What a Dream!

RARELY do I remember what I dream, but I STILL remember a short dream I had the other night!

Hubby and I were at a large deaf event, like Deaf Expo, although I am not sure what it was. We were walking around and chatting with deaf people when I noticed a newly converted DEAF FRIEND of mine enthusiastically going up to deaf people and signing: "Are you saved?"

If they signed back "Yes", she smiled and gave them a hug. If they signed: "NO, and get out of here.", she quietly left them to go to the next. BUT IF THEY SIGNED: "I don't know what SAVED means" or " I hope so"....she would gently take them by the hand and lead them to us.

Holding the person's hand (my dream only showed woman to woman), she came up to me and said: Would you please explain to her what SAVED means.

This happened over and over. All the time we were there, I noticed this deaf friend, going around as if THAT was the whole reason she came to this Deaf event.

I had come to meet Deaf people.
She had come to lead them to Christ.


Oh that Christ might make me more of a soul winner. Oh, that Christ, would stir up the Deaf people to reach other Deaf people for Jesus. Oh, that my dream will become more of a reality!

Good Friday

Since my children were babies, I have had my idea of the PERFECT WAY to spend GOOD FRIDAY afternoon.

[Now, I rarely get to truly spend it this way, but my heart does every year.]

When the children were tiny, I would gather them into the living room, we would turn off most of the lights, the TV and all sound. And from 1:00 until 3:00, we would sit in silence, sing, or read the Bible.

[When life got busier and they didn't want to comply with my ideas of silence,.....I started to only celebrate this way in my heart.]

There is something so precious and holy to ME about Good Friday. I have felt this more strongly as I age and have experienced grief over the death of loved ones and friends. I have been with people when their child died, or their spouse died and the loss and grief cannot be described. I can only imagine how Mary felt watching her precious, oldest son, being tortured and hung publicly on that cross of shame. I can only imagine the confusion in the minds of the disciples and other followers, who did not understand why a GOOD man like Jesus, had to die. Many people thought their hopes and dreams ended during the time of the Crucifixion.

I don't know what you plan to do today from 1:00 - 3:00, and I don't know what I will actually be doing either.....but my heart will go to a dark room and be EVER GRATFUL that He hung on that cross, shed His blood.....for ME!

Another special GOOD FRIDAY happened in Watson Bible Chapel, several years ago. A group of us marched in to Service that day with black flags and we waved them in different formations to depict the song: Via Dialosa. THAT was a spiritually powerful experience for me that I have never forgotten.

Whatever your body does this afternoon.....silence your heart, and bow your knee.

And Remember: Sunday is coming!

Stop! Are You Kidding, Lord?

I LOVE IT when God talks to me....directly....personally....to ME! Doesn't happen as often as I would like....but I am sure the reason is ME, not HIM.

Today I was furiously making some things I had felt would be wonderfully meaningful and would add to our special service Sunday which will be about the MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB. I was in my element as I was cutting, twirling, beading and gluing what I THOUGHT was a special project.

Today as CLEAR as could be, God told me to STOP! Now I am sure you can picture this in your mind....as I quickly turned my eyes to Heaven, and said, "Surely that wasn't YOU!" I explained to Him that this would be a great project....loaded with gospel meaning and added to the topic of Sunday. God again spoke very clearly....."NO, I want you to stop that project."

I didn't ask Him, Why? I just put them down and left the project area.


NOW I MUST SAY....I have not put the project pieces away....JUST IN CASE HE SAYS: "I was just kidding!" or "You can resume them now."

I did remind Him, 'that my schedule if pretty busy this week, and my time for this project is limited. So if He is just wanting me to rest from the project NOW or TODAY, then keep in mind that my time is limited.'

I am sure God gets a kick out of hearing me talk back to Him.

I DO LOVE to hear His voice, and in all truth I will gladly continue to lay down the project even though I don't understand HIS reasoning. I do trust HIM and will obey His voice.

I Want to be Drunk!

I hope you didn't wonder for over a second that I would fall away from my love for my Lord. I posed for this picture, as I was appalled when a local Restaurant served me ROOT BEER in this brown bottle. Ken said I turned all red and quickly asked for a glass. Then after he had a good laugh at my embarrassment, he had me pose for this picture!

