Wake up church we need revival!

Something has really been bothering me in my heart lately about the slothfulness that is in the body of Christ!

I know slothfulness may not be a word, but it describes the group of people I am addressing

Slow to do anything, no real drive, and lack of care even for the people and things around them

I may group them together by how they act but I know they all didn't have this same experience for them to turn out this way.

Their could be many reasons, many situations, circumstances, and life styles. We all are different and we all act differently when things come our way,but why is their this mask of slothfulness over a large group of men and woman in the Church?

Why do we just want to get by? Why do we not desire more from God, if somewhere along the way we lost interest in Him why didn't we talk about it, why don't we take it up in prayer?

How is it that the slothfulness isn't fulfilling us at all, but we resort back to it like a dog returns to its vomit.

I believe it's all because of comfort, we desire it, we long for it, we will get fat over it. We long for comfort.

It's frustrating to me, because its so hard to sit back and watch these talented and anointed men and woman go to waste all because they don't want to feel uncomfortable.

The disease is instant gratification, our culture is all about this, and its infiltrated the church, so instead of waiting on God to affirm us we do everything we can to have man affirm us.

Waiting and being silent before The Lord to hear him speak is so foreign to so many because we get frustrated waiting on a text message reply.

We wonder why we aren't moving forward in our relationship with The Lord because we don't take time for him, we don't meet him where he is we want him on our terms.

Yet God is so gracious, because he wants our hearts to be turned towards him.

Recently I had a youth pastor takes thier students to a youth convention in another state and the Mormons that they brought got saved, (praise God) but using their words they had a hard time entering in to worship because the worship pastor was singing a secular song and trying to get people to worship God. Yet alone the same pastor leading worship led all his own songs he wrote and was trying to push his new cd that all the songs were on but people weren't suppose to be focused on him, they were to focus on God.
My youth pastor friend began to tell me even more stuff that the speaker brought it was using sperm illustrations to how we win when we except Christ, I was floored that this was what was being spoken to thousands of young people. Like that was the best we had to offer them, was a worship leader who worshiped himself, and a speaker who's perverted inner life spilled out into his message about God.

We the church have to be different, how can we offer the world Christ when we don't even know him?

We all are broken, we all need some fixing, but it begins with humbling ourselves and getting right with the one who made us!

We have to make a choice to serve God, or the enemy, you can not have two masters, choose one or the other.

We can never use selfish gain for the Gospel, because the Gospel is the opposite of anything selfish!

We may need a revival in our nation but first it has to begin in the hearts of the ones that say they follow Christ! Then it will become contagious!

Sorry if this sounds like ranting but it's just what I was thinking.

I like to hear other people's thoughts on this subject.

My Aly Grace

It's been way to long since I have blogged I have like 6 different drafts that I never came and finished, but feeling the urge to share something tonight.

It's Halloween for the next 20 mins and Aly our 2 yr old wanted to be a princess dinosaur :). Se was very cute and have a great time at our church's pumpkin party!

She has grown up so fast, 2 has been my favorite so far, a new word or saying every day, a new side of her personality to discover and learn, and a day full of learning more stuff she can blow me away with the next day!

She is the closest thing to being a human sponge as you can get. She picks it all up, mannerisms, facial expressions, words, down to the way she walks, she is constantly learning and constantly growing.

Parenthood is such a strange journey, one of the most rewarding things I will ever do in my entire life is be her mom. Seeing the effort you put it and the discipline you have to have to be consistently loving can be so draining but so rewarding!

And to think we have an almost 2 1/2 yr old who will become a big sister in the next couple of weeks blows my mind! Zac and I were set in trying to wait to have kids, but each one our blessings came in Gods chosen timing. We can image where we'd be or what we'd be doing if we did have Ay and now our new sweet baby girl on the way!

We stop and say at least 5 times a day, gosh look at our girl, she's so big, so precious and ours!

We still feel 19, but instead we are 25. We use to think 25 was old, but now we think its just the beginning.

I personally feel old sometimes, because as a former youth pastor my heart is to want to hang and encourage young people, but I keep getting older and they seem to be getting younger.

The natural separation has begun, I am considered a mom, not a cool married lady with funny stories from college. My stories now consist of Aly and all the adventures she takes me on.

Most young people are as excited about little kids and moms, like they were about fresh out of college and newly married people.

I have felt the disconnect for some time now, I have learned to except that my life has taken on newer meaning, newer depth, more so than I ever thought it could.

I have a baby who is growing into a little girl and another baby in my body, to say my life isn't my own is an understatement, but I would change it for the world.

If the only reason I was created was to have Aly and raise her to be a Godly woman than so be it, that is worth it all!

I will do all I can to fully prepare her for all that life can bring her way, but every night my prayer for her is that she would have a sweet encounter with The Lord for herself, not something from Zac and I but something she has on her own.

I believe God has already begun that work, and it only encourages me to be a even better mom and teacher.

Believe me, I don't always get it right,I can be short and snappy and I hear the Holy Spirit saying watch yourself, slow down, reassess the situation.  Do I always listen, not always, do I always reprint yes, because if the only thing I can teach Aly is to repent and be humble then she will ok.

I know I am not perfect but I have a perfect God to help me along this journey!

Aly Grace Hagerty is my first born, my sweet little girl who will be the best big sister I could ever ask for!

Thankful for my blessings! So very thankful