http://67.19.217.98/~onep3/index.php/site/index/ en onep3@onep3.com Copyright 2010 2010-06-02T12:56:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/next_steps/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/next_steps/#When:12:56:00Z Dear Women of SOBA, I want to take some time to explain where I am with the ministry of onep3 and SOBA. Four years ago, in the middle of a huge trial in my life, God gave me a vision for a ministry and opened my eyes to many hurting women like myself. Since then I have been through many ups and downs, changes, moves, and healing. I believe that I have been obedient and pursued the Lord in meeting needs and defending the 21st century widows and orphans. I now believe that season has come to an end for me. I feel the Lord is calling me to my main ministry which is my husband and children. I know the Lord is calling me to put my time and energy into my new marriage and into my boys. My priorities HAVE to be straight if I am to be effective for the Lord. I know God has more for me to do and I must obey Him when He says to rest and step back. I know the Lord will use my gifts and talents for His glory. It has been a crazy four years and I am blessed by all the wonderful women I have met and the incredible lessions I have learned. I have poured everything into this and have no regrets. I am looking forward to recharging my batteries, getting some rest, and pouring into my family. I will also be serving in other ministries that I have not had the time or energy to help with. I will be shutting down http://www.onep3.com , and SOBA will finish up in August. I will be reachable via email if you need any resources. As always my encouragement is to reach out and help others and seek wholeness and healing. I cannot stress enough the importance of counseling! Get involved at your churches and keep educating the world about the pain of divorce and being a single mom. Pour all you can into your kids, as they are the innocent bystanders in all this. I have been blessed in so many ways with all the Lord has taught me in this season. I will continue to seek the Lord for direction for my life and family. Thank you. Katie Schmidt 2010-06-02T12:56:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/can_god_use_you/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/can_god_use_you/#When:23:09:00Z The next time you feel like GOD can’t use YOU, just remember… Noah was a drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Leah was ugly, Joseph was abused, Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid, Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer, Rahab was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too young, David had an affair and was a murderer, Elijah was suicidal, Isaiah preached naked, Jonah ran from God, Naomi was a widow, Job went bankrupt, John the Baptist ate bugs, Peter denied Christ, The Disciples fell asleep while praying, Martha worried about everything, The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once, Zaccheus was too small, Paul was too religious, Timothy had an ulcer… AND Lazarus was dead! No more excuses now!! God can use you to your full potential. 2010-03-11T23:09:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/test_it_out/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/test_it_out/#When:20:10:00Z 2 Corinthians 13:5 (The Message) “Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out.” 2010-02-10T20:10:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/blessed/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/blessed/#When:17:50:00Z Matthew 5:5-6 (The Message) 5”You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. 6”You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat. 2010-01-03T17:50:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/trial/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/trial/#When:03:01:00Z We have a lot of woman going to ACTUAL trials in Court. They are DEFENDING their children and feel sooooo defeated. Please lift them in prayer. James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 2009-12-29T03:01:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/hope/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/hope/#When:14:41:00Z Proverbs 24:14 “Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.” 2009-12-03T14:41:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/unredeemed/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/unredeemed/#When:13:21:00Z Unredeemed by Selah The cruelest world The coldest heart The deepest wound The endless dark The lonely ache The burning tears The bitter nights The wasted years Life breaks and falls apart But we know these are Places where grace is soon to be so amazing It may be unfulfilled It may be unrestored But when anything that’s shattered is laid before the Lord Just watch and see It will not be unredeemed For every choice that led to shame And all the love that never came For every vow that someone broke And every lie that gave up hope We live in the shadow of the fall But the cross says these are all Places where grace is soon to be so amazing It may be unfulfilled It may be unrestored But when anything that’s shattered is laid before the Lord Just watch and see It will not be unredeemed Places where grace is soon to be so amazing It may be unfulfilled It may be unrestored But you never know the miracle the Father has in store Just watch and see It will not be Just watch and see It will not be unredeemed 2009-11-12T13:21:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/fear_not/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/fear_not/#When:17:21:00Z Isaiah 43:1-2 “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you oass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” 2009-11-05T17:21:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/by_the_side_of_the_road/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/by_the_side_of_the_road/#When:21:40:00Z This is something my friend, Ellen, sent out to some of our high school friends…...this is the day to day stuff that a single mom faces. I am honored Ellen called for my help, but I admit I know the panic she felt. I am blessed that Ellen knows WHO her rescue comes from. Enjoy! -K By the Side of the Road By :Ellen I just got back from my uncle’s funeral in Chicago yesterday and have to go down to Greenfield, IN to pick up my kids. I hit a huge, silver object in the road (didn’t have time to swerve) and thought to myself, “Hmmm, I hope that didn’t do any permanent damage on my car!” I got to McDonald’s and looked at my tire…it looked low but not flat. My husband hands me 50 cents and says, “Go fill it up with air at the station. You