That's right. I said it. The flu. I have been sick with the flu for three days now. I am tired, I am achy, I am dizzy, and this is NOT fun. I honestly think this is my first experience with the flu and quite frankly I would prefer that it be my last but something tells me, since I do work at a daycare, that's probably wishful thinking. I have had two kids go home in the last two weeks with high fevers of 102.9 and 103.3. Both were crying, really red faced, and shaking. I know how they feel because I think I have experienced their pain in the last three days. Friday I left work with a fever of 102.2. Crashed at a friends house because 1. The plan was for us to have a Christmas movie night and 2. There was no way I could drive home with how dizzy I was. Everyone at church knows that I must have been sick even if they weren't told simply because if you know me, you pretty much don't expect me to be out of church unless I am near death or in the hospital, in fact I would rather be in church anyway but even I felt bad enough that I decided (without being forced) to stay home from church). On a brighter note as we are about to be officially in the week of Christmas I feel decently better than yesterday with only a slight fever, dizziness, and I am very sleepy.
Now some of you just looked at that last part about being sleepy and are saying to me (your computer screen really) "STOP BLOGGING AND GO TO BED, YOU'RE SICK!" I would probably agree with this accept I have slept away most of the day after watching the church live stream, and if I don't stay up for a few hours I will be up a half a dozen times tonight even with NyQuil, and if I am up a half a dozen times tonight I will be miserable tomorrow. Sadly, with all of this going on I have to call into work tomorrow, believe it or not, while many of you think that should be a good thing I am actually kind of sad about it. However, I would never wish the way I have felt on my worst enemy therefore I would rather say home and get better than pass it on to people I care about.
Finally, the part of the post I was looking most forward too. As you go about your last minute plans to prepare for Christmas, be it groceries or gifts, stop and take a moment these next few days to be still before the Lord, quite your heart before Him, worship, and remember that the whole reason we celebrate Christmas is because CHRIST came to earth. May the Lord bless you all richly this CHRISTmas season! Love you all!
In Christ,
Kelcy
P.S. Please keep my family and me in your prayers so that we who are sick may be healed and the one who isn't (mom) may remain completely healthy! In Jesus' name!
Showing posts with label worship. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 21, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
Well ladies and gentlemen the week of Thanksgiving is finally upon us. NOW it is okay to fully decorate for Christmas! Our tree is up and decorated (though I will be honest, we did it about a week ago), I have my room partially decorated (which I am excited about because I have never really decorated my room for Christmas before) and I am sure soon we will all break out the Christmas goodies. Now, as many of you know I posted about a week or so ago that it was FREEZING!!! However, if you went outside yesterday it was almost 80 degrees!!! That's Alabama weather for you, it makes absolutely no since...
So Thursday we will all have the opportunity to gather with family and/or friends and celebrate all that we are thankful for. God has blessed me with so much that the thought of all I am thankful for is overwhelming. What about you? What are you thankful for most this year? Here is my top 20 list, not really in any particular order:
On a final note I want to make everyone that is not on my Facebook or in my life aware of the new change as far as my schooling. As most of you know I have been pursuing my degree which was B.A. in Christian Studies with an Emphasis in Biblical Studies. This past week the Lord touched my heart on the way to work about the love He has placed on my heart for music, the gifts He has given me to play and sing music, and the heart He has given me for worship. I prayed about this for a few days and received an email from my school letting me know that they have added a new program to their Christian Studies programs. Before I go any further you should know that I was told before I ever enrolled that there were no worship classes for online students. The new program is the same degree except instead of the Emphasis being Biblical Studies it is Worship Leadership and it is for online students! This past week I changed my Emphasis to Worship Leadership. To say that I am nervous would be grossly understated. I have no idea where God is going to take me with this but I trust Him and will follow Him wherever He leads. Now some of you may be wondering and I want you to know that I feel no leading to walk away from Great News!!!!! or public speaking, but I feel like this is just something that God has added and while I'm nervous, I am also very excited to see what He does.
I hope you all have the most amazingly, richly blessed Thanksgiving in the Lord!!!! Count your blessings this week and be sure to thank God now and every day for everything He has given you. God bless you my friends! I love you all =D HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!
