I was at the Galleria tonight and I went in to Hollister this guy who was about 18 began talking to me (he works @ Hollister). He was trying to put some moves on me and asked me why I don't get a job there. Okay, I never even go in there first. Then, I said dude...and I quote "Dude, how old do you think I am?" He said 19. Did you hear that 19? I said no...I have a two year old as well. He and his co-worker did not believe me...they asked if I would show them my license...gladly I obliged. NO WAY they yelled! Yes way...born in the seventies! (Then he did the ring check...I guess you don't think about that when you are 18) I told them I loved them for being so sweet and I left. I will be blogging the rest of my thoughts on temptation and Isa 30. I am headed to Vegas tomorrow Truss-VEGAS that is (my home town of Trussville, AL). I have showers galore for my little sisters wedding and I will be up cooking all night tonight! And yes I got only domestic skills...I can cook and clean and jog in place. While the other sisters had talent I was always told what a good wife (in taking care of a man) I would make! LOL!
Friday, August 3, 2007
Tag you are it
Snappy Casual Gifts tagged me along with 7 others to list 8 Bizarre/Random/Habits about me.Here is my list:
1. I have some killer dance moves
2. I like detective work
3. I am psychotic about not speaking to anyone before I am in the word in the morning.
4. I sleep with my bible
5. I eat at chic-fil-a several times a week. And mexican once or twice a week
6. I can not stand when Rod picks his toenails and leaves them by the bed, on the bathroom counter (his bathroom) or anywhere else.
7. I take two showers a day.
8. I don't like shaking hands or holding hands to pray (sorry) you never know where someones hand has been like up their nose or something.
If you want to do this tag then you are it!!
From gotquestions.org
Question: "God vs. Satan - if God is all-powerful, why does He not just kill Satan?"Answer: One of the mysteries of the Christian life is why God didn’t just throw Satan into the lake of fire immediately after he sinned. We know that God will one day destroy Satan once and for all by throwing him into the Lake of Fire where he will be tortured day and night forever (Revelation 20:10), but sometimes we wonder why God has not destroyed Satan already. Perhaps we will never know God’s reasoning in this particular situation, but we do know certain things about God.First, we know He is absolutely sovereign over all creation, and this includes Satan, who is “on a very short leash.” Certainly, Satan and his demons wreak havoc in the world, but they are only allowed to go so far and no farther. We also know that God has planned everything from the beginning of time to the end. Nothing can thwart His plans and things are proceeding exactly on schedule. “The LORD of hosts has sworn: ‘As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand’” (Isaiah 14:24).Second, “we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). Whatever God has planned for Satan, that plan will be the best one possible, resulting in God’s perfect wrath and justice being satisfied and His perfect righteousness being glorified. Those who love Him and who wait for His plan to be fulfilled will be thrilled to be part of that plan and will praise and glorify Him as they see it unfold.Third, we know to call into question God’s plan and its timing is to call into question God Himself, His judgment, His character and His very nature. It is not wise to question His right to do exactly as He pleases. The Psalmist tells us “As for God, His way is perfect” (Psalm 18:30). Whatever plan comes from the mind of the Almighty is the most perfect plan possible. It is true that we can’t expect to understand that mind perfectly, as He reminds us “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9). Nevertheless, our responsibility to God is to obey Him, to trust Him, and to submit to His will, whether we understand it or not.
Recommended Resource: The Serpent of Paradise by Erwin Lutzer.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Joking around-Look out richard simmons here i come!
*Edited to add...this really is a joke...just so you know.
Link-o-la
I had to link to this from Mandy (Just a girl's) blog. Also, she has a great workout video on her page LOL. I am sure the guy is sincere...it is just funny. So...I decided to make my own praise dance video. I will be posting it soon! LOL!!
