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Psalm 73 devo

SO GOOD!!!!
I can't tell you how many times I have been the brute beast before the Lord.

Today has been one of those days! My Iliopsoas muscle (your what muscle??) has been killing me all day. What is up with that? If I hear star wars on my tv one more time (the force be with you...Luke...I am your father!) I am going to lose it! I was like dude how many times are you going to watch this show with horrible animation? He says he has been watching all of the star wars...shows what I know. Off to sleep (hopefully). oh and for those of you who have been following for some time...
I got some card in the mail today telling me that my rip off glamour shots were going to be available for pick up soon and that I would be charged an additional $3.99. I am mad thinking about it...so moral of the story: DON'T GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN IN THE BAKERY AISLE OF THE STORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Here's the info!

WISING UP by Beth Moore
Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. 9/04/07 - 11/20/07
A teaching DVD series by Beth Moore from the book of Proverbs. A 60-minute DVD with a listening guide. No workbook/homework involved in this study.
LEADER: Jenny Williams williams4676@bellsouth.net

Get in touch with me if you are interested! I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No she didn't!

Zech 2:8
8 For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you-- for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye--

Yesterday, I went early to pick up Morgan from Mothers Day Out. I could not decide if I was going to enroll her or not again in this particular program. Well, yesterday solidified my decision not to. I walked in about an hour early and I saw the teacher rip my child by the arm back into the room (when I say rip...I mean JERK her by the arm). Then I heard her speak in a very ugly voice saying, "Chill out Morgan!" Morgan wanted her bag and it was 12:15 and they had not fed her yet. When I saw what I saw...I was stunned. I knew that I did not have peace about her being there for a reason. I was having a dialogue moment with the Lord during the next few minutes...asking Him in my Spirit if I really just saw what I saw?!?!? Oh yes. I was completely furious. If you mess with my child (my sweet two year old child) you mess with the apple of my eye. I had to get out of that place as fast as I could. I told Morgan (even though she has no clue what I was talking about) how she would not set foot back in that place...over my dead body...and that her mother was furious!!!
This was a time where I wished she could talk. If I had stayed longer, my flesh would have taken over and I would have punched her (the teacher) out. ;)
I have to believe that the Lord feels the same way about us...if you mess with His kids you are messing with Him!
It is so funny even how nature is wired. We went to the park two days ago and Morgan began to try to pick up the baby ducks. The momma duck hissed at me and her. I was getting pretty scared of the hissing ducks as I am not an animal person...we soon left. I had a rooster that attacked me for years in my own yard...spurring me in the back. I was mortified for years over Sugar. That thing was possessed. I still haven't gotten over that nasty rooster.

Testify Thursday

O.K. everyone has their Tuesday or Wednesday theme going on in blogland. So I am going to take a minute to explain to you my Thursday plan!!! TESTIFY THURSDAY! This will be where you leave a comment on my blog about something the Lord has done for you, in your life, or you have witnessed in the life of another. This is just a way to give Him some praise on Thursday's! We don't want any rocks having to cry out! So, if you read my blog PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT telling how the Lord is working! It will bless you to be reminded! This better not be my shortest comment post either! LOL!

I just shared my comment in the last post!!

love-jenny

Who am I????

I thought I was going to get me some sweet sleep last night! Oh wait I forgot...Rod is the only one who sleeps in this house. Morgan decided that it was another night to par-ty! As I crawled into bed around 10 I began to feel heaviness and anxiety come over me. There are a lot of people I know having surgeries in the next couple of days and there are some other concerns that I have for some friends and just some trials on the side that I am going through. Then, I have told you before that I keep cards with scripture handy around the house...Morgan was getting in trouble last night for trying to touch the stove and she, being the child after her mothers own heart, quickly brought me some scripture cards. I am like "Lord, really...how do I get her in trouble with this king of cuteness?" On the card was this VERY VERY familiar verse (Isa 43:1). My antennas came up with this one. Then as I am laying in my bed I pull out some cards out of the drawer and there it is!!! The same verse. I begin to start worrying 90 to nothing..."Lord, why are you giving me these verses...what is going to happen?" I hate being a girl because I think our propensity to sin in the area of worrying is a little higher than a mans (I could be wrong...but I am sort of basing this on Rod...dude really doesn't worry about much in my estimation). Over the years these verses have meant a lot to me to remind me that "when" not "if", when I pass through the waters, He will be with me. When I pass through the rivers of life...they will not sweep over me. When I walk through the fire, I will not be burned (think of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3). We can just count on the fact that we will face trials of MANY kinds and that when we go through them we should not be surprised as if something strange were happening to us (1 Peter 4:12).

