Comments for Kerri's Blog http://kerriweems.com Here is a window into my world --- just a way to bring my friends along for the journey! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Charlene http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2644 Charlene Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:13:45 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2644 WOW!!! I am glad I read this blog. I didn't realize everyone goes through obstacles to the point of just feeling overwhelmed. They may not all be the same, but "life" happens to everyone. I am a single mother of 2 young children going to nursing school fulltime. I always feel like I never give them enough of me, but I have had to evaluate what would positiviely effect me and my children and I am glad I found Celebration church. It has given me a place to come to and really reconnect with God. And I know it will only positively influence my children. These blogs really help me not feel soo alone. Thanks again! WOW!!! I am glad I read this blog. I didn’t realize everyone goes through obstacles to the point of just feeling overwhelmed. They may not all be the same, but “life” happens to everyone. I am a single mother of 2 young children going to nursing school fulltime. I always feel like I never give them enough of me, but I have had to evaluate what would positiviely effect me and my children and I am glad I found Celebration church. It has given me a place to come to and really reconnect with God. And I know it will only positively influence my children. These blogs really help me not feel soo alone. Thanks again!

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Julia http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2637 Julia Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:35:23 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2637 Hi all, I can appreciate this post as well. Glad to know I'm "normal". One of the biggest things that blocks my completion and/or success oftentimes is expectations. Sometimes I wear rose colored glasses and I think of how life should be, how other people should be, how I should look and/or be perceived, etc. Then when nothing meets the expectations I get disillusioned and walk around like a mime in the darkness - never finding the light. I get so hung up on my expectations....and then life happens. In many of the recent sermons I have been convicted to trust Christ and find myself repeating "I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me". Has helped to alleviate the sense of failure and given me hope, but I have a long way to go! Hi all,

I can appreciate this post as well. Glad to know I’m “normal”. One of the biggest things that blocks my completion and/or success oftentimes is expectations. Sometimes I wear rose colored glasses and I think of how life should be, how other people should be, how I should look and/or be perceived, etc. Then when nothing meets the expectations I get disillusioned and walk around like a mime in the darkness - never finding the light. I get so hung up on my expectations….and then life happens. In many of the recent sermons I have been convicted to trust Christ and find myself repeating “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me”. Has helped to alleviate the sense of failure and given me hope, but I have a long way to go!

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Kerri Weems http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2615 Kerri Weems Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:41:43 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2615 Hey everybody -- thanks for the many comments and allthe great insight. Seems like we all have some common obstacles, doesn't it? Hey everybody — thanks for the many comments and allthe great insight. Seems like we all have some common obstacles, doesn’t it?

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Hope http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2611 Hope Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:38:34 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2611 Pull through? People ACTUALLY pull through? I have so many incompleted projects, I've lost count. At the foot of my bed, for instance, is a box of scraps and a crochet rag rug I started months ago, but gave up on. I can't get it like I want it, and now I don't care anymore. I keep looking for inspiration... Then there is the Florida Gator I started cross-stitching for my uncle years ago. It's almost finished, but I couldn't decide how to mount it, so I put it away. The uncle died last month, without his gator. In hindsight, I should have buried it with him. I keep wondering what incompleted projects look like in heaven. Will they continue to hang over our heads like the sword of Damocles throughout eternity, or will we get a chance to finish them there? Maybe our personal angel will finish them for us and have it in our home that is being built there. Pull through? People ACTUALLY pull through? I have so many incompleted projects, I’ve lost count. At the foot of my bed, for instance, is a box of scraps and a crochet rag rug I started months ago, but gave up on. I can’t get it like I want it, and now I don’t care anymore. I keep looking for inspiration…

Then there is the Florida Gator I started cross-stitching for my uncle years ago. It’s almost finished, but I couldn’t decide how to mount it, so I put it away. The uncle died last month, without his gator. In hindsight, I should have buried it with him.

I keep wondering what incompleted projects look like in heaven. Will they continue to hang over our heads like the sword of Damocles throughout eternity, or will we get a chance to finish them there? Maybe our personal angel will finish them for us and have it in our home that is being built there.

