The Birth of a Child

      I remember the joy the pride when each of my children were born. What do you think Mary must have felt the day Jesus was born???

Not much more than a child herself ..alone except for a husband she had never known yet ..they had traveled far from home, she was great with child… riding on a donkey .. it was time!!

Joseph, its time the baby is coming… we must find a place to stay!!! Can’t you just hear this young girl now???? I don’t know how calm you would have been or she was but if it had been me it might have went something like this……

    Ok Joseph it’s time to stop this donkey and find a place to rest,Joseph did you hear me..soon. “JOSEPH” NOW THE BABY IS COMING!” What do you mean there is no rooms? Here we are in the middle of “who knows where” ..where is my mother ..when I need her?

   What? In there? Is this the best you could do? There is cow’s and sheep and camel’s .. you want me to have this baby here?  No time now he’s coming!!! Get the doctor call the nurse ..WHAT..no doctor no nurse???

But from what we read Mary gave birth in that stable with the animals' and Joseph, no one to clean the baby up and lay him in her arms. I guess Joseph wrapped the baby and lay him in a feeding trough.  

   This was our savior's birth ----

I believe that Mary knew all was ok everything would be fine,,maybe she had angel’s there to help I don’t know. I do know she knew who she was giving birth to …The King of Kings …Savior of the world…Jesus!!!! and so did Joseph.

Thank you Mary for being willing to bring this baby into the world for us …that we may live. Thank You Father for sending your son too die for us . Thank You Jesus for for paying the price for our sins … Thank You Holy Spirit for calling Jesus from the dead that we might live with Him and all our loved one’s one sweet day.

… Thank You Holy Spirit for calling Jesus from the dead that we might live with Him and all our loved one’s one sweet day.

Thank You for the GREATEST CHRISTMAS GIFT ever !!!!

And to my loved ones that are waiting there cheering us on …we will see you again!

Happy Thanksgiving

      What  childhood memories come rushing to mind when you think about Thanksgiving???                                                                          

   For me there are many .. but one that came to mind this week was when I was about seven yrs old, grandpa & grandma LeCrone (Will & Ella) still lived on the old homestead out of Helena. We lived on the Finny place out of Ringwood.

   Everyone came from miles away for the family Thanksgiving gathering. Great aunts , uncles and countless cousin’s, grandma’s, grappa's you name it they were there. Also friends and neighbors from all around.

      Everyone come early stayed late, some from far away came the night before and spent the night .. there was pellets all over the place even on the porches. Everyone cooked and helped cleanup and played games like horse shoes, red rover, tag …even the grownup, we had so much fun!

 

   One time after a really hard game of horseshoes everyone was laying around under the trees telling stories…some times there would be snow on the ground at Thanksgiving so it was snowball fights and building snowmen.. and running in to warm ourselves around the pot bellied stove in the kitchen . 

One thing I miss is the big farm kitchen .. we gathered around the table to eat and play games.

Ok, back to the story…. the cousins from NM was here and we went up stairs and was playing with the old phone, you know where you wind the handle to call the operator.. well our coz CE wanted us to line up all the way down the stairs holding hands and he would touch the phone battery and we would see what would happen. WOW!, he thought it was so funny all of us got shocked!!! But whoever was the lucky one on the end got it the most..yep, you got it ..that was me. I can remember that feeling to this day.

   But what fun we had.. it was a workout for our angels I’m sure ,,to keep us all safe. 

So what about your memories??? Share with us!  Have a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving!

They went to Jared

Christmas in Nov.

Here are a few fun pictures of our early Christmas in GA.

Things You Can Learn From Kids

     My grandmother Lanham always said you are never to old to learn, if you stop learning you die. Yesterday I learned how to be a witness to a friend that don’t know Jesus … that don’t even believe in God … from my five year old grand daughter.