I am so thankful that I never walked the walk of alcohol, for I know it is a very difficult addiction (or habit) to control or stop. Alcohol changes the thinking, reacting, speech, and attitudes of people. Total families have been effected by the drinking of one family member.

SO should a relationship with Jesus change our thoughts, our reactions, responses, our choice of words, attitudes, and family relationships! I long to be Drunk with the Holy Spirit of God. I want Bonnie to be empty of herself, and filled with the Holy spirit. I want to be moved and motivated by the Holy Spirit. I want my words to reflect my love for Him. I want to think, act and talk differently than those who do not honor Jesus with their heart.


The Bible says: "Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit." (Ephesians 5:18)

Where is my Mind?

I am not proud of this confession, but I am also relatively sure that I am not alone in my tendency to daydream when I am reading the Scripture. I believe there is an enemy who does NOT want me to read God's word and he feeds numerous distractions to my mind that derail my thinking from the Word.

Every year I try AGAIN to read the Bible thru in a year. I try to read a different translation from the previous year, just to spark my own thinking from the variety of word selection.

It doesnt seem to matter what translation I choose, I have the same issue. It doesnt take long for my mind to wander, and I realize I have no idea what I just read. Makes me so angry at myself! I do not want to read, just to meet some personal goal, or check off a daily Bible reading....I truly want to KNOW God and His Word.

SO....I set up a plan of attack: When my mind wanders I make a mark on a sheet of paper beside me. Then I re-read what I just dreamed over. When my mind wanders again, I make another mark and once again re-read....hoping to get farther along each time. But in all honesty, and shame....my marks get pretty numerous.

When my reading for that day is completed, I do not shame myself with the marks. I do not tell myself how lousy of a Christian I am for not being able to concentrate on the Word of God. I don't self talk, or self blame or belittle myself......not anymore. [There was a day when I did.]

NOW I hold the list and ask God's forgiveness for my undisciplined mind, for my wayward thoughts, and ask Him to help me to be a better student of His Word, to have better concentration on what I am reading so my mind, heart and life can change to be more like Him. I use my "flaws" to be a time of confession before my Lord.....I need Him.

I am so thankful that God does not condemn me for my lack of perfection or even my faltering faith. God loves me.

I challenge you also, since you most likely have this same issue when you read your Bible. Use your faulty concentration on His Word to be a precious time to snuggle into the arms of your Savior and THANK HIM for meeting all of your needs....for you indeed are needy. I am indeed of NEED of Him.

Thank you Lord Jesus!

WE MISSED HIM!

This morning my husband and I were lazily, snuggling in...when we heard that familiar sound...the GARBAGE TRUCK. Immediately we went into action. We had deliberately NOT put out the garbage last night because we had alot of carpet pieces and we didn't want them to get rained on and thus be too heavy for the men to lift into the truck. We also had some smelly bags from cleaning out the frig and didn't want animals getting in to it over night. BUT we did not expect him SO EARLY! No matter how fast we moved, WE MISSED HIM!

My husband was able to load the carpet pieces into the car and track down the garbage truck. And we have a plan for the garbage bags to be picked up at another location. But I thought of how our tranquil morning was disrupted IMMEDIATELY at the sound of the Garbage Truck....and our negligance, our laziness, had caused us to MISS the garbage truck.

Now this is not nearly as tragic as it will be when the TRUMP sounds, Jesus calls His people to Himself and people are found still on earth. Well meaning people, Church going people, Good people....left behind. How sad that will be!

We missed the garbage Truck today.....but we will not miss the Rapture! When the trumpet sounds....Ken and I have our reservations securely made in the blood of Jesus Christ. We will be GONE in the twinkling of an eye!

A REAL Princess!

Like you, as Christians, we try harder every year to keep Christ in Christmas. We try to have meaning to our presents. We want to be remembered as the Grandpa and Grandma who gave gifts of meaning. Every year it is a struggle to do so.

One of the special gifts this year went to our 5 year old grand-daughter Aleaha who LOVES to dress up as all the Disney Princesses. So this year, we bought her a lovely pink princess dress and included this letter:

Dear Aleaha,
You became a real princess the moment you prayed and asked Jesus to live in your heart, April 13, 2011. And since He is the King of Kings and you are His daughter, that makes you His princess.
You will always be our little princess too.
We love you very much.

Grandpa and Grandma Lambert in Florida