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Erica http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2610 Erica Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:58:17 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2610 I needed this blog! I think that we can be distracted by so many things, our expectations, our emotions, outside influences, unexpected events....I know that God can give us a vision and then we can make this perfect plan out to execute that vision, and suddenly God can say "wait a minute!, that's not necessarily the way its going to happen" we have all been there! But I have found I need a plan, I need structure, even if I don't know all the pieces to the puzzle God is putting together. I have to have faith and do only what I can do in my timing, then He will do the rest. Bringing me fresh vision, renewing my spirit, giving me strength, removing outside influences, and making "God things" happen that are undeniably His will. "Anything can happen!" Life can be screwed up, our decisions and actions can be wrong, staying stagnant is what makes me prone to fail. Movement, towards God's priorities are what keep me in line. Love and Action/Re-action seem to give me the outcome most desirable, although this is a tough act to follow.... Jesus shows us the way! I needed this blog! I think that we can be distracted by so many things, our expectations, our emotions, outside influences, unexpected events….I know that God can give us a vision and then we can make this perfect plan out to execute that vision, and suddenly God can say “wait a minute!, that’s not necessarily the way its going to happen” we have all been there! But I have found I need a plan, I need structure, even if I don’t know all the pieces to the puzzle God is putting together. I have to have faith and do only what I can do in my timing, then He will do the rest. Bringing me fresh vision, renewing my spirit, giving me strength, removing outside influences, and making “God things” happen that are undeniably His will.
“Anything can happen!” Life can be screwed up, our decisions and actions can be wrong, staying stagnant is what makes me prone to fail. Movement, towards God’s priorities are what keep me in line. Love and Action/Re-action seem to give me the outcome most desirable, although this is a tough act to follow…. Jesus shows us the way!

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Rachel Grogan http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2607 Rachel Grogan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:57:05 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2607 Pastor Kerri, I totally love this blog entry! I think that so many "things" pull us and distract us from completing what we have set out to complete. The items that you listed for your biggest hinderences pretty much match mine. The thing that I have to remember though is Philippians 1:6 that says, "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." I believe that it is part of God's nature to complete what He set out to complete. Since we were created in the image of God then the enemy will certainly try his best to hinder us from completing what our hands find to do so that we won't quite reflect Christ as we should. Would it not just be an incredibly BAD DAY if God allowed himself to lose focus, get bored, or fatigued when it comes to completing what he started in our hearts and lives? Wow. Now that's something to chew on. Ha! I think I just talked myself into completing what I stopped working on! Pastor Kerri, I totally love this blog entry!

I think that so many “things” pull us and distract us from completing what we have set out to complete. The items that you listed for your biggest hinderences pretty much match mine. The thing that I have to remember though is Philippians 1:6 that says, “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” I believe that it is part of God’s nature to complete what He set out to complete. Since we were created in the image of God then the enemy will certainly try his best to hinder us from completing what our hands find to do so that we won’t quite reflect Christ as we should. Would it not just be an incredibly BAD DAY if God allowed himself to lose focus, get bored, or fatigued when it comes to completing what he started in our hearts and lives? Wow. Now that’s something to chew on. Ha! I think I just talked myself into completing what I stopped working on!

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Keisha Campbell http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2604 Keisha Campbell Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:03:29 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2604 My biggest obsticle to finishing strong is that I get side tracked. If I can quote Pastor Stovall I get "mission drift". I get so caught up in the process that I often loose focus of the orignal goal. In moments like this, I journal and document all my thoughts and all tasks that keep me so "busy" (I am very visual) and assess how they correspond to my mission. If they don't directly impact my progress, I eliminate them. This is easier said than done because as we all know sometimes this means ending friendships or saying no to something that is very important but not aligned our God given mission. Just like what Paul wrote to the church in Phil. 3:14 "I will press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me to..." My biggest obsticle to finishing strong is that I get side tracked. If I can quote Pastor Stovall I get “mission drift”. I get so caught up in the process that I often loose focus of the orignal goal. In moments like this, I journal and document all my thoughts and all tasks that keep me so “busy” (I am very visual) and assess how they correspond to my mission. If they don’t directly impact my progress, I eliminate them. This is easier said than done because as we all know sometimes this means ending friendships or saying no to something that is very important but not aligned our God given mission. Just like what Paul wrote to the church in Phil. 3:14 “I will press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me to…”

