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Starting Over

2010-11-05T08:08:00.004-05:00

I started this blog when I went to India with Debra for her surgeries. It was last ditch effort to find out why she was so ill. Well life has changed and I am moving on with my life and she is moving on with hers. I think that's best for both of us. So on this cold November morning I am going to take the suggestion of a friend and start over with a new blog that brings me joy and comfort. I will still use it as a prayer link but also add cooking, and menu items, photos of our fun times together with friends and things that make me happy. I am sure it will be productive and I invite you to visit, make comments and post to it your favorite recipes as well. This life is to short to live in fear of the what if I don't do this or that... guilt is of no use to anyone and we can never change the past but we can build a better new day. Today that's my goal. I didn't write in my journal last night, didn't stay up late wondering what was going to happen next, got to bed on time and I feel pretty good today. I have already gotten dressed, taken out the dogs, put on some washing and it's only 8:15 a.m. my day is off to a good start. My goal is to be up and dressed by 7:30, busy work finished by 10:00 a.m and my reading and blogging to start around this time several days a week built around that time frame. If you have a prayer request send it to me I will pray for you. If you have some fun to share like a neat place to visit or go send that as well. If you just want a phone call or need to talk I will do that just share it with me. We will never become friends standing in the lobby of the building so when we plan our next Dutch Treat Thursday be sure to put it on your calendar. We'll do some in the evenings as well to let the ladies that work have a shot at going, too. We will make arrangement to do some cooking together. Classes for the kids and the adults at the building and use our new kitchen that the Lord blessed all of us with. We will overcome the darkness and let our light shine because there is no hope in a dark dim world so let us do our best to communicate our needs become deep and solid friends and to help each other as we walk down the path they call "life" in this world. I believe with all my heart that we can be a strong force against the wrongs of this world. I have been taxed all my life with problems that overshadowed the glory of the wonderful life I have and I am at a point where I just wont buy in anymore. I have been bless beyond anything I could have ever imagined for this sad and lonely child. I had one really wonderful friend as a child and still have her today. I thank God for her because it makes me know things can last and they can be good all the days of our lives. We all need to feel like we belong and we need to know that we belong somewhere. Each body of ladies bond differently and for different reasons those with young children bond with those who have likewise lifestyles there is nothing wrong with that. Don't think there is no place for you or your problems because there doesn't seem to be a spot just for you. Make a spot. Claim your God given right to be a part of the Lord's church. Don't expect people to make a place for you tell them you have one and work it. I fear so much that people who are not strong who don't have good friendships they fall away going the wrong path not because they didn't belong but because they didn't try to belong. I for a long time felt I didn't fit in anywhere but that was my thought. Even with problem children and heartaches and hell raining down on my head sometimes... I do have a spot I just didn't claim it and make it my own. I have to tell you life didn't work out the way I wanted it and my kids didn't turn out to be the kids I wanted them to be. They choose their own paths but I was told by "the good doctor" I see for depression... Why did I think I was so special that I could run two lives? You only get ONE life and it's your life so you make it what it is, you can only make choices for yourself. We are given children to raise. When they are we are to give them to themselves and to the Lord so they can mature. Just as I myself had to do and we as mature adults make our own choices good or bad. Even though I was told how horrible I was, that I was not supportive enough I have to realize I must not be able to be supportive enough. It's not with in my measure to supply the needs of another with unlimited wants and needs. People who are takers will always be takers and giving people will always be giving. It's the nature of the game. (break, fed dogs, folded towels, made me a cup of coffee) breaks over. I have to take breaks to keep in step with my own program LOL. I have a new name for my new blog. I will start it shortly and I will not return to this one. This is the last post in this blog as a new day is dawning with fresh ideas and better more productive thoughts. I have loved my blog. It has given me a place of expression and my prayers here are always prayed in great faith. God's good and perfect will and timing will always be the path and I praise Him for the countless times he has saved me from myself. Do I have a personality disorder? I am sure I do but God says I will love you for you and I trust in what He says. I am and always will be unto His work and service and if I can help you in anyway I will try to do so. There is no perfection in this world only grace and the mercy from a King who came down from His heavenly home to be with a dying world. As we step into His pattern let us be bold enough to hear what He is really saying......I will love you for you not for who you will be or what you will become or for what you can give for you are mine you are the child of a mighty King .......Glory be to His name always and forever.

I have noticed

2010-06-29T09:20:00.002-05:00

Seems all things start out really strong but in due time they fall off get shorter in importance and in the end just end. That is what happens most of the time. Blogging is the same. I try to keep a written report with a journal by my bedside but even that takes to much time to keep up with daily. So is it important. Yes, I need to know when I go to appointments, when I take medications, when I have things planned and the end results of those plans. I am going to start a new and try to do better at keeping track my day planner looks like something from another planet but in and of it's self it helps some but it is so chicken scratched up it's hard to make heads of tales out of it. I saw Dr. Victor M. Manon yesterday we are going to wait for 8 weeks and try again with the implants. He seems to be a very up front honest doctor. You can't just run from doctor to doctor so I told him even though the infection cased me a lot of trouble and pain he was not off the hook. He started it and he will make it right. I think I made myself very plain and I think he understood I wanted it done right. I have contacted the Medical examiners board to check him out. I had done research on him before going but I have 8 weeks to do more so I wont stop doing whats best until I find some reason that he should do it I am sticking with the original plans. Implants are no joking matter and you better have a good doctor. How can you trust these people do you know them and it's hard to get someone to say no he is not good or don't go there. Unless they have personally used them they don't know. Then what about all the times things go perfect and all is well but then there was this one time that it didn't and it caused that doctor's name to snowball into the black ball pit. It's a guessing game and very difficult to know what to do. Roland is having the same issues with his eyes. Seeing doctors upon other doctors recommendations and with him there was no time to explore if we were using someone good or bad. We had to pray put it in God's hands and run with the ball. We do that alot. It works out pretty well. I had no way of know I would have a massive infection and neither did he. I just hope in the end it works out. He gave me clindamycin for the infection 150 mg every 8 hours for about 2 weeks started it one the 16th of June. I also started taking Amphetame SLT 10 mg to help with the excessive triedness. Alprazolam .25 which is not enough to help with anything. I am going to ask him to up it to 1 MG. I take Propoxyphne-N APAP 100MG for pain that's generic Darvocet. All the others make me itch. I really can't take anything with morphin in it that is really bad. I am taking a B-complex, Adrenal vitamins, probotics, Advil and remember I AM the person who hates having to take any kind of pill. This all started in June around fathers day with my vacation so to speak to New Mexico. Thanks to a wedding I had promised to do some of the set up on I returned quickly, started medications and have tried to go on with my life and make it a better place to be. So far so good. Who knew I would have to give in to taking medications so I just didn't go nuts. At least I don't feel like I am walking on egg shells all the time. It's a new starting point but at least you can have a new starting point and that's always a good thing.

It's been a while

2010-06-04T18:35:00.002-05:00

I used to blog my prayers. Then I stopped blogging all together. Then I started writing them in notebooks I couldn't ever find when I wanted them but over these past months my life makes Hurricane Ike seem likes childs play. Who could even start to remember what happened why it happened and all the details. That's why blogging is important even if it is time consuming and the spell checker sucks. I went in on Wed. June 2nd to have my dental implant surgery. Paid thousands of dollars and still don't have the implants but the base work is done. Painful oh yes! My jaw is the size of a baseball. I look like somebody really worked me over and I thank God I was under full sedation when all of this went on. Not like the horrible ordeal that Roland faced with his eye surgery..... eyes wide open please! It's normal to swell and bleed, I was just told that on the phone. Who knew?? I am giving it a week to see if the swelling goes down. Don't read things on the enternet when your ill you will find the most drastic stories known to mankind. Which before your surgery you didn't read them only the ones that say what a great choice it is. I still have faith in my choices for a doctor but sure seems like a lot of over kill for some teeth to be replaced. Don't loose your bones they are hard to find again!!! Most older people have a lot of bone gone already and if you have implants it just goes with the deal. I have spent the last couple of days in bed. I am working, reading and watching Netflix to keep me sane. Blogging as well works to give you something to do while you heal. Roland is cooking me a mashed potatoe dinner. I thank God for him and his help, it will be nothing but soft foods for several months. I have a free standing tooth I have to be very careful with because I don't want it to tilt or be damaged in anyway. I love the way doctors tell you things. They come in and say honey we are going to start now don't be worried. You know that's the first sign waking up will not be a great exerience for you. I know these things heal in due time but come on 6 months from now I get to do this all again?? What joy my life has in it! I can't even think about doing the top teeth. Massive swelling I will look like Sponge Bob. Now I know why woman alway go for breast implants before they do anything else. They need to see something positive before they go in for more pain! Healing has not been this hard before a couple of hard days then it's on ward and up ward but this isn't the same deal at all. 6 months of be careful, be on gaurd work to know that they are doing the best things for you. Be happy you will be pleased later. Doesn't that sound a little funny! Oh well what is a rant without a story line. I wished I had of blogged Roland's eye surgery that would have made for a good history line later. He will need to always keep up with that information for the future and for medical matters. I have started taking some pills to help me calm down a bit seems I have stress in my life. Roland is talking about rebooking Hawaii again for next April. I think by then I might be able to see some day light. LOL Anyway I am off to do e-mail....Dear Lord be with us all for the days get harder the nights get longer and it never seems to end but in You we have hope so no matter what this life throughs at us with your guide we will be ready. I love you Lord. Even a prisoner can dream!

So much temptation so little time!

2010-02-26T09:01:00.002-06:00

Dear Lord My Father My God

Father your child is on her knees today. Thanking You for wisedom and kindness. You alone know the workings of my heart and You alone are my shield against my own foolishness. I trust in You fully to lead me and I listen for the signs You send. Father You know the fight that is in me and the battles I face daily and I thank You for rest in prayer because it feels more like mad panic than peace. Work with me while I battle the world to know my own place here. I know that it seems that I should move forward but doing so always hurts somebody. You leave someone behind you find another place to be you walk slower and don't know the path to take. It's a burden to my heart Father to not really know or understand what You want me to do. I am asking straight away for wisedom and help only You can give me peace in knowing which direction I should take. Worry is not going to make things change>ONLY YOU CAN DO THAT> HELP ME Father to walk in Your light and Your will do not let me make a mistake that can't be changed once the choices are made. Life seems to change daily for me and I have no idea where I am going. Look at Your child Father I know I am not the only one in this sea of pain. So many need You but I cry out for myself today because without direction from You I will make the wrong choices. I prayed and I hope I am hearing from You and not myself. I see the direction but I am scared of the results. I need some peace. Is this all there is for me or is there more? I look and I see that it just doesn't seem right my thoughts are racing but are they going in the right direction? Why are there dreams if there are no answers. How long does one have to pray before the answers come that give relief? Each day has it's own troubles but Lord Your hand upon any problem can solve it. I need courage to speak my mind this is not the time to be shy about what I really want and this is not the time to be weak. Is there hope Father? Is there any real answer or do we just limp along and wonder? Father you can give it all to us and I know I have felt your presence in my dealings. I fear it to know I might not be doing what Your will is for me because I am confused. Make it clear Father. Watch over me while I act and do not let me do anything that would be displeasing to You. I do feel like Eve in the Garden looking longingly at the Tree and just wondering what should I do? Father I have a lot of fear because I know myself all to well. The words come to mind "to thine own self be true" If I am true to myself it will hurt others, I am not sure I am ready to do that to people I love and respect to have my own way. Help me Father so I do not fall into the evil paths of this world. Desire is a horrible thing when it calls to you day and night. Help me know Father what is best. Help me know how to control it.

Father, be with my list. Be with Mark Goode while he is home with his family. Give them much joy while together. Keep Alma safe and whole. Be with my Debra and Lord an extra portion for the love of My life Roland. Hold us all in Your hand and near to You Father for it is in the sacrifices of Your son we pray all things. Amen

There is a life worth living

2010-02-12T21:55:00.002-06:00

Dear Father
While on this earth I will seek Your glory in everything, every event, every test, every detail of my life belongs to You. I needed to take some time tonight to offer a prayer for the blesses on Roland's eye. It's been scary dealing with all of this I had just expected everything to go like clock work but it didn't. He had to be very compliant to the doctors order, he had to do everything just as they would have it done. He really had to be totally devoted to getting better. As prayers were offered he did get better and even if we are still working on his healing we know You blessed us with help, with friendships and with courage to do what he had to do. It wasn't easy having a lazer shot repeatedly into his eye but by doing it healing will come. Thank You Father for putting us with a doctor who worked over time to get him in and stayed till it was done. Our doctor has been such a blessing she has been light hearted and made it easier to deal with the whole situation. Continue to bless her and make her able to be a healer.

Just wanted to let it be said how good our God is and how our lives are touched everyday if we just open our eyes and see it. Father, I have been watching some movies that are just breaking my heart. I hate that these are being made. I hope that You know that when I watch such things it's such a sad event. It makes the words Forgive them Father for they know not what they do ring in my ears. I hope You will forgive us. Your glory will show threw this messy life and when the day comes for us to know the truth it's going to be there for us and for that I am grateful. It is all going to be worth the wait and the fight to have the life that is in You not only in the days to come but in our everyday lives right now. Guide the heart of the men in leadership to give us a path to walk that will bring us home to You. Be with the one who are in charge of making choices so they make the right ones that affect Your people. Never forget us Father for there are those who will seek You and Your will no matter what the world says. I am one of those people because I believe in You and I believe in Your words. I asked that You be with my list of loved ones, the elderly those who need You daily. Keep us whole and focused in all the things that we are dealing with.

I pray it all at the feet of Jesus until the day You come or call me home. Let the light of Your love for us shine because we can see it Father when we look.....Amen

Thank You for a Blessed Day

2010-02-04T22:16:00.001-06:00

Dear Father

Thank You for a blessed day we were able to enjoy our home and our safety here. Roland had a place to relax and recover. Be with him during this time of healing and watch over his needs. Thank You for helping us be in the right place at the right time and getting to the doctor in a timely manner where nothing went wrong and he didn’t loose his eye sight. Lord there are many things that can go wrong but when we walk with you we are as safe as we can be in this world and I am very grateful for that. Lord just hold our hands, give us faith in You and knowledge about what course of action is best. Work with our hearts and minds to keep them in focus with what You would want for Your needs and ours to be met.

Father be with Lois Allen and all those who are older that have pain and struggles. Hold tight to the promise You gave and be with them in these difficult time. Be with those who have cancer and no real answers to help them. Watch after those who just are not sure what to do with their lives. Many misgivings keep us from getting a good hold on this life and our work in it. Be with the young men and women that will face even tougher times. Help our leaders of this country to do what is right so people have jobs and educational choices that will keep this country strong. Be with the leaders of the churches to help them guide so Your will is seen. Forgive those who use Your name for their own gain. Forgive our sins and forgive when we take advantage of situations that shouldn’t happen. Forgive the lies that are told to make our lives look like something they are not. Let me always have a repentant heart and be long suffering when I am tested by the world. We have so much and it’s easy to get off track and I thank You Lord because Your word can and does bring each and everyone who loves You back into Your light. Help us all to cling to that. Let us forgive things that hurt us words that wound us let our hearts know those things will and can heal. Forgive anything that holds us from the work You have for us.

Be with new relationships, new choices and facing things that are different. Give an open heart so that I can be accepting and willing to work with those who are new coming into my life. Lord, You better than any one knows that I don’t like new people. I don’t trust well, I don’t deal well with people. I would rather get a new puppy than have to deal with a child. I know that’s wrong Father and I know I need to try harder to work with young people. Bless my life with comfort and security as I deal with new people in my life.

We are very blessed Father that the medications Debra is taking seems to have worked quickly to help some of her problems already. We are also blessed that this medication wont change the sleep study she is due to take. We need answers and I think we are getting there so Thank You Father for keeping me steady and strong to deal with these matters and Thank You for blessing her life with some healing hope. It might not be the total answer but it’s a start and we are grateful for it.

In the name of our Lord I pray it all into Your hands. You give us hope and happiness and it’s Your will in which I turn over all things….Amen.

Emergency Surgery

2010-02-03T10:24:00.002-06:00

Dear Lord and Father

The road to heaven might be hard at times, but Jesus said in My Fathers house are many glorious dwelling places, and when we get there it will be wonderful. Rev 21:4-5 “And God will wipe away every tear from their (our) eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me (John), "Write, for these words are true and faithful." There are some things just worth the trip. Glory!!!!!!!!!!!

Lord, each day I always try to start our with something from Your word, it blesses my life and keeps me keen on knowing who You are to me. I want to thank You with the deepest core that is in me for all of the things that just timed out perfectly yesterday. I want to thank You that Roland’s emergency surgery went well and even with the pain he got through it without losing his eye sight. You placed me at the right spot and with the right person to make things flow and we got Roland to the clinic in time to save his eye. Thank You, Father, for taking care of us and letting things turn out to be in our blessed favor. I want to thank You Father for Karen who was with me and could just pick up the ball and run with it getting my truck home safely and I thank You Father for a friend I can trust to just be there. Not everybody can you just toss the keys to and feel good about it. Thank You, Father, for all the blessings that are in having a Christian family that will help you in time of need. Father, yesterday we also got some medications for Debra that may be a start to helping her with her problems the doctor really seems to understand our needs and faces our problems directly and talks straight forwardly to Debra. He advised her to take 30 minutes and to turn all things that cause distraction off and to pray. I think that’s some good counsel she hasn’t really gotten before from the doctors so Father, bless her with the tenderness to understand the power that is in prayer.

Father, I want to bring to Your attention the lives of those in our military, our leadership, our countries leaders. We are fighting a battle that we have never faced before. The changes are coming fast to our way of life and Father we need Your hand on all matters that concern this country that was built on Christian values. Help us stay a Christian nation; help us all to respect the gifts of being a Christian nation. Help the leadership in our churches to guide us in the right direction. Help those who are elders of the church to guide and protect the values You designed and help them to be providers of Your words. Help us as a church to not hinder the work that these men must do. Lift them up Father and make them convicted to the cause they have dedicated themselves to and let them not grow faint and weary in the matters that concern the church and its growth.

Father, there are many I call to Your relief in matters of health, finance, faith You know them and the list is long so be with them Father, Mark Goode, Roland, Debra, Darla, Amber, Michael, David, Kim, Bo, Shirley, Harold, Linda, Mike, Liz, Bill, Jane, Robbie, Sandy, Sonny, Sandra, Nell, Peggy, Lexi, Glen, Stephen, and all that need and have needs Father just walk with Your children and keep us safe as these times show us that heartaches come and we must look to You for our sanity and our salvation while we wait for whatever may come in this life. Bless our efforts to stay in Your will and Your ways. Forgive us of our sins and let us always have a repentant heart when we don’t do as we should. Keep our lives focused on You and not on the world.

In the blessed name of our Lord Jesus Christ I lay all these burdens at Your feet. I know that You restore the brokenness of this life and until the day comes I will worship and pray for it is in the name of Jesus that all things will be made right. Amen

Just a short prayer

2010-01-28T14:45:00.001-06:00

Dear Father

There are a lot of things to be thankful for today like the computer working when the weather is so cold outside. I have never enjoyed even a little cold weather it’s not my cup of tea that’s for sure. I am thankful that I can be indoors doing something constructive until I can get back to doing some much needed yard work. Just wanted to take some time with You Father to pray for our nation. Praying for our leaders and those who’s voice rule this world. I feel a deep sadness for our country as things are taking place that I know You will not honor. Our values Father are being trampled, our savings are going out the window and our trust in just about anything is being trampled. I am just putting faith in You as You have told us to endure all things. I have been spending a lot of study in the book of Revelations and I must tell You I am fearful for our children, for our young adults and the older people who face illness and suffering. I am frightened for all people right now because I can read these words and they are prophecy… other things have happened but it has never been what was written in the bible to happen. I just asked Father that you be with us and protect Your children from whatever happens in this life. Let us walk the valley of death with a calmness in us that only comes from YOU.

Father this wont be a long prayer today as my headaches have returned so be with the list that stays on my heart always, be with my family, be with Alma McCaghren today. Hold all of us in Your victory until You come or call us home let our hearts and mind be with You. "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Cor 12:9) Amen

Monday Morning Prayers.....

2010-01-25T07:35:00.000-06:00

Dear Sovereign Lord

Our prayers are going out daily to You for all the love that is shown in the walk we face in our daily lives. I want to thank you Lord for blessed days on Sat and Sunday of this week. I want to give you praise and glory for the wisdom You have implanted in the hearts of young men like Lans Martin who Father is taking his voice out on the road from church to church to share with others the power of Your saving grace. Leading the lost to springs of living water in Your name for Your ability to save us from ourselves, bless the efforts Father and let it continue to do good in the lives of those who expose themselves to it.

Father, each day I want to extend to you praise for the glory and wisdom You share with Your children. Thank you for patient endurance that makes all things possible. Your kindness rains down from heaven and we are so blessed to have it fall upon us. Father, future generations will be told about the Lamb and the King and the ways You can wipe away the tears from their eyes and it’s never going to change so thank you because it will strengthen what remains. I pray Father to be in and with those of the fifth seal. I always wonder how long Sovereign Lord until You judge the people of this earth but I know there is a plan in place so I give those thoughts over to You with power and strength to God for Your will must always be honored no matter what my eyes might see or my mind might think.

Father, hold the hand of Lois Allen keep her safe and calm as she faces hospital care and problems with her heart. Renee Ballard has been blessed with a return to work after some illness thank you for her recovery. Nell Cooke is facing a battle with cancer it seems to have taken its hold on this family Father so let her be strong in her walk as she faces this illness. Give her and Don strength and endurance. Watch over Alma McCaghren and just met her every need Father because she is dear to all of us and we want so much for her to have comfort and peace in this season of her life. Be with Pam Wagnon as she laid her mother Flossie Fritsch to rest, with Robert and Merle as they give her comfort. Father, bless the birth from Erica Rodriquez in her new son Emanuel. Father, I ask a blessing on Roland, Debra and Robbie for we are working toward goals that seems impossible to reach hold us up Father and make a way for us to find the right things to do in our home.
Father, also be with the joyful moments as there are birthdays this week, Marianna Hammel, Bo and Shirley Cox, Pam Wagnon, Stephen Fall, let them have a wonderful experience in celebrating life.

Father, Our Lord be with our eldership as they lead our church to the forefront of service to You and to others that are in need. Be with Peggy and Glen and with Lexi. Keep them safe in the storms of life. Give comfort as only you can and some understanding as to why things happen as they do.

There is a day dawning Father and it is in Your hand to guide us to deliverance from the evil things in this world. Prepared for us is a place so keep Your children whole until the day of reckoning comes. For daily prayers are said in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Power and Strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Aggie's For Christ Week-End Happenings....

2010-01-23T09:23:00.001-06:00

Dear Father, Master, King

Today our church host a special event “Aggie’s for Christ” it starts with a men’s prayer breakfast to call on You for blessing of the day. A lunch is served and a devo with a skit is planned for tonight. Father much work goes into events of this nature so as to honor You and Your place in our lives so bless the efforts of those involved and give us a good turn out for this event. Keep all safe who are working and let good ideas arise from the basic use of this tool to touch Your people.

I got an e-mail this morning Father and it had these words in it so I copied them because I thought for this day it would be a blessing to ask these things in Christ name for our church, our elders and our people. Prayer is perceived sometimes in odd ways but Lord honor these words and help us to understand the need for us to pray for family and friends.

“May today be all you need it to be. May the peace of God and the freshness of the Holy Spirit rest in your thoughts, rule in your dreams at night, and conquer all your fears. May God manifest himself today in ways you have never experienced. May your joys be fulfilled, your dreams be closer, and your prayers be answered. I pray that faith enters a new height for you; I pray that your territory is enlarged and that you have all the blessing of this life. I pray for peace, healing, health, happiness, prosperity, joy, true and undying love for God.”

Father that’s a prayer I would like to extend to my friends and to my family everyday. It would be so peaceful and calming to know that each day those things were prayed into Your hands and Your will. All of the inventory of names could share in that prayer that comes to You today on bended knees because we know in You there is hope. It will directly affect someone today to know they were prayed for and it will help to clean up some of the messes of this life. Keep us busy with the long-term clean up measures. We as Your body have a lot of work to do let us not grow weary in the efforts. Keep us full of the rewards that are in this work now so that the rewards later will make it worth every moment it took. Breath the Holy Spirit into us today and make it known that we belong to You. Show us the way Father and do not let harm come to Your children.