NIV Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the LORD says-- he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass 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.

Then again I got up and went to go sleep in Morgans room (she is in love with having her momma very close by if I must say so myself) and I picked up a devotional that had the verse from Philippians 4:6-7:

"6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Beth spoke on these verses during our Tuesday night dvd. She was saying that we literally are to pray about everything and that worrying is sin.

Why? Why is it sin? Well, it shows that we are not putting our trust in the Ancient of Days. The ONE who is not limited by time or space. He is already there in our tomorrows and He knows and we can trust Him. We can trust that His power is made perfect in our weakness. Beth spoke about 3 things we can do in a crisis situation like Daniel faced before the lions den. We can:
1. Panic
2. Paralyze and do nothing
3. We can pray

She said that prayer is always the right thing...always the power thing and that heaven will hear.
I have blown it in several situations if I must say. When Rod broke his back and I had learned of the accident...I completely panicked! I have since then had several crisis do-overs! When I learned of losing Shelby, I immediately went into prayer mode...I shut my ears literally to everyone else and I began to pray, extolling the Lord at all times. When I went into the hospital and they told me that Morgan was going to come at 28 weeks I began immediately to pray. As soon as I got in my hospital room (I WAS VERY ANGRY) I broke out my journal and began to go to town in prayer. Begging the Lord to let me keep this child...begging Him to not take her as well. The Neonatalogist came in the room and told me the odds and that she would be there within the next 24 hours. WRONG! She stayed in her mother's womb for SEVEN more weeks. God kept her and brought her safely here seven weeks later...against all odds!
My point is that last night I began to worry and I said NO! I am going to put Philippians 4:6-7 into practice. I broke Tetris out (because it helps me to do something mindless) and I began to pray out loud thanking God for all that He has done and telling Him how worried that I am. I began to remind myself through prayer just how He has been here for me. Even if things have not turned out how I have planned HIS GRACE HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT for my need. When we are worried how long should we pray? Well, I prayed until I fell asleep. My prayers of worrying turned into prayers of: "dear Jesus...PLEASE, PLEASE, I am begging You let my child go to sleep."

Then, this morning Rod brought me a piece of mail that he had gotten out of the mailbox on Sunday...it was a gift card from the sweetest man that I know. There is a precious man at our church (Jim Henderson...who will give you candy if you ever run into him...a man after my own heart...candy is very important to me) that is so loved by all and he sent me a sweet surprise. The Lord is so good...and it is just part of His grace. This man is truly such a blessing to everyone (Gen 12:2). I am like Lord please let me be like he is. I get a new i-Pod, my hair thermally straightened for free, and now dinner at my favorite restaurant J. Alexanders (I may just take Rod with me, I am not sure.)!!! Why me Lord? Just extra icing on the cake.

Psalm 126:3 The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.

So why do we need to practice thanksgiving? Well, because it reminds us of how He has been faithful in the past and that He will be faithful today. He doesn't need the reminder...we do! He is able and He is worthy of our trust and our praise. I love you Lord!!

Freak out!

I am so about to freak out! I only got like 2.5 to 3 hours of sleep last night and I was so looking forward to going to bed early tonught. I was downstairs picking up toys (oh did I mention it is 12:27am??) and out of the corner of my eye I saw something moving across the floor. A roach! It makes me sick sick sick! So of course I get my stradegy going as to how I will kill it. I beat it with a pampers wipe box and then I moved the couch and proceeded to get the vacuum out! I sucked it up and ran the vacuum for 15 more minutes to make sure I got it. I AM NOT KIDDING! I then began to clean like crazy and I scrubbed my entire kitchen floor on my knees! I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH! I cant stand bugs!!!!!!!!!!

If you have time

This is a devotional that is so good. I just read it after my other post and I know the Lord is trying to get the same message across to me!

video!

Watch the Nichole Nordeman you tube I posted. This song describes my feelings about trials, choices, and mistakes that I have been through. So good!