   She came to her daddy and said daddy my friend Janet don’t believe in God. He ask her why don’t she believe in God? Sophie said I don’t know but I’ll find out .. she was gone a few min. upon her return she said .. Janet said she didn’t know why she didn’t believe in God. Her dad ask what did you tell her, Sophie said I told her if she didn’t believe in God she would go to hell. Her dad started to tell her.. maybe you should tell her Jesus loves her and we do to ..but he ask what did she say? Oh, she said ok she  would believe in God because she didn’t want to go to hell.

     Now both five year old girls were happy and the grownups had learned a lesson.

    Why are we so afraid to talk to people about God? Today the sermon was about fighting the good fight of faith. I really enjoyed it. The pastor talked about do not neglect the gifts in you, fan the flame the the gift of God in you.

It takes some to be cast into the sea too know what it meant to be dry and in the ship.  As they say you don’t always know what you have until its gone.

Let us not miss the boat or allow  anyone we know to miss heaven because we are not willing to share what we have in Christ.

Carrot, Egg or Coffee

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her, She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling.. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.. 
 
    Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans . She let them sit and boil; without saying a word. 
 
    In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see." 

    "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. 
 
    Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. 

    Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?" 
 
    Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. 

    "Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?" 

    Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? 

    Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart? 

     Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? 
 
    The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. 
 
    When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling, everyone around is crying.

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!

What is going on?

    I am afraid of the dark! No not the dark when the sun goes down

but the “darkness”  that is in this world. Not afraid in the way of hidding in fear, but of how easy it is for people to be drawn to it or pulled to it. Just like the children of Israel, they were delivered out of bondage ..and because they didn’t see ,it the promise “NOW” they lost their belief their faith and wanted to turn back to Egypt !!! The very place they had been mistreated, misused .. a place of no hope, a place of bondage and death.

What was Gods great requirements??? Deut. 10:12  Fear God, walk in His ways, Love Him, serve Him with all your heart and mind and all your being.

I was talking with a lady in my church who was being abused by her boyfriend. She was being abused some physically, but she was being severely abused verbally and mentally. The thing that amazed me the most was that even though her boyfriend was abusing her and lying to her regularly, she still continued to believe him and defend him. I remember thinking, I will never understand why women keep going back or are drawn to the same type of men or people over an over. Not just people but old life stile .. smoking, drinking, sleeping around, drugs, etc.. darkness.

"Why is it that people will submit themselves to an evil person, but the same person will resist believing a God who has never lied and who always tells the truth?"

Walking by faith should be easy. However, it is a struggle for many. From early age we are trained to believe what we see. In fact, a familiar phrase used by many is this. "I will believe it when I see it." But for the Christian walking by faith, it’s actually quite the opposite. For us, we’ll see it when we believe it.

A truth we find threaded through God’s Word is this. Everything a Christian receives, he must believe for it first. Before we receive salvation, we must believe for salvation. God searches over the earth looking for those who will believe Him. And when He finds someone who believes Him, then He rewards them because God is a rewarder of those who believe that He is and diligently seek Him.

So the key to 2 Corinthians 5:7 is this. We must live our lives based on the truth of God’s Word instead of the facts that are found in the world. We act on the promise instead of the problem. We walk in the truth instead of deception and we walk in the light instead of darkness.

Walking by faith means that we base everything we do in life upon what God says because we believe Him. In fact, we believe Him so deeply that everything we say, everywhere we go, every action we take, and every thought in our mind aligns itself with what God says.

When did Old become …..

…a burden ..a disease …a embarrassment …less then everyone else …of no value … someone with no feelings …

Ok, maybe we slow you down, make more work for you sometimes … but there was a time ..nine months before you were born your Mother carried you .. she did it alone .. you made her sick at times … you caused her pain ,,,then she walked through the valley of death to bring you into this world only too have to do everything for you … feed you ..change you ..bath you .. dress you … carry you for you couldn’t walk …after a few years of caring for you .. teaching you ..running you where you needed or wanted to go … seeing to your every need as best we could ..your dad & I ..have some how become a burden … a disease …an embarrassment ..of little or no value …not to smart …someone with no feelings ….