Also, I picked up the glamourshots today! What a stinking rip off!! I told the guy quickly not to try to sale me anything. He went on and on. I did say that they lied to me about the price. He didn't seem to care. Then he told me that he would sale me all of the pictures for $400! BIG FAT WHATEVER! No thanks dude I will get my one sheet that I paid $20.90 for (I could have done it myself) and that I would continue to go to JC Penney where they give me like 30 sheets for $50. Crazy!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Testify Thursday
My heart just breaks for what is going on in Minneapolis right now. I was watching footage of it on Fox news as soon as it came on...I just could not believe what I was watching. How people were just driving home from work or to a game and the bridge just collapses. My heart breaks for those who have lost love ones tonight. Our lives are so fragile. We aren't promised another breath and yet we live at times as if we think we are invincible. There is so much that goes on in the world on a daily basis and God sees it all and knows it all. I wonder sometimes...why? Don't we all? Why did that have to happen today? Why are innocent children harmed? Why do babies die? And I know that it is all a product of living in this fallen world. For those of us who are Christians our hope is in heaven and in the fact that He will come and make all wrongs right.
On another note, it is not Thursday yet but I want to go ahead and make my testify thursday post...so please leave your comments as to what the Lord is doing in your life this week. It is so encouraging to me. You can share a verse, a story, or just a way that God is moving in your life. I was pondering tonight about something and here it is: I wish you could really know me and know how I have blown it in regards to sin so many times. I have hung my head in shame at the words of Christ: "If you love me you will obey me." I do love Him...I have loved Him...and He is all I have truly had in life...and yet I have shamefully disobeyed Him time after time.
We have all heard this: "God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him." I agree with that...but...what I want to testify to be true in my own life is that God has stooped down and been the lifter of my head when I didn't think I could look up. He has initiated relationship with me and come and met me (like the woman at the well) in my sin. I have poured my alabaster box on my King. I have wept at His feet and dried my tears with my hair. What amazes me is that God has brought Himself glory even through my sin. He has shattered ideas and misconceptions that I have had of Him in showing me that no matter how far I have gone, He is deeper still. What stirred this in me tonight was an email that I got from a sister in Christ. She sent me a message of encouragement. I have received several of those this week...but this really got me thinking. I have taught for seven years in some shape or form at my church and it amazes me that in spite of our sinfulness (and hear me I am not saying that God wants us to stay in strongholds so He can get the glory...I am not saying that we aren't to grow and become more like Christ) God still uses us...even when we blow it. It amazes me that people who know me would still come back to bible study and possibly hear a word from me. That is Christ in me...because I truly know that in me no good thing dwells...and I stand in Awe of a God who can truly bring beauty from the ashes...the places that have been long devastated! I am amazed that He can take a life that has been tarnished and still allow people to hear from Him through that vessel. I think we sometimes feel that because of our sin that we can no longer be used by God. That is such a lie. We are all sinners, we all fall short, we all like sheep have gone astray and yet God still takes us and uses us for His name and His renown. Glory....Glory! He is so Holy and beautiful. I love Him for forgiving me and for keeping me. Words can not express what He means to me. My faithful and true. THE MAN on the white horse.
Revelation 19:11-12
The Rider on the White Horse
11I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.sOrRy
My word on temptation is a comin! I am sorry for not responding to anyones comments. Today has been DRAINING to say the least. I have been really busy. Just wanted to give a shout out and say that I think my number must be posted on a bathroom wall or something
(867-5309 J-E-N-N-Y). I have received like 20 something missed calls from people that I do not know today. I tried to google the numbers to no avail. Does anyone but me do that? PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE people. I did get one of the strangest messages from some man...VeRy WeIrD and creepy! Oh well. I wanted to follow up his message by singing a Barry White song or something. Off to sleep (i hope).
The Way' from Kevin Pauley
Aug 1, 2007
Here Lies An Honest Man
meet the author
I make no claim of superior wisdom or originality. I am a student, just like everyone else. My goal in writing is to simply share whatever God chooses to teach me (many times by my children or parishioners) on any given day. I hope the devotionals are a blessing to you.
