September 8, 2010

Someone sent this to me this morning, and it gave me hope for this country. THANK YOU GOD FOR OUR FOUNDING FATHERS!! THANK YOU GOD FOR AMERICA!!



I love You, Jesus!!

September 7, 2010

I was VERY disturbed by something that I saw on the news yesterday!!  That a CHURCH is saying "THANK GOD FOR IEDs" and "THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS"...that "GOD HATES AMERICA" and just HATEFUL, HATEFUL things!!  They burned a Quran and they burned a flag!!

These people - who proclaim to bear my name of Christian - made me cry!!  "GOD DOES NOT HATE ANYONE!!" God hates SIN - not the SINNER!! I read that these people are planning to spread hate by picketing Arlington Cemetery on Veteran's Day and Moody Bible Institute. 

This is what God's Word REALLY says,

"If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen."

At first, I felt "We need to send these people to Afghanistan to face what these soldiers - including my son - have to face everyday!!" and  "I'd like to see our military lined up in front of Arlington with their AKs to let these peole know what they think of their hate."  But, then, as I read some of the things on their website, I felt SO sorry for these people, because God's wrath WILL rain down on them for proclaiming hate in Jesus name! These people are not worshipping MY God...They are worshipping this man who is calling himself a profit and a pastor! These people need PRAYER and LOTS of it!!!!!

But, in keeping to the theme of my blog, I want to thank God for our soldiers who put their lives on the line every day so these people will have the FREEDOM they enjoy and can live in SAFETY!! I want to thank God for those fallen heroes who gave their lives so courageously for the same reasons!! I want to thank God for America because, though we have our problems and sometimes hurt spitefully, we ARE the BEST nation by far!!  And, I want to thank God that He loves EVERYONE and has mercy on even the HATEMONGER!

I am a Christian and I love God with all my heart and soul...The God who I worship is a loving, merciful, and just God!  He came so that we might have LIFE...He died so that we could live FREE! My God helps people who don't deserve it! And, even His last words held love, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do!"

"Father, I want to hate these people, but I can't because You love even them!! I beg You to touch their hearts that they will see the REAL You and stop spreading such hate! I pray that they will stop hurting others for spite! I pray that You will soften their hard hearts and take Satan's hands off of them! This "church" is making people think that true Christians...and YOU, hate people.  I KNOW this isn't true!! I know You LOVE everyone...and only hate the things that they do! Please Lord, save these people BEFORE it's eternally too late!!"

I love You, Jesus!!

October 6, 2010

Hi Ya'll...my Internet has been down again...think it may be time to change service.

Allergies are bothering me today, so I'm just gonna "COUNT MY BLESSINGS" today...

Thank You Jesus for...

My salvation, my decent health (that it's not worse), my writing, my SSDI

Danny, Danny's job, our house, our truck, food, his good health

Clayton, his safety, his good job, his salvation, Ashley, Aedan, Bryan, Caleb, A,A,B,&C health

Steven, his safety, his job, his salvation, his call to the ministry, his health, Penelope, Hannah, P & H health, that Penelope was able to get her WII and start getting healthy again

John, Raynelle, Gino, Kathy, their family, Chris, Lynn, their family

Gary, Alice, Tara, Peter, Dasani, JadaLynn, Malachai

Tom, Tracy, Ryan, Rheanna, Sean, Isaiah, KeKe, Angel, Cassidy

Linda, John, Jennifer, Rob, Little Bit, James, Jimmy

Roger Daniel, Jessica, Nick, their family, Sean D, Alli, their family

Our time with Pam

Kenny, Nona, Laura, her new husband, Karrie, Joshua

Dad Henry

Our church and church family

I could go on ALL day because God has blessed me SO greatly

I love You, Jesus!!





October 3, 2010

Today I'm gonna talk about a subject that I am VERY passionate about...my children - and grandchildren!!

