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Do Not Fear For I Am with You!  Do Not Anxiously Look About You, For I am your God.  I will Strengthen you, Surely I will help you. Thank You Lord!!!!

 Because I think I have the Flu! Ugh!  Did you ever have one of those days, where you just feel like you have been thrown up against a wall?  I can't sleep, I want to sleep because maybe it will go away.  My head feels like it's going to explode,  I am hungry, but I can't eat.  I can't breathe, I don't want to sit, I don't want to stand.  I don't want to read, I don't want to even do this post.

Later!

Love,

Kandy

In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.   Psalm 5:3

What an incredible way to start our day.  Usually I have no clue how my day is going to go.  So I start my day asking God to lead me.  How many Junk in the Trunks will I do?  How many cards?  How many people get little pocket cards??  Evangelism can be tough, especially when it comes to meeting a non-believer.  Wouldn't it be great, if we could meet people and they just feel God's Love?  What a concept!  As we grow in our faith, we begin to feel his presence in our life, his direction, and most of all his unconditional love.  The Unconditional love he wants us to just spill out all over and love others.  Loving the non-believers to Jesus.  One heart, One life, One Person at a time.  That is my day. 

Today, I was having lunch, and in walked a Mom and a little girl.  God, once again said, This is a Junk In The Trunk Moment.  I just got my lunch, the pizza was hot, the soup was incredible, and I was parked 2/1/2 hours away.  (Not really)  I didn't want to go out and get this little girl toys from my trunk, I was enjoying my lunch.  I was not being a very good child of God.  Feeling very guilty for being so selfish!   But God met me half way on this one. The voice inside me stopped, The Mom and little girl took their order and left the restaurant.  It was about 15 minutes, and I finished up my lunch, gathered all my things, went outside and guess who was standing out side the restaurant talking on a cell phone?  Yep! The Mom.  The little girl looking totally annoyed!   I went to my trunk, picked out a coloring book, and a set of crayons, a little princess purse, and some bracelets she can make.  I asked the Mom's permission to give her daughter the toys, and I left. Once Again a successful Junk in the Trunk Moment.  I asked God for his forgiveness, that I was so self centered, but thanked him for the opportunity to once again, share his love in a way that only he can give.

I love this job.  Doing his daily plan?

Have a great night!

Love,

Kandy

 

 

 

I am so honored that I have the joy of serving Jesus Christ everyday.  What a blessing.!  I just lost 3/4 of this posting.........Ugh!  Let's try again.  Just finished dinner, and now instead of Entertainment Tonight I am listening to Signature Sound.  Ernie Haase just mentioned that there is Joy in serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Some of you have read about my Junk in the Trunk, and have requested my cards be sent to your loved ones.   But what happens when I come home?  Does my family get the same love or do I just take things for granted and assume everything is ok?  Both my husband and I have had health issues recently, what a eye opening experience.  I now value everyday we have together, because quite frankly we are on borrowed time.  Every morning I get up  and I thank God that he has given us one more day.  I pray, that he uses me to the glory of his Kingdom, and that each day I listen to his voice, so I can be productive.  It's not about making a zillion dollars anymore, It's about the Love, of our God.  How can I touch lives today?

Oh man.........thunder again!

Outa here!

Love, kandy 

JESUS is 100% perfect in all His ways, in all He is, and in all He does! That is todays quote from my new calendar by Roy Lessin.  Once again a thunk upside the head, and a Wow that just comforts and gives me peace.   Yesterday, I tried to post several times, and it always started to thunder and lightening.  Since I just lost my office at work to lightening, I now turn everything off, and read.  Do you ever think, what is God trying to tell us with all these storms?  After living through Hurricane Charley, and watching all the storms that have hit the world lately, I would love to know what you guys all think when you go through one of these storms.  How one minute I can feel his love so profoundly, and then wham, thunder that just rocks my car off the road.  "Lord, what exactly are you trying to tell me?"  I say.  Now if you ask a weather man he will come up with some scientific babble about fronts, mixing.  The hot from here is mixing with the cold from there, and blah blah, blah, well duh?????? Who created the fronts? 

Oops! Here we go again, Flori-duh's  summer thunderdunders once again, begin.

Later Ya All!