Competing with the Horses

Jeremiah 12:5 "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, {5 Or If you put your trust in a land of safety} how will you manage in the thickets by {5 Or the flooding of} the Jordan?"

This is the Lord's reply to the "weeping prophet" Jeremiah after he complains for the first several verses to God about the wicked prospering. Isn't it like us to focus on other things (or what we feel God is letting others get away with) and get our focus off of the Lord and get in a slump? We go through trials and we don't understand why others may have it easy when we are going through such horrendous times. We aren't usually looking through a clear perspective when we think we are the only ones in the heat. Plus we should remember that the Lords patience (2 Peter 3:11) means salvation. It is His kindness that leads us to repentance. We are all going to face trials of MANY kinds while we are on this planet. It just comes with the territory. We should however embrace those trials as opportunities for the Lord to refine us and for us to see clearly that He is the only one that matters and the He is God and will be HIGH and lifted up.
Does your husband neglect you? Draw near to the Lord. Has someone rejected you? Draw near to the Lord. Are you going through a crisis? Draw near to the Lord. Do you feel like you have just out sinned the Lord's ability to forgive? Draw near to the Lord. Are you going through a time of impeccable loss? Draw near to the Lord. Do you think God has forgotten you? You guessed it...draw near to the Lord. I can't tell you how many times I have been like Jeremiah...complaining over things that God has allowed that can be used as a catalyst to thrust me deeper in my relationship with Him. Often times when I have chosen to complain and wallow, all of the energy has been sucked out of me and I become worn out and miserable. If you are reading this you are reading from someone who has been through a lot in her life. I have at sometimes had so many trials coming that I didn't think it would ever let up. I have faced loss, betrayal, rejection, pain over my own sin, MANY health problems and shared in the sufferings of so many others., as well as having the enemy constantly at my heels. You are not talking to someone who doesn't know what it is like to face the heat. Also, from being in ministry there is hardly a day that goes by that I don't get some sort of prayer request for others who are facing so much. My heart breaks at all of the pain and suffering in this fallen world. One thing I have learned and will continue to learn is to ask God to show me when I have an opportunity to come to Him instead of trying to handle things on my own, by pleading my case and etc. When I am wronged...to come to Him and He can handle the hurt. He has proven Himself over and over in this area. What is our natural tendency when the going gets tough? It is to bolt! God is using all of your trials and all of mine to produce staying power in us and the ability to bear up under a load. That is literally what endurance means in the greek. We are to keep going on with God and we are to continually cast our burdens at His feet. In coming to Him, our trial may not change but He will make us able to endure if we go on with Him. I can't stand when people tell me that God will never give you more than you can bear. That is one of the most taken out of context verses I have ever heard! God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear (1 Cor 10:13) BIG DIFFERENCE! I remember well intended people telling me that when Shelby died and I wanted to say WELL THANK YOU for telling me that...it just takes every bit of pain that I feel away. We will all go through things that do not seem in our ability to bear and that is why we have a Saviour who is familiar with our weakness and one who took up our infirmities, A God who rushes in to bind up the broken hearted and give us beauty instead of ashes...a garment of praise instead of a Spirit of despair. So don't be surprised at the fiery trial as if something strange were happening to you. Run to Jesus. I think God has mighty things for His children in our present day and if we are getting worn out by the little things like traffic, or our order not being right, or having to wait to long in the line at the grocery store...how in the world are we going to move on with God and compete with horses if we are getting worn out on foot?


NIV James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
9 The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position.
10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower.
11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.
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.
13 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.
15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers.
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Deanna Whittsett

I was online tonight researching the local missions and I ran across this article about one of my friends who was in my last bible study. My heart is so tender toward this woman and I am so thankful for her witness. She takes her kids (all four of them) down to the Jimmie Hale Mission to serve the homeless (here is the article page 6). One thing Beth Moore talked about in week four of Daniel is the importance of staying humble. She said that when we lose touch with the poor we will inevitably set ourselves up for a fall. I have loved the times where I have been able to go to the homeless shelter and serve...in going I received the blessing. Apart from God's grace on my life...where would I be? I don't even want to know.
King Neb was told to renounce his sins and show kindness to the poor and he did not do it...and then you know what happens...he was humbled. This challenges me that I need to get more involved with those who are poverty stricken.

