Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Here are pics of me and Tater my kitty!!!


Monday, October 17, 2005

Today I am hanging by a rope instead of just a thread! But I know even that could change in a breath depending on me. I am in a rather large struggle. Please pray that God would give me STRENGTH and WISDOM and that I would accept both and take advantage of them. Pray that I will stay honest and open and allow myself to be held accountable. Pray. Pray. Pray. Thanks!

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Wahoo...just got back from walking with the ladies at lunch...we walked hard and I feel great...I am ready to do it again tomorrow...lets go...I want to be in shape and loose weight...I really feel great...I have lots of energy right now...well still reading in Job...I am loving it...it is good to know that he is so brutally honest with God...it is REFRESHING to me...and I'm loving that his friends are there and they are not allowing him to slip too far into self pity...they are fussing back and forth but they are there for him and trying to turn his eyes back to God...we'll see how it all turns out though...I know I have read this book before but I dont really remember it so its like all new to me...I like it...I like it alot...I like knowing there is someone who will show me the ugly when I cant see it and show me when I am wrong or going in the wrong direction...I always pray that I will be receptive to that...well anyway...I had better put all this energy to good use and get some work knocked out...lata!!

Monday, October 10, 2005

Being Stirred
God's Word stirs me...I've just fininshed reading Esther and started reading Job...and today I realized how much God's Word stirs me...makes me think and look at myself to see if I am in check with the things I need to be doing and correcting...both Esther and Job are pretty amazing examples to us...Esther risked her on life to save her people...little did she know the plan God had in store for her...through reading Esther I noticed all the things God put in place to save his people...not all easy things for Esther either...but necessary to get her to the place God needed her to save the people...it is just incredible to see...I see God's hand in my own life like that as well...not that I'll be queen and save an entire people..but God has had a hand in my whole life to bring me to where I am today and were I will be in the future...it is amazing...and Job...wow...I would only hope to be able to stand and worship and praise God like he does as things are taken away from him...he simply trusts not matter what...I have huge doubts in myself there...I mean if my entire family and fortune were taken away from me in one day...would I immediately turn and praise God...I pray I would...Job was incredibly faithful...incredibly sold out...incredibly willing to give it all back to God...sometimes I am not even willing to give God my day...I have only begun reading Job today...I have read it before but this time it I am looking within me to see if I have those same qualities...Christlike qualities...Christ was faithful even to death...would I be that faithful...I pray so...but again have some major doubts...not that I am asking to be tested at all...lol...just looking within to see how strong my faith is and allowing Job to encourage me there and learning from him...I love God's word...it stirs me!! Hope you'll let it stir you today!!!

Friday, October 07, 2005

Hola...ok well I went back on what I said...I got another cat...so far it has already been much better than the last time...my new kitty is a boy...he has a bobbed tail...he is orange...and his name is Tater...he is the sweetest and funniest kitty ever...I love him...I have had him since Tuesday afternoon...so already I've had him longer than the last one by a couple hours...ha...well this week has been good...I have been reading in the book of Esther...there are several things that stood out to me...first was that Esther was willing to give up her life for her people...the second was that the King couldnt sleep so he had the journals read to him...that was so totally God that he couldnt sleep and because of that he found out about Mordecai...and it was interesting that Haman did not get away with the evil he was planning...but it was turned back on him...and it was so God that turned it back...it was just cool to read the story and see how God was looking out and putting little things in place just in time to stop the evil from happening...so cool...you just never know when those little things are things that God has put there to keep you safe and protect you...wow...what a cool story...of God's faithfullness to us...and an encouraging story of how we can be used...like Mordecai told Esther in chapter 4 the end of verse 14 from the Message Bible..."Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for such a time as this." Who knows maybe we are where we are for such a time as this...wow...it would do me good at work to keep that in mind...really good...wow...what a revelation all of a sudden...thanks you Father...wow...you know God is so good...and my most favorite thing is to be used by Him...well bon voyage for now...got a wonderful weekend planned...Jen and Jason are coming over tonight...Mom is coming over tomorrow morning with Jacob my little fatboy...and Saturday night I'm headed to hang with my other family and Sunday is pastor appreciation YES...and Sunday night we are going to the movies as a family...I hope we get to see Flightplan...have a good one...lata gata!!!

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Hi...Happy Tuesday...guess I'd better catch up on the weekend...I worked until 7:00pm Friday night...it was the last shipping day of the month and trucks were late...but I didnt have anything to do since Jen had company coming over so it didn't bother me at all to have to work that late...and Saturday I finally got to clean my apartment...wow...I am ever so thankful...I even reorganized my kitchen cabinets...aaahhhhhh....I feel soooo much better...my house is spotless...well except my guest bedroom...it needs some work...and I am quickly getting behind on laundry...but my house is clean...its clean its clean its clean...phew...it makes me wanna bake...how crazy is that...lol...I walked into my clean kitchen the other night and though...oh I really want to bake something...lol...ha...anyway then Saturday night Neesie and I played bejeweled forever...it was so much fun...Sunday we started the Christmas play in children's church and then went to Guntersville for a kids crusade...I could only go Sunday night because of work...but that's okay...I made my peace with it...surprisingly...it was difficult but I knew that God worked it out that way for a reason...because last night was the Women's Meeting and Miss Darlene asked me to share my testimony...I did and it went well I think...all I know is that I would share it again and again if it touches and changes lives...it was hard because that was the first time I had shared it in front of a big group like that(30)...but I am glad I did it and I would do it again in a heart beat...I mean really if what I went through can help give someone else hope and faith and help them to better understand how much God loves us...then I'll tell it everyday...it makes every single thing I went through worth it...every part of it...I do not regret anything...I would not change anything...I am only thankful God uses me and my life to touch others in such a way...I am so thankful to all of those who were able to be there last night...I was so affraid that I would have no safe friends there...and those that came touched my heart so very much I dont even have words to express...I needed that support and really I cant even express how much it meant...anyway...then we got to decorate cakes...that was so fun...and I loved watching everyone work and decorate their cake...Darlene really out did herself...it was alot of fun...you know I just have to say how incredible God is...I was really blessed by sharing my testimony last night...I know that He was in control and that He brought out the things that needed to be said...I couldnt even begin to tell all that He has done for me....it would take months years maybe...He has done so much...I could ask for none better than Him!!!