Kandy

How Amazing everyday can be when we let God lead us to a place he wants us to be. Recently I  purchased a calendar,  even though the year is half over, because this is one of those calendars that can be used over and over again.  One of my favorite days was on February 25, and it reads like this:  In his hands, your life is the voice that speaks His words to those who need to know the truth, the hand that extends His love and mercies to those who are hurting, and the example that demonstrates His kingdom to those who need to know the way.  (This is by Roy Lessin)  How profound!  Wow!  What a responsibility we have as believers.  In his hands I am!  I just love that.  To know I am living each  day in his hands, I can't put my feelings in words, it's so cool.  But then to know that my life is the voice that speaks his words, his love, his comforts, everything he is and offers, he is entrusting to me to be an example to people who may need the love of Jesus Christ.  The love and compassion of God our Father, and the divine direction from the Holy Spirit.  When I focus on that everyday,  I just can't fail!  I may be the first person ever, some of these people have ever met, who has this incredible, awesome relationship with God.  The thought that the God who made the heavens and the earth, all of us, and all the living creatures, trusts me with the responsibility of spreading his Good News.  Everyday I feel his presence in my car, I may have the radio on listening to my traffic report for my client's sponsorships, and God will put a small voice in me that says "This our time, turn off the radio, and tell  me about our day together.  What are your fears, your concerns, where do you need comfort and support.  I am here and I want you to be so full of my love, that my love touches the people we meet today!"  Of course, that usually involves 2 Junk in The Trunk Moments,  Pass Along Cards as I go over 2 bridges,  $2 bucks and a pass along card!  Such a deal! 

Today is Sunday, So On Your Mark, Get Set Go for God on Monday!

Love, Kandy

I have to tell you all.   It took a long time for me to get this one.  Working in Radio for the last 12 years (still in Radio), I love radio, but how can I help the world be a better place?  I always felt everyone around me had things together except me.  I never felt content.  Of course......My focus was on me.  I struggled for years, I even went my own way, thinking I didn't need God's love, guidance, support, or his presence in my life.  I was doing just fine.   But really........ Am I happy???????  NOPE!!!!!!  Finally, after seeing Signature Sound on one of the Gaither TV programs, a light went off,  God's love hit me like a freight train.  I was dealing with some health issues, looking for a new job, quite frankly, Unhappy!  But you know....that is what happens when we are focused on ourselves.  It is so easy, in this materialistic world, I want everything now.  Me, Me, Me.  It's all about me.  Even if we are married, It's still about me.  Even if we have kids, It's still about me.  The journey has been amazing, beautiful, fulfilling.  Ephesians 4:1 says I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.  Finally, I have found what drives me to get up in the morning.  It's my Junk in the Trunk.  I also make Greeting Cards for kids with cancer, well most of my cards go to kids, but God leads me to who he wants me to send cards too.  He puts people in  my heart......And he won't let go until I send a card.  Our Lord, picks the card, then he picks all the stickers, ( I slather the outside of the envelope with stickers) then he picks the little surprises I put on the inside.  Every card is different because the Holy Spirit lives in these cards.  God has called me to change the world, one life, one heart, one person at a time.  My calling is to make every single person I meet every day to feel his love, comfort, and touch their hearts.  Somehow, Somewhere, everyday there are people who need  our Lord and Savior's love.  The salvation message we have to offer needs to be shared.  But the day to day living is important too.  How many of our world problems could be solved if we just took the time to focus on our Lord instead of ourselves.  We may just be better parents, better family members, better employees, better spouses.  The list goes on.

Join me, please, in making every person you meet feel valued and loved.  Take that Love of Christ, let it overflow and help me change the world!  If you have a special request for a card.......That is what I have been called to do.  I am here to do what I have been called to do.  Kandy: 941-639-4571, or email me at kandyscards@comcast.net

Have a great Weekend!

Love,

Kandy

 

 

 

 

 

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Have you ever felt God speaking to your heart and you ignore it?Sometimes I am amazed how much he loves me, and all of us human beings. We can be the most stubborn. Speaking for myself.... God has his hands full with me. Just the other day, On my way into work, I stopped for Gas. It is a pretty routine stop. Usually I run in, pick up something to drink, if I need gas I get it, then I'm off. For those of you who have read my postings you now know about my Junk In The Trunk adventures. Junk in the Trunk is something God has put into my heart. He provides money through people just donating, I turn around, buy new toys and give them to kids through out the day. I store them in my car's trunk. God always leads me to the kids. Sometimes I am amazed I can do my job, I am so busy junk in the trunking. This particular time, I was at the gas station. I run in get my drink, and God's voice says "Check out Kristine over there, she is being good, I love her, give her something from the trunk. I blew it off. I was thinking about my day, who I needed to call, what I needed to acomplish..yadada.....! I said Hi, and I was off to pump my gas. I start pumping gas, the voice comes back, "Kristine?" I blow it off again. The gas comes flying out of the car, all over my hands. Now I smell like a refinery. I go into the gas station to wash my hands, after I put the receipt and my credit card in my skirt pocket. No Kristine. ( Another point- I never have to go back into the station) I go into the ladies room, wash my hands, still no Kristine. No big deal. I will see her tomorrow. I go out to my car to put the receipt and credit card in my wallet-----NO CREDIT CARD-------. I lost it. Heart failure 101, Panic attack 102. Duh??????? Here comes Kristine and she found my credit card on the floor of the gas station. Guess who got her Junk in the Trunk shopping spree. I opened my trunk and said "Thank you, take anything you want from the trunk" Now, I pump the gas first, and listen to that Voice of Love attentively. These situations are now happening 2-3 times a day. I feel blessed, God is using me to really build and uplift others. Spreading his love, his joy, his compassion, have become my number one focus each and every day. Ask Our Father God to guide your day.....Amazing things will happen! Have a great weekend. Love In Christ. Kandy

