Crazy Love!!

Have any of you read this book? I have twice! Let me tell you it rattled me to my core to say the least.  I had no idea how little I was doing for Christ.  I'm sad to say I had become one of those Luke-warm Christians Francis Chan talked about in his book "Crazy Love"  I thought that I was doing pretty darn good giving a little of myself here and there.  Praying most of the time but not to much! You know those times where you're just to tired or to busy so you put Jesus on the back burner.  You tell yourself it's OK, God is a forgiving God he knows I'm only human he'll understand.  I'll pray harder tomorrow.  WOW what an eye opener I got after finishing that book.  Not only was I concerned about where I stood with Christ after reading the book but where many people who call their selves Christians stand with Christ today.  I suddenly had an overwhelming rush of emotions all at once.  I'm not kidding for three days I cried.  I was a jumbled bunch of nerves.  I was so disappointed in the fact that I had neglected the only one out there that loves us unconditionally  who died for us so that we can one day have everlasting life.  This book touched my soul. In this book he reads from the King James Bible.  I followed along with my bible every scripture he mentions so I could see for myself exactly what it said in the Bible.  That's when I got my wake up call to how blinded and lazy I have been with my salvation.  God doesn't want bits and pieces of us he wants all or nothing.  He also wants us to recognize our sins and to repent often.  He wants good works of us at all times. He wants it to come straight from our hearts because if you love Jesus with all your heart you will want to help all you can with whom ever you can!  If you have not read this book I encourage you to.  Once  you read it pass it on to someone else.  If you need a copy let me know and I will get you one!  You can check out his website here: http://www.crazylovebook.com/  God Bless!!

Live Life Out-loud For Christ!

Im a Dedicated Determined follower of Jesus!! I'm so excited to start sharing this blog with everyone :) I will be posting all kinds of things that inspire me daily, rattle my world. shake me up, teach me and bring me closer to Christ!  I'm not the best writer out there.  You will probably see all kinds of errors with my wording but try to remember I am not  doing this for grammar corrections. I'm doing this because I want to share my love for Jesus!  I worried and questioned myself several times about the rejection or negativity I might receive from others doing this blog. In other words I was concerned about people judging me.  Then I thought the only one I needed to worry about judging me is Jesus. So with that in mind I would like to welcome everyone out there to my "Determined Daughter" blog. That's me!  I am a wife and mother of two daughters. One in Jr. high and one in her first year of college. My hope is that I will get my girls interested in blogging with me and from time to time here some perspectives from their point of view.   I'm determined to follow Christ everyday of my life! I'm not perfect by a long shot but I want to share everything I possibly can about my journey with Jesus. Enjoy and feel free to follow my blog! God bless!!