So Thursday we will all have the opportunity to gather with family and/or friends and celebrate all that we are thankful for. God has blessed me with so much that the thought of all I am thankful for is overwhelming. What about you? What are you thankful for most this year? Here is my top 20 list, not really in any particular order:
- I am thankful for my God
- I am thankful for my family
- I am thankful for my church (GFBC)
- I am so very very VERY thankful for my worship family at GFBC, my heart is overwhelmed every time I have the opportunity to come together with such an amazing army of God.
- I am thankful for the worship leaders at GFBC, those three amazing people are on fire for God and so very encouraging to the rest of the worship ministry.
- I am thankful for my friends, (they keep me sane... or make me weirder... yeah probably that one)
- I am very thankful for the sweet guy that God has just recently brought into my life:)
- I am thankful for my pastor and for the passion he has for the Lord
- I am thankful to be a student at a pretty awesome school (Grand Canyon University)
- I am thankful to live in a country where I can own as many bibles as I do and use every one of them publicly
- I am thankful for my job
- I am thankful for my co-workers
- I am thankful for good God conversations
- I am thankful for a roof over my head
- I am thankful for the passion and love God has put in my heart for Him.
- I am thankful for the passion and love God has put in my heart for worship.
- I am thankful for Great News!!!!!
- I am thankful for the gift God has given me to write.
- I am thankful for the gift God has given me to play and sing music.
- I am thankful for you. For each person that passes through on here or on my Great News!!!!! blog (or Facebook) and takes the time to read, like or even share the (sometimes crazy) things that the Lord lays on my heart. Thank You!!!
On a final note I want to make everyone that is not on my Facebook or in my life aware of the new change as far as my schooling. As most of you know I have been pursuing my degree which was B.A. in Christian Studies with an Emphasis in Biblical Studies. This past week the Lord touched my heart on the way to work about the love He has placed on my heart for music, the gifts He has given me to play and sing music, and the heart He has given me for worship. I prayed about this for a few days and received an email from my school letting me know that they have added a new program to their Christian Studies programs. Before I go any further you should know that I was told before I ever enrolled that there were no worship classes for online students. The new program is the same degree except instead of the Emphasis being Biblical Studies it is Worship Leadership and it is for online students! This past week I changed my Emphasis to Worship Leadership. To say that I am nervous would be grossly understated. I have no idea where God is going to take me with this but I trust Him and will follow Him wherever He leads. Now some of you may be wondering and I want you to know that I feel no leading to walk away from Great News!!!!! or public speaking, but I feel like this is just something that God has added and while I'm nervous, I am also very excited to see what He does.
I hope you all have the most amazingly, richly blessed Thanksgiving in the Lord!!!! Count your blessings this week and be sure to thank God now and every day for everything He has given you. God bless you my friends! I love you all =D HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!
Friday, November 14, 2014
Can I Just Say...IT IS FREEZING
Living in Alabama is really an experience wether you are like me and you've lived here all of your life or you're someone who has moved here. If you don't already know, the weather in Alabama is crazy, illogical and sometimes unpredictable. Monday and Tuesday of this week were nice and decently warm. However the last three days have been FREEZING. We go from 70 degrees one day to 20 the next. Somewhere in Alabama is supposed to get SNOW this weekend!!! S-N-O-W! THE WHITE STUFF THAT FALLS FROM THE SKY AND, sometimes, STICKS TO THE GROUND! Mom made a good point the other day, she said that she can't remember there ever being snow in November. TECHNICALLY we are still in the middle of Fall. THIS ISN'T WINTER. My kids at the day care are starting to get sick, kids are getting fevers and not "feeling good" through the afternoon and then another kid, and another and another and yes... another. It's like a never ending cycle of sickness and the only thing that breaks it is Summer.
Now let me just say, I generally like Winter weather. However, as previously stated in posts before this one, I can not stand the sickness that comes with Winter. Whatever the kids get, I usually get it. Not to mention, I feel like the cycle of sickness is going to start off ten times worse because it was such a sudden and drastic change in temperatures.
Some of you aren't going to like what I am about to say but it's okay, just take deep breaths and realize that I am not a weather person and there is still milk and bread in the stores.... well... as far as I am aware that is. I want it to snow. DON'T FREAK OUT!!! I don't want it to snow right now. Let's get past Thanksgiving before we actually start the snowy weather, but I do want snow. It would be nice to have snow right around Christmas:) Are you still breathing? You just un-followed my blog didn't you... it's okay:| Go ahead... go get your milk and bread, I'll wait....