Kevin Pauley is a pastor and writer. He lives in Illinois with his wife, Lynn, their five children and two dogs. His internet address is Tzedekah
“The Lord demands fairness in every business deal; he sets the standard.” – Proverbs 16:11
Quentin O’Connor, the noted lawyer, died and went to heaven. He had no sooner gotten inside the Pearly Gates when a tremendous chorus of angels began to sing gloriously in his honor. The air was filled with a golden aura, clouds of incense wafted everywhere, and approaching O’Connor was St. Peter himself.
“O’Connor,” said the celestial gatekeeper, “we have long been awaiting you. You are the first human being ever to break Methuselah’s mark for longevity. You have lived 1,037 years.”
“What are you talking about?” said O’Connor, astonished. “I died at the age of sixty-five.”
“At the age of sixty-five?”
said St. Peter, astonished in his turn, “Aren’t you Quentin O’Connor? The corporate lawyer?”
“Yes.”
“From Philadelphia?”
“Yes.”
“But the Record Book has you down for 1,037 years.”
“There must be some mistake. I’m only sixty-five.”
“Something must be wrong,” said St. Peter. “Let me study the book.”
He did so and suddenly clapped his hand to his forehead. “Ah, I see where we made our mistake. We added up the hours you billed to your clients.”
Why is it so important to be honest? Well, for one thing, honesty is necessary for us to live in God’s presence. Psalm 24:3-4 says “Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.” God expects honesty from us.
My level of honesty or dishonesty reveals just what my character is. We find in Proverbs 12:5 that “The plans of the godly are just” and that “A tree is identified by its fruit” (Matthew 12:33). The Lord told us in Luke 16:10 that “If you cheat even a little, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.”
So look out for all the little subtle dishonesties that we tend to play. Watch for trying to put yourself in the best light, even when it “stretches” the truth a bit.
Otherwise, you may end up as the lawyer who was buried in a cemetery with a tombstone that was inscribed “Here lies a good lawyer and an honest man.” A little boy walking by with his mother read the inscription and asked, “Mommy, why did they bury two men there?”
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Old Lady Status
Well, tonight a precious sister was amazed at my age (i think she was being nice) but she thought I was a lot younger. Then, last week Morgan and I were at TJ Maxx and the cashier asked me if Morgan was my sister. YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! That really made me crack up!
I really am a super old lady trapped in a somewhat younger body. Here goes the TMI (too much information) I have always had problems with....drumroll...constipation. I have tried every fiber (I will not take a laxative...I would be in the bathroom suffering severe cramps for days) under the sun and I was even put on some medicine more recently (called Amitiza) it worked for oh about 2 days. Now I am down to drinking up the mineral oil. So while people may think I look young I am in fact an old lady. I just got finished eating 2 bean burritos in hopes that they might work miracles. My man goes to the bathroom when he looks at food. Must be nice! I can seriously go for a couple of weeks and nothing. Aren't you so glad that I just shared this...no shame people no shame! I did have a thought today that maybe I should start making this a matter of prayer...
While people think I am popping pills...don't worry it is just bulk fiber! LOL!!
Dr. David Jeremiah devotional (Turning Point)
Tuesday, July 31
Spiritual Tuning
We have turned, every one, to his own way.Isaiah 53:6
Recommended Reading1 Corinthians 1:10-17"Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers [meeting] together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ‘unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship." These are the words of A. W. Tozer, who clearly understood the importance of fellowshipping with believers in order to keep our minds and hearts turned toward the Lord.
On our own, it is easy to become out of tune and start living a life that is in disagreement with God's standard. But when we surround ourselves with the body of in-tune believers, our ears are suddenly opened, and we hear our need for a spiritual tuning.
Keep yourself in tune with the Lord by staying in consistent fellowship with other believers.
There are many things which a person can do alone, but being a Christian is not one of them. As the Christian life is, above all things, a state of union with Christ and of union of His followers with one another, love of the brethren is inseparable from love of God.William T. Ham
Read-Thru-the-BibleJeremiah 1:1 - 3:25
Yummy!