Father, be with the hammered communities in Haiti, those who stand bare in the streets with nothing hold them up. Send help to them Father and give relief quickly to those that are in great need. There is a tragic environmental image being seen here Father and Your help is needed to calm this collective natural disaster. What happens sometimes is sinister, streets are littered with the dead the only word is heartbreaking as we can on watch the coverage on television. Rescue, heal and be with those who mourn and hurt and those that are helping during this tragic earthquake. Father, when anything like this happens there are always ripple effects so touch people hearts and let them not do harm to each other in the name of desperation and fear. Be with the governments that are in charge to make sure that things are done that will be a blessing to that area. Give men who have power a clear mind to act quickly and rightly in all matters of concern.
Father, also be with our country and our leadership. Governing bodies don’t always make the right choices but there is a reason for them to be in place that is under Your will and under Your control. What should be will be and there is no stopping a plan already put into place so we honor that and keep working for the good of those who love God. Help us be proactive Father in making sure we do what we can. Help us to help You in all matters. Let us be Your voice, don’t make us to meek in speaking out if it’s Your will. Give us knowledge and power to be strong in the face of defeated values. Keep us all whole and intact as we go about our daily lives. Stock markets may take all our savings and illness take our health so we hold true to the one thing that mankind and life can not take away and that is our hope in the blood of Christ and in our coming salvation. Let our hearts be still and know that God is still God and that will never change.

Father, I pray it to You daily for the answers of this life, for the consoling spirit that I need to go about my day. Hope for my family and hope for the church, Your body here. Let it all go to the feet of Jesus let Him work daily to be our focus and cross. Let us pick it up and do whatever is needed for it is in His name that it is prayed. Forever more. Amen.

Early Morning Prayers

2010-01-22T11:13:00.002-06:00

Dear Father

I woke up early this morning with thoughts of prayer on my mind the minute I woke, I was grateful for clean water and a freshly brewed cup of coffee. For a husband that was leaving to go to work to support this family I was deeply grateful. I was thankful for the sounds of a heater clicking on and off. I was comforted by the protection of the walls of my home around me. Seems this morning was filled with some pretty simple things but then I realized not so simple, clean dishes, sheets on the bed, a few dollars in my wallet. No not simple things at all really. I am grateful for the everyday life I have Lord and I thank you for being the focus of that simple but not so simple life. I think today about all of those who don’t have even the basics of life’s needs. It is a hollow feeling to know that some while we have our comforts are in desolation while we have an abundance. When I flip on the TV the footage is surreal it’s not a broadcast from another planet and the images are graphic. The new reports are so cold in the matter of fact accounts they give. Father, they don’t spare us the graphic details or the gore. Somber voiced reporter just tell it like it is without the intensity that must truly be there. Father, be with those people that are out there in the world, I can’t even think about what it must be like. I am sure many have had this experience but Father I have been blessed and have not so I listen and pray for relief as Your love has blessed my life with.

Father, many changes are coming and choices are being made daily that will affect this coming year. Let us confidently ask that Your will be involved in all of those choices. From our own family to our churches family let us be mindful that a day is coming that we will need every drop of faith we can have to be devoted to You. We are going to walk in a time when calling upon You is our hope and our only hope. We can read it in Your word and know that it’s coming. Your bible Your inspired word tells us be ready to hold strong so help us to do that with Your ever mindful watch over Your children. Keep us whole in all of our dealing and our daily walk with You. Let us be focused on You. We can see the fear building Father, so calm us and make these days come as Your word says they will but let us all who love You be with You as it does come to pass. Be with the leadership of our church, be with the men that serve You and give their lives to You. They draw a stronger account Father so help them on this earth to be the men You would have them to be. Keep us all in prayer for these men and their wives. Keep the task they deal with under Your control and let us honor Your choices in all matters of faith.

Forgive Father when things fall short, when there isn’t enough, when the work just doesn’t get done. Forgive the shortfalls I have. Forgive the days when the prayers don’t come. Forgive when repentance doesn’t seem necessary. Forgive when things seem to keep coming up short. I try Father but I know that I lack the skills to do what I should. I lack the ability to stay on task like I should. There is so much more I could do but the body is weak and the mind soft in willingness to do it. Can You forgive me Father for being such a very weak vessel. I pray that You will keep me in Your training for I know Father I have a long way to go. I should be seeking more help with these matters I am not skilled in and I should be more on task seeing things get done so be with me Father and help me, provide knowledge, provide help, provide the right contacts to make the right choices. Only in You is there a way to do these things and do them right. I ask daily for Your help in all things that concern my life and those that I deal with daily. Be with my family Father as they have to put up with me as well. Forgive my slow learning Father and guide me to a better way.

Father, there are people who need You to touch them today. The people at our church the ones who have doubts. The ones who have health problems, money problems, family problems look on them today and spare the heartaches they are having. Give them relief from the burdens of worry. Walk with them and remind them that in You all things come to the good of those that work for the Lord. Lay it upon all of our hearts when we worry about the things over which we have no control.

Names I would like to bring before you Father, are Robbie and Sandy, Debra, Roland, Peggy, Glen, Lexi, the Shoemakers, the Wagnon’s, Donna and Eddie, Bubba and Dorothy, Our Elders, Bo, Shirley, Bill and Jane, Harold and Linda, Mike and Liz, David, Kim and Darla’s family, Judy Foster, Blanch Rieck, Flossie Fritsch, Mark Goode, Lisa Mahan, Bubba Rouse, Lucy and Daniel, James Spears, Alma, Laura Gomez, Carol Fabian and Eddie Bridwell, Staci Bailey, Stan and Nancy Dolecki, Mark and Janet. Bonnie’s mom, Sonny Goode, Candis Newton. The list is long Father but I think it’s important to list the names even though You know them these are the ones that came on my heart today so look down and bless their lives Father give what only You can give…Peace.

It is in the name of the savior Jesus Christ that I pray all these things into Your hands for deliberation and love. Be with us Father and do not let harm come our way for it is in You we are safe. Amen

Make this Life worth Living........

2010-01-21T11:06:00.000-06:00

Dear Father

Everyday I want to make some time to pray because in Your will there is power and in You there is a way to live that will make this life worth living. I can only test those waters with prayer so setting aside this time for You I come to worship, to pray to be still which is never easy for me to do. A million things run threw my mind and I think it’s more important to take this time in prayer than to go about any other thing I might do so Father bless these prayers and keep me focused on you while I think over my day and restore my faith in this life.

I am blessed to have gotten news that Roland’s job is secure and that no one in his department was laid off. Thank you Lord for our financial security. It is a blessing to know we can now move forward with Debra’s needs as well as some of my own. Medical and dental appointments will be planned out and we are grateful for the funds to pay for these needs as they arise. It’s is so good to know that You provide for us and make sure our needs are met. I would like for things to go faster and be under my choice more but Father I know Your will and timing are the right things for us and I will go in prayer for Your guidance in all matters of concern. Be with Debra and help her to be accepting of this as well. Sometimes Father it’s a real test for me to deal with her and the attitudes she displays in matters that are of deep concern. It’s not easy to know what to do when dealing with her and I do get so angry with her and some of her comments. Father, let me be the adult figure here and keep me calmer in dealing with her. She says I take the things she says wrong and maybe I really do. I know she seeks to get better and get back in the game of life and I sometimes think keeping her under wraps is better because it feels better to know she is safe under this roof in our home. Out in the world it might be a much different story for us to deal with. Lord, I ask that you let me see both sides of this matter and don’t let me think controlling is always the best way to go. Each of us has a job to do in this life that is unto Your will so whatever should be let it be. Give me comfort in accepting that. There are some things I just can’t do Father so when I can’t do them I just can’t. My hands are tided when it comes to some things and some thoughts so I give it to You and I trust in You to make the way right for us. Carve a new depth in my heart so I can become a little less Pollyanna-ish and a little less naïve about being invincible and in control. Let me become a person who is a lot more attuned to others people’s pain and troubles. Manifest in me a tender heart and give me better knowledge of how to deal with people.

Father, walk with the troubles that are in the lives of some of our friends, be with Glen and Peggy. Be with the elders of our church, the Wagnon’s and Miss Merle. Touch the hearts of those who are bitter about matters they can’t control. Give the financial security to those who are in need of it. Keep our temper tantrums in check and our rambunctious fireballs in line. Help us all to walk the thin line that we must to do Your will and not our own.
Everybody is looking for a better way to deal with matters of this life so let them look to You. Keep Darla and Amber safe and working together for the good of that family, be with the Hart’s, and the service men of our country, be with Mark Goode, watch over him Father and bring him home safe. There is no substitute for Your plans in our lives Father so as I pray let me hear my prayers as well and honor what I ask of You myself so I help and not hinder the will You have for me.

It is in the blessed name of Your son Jesus that I pray until You come or call us home Father I lay every need and every care at Your feet because in You there is always hope. A better day is dawning and because of Your love we will see that day….Amen

Only God can Know if it's right or wrong.......

2010-01-19T09:21:00.001-06:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Each and everyday is a test to stay devoted to You and I try to take time each morning to spend it with You in prayer so I can face the days work with You at my side. Father, thank You for a secure place in a crazy world. You bless our moments here with the shadow of hope, the treasured gift of friends and the ever present guidance of the Holy Spirit and I am thankful for it Father.

Father, today Roland will know if he’ll still have his job. We have gone threw this before and it puts such stress on him as he thinks he is responsible for so much. Let him know Father you are the controlling force in our lives and no matter if a job comes or goes we still walk in Your ways and find a path in this world. It’s not about a job or a place to live or a car it’s about staying focused on You and letting that be our strong hold. Place that in Roland’s heart today as he faces possible changes to his normal routine.

Last night Father we gave Peggy Hemmingway our old truck to drive while she is having some difficulty in her life. We can’t know if it was the right or the wrong thing to do but You laid that on our hearts Father and we pray the situation into Your hands. It would be nice to know what results your actions have before you do them but that’s not the case. We are trusting in You to help Peggy make the right choices, hold her steady and give her mind the ability to focus. Father, I fear that life’s pressures may cloud her judgments and make it difficult to make the right choices so guide her and do not let the burdens conquer. We can not know the whole truth in this matter and sometimes and effort to help can hurt. Please Father I beg that is not the case for we are praying also for Glen and his health issues, for him to recover this difficult and devastating problem with his health. It is not for us to take sides in any matter only to offer help where we can to ease the burdens. A marriage is a difficult place when there are problems with money and health. Give them rest Father and watch over all of them while they face this. Be with little Lexi and make a way for her Father as I know she sees all the fighting and the bitterness. Protect her and keep her safe. Keep her where she needs to be for whatever is best for her.

Father please watch over the Wagon’s, the problems they face with travel, health matters, and heartaches. It is never easy to watch as members of our families suffer. Be with Pam’s mother give her strength and rest.

Each day I ask You with great need to watch the eldership at our church. Be with the choices that are made the men that make them and the people that it affects. Give them guidance, hope and support in all matters that they must deal with. We are so thankful Father that they have accepted the task, have the qualities that are needed and will do it. Fewer and fewer people are willing to take that on and to do it for year after year. It’s a heavy burden to their families and their marriages so support their work and give them clear vision to know Your will. Father, also work with the mindset of our congregation so they will pull together and fight for our church to grow. Let us support these men so the work is not all on them but spread out among many so they don’t get weighed down and worn down. Keep them, claim them in the name of Jesus to remain steadfast for Your work and cause. Let nothing stand in the way of progress for this eldership.

Father, thank you for the recovery of Sue Pratt, Joy Avery that was a much needed blessing and these ladies are very happy to be up and walking again and in Your service. Thank you for helping them get better and back to a more normal life style.

Father, be with Debra today as we start a new medication and with it maybe she will be able to go back out in public without fear of falling. Let this give her some relief and let it also make her testing be more effective in the future testing she has to face. Hold us all up as we try to find an answer to the troubles that she has. Let the finances be available to pay for these medical bills that come upon us with no insurance to help with them just make a way for us to continue to do the best we can in that area.

The prayers will never stop and the request will never stop Father I ask in the name of Jesus everyday because he dies for me and gave me this way so I honor it in prayers because with You all things are possible. In the name of Jesus I claim that hope by these prayers and I lay it all at the foot of the cross for Your consideration. Amen

Our Deepest Fear

2010-01-18T09:18:00.004-06:00

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

----from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson

Sometimes you get little hints along the way that it's not the time to stand down. It's not the time to rest. I don't really know why but all along life has shown me keep putting one foot in front of the other. No matter what just keep moving forward. Never look back. Forgetting the past and moving on is one of the best blessing in this life. For a long time I prayed on this blog but stopped or marked them private but someone said do what you did in the beginning. Well now doesn't that make sense? It was working great. Why did you stop? I think prayer not only bonds our hearts to God's will but seals our own minds as to what we should do and hope for. God isn't the only one who hears our prayers we hear them, too. Our deepest needs are opened in prayers, our hopes are brought to the surface, our dreams are laid out in detail. We pray it and the Holy Spirit can help us have the strength to move on it, guide it and make it possible. What hold us back is us. So today I am going back to the start. I am going to start praying here because it takes some time it gives me a place to reflect and it holds me accountable to do it. Short prayers, oral prayers, all good as well but here I dig in deep, sit still and stay calm. It's really hard for me to sit still, to focus, to not let my mind wonder to different subjects. So lets get started today Jan, 18, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

Dear Heavenly Father

My Master, Leader and King I am here to worship, to start a life a prayer, to bow down, to lay all that I have at Your feet. I know that there are times when the unspeakable will happen the heartaches will come and the down falls of depression will mask the glory that You want for all your children. When it seems a bit dim I am thankful that the cloud do part and the sun does shine again for those who just keep loving You. I have very little understanding of the word "why". I see pain most everyday in things I have no ability to change, or even deal with rationally. I take a deep breath and slow down but it doesn't change the heartaches. Only in You can I make any reason out of it. I understand this is a walk a journey back to You and I have to cling everyday to that thought. I had to realize that even in the Church there lies a danger when we take our eyes off of you to see the problems that surround us. Father, keep my eyes on You and Your will for my life. I can be so easily distracted. Programs and projects all have a place but it is You and Your will that should hold us firm in everyday of our life. Not what we are doing, or what we are about doing. Those things shall all pass away, in a heartbeat anything that a man's hands have done can be snapped away without a second thought, a storm, a car wreck, a fire. We are weak vessels with limited ability but You calm our hearts and let us know that in You there is still hope no matter what happens and dark days will not rule us. Our work here is for hope, to spread it to share it and to live in it. Blessed be the provider of that hope, those who can stay on task when it's hard, when it's not easy and those who hold the life line out to others when they fall away.

Each and everyday there is a list of concerns, Father my name falls to that list. I have petty concerns that have kept me in a state of limbo. Clear my head Father I know my task here. I know my work let me go about doing it Father without concern. You have given to me a strong heart, a passion for others and a caring will do not let me hold those at bay when I could be helping someone in need just because I am not so sure of myself. Others that need You and Your watch are Aubree and Ayden Fall for respiratory problems, Mark Goode as he serves our country, Blanch Rieck and Flossie Fritsch as old age befalls them and the problems that go with that. Be with our expecting mothers, our young parents, those that tend to the sick. Watch over Glen and Peggy, Lexi and those involved with them at this time. Soften the heartaches for them and let a more positive outcome come into their lives. Be with Glen's surgeries and keep Peggy strong for her husband and be with their marriage. Be with Judy Foster and the needs she has. Keep us all in the body of Christ under Your watch and care.

A deeper request goes for our elders and their wives. The task they have is overwhelming. They are only men and in such making choices men might make so give them answers Father for they pray these matters of the church into Your hands. They are gifted men and among our choice as a church. We have as a body said these men were the best to represent us, we chose them to be our foundation so help them to help us. Give them the bold voice they need to lead, let them not grow weary with dealing with our slowness to respond to a new path. Keep them strong in faith and spirit and bless the work they do. It is never easy to deal with the problems that face a church so give them extra concern for their thoughts and needs that affect all of the body. These men and their wives: David Ellis, Kim Ellis, Harold and Linda Allen, Bo and Shirley Cox, Bill and Jane Hana, Mike and Liz Miller they have committed to watch after my soul to be my guide and to keep me in Your light. So with that task of me and the many others that's lives they touch please let them press on to the goal with Your backing and Your support for the things that they do whether good or bad it affects many souls that are in Your attendance and should be kept in Your attendance. The job is not easy so always an extra portion for the work that is at hand for these men. Also Father guide them to find a Youth Minister that is worthy to lead. Give us a person who will guide us and not let harm come to the youth of our church. We ask boldly in the name of Jesus for a name who is a cut above the rest to give some foundation that is much needed at this time. Trust worthy and strong to rebuild our youth group.

Lord, I ask that you watch over matters and concerns with Darla,
Steven, Amber and Big Mike. Let the problems be resolved, help Amber find work and let school be a refreshing experience for Micheal. Give them everything needed to be on solid ground. Help them to not be stressed with each other, help them to be kind and focused on the needs they have to be a better and stronger family unit. All of us Lord need Your watch as we help our children and grandchildren find a firm foundation in life.

Father, Roland and I are stepping out of our comfort zone to help someone. It could be a very productive thing but then again it could cause harm. You can never really know what results your actions will have so bless our efforts and keep those who are in harms way safe. Let us do the right thing and choose the right motives. Work hand in hand with us Father because only you can see and know the hearts of those involved. We can only do what you lay upon our hearts to do and we hope we can do it without reservation or fear.

We pray it all into the working knowlege You have for us. Keep us safe, Father for it is in the Glory of Your son's name that we pray. To the victory that is in Chirst Jesus for the love of all mankind. Amen 10:33 a.m.

New Bruensfel, San Marcos, and Gruene

2009-11-23T12:26:00.002-06:00

Took off after a wild week of test with Debra. On the 19th we went in to see a doctor about a condition that Debra may have it's called Cataplexy. She'll have to have a sleep study done after being of all medications for 2 weeks. That's gona be rough on her and it's already taking it's tole. She didn't have to stop till Monday but went ahead two days sooner stopping the medications. No more anti depressants till we find out and if so no more ever. It's a long shot but we have to keep trying to find out why she is having these falling spells and is so co dependent and can't do things for herself. If the medications they give for this works she'll see some real results in about 2 weeks after being on it. Lot's to think about but she could have been misdiagnosed for these past 10 years. I don't really care what others think about this and frankly I am a little keyed that no body really cared to find the truth they are more interested in making judgement calls. Anyway that's all spilled milk now and if the doctors we have searched out can help then life will be better for everybody.

Had a great week end away in New Braunsfel, San Marcos and Gruene. We stayed at the Days Inn and it turned out not to be a bad place. Got the room by bidding on Priceline.com. It's right in the heart of everything and the room was only $45 a night. Don't go if your looking for a swimming pool it's a little 10x10 but if you need a clean place to stay it's good. We went to the factory stores but didn't find any deals...... the real deals were at the "normal" stores. They have a good gimmick going it was packed but there are no steals to be had there. We looked at the down town area and drove all over there just checking out the houses and parks. New Brauns had it's tree lighting with Santa and we watched that with hot chocolate on the square, it was damp and cold but it felt like Christmas was coming. I hate they do that now before Thanksgiving but it's a sign of the times...shop shop shop longer longer and longer. No thank you I don't think I will. I think I am going to enjoy this Christmas because I am not doing that! I am spending some money going to Moody Gardens Hotel to see a live show on Christmas Eve and spending Christmas day at the hotel our only big ticket item. Not having family to share Christmas with doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. Same thing at Thanksgiving you just have to find a way to enjoy it. Lap bandits don't really get a kick out of cooking tons of food. Plus who would eat it? I am going to the store today to pick up the freshes of fresh in the veg. department. A small turkey for the rotisserie and a ham with some fresh cranberry sauce. I think we'll do just fine. We went to see a movie called the Blind Side it was great and Roland loved it and he usually doesn't say to much but he really liked this one. We ate at a fancy special occasion steak house called Myron's Steakhouse on Caldwell Street. Very good but pricey pricey. We were going to the New Braunsfel Smoke House for breakfast but they were closed! We ate at Clear Springs Catfish and it had some great onion rings for a dinner. Fish was okay but not great like at Florida's in Livingston. Gruene had the Old Market Days going on and they had some good vendors with different stuff. It was pretty good. Small but good. The Gruene Mansion has become the Gruene Grill with more layed back but still very nice dining. They have built a lot of stuff there since I was there last and it's really quite a good time to go there. One thing I didn't find was the River House Tea Room. Maybe next time. Seems we did a lot of walking, eating, and looking this trip. It was enjoyable to get away. Cinny is getting old and she is down in the hips so it was kind of hard to leave her without knowing how she would do but she was fine. Freedom just is a puppy puppy puppy but doing pretty good on the potty training.

I will be seeing the doctor also soon. I have to have some test done for hypothyroidism. Seems that I get rally cold and can't warm up, dry skin and nails, confusion, dizziness, chest pains. Oh well it's got to be something I can't have nothing forever I guess. I have been blessed with very good health I thank God for that everyday. With all I have done to myself it's a wonder it hasn't really failed.

Well that's it for now I have to get some things done around here and the computer loves to eat my days up. There are bills to pay and people to please so I better get a move on it.....so until next time this is Vickie signing off........

Changing gears

2009-11-19T08:15:00.002-06:00

I used this blog for prayers for a long time but I am changing gears. So those of you that know me I know your saying so what's new about that? I know I jump around like a frog there is no questions about that. I guess I think there is an answer somewhere to that missing link......... Today I am taking Debra to a doctor that knows about a condidtion called cataplexy. It's not a mental condition at all and has to do with neurology. I have to give her credit for doing a lot of research in looking for a doctor that might really be able to help us. There is sometimes a break in the line of dissappointments. I am hopeful here for some small bit of information that might help us along our way. I have to be honest I had run out of ideas. Much has been done in the past MRI's, medications, studies, trips to India, counselors, test test and more test. People do go misdiagnosed for years but if you do find the answers what a gift of life that is. So for Christmas this year I am not giving gifts I am putting the thousands of dollars I spend at Christmas into these test for hope for my daughter. I know that all of her natural fathers side of the family had massive problems with health issues. Much of it covered up by self medications. I have always been trusting in the Lord for answers and now I am trusting even more. I have prayed it into his hands many times but that doesn't mean we don't have to take some action as well. Church has been the glue that has kept me mentally and spiritally sound for the past 15 years. Today I am still putting my faith in God for the right direction but I am not going to continue in the same manner as I have in the past. I think today I am going to be still and know that God is in control. I have always thought stay active in church and maybe God see you more, he'll know your working with Him you had to be visiable. That's something I thought that's maybe not so true. I am stepping away taking a deep breath and laying down my problems at the foot of the cross. I am not going to do anything until I am sure I know it's what the Lord would want. I have to listen not to people but to the softer sound of the Lord. I listen to a song on the radio that says what a crime it would be to live this life not knowing if I had given everything. So ......I am working on knowing. Instead of spending hours reading the bible which I have read, and going to church. I am going to start researching medical options. Working with people who might be able to help me. I find it crushing as I hear the talk about we are our brothers keepers but when it comes to dealing with the darker side of things I find it's easier just not to look to deeply into the matter it's a surface glance of words like "I'm praying for you" I am glad that people are praying don't get me wrong. It's a comfort to know people are praying. Anyway with all that said I am changing gears in hope of an answer for this tiny 3 part family.

Eye Surgery

2009-11-03T15:08:00.002-06:00

Roland had his eye surgery today and it went much better this time than the last. They gave him some medication for nausea before he went in and it did wonders. He was pretty freaked out by what happened last time. I made sure to tell them where he had not. Somedays I wonder about wondering about. Regina has been on the phone with me and we are still trying to work the bugs out of this job it's not really a job that I think I will be able to handle long term. It's to string bean. I think that they work in ways that I just don't think are acceptable to normal working habits. I need some work to help with Debra's medical testing but Lord isn't there something better to do than make myself crazy?? It's all for the money. I hope that I can focus my attentions and do whatever it is that I need to do.

I keep praying for days to be shorter and now I guess they are. I keep praying for life to be easier and I guess it is. Plan on spending a day on the lake this coming week-end and that will refresh all of us. Just want to sit on a deck watch the birds and the water. I love doing that. Just plain everyday life works for me.

Got to go give Roland his drops now..........