You can be alone in a room full of people ..even Wal Mart

Boy did this one touch my heart ... there is too much of this going on around us and we don't even notice. The other day a lady came in Wal Mart pushing a elderly lady in a wheel chair she stopped just inside the door ...told the lady in the chair I'll be back in a little while ..your just to heavy to push around.
I was checking out and just couldn't walk off for some reason... the longer she set there you could see the fear on her face .. now I couldn't tell you what was going on in her mind for sure ..but I could see the look on her face and the fear in her eyes .. so I parked my cart and set by her on a bench just out side of the beauty shop...I started to talk to her and she reached out for my hand. I smiled at her and her sweet little hand gently patted my arm ...everyone needs a touch.

The Wooden Bowl 
I guarantee you will remember the tale of the Wooden Bowl tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, A year from now.

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson.
The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered
The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and
Failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor.
When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth. 
The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. 
'We must do something about father,' said the son.
'I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor.' 
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner.
There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner.
Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. 
When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye as he sat alone.
Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food. 
The four-year-old watched it all in silence.

One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor.
He asked the child sweetly, 'What are you making?' Just as sweetly, the boy responded,
'Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up. 
' The four-year-old smiled and went back to work. 
The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. 
That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.
For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason,
Neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled. 
On a positive note, I've learned that, no matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. 
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things:
A rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. 
I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as making a 'life..' 
I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. 
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands.You nee d to be able to throw something back sometimes.
I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you
But, if you focus on your family, your friends, the needs of others,
Your work and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you 
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. 
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. 
I've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone. 
People love that human touch -- holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. 
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. 

Walking With a Heavy Heart

A few years back my husband (Jim) and I went to Dallas, Tx to a pastors convention I don't remember who the speaker was but I do remember he spoke about our cluttered lives. He keep our attaintion, very one there was glued to his every word. Then we took a break ... as we drank coffee and ate donuts ... the heaviness settled over us, everyone was feeling it but they all were teasing and laughing as we discussed how cluttered our lives were. But as we laughed Jim and I were very anxious to find out how to unclutter our life.

When the seminar continued, the speaker never got to a point and we left the seminar knowing for certain we had a cluttered life, but not knowing how to unclutter it.

He had explained how people mess up their lives, mess up their work , and we keep clutter all around them by hanging with the wrong people, reading the wrong things,etc. That our minds get tossed to and fro by doctrines and winds of doctrines.

So altho we enjoyed the seminar the heaviness stayed. We prayed and ask the Lord to show us how to unclutter.
Psalm 119:165 tells us that those who love God’s law have great peace and they do not live offended lives. Offense is clutter.
In this one verse we are given a formula for a peaceful, un-offended lifestyle. When you walk in peace you can easily deal with clutter. How do you walk in peace? You must fall in love with God's law.
You must spend time in God's Word. You must know that God's Word is true and that His Word is a benefit and not a curse and you must prove this through your willing acts of obedience to all His commands. peaceful living will be yours.

"Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them" (Psalm 119:165).

They Fell to the Ground - At the Power of His Words

While reading the Word this morning, I noticed as I read John 18 something I had never noticed before (something that happens more & more of late) in verse 6 "after He had said I am he -they fell backwards to the ground." I had never seen that they fell under the power of His Words before.
There is power in your words. Probably more power than you could possibly imagine. All through the Word of God words were used to create, control, and destroy.
When Jesus heard that Lazarus was dead, He went to the tomb and spoke these words: “Lazarus, come forth.” When Jesus spoke these words, Lazarus came out of the grave.

In the book of Matthew, Jesus spoke to the fig tree and it dried up from the roots.

The next day Peter, remembering, said to Jesus, “ The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” Then Jesus answered and made a very dramatic statement pertaining to the words of your mouth. He said, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” How much plainer could Jesus have made it.