It is 12:46am and I guess I am pulling the night watch! I was downstairs cleaning and I came up to check on Morgan. She had a tub of Desitin diaper rash cream and she was eating it. I guess I left the thing in her bed on accident when I was changing her. What in the world gets in the mind of a child...like mmmmm yummy I think I will eat some of this diaper rash cream. So I got her out of her crib and we went to "brush teeth" that is what we call it. She thought it was so funny! Then I get lectured by dad, I mean Rod, about not leaving the diaper cream in her crib. Like I meant to!
I have been told that I decided to eat a glass christmas ball when I was her age. I had to drink lots of milk to help the glass go down...yum yum! Red is still my favorite color. I guess I am going to go finish some of my online courses while I wait for Poison Control to call and check on Morgan. :)
Monday, July 30, 2007
Rocker Chick!
Here I am with the sweetie and my iPod! People it makes housework all the more fun! She should be asleep here but she is trying to get in on some CeCe Winans. That would be her listening to the other earbud! 
below: my rockin out praise-Pod!
She soooo has my personality! She crawled in the entertainment (whatever you call it...I can't stand it. It is still left over from Rods bachelor days) box.
Her expression cracks me up!
Da-eee
I just got back from the new Target (Lori if you have not been...this is for you) it IS NOT A SUPER TARGET (and pinkmommy I won't be spending all my sweet moo-la there). Bummer! I guess I will still keep some loyalties to WalMart. I spoke to soon on my neck. I guess I am going to go to the doctor. I think it is a nerve thang! I have a question for moms: Morgan is two and ALL she talks about is her dad. I mean she is obsessed with him. She had a crying fit for him in the car and she starts yelling for him the second she gets up. Don't get me wrong she loves her momma...but that whole da-eee thing (that is what she calls him) is starting to wear me out. He tunes out a lot so I wonder if she is getting enough attention and etc...if that is why she is so all about da! So, if you have any advice...let me know!!
Accountable
Hey hold me accountable to get out a certain word God is working in me regarding temptation. The Lord has been showing me a lot to help me stay free and I am going to share as soon as I get back from the new Target that just opened!!
Give Him Some Praise
Thank you so much for your messages and for praying for me. My neck stayed straight and I pretty much slept it off! I guess He was making me lie down!! I love you all!!!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Prayer
This may seem like a minor request in comparison to so many other things...but I am really having a hard time with my neck. I have shared before...but I have severe neck spasms if my neck pops out of place. This is different from seizures...people normally get that in their head. Anyway, I have taken the medicine that I have for this but I just need some extra prayer. This always starts to happen (since it is muscular) when I go through intense stress. When this happens it is the absolute worst pain I have ever been in. The doctors say that it is worse than herniated disc (I have no idea about that). So, I am going to lay off of the computer a little and rest my neck. So just pray that it doesn't go out. Thanks so much siestas!!
I am a nerd and I know it
Growing up several kids called me "super school girl." That is because I would take home most of my books to study. I loved books then and I love them now. Anyway, my favorite subject was history. I have always been fascinated by it. I can remember being in the 4th grade and reading several books on the Holocaust. My mom was very worried about me. I think she thought I liked Hitler or something. Anyway, I could not understand how inhumane and horrific the images and stories I read were. I could not understand the thousands and thousands of dead bodies piled on top of each other. I could not wrap my mind around the evil that took place in the crematories and gas chambers (I still can't). I was shocked and horrified. During history class (in my 11th grade year) people would want me to get our teacher off of the subject. We would debate while the rest of the class slept. He was not a Christian and I would go after the limited church history that I knew with him if that shows you my level of nerdiness. Anyway, my mind is constantly probing. I am about to start reading a new commentary on the book of Jeremiah (which is one of my favorites)...and before I start I have been thinking a lot about the Exodus and I have been researching historical evidence of the Exodus. I found this article and thought I would share it. I do post so much stuff on here so I can later reference it. Gotta go get ready for church!
experiencing God devo july 29th
July 29
Scripture:I have known only youout of all the clans of the earth;therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities. (Amos 3:2, Holman CSB)
Thought:God pursues an intimate relationship, choosing to do His work through certain people He loves. But what happens when those people refuse to return God's love, or join in His work, or pile up a storehouse of sins in their lives? God has only one choice left. He comes to punish. Amos had a hard time convincing Israel of this. Does God have a hard time convincing you that He is coming to judge and punish?
