! November 13, 2011

Well it’s been quite a weekend. We had our annual West Texas Girl’s Conference and it was fantastic. I wrote about last year when the theme was “Crave”. This year the theme was “Journey”. The keynote speakers were awesome. My friend Christa Black spoke and really pinpointed some areas in my heart that haven’t seen the surface in awhile. I decided it was time for a purifying spring-cleaning. That was affirmed when I stumbled into the prayer room and a girl I’d never met before prophesied and spoke over me about a pure heart and said some things that I’ve been praying over myself about being a light to others and someone people can trust and confide in. I love it when God does that.
So I thought my day was pretty much over. The only thing left was something called “campfire” and our last keynote speaker. I wasn’t sure what “campfire” was and I was almost a little apprehensive because I’d heard we’d be sharing our stories. That’s satan for you, putting fear in your heart when he knows God has something powerful to say through you. Sarah announced that it was Campfire time and what that would consist of. Basically we were told to pair up with a girl we didn’t know and share a portion of our story with them where we could see God at work and then pray with them. Well great. How awkward. Now I have to find some girl and try not to look stupid while I think of something to say. But it didn’t work out like that.
I turned around to grab one of the middle schoolers from our church because after all I didn’t REALLY know her that well, right? That’s not cheating… right? I was trying to take the easy route. The safe route. But God was working out a different plan instead. He’s good at pushing or sometimes shoving us out of our comfort zones. As I turned around to talk to the middle school girl, I heard my friend Farryn, who was working at the conference, call my name and run toward me with another girl. She asked me if I’d please pray with this girl. She thought we’d be a good match. As I sat down to talk with this girl I could see the pain, I could sense her wounds. They weren’t scars yet. They were still wounds…that burned and ached. After introducing ourselves to one another and finding out she was a 6th grader here in Abilene, we got started with our stories. She said she wanted me to go first. I talked for maybe 30 seconds about myself and then turned it over to her. Without any hesitation she began telling me how she constantly gets made fun of at school because people think its funny that her dad used to beat her and her mom. Before he left, that is, when he heard her mom was pregnant. She told me how she’s really never had a friend before and how the girls at the bus stop before school make fun of her. She goes to church all alone. She catches the church bus every Sunday. I could see the shame and the hurt in her darting eyes. But there was something about her that just drew me in. She wasn’t crying. (I was!) She was smiling and minutes later engaging in a conversation with me about which Jonas Brother is the cutest. I asked if I could pray over her. I really don’t know what words I said. It’s like you’re supposed to be prepared for this, right? Evangelizing to a little girl who’s alone and abused. But that’s not what she needed. She didn’t need religion preached to her. She needed relationship given to her. It was in that moment that I clearly saw the gap between religion and relationship. Religion is lame. What we’ve made of it is pure garbage. But a relationship with Jesus… Now that’s what I want!! It’s raw, it’s real, it’s freeing. He wants to talk to you and walk beside you in every single area of your life. He knows everything about you. That’s what this girl needed. She needed to know how beautiful she is. Because no one has ever told her that before. When she looks in the mirror she sees shame and abuse and who knows what else. But that is such a big LIE! The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He wants to steal your inheritance, he wants to KILL you and he wants to destroy your life. And the only one who can give him power is ourself. I don’t want him to have that power over me or my new little friend. After I prayed over her I gave her my number and told her to look me up on Facebook. She let me buy her Christa’s book, and that was all. She left. I don’t know if I’ll ever see her again but she’s forever marked in my heart. She IS joy. Horrible things have happened to her and she’s able to laugh and smile about life. I didn’t teach her about Jesus in those 15 minutes. She taught me. I saw the angels protecting her life. And while God didn’t lean down and strike her dad with lightening while he was beating her, I can guarantee that His tear was the first to fall. He had to watch his Son be beat to death on a cross. I just can’t imagine. I seriously have no idea how blessed I am. And I don’t have to travel to another country to see the pain. It’s at my school, it’s on my street, it’s in my own town with girls just like me. I hate it so much. I hate that this girl is dreading going to school this week because she knows she’s going to get made fun of. She knows she doesn’t have any friends to talk to in class or laugh with after school. I hate how mean girls can be. But typing that last sentence is nothing but hypocritical. Because that’s me. I’m not the one making fun but I’m just as guilty. Because I’ve become immune to the “outsiders”. I don’t make a point to share relationship with them. So I’m just as rude as the other girls. I don’t know why I’m living the life I’m living. I don’t know why my story has been so blessed compared to so many others. But I do know that God knows the reason. He’s written my story His way and His fingerprints are all over it. I’m at my school for a reason. I’m in my neighborhood for a reason. I have the friends I have for a reason. And I met this precious little angel today for a reason. And I intend to make all of these things count. My story is nowhere close to finished. I have many empty pages, and I can hardly wait to see how God fills them. It’s a beautiful story that intersects with His in many ways. When He looks at us, He only sees beauty. It’s impossible to look ugly to Him because we were made in His image. Our scars are gorgeous. They utter words that can’t be spoken. They show that we’re real and much in need of a savior. He’s just here to love on us. He has no anger toward us, only pure, unconditional love that casts out ALL fear, ALL demons, ALL imperfections, ALL lies. He’s so good. And when we finally surrender to His love we can finally feel His grace that He LOVES to pour out freely. There’s no condemnation. Only love. Perfect, unconditional love that we can receive new revelations about for the rest of our lives. It’s that deep. It’s that wide. The Good Shepherd loves His sheep.