have Triple A right? Well then, you should be fine” and drives off. I make it down the road w/ my two kids who are an absolute wreck after being at their dad’s and a guy in the lane next to me honks and says, “You have a flat tire”. Damn! I knew it, I thought! So I turned into this abandoned newspaper parking lot. Sure enough, it was totally flat. My immediate thought was to panic, so I called my mom and Katie. Katie is amazing at finding people to help and I knew I would be taken care of regardless. I called AAA and they said they could be there in a hour. As my two kids were crawling across the parking lot I started to get a tear in my eye. I also got very angry with my dad for taking his own life. Where was anyone to protect us? There we were by the side of the road and I didn’t have a dad to call upon for help and protection. My husband texted me later and said, “Do you want me to come? I can if you need me”. Say what? You shouldn’t even have to ask! “You are their dad”, I thought. Why wouldn’t you immediately turn around and make sure we are ok? My mom, who is a widow, was cutting her own tree branches yesterday. The branches were quite large for a 4”10 woman to be cutting by herself. I looked at her with a look of injustice and said, “Mom it isn’t supposed to be this way. You are supposed to have a man step in for you and help you. Out of anyone I know YOU deserve someone to look after you and care for you b/c of your faithfulness to Him.” She looked back at me and said, “Honey, I’ve learned that if I don’t do it myself, it won’t ever get done.” I now understand why James 1:27 is so true. PURE and UNDEFILED religion is helping widows and orphans (btw have you noticed how many stories there are about widows in the bible?). There is no worse feeling than being stranded with 2 kids and everyone passes you by. No one helps you. No one cares. We have grown complacent to the needs of others (myself included). Just the other week my uncle passed away. His death has been such a blow to this family. I learned at the funeral that as a single man he gave up his dream job in Texas to move to Indy to “watch over” his sister, my mom. This man wasn’t even a Christian at the time and I can’t think of a more selfless act to do for a grieving widow. Now without him, I have my ALS dying uncle, an uncle in St. Louis, a brother-in-law in North Carolina, and a grandpa with Alzheimer’s in St. Louis. Those are all the men that are left in my family. Truly it is complete dependence upon God at this point for both my mom and me. But God did provide for me last night. AAA showed up for me after an hour, we were safe, Katie’s new husband graciously drove down and followed me all the way home….AND Katie’s dad took my car for me today and is checking out my tires. I know God does not promise us an easy life, but He does promise to take care of us (Hebrews 13:5). Thank you all for praying for me. My mom stopped to pray for me immediately when she heard I was all alone (as she knows how this feels). I believe that’s why we were safe as it was getting to be dark. I know I am not good at a lot of things in life, but if I’ve learned ANYTHING it’s just as it says in Proverbs 20:6, “Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?” I’ve been abandoned enough times in my life to know you don’t leave someone. You stay with them even when it gets so hard that you can’t bear it. If we follow this principle, I believe we will have treasure in heaven someday. More treasure than we can even fathom now. Prayer: Lord, thank you for showing me that there is no greater call in this life than to be a servant. Your son Jesus was a servant. Help me to be more like Him. Lord, I choose to surrender all to You… whatever little left I have that is. Thank you for being patient with me and loving me. 2009-10-25T21:40:00-05:00 http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/undone/ http://www.onep3.com/index.php/site/undone/#When:07:58:00Z Undone By: Katie It has been a crazy month so far. October is domestic violence awareness month. We did our deal on the 13th where I got to share my story. Last night my new husband and I went to a viewing of the documentary…..”sin by silence”. EVERYONE must see this. Go online and order it today. Powerful stuff. Abused women that killed their husbands and are now serving life sentences. I bought a copy and plan to show it at SOBA. My husband and I cried all the way through it. You saw real lives and real pain. I could relate with all of these women. The names and lives are different but the abuse and the tactics are the same. I am undone before the Lord. I know this grieves His heart more than mine. It is 4 am as I write this. I cannot sleep due to many reasons, the main is the pain by my right eye. That is where my ex got his final hit to my body. The dr.’s say the daily pain is nerve damage and nothing can be done. It hurts, but after what I have seen done to others, I am lucky. Lucky this is the worst of it and lucky I got out. The physical pain hurts….but the emotional scars are the hard ones. I still doubt myself all the time and question my worth. My ex was great about making me feel like I was less than everyone. My cry to God is to bring healing. To me and to all the women walking this. I pray they come to know and truly feel God as their father and husband. That HE is the lover of their soul, their strong tower, their ever present help in EVERY time of need. I pray that we all dig deeply into the Lord and seek His face. I pray we seek healing and wholeness that we can only attain in Christ. But I ask that we reach past ourselves and serve others. I now know that God uses EVERYTHING….yes, everything for His glory. It is so powerful to love and care as Christ did. I want my mind on the things His mind were on…...I want the junk that grieved Him to be the stuff the grieves me. This is my prayer at 4 am. Join me. Lord my God, I am hurting tonight for so many out there. Some that I know their names and stories and some that I do not. Lord, you see all. You know all. Please comfort and teach us to love as your first loved us. Let us be people of action that take up the case of the oppressed. Let us use what every times and talents you have given us to serve. Show us how to love the unlovable and teach us kindness. God I asked to be undone before you. All my pain, hurt, and bitterness, I lay at your feet. Cover me in your blood and wash me clean. Let me rest in your forgiveness and grace. Teach my heart the things of your heart. I rest in you alone Lord. Amen. Two sites to hit up. http://www.sinbysilence.com and http://www.every9seconds.com Powerful. Go and Be changed! 2009-10-16T07:58:00-05:00