Tomorrow I will tell Clayton goodbye again.  He'll only be gone for two months this time, but it'll still break my heart to see him go.  God blessed me twenty-seven years ago when he placed Clayton in my womb...It was my wedding night!!  His daddy had to leave two weeks later to go to Germany.  He too, was in the Army.  Clayton and I spent precious bonding time by ourselves,but I know he missed his daddy.  Danny didn't even know that he'd been born until he was 4 days old.  He didn't see him until he was 5 months old...and then for only a few days -  until he was 18 months old.  But I got to spend that time holding him, reading to him, praying for him, and loving him.  He has always been precious to my heart!! 

By the way, not to get on my soapbox too long, but another passion to me...  I had Toxemia early on and the doctors at the Navy hospital told me that I would die if I didn't "terminate" my pregnancy.  They even went so far as to tell me that Danny had already signed the papers...He didn't even know I was sick!  I was ready to divorce him in order to keep my baby, but they didn't press the issue when I called for the JAG officer!  Anyway, it WAS a hard pregnancy. I was sick every day and I had pre-eclampsia the day I had him, but...I am ALIVE and SO IS HE!! He's smart and he has put his life on the line many times to rescue others.  ONLY God knows the future, and ONLY He has the right to take a baby's life!!  God knew Clayton would live and save lives.  The doctors didn't know what they were talking about!  Psalms 139 says that God knew us and EVERY part of us BEFORE we were even born!! HE knits us together and forms us to be the way HE wants us to be...Clayton is God's son!  OFF MY SOAPBOX NOW...lol!!

I will pray for Clayton tomorrow and every day until he returns...and every day of his life.  He is my heart!!

Well, just eighteen months after Clayton was born, God opened my heart and sent my precious Steven to me.  I almost lost him, too, but God healed him and gave him to me to bless my heart.  He began to tell people about God when he was only seven years old and I knew then that he would do great things for God's kingdom.  When he was in high school, he blessed my heart when he told me that God had called him to give his life to full-time ministry.

He will graduate on December 10, with a Bachelor's degree in Ministry Studies and will go on to seminary soon after.  I am SO SO proud of him!!  He is my heart!!

Seven years ago God gave me my first daughter when He gave Ashley to Clayton.  She too is my heart.  My first grandchild came four years later.  Aedan stole my heart and I love him so much!! Just a month ago their twins were born and Bryan and Caleb became my heart,also! God bless Clayton and Ashley and their sons, as they mean SO much to me!! THANK YOU GOD FOR THEM!!

Almost two years ago God sent me another daughter when He gave Penelope to Steven.  She has blessed my heart and gave me my first grand daughter nine months later when ANGEL EYES, Hannah was born.  She is the apple of my eye and ALSO my heart!! God, please bless Steven and Penelope and Hannah because they mean SO much to me!! THANK YOU GOD FOR THEM!!

God has blessed my heart and my life with children and grandchildren to love and help grow into His sons and daughters.  I will pray for them daily and never stop thanking God for bringing SO MANY blessings into my life!!

I love You, Jesus!!

October 2, 2010

Sorry ya'll! Somebody cut three big telephone wires, so I spent a few days without a phone or Internet.  I'm back now, though!! :)

Today I picked out a couple poems that I wrote in the past - that just say, "Thank You!!"

This first one I wrote 26 years ago when my eldest son was just a year old, but it is still appropriate with a 26 year old and a 24 year old.  I still thank God for them EVERY DAY!!

Lord, Thank You for My Blessings

Lord, thank You for my little boy

Thank You for my big one, too

Thank you for the little one I'm carrying

I'm ecstatic and the credit goes to You

You've showed me that the almighty dollar

Isn't worth all the time and the worry

You've showed me You're going to work thinks out

If I'll not be in such a big hurry

You've showed me my biggest blessings

Opened my eyes to see

The things that should make me happiest

Are right here in front of me

You've reminded me of my salvation

How You died so that I may live good

You showed me I haven't been praying

And studying Your Word like I should

You opened my eyes and stood Danny there

Emphasized all of his love

You showed me to make me happy

You sent him to me from above

Then, there's my little Clayton

He loves me and needs me I know

I could see when You sent him to me

My blessings beginning to flow

Now, I've another blessing

Growing inside of me

Thank You Lord for my blessings

Thank You for making me see

Please always keep my eyes open

Don't let me forget what You've done

You've given me my salvation

That's only blessing number one!