“what if your healing comes through tears” September 1, 2011

Friends, it’s been a while since I’ve written last and I don’t plan on making this long because I value sleep very highly at this point. School is back in gear and uneventful so far…which is not a bad thing.

But my heart is heavy. And I’m running out of tears on behalf of my dear little friend, Tatum Flaming, who I’ve written about before in my “Healing Rain” post. Her CaringBridge site is listed in the links section, to the right. She’s been battling and beating leukemia for a few years now. She had a relapse this week. She needs your prayers. The whole family does! Please please please lift this little, MIGHTY body up to Him. He’s the ultimate Healer! Pray for her parents, Michael and Mandy as they ask questions and answer questions regarding treatment. Pray for her big sister, Olivia. Just cover them in your prayers. They mean so much to me and I know they’d be banging down the gates of Heaven for me in a heartbeat. Tonight, I’ll leave you with the lyrics to this song that’s spoken volumes to me today. Blessings.

“We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we’d have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise”

Grace August 3, 2011

Grace. What an awesome word. Don’t you just heave a sigh of relief as you see that word. Grace. It’s free, it never runs out, and it’s eternal. I’ll never be able to grasp the enormity of the matter. Our minds can’t comprehend it. And when we can’t comprehend something, we tend to disregard it. But grace can’t be forgotten or disregarded. It’s ALWAYS there. It’s freely given. It’s that 2nd or sometimes 22nd chance that God is always ready to give you. He wants to see you do good, He wants to see you happy. He’s the best parent ever! He’ll do anything for His children. And He has. Our God is a God of grace. In Luke, God says the angels throw a party everytime a sinner turns to Christ! One lost sheep is more important than the other members of the herd. The Good Shepherd will leave His other 99 sheep out in the wilderness to search for the 1 who is lost. THAT’S what kind of God we serve.

Think back to the story of The Prodigal Son. If you haven’t read it in a while, pull out your bible. It’s a good one.
My favorite part is when the son is finally coming home, ashamed because He realizes how much better off He was when He lived with his father. He’s prepared a speech to give to his father asking to be a farm-hand. The son doesn’t expect to be welcomed, he doesn’t expect grace. BUT the father sees him coming, he’s been waiting for him ever since he left. He finally gets to scream- “My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!”