You back? I knew you would be. Now I would like to make a suggestion. If it does snow, you should take the opportunity that you are stuck inside, assuming that it is the kind of snow that prevents travel, to really dig deep into God's Word with your family or by yourself. Don't get me wrong you should be doing that now and every day, but during the time that you would normally be heading to work or somewhere else, you should turn off everything that distracts and dig deep into the Word. Spend some time with Jesus, and even put on some music and worship Him in song:) Yes... IT IS FREEZING, but let's make the most of the freezing weather when ever we get the chance. You never know, God may make it snow to give you rest and to get your undivided attention on Him instead of the things of the world. Just remember, if it does snow, you can't control the weather so stop trying to think of how if it goes away soon you can still get to work. Thank God for the break, and honor Him.
Am I thinking too far ahead... okay well, have an amazing day=P May the Lord bless you richly! STAY WARM!! =) Frost bite is real people!!!!!! ;)
Till next time....
Now let me just say, I generally like Winter weather. However, as previously stated in posts before this one, I can not stand the sickness that comes with Winter. Whatever the kids get, I usually get it. Not to mention, I feel like the cycle of sickness is going to start off ten times worse because it was such a sudden and drastic change in temperatures.
Some of you aren't going to like what I am about to say but it's okay, just take deep breaths and realize that I am not a weather person and there is still milk and bread in the stores.... well... as far as I am aware that is. I want it to snow. DON'T FREAK OUT!!! I don't want it to snow right now. Let's get past Thanksgiving before we actually start the snowy weather, but I do want snow. It would be nice to have snow right around Christmas:) Are you still breathing? You just un-followed my blog didn't you... it's okay:| Go ahead... go get your milk and bread, I'll wait....
You back? I knew you would be. Now I would like to make a suggestion. If it does snow, you should take the opportunity that you are stuck inside, assuming that it is the kind of snow that prevents travel, to really dig deep into God's Word with your family or by yourself. Don't get me wrong you should be doing that now and every day, but during the time that you would normally be heading to work or somewhere else, you should turn off everything that distracts and dig deep into the Word. Spend some time with Jesus, and even put on some music and worship Him in song:) Yes... IT IS FREEZING, but let's make the most of the freezing weather when ever we get the chance. You never know, God may make it snow to give you rest and to get your undivided attention on Him instead of the things of the world. Just remember, if it does snow, you can't control the weather so stop trying to think of how if it goes away soon you can still get to work. Thank God for the break, and honor Him.
Am I thinking too far ahead... okay well, have an amazing day=P May the Lord bless you richly! STAY WARM!! =) Frost bite is real people!!!!!! ;)
Till next time....
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Worship as a Lifestyle
Something has occurred to me recently that I don't guess I have really consider: Worship is not just an activity or an action, but instead, a lifestyle. Our entire lives, the in's and out's, the up's and down's, in everything that we do, we should be worshiping God. God created us to worship Him, we are worshippers. So why is it that we only seem to consider worship as singing a few songs. There are plenty of "lifestyle" choices that are being made in the world. People choose to have a lifestyle of being gay, or partying but as Christian's should we not choose a lifestyle of worship? Stop arguing over whether or not we should accept the lifestyles of non-believers and start shining through the darkness with the lifestyle of a WORSHIPPER!
Starting this week I am going to make every effort to live a lifestyle of worship. Because of certain struggles I have been facing my mentor has recommended, that I fill as much of my time as possible with reading the Word, and listening to praise and worship music. Now don't get me wrong this should always be our goal, struggle or no struggle and I have always enjoyed doing these things but now I need to increase these things in my life as much as possible. I think doing this will be a great help to me as I begin to make worship a lifestyle, and NOT just another church activity, as so many of us have sadly made it.