You must speak to the mountain, just like He spoke to the fig tree and just like He spoke to Lazarus.
In the book of John chapter 18 we have one of the most overlooked miracles in the Bible. Jesus was in a garden with His disciples. Jesus had met them in this particular garden several times. They knew it well, including Judas, who was heading toward the garden with troops and officers They had lanterns, torches and weapons. They were there to arrest Jesus.
Jesus knew exactly what was going on so He walked forward to the soldiers and said, “Whom are you seeking?” The soldiers answered, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Then Jesus said, “I Am He.” (Actually "I AM")
Now listen to this. When Jesus said “I Am He,” the officers of the court, the Pharisees, and the detachment of soldiers all fell backward to the ground. The power of the words of Jesus was more than their physical bodies could handle. According to the Bible, when Jesus spoke, they could not remain standing. They fell under the power of God. They had no choice.

Don’t kid yourself. There is power in the spoken word. Words, your words, can produce life and they can cause death.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” What does this mean? Well, it means this. Your words can produce life or death. Your words are the tool that you use to move your faith. When you speak positive words of faith, that moves God to perform His Word in your life. When you speak worry, doubt, and unbelief, then faith is not present and God only responds to faith.

When you have a mountain in your life that you need moved, get into the Word of God and find out what He says about your mountain. Read the Word and meditate on it. Then speak the Word to your mountain. Believe that what you have spoken will come to pass and then watch your mountain be cast into the sea.

What is an Encumbrance???

Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses who have borne testimony to the truth, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance. (Hebrews 12:1 AMP).

What is an encumbrance? It is an unnecessary weight. If you are going to walk on the water, the last thing you need is weight. LOL
“And that sin which so readily, deftly and cleverly, clings to and entangles us.” (Heb. 12:1 AMP) Notice the Amplified says “clings to and entangles.” Not only do we have the encumbrance and the weight if we allow ourselves to get caught up in the things of the world, but also we have sin, which cleverly clings to and entangles us. It’s difficult to walk when you are entangled. Have you ever been entangled in something? Being all tied up and having extra weight is not a condition that a Christian should be in.

“And let us run with patience endurance and steadily and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us.” (Heb. 12:1 AMP) Every one of us has a goal before us. We should be headed toward that goal. We must be steady and have an active persistence and patient endurance.

I know a lot of people that endure, but they don’t endure patiently. There is a difference. You can always tell somebody that is not enduring patiently, because they tell you how much they are enduring. Patience is peaceful. If you are patient, you will be at peace. If you are not at peace, you are not being patient.

“Looking away from all that will distract . . . “ (Heb. 12:2 AMP). We must keep our eyes on the finish line. We must stay focused on the goal. “. . . to Jesus who is the Leader and the Source of our faith giving the first incentive for our belief who is also its finisher bringing it to maturity and perfection. He for the joy of obtaining the prize that was set before Him endured the cross despising and ignoring the shame and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Heb. 12:2 AMP)

Jesus pressed in toward His goal and He was able to do it because He did not waver from looking at the prize that was before Him. He was not distracted. Sin equals weight. Anything that hinders you on the way toward your goal is sin. If God has placed a goal before you, if He’s put a calling before you, anything that hinders you from obtaining that goal is sin because it is not of faith. The scriptures tell us anything not of faith is sin. The only way to combat the encumbrance is to fight the fight of faith.

Sometimes people get a little embarrassed about being a faith person. I’m not embarrassed to be a faith person. In spite of all the things that have happened in the name of faith that were not faith, our faith should not waiver.

The only person who loses when they are trying to press in is the one that quits pressing in. As long as you do not allow the weight to encumber you, as long as you do not allow yourself to get tangled up, as long as you don’t get into a pity party because you think you are all by yourself, as long as you keep pressing in with faith, you will win.