Busy Busy

2009-11-02T19:04:00.003-06:00

Some days I just have to shake my head where am I going and what am I doing. It's all just one big blur. Roland is at the church and I am thinking its been days since I took time to jounal my prayers. Still praying for Mark Goode for my kids and for many many other things. I think it's time to be grateful that the good Lord fools with me at all. I truely am just one big mess. I really dont know how things are going to go with Debra's test but I am making every effort to make sure she gets the medical care she needs. It really puts your back to the wall trying to make choices. God helps me and he gives me the right words sometimes but sometimes it really feels pretty lonely. Even though I know no matter what happens the Lord will someday make all of this right. I never really understood why some people have to suffer so much and others just dance through life. Right now my arm is bleeding and I don't even want to wipe it up. Sad. Looking forward to a week-end on Lake Livingston with Roland and seeing the Kays. Haven't had a down week-end in a while. I am glad that Roland is working at the building and making friendships there. Our lives really are very blessed, This job even though it's stressful is providing needs and it's letting me know just how much I miss my friends and my freedom. When I have it back I will treasure it. Long hours hard work it's all going to be with it and I will be back at the church soon enough. The Lord never takes me from there for to long. I have had to take these breaks before but he always sees me home............

Praying Daily for our needs.......

2009-10-13T08:44:00.001-05:00

Dear Lord and Father

A special day comes everyday in you and I just want to always start mine with a prayer of thanksgiving for all that You are in my life. There are so many blessings in just getting up in the morning with coffee made and a car to drive when we need to go somewhere. Sometimes its so simple we don’t see it but I do Father and I know your hands are upon our lives each day.

Father, watch for the needs of Sue Pratt as she’ll have surgery today on her ankle. Father she needs the use of that foot so help the doctors with Your careful watch over this surgery. Be with Peggy and Glen and Lexi today Father. Help Glen to understand that the evil one is in control over the things of this earth and we must seek you to be able to overcome because in You there is always hope for a future day that will not have the burdens thrown on us that we have here in this life. Keep us walking back to you so that things can be restored as You would have them. We can make it if we have You and lay that on Glen’s heart as this painful time is upon him and his family. We can’t know why Father but we can know in You there is love and there is hope. Be with all of us that have a hard time seeing Your glory in the world. We can look for the good in all things because in You it is there.

Father, be with the drivers on the road ways today. The traffic is a bit scary for me. I try to watch every detail of m speed and lights but Father it’s hard. Help me to be mindful of what I am doing and don’t panic when cell phones ring. They will call back if they need me. Father, watch this job and keep me mindful that in You is where my life lives so not to be to concerned about what goes on here.

Father, watch for my children they are in need of your disciplines and care it seems each time Robbie comes into my life it is like a test to see if I can stay true to my beliefs and not give in to him. It was easier this time and he comes back time and time again to see if I am true to my words. I will not let drugs into this house, I will not let live ins come here without marriage. I will not. I have told this over and over and I am vested in You and Your word and I will not let open sin in my home. Please Father bless my action for I fear the worst for him and those he comes in contact with. He has been a test from even the early days of his youth so Father because I am not able I give him over to your will. Be with Debra as she is seeking medical help> A way to get off medications that may very well be her problems. Help us dear Lord as we walk this walk and with You let the right answers come.

It is in the strong and powerful name of Jesus that I pray it all into Your will and Your mercy…….Amen.

Blogging from Starbucks

2009-10-12T11:28:00.002-05:00

Dear Lord

We were asked last night to bring before your holy throne the family of Glen and Peggy Hemmingway. Everyday we are going to asked a specail blessing on them. On the ones that impact their lives. For little Lexi and the hardships of being a child in a difficult set of circumstances. Lord only you can touch the hearts of men to make them understand the life we have on this earth and what is to be done with it. Only in you can we know the right paths to take so guide this family and all of us who know you and know we need you. It's not enough to just lay down our prayers we have to listen to them ourselves and we have to do our own part to make your plans work in our lives. Make that ever plain to those who can't see it. Father we know that this is not your will for there to be mistreatment and foul talk so lay it on the hearts of those who are not doing as they should so they will come around and make life better for the children and the families of those who are hurting and ill. As Peggy needs a extra portion of Your love to get her through this we are begging your mercy for her situation. Keep her safe and guide her mind and those thoughts that can distroy us. Be with all of us who hurt due to the actions of family member. Father you know that I had another close brush with the problems of drugs, anger, fear I really don't understand why this keeps coming up as I have firmly set my limits in your instructions and I can not waver from them so Lord please forgive my sin in this matter and protect those who just can't seem to ge their lives together. Robbie and Debra are a test everyday but I live in You Father and I am totally trusting in You. I don't always say the right things but Father I know that sometimes you have to make hard calls to get your point accross. It's come down to that so Father whatever comes I accept it as your will.

Be with Roland as his path is hard and his work load is heavy. Just let us pass through the storms and trust in you for a better day to come. For it is in the name of Jesus we pray it all into your loving hands.............Amen

When we walk with JESUS WE CAN DO EVERYTHING

2009-09-28T07:32:00.001-05:00

Dear Father

As I start out a new day I want to take some time to reflect on the blessing of this life in You. I want to just give some honor to who You are in my life. It’s been a rough few days but there have been worse and it seems the out come my be what I have prayed for all my life. I have been praying for Robbie to return to You for so long I can’t even remember and yesterday September 27 he once again was in Your house. It sometimes Lord seems to take such a very long time but I know You are faithful and I want to say Thank You for those moments that are in You and we know they are in You. Nothing outside of Your love has ever been better for me and I didn’t think I would live to see the day we could all sit together in the same house and talk normally. Roland’s heart has always been giving and you put that spirit in him to help me and I am so grateful for my husband. He is having a tough time at work at home and in this walk in general so watch over him Father and comfort him because he does so much for us and takes such good care of our needs. I know he was Your gift to us so protect this man from the dulling effects of everyday life.

Father, be with me today as I met with the company executives from Dallas and walk into this new part of my life. I know You want me doing this for just a while Father because I don’t seem to be able to stop it even though I have had uncertainties about why I am doing this. I know I need to help Roland with the burdens of finance that Debra places on us but Father I would pray it’s something more that is making this path open and I hope it is Your will that is guiding me in this direction. If not Father take me on another path. Last night when we went to the parents meeting all the dates offered I had other things already planned, trips and such but I seem to be moving away and not toward Your church maybe it’s the time to go differently but it is causing some confusion in me.

Be with the list today Father, bless Amber Plunkett as she will soon be finishing up with her schooling and new things will be happening for her and Big Mike. Be with Mark Goode as he protects my freedom and my rights. Be with our eldership, our minister, their wives and children. Keep them whole and thinking in like manner with Your will as they guide us as the sheep of Your pastures. Hold them in mind to Your thinking and not ours. As they fill gaps left by the leaving of Paul Fagala help them. Also, Father be with Paul as he has a new job and with Kristen as she is working a business to help them as well. Keep the needs of their children on top of the list as a very dark day is upon them. Help us all to help them with whatever the needs might be and remind us all that no matter what we are still family.

As I start this day I start it calling upon the name of Jesus for help, for protection from the storms of life and with thanksgiving because for His sacrifices I have hope and in His blessed name I pray it now and always….amen.

Thank You Father for the time to Pray....

2009-09-25T07:02:00.001-05:00

Dear God Almighty

Had a whirl wind day yesterday and I really needed to stop and just breath this morning. Thank you for the answered prayers for safety yesterday. It was needed and appreciated as Regina is a very aggressive driver in harsh Houston traffic and Lord if there is a way let this training be done soon so I will not be exposed to her driving habits. I have much to learn and was a bit overwhelmed by the two large boxes of paperwork that arrived on my doorstep. There is a lot to do with this job and a lot of paper work that I hadn’t really expected to have to keep up with it at home. More is due to arrive and it all looks very official so help me know what to do with this Father and keep me focused on You and my family while I take this on.

Father, be with those who endure suffering today, the Schultz family has lost another member and just after the loss of Harvey’s sister-n-law it is a blow to them. They are on the road ways with sorrow in their hearts hold them fast and keep them safe during troubled times. Be mindful always of Clint and Elaine as she recovers from a difficult surgery, also Sandra Wims needs Your care Father be with her and care for her physical, mental and spiritual needs.

Be with our church Father, keep things going smoothly there and be watchful for Paul and Kristen. Let the burdens be lightened for those who have to deal with problems and face down heartaches. Watch out for those who serve our country, Mark Goode and all the others. Be with our country leaders and soften the hearts of those who make choices for the masses of people that are affected. Be with and claim a victory in the name of Jesus for all those who love You. Father watch out for the people on my list everyday I bring them before you because I know there is victory in You and I am claiming it for them as well as for myself.

In the powerful and strong name of our Lord Jesus I pray all things into Your will and Your hands. Walk with me this day Father and make Yourself known in my actions and words. Hold us all fast to You and make each day worth the living Father for it is for Your glory that we endure until you come or call us home……Amen

There is Hope in this life.........

2009-09-24T07:12:00.003-05:00

Dearest Almighty God

Resting in Your love this morning I come before you with a humbled heart giving praise for another day to do good in this life. I want to thank you Father for a calm spirit and a level head as I go out into crazy traffic conditions this morning. I will be riding with Regina this morning and her driving Father is not the best please watch over us and while I am under her watch Father protect me. I know that there is much to be done everyday but let us take it a little slower and with a little more attention paid to our surroundings.

Father a lot of us have the flu and symptoms of the flu so comfort us and take care for our health needs. The fall season has just begun and already the doctors offices are packed with cases of flu. Other health needs are with Elaine Prothro guide her healing as we have reports she is doing better.

Father be with my family just keep us in tack as we make changes and remind me Father that they come first no matter what after my love for You so keep me flexible and kind during difficult times. Watch my tongue Father even if I think it..... it doesn’t always need to come out of my mouth. Help me be mindful of that always. Help me to be supportive and looking after their needs just as I always have and not wavier from what I know makes this home a happy one.

Father watch over those on my list, our church, our eldership, a special watch for Paul and Kristen and their children. Claiming a victory in their walk with You for it is Your watchful eye that will keeps all of us safe.

To the only God that is able to do all things, to the only God that has that ability I lay this day at YOUR FEET in the name of Your son Jesus….Amen

God listen to Your children Praying.....

2009-09-23T07:19:00.000-05:00

My Dearest Father

This morning was still and filled with newness. I want to give thanks for a new start for a new day. As you know Father things were a little rocky yesterday and I am so glad that Your protection was with me during the bad weather, the early morning drive and other frustrations that went on through out the day. I also want to thank you for the fact that yesterdays are yesterdays and each day has a new start. Father, thank you for not letting me loose focus for putting Your words in my mouth and not my own. There was a lot of comfort in knowing that I could give it over to You and You would produce the right tone of voice, the right words and the gift of not acting without thinking. I could have made a bad situation even worse if I had given over to emotions and fears. It’s not all about me Father and I thank you for putting that on my heart. I know that the things I deal with are because You need me to do those things and be a guardian for Your work and not self serving of my own wishes. Some days I just want to throw in the towel but I thank You for not letting me take that road. It’s so much easier to just give up but my God my Father I know in my mind and heart that’s not what You would have me do. Thank You Father for putting a spirit of hope inside of me because I do know that this world is not all that there is and I am willing to fight through the heartaches here for the new world that will be when You return for those who love You. I know this is Your promise and I am claiming it for my own. Be with me during the next few weeks as there are problems all around that I am having to deal and I need You right beside me while I make choices that affect peoples lives. Let whatever I do have a positive impact and for a change of pace lets make it a bit easier to do. I realize Father this is a new path that I have taken a turn and gone another way so be with me during the start as I know the evil one is watching just waiting for mistakes and problems so Father I ask it in the Holy Name of Your son Jesus block the evil, do not let him have a foot hold in my home or my work or in our church. Make it impossible for anything from that evil force to affect us. We stand firm in the name of Jesus and will not be swayed by the frustrations of this life hold us to that Father.

Father, for a long time I have brought my daughter before You and today is no different. My list of people I pray for everyday goes on and on. Roland, Robbie, Mark Goode. Every day I ask for special blessing and for You to cover their need for it is a great need. The sick that I know the hurting I know look upon them Father and give me Your eyes to see what things I could do that would be affective in their lives. Help me to help others because we are helpless but You are able and we depend so heavily on that. My God is still the only God and I know that You can and will enable us to overcome. There is none greater that we can call upon You are the only one who can help us walk this dark path and show us where to go. I want to Thank You for all You have done because I can see it…..we are still up right and doing and sometimes just that little fact should be acknowledged that we are not flat out on our backs without the power to move. I look upon Your grace and mercy and I know it’s there because without it all days would be worthless. Under Your hands we have hope for this life and for the one to come so to God be the glory for whatever this day brings.

I claim the words of Jesus for my life today, walking with obedience unto his will forgive me Father for my sins and link me ever nearer to Your word and Your will. These prayers are in the name of Jesus for it was his sacrifices that make them possible so until he come or calls us home……we will pray. Amen

At the Feet of Jesus we Cry Holy Holy is the Lamb

2009-09-21T07:40:00.000-05:00

Dear Father My Lord and God

This earth is filled with Your glory, every moment of every day Your will carries us through it all. Our faith with the works we have to do unto Your will makes life worth the living. My path changes everyday and I am so glad that Yours does not. Sometimes I feel just like a feather in the wind with no control but I know firmly planted in You I am going to be fine no matter what storms may come. I want to claim a victory in the name of Jesus for my life and for those whom I love. You are my strong tower and You are all that I want to focus on because Your message is my hope and it speaks softly to my soul this day. Your mercy sets me free so I can move forward, I can release my anger and frustration and leave them at the foot of the cross so I can go on to higher ground. You are beautiful and mighty. You are my strength. Your name is true and holy and I thank You today for the Holy Spirit that will walk me through until the last day.

Lord, I don’t want to spend my whole life asking what if I had given everything……I don’t want to just go through the motions of living I want to make a difference. I am starting something new today and it’s going to do things, change things, but I want to feel something stir inside of me I don’t want to lay this life down without having something to make my time here worth while. So I am praying this new job into the will of Your love… guide me Father. You all my all in all so take me were You want me in Christ alone. I am listening to You.

Father, bless our life group all of those who come to Lucy’s for fellowship and love. Be with Bubba and this whole family because I think to myself what a love they have and what a hope they have living in You. Thank You for putting that group of people in our lives. It’s been a blessing. All of the things we asked last night I bring it before You again this morning, be with the Schultz family in the loss of Harvey’s sister-n-law. They will be traveling this week so guide them as their hearts may be heavy so watch the drive and make a safe way for them and prevent distraction that could cause an accident on the roadways. Be with Mark and David as their new class seems to have touched some lives already. Be with the children who were mentioned that are suffering illness relatives of Janet and Ann, keep Debra at the top of the list as we walk her into a better way of life. Be with Christy and Logan times of suffering are upon that family. Father, I bring before You the healing needs of Elaine Prothro, Sandra Wims, Pam Wagnon, Morgan Williams care for them. Jesus we are ready to face the hard times because a day is coming when You will restore because You are much greater than the pain. We claim our joy and our chance to be free from the heartaches of this life for we are seeking Your glory. A day of victory is coming and we are with our Lord God almighty into that day we will wait.

Father, I wait for You today, I needed You today and I was not disappointed when I opened my eyes for this day. I knew You were still there. There was no doubted at all. I am thankful for the hope in this day even if I can’t see You I can feel Your presence and reassurance that You placed in my life. Nothing can separate us because You are part of me…..I am so thankful. I have had some anger, frustrations that have brought me down but today its over You have taken it even thought I can’t see You I know I laid it all at Your feet and it’s over with. Move me on to new things.

Be with those I pray for everyday, Darla, Amber, David and Kim, Mark Goode and all of our service men and woman that face uncertainties daily. Be with this country Lord restore us into Your guidance. Step in and save the day. Care for our eldership…Bo, Harold, Harvey, Mike, David, Bill and their wives. We praise the God who gives and we will praise You in this storm because You hold us all in Your hands. Wrap us in Your love because our help comes from the Lord only and we need our creator to bless and protect us. Be looking out for Paul Fagala and his family and let them know that even in the darker days there is light and if there are battles to be fought just fight them because Your will makes a way for those who love You. Whatever the needs are Father just show us the way and let us listen to Your directives and place them above our own.

Father, I pray it all because of the sacrifices of Christ Jesus and it is by His Holy Name that I give it all over in prayer to You. Be with us this day and always ………Amen

I AM THANKFUL

2009-09-18T06:43:00.002-05:00

This is just something I got in an e-mail today but I wanted to keep it because it seemed so relevant to me today. I pray often to be thankful but these words let me know just why and when it comes to the everyday problems we have that this sure leads us to some answers for that often asked question.......why??? I think God often asked us to look a little deeper, seek more than what we see just on the surface and to trust everything has a reason .........read it

I AM THANKFUL...

FOR MY WIFE
WHO SAYS 'IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT',
BECAUSE SHE'S HOME WITH ME,
AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

FOR MY HUSBAND
WHO IS ON THE SOFA BEING A COUCH POTATO,
BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME

AND NOT OUT AT A BAR.

FOR MY TEENAGER
WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES
BECAUSE IT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME,
AND NOT ON THE STREETS.

FOR THE TAXES I PAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM EMPLOYED.

FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE
BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.

FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE

FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING
I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE IT MEANS WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

FOR THE PARKING SPOT
I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING
AND I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.

FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM WARM.

FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH WHO SINGS OFF KEY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I CAN HEAR.

FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.

FOR ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE

OF WORKING HARD.

FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM ALIVE.

Live well, Laugh often, & Love with all of your heart!

AND FINALLY, FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL

BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE THINKING OF ME.

“Let no one come to you without leaving better or happier."

Father, Let us be kind and loving to each other....

2009-09-17T06:56:00.000-05:00

My Lord and King

Dear Father,

This morning I am up very early and starting my day so just a brief moment to reflect on prayers to You this morning before I start out. I want to be thankful today for all the ability You have given me to work, to put out a good effort for my families needs, for a good truck that gets me where I need to be and for insurance on that vehicle. Everybody in life should be able to have those things that just give us assurance that when we walk out into the world we have some forms of comfort and Father I know that You provide these things for all of Your children as they are needed. I am so very grateful for the ability to be able to do the things I need to do. It’s not always so simple and I see many that are fighting for work and have huge need so I asked a blessing for them Father. Care for the needs and give them the peace that comes in surrendering to You so they can have what they need under Your directives. Be with Debra as she need work so badly and the insurance that could come along with a good job. Father she fights something I can not understand and don’t know how to deal with I feel so very weak when dealing with her problems and trying to guide her. I don’t understand what it is to be her and I just want to love her and guide her and not just be an escape. We so often thing we are helping with our actions to another and we are not really helping them at all. Father, only you know the real way to peace and happiness while we walk these dark roads that someday will lead us home so supply us with the knowledge to move forward in finding the answers that will help us be true to You and helpful to ourselves.

Father, today we will face a loss in our body as Jean Collins has come home to You so be with that family and hold Carl Collins close today as he faces something nobody wants to ever face. I hope for a beautiful day with love and kindness to surround him and support him, bless the meal for his family and let them be encouraged to go on with life even during this most difficult time. Father watch over all the elderly in our body as it’s a very difficult thing to find after a vibrant life that we depend so much on others and so much on our faith in You to deliver us from our heartaches. It’s a rough and unkind road sometimes and we just want to offer all of those who are there to be safe in Your loving arms. Lay it upon our hearts Father to be available to help where we can and do as we should in regard to our seniors.

Father, watch over Roland and Robbie today they are making a living for us as providers for our lives. Protect them in their jobs and give them the ability to withstand the heavy pressures being placed upon them to do even more each day. We live in a time when nothing is for sure and things can change drastically if you lose your income so protect that Father and let us be grateful for all we have been given. Let us use what we have been given for the good of Your kingdom.

Today as always Father let my mind be open, my heart be softened by Your being there in the form of the Holy Spirit, let me not dwell on things that I am unhappy with move me on to a different place if that happens Father because nothing productive can be accomplished while I dwell on what I don’t like. I ask that I never take my eyes off of Jesus to see the things that will bring me down in this level. It’s so easy to get tided up in battles and the things we wont done but really it’s about what You want done, so at home, away from home, at church, wherever I am place Your love inside of me with the knowledge that Your ways are always the best ways. Father, you know my nature and it is not always so loving and kind as I would like it to be but with Your guidance I keep my temper under control and my words level headed and steady. I thank You for that Father because it’s not my nature but Yours that gives me so much calmness.

I pray it all into Your hands today Father, be with my “list” the eldership of our church, our service men and woman …a special blessing for Mark Goode. Look after our leaders so they will make wise choices for this country. Let us all grow in understanding and love. I pray it all through the name of Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior Forever…….Amen

Six days between prayers is to long......

2009-09-16T14:08:00.000-05:00

Dear Father

I am thankful for all that is in my world from the least to the greatest I know you have reason for all that happens. I am thankful Lord for the answers we can accept even if it’s not really what we wanted. I am thankful for good health, friends, biblical teaching and for the love that is possible through Your example.

A lot of thing divert my time from these prayers and I ask forgiveness Father because even with the oral prayers I know this time spent here is important to my spiritual growth. It’s a time I set aside for being 100% focused on You and I should make it my number one priority because it starts my day. I can pray at any time but making sure it’s totally real, totally devoted and not just some lip service because it’s crossed my mind that’s what I want for You in my prayer life. I want to be devoted to my Lord and Savior and to my God and Father it is my prayer that I am and always will be faithful to prayer. I am starting a new job and I am really worried about how it’s going to affect my ability to stay as active as I would like in my Christian walk. There are so many demands on my time right now I don’t know if this is a wise choice for my life. I also gave out a lot of personal information on myself that I now don’t know who’s hands it’s in and that is causing me to worry and I shouldn’t be worried but I am. I think it’s just the new breed of people out there who watch everything and worry about identity theft and other problems of the like. I have been thinking that I should contact the credit bureau and have a watch put on my information for the opening of new accounts ect and before things like that wouldn’t have crossed my thought pattern our world is hurting Father and we double check ourselves on even the simple matters like applying for a job. It’s really quite a burden they have to have this information but then who really gets it in the long run and where does it end up at? Any way I guess Father my prayer is for Your protection keep matters simple and let nothing come of it.

Father, I ask a special blessing on the life of Carl Collins, he will lay his bride Jean to rest on Sept. 17, 2009 after caring for her during a long illness. No one can know his heartaches Father but You so watch over him and give him peace, let the church be there for him and the people who will let them reach out to him and be a cover for the harm that death causes in our lives. Just keep his mind sound Father and bless the time that they had together as a gift of sweet memories unto the rest of Carl’s days here with us.

Father, we started our ladies class today and it’s going to go really well it always does and Shirley and Lynne do such a good job in covering the lessons. Keep them up lifted while they are working for Your kingdom and let us as students be mindful that it is Your word that they share in these classes. Open our hearts and let us be together in oneness for the love of Your church. Grouping us as a strong force doing a good work for You. Hear their prayers Father, guide guard and direct everything that the woman do that is for the sake of Your name and Your church.

Father, for Mark Goode be over him daily never let him out of the protection of Your hands. For all of our service men and women, those who have already given their lives, let us be grateful that they were willing to face the last day of their lives to honor this country. Protect us Father for the state of our world is in dire need of direction. Hold those who love You close and help guide our way for we all know hard times are just starting and more are to come but for those who love You Lord we know that you will make a way for us.

Father, A prayer just for Cindy Crenshaw and her daughter Tasha Covin, For Darla Plunkett and her daughter Amber, her grandson Big Mike, For myself and my daughter Debra, my son Robbie, For Paul and Kristen and their children, we need You every hour as we don’t really understand the hands we have been dealt but Father I know that You are still our God in every case so just make us strong to see You and cling to You no matter what happens in this life because someday in You we will be new creatures and we are seeking You until that day. This life will not defeat those who Love the Lord their God. With You all things are possible and Father we are willing to face anything for that day in which you have promised.

Father, look over the health matters that affect so many these days. A special prayer for Sandra Wims, Father she has already faced so much but she is Yours fully so protect her body and soul in all matters that concern her. Make a way for her Father that only can be done by Your grace and Your mercy. Be with her family members as well it’s been a long hard road for all of them.

Father, be with Elaine Prothro she is on the road to recovery but it’s been a little bumpy for her just comfort them and give her the strength she needs to recover from such a massive surgery and change in her life. Help Clint be supportive and caring as he is Father blessed by the special gift of a husband that is lead by You. Not many have the blessing found in the good heart of Clint Prothro he is special and stands out for Your word be with them Father.

Father, I seem to be asking so much in this prayer today when I know you will address these matters. This dull worry still lies with me so it is good to pour this out to you for I am so thankful for a way to release the tensions that worry causes because when I give it over to You I know You set me free of those worries. Thank You from a very humbled grateful heart. Our elderly need You, our children need You, our marriages need You so this tells me these prayers are not in vain. You are showing us the way we have to open our eyes and see it the big picture not just that which affect us directly. Things are happening day and night that are going to allow Your coming let us ride the storm bravely and with hope on our minds. We know You will not forget us during our times of trouble but let us see that trouble passing away as we hold firm to You.