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Pics of the DO~

Here is a side view of the new do! Teri I did just wash it and it was straight! FABULOUS! This pic is after a windy car ride.


The other side



Me posing on my stairs...right after morgan and I just pigged out at the mexican rest!


close-up of both sides~I took this one myself!


This is me and Morgan before our glamour shots at the grocery store. If you check my hair out in the Elvis mirror you will notice all the wave...that is after some serious straightening before my new do!!

On The 8th day the Lord created a hair straightner! LOL!!

I received an anonymous comment earlier about my don't hate me post and I realized it was indeed my little sister. It said that I was a goofball. Don't you love how family will tell you the truth!

Seriously, I know I should boast on my hair but I just washed it and it is ROCKING!! My hair has never been this straight in my life! THANK YOU JESUS!

Make it a point!

Joshua 1:7-9
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

It has been so many years now that I began to pray that God would give me a hunger and thirst for His word. He is so faithful to honor that prayer. No matter the season or the sin He has drawn me in through His word and He continues to teach me every day. I have often thought about what makes a person turn away from the Word. I don't have all the answers but I think we sometimes think we have out sinned God's ability to forgive us so we hang our head in shame and settle for lesser things. If we really knew the God of the Bible we would see that He is loving, just, merciful, ABLE, and righteous. He deals with sin but He does not pay us as our sins deserve (Psalm 130, Isa 55). It is the enemy, the liar and deceiver, that wants us to believe that God can't forgive us. We may experience consequences to our sin, but if we come seeking forgiveness and repentance God will forgive...He longs for us to be right with Him and He longs to show us compassion. I purchased a copy of Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem about three years ago and I read through a lot of it a few years ago. God has since had me come back to this book and I have been staying up WAY TO LATE to read it. Last night I was reading about His know ability and the fact that we will never stop learning about God for all eternity. We are not God and we can know Him but we will never cease to learn and be satisfied when we are in a state of no longer sinning (in heaven...but we should be continually growing and learning here as well. That will make the difference between someone who is a disciple of Jesus and someone who merely goes to church yet professes Christ). There aren't many books that I have read thus far that have truly wowed me (besides the bible) and challenged me to focus on His greatness like this one. I just wanted to give a shout out and urge you to get a copy and read through it. Or even get a group to go through it as a reading group. Let me say I don't agree with everything but it is one of the best books on systematic theology that I have read.

Another thing that I have urged other believers to do is to STAY IN THE WORD. No matter the circumstance...stay in the Word. There are so many great Bible studies out there that can help you along the way but keep sowing in the word. I literally asked the Lord to keep me in His word day and night and He has been so faithful to that prayer for years now. When we aren't lining ourselves up with truth we face the temptation to lessen God and walk away due to adversity or circumstances. Our hearts are truly deceitful and we constantly need to come back to truth. I had a situation the other night that I was so sick of. I began to think things out in my head and how I was going to cut this person off in my heart and life. Since I have made it a point (and I say that in all humility...I need the word constantly because I am extremely prone to get off track) to be in the word in the morning and night I did what I always do before I went to bed and spent time with God. People, as soon as I got in the word I realized that the premeditating that was going on in my head was not in line with Gods word of will. I told Him I was sorry and wrong and I made things right with that person the next day. When we constantly come to Him to drink we see where we have erred and we can get our hearts back in line with God's word.


Psalm 1
BOOK I : Psalms 1-41 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Walking in the Word

The Lord will use anything to get my attention. Sometimes if I am having a bad day Morgan will bring me my bible (not kidding) and it reminds me to get in the word, pray and seek His face. One thing she has been doing lately is putting scripture cards in my shoes. I will go to put my shoes on and a lot of times pull verses out. I think the Lord is using her some to do His bidding! Seriously, it makes me smile but it gets this girls attention.

Perfect Peace

I am going to try to be quick because I have to get back to some tasks at hand. I could not get this passage off of my mind this morning:

Isaiah 26:3-4
3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

Lets just do a real quick Hebrew word study of this passage if you will hang with me!