That’s what God gets to scream and rejoice about in heaven when we, the prodigal sons, come back.

Grace had been “my word” for awhile. It’s just always stood out to me. I love how it sounds, I love the imagery I get in my head when I close my eyes and meditate on it. I love everything about it.

Does anyone remember my Giving Key I blogged about awhile back? Well I finally gave it away. I can’t tell you the story now, nor will I post it on the website but trust me that God’s grace has been received by her. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind me telling you but because most of the personal things that went on at the retreat (The Chrysalis) are confidential, I’m choosing to not give away all the details even though I told you I would. I hope you understand. Another reason is that I’m still processing it all, myself. And I don’t think I could put any of it into words. I told her God had something for her and I was supposed to give it to her. She didn’t give me a sob story about how she needs God’s grace or anything like that, I just gave it to her because it was what God told me to do. If she thought I was a lunatic/weirdo/strange she hid it really well. it was well received and even more fun to give and I thought you readers needed to know that!

May you soak in God’s grace this week, not because you earned it but because it’s freely given. It never runs out, it’s a waterfall of glory! He rejoices in giving it away. We all fall short of the glory of God but He always brings grace to the table, all you have to do is grab it.
Loves,
Carlee

I’M BACK! May 5, 2011

Well hello there Blogland! How have you all been?! I haven’t blogged in forever! Mostly because things have been crazy over here! I cannot believe my freshman year is almost over. SO WEIRD!! These past few weeks have been jam-packed with homework and auditions and scheduling and learning to drive and church things and friend things and did I mention homework?! Biology homework is pretty much my whole life at the moment… And instead of doing it, I’m blogging. When I’m not doing homework and projects I’m doing lots of worrying and over-thinking. (that’s what I do best) I started Drivers Ed on Monday and I’m a little overwhelmed with the fact that I’ll be behind the wheel of a car (with a learner’s permit) in 19 days! Driving’s scary, dude! On top of that I have an audition for Pure Gold (my school’s show choir) that’s coming up soon and I don’t even know for sure what I’m singing!! But I think what most worries me about THAT situation is the consequences of me actually making Pure Gold and then having to drop a class that I love and invest a lot of fun times in. And there’s a lot of what-if’s in that situation. This is the first year our director is exclusively taking sophomores, so we’ll see how that goes…
I really just need a good REST! *breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out*

Tonight at Huddles we made collages depicting our relationship with God and how we currently view our own faith. I loved this idea and got straight to work. My collage immediately made clear to me that it wanted to be primarily made up of words… So I obeyed! I’ll go through the words and phrases with you to help you understand why I chose them………..
“relationship”- I LOVE my relationship with God and love the way I communicate with Him. It’s a bond that cannot be broken.
“wrap yourself up in warm cozy comfort”- this made me think of Soaking and the comfort that I feel when God wraps His arms around me.
“feel the love”- this is a little balloon in the top right that I thought was so cute. I most definitely feel the love!!
“save”- I’m saved by God and He’s using me to save others
“relax”- this is what He tells me to do although I’m not always a good listener.
“anchor-(your destination)”- AHHHHHH!!!! Can’t believe I found this in a magazine!! You cannot tell me it wasn’t a Divine interaction that made me pick THAT magazine up! By the way, if you don’t know why I’m freaking out…read my blog post I wrote the beginning of this year about my word for the year!
“learn”- I’m constantly learning. Constantly! And I have a hunger to know more and more and more. He’s put a lot of wise people in my path for me to learn from.
“best ever”- I think this explains itself. He IS the best!…. Ever!
“in a fresh new way”- I love the way God is teaching me and I love the things that He’s showing me. I love the fact that people would look at me like I was crazy if I told them what I’ve seen. It’s a whole new way.
“Enjoy”- ahhh, yes! Sometimes you’ve just gotta sit back, look around you, and ENJOY all He’s given you.
“in your own words”- I think this is really important. God and I have our own language, I have my own special way to feel the Holy Spirit’s presence. God’s your friend, He speaks YOUR personal language! So cool!
“at your service-(special for you)”- God’s Word is very personal and intended for me and you. He’s the King and I’m the servant, at His service ready to do what He asks.
“grace”- I’m actually in the process of writing a whole blog on grace but I think I’ll save it until I give my ‘Giving Key’ away. Just know that grace is a very special concept and word that’s close to mine and God’s heart.
“world”- I actually hesitated to put this one on there because I don’t think mission work is my calling but i am doing mission work in New York this summer and usually fill my summers up with church mission trips. I’m excited to see what God has planned in that area of my life. Something good always comes out of it.
“solve your trickiest problems”- I’ve definitely given Him some sticky situations to work with but He’s never ceased to pull me through.
“feel good”- having a relationship with God FEELS GOOD! you’ve got a best friend with you 24/7!!
“dare”- I like this word. God is definitely pushing me out of my comfort zone and daring me to live a crazy life!
“from darkness to light”- yep! He shows me the light that is new but constant every morning. I never want to live without it.
“a lighter life”- when God carries you, you don’t have to drag around all that extra baggage anymore. He provides all you need.
“really good”- He’s REALLY GOOD (and that’s an understatement!) but trust me, life with Him is even better than really good.
“walking in wisdom”- this is my hope for my future and what I strive to carry out. I want to walk in wisdom. I want to KNOW. I want to walk in the fullness of God. And I want you to, too!