I pray it all into Your son’s Holy name for it is by his sacrifices that we can pray at all to our Loving God.
Amen.

Brightly beams our Father's Mercy...........

2009-09-11T06:57:00.001-05:00

God of all Creation

My prayers for today are for the beauty of this life, thanking You for all that is possible within Your love. Today and everyday I come before Your throne with a thankful heart for the blessings that only come through a personal relationship with You. Father, I can’t know what tomorrow brings but I know You are with me and because of that I can face anything. Thank You for that strength. Thank You for the Holy Spirit that can give us peace in any situation.

Today I will spend my day with my adoptive granddaughters Shelby and Marianna, they have been sick with flu type symptoms and staying home from school already early into the school year. I pray that they will both be better soon and back to a normal routine. Be with MariJane and Scott as they raise these two beautiful young ladies give them the abilities they need to be affective parents. Stand for our children Lord as these very difficult times makes being a parent a very problematical task. Let our young parents be bold as they seek their way to do the very best they can for their families.

Be with me today Father, I know that troubled times are coming for both me and Roland keep us strong and united in our efforts to deal with matters of intense concern as we deal with the issues that are going to arise with the management duties of the church building. Changes don’t come without a price and our new eldership is making effective changes that will build and grow Your church. Let all of us understand the growing pains of doing some things differently. Forgive those who are not willing to do what is best for Your church or that just don’t see the bigger picture. Give us hope in You Father as we face what the future holds. Be with all of our concerns and bless the efforts that You see to be the best for it is Your will we seek in all things.

Be with Mark Goode and all of our service men and woman. Be with our country, be with the financial matters that concern so many these days. Help us know that You do not forget our needs and Your words will carry us through until the final day. Let us always trust in You even if we can’t trust anywhere else. Keep Paul and Kristen and their family under Your watch for what they go through they go through with You. Always keep us tender and hopeful and let us rejoice for You are our Lord for we know You will restore us daily. We are walking with You even now and seeking the promises that are to come by the blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for it is all prayed in His Holy name………Amen

Be thankful for all that you have........

2009-09-10T07:34:00.001-05:00

Dear Father Lord of Lords

Today I open my heart dear Lord to send You praise for the glory that is in Your will. I have been awake with thoughts on my heart all night but I look to Your love and calmness can be within because of You. Thank You for that Father because I know in You there is hope each step of the way. Father I make known my profession of Christ for in His cruel crucifixion our hope remains by night and by day. We have been wounded and maimed by heartaches but we are coming back to You Father in the glory of salvation and we that bear the joy of knowing His kingdom will be restored can walk in the light. We are Yours and we are sealed tightly as we bow to the Lord of creation, the Lord of Life. You are everything, Lord of heaven and earth. I thank You with a humbled heart today for being so gracious to us and blessing us. Thank You for looking down on Your children while we are on this earth and making Yourself known to us. We could not have hope without You so guide us still Father even in these sad times. Father I know that in You there is power and grace. In You alone there is eternal life but there is also life in You now as we fall before Your throne and understanding that our redeemer lives even now within the Holy Spirit that You have left for us. This is how we know that His perfect love never fails that Spirit reveals it to us and that love is sincere. Thank You for today and help us to cling to what is good set our hearts at rest in His presence. Help us to never wander away from Your guide, lift us all up and let us never take our eyes off our Savior for we are only here for a little while but You are forever, therefore don’t let us be to troubled by what these days bring and let us not worry to much about tomorrows. Father, protect us and do not let our hearts be troubled and do not let us be afraid. Only You hold tomorrow so let us give it to You fully without reservation because we trust in You.

Lord, be with my daughter who fights demons night and day with problems with depression. Free her mind Father from the torment and let her know that life can be good. Let her know that life is worth the living even with problems. Give her the ability to look deeper than the lies that satan has laid down before her. Give her the ability to fight. Let us be supportive of her while she battles things that are far beyond us or our knowledge of what to do about them. Cover us with your grace Father and make each new day an opportunity to do better in our daily lives.

Lord, I ask a special blessing on the family of our church members who are suffering at this time. Keep our eldership strong in dealing with matters of concern. We can not know how the problems will end but we can turn them over to You for the blessings that only You are able to provide. Keep those who we are praying for safe, let them not be afraid of what they must face. Give them the ability to let go and trust in You. Father, I have walked this dark road and I know first hand it is not easy to trust in something you can’t see but I have and I have been blessed so Father comfort them as You have for me in the past and let them know that no matter how the pages turn what might look like the worst of times is not always that way. Let them be able to give You control and it will turn out for the best as You have promised. Father what we cling to so tightly is what is really holding us back so let us be able to let it all go for there is nothing worth holding on to but You. Be with all of us Dear Lord among our worry and fears keep our focus solidly on You for You alone are our life line. Sorrows and pain can not over come Your glory. Forgive our sins as they seem to be so out of our control. No prayers can change the past but it can lead the future so let us pray it all into the sacrifices of our Lord Jesus.

Be with those we mention at church, be with our nation, be with Mark Goode and his family, protect and keep the heart of my husband, Roland and my son, Robbie. Walk with Paul and Kristen Fagala and their children. Whatever they face Father they face it with You. Be with Geraldine McLean, Elaine Prothro as she deals with her knee replacement surgery. A special blessing for Jean and Carl Collins hold them close Father and oversee their needs. Be with Ed and Virginia Isaacks as both have health problems. Be with Donna Dees as she suffers loss and Pat Grisham as well. Be with the up coming programs going on at church and direct them to the renewal of our souls. Be with our eldership, our church, Darla, David, Kim send a host of blessings to help them guide our way and theirs.

For all of our concerns Father we pray it into Your hands believing in the day our Lord returns or You call us home. In the Holy name of Jesus Christ we surrender all…….Amen

Another prayer for our Eldership and church......

2009-08-28T07:48:00.000-05:00

Dear Father

Each day brings something new so I embrace it with knowledge that it comes from You. Thank You so much for the gift of life. There are many things that can go wrong with life but so many more things that can go right and knowing You lets us look for the things that do go right and see them ever so clearly. Father I know it’s You and I can feel the love You have for Your own. Thank You for being so kind, so loving even in the darkness. Thank You for the girls at the stores yesterday who really brightened my day and helped me. Thank You for that young man at Krogers who went the little extra for me to get me just what I needed. It made me smile because I could know You really do still live in the heart of many. There are people on this earth that still make the extra effort for another person. Thank You for making that seen in the everydayness of life.

Father a new days starts today as our eldership meets to discuss the business of the church, the day to day goings on that will help us be the body You want us to be. Be with them Father make them see the value of every effort as a strong hold for You. We as a church have to make it work we are the ones who have to hold it together for the sake of growth. Father, guide the minds of those men to the new challenges that are going to face them. It’s not an easy task for mortal men to know what to do. They will need You to be the foundation. Leadership and management seem like strange words for the church but they are needed as all things need balance. Let us all be looking for what we can do as individuals to help these men with their cause. We seek this by Your supervision for it is Your will that will make or break this church. Keep us all with humbled hearts, listening ears and soft actions. Keep peace among the body as these changes take affect and let them be accepted as the best choices for Your church. Give us hope and let all the glory in this be to Your Holy Name and support for the Spirit that lives in us as Your children. Keep us in every respect working in the right direction basing everything on Your words not our own.

Father, watch over Mark Goode and our service men today. Comfort their families and bring them home safe and sound. Watch over the leaders of this country. I asked a special prayer for Darla, Hana and Thomas bless their new home. Give them unity and a strong spirit of hope. Bless Debra in her efforts to get things going in a better direction for herself. Ease my worries for her choices. Be with Roland he is worn down and fight a cold. He has a really hard time with colds more so than most so it’s extra difficult plus he can’t seem to slow down to get better. He is having troubles with his eyes Father so we are making appointments with doctors for explanations of the problems be with those doctors and let us seek the best answer to help Roland with this problem. He is very dependant on his eyes for his work and being in a plant has also caused problems with his hearing. He really needs to be able to see and hear to work effectively so help in these matters and lead us to the best doctors to help him.

Watch over Robbie and Sandy and bless their new home and help them to work hard to get it fixed up and in working order. Help Robbie with work and bless Sandy in her new job as well.

I pray it daily into Your hands Father, be with all the people on my “list” You know it well by now. Thank You so much for letting us be able to pray. Thank You so much for us being able to do anything at all. Bless Your children this day keep our heads on straight and our thoughts on Your will and not our own. In the name and sacrifices of Your son Christ Jesus we lay it all at the foot of the cross…….Amen

Prayers for Our Eldership

2009-08-27T07:28:00.001-05:00

Dear Lord, My Master and King

This morning is filled with choices, yesterday calm today not so much. I got the call for my new job venture yesterday and today I will be making a decision on that by 8 a.m. Lord, I just want to be thankful for all that I have. I want to express to You all glory and praise for this blessed life You have provided me with. I want to always be grateful for the opportunities that I have been given. This job Father just fell into my lap while others are seeking work this just came easily to me. It’s the first job I applied for and seems that it’s the right fit for me. I am a bit surprised at how this has worked out. I have to wonder though why it came at this time. I pray that it’s something You would have me do and not just an escape route for things I don’t want to deal with. Father, You have never let me be without purpose in this life. There has always been a job for me out there and my hands are not without task to do already. I pray that when I talk to them on the phone this morning about this job if I have other work to do let me be able to just say no if it’s not the right thing for me. Be with my choice Father and let it be something where I can continue to glorify Your name. If I am more needed else where let me be lead in that direction if not let this be a good situation for me to start into.

Father, a prayer for our eldership is needed today. We as a body have been asked to call upon You and the Spirit to guide men, mortal men to make decisions about this earthly church we serve. They asked for direction, vision, discernment, sensitivity and good management skills with a clear picture of what to do next. I can not think of a harder task for one to face and I ask You Father to be with each heart, each mind, as they will affect our outcome for Your work. Let Christ be seen in their actions. Hold them up while they are bearing this heavy load. Let their combined skills work for the good of Your church. Let us grow under their leadership and be accepting of their guidance. Keep us keenly aware that changes are coming and that with cooperation those changes can be a blessing. New programs and ways to seek Your word and carry it to the world are needed more than ever. Just give us the means to seek the right directions and make the right planning steps to keep us on a firm foundation. These men and their wives face the largest task this church has taken on in a great while bless them. David and Kim, Mike and Liz, Harvey and Pat, Harold and Linda, Bill and Jane, Bo and Shirley, I name them Father for a special blessing and to place them into Your watch.

Be with those who suffer burdens today. Be with those who are ill, our elderly, Ed Isaacks and Virginia, Floyd Dickens, Tammy Mattingly, Gladys Adcox, Flow Fritsch, Ella Mae Arnold, Charlene Zaun. Be with our expectant mothers. Sarah, Ashlea, Tamar Johnson. Protect the hearts and minds of the teachers that will be working with our children in this school year.
Life can bring unexpected challenges so help us Father to cope with those changes. Be with Mark Goode and all of our military bring them home safely and watch over them with great care. Be with the families of those who have lost loved ones and who fear for those who still serve. Be with Denise and Steven, Holly and Lisa. Hold us up as a nation that is protected by Your Holy Spirit. Keep us ever mindful of where we came from and what are goals are. Be with the members of my own family and keep them safe and under your protection at all times. Be with Roland and the good work that he has in him to do.

Bless those who work for Your church. Keep them strong and well rounded in what they do. Support them in all areas of their lives and be kind when things do not go as they should. Be with Paul and his family as he works with our youth. Be with Darla and be with David. This work is the most important of all work so give them strength to withstand and hold firm. Guide them and fulfill their needs.

I pray this all into Your blessed will Father, for it is in Your Sons name that it is possible. Thank You for the sacrifices and knowledge that make this prayer possible. All to His glory until He comes or calls us home….. be with us……Amen.

Prayers for our Eldership.......

2009-08-26T08:20:00.001-05:00

Father Abba Father

With honor unto Your name I just want to take sometime this morning to praise all that You are in my world. Thank You for mornings and hummingbirds and the beauty that comes with each morning. Today my world is calm and for that I feel very very blessed. Not all mornings can start out that way but when they do it is wonderful and I thank You deeply for it. All my praise to Your glory this day.

Father, my concerns for what goes on runs deep, You know the troubles I am having with Debra. What seems to be a good thing runs reservations in my mind about what lies underneath. It’s a common fault I have not to just be able to accept that something good could come out of her going to these NA meetings. Calm my worry Father as I know You must be her guide. I can step aside and know I have prayed her into Your hands for all healing and guidance and now that I see something happening that could be a safety net for her I am worried. Give me some peace in these matters. Also, let me be accepting of her choices and be supportive where I can. Be with Robbie and Sandy also as Robbie has gotten a new job and the money will heal a lot of the headaches they are having. Let things go well with that and it be something he can hang onto for a while until they can get on their feet again. Be with Roland as he is facing many things at work and will be even more confronted with problems there as time goes on. It’s not where he wants to be and life is a battle there just guide him Father and help us to hold on to during these stressful times. Let me be a good supportive wife to him and help and not be a burden to him.

Father, walk with those who feel the defeated path of this world. Let them hold strong to the faith they have in You. When we are at the breaking point You are our strong hold. Sometime we think things should be this way or that way but facts are things are as they are. We live in a world filled with lies and deceptions placed here by satan himself to steal us from our place with You at the appointed time. Keep us from those lies. Hold us tightly to You until we are where we should be. Do not let us fall from grace and mercy that Your sons blood bought for us. Link us to You daily by the Holy Spirit that is here for us.

Father, look after Mark Goode and his family today. Keep him safe and let no harm come to this dear soul. Protect him, watch over him and guide his way to saftey. Share our love with him with Your comforts for his every need.

Father today I ask a special prayer for the eldership of our church. New and different ways of doing things are coming and we are making a way for that. Be with the hearts of the men that lead us. We honor them with our acceptance of Your will as they make the choices for this body of Your people. These people are Bo Cox and his wife Shirley, Bill Hana and his wife Jane, Mike Miller and his wife Liz, Harvey and his wife Pat, David and his wife Kim, Harold and his wife Linda. As they come to mind for me Father I know that what they do is difficult because of all the different types of personalities they must deal with but Father bless them with a strong and purposeful need to do what they must for Your church to grow and do not let them be put off by the petty things that could wear them down. Let them be affective and let us support them in the choices that they make.

Father today I pray it all into Your hands, through the name of Your Son Christ Jesus. Love us Father and keep us safe. Forgive us of our sins……..Amen

God Bless a productive day!!

2009-08-24T15:06:00.000-05:00

Heavenly Father

I was able to see my way through a pretty rough night with our cinnamon colored cocker spaniel. I am feeling pretty rough today but had a productive day despite all of this. I know Father that is a blessing for me from You. I am tested when Cinny gets a rough night because I love that animal so much. It’s really kind of sad. It upsets me to see her age before my eyes. I know Father I won’t have her forever and I am ever grateful for such a fine pet for as long as she is with me.

I have been taking some personal time to pray about things that are really on my heart. It’s always a blessing to know I can reach as deep down as I can go and leave it at the foot of the cross. My worry is so needless Father I know Your Holy Spirit directs everything and I still flop around working out a plan that seems to never go as planned. Help me be mindful of the facts Father, only Your Spirit can do what is right. There is hope for the restlessness inside of me I just have to give it to You. I will not live in fear; I refuse to do that ever again. I will not let fear control the life I live and I tune my thoughts to Your path for whatever it may bring. No matter who it deals with I seek You first in all things. Please bless those who are at odds with me and ease the misdirected thoughts that they might have. May my choices be right in Your eyes alone and let me stand firm in those choices if Your hand is upon them. If not Father soften the process and let me go easier with my words. Let no harm ever come from the harshness of words. They strike such a painful blown. Guide me Father; direct every part of my life.

Father, the eldership at our church is going to have a meeting of the minds. These men will be making choices that will affect many aspects of our church. Give them the blessings of Your Holy Spirit and let them be the mouth pieces that will make Your will known to this body of people. We need direction in the worst way and now choices have been made to have a new path. Let it be the right one. Let us as a membership to this body respect these men and support what they line out for us as a church. There is nothing better than a strong body to hold Your people together. I know hard times are coming Your word tells us but we seek Your guide in knowing what is best during even the most difficult times. It is the only safe haven we will have during our darkest hours. Help all of us just hold on until the time is right. You gave a promise and I believe in You for all things. I trust Your will in all things. Never let my will be a negative force against Yours. Give us all grace and mercy as we fight our human side for Your glory. I sin and I ask forgiveness often but heal my heart Father and keep me from doing it again. Make my commitment to You real. Put the people who seek You on a personal level. Listen to our hearts we are crying out, we need You to take control. There is hope for the helpless, hopeless, broken heart it is in the glory of the sacrifices of Christ Jesus please Lord let us never forget that.

My list Father, I added some names today. I wont bore you with my thoughts on the matters here but Lord just send comfort to those who need You, live for You and try the very best they can to be servants to You. Be with Mark Goode, Denise and Steven. We can never send enough hope to our service men and women. Keep them safe Father, bring them home. Keep Roland calm these days he fights a lot of battles. Let him know my time on the computer is just a way to cope with things bothering me. I can loose myself in this thing we call the internet. If you are there you don’t have to be in the problems you don’t want to face. It’s true for a lot of people, all reaching for something to fill an empty space. Keep me in Your word as well online and off. Father, if I should be doing something harmful touch my heart with that information and help me to make the proper corrections in my behaviors.

Lord in closing, thank you for every moment we have to bond, to seek Your name and Your will for hope for every man, woman, and child who can be brought into Your loving hands. Hold us close until this storm passes by. We are all coming home someday and we want more than anything to not fall away from what is true. Love us Father, guide us through the pit falls, and walk with us hand in hand until we are where we belong. Lay everything at the feet of Jesus because we know what He did for us let us love Him with all that is in us to do so. In His name we pray it all …Amen

I learned a lesson from what I saw......

2009-08-18T07:06:00.001-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Sometimes Father the ground is covered with weeds and there just doesn’t seem to be any hope but when I come to you in prayer I can see the beauty under those weeds and know in my heart if I just dig a little deeper, look at the situations a little closer there is something down there worth digging for. I am so grateful for a heart that seeks you daily, I need You daily an Your honest answers is like new life breathed into my soul daily. Thank you for the time it took to get things done yesterday it kept me in Your word for hours and Father thank you for taking me back to the scriptures that comforted me in the past and comforted me again yesterday in my fears. I often don’t know what to say or how to say it but I have prayed often for Your knowledge and Your words to be the controlling factors in my judgment about what I say and do and yesterday Father I just want to thank You so much that I had some good judgment and words to fall back on. Thank You for guidance and knowledge and strength. It’s like being rescued because Father you know I am growing weary. There is so much wisdom in Your words Father and it’s a rare and beautiful treasure. I come with a very humble heart to just praise Your knowledge and understanding. Thank You Father for sharing with me, for giving me hope, for saving me from myself! I can make such troubles for myself when I just rant and rave but because of You I don’t find myself gong to that level very often. What a blessing.

Father, be with my list today. I pray for them everyday. Roland, Debra, Robbie, Mark Goode, Glen and Peggy, Nathlie Carroll, Philip Pratt, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Bridwell, Carol Fabian, Virginia, Geraldine, Lois, Charlene Zaun, Bubba Kay, Sunshine, You know it Father it doesn’t change but sometimes there are new names added. Father a special prayer for Ricki Lane help her to understand me and whatever it is that is the driving force behind her actions let us both come to terms so we can both continue to be productive servants for Your church. Give us both good judgment and let our actions not ruin the good that has been done. Help both of us to be careful in what we say and do for it is not to cause harm or hurt feelings as these matters can do. Give us conviction to be a blessing to Your church. Father we both need Your guidance. Help me to realize my part in this and send your Holy Spirit to test me and make sure my motives are pure and not selfish.

In closing Father, I thank You for Your son who makes all these blessings and prayers possible for it is in His Holy name that I can pray my concerns into Your loving hands. Thank You. ………Amen

Let Our Fate be as You would have it..........

2009-08-06T07:58:00.001-05:00

Our Most Holy God

I am so thankful for a life in You. Father I can not even express today the range of emotions I have and I thank You for the balance that Your promise gives to me in dealing with my days. I have completely given over to Your will all the fears I have in this life. I am walking and living under Your hand and today Father because of that its gona be a good day. I am ready to face whatever this life has to throw at me and I thank You because of Your love it’s possible. I have prayed to You a thousand times to give me a voice and knowledge to let me say the things I need to say in the proper way with the right results I pray it again today. I know You will help me set the things that bother me right. Not my will but Yours will resolve matters with the best results I am trusting in You for this Father. I am also surrendering to Your choices. There is so much to be done don’t let me slow down because of worry, gossip, heartaches. Just make whatever choices be Your choices. You live in me Father walk within me so Your will is right there take over the thoughts, the actions and make Your will foremost in me before I speak or take any action on any matter. Thank You for prayer, thank You for reassurance, thank You for all the blessing I see in You daily as I walk in this world wanting so badly to be in Yours.

Father I want to Thank you for the good view Roland got at work. It took a lot of the fears he was having and put them to rest. Thank you for letting him know that he is supported in his choices at work and now he can relax just a little and be reassured his job is in good standing for the moment anyway. We never know from day to day if the money will hold out but in Your house there is hope and You care for Your children. We have been so blessed financially in all these years so Father we thank You for the coverage and protection You have given. Father let it always be on our hearts to help others who are in need and give with openness to those who are not. You guide me in my giving and I thank You for that guidance it blesses my life and the lives of others so let it continue as You would have it be.

Father, with a heavy heart I bring the Culpepper family to Your feet. Bless those children and husband in that family as they watched their mother die at the hands of someone who just drove away. Thank you that she did not suffer. If life has to be taken so harshly there is comfort in the fact she did not suffer. For her family it is not the same story they suffer greatly today and will for a long time…please be with them. Father I can not even think how horrific it would be to be going out for a nice outing and lose a loved one in the events of the day. We are not sure of our hours here on this earth Father so in all measure let each and everyone of us use our time wisely so when our hour comes no matter what we are ready. Curse Satan for the evil lies that made it be this way. Take away his power Father and grate Your children freedom even now. Guide us with the Holy Spirit in dark days such as these so we will not be lost in our heartaches and fears.

There are others I will bring before you today Father. You know the needs so glory and honor to Your will Father in all matters that concern these people. Ricki Lane, myself, direct us Father by Your hand. Patsy Wallance, Tammy Mathiugh, Charlene Zaun, Brian Shelley, James Spears ….a special blessing for James Father because he is dear to me look on his needs with an extra measure and Alma as well. Ella Mae Arnold, Eddie Bridwell, Carol Fabin, Sarah Fall Ashley Foster, Tamar Johnson, Linda Allen, Bubba Kay and our sweet sweet Dorothy. God bless them hold them close to you and give Your favor upon each of their lives. Father, I beg it daily for You to watch over Mark Goode and all those who serve for the freedom that I have. Let those who have given their lives not be in vain. For policemen, firefighter, people of public office I send cries for mercy upon them all to do the right things by this nation. Be with Debra, she’ll be interviewing for a new job today and Father You know the heartaches in that for her and the fears of rejection she has so give her a boldness today to take her place in this world. Put in her Father the ability to survive this world with the pain of depression at bay. Let her know Father that You go with her to that interview and You’ll help her get a job that she can do even with her problems such as they are. Make her know she has a place in this life and with You all things are possible. No one is a stranger here we sing that in a song to You so make a place for her Father where she can be comfortable in her own body. Give her something she can handle and develop some pride in so she’ll feel better about herself and her worth. Father she talks about suicide and we know that people who talk about it can do such things if their worth in this world is not established. We do all we can Father but we can’t do it for her only You can give her a stronger base to work with. Many of my prayers don’t get published they are private and I don’t put this information on the blog but I fear Father if I don’t go a step more I might just lose her to this horrible thing they labeled depression. I asked that You send the Holy Spirit to her side each and everyday to make sure she does no harm to herself and make me ever aware if things are going wrong. Let me be there Father to help her and guide her and make me stronger than I have ever been to handle this matter. Show me where to go for help, what signs to look for, where to be and when, if I should back off or stand firm only You can let me know and my ears are keen to hear Your voice in all that concerns this matter. Help me Father; don’t let this be our fate.

I pray all this into Your hands Father and I put it all at the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ for Your will in all matters. In acceptance of Your glory I pray it all in the name of our savior and Lord Christ Jesus. Amen.

One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus........