Today, I thank God for, not only Clayton, my soldier, but his beautiful bride, Ashley! I also thank God always for my darling grandsons, Aedan, Bryan, and Caleb!  The baby I carried that I thank God for every day, is Steven.  He's studying to be a pastor.  I thank God for his bride, Penelope and my precious grand daughter, Hannah constantly, also! God has added blessings over the years, giving me love and love to share every day! I love Him SO MUCH!!

Another poem that I wrote recently is appropriate for today.  I walked outside and saw a painting.  God had taken his brush and placed colors all around me.  He has given me SO MANY reasons to praise him EVERY DAY!!

"Thank You!!"

Oh what a beautiful morning

Oh what a beautiful day

When I feel the warmth of the sunshine

I just have to kneel down and pray

I kneel and say, "Thank You!" to Jesus

For each lovely flower I see

Then, I just have to say, "Thank You!"

For the shade of my mighty oak tree

Thank You for the dew on my roses

Thank You for the grass on the hill

Thank You for the color the phlox brings

Thank You for the sweet daffodil

Thank You for the sounds of the laughter

From the children playing down the street

Thank you for the kiss of my Danny

Each morning first thing, our lips meet

Thank you for the hugs of my sons, Lord

Each day as they rush off to school

Thank You for the teachers who teach them

To read, write, and learn every rule

Thank You for the aroma of coffee

It signals the start of my day

Thank You for the awesome priviledge

To kneel down each morning to pray

Thank You for the stroke of Your pen Lord

The the colors You paint in Your way

Oh Yes! What a beautiful morning!!

Oh Yes! What a beautiful day!!

HAVE A FANTABULOUS SATURDAY!! And, remember to Thank God for the smallest to the largest blessings He has so graciously placed in your life!

 I love you, Jesus!!



Thank you, Penny, for letting everyone know why I was gone. Love you!



September 29, 2010

Boy! This weekend was rough! It started with Danny being off Friday AND Monday and possibly Thursday and Friday of this week, too, because of no work.  Then the utility company took $208 out of my account two weeks early.  I couldn't see my grandbabies because I had the sniffles (they were premature and their immune systems are compromised).  Yesterday we were supposed to go out with my oldest brother and sister-in-law that I haven't seen in years and they got stuck in some terrible traffic.  She had the wrong number  and was never able to get up with us.

But, I heard this song by the Crabb Family called, "Through the Fire".  It reminded me of Isaiah 43:1-3 HCS...

 ¹ Now this is what the LORD says—
    the One who created you, Jacob,
    and the One who formed you, Israel ^(A) —
    "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; ^(B)
    I have called you by your name; you are Mine. ^{(C)
    2} I will be with you ^(D)
    when you pass through the waters, ^(E)
    and [when you pass] through the rivers,
    they will not overwhelm you.
    You will not be scorched
    when you walk through the fire, ^(F)
    and the flame will not burn you.
    ³ For I the LORD your God, ^(G)
    the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior, ^(H)
    give Egypt as a ransom for you,
    Cush and Seba in your place.

The song says it's THROUGH the fire my weakness is made strong.  God may not decide to deliver us FROM the fire - or the flooding waters, but PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME, He'll hold our hands and walk with us all the way to the other side!

I also love the verse in the song that says, "When the adversary says give in, just hold on MY GOD WILL SHOW UP, and He will take you through the fire again! (makes me wanna shout!!)

Before I go today I also wanna share the verse that was in our church newsletter this week.  I had to cut it out and put it on my computer as a constant reminder that God will not let me fall without an outstretched hand to help me up...2 Corinthians 4:8-9a KJV...

 ⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
 ⁹Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Reach Out and Just Hold On

When you get depressed and down and out

And wish someone would care,

Just reach out and hold on tight

'Cause Jesus is always there.

You feel  like you've lost your very best friend

Wish someone would just take your hand

Just reach out and hold on now

'Cause Jesus will understand.

If you have a problem that's too much to handle

The Lord's right by your side

If you'll just reach out and take His hand

Jesus will be your guide.

So, the next time you have a problem

Wish God would just take you home

Remember He's standing at your left and your right

If you'll reach out and just hold on.

He has our back ALWAYS!!

I love You, Jesus!!

September 28, 2010

Good morning!

Today, my oldest brother, that I haven’t seen in years, is coming to visit!! It makes me think of the verse that says, “There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” I’m thanking the Lord SO much for my brothers and my sisters…and FRIENDS - because if I ever find one that sticks closer to me than my siblings, I’m gonna hold on for dear life!

Brothers in Colorado, South Carolina, and Florida and a sister in Florida…all more than 400 miles away. I have no doubt that any of my brothers or my sister would give me the shirt off their back if they thought I needed it. I also have no doubt that they’d move hell and high water to get to my bedside if I called them. I can call them at two o’clock in the morning - and have - to ask them to pray…and they DO!! The same goes for me…Any time of day or night, any where on this earth…If I can make it happen, I WILL be there for them!!

When my sister was killed in a car accident, I had a brother in Tennessee, one in Montana, and one in South Africa and we ALL moved mountains and air (my brother in South Africa had to ride home in a cargo plane) to be there for each other.

When my husband was hit by a car while doing a land survey away from home, my sister closed down her business to take care of my children and my brother’s were on the phone with the doctors (they’re pastors and can “move mountains) and on their knees to the Father before I even made it to the hospital. I received calls in the emergency room from each one of them - just to let me know they were praying!

God is SO good to give me such wonderful siblings! PRAISE THE LORD every day for your family, because God has put each one of them in our lives to lift us up and be there when NO ONE else will! And, for those friends who “stick closer than a brother” PRAISE HIM, too! He sends us exactly what and who we need when we need them!!

THANK YOU LORD!!

I love you, Jesus!!

September, 27, 2010

I was just listening to a song called, "My Name Is Lazarus".  If you haven't heard it, it's about the four men bringing the crippled man to Jesus to be healed, and what they just might've said that day.

The blind man - "He healed my eyes so that I could see, but I DON'T BELIEVE"

The man with the withered hand - "He healed my hand, but I DON'T BELIEVE"

The leper - "He cleansed me, but I DON'T BELIEVE"

But then, PRAISE THE LORD, Lazarus steps forth and says, "MY NAME IS LAZARUS, could I testify?"  Every one turns because he says that HE was bound by the chains of death and JESUS CALLED HIM OUT! 

Isn't that the way we can sometimes be, though?

Well Lord, I know You healed my baby when the doctors said he had a brain infection, but I DON'T BELIEVE You can give my husband a new job... or maybe...

I know Lord, You sent us $8,000 in the nick of time when we needed to stay home and homeschool our boys, but I DON'T BELIEVE You can really come through with my $200 utility payment this month...one more...

Lord, I know You gave me overwhelming peace unexplained when the doctor said I may have the worst kind of cancer, but I DON'T BELIEVE you'll keep my sons safe in their jobs.

Isn't that how it works, though? God brings us to the other side of  the worst things and the hardest trials - even the threshhold of death and we forget about it...or at least act like we did.  Because, when a teeny tiny rainshower hits our life, we doubt if He can really get us to the other side of it...Does He REALLY have control?

So, remember Lazarus the next time You doubt God can come through for you...or, better yet, remember what he's ALREADY done!! He's all knowing, all powerful, and all loving and ALWAYS has our best interest at heart...LOVE HIM AND TRUST HIM!!

I love You, Jesus!!