Don't Let Satan steal your JOY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIE KAY

Maga, hopes you are having a wonderful Birthday!!!Are you feeling better???

I send Kisses and hugs...love Maga

This is the Week Sophie!

This is the week Sophie has been worrying about, infect she told her daddy... "she is not going because she just don't think its necessary" She is so funny!

She goes in Wed. to have her tonsils out ... and yes it is necessary. She is having all kinds of trouble with them.

Her mom and dad told her she could have all the ice cream she wanted to eat .. she told Maga "I don't like jello & ice cream all that much."

Keep Sophie and her mom & dad in your prayers ...

Warning!!! Not for the weak Hearted

Warning!!! Not for the weak hearted
What is a "stronghold?" Have you heard of the "strongman?" Things that go "bump" in the night. Something happens that can not be explained, you see something, feel something ... maybe find yourself doing something you thought would have never done.Whats this all about?

Why do some cities or churches or buildings have certain things happening more than others? Some area's are pledged with lets say "divorce" or "certain crimes"Is it important that we know why this is going on? Or should we leave well enough alone? Just except whatever comes in life and hope it goes away? If you hear of a church that has one person after another suffering with the same disease or dieing young do you just say bless their hearts they have had more than their share of bad luck.

We are intrigued with the paranormal the unexplained but we don't want to really know why, how ,what or where it is coming from.I believe that if we just ..leave well enough alone ... it does not go away ... so what are we to do?It comes at us in so many ways with its glamour.. the celebrities alluring millions into the web of deception ..caught in demonic seduction. we as the children of God, must know how to respond.

The church is not unaffected by these seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. Because of the God given hunger for the supernatural Satan takes advantage of every door that we might open even if its only a crack. A great delusion is taking place!

We do not live our lives 24 -7 in the church ... we live in the world. They are at work in the church ... we go out into the world and bring it back into the church with us.People we are living in a "High -risk time right now"
2 Tim 3 talks about this time.

Think about this and give some feed back.

He Would Be 71 Today

James Kenneth Kear would have been 71 today and I know just what he would have wanted for his Birthday. He loved to eat out and spend time with his family... so he would have loved to gather everyone together go eat "Mexican" food or have a cookout with homemade ice cream.

He loved his Lord and prayed for his children and grandchildren daily...and you would never find him anywhere without his bible ... looking at pictures you will see in many pictures like the one at Canton lake camping he is setting in his lawn chair reading the bible.

He loved his children and Papa as the grand kids called him- loved his grandchildren so much .. They could just about get anything they wanted from him. I can just imagine him with his three grand daughters he didn't get to met or spoil. He would be so proud of them and they would have him wrapped around their little fingers just like his other grand kids did.

He always said one of his favorite birthdays was when we were first married and had "nothing"
we had wine glasses with DP put music on and danced in the bedroom ... Mike was a baby and we lived in Albuq.

Another one was the last time we all took him out to eat and than we played Nert's awhile everyone went to bed but him and his boys they set up until 2am talking bible ... he did love that.

I just read Matt 5:8 in a new translation
They shall walk with Me, dressed in white, for they are worthy! They are my children.

I shall dance on the streets of heaven with my Jamie one sweet day!!!!

Warning!!! Not for the weak hearted

What is a "stronghold?" Have you heard of the "strongman?" Things that go "bump" in the night. Something happens that can not be explained, you see something, feel something ... maybe find yourself doing something you thought would have never done.

Whats this all about? Why do some cities or churches or buildings have certain things happening more than others? Some area's are pledged with lets say "divorce" or "certain crimes"



Is it important that we know why this is going on? Or should we leave well enough alone? Just except whatever comes in life and hope it goes away?



If you hear of a church that has one person after another suffering with the same disease or dieing young do you just say bless their hearts they have had more than their share of bad luck.



We are intrigued with the paranormal the unexplained but we don't want to really know why, how ,what or where it is coming from.


I believe that if we just ..leave well enough alone ... it does not go away ... so what are we to do?