Well that was fun, this collage was fun! I’d encourage you to make your own and then tell me about it or send me a picture! If you have any questions about what I described in a little nutshell, leave a comment and I’ll try to explain it better

Loves!!

I believe You’re my Healer March 24, 2011

This is a short little post, I want you to hear what God has to say today- rather than what I have to say. I don’t know about you, but around me, in my life, it seems that there is an abundance of sickness and cancer and diseases and negativity going around. I’m begging for The Great Physician to heal all of this. I have to remind myself that all of this is part of His perfect plan, but sometimes it’s hard to trust when you watch people crying out and suffering helplessly before your own eyes. However, His eyes are better than mine and He knows so much more than I could ever fathom. Therefore, I have to trust in His will.

I invite you to pray and meditate with me over these words of healing:

You hold my very moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
I trust in You, I trust in You

I believe You’re my healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe

And I believe You’re my portion
I believe You’re more than enough for me
Jesus You’re all I need

You hold my very moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
I trust in You, Lord I trust in You

I believe You’re my healer
I believe You are all I need
Oh, I believe

I believe You’re my portion
I believe You’re more than enough for me
Jesus You’re all I need

Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands

Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands

I believe You’re my healer
I believe You are all I need
Oh, yes You are, yes You are

And I believe You’re my portion
Lord I believe You’re more than enough for me
Jesus You’re all I need
More than enough for me
Jesus You’re all I need

You’re my healer

The Giving Keys February 27, 2011

Who's heard of The Giving Keys?! Anyone? Well prepare yourself, this is pretty 
awesome. A young woman named Caitlin Crosby who lives in LA started a "movement" 
called The Giving Keys. She and a homeless couple who live on Hollywood Blvd 
imprint words on ordinary house-keys, put them on a necklace chain, and send 
them to you. To order a key you go to thegivingkeys.com, type in the word you 
want engraved, put in your credit card number and your address, and wait for 
them to send it!! The whole idea is "paying it forward" At some point you're 
supposed to give your key to someone who needs that word. For example, the word 
I chose is "grace", so at some point I will give my necklace to someone who 
needs grace. It's really as simple as that. It's a great way to be God's hands 
and feet, ministering in a way you may not have otherwise. I can't wait to blog 
about how I gave it away!!! Pray for the person I'm going to give it to! I don't 
know them yet, but God does. I'm so excited!
 sorry for the awkward picture placement... blogging pics is a NIGHTMARE on here! 
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