The word for keep here is Nasar meaning "to guard, protect, keep; to obey; observe, behold, watch, inspect. Used to denote guarding a vineyard (Isa 27:3), a fig tree (Pr 27:18), and a fortress (Na 2:1). Those who performed this function were called "watchmen," the Qal active participle form of nasar (2 Ki 17:9, 18:8; Jer 31:6). In an ethical sense, one can guard his mouth (Ps 141:3; Pr 13:3), his path in life (pr 16:17), his heart (Pr 4:23)...and his tongue (Ps 34:13). The idea of faithfully keeping a covenant is prominent (Ex 34:7; Dt 33:9; Ps 25:10; 1192ff.). The Israelites were urged to observe the commands of parents (Pr 6:20) and the discipline of wisdom (Pr 3:21; 4:13; 5:2). Israel was likened to a vineyard and the Lord served as he keeper (Job 7:20)."

The word for perfect peace is Salom meaning: "to be safe, be complete. Health, security, tranquility (Job 21:9) welfare...success, comfort, peace...the opposite of war.

(Let me just add about the health part being part of perfect peace. I believe that is mainly speaking about health down in your bones if you know what I mean. Like rest from sin's consequences. For example when you are wigging out in sin and you have the Holy Spirit you should not have peace about the state you are in if you have tasted and seen that the Lord is good. I know first hand that when I am living in habitual sin I have complete unrest in my Spirit. See Psalm 51 and Psalm 32 ).

...him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you.

The word for trusts here is batah meaning:
"to attach oneself, trust, confide in, feel safe, be confident, secure. The basic idea signifies firmness or solidity. Denotes a confident expectation. The folly of relying upon any other type of security is strongly contrasted with depending on God alone (1 Ch 5:20; Ps 22:4; 31:14; 33:21; Isa 26:3; 30:12; Jer 17:7). The Septuagint uses elpizo...to hope, to translate this word."

Please just stop to picture this. He will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in the Lord. I love the definition used above meaning to trust. We will never feel like trusting so we are going to have to be firm and solidify our decision to take God at His word. I am horrified at the times I have doubted God and gone my own way and lived completely based on feelings. I have experienced grave consequences as a result of my own foolishness. We will never obey out of feelings or without a firm resolve to stick to the truth. It is my constant prayer that the Lord would give me more of the Spirit and that I would live and walk in truth. Going outside of God's word to meet my selfish needs has always meant devestating results ultimately. To trust in Him I will confide in Him (prayer), attach myself to Him...I love the way that word is pictured in attaching ourselves to Him. I can picture a little girl living in the shadow of her daddy and not leaving His side. When I lose focus and allow sin to take permanence in my life I begin to doubt and all manner of insecurities begin to manifest themselves in me. I lose my footing so to speak. But when I am focused on Him through prayer and the Word and living in step with the Spirit I am secure and I see evidence of the One that I continually put my trust in. When we rely on other security besides God it will ultimately result in us turning from God to something else...which is an idol.

So are you lacking peace? Look at your life. Is there sin that needs to be renounced? Has Gods word lost first place in your heart? Return to Him, beg for Him to make you right and beg Him for the help to live and abide in Him...that is His will for us. He will not resist your cry. Your circumstances may not change...but by focusing your energy on Him...He will change you. He will make you okay as you seek to know Him. I know that first hand!


(The quotes here are taken from the OT Lexical aids of my Key Word Study bible, Spiros Zodhiates)

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experiencing God devo

July 21
Scripture:"If the God we serve exists, then He can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He can rescue us from the power of you, the king." (Dan. 3:17, Holman CSB)
Thought:Daniel's friends had done everything they thought possible to be faithful to God. Suddenly, the king said, "Sin or die." The young men said, "If that is the way it must be, so be it. Death is a better option than sin." Have you been disappointed in the way things have worked out for you and decided God's will is leading nowhere? Think again. God is in the business of delivering from dead end streets.
Prayer:Deliverer, I am at wit's end. Still, I want to be true to You. Show me again the glory of experience with You even when life seems to close all doors. Amen.

Tag

Bee at Willblog tagged me! WHOOO HOOO!!!! So here goes nothing!!
5 Things Meme here’s the list:
5 things I want to do before I die:
1. See my daughter profess Christ as her Savior!
2. Go to the Grande Canyon
3. Own my own pink automatic Harley
4. Mission trip to South Africa
5. Finish my online courses and get my house perrfectly organized :)

5 things I can do:
1. Make a bed (the talent)
2. Clean
3. Quote most of Napolean Dynamite
4. Beat Mario 1 in one man
5. Share all my learning!! Can I get a witness?