For those of us who are not salespeople, but are in sales????? You all know who I mean, on the road all day, sometimes nothing to bring home, but frustration........Today was one of my good days.  I did make a huge sale.  But that is not why I'm writing tonight.  I love being in sales, because while I am driving.  I am praying!!!  I just ramble to God.  I feel his presence in my car, I tell him my worries, my concerns, I praise him for the good things, and quite frankly I thank him for the things that happen, that I don't like.  Usually they seem to be the most valuable in the long run.  The  good things spoil me.  The things I don't like teach me patience, kindness, faithfullness,  and understanding.  Sometimes I feel Our Heavenly Father laugh with me, I will just be yacking away, and I will say something and I just crack up. But it's like he is cracking up too.  I picture him shaking his head saying "Child you are just too much!"  I can't sing......wish I could, Not a gift I got from the man upstairs.  But when I am in my car, playing my Signature Sound Cds, or the Gaither Vocal Band, or even Mercy Me, or Casting Crowns.  I will sing along. Just praising Our Lord!  I feel so blessed, so happy.  I am sure the cars next to me gotta be laughing thinking. Hey folks this one....she may need a white truck with padding.  I love my job!  Not because I am in sales, but because being in sales, I can just Praise our Lord. All Day Long! Then when I get out of the car, all that fun, just spills over, and his love comes out of me to others.  I found I miss our time together on the weekends.  Granted we still have time, but it is just not the same.  I have always loved the Evangelism programs out there, but this seems to be one way I can spread the word, spread his love, Praise the Lord all in one.  Oh did I also mention make a living?  

Next time it's just you and him in your car.....Start chatting. 

Love,

Kandy

 I mentioned in my first blog that I lost my parents in Hurricane Charley with my house.  My parents were not in Hurricane Charley.  They were in Michigan.  My Mom had Cancer, and my Dad had parkinsons.  So what I meant to say was I lost both of my parents the same year I lost my house in Hurricane Charley.  Does that make sense?

This month has been busy.  A Junk in the Trunk Month.  Junk in the trunk is kind of a Ministry God seems to have lead me to.  He provides money and donations to me, in turn I purchase new toys, keep them in my trunk ,and give them to kids who are having a bad day. I will go to McDonalds, gas stations, restaurants.  God points out a child to me......Kandy? are you listening????  This is a junk in the trunk moment.  The toys I buy------They have a home before I buy them.  One little girl needed to use the restroom, like 10 times.....In and out, in and out,  driving Mom crazy!  I was sitting at the coffee bar, planning my day.  Not really paying attention.   After about the 6th time,  God put in my heart..... A HEY!!!! So loud, I felt like everone in the restaurant heard it.  I started to laugh, and the girl behind the counter said "Are you Ok?"  Oh, it's just a junk in the trunk moment I said. I kinda explained what happens to me.  She loved it.  I told her: watch this-   I went out to the trunk, picked out a coloring book, some stickers, a truck(not sure why on this one but that is what God lead my to do.  When Daddy leads I follow) a couple more little boy things........like I mentioned.  I am being lead here.  Take it into the restaurant, ask the parents for permission to do this.  In walks another Mom with a two year old boy, they were to meet the other 2.  Once again....  another cool start to my day!  A successful Junk in the Trunk Moment.

Have a great night.

Kandy

p.s.  If you ever get one of these junk in the trunk moments, I would love to hear it.  I love stories of how God touches our hearts, and how he uses us, to make "HIS" world a better place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Well I am brand new to this blogging thing.  After thinking I needed a website, I was told a Blog site was what I needed.  Duh???????  I didn't even know the difference.

KraftNation is a site named after my parents Betty and Whitey Kraft in Michigan who passed away in 2004.  Boy... 2004!  Lost Both of my parents and my house in Hurricane Charley.  Through it all.......Our God was so faithful.  He stuck by me like glue, leading me even when I didn't want to be lead.  I look back on it all now and feel so blessed.  Our God who made the Heaven and Earth, created all living things,  stood by me every day, comforting, guiding and loving me.  Is that cool?  How blessed we are as believers to have that gift.

I am married to Frank, and have 2 yorkies and one crazy cat.  We live in Florida. 

Well, here we go. Time for dinner.

In his grip!

Kandy