2009-08-03T07:59:00.001-05:00

My Lord and King

Today I come to you with surrender for Your ways, a consideration for the gifts given to those of us who receive them so uniquely and don’t even realize it. Father I know that in You is the ability to craft an experience that would be appealing for every soul but we seem to get in our own way in the process. Forgive us Father, I know in you nothing was overlooked give me peace in that knowledge. Father, I have my own desires but I know Yours come first and in services and worship I heard Your voice saying there is no finish line. It really hit a cord with me because I have forgotten in You there is eternity and we are working toward it daily in our preparations even in this present day. Thank You for Paul Fagala and his message it touched a lot of hearts. Peggy Hemmenway had even written it down to be a reminder as she fights so hard dealing with a daughter-n-law that torments them at this very defenseless time while Glen is so very ill. Father touch Jennifer and make her realize the harm she is doing to her father and that her actions could do damage that is not repairable. Father we all know that time is not on Glen’s side and each moment of each day there is constant testing. Give Glen and Peggy both the courage and faith to endure for in Your hands there will be safety and no more tears and heartaches so let them do what ever it takes to get through this to be restored, in health, in mental anguish, in heartaches so they remain in You and You in them while they are walking through this hell on earth. Strike down the evil forces that cause them such pain. Let us be Your arms around them until this storm passes by.

Father there are many others, Mark Goode, Lois Allen, Lucy and Daniel, Carol Fabian, Pat Grisham, Janet and Mark Dolecki, Debra, Robbie, Crystal, Valentin and Mary Padraza, Father, My God please extend your hand this list goes on and on. Father, even Roland hasn’t been able to get a handle on the things at work but he gets up and goes in everyday to face things I don’t understand. I haven’t ever been in his shoes I don’t know how hard it is and he knows we depend on him and that makes it even harder because of his dedication to his family. Give him some peace Father and send blessing on the ones who torment others so they can release this death grip of need for constant control over other people. Father, lay it on the hearts of those who bring burdens to others that You are in control.

Father, I want to Thank You for the sisters in Christ who have prayed with me for my burdens, For Darla, for Lucy and all the others who I visited with in my time of anxiety. Thank You for the words of encouragement they were able to provide to help me know what direction to take. They were good sounding boards to bounce my actions off of before I just acted without thinking it through. They are good listeners Father and I thank You for each of them in my time of troubles. I thank You for the realization that it is for You that we work and continue on and not for any other reason so it is in that comfort that my work has no finish line. I often say “I’m done” but on Sunday I found in Your words delivered by Paul…I am not done and I will never be done with Your work it is eternal. Father, don’t ever let me forget that. Each day is into Your service and for Your glory and it’s about nothing else ever. Thank You for the sweet prayers of Lucy and the long talk we had on her couch. It blessed my life and her words are so pure and straight forward. Bless her kindness! Her life has been filled with heartaches just like so many others but she rises above it Father and fully understands Your will in her life. Thank You. Your help does let us rise above all the problems we have and Your love does cover our burdens. Thank You Father.

Be with us guide us, lead us, and beyond all measure let us fall at the feet of Jesus for he is the Savior of the world and He is with us until the end. Turn our faces toward His accomplishments and bring Your sons and daughters back to glory when all of this is finished. It is in Your perfect timing in which I wait in faith and hope in Jesus name I pray it all. Amen.

Trusting in Your will Today Lord.........

2009-07-31T07:55:00.001-05:00

Father

Today as always I am grateful for a way to express myself to Your will. I am hopeful for understanding today and for ways to resolve ongoing problems that are causing me a great deal of tension. You bless me everyday Father with knowledge and You keep a other wise nasty temper at bay and I know it’s Your hand on my shoulder that keeps me in check so before I take any action today I am coming to my heavenly Father for advice and Lord if it is not in Your will for me to do what I plan today lay that knowledge on my heart and stop anything that would cause harm. My words can cut so deeply that it becomes a way of manipulation to get what I want at the expenses of another. Father I am having a great deal of conflict with a sister in Christ and it is affecting my spiritual work for Your church. It seems that nothing I say makes a difference so Lord what are the words I need what is the path to take? I know my plans Father but I would much rather use Yours. Just be with me keep me in Your will and let me be mindful that everybody has needs that they seek to be addressed. There are heartaches everywhere so when I address someone let it be with love and kindness so no hard feelings develop. Give peace in this matter Father for it affects what I am willing to do for Your church and Father You come first in all things so if it’s time to back off let that be and if not Father don’t let the call for me to go to work because I have work in Your church and I know it needs to be done first and formost. I don’t need a job Father You have provided for everything so do not let this bump cause me to withdraw from working at the church because of a conflict. I am a full grown woman in both body and mind and I have dealt with more than most people in dealing with difficulty and conflict with people. I am not timid Father when I speak and You know the harm in that as You often bind my tongue. I thank You Father because it was in You that I found a great relief in thinking it but not saying it. Father I can be quite harsh and I can be quite selective in people. I try my best to be open and accommodating but Father You know I am not. It creates limitations that I don’t really want but don’t seem to be able to control. I pray it is Your hand and guidance and not my stubborn will. Just be with me Father walk these days with me hand in hand and give me the right methods to take care of this before harm is done that is not repairable.

Father be with those I love today, keep them safe, watch their walk and keep them under Your guidance. Be with Mark Goode as he protects our country, be with Lois Allen and give her comfort. Be with the eldership as they deal with matters that concern Your church. Let this issue be completed with the hurricane and the contractors. Give us a way to move forward and without conflicts that will weigh us down. Let the good continue that was started at the first of this year. Your hand is on Your church Father we can see it and let us all honor and glorify You in our words and actions. If we need to be strong willed and express ourselves if it’s for Your glory to make our church here better give us the ability to be bold enough to move forward and bless us with a first fruits church if it is Your will.

I pray to You Father today with the unique opportunity of calling on You by the sacrifices of Your Son Christ Jesus for it is in the love for You that I asked it all with thanksgiving. Only in You is there this provision………Amen

212 Send an Angel through out the days........

2009-07-27T08:43:00.001-05:00

Heavenly Father King of all Kings

I spent a very early morning in Your word. Father, I realize You are the answer to all of this life’s worries. There is peace and hope and real power in Your ways. Father, thank you for the correction You send to us in Your word. Let us be mindful Father of how short sighted we are to refuse Your correction. We are not going to find a firm footing in this life without You. We are chasing whims of our own. Thinking we’ll find the right way to handle these things that break us down on our own. Forgive us Father because we know that is wrong. It’s not possible and I know that there is no satisfaction coming when we try to handle the problems of this life without You. I seem to fight the same battles day after day and it feels like a smoke screen of deceit. I loved my week-end away it was so beautiful to be in nature. I thank you for the ability to do such things. I know it’s Your gift to comfort the heartaches that I have and it’s Your way of telling me hold firm these things I fight are temporary. You always give me a path that is bright so that I will not loose my way in this darkness. I think You know better than any the heartaches of loosing a well fought fight. I am trusting in You for the satisfaction that will come when these days are no more and the evil of this world is over. Father, I will not be headstrong and I will call upon Your name and the sacrifices of my Lord to help me through my disappointments no evil can over come when we stand with Your light guiding our path. Rash words cut and main but there is healing in the words You have left for us so Father let our hearts embrace those words and hold them close to our hearts. Father, let us find a freedom in our work, do not let us broadcast our stupidity so evil can overcome us. Keep us all as children who are willing to listen to our Heavenly Father. Lead us into helpful conversations as careless talking could ruin everything. Help us to overcome the temptation to just scream! Give us the ability to have a steady diligence to endure whatever this life throws at us. Unrelenting disappointments leave us heartsick with worry but in Your hand Father there could be a sudden turn around, a good break directed by Your will not mine. Tear it down for me brick by brick so I can understand it is Your will that I must accept and not my own. Watch the steps of my adult children Father sometimes their actions are such a slap in the face. I know You know the feeling it’s such an insult and it leaves our emotions out in the cold so give me a deeper understanding and a slowness to anger because what I see and think may not be the way it is at all. The evil one has for years left me feeling powerless with these browbeaten lies. Stockpile in me Your love Father and let it come out in my actions toward every person I have to deal with. Everyone is fighting their own battle and I know You are alert to the good and the evil that goes on. It is a mark of good sense to use kind healing words guided by Your hand. Misspent lives go bankrupt after such a long while of not being able to turn things around so knowing You can read the human heart if it’s Your will Father make the corrections and let these prayers be genuine so they might reach You and give You delight that I call upon You. Your perceptive words can spread knowledge in us that will calm and heal the broken. Sadness makes it hard to get through our days and a miserable heart leads to a miserable life so give us the love for a simple life that is not pretensions or arrogant. Send an angel to deliver us from every evil. Forgive us of our sins and do not refuse to correct our misdirection. Love Your children by disciplining them. Send the Holy Spirit into the hearts of those who have a sad heart, those who might feel forgotten, and those who think they still stand outside the door even after they have knocked. Don’t let them believe the lie of the evil one who tells them Your love is not for them.

Father, bless our church, bless those who have taken Your ways on in baptisms. Help the work that is going on in Your house. A new breath of life is at work there and we thank You for the love and hope You are sending our way. Bless and be with our leadership help us follow the guidance of these men. Give us humbled hearts and new acceptance to be able to follow Your will for this church. Care for those who are hurting, Pat Grisham, Ella Mae Arnold, Eddie Birdwell, Floyd Dickens, Liz Miller, Ricki Lane, Glen and Peggy Hemmingway, Marijane Hammel, Doc and Dorothy Hart, Sonny and Karen Goode, Teresa Goss and Mike, Debra, Robbie, Tamar Johnson, Summer Neal, Christy, Donald Pratt and family, Jacob Lorfing, Ann Young, Susan and Mickey and her mom Myrtle Dugat, Lucy and Daniel Rouse and Bubba, Jack and Rebecca Zaun, Karen Vasquez, Merle Wagnon and of course and always Roland. Comfort them Father as only You can.

Father, watch over Mark Goode and all who sever to keep this country safe. Be with the leaders of this country and if they don’t follow Your will Father strike them down with a might blow. I beg for Your hand to be on this nation for it is in You that I trust and only You. Save us Father from our greed.

Father please deliver us let our prayers be heard by the name and sacrifices of Your son Christ Jesus for it is in His holy name that we can pray. Amen.

207 Another Day in Prayer

2009-07-22T18:09:00.001-05:00

Heavenly Father Most High

Father we were able to enjoy a calm day with some good cooking and nice company. It was an easy flowing day that doesn’t come often. I appreciated the everydayness of it all. I thank you Father for days like these not over burdened with work or worry but enough to keep me busy and active. I remembered a few important things today and got them done. Father, Roland and I are taking a week-end away and we really need it due to the pressure he has been under so I thank you that it is possible for us to take this time away from everything. Be with us while we travel and make sure Debra is cared for while we are away. Watch over her Father and help her be able to handle the house while we are away. Let her take good care of Cinnamon and the things she needs to do at church with the trays. She has been doing a good job with that Father and I want her to continue for it is a reminder of why we go to this church and why we act as we do toward it.

Father I don’t have any request today for I know that you are with Mark Goode, and those I pray for daily. I need not beg Your watch I know it is there. I sometimes pray it for my comfort and not because You need it prayed over and over. It’s a reminder for me as well to take these people into consideration each and everyday and do what I can to make their lives better and productive. Father, I do believe we are Your hands and feet and Your voice is heard in our actions so let them be acceptable in Your sight.

Father, with all my heart I humble myself and drop at Your feet for all the blessing in my life. Forgive the sins that are within me and let my life be a living sacrifice for You. Keep me with You Father and remove any and all fear that I have in me. Keep me moving forward and never to go back to things in the past. Be with me always Father for it is You and Your will that I seek daily in these prayers. It is in the glory of Your son that I pray in the name of Jesus …until it ends here or You come for us let us be ready to hear Your call………Amen

Prayers Prayers and More Prayers

2009-07-21T14:10:00.002-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Thank you for a day scattered with much needed rains. Thank you for a nice cup of coffee in a cup sent to me by friends. Thank you for those dear friends that remembered me with a small gift. Thank you for a husband that loves me and a home that I am comfortable in even during rough times. Thank you for the constant message of salvation for all peoples in all times. Thank you for Your word. Thank you for hope… help me to take possession of it and treat it like the gift that it is. Thank you for every good thing in this life and the protection from those things that are not so good, from the evil we face daily. Father help me to bow down to Your will over mine. Father I ask you to let me hear the cries from those who need help. Let the things that I know in Your love be and provide and accessible backdrop to the Bible narrative that You have given us.

Father, I am asking again for your watch over some today. Roland, Lois Allen, Mark Goode, Karen, Robbie, Debra, Ella, Pat, Janet and Mark, Ricki, Darla, Amber, Big Mike, Dorothy and Bubba, Sonny, David and Kim, Bo and Shirley, Harold and Linda, Pat, Mike and Liz, Jane and Bill those who we love and wish only the best this life has for them. Watch over our Harvey and calm his needs Father, hard choices are still hard choices but in life we have to act so let him have comfort and growth in his journey. Give him peace. Be with Rebecca and Jack lead them Father with Your will and hand. We are all at cross roads from day to day let us all make the right choices to benefit our lives and Your church. Be with our eldership Father when they make a choice let us be supportive of them and honor the hard work they do. Stretch out our love toward them and let them be at peace with this great service that they have taken on. Father we know that they have to do this willingly and they have choice not to be servants and let us honor the fact they do serve. There would be no balance or growth without leadership so let us be mindful of the things we do in regards to these men.

Keep all of us safe Father, our country is facing a most difficult time. Pray for our leaders of this nation. Put conviction in the hearts of those who believe in You to move forward with boldness to save our Christian nation. We know if You withdraw from us Father our faith and civilization in cradled in the balance of harms way. Do not let us become a barren land and do not with hold Your living water. Make us a cultivatable land that will only supply new growth and hope to our nation. Forgive those who can’t see You in the future of this country. Give us a vast public Father that will call upon Your name. Take Control I beg it in the sacrifices of Your son. In His name I ask it boldly.

Father as I close this prayer with thanksgiving for all I see in You. I want to honor Your son by praying it all in His name for Your glory and power forever………Amen

Thank You Lord for Loving Me.........

2009-07-17T08:25:00.001-05:00

Jehovah

Father, today with so many questions and not enough answers I just come again and again asking for mercy and for Your grace because I know it lies with You and I am grateful for that knowledge. It is extremely comforting to know You are with us even in these dark days. It’s also a great comfort to know they don’t have to all be dark days when we can approach You with our problems, our hurts and our needs. Thank You for relief because it exceeds my expectations each and everyday. I think about what it might be like if there was no hope at all and there is no way to describe how that would affect us as a human race. I think we already see places and people in which on this earth Father that there is no hope if it be Your will Father send consolation.

Yesterday Father, I didn’t post a prayer due to my swimming head of pain medications but today is much better and the worst of the aches have left me. Thank You Father for getting me through that brief spell and for the healing that is coming my way. Teeth problems have always been there for me but thank You for having me in a place where I could have insurance and enough to cover bills that come along with these matters. It’s a huge concern when you can’t or don’t have enough money to cover these things when they come up and Father there are many who are in that place so even with my comfort in my situation I pray for all of those who have health and medical problems that don’t get addressed in the manner that they should because of the sky high prices that go along with that care. Changes are being made in our government to help and I pray it into Your hands Father that relief will come to those who are really in need and not just another blank check for the greedy. Sometimes we don’t see the need but it sits right in our back yards as well as overseas. Let us be mindful to do what we can to help those who are in need. Don’t let it cause resentment when we have to give over and above our comfort zones.

Father, each and everyday I send prayers to You in the behalf of Mark Goode and all those who serve this country with their sacrifices, all of those who have in the past. For parents who wont see their sons and daughters coming home, Father I can only imagine the pain of that but let them all be reassured by the fact that You see and know the sacrifices and You will bless those who give all to country and their fellow man. Guide the hearts and minds of those who deal with these matters.

Father, be with Lois Allen today just walk with her Father and let her know you are beside her daily. Keep her spirits up and let her feel the love we all have for her.

Father, be with Roland his work load is heavy and so is his heart. He hasn’t had to deal with such problems in a long time and he hates conflicts of any kind so it weighs more heavily on him than it really should. With so many problems outside of the work place it spills over into the work place and tensions are running at an all time high. People are fearful of loosing their jobs and it makes them frustrated in their thinking and judgments so even the smallest thing set them off. Put a shield around those who work together with strong expectations put upon them to always deliver. Give them the ability to do exactly what is needed and to answer the questions with practical thought and consideration. Help them to work together and not against each other.

Father it is in the sweet name of Jesus I come with a humbled heart each day asking for things I know You are already addressing. Things I know You are already aware of and taking care of. Father so now I am laying it at Your feet with confidence in You knowing all is going to be alright under Your watch. Until You come or call us home ………Amen

Evil will never win.........

2009-07-15T10:06:00.002-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Father there is a new blessing in Your will for our lives everyday. Thank you for letting that be seen. Thank you for family and for friends. Thank you for the enjoyable time I was able to share last night with the ladies at church playing bunko and having great fellowship. I thank you for a building with air conditioners that work, lights, space and all the amenities we enjoy in that place. I am ever aware Father that You provided the ability for our church to have such a nice room for our fellowship meetings. I thank You for all the blessing that will take place there. It is in this space our church will grow and we’ll show the love we have for one another. Thank You Father for it all. Father please let our church be mindful of this and keep this space clear and clean so the blessing of being in Your church can be seen by every person who comes here.

Father, I am having a little surgery today just some oral work done on the tooth that I have already had so much done to trying to save. This is the tooth I had worked on in India so Father be with Dr. Hughes as he tries to section the bridge and repair the base. The work is different so I pray Father it will not break while they section it to remove the broken tooth under it. Watch over me Father while I am under their care. Let Roland and I have a safe trip to and from the doctors office.

Father, be with the Goode family today, be with Mark, be with Landry, Lisa and Micah. Be with the doctors that are caring for the burns Landry has suffered. That’s very painful for a child and very hard on parents to watch as a child hurts. Comfort them Father and bring them all home safe and whole. Give them peace of mind and strength.

Father, be with Karen Vasquez with her health and her work situation. Be with Donald Pratt as he needs more security in his work situation as well. Donald has a large family to support and Sue has some health issues as well as their children. They need their insurance and financial needs to stay secure. Help Debra as she is looking for a job and needing one to help her cope depression problems. Help get her through this and let her know she is worthy of a good life. Give her the ability to see the world differently and know she has a place and a duty here. Watch over Linda Allen and bless her with comfort as she still mourns the passing of her mother Barbara Bishop and as we know she is with You now Father let those left here be comforted by that knowledge. Be with Mari Jane Hammel as she’ll be facing surgery soon on her foot and it may cause her some difficulty with work and getting around so bless her with healing and a quick recovery. Watch over Robbie as he again faces difficult times and he finds himself once again in harms way. Protect him Father and for me I ask let no harm come his way. Be with Ricki Lane Father as changes are coming her way help her be accepting of those changes. Be with Roland always Father and he is our base and our strength and we depend on him Father to be our provider for this family. Let him have the abilities he needs to do this for all of us and let us be there to support and love him while he makes these efforts.

Father, for the shooting victims in Mont Belvieu, for the officers that were lost. Be with the family. It seems to have affected many in our church family and we knew these people so look after the cause Father and do what can be done by Your power to comfort those who will and have suffered greatly due to this misfortunate act. Be with Pam Leggett and her family. Be with those who were in contact with these people and give them rest and understanding. Let us not dwell on the desolate waste but on healing and relief for those who will forever be affected by this loss of life, this crushing blow to their potential. There are no human words that will give any reprieve so Father we beg it for them in Your sons sacrifices. In the ability for mercy and forgiveness that is only by Your will.

Father, closing today and thanking you for everything continue in all of us who seek you and let us continue to stay strong in You. In the powerful and strong name of Jesus we pray it all into Your hands……Amen

Some Days are just Better than others.......

2009-07-13T08:54:00.001-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Some days are just better than others and I thank You for the changes and the revelations that come from that. We are seeking you daily and when we see You at work in our own mist, touching the lives of those we love and care for it is just an awesome experience and I thank You for moments like these. Yesterday was one of those days. A day we could all be proud of in our Christian walk.

Father, I want to thank you for the ones being brought to you in obedience and baptism. Alexa Holleman, Marissa Dunn, Father with their youth they will have a long walk in Your service be with them always and guide them. Remind them daily it was for the remission of their sin. Keep them and guard their youth so they will not be pulled away by earthly desires.

Father I will be bringing before You regularly Mark Goode. Daily Father keep watch over this young man, he is being sent to war at the end of this month to fight for the freedoms of our nation and others he doesn’t even know. Protect his mind, keep him focused, cover him with Your shield and protect him from all enemies. I beg Your special favor on this young man and all who give so much of themselves for their country. Father I don’t understand war, I do not understand why this has to be so as I pray for Mark and his family console my heart as well and help me as I try not to lean upon my own understanding of these matters. I ask You Father let no harm come to Mark Goode as he assist his country. Be with all our American military.

Father, you blessed us with knowing the heart of Carl Collins. He is a fine man who has supported and protected his wife. As times grow dim for them and the burden become harder and harder to bear comfort and send aid to both of them. Lift the load from Carl’s shoulders as heartaches become confusions and dismay. Walk with him through all that he has to endure and let him hear the words of your promise and not the lies of the evil one. Keep him bonded and whole in every moment.

Father, be with Glen and Peggy Hemmenway as Glen faces each day not knowing what it will bring. Be with his eye surgeries and related matters. Help them adjust to their new home and the move there. Give Peggy the strength to endure a longer drive to work, comfort her Father as only You can during this atrocious time. Let her know Father that even things that go on for a long time they do end and battles are won. Keep her in the vale of Your word. Protect them both from the evil one.

Father, as for my own house keep us thankful, grateful for Your power, thankful that we know You and even though matters for us are not within my understanding I know that Your plan is the plan of life here and eternally. Keep my mind whole and protect me from harmful dreams, unproductive thoughts and numbers. Do not let me fall into fruitless, barren prayers for matters turned over to you long ago. What is in the past let it forever remain there. Help me to listen closely as You take control over all that concerns me at this time. I trust Your guidance on all matters and Father I know you will quieten the restlessness and the expectations that I know will not come. Let me be compliant of all that You guide me to do. Let me be at peace with these choices.

In matters of thanksgiving Father bless our preacher David, his wife Kim. He keeps bringing to the table each Sunday the bread of life for your sheep. His work makes us think, helps us to see Your glory in action. Father, I know it can not be easy but David never fails to offer us something thought provoking every time he speaks we know it is not his words but Yours. Thank you Lord for this selected vessel. Thank You for him and his family’s ability to serve Your church. Guide, guard and protect them as they serve Your church and let us always be mindful of the blessings that we receive because of their willingness to serve Your church. Let us help them, support them and lift them up so they may continue and know the efforts are a blessing and they bring a message of hope we are all seeking so desperately to hear. Continue to lead David as he preaches Jeremiah.

Lord, just a few more names Darla, Karen V. Phil and Bonnie, Georgia Frost, Donna and Eddie, Christy and her family, Staci Bailey, Eddie Birdwell, Floyd Dickens, Liz and Mike Miller, Sonny Goode, Bubba Kay, Lois Allen, Morgan Williams, Terri Dunn, Steve and Melinda Fischesser, Ricki Lane and family, Robbie and Debra, Roland and his sisters. Lucy and Daniel Rouse. Laura Gomez, Stan Dolecki. All of our elders and their wives. Bless all of these Father and watch over them in ways only You can.

With thanksgiving in my heart I pray it all in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus …..name above all names to His glory……Amen

Friday Walking In Sunlight...@>---/----

2009-07-10T08:47:00.002-05:00

Sovereign Lord Most High

Father everyday I am a seeker for your words. Everyday is a day to read to study and to take in the glory You have left for Your people. I am seeking a brilliant light in a very dark world but Father I know it’s there because of Your promise. I know with all my heart Father that our sins were paid for and put upon Your son for our mercy and I thank you Father for the relief that comes with that knowledge. Thank you Father for the Holy Spirit that guides us daily in our walk with You. Give me this day accountability and turn me from any evil ways that I might have. Warn me and be a watchman over my will so that I might do everything in accordance to Yours. Rebuke any negative host that are inside of my thinking today and everyday. I want to listen to You I want to bear whatever the Spirit asked me to bear. Father I need to be more accepting of other for I can not know the burdens that come with a rebellious mind or a broken heart. Take any bitterness, any spirit of anger and turn it into endurance and tolerance. Help us Father to save ourselves for this evil world and do not let us buy in to the lies that harm us. Weigh out each day my burdens and let me be a survivor due to Your kindness and mercy. Give us all a holy sanctuary in which we can lay everything at the cross of hope and at the feet of Jesus. Father according to my conduct I know there is judgment so let it be as You would have it and not as I would. Father do not let me be proud or unforgiving of others. Lord, I ask a lot today and I know that You have assigned me these task, You have set the boundary lines and You are also the one who has give the promises and inheritance for those who love you and keep Your counsel. I love you, Lord You are my strength so hear these prayers and don’t let any of these request come from a deceitful heart. Keep me ever as a servant and surround me with Your glory.