5 things I cannot do:
1. Eat seafood
2. Watch snakes on tv
3. I can't do much of anything good in my own strength...seriously!
4. I can't take everything too seriously!
5. Own a pet

5 things that make a man attractive to me:
1. Jesus
2. praying together
3. tall, dark, and handsome...i mean what is this?
4. A man who watches football all day and ignores you
5. One who doesn't ever listen to a word you say (I am being funny)

5 celebrities I crush on:
Honestly I don't think I could name 5 guy celebrities (very out of touch with all of that)...
5 bloggers I’d like to see do this also:

Shelly
Mandy
Kim
Lori
Pinkmommy

Martha Bell

2 Timothy 4:6-8
6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

My heart aches tonight as I received the news of a precious sister who went to be with Jesus. Martha Bell is (I say is because her spirit lives on) a precious woman that I had the honor to study the word with a year or so ago. She came to my Daniel bible study last summer and I am forever blessed because of her life. I was so sad to hear the news tonight. I had written a friend that goes to my church asking about her and she gave me the news. I am glad that I got her a card before she went to be with Jesus and I shared with her how much she meant to me. She had lung cancer. Martha was the biggest encourager. She would call my house and leave me the sweetest messages. I was so touched by her witness. She was a single woman in her 50's and she was so sick yet she still made time to come to bible study and her ladies Sunday school class. She loved Jesus and loved His word. It makes me sad to think of the times I complain and don't feel like making it to church and then someone like Martha is doing whatever she can to make it to be with fellow believers in the midst of a terrible illness. She was so funny and she was also so ready to go and be at home with the Lord. She kept the faith and kept seeking Him until her last breath. She was so eager to serve in some way. She would get to our study early just to make nametags...she was a teacher so she had the best handwriting. I hope that I am like her when it comes my time to go and be with my King. Our life truly is a vapor and a mist here one day and gone the next. I will see you in heaven Martha!!

Don't hate me

Don't hate me because I am beautiful! LOL!!! Seriously, I got my hair chemically straightened today!! PRAISE HIM! Pictures to come!! :)

Make fun of me if you want to!

Rod makes fun of me so bad about this but I can not stand cuss words. I don't want to hear them or anything so when we got married we had a HUGE problem. The TV! Tons of cussing! Anyway, we purchased a TV Guardian a few years ago and it takes all of the cussing out of movies. Well, we just switched to Direct TV and now it takes cussing out of any tv program! You can now buy them at Lifeway but we originally had to get it from Family Christian. I paid $100 for mine...but it is totally worth it! I am watching Top Gun right now. I used to be in love with Tom Cruise when I was little...what was I thinking? EDITED TO ADD- Top Gun is a real cheesy movie and I am now going to change the channel!

Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

What a rip off!

Seriously, I am about to knock on myself for being so gullible. We show up at the grocery store to get Morgans pics made and it was a total rip off! I am sure you got the idea when I said: GROCERY STORE! The guy who sold me weeks before lied! Then they charged me more money and tried to take a billion pictures. Dude who sold me on the $10 said they were going to set up a studio when I came back. Well, little did I know that meant aisle one in the bakery section of the store. How embarrassing! I get mad and tell the lady that I don't need any pictures and I just felt sorry for the old guy who asked me. Then, get this...she makes me get in the pic with Morgan. That would be fine if it weren't for all of the spectators in the bakery section. I knew I didn't feel good about this for a reason. I told the lady that I didn't like any of the props and I was not interested in any more dealios! I tried desperately to stay in the Spirit and not call them a bunch of liars or give any roundhouse kicks to the face. I am getting a really good laugh right now. I even told home girl (all the way from Missouri) that I did not want ANY glamour shots. My kid is to young for that...I was horrified and wanted to get out of there after I had all of the men in there 50's stop to flirt with us. The lady that was taking my pictures asked if I knew these people that were stopping bye. I was like NO...I guess they came to buy some bread or cookies or something!!!! I don't ever even come into this grocery store...the one time I came dude sold me on some rip off pictures!!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!