So will you join me? Will you stop worshiping on just Sunday's and Wednesday's and start worshipping all day every day? Will you stop allowing worship to be just another church activity and start making it a lifestyle? I can promise you, God will change your life in ways you never expected if you do:)
I know this is a short post so this next statement is probably kind of sad but this actually took me about three days to write... I know... sad. Truth is between work, church, school, study time, and family it was a lot harder than I thought to write a post this week. I know you understand:) Hopefully next time it will be a bit easier=D May the Lord bless you richly and far beyond all you could ever hope or imagine! May the Lord help you to make worship a LIFESTYLE from this day forward. =D Love you all!!!! =)
Starting this week I am going to make every effort to live a lifestyle of worship. Because of certain struggles I have been facing my mentor has recommended, that I fill as much of my time as possible with reading the Word, and listening to praise and worship music. Now don't get me wrong this should always be our goal, struggle or no struggle and I have always enjoyed doing these things but now I need to increase these things in my life as much as possible. I think doing this will be a great help to me as I begin to make worship a lifestyle, and NOT just another church activity, as so many of us have sadly made it.
So will you join me? Will you stop worshiping on just Sunday's and Wednesday's and start worshipping all day every day? Will you stop allowing worship to be just another church activity and start making it a lifestyle? I can promise you, God will change your life in ways you never expected if you do:)
I know this is a short post so this next statement is probably kind of sad but this actually took me about three days to write... I know... sad. Truth is between work, church, school, study time, and family it was a lot harder than I thought to write a post this week. I know you understand:) Hopefully next time it will be a bit easier=D May the Lord bless you richly and far beyond all you could ever hope or imagine! May the Lord help you to make worship a LIFESTYLE from this day forward. =D Love you all!!!! =)
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
I'm so Excited!!!
Yep, you've probably guessed the reason for my excitement correctly. IT'S WEDNESDAY!!!!! Okay, part of my excitement I will admit is because we are half way through the work week and it has been a rough work week. However, the bigger (much BIGGER) reason is that I get to go to church tonight! If this is your first time reading my blog than you should probably know that I have two favorite days of the week every week, no matter what. Those days are Sunday, and Wednesday. I LOVE my church. I also LOVE my worship family (again if you are new, that's a BIG thing and there is a post to help you understand just how much I love each person in my worship family). I look forward to these days with excitement every week, I think if they took away one I would probably cry because that is one less day that I get to go to the house of the Lord and worship with the people of the Lord. So, tonight not only do I get to go worship God with my brothers and sisters in Christ, I get to go downstairs after the service and worship with my worship family.. so yeah, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! If you are not new you may be getting tired of reading this because I have been pretty repetitive in the last few weeks, and while I am kind of (not completely) sorry for my repetitiveness I am not sorry for the reasons that I keep repeating myself:) I have an AWESOME God, an AMAZING church, and a beautiful worship family! I want people to know! =D God has blessed me so much more than I ever thought He would, and far beyond what I deserve.
Don't you want the excitement I have? Find true love in Jesus:) That's all it really comes down to.
If you know me personally or even if you just kind of know me (some choir members, it's okay I don't know all of you either but I LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME!) and you want a "GOD IS BIGGER" bracelet (www.facebook.com/GODISBIGGERMOVEMENT) just find me and you can have one:) It's a good reminder.
To my worship family: I will see most of you tonight, and I absolutely CAN NOT wait to worship with you during practice! =D I love you all, and may the Lord bless you richly! =D
P.S. If you come in contact with me today (and if you work with me you will) please be aware that I am sorry for how annoyingly excited I am going to be throughout the day and also for how much more annoying I will get closer to time for church:) Well.... I'm only a little sorry =) PLEASE feel free to follow =D
Don't you want the excitement I have? Find true love in Jesus:) That's all it really comes down to.
If you know me personally or even if you just kind of know me (some choir members, it's okay I don't know all of you either but I LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME!) and you want a "GOD IS BIGGER" bracelet (www.facebook.com/GODISBIGGERMOVEMENT) just find me and you can have one:) It's a good reminder.
To my worship family: I will see most of you tonight, and I absolutely CAN NOT wait to worship with you during practice! =D I love you all, and may the Lord bless you richly! =D
P.S. If you come in contact with me today (and if you work with me you will) please be aware that I am sorry for how annoyingly excited I am going to be throughout the day and also for how much more annoying I will get closer to time for church:) Well.... I'm only a little sorry =) PLEASE feel free to follow =D
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
It Keeps Getting Better
So
if you have kept up with my blog then you saw my last post, the one where I
addressed my worship family. I let them know just how much I loved them and to
be quite honest I was a little shocked at the response. I had 88 views… 88 in two days! I was overwhelmed by the
comments and messages I received and while I didn’t know that it was possible
for my worship family to bless me more than they already have, they did. I was brought
to tears by each of the responses.