Father, I ask for Your power to strengthen the lives of some today that are seeking prayers in their behalf. Donna and Eddie Dee’s are asking prayers for her mother who is not doing well. Do all you can to comfort and calm them during this time. Let them endure this heartache with Your mercy and deliver them unto Your peace. Do not let them be shaken and let them all seek refuge in You.

Father, I will be satisfied with Your will in the lives of Robbie and Debra and I will continue to bring them before Your guidance to confront their actions and behaviors. Lord by Your hand rescue them from this world and let us cherish the life You have given. Protect Your children and surround us with knowledge to know what are the right choices in their lives. I give it all to You Father for in you I take my direction and apart from You I have nothing. Hide any heartaches I have in Your shadow do not let them ever be seen or acknowledged.

Others that need you today Father, Eddie Birdwell, Lois Allen, Janet and Mark, Christy and the Rushing family, Amber, Michael, Ethan, Brandy, Anne Young, Robert Wagnon, Ricki Lane, Jack Zaun. Paul Fagala and all the kids that went to camp this week. Sue and Gabe Pratt. Alexa Holleman blessings for her baptism. The list is ever growing Father but You know the needs and You have the answers so bless the lives of those whom are listed here. A special prayer for Roland as he is working long hard hours under difficult conditions. Lead him to know the right answers at work and at home. Give him peace in knowing he does all that is in his power and no more is needed than that. Father, he is a good provider and a good husband let that rest in his heart and give him comfort. When demands are so high for performance to be at a max sometimes we don’t see that we really are at the top of the mark already. It is the world that pushes us to go beyond limits when there is really no need to do so.

Father, hear my pleas for it is in the strong, powerful and eternal name of Jesus that I pray it all into Your will for justification and hope. May Your eyes see what is right and bless us with Your love……..Amen

I was blind but now I see.........

2009-07-07T08:12:00.002-05:00

Dear sweet Father

As I come to you in prayer I daily seek your will for my life. There is something powerful in knowing that all things can be laid at your feet at the beginning of each new day. Thank you for the peace that is in that knowledge. Thank you for I have found mercy in the hope of the Messiah the sweet Lamb of God. I can do nothing by myself so I seek to pick up my mat and walk because I believe you make it possible. Father there is rolling thunder today and a promise of rain. We need that rain as the yards are dying and the roses that I love so dearly brown before even opening because of the heat. My white ones don’t have a chance without some relief from this heat. Bless us with some much needed rain Father.

Father, be with those who are hurting today, those who just don’t seem to be able to get any relief from the heartaches of this life. Be with Peggy and Glen, Robbie and Debra. Bubba Rouse. Karen Vasquez. Lois Allen. Morgan Williams. Eddie Birdwell. Carol Fabian and her son. Janet and Mark Dolecki. Nathlie Carroll. The Lorfing family. Denise Webb. Father I see things go on with these that only you can be entrusted for their need. Look down on us all Father and know that those of us that can pray bring these that are in need before you asking in their behalf for the work of your hand to be upon their lives. You have given us your word Father that you are the bread of life and those who come to you will never go hungry and those that believe will never be thirsty. Father let us all believe that into the very last day so that even if there is no relief in this life there will be relief somewhere and that these matters are only temporary. Let each of us find the mercy of your saving grace in our hope for eternal life. The work for us is this: believe in the one He has sent let us do that with all that we have in us Father. We no longer need miraculous signs so that we may believe for we have your scriptures to guide us so Father seal our minds with these written words. Protect us from the lies of this world and from its evil forces. Send the Holy Spirit to make sure we do not get tangled in the ways of the world. Enable us all Father who seek you to find our way. Teach me daily Father to take up the cross and bear whatever this world brings so that I will remain in you all the days of my life, no matter what happens on this earth. Father, keep me in your word and Your presence daily let my heart be always aware to hear Your direction.

I pray it all in the strong power of the name of Jesus. Amen

July 4, 2009.......May God Bless Our Country

2009-07-04T07:54:00.002-05:00

Father, My Lord and King

Today I just want to thank you Lord for the mercy of your love. You are merciful to those who are in doubt and those who struggle daily to find their way. You are able to protect even those who continue to seek but don’t seem to be able to find the right ways. You have given power and authority through Jesus Christ for us to pray into that name so we can know your presence in this current darkness. Thank you for hope when there seems to be no hope. Forever more I will ask you to watch over my son Robbie. I know you can turn away from those who abandoned their own faith and it brings me much heartache. I lean not upon my own understanding because I do not understand at all the unreasonable things that happen with both of my adult children. If nothing else Father give me the ability to accept what happens in this current life and cling ever nearer to You so that I will have the ability to persevere and have the knowledge to do what is right in all things concerning my own family. Father when we follow our own ungodly desires that divides us and causes mixed fears just forgive me Father and lead me in the right direction. Snatch us out of the fire and show us mercy, forgive us when we sin. Build faith in me daily Father and send the Holy Spirit to seal my faith in You. Keep me in Your love as I wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring peace in this current situation. Father only in you can we be protected from falling victims to the lies this world feeds us daily do not let our hearts be dissolved and hardened by the evil one. There is no advantage in falling into this trap. Remind me daily that I must be convicted to Your word until You bring us back home and for the days when we will have eternal life in Your glory.

Father, be with the ones we prayed for last week during the campaign. Keep us safe over the Forth of July weekend. Watch over Your children during this time let no harm come to those who love You. Give us a spirit of love and self-discipline. Watch over Your church Father, bless our eldership and workers.

It is in the power of Your sons name that I pray everything unto His name.……..Amen

Our Last Day but not Our last effort..........

2009-07-01T08:20:00.002-05:00

El Elyon

There are many names used to describe you Father but today I call upon the name that says you are the God Most High over the earth. You are the goodness that provides us with health, life, love and prosperity and I thank you for it all in whatever measure you give. You are light and in you I can find no darkness so each day I come to you with a humble heart that is grateful and blessed because I live in your perfect plan and in you there is grace and mercy. I thank you Father for that confidence for it carries me through days I don’t really understand and it answers for me the questions I have sometimes as to why things are like they are. Our church Father is in a campaign praying for our nation, our community and individuals. The numbers are really hard for me to grasp and the need is overwhelming. They are just asking for some relief from this life’s present troubles when I drive down the streets of the place where I live I wont be able to drive by those houses blind anymore because this has revealed to me that behind every door the knowledge of Your love is needed. Those people that are beyond the walls of the church need to know there was an atoning sacrifice and that this is not the end of the story. It is my hope and my prayer on this last day we will do all we can to reach the last few that will open their door. We have this love in us Father to reach them because you planted seeds in us long ago please water them today and don’t let us grow faint on this last day… hold us to our work that will deliver Your message.

Yesterday I was able to speak with Richard and Rita again. They didn’t come last night Father and I was so hopeful they would but I also know that Your timing is perfect and we prayed for them knowing that anything we ask according to Your will You have heard us. So bless them Father and stay with them and continue to work with them. Comfort and direct their steps Father and because they might not know the direction to take let me bring them before you everyday for healing, peace and comfort. Thank you Father for all that you do.

Father if we are weak make us stronger, give us the right knowledge to know what to say, when to act and how to not react to things that are happening around us. Our actions are a testimony to our love for You so let us be forgiving in our nature, to look beyond what we see on the surface and to touch lives in a way that makes things better and not more difficult. Each of us bears burdens that no one knows but us so for those things we hold inside of us that could be comforted if only we could let it go give each and everyone of us that ability.

Father, I thank you for a good week, I thank you for the blessing of seeing Your words at work in our membership and in others. Thank you for the men who came with Leland Rogers. Thank you for sending some young people to walk those doors and to start building for the next generation. Ashley, Jessica, Tyler, Jasmine, Ariel we’ll come to depend on them someday to carry on when we can not so let us groom all of our young people into people that will not forget Your atoning sacrifices for our sins, Your mercy and grace.

Father, keep us safe, keep our hearts sealed from the lies of the evil one, give us understanding and love for each other. Keep some of our ladies under Your watchful eye….. Ricki Lane, Linda Allen, Geanie Ballard, Shirley Cox, Karen Goode, Cindy Rieck, Darla Plunkett, Kim Ellis, Kristen Fagala, Lois Allen, Janet Dolecki, Bonnie Dutton, Rebecca Zaun, Lucy Rouse, Debra Sims, Denise Webb, Anne Young, Pat Schultz, Liz Miller, Patti Barnett and myself. Your scriptures tell us no one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. Make us ever mindful of those words. Help us because we are Your testimony to the world.

Thank you for the avenue of prayer Father for it is made available to us by the sacrifice of Your son so in His strong and powerful name save our dying land and hear our prayers. Amen

Angel Hugs......June 30 2009....Day 6

2009-06-30T08:12:00.003-05:00

Holy Father

What a blessed morning! Thank you for the rain we had last night and the happiness it brought along with it. Thank you for a wonderful service at the park last night and for singing that is just wonderful and uplifting to the soul. For such a small group it sounds really good to hear them lift up voices to your praise. God it is so good to know that we are your children and that you keep us safe while we are out there trying to reach others. You bless us greatly by the events we are getting to experience, it shows us Father that we do have a purpose here and that the need for sharing what we have in you is greater than ever. We know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one but You are greater than he and You have sealed my heart with this knowledge and understanding in a way I don’t quite understand but totally accept. I know that we must seek always to take Your healing message to people who don’t have it and Father I ask you with a humbled heart give any means you can to see that I and others who are around me do what you ask. We ask of You everyday to heal to help but let us also be there for the victory of sending out your word. Send Your Holy Spirit to touch the hearts of us all to give everything we have to testify the love that Christ has for us. Free us from all fear that would prevent us from finding those who seek you and help us lead them to a gate that will lead them back to You.

Father, be with Richard and Rita they will forever by on my heart and what I experience with them yesterday will be with me for the rest of my life. In all of my years I have never gone to a stranger and offered prayers. We were in the hot sun on a tennis court but in that moment I realized You sent me out there and the need was real. I will be ever mindful to seek prayers for them, to bring them daily under your watch for their health, for their healing, for relief of their pain for the doctors to do the very best they can to get Richard back on his feet and walking with his prosthetic leg. What happened to them Father was a tragic blow and they need someone praying daily that person will be me. Every one who has been reached by the campaign lets us know that the need is ever growing and great. Time can’t be wasted so send us the man power that we need to fight for You and the words we need to make real changes in the lives of those who suffer. We know the One who is truth and light let us be ever mindful to share that information with others who have not been so blessed.

Father, thank you for Sonny Goode’s report that he didn’t have a stroke. That was a blessing and we are very glad for that information. Let the doctors tend to him and find out what the problems are and get him some relief from this present trouble. Watch over this family and keep them under your protection.

Father, today I am asking a blessing for Ricki Lane, soften her heart and let her know she is loved. Let her relax and be comforted. Restore her heart and release her from hurt feeling and disappointments.

Father, Janet and Mark need your watchful eye as they still suffer with family matters. Be with Janet in her heartaches for her father and the troubles with Mark’s mom. Give them peace and prevail in all that they need.

Father, watch over Roland I know there is trouble in his heart and worry on his mind but he protect me for knowing what is really wrong. It’s just his way of dealing with things but let him know that I am his wife and I will help and understand this present trouble if he’ll just share it and not harbor the troubles alone. Be with our adult children, Rob and Debra as they make there way. Debra becomes more and more fearful that she’ll not find another job and fear is what holds us in bondage so release that fear Father and help her to keep looking for work and keep her solid from the fears that would keep her in bondage.

Another day is out there Father another chance to do what is right in Your sight, guide us through it with the love you have for us. There is confidence when we approach You according to Your will so we pray it all in the power of the blood of Christ Jesus. Amen

Monday in Mont Belvieu........Thank You Lord

2009-06-29T07:17:00.001-05:00

Heavenly Father

My first readings this morning said “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.” We the people of your church can get really comfortable in our own hope and sometime we forget Father we live in a dying world. Thank you and bless those who are going out in this heat to carry your message. It won’t get to those doors any other way and deep down we know that it is our duty to our faith to share it. It’s not easy Father to do this but the victory stands in the numbers of prayers we are able to pray. Thank you for all of the people who are willing to work at this to make something happen for your glory. I am amazed at the people who will share with a strange at the door the details of their lives and cry out for help and relief. I live in this area and I see huge homes and football games and you don’t really see the truth until you come to ask for it in prayers for relief. Kindle the hearts of our body and make them see the truth in this work. If we are all supportive of those who will go out even if it’s not quite our cup of tea at least those who can do this and are willing will have a return. Bless them Father and keep them safe while they do this work in the name of your son sacrifices.

Lord, be with Sonny Goode he is a dear friend and one of our own. He is washed in the blood of the lamb and has fallen to problems with his health. Maybe a stroke they are not sure yet but details are coming and we asked for the result to go in his and Karen’s favor. Watch over every hand that takes care of them and send them in the right direction for the help they need for him to get better. Send your saving grace and protect them both from this set back.

Give us all the keys to the knowledge to know what is best and guide us with your holy scriptures. Send the Holy Spirit to us at this time Father so we may be the most effective in everything we do at this time. Let us be supportive of each other and cast no doubted on the work you send us out to do. You go beyond the walls of the church building and we have to be willing as we are your voice to this hurting world. Protect us from the evil one and give him no ability to hinder our work for Your name.

Father, be with Ricki Lane soften her heart and give her what she needs to be a productive person in your church. Help her with the grandchildren’s needs and while she is with Tamar in her pregnancy. Protect her new baby and make both of them strong.

We love you Lord and we will lift our voice in praise to you again today so hear us and know that we beg you to stay by our sides as we do your work. We do not deserve the right to ask anything of you but we know in our hearts your mercy is always upon us. It is in the strong and powerful name of Jesus that we ask it all for your Glory. Amen

June 27 Saturday Mont Belvieu Day 3

2009-06-27T08:34:00.002-05:00

A Prayer to my King

Today we face yet another day in this world and we need you Father to guide all that we do today. Thank you for each and every moment that we can be working in your service. Love us today Father and grant doors to be opened and souls to be saved. Your word tells us that we do not light a lamp to be hidden but we place it on its stand for the entire world to see. Let us have favor today as we continue to go out and asked people to pray. It’s hot it’s dry and these men and women who are going door to door need your hand upon them to keep them safe. You guard us Father and we seek it today more than most days. Each person who is seeking you Father let us find them. Father, be with David Ellis as he seeks to go beyond the walls of the physical church and grow. He leads your people Father so give him the right path. There is a light within him that should shine ever so brightly for the world to see by your grace and mercy let it be so.

Watch over Roland today as he takes his boat out. Father he needs some relaxing time as his work load is very heavy and the things he deals with keeps this family fed and our bills paid so give him a day of rest to enjoy life and calm him from the worry of this life. He is working cooking our hamburgers for the meal this afternoon so even though he takes some time for himself he has not forgotten your work must be done as well. Bless him Father and let him know that we treasure him. Comfort his heart and make him glad.

Father, take Debra and Robbie under your watch today and everyday. Let her medications work better for her and guide us in the right directions as we deal with them. Let us do what is right in your sight and let us not lean upon our own understanding. You have put every soul here for a reason and I trust you will help us to help them find their way. Keep all of us strong in you and protect our health and well being.

Father, I just want to thank you for prayer and the avenue of grace that is possible because we can pray in the name of Jesus. Relief comes when we unburden ourselves in this way and we have hope. There is not much if we do not have hope. Everything in this life is a test upon us and we seek you until the day there is rest. We pray to you in the strong name of your son Christ Jesus. Bless us today and be with us as we carry out your work. ……..Amen

June 25th Day 2 Mont Belvieu

2009-06-26T08:19:00.001-05:00

Jehovah All Mighty God

I always come to you humbled by the glory of your work. Each morning is a day to be treasured under your guidance. I want to thank you for the success of yesterday’s campaign in Mont Belvieu for the doors that were opened, for the strong souls that walked hot streets to carry this message that prayer works. Father, you blessed us with some cooling rain, some good fellowship and with hope for souls that are lost. There is never enough praise to you for all that you do for us to protect us while we walk in this dark world. Thank you over and over for all of it. We are so grateful for each person that would talk with our group. There was need and some prayers went out to you, thank you for the blood of Christ that lets you hear those prayers and not harden your heart against your people. Let us work for you Father in a way that will honor the death of Christ Jesus let us do what we are here to do. Bless those you have chosen to do your work. Don’t ever let us grow weary or think it not necessary. Let us be strong and not grow weary in doing Your good work for those that are lost. Father we know darkness and sadness are coming but you can prepare us to face those times with the power of your son’s blood. Let us be ready before that time comes so it will not destroy our hope and our faith.

Father, I spent some time this morning writing thank you notes to those young men in Littlefield who blessed my life by a good experience at H.E.B camp. I want to bring them before you this morning and ask you bless them today for your glory. Matthew Ingle, Dalton Calaway, Tanner and Tyler Heffington, Garrett Bigham, Chris Grishane, Tyler Pace, Dakota Gage, Seth Clayton, Bryson Calaway, Taylor Pierce, Dillon Gage, Noah Rucker, Rance Johnson, Hunter Kloiber. Each of these will be the makers of the new church keep them strong and raise them to know your words so the Church will be ever strong for the sacrifices of Christ should always and forever be honored by these young men. Also, Father bless those youth at Lakewood they are also working hard to be the people you would have them to be. Work with Paul Fagala so he can guide them better and make a clearer path for all of them.

Father, be with Roland and Debra you know our troubles and you are the only one who can change anything in this matter. Do what ever you must to keep us all under your will and lay upon both of their hearts a better way, a right way to continue on.

Time calls me away from this moment of prayer Father but you are never away from my heart. I know it is by your hand and grace we are saved and I end these prayers that I write but I never end our communication. Stay with me daily and use me to do the work that lay at hand. Bond my soul to yours make sure that I am washed in the blood daily so that I am available always for whatever you call me to do. It is in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus that I pray it all unto your holy will. Amen

Mt. Belvieu Starting Day June 25 2009

2009-06-25T07:03:00.002-05:00

Might God Our King
Today we start a new walk to plant seeds for your kingdom. We thank you that it was put upon our hearts to try to do this. We thank you Father each time a soul is brought our way that might be trying to reach you and you put the right word or the right way for that person to reach you. It is awesome to know that your power still seeks to save the lost and you send us out of our comfort zones to look for even one that might need you. I thank you Father I am not the one lost. I thank you Father that you still seek those who are. The weather is very hot and many who are walking today are elderly. Father watch over them and give them safety and common sense not to push past their limits. Keep them in areas where they can do the most good and send them to homes where the door needs to be opened to what we are doing this week. Guide us with your will Father and whoever is seeking let us be there for them today. The right person at the right time to do your holy will. Give us the strength not to grow weary and not to be unhappy about our situations in this hot weather. Help us to be positive and uplift each other as the week goes on. You are our master our creator and King and we seek to do your good work while we are here and while we wait to come home to you so let it all be productive to your glory.
Father, look in on Lois Allen today, also Glen and Peggy. We care for their needs Father and share in the suffering that they have at this time. Send comfort and relief for them because really there is nothing human hands can do for them at this point they need you and only you to take control and do your will in their lives. Seek a plan of mercy for all of them.
Each day let us come to you for our needs our prayers are with your blessings in the blood of your son Christ Jesus who’s name we use to call out to our God for everything. Until you come for us or call us home we stand proud to be at your service here on this earth. All in the name of Jesus…..Amen

June 19th Prayer

2009-06-25T06:46:00.001-05:00

Sometimes I write these and never get to posting them but if I find one I put it in. Each day of my prayer life is important to me so I hope none of it is ever lost stored somewhere I can't find it.........
Dear Heavenly Father
By no other name can a man be saved from his sins and without You and without the blood of the Lamb we would have no hope. It humbles me every time I come to You in prayer because of this love You had for all of Your children. You have always left a ray of sunshine and hope in this dark world and in seeking You we have a way of making it through day by day. You have protected us from ourselves, made us see the right ways to treat each other, showed us the glory of respecting each other. You are the one who taught us to love each other when it wasn’t ever going to be easy for us to do so. I thank You for it all….. each and every day make it clearer and clearer to me what Your will is for my life. Don’t let me fall to the darkness of a fallen spirit. Thank you for the ability to not grow weary and despondent over things which I have no control. Let there be a softer side to my thinking. Lord I ask everyday to calm the anger that always seems to lurk in the background of my thinking. It seems I say the most hurtful things to the ones I care the most about and I wished with all that is in me that was not so. I find it a fault that ruins a relationship with my daughter and I have not been able to rise above it. There is so much disappointment but then what did I really have the right to expect? The dreams I have are not the dreams she has our worlds are totally different and I strive each and everyday to not let that break down our relationship. Lord, it is not easy for me. I put it into your hands and most of the time I can relax with that but sometimes I can not and I continue to pray about it.
Lord, I am so thankful for the avenue of prayer. What a blessing to talk things over with you. I pray daily not always in this format but I like it best because I can go back to it later and see where I am at. Thank you for all the blessings of prayer. Some of the things that come to mind to be thankful for was our trip to HEB camp with 54 kids and all went well. Our kitchen at the church is up and running and the hot water heater is going in today. We’ll have hot water for cleaning up the dishes now and that is such a blessing. More than we had before. We are grateful it’s going in before game night and our get to know the kitchen dinner. We have working air conditioners in the kitchen as well. I can not in all my thinking understand how we had the money to do this all and the help we needed. God bless all the men and ladies who worked so hard. Father please give them a special blessing for all that they contributed to the hard work it took to have this place for our fellowship. May this bring blessings and great glory to Your church.
Lord another work for Your name is coming for these hands of Your servants. A campaign is coming to Mt. Belvieu to plant seeds for the church. We don’t have a good reputation in the community there and it would be such a blessing Father to have your hand at work with us during this time. There are those who would be blessed by having the words that only you can bring to them by someone who might stop by the door. Father some are so broken they can’t reach out anymore they can’t see the light anymore and if someone should show up at just the right time a soul might be saved with these efforts. Only you can lead the right people to those who are so lost and alone. Let our work be effective in Your name. Let everyone who works be safe, guard them as they walk in the streets and carry Your message. Protect them from the heat of the day and let those who would be perfect for the job be willing to take it on. Father, as I work with feeding those who work let me do the right things to make a nice experience for them giving a bit of relaxation after a hot day of working and walking. Father, let me ask others to help as they need to have the experience as well if they don’t find it easy to door knock it still gives them a way to be in service to Your work. Help me to work with my sisters in Christ to make this a good thing for our church.
Father, there are those in need today, Tamar Johnson in her pregnancy, Harry Young with issues with his heart, Lois Allen needs to regain some strength to help her with the battles she faces. Robert Johnson need to rest and make himself well again. Haily Ryan is Sharon Roberts mother she has to deal with Lupus and Father that is a huge drain on the body. Bring her relief. Laura Gomez is fight a huge battle with cancer Father let her win it and keep her strong during the fight. Eddie Bridwell is facing a new form of treatment and let it be to his benefit so he might regain his health. Watch out for Terri Dunn’s brother and give them some rest in this Father, be strong with Terri as she faces what will be a most painful time and point of sorrow. Be with Robbie and Debra as they face uncertain time in their lives and deal with matter that they must face. Be with Carol Fabian and her son while he tries to recover from a car wreck. Father, be with Ricki Lane calm her spirit and give her the direction she needs to do all that she might for Your kingdom with respect to Your will. Father be with me and Roland and let us respect the church, the people here and the blessing that we are a part of this family. Let them all have Your comfort and Your will be the focal point in the problems that they face. Life is not always easy Father for us but in You and in Your love there is always hope. You are the King of Kings and we place our lives into Your mighty hands.
Father, be with me as I travel the paths that I hope You are laying out for me, bless the efforts that are made to do Your will for it is prayed in the strong and powerful name of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Be with us always until You come or call us home. Amen

