The Lord Is With You

When I read today’s message from Joel Osteen, I kept hearing the words to the song, “What a friend we have in Jesus”.  I have many friends in my lifetime.  I have awesome friends who have been there with me in my ups and downs and I treasure them.  And I have had friends that [...]

Thursday Thirteen #6 – Why I love Fall

Okay, so I’m late again with my TT!  One of these days I’ll get it right.
So, this weeks TT will be 13 reasons why I LOVE the Fall
1.  The weather cools down – a lot!!!
2.  The leaves on the trees turn such beautiful colors making a ride down the highway (especially if you are driving [...]

Faith Comes By Hearing

I love this message!  I also know that it can be difficult at times to sit and read and focus on His word and try to absorb a message which is why I love keeping my little book of God’s Promises by my bedside and in my handbag at all times.  I also keep my [...]

Wet Pants

This was emailed to me today by my dear friend Doris and I knew I had to share it with as many people as possible.  Enjoy!
Come with me to a third grade classroom….. There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and [...]

Works For Me Wednesday – Fundraising

Sorry I’m a little late with today’s WFMW and I apologize for not posting one last week but with school being back in full swing, it’s been a bit hectic.
Okay, this weeks WFMW is for all you moms out there that help out by volunteering to be on the fundraising committee of the PTA, [...]

Come To The Father

I can’t tell you how much this message blessed my spirit when I read it this evening.  I have been feeling heavy-laden and overburdened for the past few days and it has been causing me to have some restless and sleepness nights.  I said “some” restless and sleepless nights because there are times when I [...]

Tapas Tuesday

Okay, so I love raw clams but I’m not really fond of raw oysters so I decided to swap them out when I saw Paula Deen’s recipe for Oyster Shooters.  And since I don’t drink (anymore) I skip the Vodka but they still taste awesome and make a great recipe for Tapas Tuesday not [...]

Choose Your Attitude

ATTITUDE… READ THIS… LET IT REALLY SINK IN – THEN CHOOSE .
John is the kind of guy you love to hate.  He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.  When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be [...]

A Vital Necessity

In my opinion, this message is a perfect follow up to Embrace Your Season.
A message from Joel Osteen
Today’s Scripture
“Set your mind and heart to seek (inquire of and require as your vital necessity) the Lord your God.” (I Chronicles 22:19 AMP).
Today’s Word from Joel and Victoria
What things do you consider a vital necessity in your [...]

Embrace Your Season

A message from Joel Osteen
Today’s Scripture
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1).
Today’s Word from Joel and Victoria
God has ordained seasons in your life. It’s easy to get frustrated when our dreams aren’t coming to pass on our timetable. When that happens, we have to [...]

Let’s Say Thanks

This website is a wonderful place to let our Troops know we care about them and support them.  They have made it so simple to send our troops an encouraging message, the hardest part is deciding which postcard to send!
 
Check out their photo gallery
and their awesome artwork!
Even though things have settled down for us [...]

Tapas Tuesday

Well, this is my first Tapas entry and believe me, trying to decide which one to use was a bit of a mind bender.  I tried to get my family to help, but everyone had their own ideas about what qualified as a Tapas.  My son Justin finally suggested my Bacon Dates.  I can’t take [...]

Tapas Tuesday

 
There are so many aweseome Meme’s out there I wanted to get in on action.  I’ve been giving a lot of thought as to the kind of Meme I wanted to create and the only thing I was sure about was that I wanted it to be about food.  I knew that I wanted the Meme to [...]

100 Things…

Well, it took what seems like forever, but I finally finished my 100 Things About Me page.  You can click here to check it out.  Oh, and if you think something should be on the list, don’t be shy – speak up – I’d love to hear it!

No Left Turns

~ My mom sent me this in an email today.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
This a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News.  In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is well worth reading, (especially poignant these [...]

An Angel For You

 

Sorrow looks back.  Worry looks around.
Faith looks up.
 
This came to me in an email and the graphic is much nicer and it’s animated.  Unfortunately, WordPress.com does not allow animations as they can tend to have virus’ attached.  I can email it to you if you want me to.  Just leave me a comment.  Take [...]

I Need Peace – Update

So, you may or may not have read my post from Tuesday the 11th, entitled I Need Peace.  Long story short, I had a really bad day and anything that could go wrong, did.
Well, I  have a praise report for you!  Let me first give thanks to God from whom all blessings flow, and for all [...]

Refuse Bitterness

Today’s message blessed my spirit so much I knew I had to pass it along.  When I think about what bitterness does to our hearts I think back to when my kids were younger and watched the animated show, “The Care Bears”.  There was a character who hated “The Care Bears” who was called “Darkheart”.  [...]

The Law Of The Garbage Truck

My mom sent me this story in an email and I don’t know if it actually happened, I just know that it made me think.  I makes perfect sense to me and seems like a wise way to live in a world so full of garbage…
 
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your [...]

Thursday Thirteen 5th Edition

This week, my TT will be 13 things I am thankful for (in no specific order):
1.  I am thankful for my loving husband who puts up with my mood swings, my need to be right and still makes me laugh.
2.  I am thankful for each of my children, the 4 who are with me and [...]