If
anything was accomplished from that post I simply think that it just increased
my inability to describe how much I love each person in the GFBC worship
ministry. I am so incredibly excited that I get to go and worship with these
wonderful people once again tonight on stage and then again during choir
practice. My heart is so overjoyed that there are once again no words for me to
describe what I am feeling. I pray that someone reading this knows this same
feeling when it comes to the people the Lord has blessed them with.
In
other news, it is finally Fall! Walking outside to cool air and a nice breeze
is so refreshing. I know that this means we are one step closer to Winter,
which means one step closer to non-stop sickness for my co-workers and I, better
known in my family as the “Daycare Curse”. While I am not ready for that, I am
ready for the cooler weather and yes, I am ready for Christmas.
For
those of you that haven’t yet received an update, school is still going great!
I currently have a 99.35, and I am currently in my last week of my first class!
I am praying for the next several classes to pass by quickly because I am ready
for my Theology classes but I know that everything will happen in the Lord’s time
and His timing is perfect!
I can't wait to see what the Lord does throughout today. He has blessed me so much in the last few days and tonight will be no exception I am sure. When I checked the order of service I was surprised to see that all but one song we are singing, are some of my favorite songs for my personal worship time. It makes me think that God has something special for me tonight:) I can't wait! May the Lord bless you richly and beyond measure today! =D
Thursday, September 11, 2014
A Little Slice or Two of Heaven
I was sitting and listening to an AMAZING song that we are getting ready to sing at church by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and as I was doing this I started to think of a few things that give me joy, little "slices" of heaven if you will. It's more than two but here are some of them:
1. A passion filled worship at church
2. GFBC Choir, Praise Team, and Orchestra
3. My personal worship time
4. My alone time with God in the South Campus sanctuary
5. Breathe by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (and yes, that is the song previously mentioned)
6. The GFBC Christmas Program (you have no idea just how big of slices those really are...)
7. A sunset on a sort of cloudy day
I thought seven was plenty for here, don't you agree? My God is an AWESOME God. In the last few days He has allowed me to experience six of these seven (because it's not Christmas time...) even in the heartache. Plus last night I was overjoyed to get to witness the baptism of a friend of mine! I will admit that it's been a pretty bad week, and if you read my last post you will understand that, but I would also like to remind whoever is reading this and myself that God's Word says that even though weeping may last through the night, a shout of joy will come in the morning (Psalm 30:5b NASB). I trust my God. Right now, I am leaning on my God because I don't have enough strength to walk around on my own. My God is so much more awesome than mere words could ever say. My God has given me a shout of joy with each experience. How could I not love Him?
I want to ask that you will continue to pray for the friends and family of the man I mentioned in the last post, who so recently went home to be with the Lord. But, I also want to encourage you to sit and think about this question: What are your little slices of heaven? Feel free to comment with some below as well, I would love to read them! May the Lord bless you!
1. A passion filled worship at church
2. GFBC Choir, Praise Team, and Orchestra
3. My personal worship time
4. My alone time with God in the South Campus sanctuary
5. Breathe by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (and yes, that is the song previously mentioned)
6. The GFBC Christmas Program (you have no idea just how big of slices those really are...)
7. A sunset on a sort of cloudy day
I thought seven was plenty for here, don't you agree? My God is an AWESOME God. In the last few days He has allowed me to experience six of these seven (because it's not Christmas time...) even in the heartache. Plus last night I was overjoyed to get to witness the baptism of a friend of mine! I will admit that it's been a pretty bad week, and if you read my last post you will understand that, but I would also like to remind whoever is reading this and myself that God's Word says that even though weeping may last through the night, a shout of joy will come in the morning (Psalm 30:5b NASB). I trust my God. Right now, I am leaning on my God because I don't have enough strength to walk around on my own. My God is so much more awesome than mere words could ever say. My God has given me a shout of joy with each experience. How could I not love Him?
I want to ask that you will continue to pray for the friends and family of the man I mentioned in the last post, who so recently went home to be with the Lord. But, I also want to encourage you to sit and think about this question: What are your little slices of heaven? Feel free to comment with some below as well, I would love to read them! May the Lord bless you!
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