Hope and Thanksgiving........Always

2009-05-28T10:01:00.001-05:00

Dear Sovereign Lord
On days like these when things are going in all directions… I always feel the calmness of your gentle spirit when I just break away and journal these prayers to You. There is not going to be a day when I am not over booked and overloaded. I like it that way. I am to close to the grave to not make everyday of my life a work into your service and I thank you for the energy and joy that I get from doing what I do. I receive power and hope when I stay strong in your work so I am blessed by all that comes my way to do. Father I pray it with all my heart that I never grow weary of doing our work while here on this earth. We have much to do to feed your sheep and the labors will not end with the kitchen being finished. There is much hope in that it will open new doors of service and build your church with all the things You would have done there. I know in my heart Father it is only by your will that it was possible. I know that things went as they did because of your grace and mercy for your children. It is my hope Father that many good events will be held in that space and the love of your spirit will out pour and fellowship and friendships will develop. Let our acts be acts of kindness and restoration for Your church. We have dreams of a growing church that is alive in the spirit of your will. We pray daily for this to bless the body and restore the mind of those who work toward the goal. While we are in the world Father there are many distractions and lies that keep us from the fullness of our purpose so guide us always and let Your direction be the only one that we see. Father, I ask a special prayer from Ricki Lane. You know Father that things are happening to discourage her maybe things that need to happen but in it all Father let her heart be touched by You when things don’t go her way. Let her know that we love her and that sometimes you can’t always have your own way but you have to be flexible in dealing with your brothers and sisters in Christ. Father, she is a hard worker for the church and we need her to do the things that matter so give her Your direction and lead her in love to the place that will do the most good for Your church. Let me be there Father to comfort her even though I sometimes myself fall short in doing as I should by her as a Christian sister. We are all so different Father and as with myself things out side of the knowledge of others can form a lot of what they see in us without knowing the full reasons. In all of it let us be kind and understanding and give me and others that deal with Ricki the right words to soften any hurts she might have. Let her remain in your holy service and work to this body of Christians. Renew what we do together to make us one.
Father, be with Lois Allen our elderly sister who has suffered a mild heart attack. She is in the hospital and under the care of doctors. Give them the power to restore her health and make her comfortable while she is under their directions and care.
Lord, be with Harold Allen as he recovers from surgery. Harold is a dear servant to your flock Father watch over every moment of his recovery and guide him back to good health and service into Your work. Restore the strength that he needs to do Your work and be with Linda as well as they start a new chapter in their lives. Linda in her retirement and Harold as he is a new elder to Your church. Bless them and make it a easy transaction into new things.
Father, Robert Johnson will be having yet another surgery this time for a knee replacement. I am sure that doesn’t ever set well when you know they are going to replace a most needed body part. I myself know that nothing works as good as what you gave us in Your creation but Lord if it comforts him and makes life easier please bless him with the comfort of this surgery and a fast recovery. Also, for Robert Wagon as he to faces the same things later in this year. Be with them both and their family as they go through this difficult time and give them hope for better times ahead.
Father, I do not know Morgan Williams but he is the brother of Terri Dunn so we ask in her wishes that you watch over him as he battles with cancer. Doctors are unable to do much for him Father so we pray you take him under Your watch and give the comforts that only can come from You when human interventions are not possible. Guide them to the right doctors and medications that will ease his pain and the suffering that comes when one has cancer.
A special prayer Father for Donna and Eddie Dees. For Donna’s mother Georgia Frost as she recovers from surgery. She is elderly Father and in much need of loving care give her comfort and to Donna as well as things are not in her control and she watches things she does not like to see happen. It is a feeling of helplessness that is heartbreaking. Give them all the needed strength to maintain and carry on while this battle goes on. Only You Father can send the holy spirit to watch over those who needs go beyond what we as people can do. I ask it for the Dee’s family and for Georgia Frost.
Be with our new Christian, the expectant mothers and those that have new babies, those that we don’t know about Father that are in need of you. We are safe in our lives with you but others are not and they are seeking you let us find them Father and bring them home while there is still time.
Always, Father I pray for those that I have conflict with. I pray for my son Robbie, for Debra and Melinda and Steve. Even though we don’t see eye to eye Father I love these people and I know that it’s your will for me to be forgiving of them as they struggle in many ways. Let me be open where I can and protective where I need to be. As I have opportunity let me always stand firm. Your will and not mine in dealing with matters concerning these. No one is written off or put aside in your kingdom and it is not for me to be in judgment of anyone so when I can be there Father let the spirit move me to do what is right by these people. As for my children it is always and foremost that You guide their lives as I have not been able to do as well by them as I should. I do not know what they need Father to make them whole. They are gifted and talented people without direction so I ask it everyday of their lives for You to watch out for them, keep them safe from harm and to take away the lies of the evil one that blind them from the truth.
Father, our Mont Belvieu Campaign is coming soon and people will be going door to door in the community to spread the word. Please Father, keep them safe and let it be a work with bold results. Let those that have the gifts take them to the people and let Your voice be our voice at the doors of strangers that might need you. We never know when we will touch a life or plant a small seed that will save one of your sheep so take away fears and limits and send us out to do Your work in away that will benefit the people who will hear it. Let them be receptive to hearing the word of God and respond to it. Bless those that carry this out and those who are exposed to it. Keep all of us within the boundaries of what Your will is for this campaign. Lord always keep us safe.
Lord, please be with Rebecca and Jack as they work with the prison ministry. Father when I had need there was a ministry available to help me so let it be so for others as we do not know the full range of this work. It can touch the lives of many when affective, not just the person in prison, there are children and wives and husbands that also can be blessed by this working ministry. Lives can be changed if the right effort is made so because we have these who do this work let them be covered by Your holy spirit as they try to do what they can in this area. The Prison Ministry Conference is in Corpus Christi this year June 11&12 our people will be on the road traveling keep them safe and make notice of the works they will be involved in bring back with will be of the most benefit to our work with this ministry. Safe guard their travel and bring hope to those who will receive from their work.
Father a special request for Darla Plunkett and her husband Stephen. Watch out for their welfare and his health and keep them in Your good service always. Keep Amber, big Mike and Hana under Your watch as well they are growing in the direction of Your will Father so guide them as they walk.
Keep our new elders under Your careful watch and guide them to do the work of your hands. We are so thankful for these men who are willing to do Your work. Thank you for the hearts of these men and the willingness of the church to accept their guidance’s. As a body we need them to be strong in leading so that our church grows. Father, I know we kill the author of life everyday we do not walk in the light. So with the help of these men let us work together to do better. Let us listen with our hearts to hear You in their work.
In all of my days I pray these things with hope and thanksgiving for the ability to do so. The blood of Your son gives us that ability. Let me ever be grateful for the hope in these prayers and let me ever be grateful for the hope in You. It is in the strong and powerful name of Jesus Christ I pray it all into Your holy will and power. Amen

ONLY GOD CAN UNFOLD THE PETALS OF A ROSE

2009-05-20T10:40:00.002-05:00

Dear Father Lord of Lords

Thoughts of thanksgiving flood my heart this morning as I walked out into a beautiful sunny day. There is such joy in the sunshine and warmth of a spring day. Thank you Lord for a safe home and the comforts that we have here. Thank you for the beauty of green grass and flowers. Every day I can have this I know it is by your hand and I ache for those who don’t who do not have these small blessings. I pray your love will show others this beauty as you have shown it to me. I know that only you can unroll the petals of a flower or make grass that shade of green.

Father, the work at Lakewood continues and I will be going to be building shortly to start putting things away and making it ready for use. Please bless all the efforts that went into this work and let the things of your will take place in this space. It’s been carved out to honor you, to bless the lives of your children and to extend your work in a heartbroken world. I am praying for special things to happen in this space, baby showers, bunko parties, fellowship and meals. Things that will bring your church full circle and make us a closer body that will work even harder for you because the benefits of doing so will be so clearly seen. Put your hand on our new elders Father and guide them to use this room and this church to build your kingdom. The church let it be our protection until we can return to you and be restored to our place with you. This world is not an easy place to be and we need the church you provided by the blood of your son to be our haven and our safe house until that day. I pray for blessing in this present time for each and every one that accepts the gifts you give freely to us. Let us seek them Father and be blessed when we find the truth of your words. Give us knowledge and hope as we walk in the path you direct and give us the open eyes we need to see the way you are guiding us. Never let us forget our reward is not in this place we are not to be of this world but only walk through it and take our messages of hope to those who will accept it. It is our work here until we return home to you. Let us know that and be faithful to complete so that as many as can will know you as we have been blessed to do so. Let us be ever mindful that there are still those that are without your protection and love that need you and we are the ones who take the blood of Jesus to them. Give us courage and strength to do so in a manner that is pleasing to your good work. Send the Holy Spirit to us Father each and every day we work so that what we do we do it as you would want and direct. Keep our ears and hearts turned to the direction of the spirit so we limit the mistakes that we make.

Hold some of us in your hand today. Scott Hammel, Ken Perry and Margie, Claudelia, Clark and France, Roland, Debra, and Robbie, Darla and Hana, Stephen, Amber, Michael, Bubba and Dorothy, Bubba Rouse, Lucy and Daniel, Glen and Peggy, Alexia. Donna Dees and her mom, Keep them safe in health and travel. Life hold special problems for them Father bless their lives and keep them all under your structure and direction for it is in you that no matter the out come we will find our victory.

It is always and forever prayed in the strong and powerful name of Jesus, name above all names. Until you come or call us home hear our prayers. Amen.

Pray for Family and Church

2009-05-19T00:15:00.001-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Most merciful God thank you for another day in your holy will. Thank you for a safe week-end away from home and for the safe travel through Waco and Dallas. Thank you for a brief time with family. We don’t often have that and its a blessing to all of us when we can be together. Thank you for the safe keeping of our home while away and for Debra who watched the house and kept Cinny. It’s good to know that we can delegate these things to her and she will take care of them. Thank you for letting me have that trust because you know my heart Father and it’s not easy for me.

Thank you for the work at the church while we were away. Thank you for the helping hands that bless our efforts with the hard work they put in. Be with those men and woman that really give of their talents to help with the work that it takes to rebuild a physical church. Special names Father, Clint, Elaine, Donald, Ricki, Ann, Teresa. They are all dear servants Father honor them with a smile today.

Father the new elders will go to work soon and I thank you with all my heart for the selection of these men. You are the only one who can make the right choices for a church. There were prayers we sent on the behalf of those who were up for eldership I am blessed and touched that you have answered with these good men. I pray for them that all the work they engage in will build and protect the family at Lakewood. Each day we face difficult times with many unknown problems so keep us close to you. Father and give these men the hearts of lions to protect us and keep us in your spirit. Do not let us fall away and keep our mind set tightly on the focus of your will for this church. Father it’s so easy to forget that it’s Your hand that should guide us and your will that should lead us please Father I beg that Your protection stay upon this body of people. We are trying to do what you would have us do so keep us ever mindful to listen to you and hear you. Father, also be with the men who were not selected to be elders for Lakewood because that can be hurtful to have your name brought before the people and it not be selected. In all things Your will be done.

Lord, You are a merciful God and I have need to confess that I have sinned against You in thought, word and deed by what I have done in carelessness, and by what I have left undone. I have not always been as kind as I should have been, my words not always tempered with the love they should have had. Father, you know that I am truly sorry that I do not always walk in your ways sometimes my head is turned by anger, frustrations, and pain. Please forgive me for the sake of those who have to deal with me and for the sake of the sacrifices of your son Christ Jesus. Have mercy on me and forgive me so that only delight and glory are the result. My goal is to build up others and being a follower of your son makes a difference in how I should live my life. Give me a kinder softer heart Father so that your glory is seen in me when I enter act with other people. Give me practical step to apply to my life so I can do more for you. Give me the knowledge to humble myself and honor others. Help me Father to be kind. Father, do not let my heart be burdened by things in the past. Do not let lies and untruths undo the good things that can be a part of the present. Do not let me be deceived by the evil one. Protect me from the lies. Keep my focus on the good things that can be a part of this present day and move me in a direct that is pleasing to you. Father, you know my heart keep it solid on your promise and do not let me be distracted by anything else. There is no mistake that can’t be corrected, there is not one thing that your love can not cover, there is only blessing and light in your perfect will never let that be far from my thoughts. I will continue to pray for these things all the days of my life because I remind myself that in these prayers you are with me.

Watch over my Roland and this family. Be with my son Robbie and walk by his side as my prayers are always for him to find his way back home to us and to You. If it be your will let your love heal us all and bring us to new terms in which we can have a relationship that would be pleasing to You. Your will shall forever override mine and I honor the prefect plan you have for all of our lives.

I pray it all in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus until you come for us or call us home I surrender it all unto You. Amen.

Last Prayer for April 2009

2009-04-29T14:58:00.002-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Another day comes and goes in my life and I find myself relaxed in a beautiful home, with some free time to take in the day. I had some time to sit out side and do some reading, watch the computer screen fill my head with what ever. I was grateful for it Father because in you there is time to rest. I thank you for a beautiful day with no storms to weather if only just for today. Father, you know the battle we have been having with the people next door it brings a great deal of stress to our lives but today we didn’t have to deal with it so I am happy about that. Watch over the actions of Bill and Anna because of their age and health I pray that they do not get too stressed out over the storms and the heavy rain in our area. Father, Bill gets himself so worked up thinking things that are not really going to happen. It puts a lot of stress on his health and mentally it is not good for him. Give them peace Father; let him know his house is not going to flood from rain waters. Give him the knowledge that we are not trying to harm him or his property. We don’t know how to comfort him Father or the worry that he has going on in his heart and mind. We are strong and in good health so we can deal with these matters but sometimes when you face ordeals even when they aren’t big to others they can be a big deal to those who conjure them up in their minds. Help Bill and Anna to have peace and let us withstand what they do as our neighbors. Keep us calm minded and relaxed as we deal with this older couple. It is not fair that we have this Father, but maybe prayers are needed and that is why we are involved. Let us know what to do Father as each day it’s something new that we face with dealing with this couple. Some days we have no worries but other days it’s a little over the top. Just give us the ability and knowledge to understand.

Father, be with Debra she is heading off to work again today in that car that looks like it should be condemned! Please Father I beg you put it on her heart to fix it or change the situation before something happens to her in that wreck of a car. I worry that something is going to happen and she goes about her days as if it’s just the most normal of things to drive around with the front end falling off your car! Help me seek some peace as I try to back away and let her take care of this matter. I don’t know what to do here Father, Roland doesn’t want to buy her another car she has gone threw several now and he wants her to take responsibility for what she has. We could have gotten her another car but what good would it do she will not take care of what she is given. Let my mind rest in this matter as I want so badly to just fix it, to stop the worry. I know with adult children this is not the answer and she will never find her way if I keep doing all the major stuff in her life. I ache with the on going process of letting her live her life and just loving her for who she is. I so want to reach out and change things but I know each of us has to make our own way in this life. Let me be calm and trust that I have prayed her into your hands and You will keep her safe. Father, let me provide all that she needs without interruption of Your plan for her life. Everybody faces the burdens of life to make them complete in the will You have for that life. Work with us both Father for it is in Your ways we are seeking for our lives in this life today and everyday. Let me be okay with that and let me know it’s You I am listening to when I say yes or no to anything, or any thoughts that I might have in regard to this matter.

Father, bless our church body. You have given over some of the most talented men to restore the damages done by Hurricane Ike. We thank you for all of them. We as a church are blessed to have these men. Help us all to work together and do the right things by the church to see that it is kept in a manner that is pleasing to you. Things will be happening this week-end and we are going to start working again. It will be a beautiful awesome sight when it’s done. I am so grateful to have has some hand in it I am so pleased to have been able to be a working serving servant for your church. Thank you for using me even in this small way. We still have roof leaks and problems but Father I know you will guide our hands in getting those fixed so we can move forward. With the changes being made there are always those who will make it a little rocky but we have to remember that moving forward is always our goal and nothing should stop that if we are doing what we need to fulfill your will. Give us favor if we are doing what is right. Lead us if we should be doing something differently to put us on the right path. Do not let fear stop anything that would be a mighty work into your church for we pray it to further the love of Christ Jesus that brings us home to you.
Father, this year another group of senior will graduate into the world. May 3rd we honor them and congratulate them with a supper and bibles. They are Michael Dunn, Jessica Holt, Matt Shepard, and Ben Vasquez. Be with them Father because as other doors open to the world we can loose these tender hearts. Guide them and keep them in your safe shelter as long as they keep to your words Father protect them. All the Class of 2009, the teachers that are with them, the people who influence their lives be with all of them as they walk across a stage that is going to take them place they can not even imagine. Father, send your blessing on them and on their families as they walk through these changes.

Father, watch over RV Vasquez, Bubba Rouse, Glen Hemmenway, Peggy, Rodney Porter, Jeff and Jaime Fall and the twins, Aubree and Ayden, Sarah Fall and Summer Neal. Charlotte Smith as she has her scheduled biopsy for breast cancer. Be with Ken and Margie as they had a rough patch with cancer as well and Claudelia Powers as she faces her senior years. Be with Roland as he is a hard working man that supports and cares for his family, honor him with your blessings and put trust in his heart to know your ways are always the best ways. There is much need Father and we know that by placing it in your sanctuary we are doing the best that we can for our friends and our family. Also, Father let us not only pray but take action if there is something within our power to help make life better for all of those in your will who follow the blessing given us in Christ Jesus.

Father, be with the selection of new elder at Lakewood. It makes all the difference in the world in what direction the church will take if it is under good leadership or bad so we ask you examine the heart of these men who will be up for this positions and lead us to know if we should say or not say anything that places or displaces them from these appointed duties. Work with their wives as we need good wives as well to do the Lord’s work here in the church. Guide the minds of every person who will have a say in anything that goes on here. Work with David, Harvey and Mike as they choose paths for the church.

Father sometimes the prayers are long sometimes they are short but it is all prayed in the name of Jesus for the glory we have in Him to be honored to pray these prayers into Your holy will. Guide us Father, keep our minds, protect us from the evil one and until You come or take us home it is all prayed in the strong and holy name of Jesus……….Amen

2009-04-23T11:40:00.001-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

I come to you in humble thanksgiving that the sun is shining the roses are blooming and I have this little old dog we call Cinny that lays right by my feet daily. She is a great comfort to my life. I spent some time today in varied ways looking and listening to the outside world and the prospective views of different things and I thank you Lord for your word which doesn’t change and gives us a black and white way to know what is wrong and what is right. I love the saying that says be still and know that I am God. I also thank you for the mercy your word has that also doesn’t change. When I need to know something it is ever so comforting to know it’s in your word somewhere. I trust in it Father and I believe with all my heart that your ways are the right ways. I thank you for the truth and putting Your word so available in my life. I thank you for making clear the path my life should take. My purpose and my path I pray it unto your will Father, use me and keep me going in the direction you would have for me. I have been reading about why bad things happen to good people and I found in your word it’s not something we could ever understand by human means and it’s not something for us to question. Your plan is for the greater good of mankind and your will allowed Christ to die on the cross for us. Jesus even prayed if this cup could pass from him to please let it but it could not if the plan for salvation was to be possible. All be it unto your will for You are the creator and we are Your people. Use me Father for whatever it takes to continue your work in this earthly realm for I know and believe Father that a time is coming when all will be set right. Let me do what I can on this earth to help in the accomplishments of that work. Let no deception come into my heart that will take me from that work. It is for your glory that I do what I do and I am not a very capable person but Father use all I have for your will. Thank you for the scriptures of Joseph. The reminders of what he went through to accomplish great work for the nations.

Father, you know that in me there is a weakness, I find it difficult to connect to others. I don’t like to go to baby showers, or parties, or social events, or skits. I don’t like small talk. It seems the words I have to say don’t account for much and they are a burden to me. I do not know why I am like that but I wished it were not so. There is much pleasure to be had in having friendships, I try Father but I find it the most difficult of all matters to make lasting connections with others. I know this is not your will because you stated your highest command that we love one another. I find myself rejecting any invitation to involve myself socially with people. I know often it is viewed as rude and it sets me apart. This is something I have not prayed about because I didn’t really want it fixed. I am safe in this void; I come under no ones examination. Father, there is nothing wrong with my lifestyle, I have no hidden secrets, I feel it is the evil ones way of keeping me from doing the good in your kingdom that I could. I feel this disinterest on my part is his way of causing a deception saying they don’t really want you around. That is a lie. I know that is not really true it’s something I feed myself to get out of doing things socially. It’s not them it’s me. I need to get this under control so I can be a better servant in your house. So I can make more connections and I am going to start praying it into your will Father so that I will not turn down the opportunities to do good services for Your name. Guide me to do a better job in this area of my life. I know that the evil one really doesn’t want me to be set free from this lie but I ask it in the name of Jesus take this lie and this burden from my heart and my mind.

Others are in need this day as well Father, RV Vasquez, Geraldine McLean, the fall twins Aubree & Ayden, we have expectant mothers Sarah Fall and Summer Neal protect them in the pains of child birth and let these babies be healthy and whole. A special blessing on Kathryn Elyse Fagala hold her ever close to you Father in her new life. Be with others who work for the church Father, David, Darla, Paul let them always know they are appreciated in their work.
Father, be with workers and laborers who are doing the rebuilding after Ike. It’s been a long haul but we are very close to the end and we thank you that no one was seriously hurt while we worked. Be with Harold Allen and Phil Dutton as they did get hurt doing some of the work and while work was on going and we praise your name that it was nothing that hurt them to badly that they could not continue. Thank you Father for the strong spirit you have in these who do your work. Father be with the Hemmingway’s, the Kay’s, the Fischessers, the Rouse family and more so for Bubba as he suffers with congestions.

Be with Bill and Jane Hanna, Wyatt and Sherry Rushing, Shirley and Bo Cox, Robert and Pam Wagon, Jack and Rebecca Zaun, Denise and Steve Goode, These are the names that are presented to our church for eldership positions. It’s hard to know who would be of best service Father but you know these men and it is your will in seeking their elections to do your work. Guide us Father in the selection because it is to the up most importance that good strong able men take this work. Lakewood is a church that needs strong leadership and people who can produce that leadership are very much in need. Bless the elders that we have and guide them to work with these that are incoming for the development of a sound church body that will give glory to God and promote programs and structure in the body.

Father, in all things we pray it by the sacrifices of Christ Jesus unto your holy name. Amen

Our Work is Never Done........Keep Praying

2009-04-20T09:14:00.002-05:00

Dear Father
I come to you in prayer and thanksgiving, humbled by your presents in my life and humbled by the kindness of your words. It’s is by the gifts of the gospel I can know these blessing and can know that in You there is hope. Father, as being one who has been baptized into the death of Christ, one who accepts fully the promises of your word, a seeker of your will I can know that you hear these prayers and I am grateful for the love that is shared by these communications. I can seek a closer walk with my Christian brothers and sisters, I can seek a closer walk with my children, I can seek in you a marriage that is strong. I am blessed in you Father and I come to express that to you in prayer. Father you have taken my hand so many times to take me from the deceptive practices of evil and you have held me strong in the face on anger, frustrations, and distrust. I know that it is you and only you that makes it possible to look for the greater good in all matters of this life. Thank you for it all Father, for the holy spirit that guides me daily and walks with me when I am weak. Thank you for the blood, the water, and the spirit which are in agreement for your holy name. Father, I pray today for strength as I have been ill for some days now and even with medications I still am under the weather with a cough. I ask you Father to take this burden from me and let me get back to your work. I know that there is a time for rest and recuperation and I accept your will in these matters I only asked that I can be better so I can continue to work as you would have it. I am your servant and to be the best at that I can be take this cough and restore me to my health so I can work with the strength that only comes from you. Each day that passes is another day in which your work must be done. I ask that nothing hinder me from taking part in that work.
Father, I coming asking you look after Debra she has wrecked her car and will need to come to terms with that. She’ll need money to fix it and I will need strength to let her do it on her own. I want to rescue her Father but she is so deceived by the evil things that this world puts upon her that she doesn’t see you and the fact we are not without resources. I know that what happened is unfortunate but it could have been much worse. I am grateful Father that she was not hurt and that only a car has been damaged. I know you are working in her life Father and I also know she wants to get into her own apartment and get on with her life. These matters are in your hands but keep her safe and protected in your will Father. Whatever our wishes are let them come second to what your wishes are. We are a family and I will stand beside my daughter while she walks through the problems of this life. Let me always be in tune to what you would have me do in consideration toward her. I need your wisdom and help because her problems are problems I don’t understand. I don’t know the heartaches of depression, I can not surrender to those emotions. I will not be deceived into thinking a pill will make me happy. There is only one solution for me and that is to stay within your words written so long ago but still valid to me today. You are my hope and my song and I trust in you fully to work out this life as you see fit. You are the only trusted source to truth. Do not let me enable others to seek another way because I have the money or the means to let them. Guard me from being a stumbling block just because I want to help. I know that if I had not suffered some of the heartaches of youth I would not be the same person I am today and I have to trust that all of the past was a learning block for what I am now in my life. All discipline should be looked as such and should be respected for what it is because if we do not heed the warnings we will not come to terms with the gradual deceptions of evil that can slip in before we even realize what is happening to us. Help me not get in the way of your work but to also be there to guide the people who you have put into my life. Let me have the right words to guide them to a safe place that is within you.
Father, be with Bubba Rouse and Lucy and Daniel. Only you can know the true depth of what they go through each day and only you can provide the love needed to comfort them when things are not going well. Let them have no fear while they are protected by your hand and give them the power to endure forever in your secure and faithful love for them. Walk hand in hand with Lucy and give her whatever she needs Father to make it from day to day in this life.
Father be with Peggy, Glen and all who are with in touch with their needs. Be with Glen’s doctors as they are only men and they will need you Father to direct their hands into his healing. Give them peace Father as only you can while they walk dark days of not knowing what lies ahead. This is sometimes our weakest moments but in You it does not have to be. Let that be on their hearts as they face many things presented to them in these hours. We pray for healing and we pray for hope in their behalf.
Father, be with Carol Fabian as she is going to have her father come and live with her. Help them to do what is best in his life and help them to bond as a family unit so they can be productive and happy.
Father, be with my Shelby and Marianna, Scott and Marijane. We don’t see them at church as often as we should these days and it’s a shame that they are not coming as regular as they did. These are sweet souls Father and belong in your house so whatever is holding them up in coming just touch their hearts to put it aside and come back to worship as often as they can.
Father be with Darla and our staff at our church they work hard and sometimes it is not easy to do what they must to make the church work well. Be with the selection of our new elders and work men into our church body that will keep things moving in the right directions and in accordance to your will. God Bless and keep those who serve the work of the church.
Father the list is always long when we pray and it is not something you can not address with a blink of the eye so love us Father, protect us from the evil one and guard our hearts so that our lives are always in line with you. Keep us in the gospel for it is in those words that we will find our way to do the right things here on this earth. We can not behave the way we should if we are not aware of your will so keep us in your church and in your word. Each day let prayers be offered to You and Your will searched out daily so evidence of You is around us always. It is not just about eternal life that we pray and seek but life today. Life in the simplest of ways, a card, a phone call, a hug we could all use the benefits of that right now. Let us see your love in little things and realize that we have heaven in our hearts right now and we don’t have to wait to see you or the love that is waiting for us in heaven. If we seek the holiness of Your words we have You today and everyday open our eyes Lord.
It is in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus that I pray it all into Your will. Be with us daily Father and hold us tight in your love. Amen…….