It comes at us in so many ways with its glamour.. the celebrities alluring millions into the web of deception ..caught in demonic seduction. we as the children of God, must know how to respond.

The church is not unaffected by these seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. Because of the God given hunger for the supernatural Satan takes advantage of every door that we might open even if its only a crack. A great delusion is taking place!

We do not live our lives 24 -7 in the church ... we live in the world. They are at work in the church ... we go out into the world and bring it back into the church with us.

People we are living in a "High -risk time right now"

2 Tim 3 talks about this time.

Think about this and give some feed back.

Glory!!!!

I'm heading for the City to spend some time with my friend ... going to enjoy the next three days ... we always have a good time together. Don't know for sure where we are going or what we will be doing but we always find something to do.

Praise the Lord my lap top is fixed!!! I get to pick it up on the way out of town. They said all they had to do was take the battery out and let it completely run down and put it back in, said not to leave it plugged in all the time.

I plan on talking about strongholds when I get back so put your thinking caps on and help me out .

Oh, another praise, after some children that were at my house and un-tuned my Dulcimer ... I have finely got it back in tune ... I thought I was going to have to take it back to Mike to tune it again.

See you when I get back- love ya

All Right All Ready

Ok, Ok, Ok...... I think that I had almost forgoten about getting blindsided ... about people that say one thing and mean another ... almost forgot that when you step out for the lord the dark side does not like it !!
But that didn't last long ... for the last two months or so I have been the punching bag ... I have been crushed !

Heads up!!!!! I'm going to be like my daughter in law TJ said I'M ANGRY AND I'M NOT TAKING IT ANY MORE! The battle of the devil is not going to win! Devil you are out of here! Just because I'm over 60 does NOT mean I have to lie down and take this. Who is with me? Sorry TJ I changed a few words.

I am a child of the king, I do not have to lie down and take this garbage!!!!! I'm fighting back!!!! I will get back everything that has been taken from me... because the scripture says if you know who the thief is he has to pay back what he has taken from you.

I heard a preacher say yesterday that the devil has been stripped of his spiritual ability and he can't do anything without a human body to work through ... now if that is true how does he keep doing thing in the Spirit realm?
Oh yes, I agree he uses people to hurt you and in many ways but I believe he also works on his own.

What do you think??? Give me some fed back....

What a little Knockout

Meet Ma -ga's little graduate! Just in case you are wondering where I got the name Ma ga ... your looking at her.

When Sophie was just learning to talk she couldn't say "grandma" and when she would try it came out backwards sort of .... so I have been "Ma ga" ever since.

Now, her little sister Ruby calls me "Ma ga" also.

This little angel graduated from Pre-K last week and before we can blink it will be High school!! It seems like it was just last year her daddy (my son) was graduating, how time flies.

I Love Sunday's Don't you?

I love Sunday's because ... in the past it has been where family and friends gather together to worship & praise the Lord and fellowship together. Sometimes like today we have "POTLUCK" all the ladies bring all this great food and we set around and talk & laugh touching each other's lives ... and that's a good thing!

While visiting my son and family in GA. this April I enjoyed their church and church family along with my three beautiful grand daughter's .
What am I getting at? That each of our churches may have a different name but we are all part of the same body, the body of Christ! We sing the same songs, pray to the same God . We should all have the same goal, to see souls saved.

We help in two churches ... yesterday we helped with a youth meeting ... they played loud music and wild games the preacher preach using candy bars about 60 of them, it was awesome!

The best part "a soul was saved"and other kids rededicated their lives to Christ!!

It was a long day, I'm tired and my legs hurt, but I'm praising the Lord for allowing us to be a part of this work. Today we are in another church doing the song leading and offering .. whatever is needed ... Praise the Lord !What a God we serve!

I am sowing my time and money into others so that I will see everyone of my children and grand children saved and we will all be together in heaven one day. God is the answer for your life too.