Prayer:Judge of all the earth, You judge because we refuse to love and obey You. I have chosen self-centered ways and not God-centered ways. Forgive me. I am repenting of my sin. I am listening to Your voice. I am going to obey You and experience You in love, not punishment. Amen.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Question: "If I do not forgive others, does that mean my sins are not forgiven? What does Matthew 6:14-15 mean?"
Answer: Matthew 6 does not teach that our eternal destiny is based on us forgiving other people; however, it does teach that our relationship with God will be damaged if we refuse to pardon those who have offended us. The Bible is clear that God pardons sin by His grace based on Christ’s work on the cross alone, not on man’s actions. Our right standing before Him is established on one thing only: the finished work of Christ (John 3:16; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10). The penalty for sin that is rightly ours is paid by Christ, and we obtain it by grace through faith, not by any righteous deeds of our own (Ephesians 2:8-9). No one will be able to stand before God demanding that their sins be forgotten simply because they have forgiven others. Only when we are born again, given a new life through God’s Spirit, by faith in Jesus Christ are our sins forgiven. Therefore, Jesus is not referring to God’s initial act of forgiveness (reconciliation) that we experienced when we first believed the Gospel.
What He is referring to is the day-to-day cleansing we obtain when we confess our sins in order to restore fellowship with our heavenly Father—the fellowship which is interrupted by the daily tarnishing of sin that affects us all. This is not the wholesale cleansing from sin that comes with salvation by grace through faith, but is more like the foot-washing Jesus describes in John 13:10. The “whole body is clean,” He told the disciples, but their feet were dirty from their walking in the world. Forgiveness in this sense is what God threatens to withhold from Christians who refuse to forgive others.
In Matthew 6 Jesus is teaching disciples how to pray and in doing so outlines how we are restored into intimacy with God whenever we have displeased Him. In fact, Jesus instructs us to build into our prayers a request that God forgives us in the same way that we have forgiven others who have harmed us (Matthew 6:12). If there are those we have not forgiven when we ourselves pray for forgiveness, then practically speaking we are asking God not to restore a right relationship with us after we sin. To emphasize the importance of restoring broken relationships with our brothers and sisters, He states that by asking for God’s forgiveness for one’s own sins, all the while withholding forgiveness from someone else, is not only bizarre but hypocritical. We cannot possibly walk with God in true fellowship if we refuse to forgive others.
To be sure, an unforgiving spirit is a serious sin and should be confessed to God. If we have unforgiveness in our hearts against someone else, then we are acting in a way that is not pleasing to God, making our prayers and a proper living relationship with Him difficult. God will not hear our prayers unless we also show ourselves ready to grant forgiveness. If we are harder than iron in this regard, Christ’s exhortation ought to soften us.
Recommended Resource: The Freedom and Power of Forgiveness by John MacArthur.
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Birthday Party and the Park Pictures
Here is Morgan with the birthday boy Jackson! They are five weeks apart. My child is the ring leader here trying to shake the tree down. 
Here she is bugging Jax with his toys. He kept trying to tell her ...mine, mine! 
Here she is ready to P-A-R-T-Y!!!
Her trying to grab the baby ducks or whatever they are.
Jax!
Mommy please let me go swim. She was so excited that she put her bathing suit on before the party. She didn't get to swim because her mom was not going to break out her swimsuit! 
chasing the birds into the woods
chasing the birds up a VERY steep hill...which she soon decided to slide down. There was a police SUV at the top...as soon as she figures out police I will begin to use that as a tool to get her to obey! LOL!! 
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