- Leading my girls in paintball...here we go.. love it... but im scared. :) Go
- Alright hon so you're retired im not. why dont u move over... im late. Go
- Almost about to go on air in beattyville Kentucky! yeeeeehaw haha Go
I just ordered my first hoody from abort73.com I am excited about wearing it and getting the word out. Got this hoody with this logo;
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And I want this one;
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Soon, I will have it! I hope that you will consider what YOU can do! You can wear a shirt. If you have a website you can go the the website and put a banner on your website to direct others there. You can give a money gift. You can hand out a pen. You can carry tote. Most of all tell others about this website and make it known! We can’t just stand by, as Christian people and let little lives be taken, without a fight. Visit this site! Order a shirt. Most of all we want to build relationships with people that we can tell about Jesus and then they will see the Light and know how wrong it is.
I like to think I can be the voice of a little ones who voice can’t be heard that has not fully developed yet, before they are taken home to heaven. I hope to be able to meet them in heaven and say I spoke for you! I loved you! Even when others didn’t.
In the words of Jesus “Let the children come to me”
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Growing up I remember visiting a man in the hospital that I hardly knew. He always scared me a little. He looked sad, angry and very lost. He hardly ever said a word. He would stare at the TV in the hospital room or just stare away from us. Above his bed were pictures of him as a young man in his uniform, serving his country. From the pictures he still had his whole life in front of him to live. We would visit him for a little while and then we would need to leave. I remember as we would walk to the elevator Dad would always give us the talk of how important it was to stay away from alcohol. The effects it had on this man’s life was so obvious. He would warn us sternly that if that was the road we chose that would be where it led. I remember we would quietly listen and the trip home was always a little quiet as we thought over what we had seen and heard…..
At a young age he was offered just a drink. Not really a big deal at the time. It was a big deal. It would change his life forever.
I can remember some of my Mother’s stories. Growin up she learned some things the hard way by watching her Dad. She told me that when she went through hard times as a girl she would tell herself she would never live this way and she made a deal with herself she would have changes. She said she made a promise to herself that she would never marry a man who drank. She married a Pastor, my dad. She would lay in her bed at night and listen to a preacher talk about Jesus. She made it to church… sometimes by herself. She made a deal, she would never let her kids see from her, what she lived with.
My older Brother Kyle, they say, looks like Grandpa. (The picture here is my brother Kyle taking little Kyle on a walk) Kyle said that he and his wife made a vow to God that they would never take a sip of alcohol. Kyle is a youth pastor. He warns young people against alcohol often. He has a little boy, Little Kyle, he wants to be like Big Kyle.
Grandpa is gone now. We still visit his grave site on a hill just outside of the small town in Kentucky that he grew up in. Mom will put flowers on his grave and we will enjoy the peaceful setting. We will be quiet and think about him. Grandpa may never have known us and won’t ever know the influence he had on us but he had a powerful influence on his kids and now his grandchildren and great grandchildren. We often wish that he would have been open to Jesus. But God used his heart though it wasn’t open to Him. Sometimes the example we look at doesn’t always have to be good one… and for that we thank him and we love him.
Mom, I love you. Thank you for warning us against alcohol and telling us the truth. Thank you for making the decision as a young girl that you would have a different life no matter what. Thank you for looking to your perfect heavenly Father and letting Him lead you. Thank you for never allowing us to experience the hard things you went through because you knew Jesus was the answer. Thank you for being determined not to marry a man who drinks. Thanks for encouraging us to make vows against taking “just one drink”. I will encourage my kids to do the same.
Here is a sweet song that I love. Listen to it and if you can look it up on youtube and watch the original one. It won’t let me post it here. I almost made my mom cry when I sent it to her and she doesn’t cry.
(Please turn off the music at the bottom left side of this page)
Yesterday, I taught Sunday School. I teach two groups. First the older ones – 3 and 4′s. Then I teach the 2 year olds. They are SO small. Sometimes I wonder how much they really take in. But they are so sweet. I love them so much. As they entered the classroom I greeted them like I always do. You have to be very energetic from the very moment they enter to the moment that they leave to keep their attention. Sometimes they will all run up to me and give me hugs. I love it when they do that. So cute. Some Sunday’s I am flooded with so many hugs from them all at one time they they almost push me backward!!!
Yesterday I was teaching about the good news that there would be a baby born to Mary. Mary running to tell Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s baby jumping for joy in her womb. I gathered all the kids together at the end of the lesson and asked them what the real meaning of Christmas was. I asked them if it was about Santa and reindeer? Some said yes some screamed “Jesus”! I gathered them around the nativity scene we have posted on the wall in the classroom. I pointed to the different things on the wall and asked them “Who is this?… and who is this?” They usually always say “Jesus!!” no matter what I ask! I point to a sheep it’s Jesus! I love them. I pointed to Mary and asked “Who is this?” One little guy named Thomas yelled out “Mama!!
I am amazed and taught every Sunday by their small, yet profound, faith in God. They believe and they have faith. I wish my faith was so simple and so complete. No questions asked. Just Faith. Just trust.
The evening service we had a beautiful drama unfold before us. Beautiful. As I watched the Wise Men come and Mary and Joseph adore Baby Jesus.. my heart was so full of love for that Child… who became a Man… who changed the entire course of history.
As I think about Him I want my life to be wrapped up in loving, serving and knowing Him. As I reflect on the things He has done for me I in turn want to lift up my hands to Him and say take me I am fully and completely yours! I hope that as we reflect on His birth as we think about His coming to earth…. we think about what He wanted when He came. He came for us so that He could bring us Life. What an awesome, loving, self-sacrificing Man?
Whatever we do today and during the last few days until Christmas I hope that we will understand the real meaning of Christmas. I hope that we will understand He came because He wanted a relationship with us. He bridged the huge gap… because He loved us so much! I hope that we will build, build, build a strong living beating relationship with our Father. That’s what He wants most from you.
How do we DO this? I believe that we look into the stable… we look at the Baby. Gather around the Baby. Just look at His Life. In Sunday school we gathered around the Baby. In church and in the Christmas play we gathered around the Baby. Have you? I believe that when we look at Him our lives, our faces will reflect His beauty and glory and Life and we can’t help but be changed.
“In His Name all oppression shall cease”
Target, one of my favorites. Yesterday, I was in there (today as well but you know..) and found some “Target Red” Lipstick by Loreal! Cute stuff. It has the target logo on the tube. Cute. I got it. I am wearing it now. I usually hate red lipstick on me… but this is kinda nice! Maybe just because I know they made it to match Target’s logo.
I have a heart for the innocent lives taken in abortion. I hurt for the ones already taken before they had a chance to see this beautiful world God created for them to see, to live the life God wanted them to live.
A few months ago my dear sweet Sisiter-in-law Elizabeth was here and wore a shirt that looked just like this.
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I asked her about it and now I want my own shirts to give away and to wear. You can click on the image above to go the website and watch the videos and things about what is going on. Here is on video that tell about this website. I want to support them in what they do and get the word out about this. Change our world one step at a time. Be a voice for those sweet little ones who don’t yet have one. Visit the site buy the shirts, be the voice.