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Becky Delgado http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2601 Becky Delgado Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:56:42 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2601 Thanks for the reminder Kerri. It's way past Jaunuary's new year resolutions and some of us have forgotten what our big goals were for the year. It's never too late to start again and prioritize. Sometimes we work harder or smarter with deadlines and pretty soon the year will be over. Being the mom of 3 teen boys and a husband with ADD I need to help all of us stay more focused on our goals. I remind myself often that God never gives us more than we can handle. When I feel overwhelmed, I know that means I'm not spending enough quality time with God. And lately, He is helping me become wiser, making me waste less time on unimportant things and making the decision to spend more time with Him. He always sets our paths straight... Thanks for the reminder Kerri. It’s way past Jaunuary’s new year resolutions and some of us have forgotten what our big goals were for the year. It’s never too late to start again and prioritize. Sometimes we work harder or smarter with deadlines and pretty soon the year will be over. Being the mom of 3 teen boys and a husband with ADD I need to help all of us stay more focused on our goals. I remind myself often that God never gives us more than we can handle. When I feel overwhelmed, I know that means I’m not spending enough quality time with God. And lately, He is helping me become wiser, making me waste less time on unimportant things and making the decision to spend more time with Him. He always sets our paths straight…

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Chari http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2599 Chari Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:27:01 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2599 i love this blog. Thank you for continuing to be vulnerable and share your heart....i find my greatest obstacle to finishing strong is myself...sometimes I find i have bitten off more then i can chew or i didn't think things through before jumping in....i act on emotion....yep...myself...that's my greatest obstacle... Dreaming Big. Loving God. Chari i love this blog. Thank you for continuing to be vulnerable and share your heart….i find my greatest obstacle to finishing strong is myself…sometimes I find i have bitten off more then i can chew or i didn’t think things through before jumping in….i act on emotion….yep…myself…that’s my greatest obstacle…

Dreaming Big. Loving God.
Chari

]]> Comment on The Woman That I See: Equips herself to finish well by Sophia http://kerriweems.com/2008/08/19/the-woman-that-i-see-equips-herself-to-finish-well/#comment-2596 Sophia Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:52:48 +0000 http://kerriweems.com/?p=127#comment-2596 Hi Kerri! I was just discussing this with my neighbor yesterday. He is a university prof teaching on organizational skills and stress mgmt. We were talking about how it all goes back to priorities and deciding what is truly urgent and what is not. Having a family full of ADD, we all get distracted constantly by life's never-ending obstacles, and here I am again, having to go back to the basics and remind myself of my goals. "Where there is no vision the people perish", (or they atleast run around in circles for 40 years or so.),I love to get back to the root reasons, the WHY and then it is easier to continue through the how and when. School just started here in OP (for one child)and I am reviewing goals and my WHY for homeschooling (the other child) all while building our business, and it makes it so much easier to say NO to other obligations when I need to and press on through the things that need to get done. Now if I can just fit "fitness" back into the equation.... Thanks for todays post- Love ya! Hi Kerri! I was just discussing this with my neighbor yesterday. He is a university prof teaching on organizational skills and stress mgmt. We were talking about how it all goes back to priorities and deciding what is truly urgent and what is not. Having a family full of ADD, we all get distracted constantly by life’s never-ending obstacles, and here I am again, having to go back to the basics and remind myself of my goals. “Where there is no vision the people perish”, (or they atleast run around in circles for 40 years or so.),I love to get back to the root reasons, the WHY and then it is easier to continue through the how and when.
School just started here in OP (for one child)and I am reviewing goals and my WHY for homeschooling (the other child) all while building our business, and it makes it so much easier to say NO to other obligations when I need to and press on through the things that need to get done.
Now if I can just fit “fitness” back into the equation….
Thanks for todays post-
Love ya!

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