A Prayer for Thursday April 16 2009

2009-04-16T10:35:00.000-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

I woke this morning at the appointed time and thanksgiving was on my heart. I still feel weak and tired but the pain is gone. It is a blessing not to hurt. I thank you for this day Father, I walked out with Cinnamon this morning to a crisp clean day, my roses bursting with flowers the grass a beautiful deep green. I indeed thank you for it all Father as I know some didn’t wake up to such a beautiful morning. Many rushed out the door before sunrise for work and school and they never saw the beauty of your hands. Some didn’t even have a door to rush out of or a shower to take. I thank you Lord that I did.

I checked on Satin’s grave this morning remembering the comforting words written on her stone. Ecclesiastes 3…. A time for everything. Satin’s stone has these words 3:18-21… I also thought, “As for men, God test them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19 Man’s fate is like that of the animals: the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who know if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth? Lord I told that goofy dog to wait for me at the gate and I truly hope that she is there when I come because she was a true friend attached to my heart and I still cry for her being gone. Satin was a true treasure even if she was only a dog.

Father, I honor your will, I treasure the fact I have your word right here before me to instill in me hope each morning. If only I take the time to ingest it into my day it can be my stronghold. Don’t let me forget that earthly things can be taken away, every thing to its season even the ones we love. Only your words are going to be eternally meaningful. Father, don’t let the toils of this world become our focus that only wears us down instead let our minds be feed daily in the hope we have by your word. We have it in writing and we have it in the testimony of men, preaching and teaching. I want my heart to endure forever in your will and teachings. It is hard Father for me to retain it all but each day I am going to try. Each day Father I need to take the time to write these prayers. Seal them in my heart and bind me to the wishes I have in these prayers. For when I have faithful in these prayers I also have faith in you. Keep my mind and body whole in dealing with the scriptures you provided long ago for our healing walk today. Father, I am not so worried about getting to heaven but I am worried about living today. Your gift of heaven was promised if we stay in your ways but as we live in this world there are so many distractions, so many lies, so many heartaches that if I am not carefully in line with your words I could fall away. I do not want to fall away. I seek your wisdom so that I do not and I am not deceived by the evil one. I know that God test us so that mankind will revere Him let me be willing to endure the test because I know I will have to show an account for my actions.

Surely your plan will over ride for it is in your purpose that we seek you as a people who belong to you. I count my blessing daily to know that I am Your child.

We are seeking new elders for our church at Lakewood. Father, we put our hearts and faith into prayer for the men who are coming forward to serve. Send them as lambs and servants but prepared to face the battle. Set them above so they can lead us within your will. Give us good counsel; render a decision that is under your control. We as a church body need a refuge and our prayers for these new elders are that they might be strong enough to establish hope for all of the different people who attend at this church. Our church is looking for justice, deliverance from our sins and restoration. Help us to find these Father. Forgive us of our sins that testify against us. Don’t let us stumble through the darkness but send us strong leadership that will help us be the people of your pasture. Let us always praise the work that is given to us to do for your courts. You are our only hope and sanctuary. You are our salvation and redemption… be with us Oh Mighty God because only in Your will can we be the church you want us to be.

Continue to use me Father for your work, give me wisdom and do not let me be afraid to speak out if it is your will. Do not let me be afraid put your words into my mouth. I know that you are watching Father to see that your word is fulfilled and that your work is done. No one wants to do the work Father because it is hard and risky but I know that in your will we must stand up to whatever comes. Do not let it be a terrifying experience but one of victory in Christ Jesus. Father, I beg that I pay attention to your words and do what is right in your sight. I pray that I see your will in my own life and I do what is right and turn from the sins that I have so that I am a worthy servant to your will. Keep me always entrusted to your service. Be with my family and let them be supporting of my efforts. Be with them also as individuals that work for you as well. Be with Robbie my son as his walk is a difficult one Father and evil is present. If it be your will Father take him back because he also is baptized into the name of Jesus for the remission of his sins. Let him see that in You there is hope and forgiveness. Do not let him be forever blinded by the darkness of his past. In Christ Jesus let him know that there is forgiveness. I have forgiven him Father but only you can make it known to his heart. Only you can soften the pain and restore him. I beg it Father not for myself but for him so his life can be full and restored. I have failed to pray as I should for my son but I pray for him now and will continue to do so for both Robbie and Debra until the evil that follows them is released even if it takes my lifetime on this earth. Even if I never live to see it Father I know I have prayed it into your hands and You are faithful to answer the prayers of your servants be it all into your will.

I pray it all in the holy and strong name of Christ Jesus until you come or call us home it is my prayer through Christ Jesus. Please protect us and keep us safe. Amen

Grounded On A Rock of Faith.....For our new Elders

2009-04-15T14:35:00.000-05:00

Dear Father

A time has come……. our church falls to the work of installing new elders to lead your body, your church. You are the King of Kings and only you have the answers we seek in this selection. Father, you know my heart is concerned for this church and for the work of its leaders because it affects the lives of many. We are the sheep Father to be lead by these who would become our Shepard’s. Let the evidences of their worth come forth in these coming weeks so we will see their true nature and be able to reason if they are your choice or ours alone. Let us see past the body and into the hearts of these men. Your church is depending on them to support it and guide it through very tough times, the rebuilding, the economics, and the hardships of everyday life. A level head and courage is what these men need and only you can put that into these vastly different personalities. I pray your will into each man as the work they take on will make them become more accountable than ever to you and also to the church. They will face hardships and must be prepared for working with everyone not just those who they like. Father, are they able to do what is asked of them? Are they able to deal with all levels of social economics? The poor, the broken hearted the lost, the ones who fall away, and the ones who need a firmer hand? Are these men the ones who can fulfill these duties to the church? If they are Father bless them and make an open door for them but if you find they are not worthy of you to be a full servant block them out in every way so they do not cause decay and corruption in an already weakened body of Christians. Give each of us the strength to work together and forgive faults and look to the greater good of the church rather than our own wishes. If we say something against one of these men let it be done for the church and in love. Our concern is not for the individual but for the whole body and the good it can do for the Lord’s work. No person should take on the position if they are not strong in heart and brave to know there will be hardships that may ruin even the strongest faith. God be with them all, Father for the task is overwhelming in some of the tenderest moments of life. Father it is our prayer that You save us from ourselves. The rest of this prayer comes from another but it is my prayer as well so I repeat it here because it touched my heart. It says Our Father in Heaven…….We pray that You save us from ourselves. The world that You have made for us, to live in peace we have made into an armed camp. We live in fear of war to come, in battles of the everyday. We are afraid of “the terror that flies by night and the arrow that flies by day, the pestilence that walks in the darkness and the destruction that wastes our hearts at the noon-day”. We have turned from You to go our selfish ways. We have broken Your commandments and denied Your truth. We have left Your altars of hope to serve the false gods of money and pleasure and power. We are forgetting that all goodness is in You. Forgive us and help us. Now, darkness gathers around us and we are confused in all our counsels. Losing faith in You, we lose faith in ourselves to embrace the Holy Spirit you have sent to us. Inspire us with wisdom, all of us, of every color, race and creed, to use our wealth, our strength, our bodies, our wisdom, our faith to help our brother, instead of destroying him. Help us to do Your will as it is done in Heaven and to be worthy of Your promise of peace on earth. Fill us with new faith, new strength, and new courage, that we may win the battle for peace and prosperity. Be swift to save us, dear God, before the darkness falls and it is too late.

In the spirit of humility and with loving advice, this prayer took form so it is prayed in the powerful name of Christ Jesus to our heavenly Father. Bless us and keep us safe…Amen

The one thing I need to do

2009-04-15T08:54:00.000-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

I love you Father, I want your will in my life, I want the time spent with you to lack nothing, I care about the faith, I love the words you give us to live by, I want nothing more than to do your will here on this earth. I care about the pains of others and your will can restore them Father. I love your guidance the blessings of stillness when we are with you in prayer. I love moments when I can just be still and read, pray, listen for the signs you are near. O Lord I do treasure the times I set aside to pray and read your word. It is the one thing necessary for me to function in the best manner possible. I am a seeker Lord for your guidance but I have fallen. I had given you time each day from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. that time was yours to restore me, to make me see your will, to give me peace in your words, to praise your works in this dark world but I have let distractions take those moments Father and I beg your forgiveness. Not doing this has robbed me of the peace I have in your word. Forgive me Father. I have been judgmental of others, questioned the actions of others when I have no right to question. Lord if you have taught me any thing over these years it is to know that we don’t know the whole story when others sometimes annoy us with their actions. There is always a bigger picture something happening we are not aware of that has made them act the way they do. Father, you have always made me see that and I have forgotten it. It is within your will to relax and take focus when others wrong us or we think that they have. It is the work of the evil one when we react instead of act in a correct manner, no person should influence our actions only you’re will and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Father you and only you can correct the heartaches of this world. It has to be your hand that touches the hearts of those who work for you and that includes me Father so I beg you to keep me within the time that I should be setting aside for you so I don’t get so wrapped up in my situation that I forget God is still God and it is Your plan not mine that works. Father, you know that the reason I work like I do is because it’s what I understand because I can see visible results in it. You are not a visible tangible force and I struggle daily to see you that way but I know that if I look in this world at the physical things here I am not seeing you but the world. Forgive me Father because I know that evil is in the world and we should be no part of the world. I forget Father that here there is no 110% on this earth. I am limited and held down by my own selfish desires I can not seem to overcome that sin. I think if things are looking good, in order, clean, that it’s going to make some huge difference in a world that couldn’t care less. Because they don’t care it hurts me and I fall into hands of the evil one because I let the focus be taken off of you and put onto things of this world. Lord, I want your church to be a first fruits church but my vision of what that is and your vision I am sure are quite different so I seek to set it like I think it should be but sometimes in doing that I stop seeing your will to see my own. Forgive me Father. Even in these written prayers I have to make correction. I type “we” and I have to go back and change it to “I”. It is the way I feel, the desire I have, the faults I am working on. There is no “we” in prayer that is prayed in private. I seek your wisdom, your ways, your kindness, and I know I am far removed from them because year by year I am the same, little changes in my attitudes or abilities. I stay in this same space with the same limits I have always had even though I have begged for change and disappointed because it has not come in my way of thinking but I know for your purpose I am the way I am because that’s what your will is for my life. Help me except it Father and help me to be please with your choice for me as your child and servant.

Often, Father I can break away and pray for others but I lack today knowledge of need because of the work I have incased myself in I have not kept up with others who are in need. Forgive me Father for I know it is your will to have your people lifted up to you in prayer and praise for healing and help. So focused on what I am doing I am out of touch with what others are doing. Today I am praying for guidance and help for myself. Get me back on track and out of the rat race I have made for myself. I need to complete the work at hand but I also don’t need to forget it’s physical and it could be taken away in a heart beat. Remind me of that daily Father so I will not be trapped by the designs of Satan himself who uses the physical appearances to distract us from what is really important. Do not let my heart be deceived by the lies of this world.

Father, just take my hand today and let me do the one thing necessary to heal every hurt I have. Give me this one hour of prayer back! Make me supply that time, it’s just one hour in the morning to look into your word to pray to focus on that which you would have me do. There is so many great scriptures that would soften my heart, give me peace, show me direction, and let life be full of you if I only would not let other things take over that one hour. Each day is to be spent with you not just a busy Sunday morning.

Father, I am sick today with fever, chills, and a sore throat, coughing up blood and I am worried about what I am not doing. Calm that in me Father, I need a few days to heal. Worn down by my own doing I need rest, calm and some chicken soup. Ease my tension Father and let me get some much needed sleep today that is not filled with dreams and frustrations. In a few days this will pass and I will feel like my old self again but you know the burden that being sick puts on me. It is very hard for me to be still and take care of self. The very thought of being still with no work at hand makes my chest hurt and causes sharp pains in my back, take those from me Father and please let me relax so I can be back at work full force soon.

I praise you Lord for your ways, O Lord you know my heart is into your desires, be with us all Father in our days upon this earth for it is in the strong and powerful name of Jesus we come to you in every prayers. Be with us Lord each and every day protect your child who loves you. Amen

Keeping it Real

2009-04-08T21:18:00.000-05:00

Dear Father
In a moment you can rebuild life, restore hope and bring value to a broken heart. Your arms are always around us and your kingdom stands ready to call us home. I thank you so much for that knowledge. All things to Christ Jesus I surrender. You are my all in all be there for me dear Lord. Be there for my loved ones, for Roland for Debra for Robbie. They are the keepers of my gate and the souls that I share my daily life with. Bless the foundation that you give us as a family and bond us and keep us strong in you. Lord, I come to you each day to remind myself that there is hope, strength and foundation in your will and not in mine. I test my heart daily to make sure I am doing my level best to do your will. Father I had a troubled day today full of worry and stress…my question was did I do the right thing? Was my choice the best one I could have made? Was I to quick to make a call that might have been better thought out. I suffered with the thought that I might just have been a little to rash. Yes, Father I would like things to be moving a little faster and I would like to be coming to a close on the rebuilding effort and each delay makes me frustrated calm my heart Father because I know that all the effort is for your house and your glory. Father, I need you to soften my heart so that I always remember that others may have things on them that causes this situation to be as it is. Let me always look carefully at the details before I open my mouth. Do not let me be the one Father that makes an undue hardship for another. Let me work carefully and care for the difficulties of others who are trying to do their jobs as well. Your work is never to be a burden and I open my soul to except it as nothing more than the work that a servant would do who is giving back in the manner that I have received. Father it could never be enough if it is unto your will. Keep me strong Father and give me the wisdom to know what to do for the building up of Your church. Father I seek your will in every choice that I make let it be none of me and all of you. Instill in me your Holy Spirit to guard against unkind word but also let me be frank and straight forward so things go well for the church.
Father, I ask your blessings for the Hana’s as they will be having a new baby soon. Bill and Jane will be proud grandparents. Life goes on and they still suffer from the heartaches of Brad‘s death. May this new life show them a way to comfort and renewal.
Be with the Hemmingway’s as Glen still needs you and Peggy needs you to stay strong in their lives. Many difficult moments are being faced daily don’t let them forget they are not alone as long as they have you. Be with Lexie she is so small Father she needs you to protect her and keep her in the right hands so she can grow up to be a whole person in your will.
Be with Elaine as she faces choices with her knees. It’s not easy to face surgery options when you are up in years. Every time it is a test of our earthly endurances. Be with Clint as he is her caregiver and her husband they will both need your hand upon them.
Father watch over the workers of the rebuilding effort keep them safe, give them the heart of lions to continue till the end. Let them know Father that the work they do is not in vain but for your glory.
Lastly Father, be with my children. They struggle with life and with options to do right. The choices are many and they need guidance they can’t always except from me. I can’t always know what would be best for them but you do Father. Give me the wisdom to care for them as adult children. It’s different than it was when they were younger. I knew my guidance was helpful but as they are adults I can’t always be sure I am guiding them with correct plans. Be there Father when I am not so sure.
Father, it is in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus that I pray unto your will until you come or call us home. Keep us safe in your love and protection……Amen

A Prayer at 3:27 a.m.

2009-04-07T03:20:00.000-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Lord of Lords. King of Kings it is in all that we do to praise your hand in our lives. You let us live each day with the knowledge that you love us and provide a way home for us. You shave the painful moments away and give us a light of hope. I thank you for that. It’s hard sometimes to sleep with so many things going on I find that there is only peace in prayer and relaxation only in knowing that the work we do will make others be more comfortable in your house. Father, I thank you for another day of health and happiness. I am so grateful for the blessing of strength to do the work needed of me. I want nothing more than completion of these task so honor can be seen in your house and more service can be done that will bring lost souls to you. There is always a chance Father that someone isn’t going to like what’s been done and there are harsh words if things don’t go the way some of us want but in the end Father I know your hand is on us and these matters are going to pass as we eat grand meals in this kitchen we are all working on. You have many servants Father that are strong in the work and give mightily to see the completed gift of your will. It’s good Father to see you work in us and it makes me smile to know that I am not alone in my wish to have this beautiful kitchen to fellowship in and worship in. Meals served to hungry souls will touch their hearts and make them more inclined to seek you. What a blessing that will be for our church and for You. Keep us focused and solid till it’s over and another task comes our way.

Father, I am worried about the flooring issues that are coming up. I don’t know all the implications that might arise from that but I know that you gave us the way and I ask that you keep things going in the right direction for that. I am not sure of all the details that are surrounding us but I feel that maybe we have a dark force around us and I ask you to protect us from that. I feel there are some that would like to bring us a difficult task because choices where taken from them and given to others. Let those choices be the right ones Father. It is to your service that we do all things and so we ask you to bless our efforts and keep us above all reproach.

Father, be with me and Roland and with Debra. I fear for her Father as you know the difficult times that we have and sometimes she doesn’t think things through like she might under normal situations. Keep us on the right path for the work that is with us in her.

I need some sleep Father. Let me rest and put away these thoughts I have and let sleep come and give some comfort to my needs. Rest is only in your hands Father. You are the only calm in the mist of this life. Let me rest in your words and be comforted into sleep.

It is in the strong and powerful name of our Lord Jesus that we pray it all into Your will……..Amen

Every Moment of this life Be to Your Glory

2009-03-18T09:58:00.000-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Times are good in our lives and you have blessed us with so much. Thank you, Father. We are under a stressful time but somehow it doesn’t seem like that is so. We thank you for showing us how to take all things in stride and to keep us focused on the goals and not on the problems. Thank you for all the giving hearts and the strong support we are receiving from our brothers and sisters in Christ. It’s a real blessing to see all the effort that goes into these huge projects. Father, I am dealing with contractors and people I really don’t know but thank you for sending good men to assist me in these rebuilding efforts. I feel that these men I prayed to have come...they have come. Thank you for them Father as now I can relax and know I have selected good workers for your kingdom and spent your money wisely. It’s never easy to spend money that is for your work as we have to be ever so careful that it is used for the good of the whole congregation and not just a select sector. Father, I beg you keep my will transparent and only your will be done and the glory be given to you. I know that you sent the right people at the right time. I have always prayed to be nothing more than to be your servant and I give all the glory to you for making me a good steward of what you have given to me to do in your work. I pray only to give back in the manner I have received which is huge. I am a simple person Lord and I thank you for this opportunity to use what I have to be into service to you. Lord hold us up on high while we try to finish this work. Father I beg that you not let us grow faint and hold us strong until the last item is completed. Use up our bodies for your work until there is nothing left undone. It is to your holy name that we work daily to complete our task.

Father, people on my heart today are Peggy and Glen, Sandra, Jenny, David, Darla, Debra, Harvey, Roland, Charlotte, Ken and Margie, Lucy and Daniel. What a list Father it never ends. You know the needs there is cancer and heart troubles. Basic needs where Peggy and Glen are concerned even a little comfort for them Father would be a huge blessing. Keep Peggy right in her mind as she try’s to deal with all of this. It’s so easy to want to just quit. We are not of that spirit so hold her up Father and do not let her fade away. Keep Linda Allen strong Father as well we don’t know all that she suffers Father but we know that you can mend a broken heart with time and courage. Janet and Mark continue to deal with family matters with Janet’s dad and Mark’s dad. Let them be where they need to be and do what they can to help those who depend upon them.

There is little time to be still and write these prayers down Father so I thank you for making it a priority to me to take that time. It is good to be with you for even a short while to think over the things that are important in this life and brake away to reflect on our needs and our blessings. I thank you for that small bank of time to pray. The things we have to do will always be there. Each day there is a need to be taken care of but nothing is more important than the prayers we send to you. Thank You for moments to reflect and pray.

Father, we ask it all is the strong and powerful name of our Lord Christ Jesus. May it be the spirit that lives in us day and night until you come or call us home. Let every moment of this life be to your glory. Amen……

A Friday the13th Prayer!!

2009-03-13T13:02:00.001-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

The rain comes in today and we have needed it. It’s cool and fresh and we are blessed to have this day. Thank you for changes that make things continue to grow where they might not if it wasn’t for the rain. God we thank you for it always. I want to thank you for all the blessing you have sent my way this March 13th . Many phone calls got answered and I got to be home for a while today to take care of some much needed work on the computer and phone. I was falling behind but this day brought me back into focus on those matters. Thank you for the time to make it happen this way. Problems can be taken care of if you just have some time to do it so Thank you for the time I had this Friday morning.

Father, as always there are concerns. Glen Hemmingway is on our hearts he needs you this very minute to comfort him and release some of his pain. He doesn’t seem to ever get a break from the heart aches of this life. Be with them Father as the walk in this world is heavy and hard. Be with Sandra she is showing such a remarkable strength but we all know that it’s not easy for her. Hold her tight and do not let her fall to depression where there should be none in the victory of Brad’s life and death. Be with Jenny and all of them for as long as it takes.

Walk me through another day of working at the building Father. It’s hard to know what to say or do sometimes and I just pray it’s your will that is done. I know we are your voice and your workers so let it be seen in very thing that is done. When sharp words are spoken let me have the answers to those concerns with the tender hearted voice you would want used to address those who don’t understand why some things are being done like they are. Touch their hearts Father and let them see the bigger picture that is going to touch souls. We are doing all of this Father only to be servants to see that your teaching can continue to those who need you. Let all of us who are working keep that in the forefront of their minds until we are completely done. Let us not grow weary in what we are trying to do. Programs that are dropped can be restarted and when your will for that to happen comes Lord I know you will supply the right people for those jobs. Sometimes I don’t always understand why something works and other things do not but I know your hand lays in that choice always. Father, I respect your will in all matters let it be as you would have it. If harsh words are spoken to me because of it let me give comfort to those who don’t understand. Father, I will always be on your side and try to conduct myself in a manner that will bring honor to your name. Do not let me fall to humanness while I do your work.

I pray it all in the strong and powerful name of our Lord and savior. Keep us whole Father until you come or call us home let it all be for your honor and glory. Amen.

Bunko......

2009-03-10T07:01:00.000-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Thank you, for the blessings of yesterdays work. It was hard to know what to do that day but I think with the tile coming up so easily and us spotting the wet floor under it… the message was clear to take away what was old and damaged and replace it. Thank you for insight! Thank you for those who came and helped. We trust in your favor Lord and know that you guide the work at the building. Let me always be keen to listen to that guidance. Help us to know how to dispose of the old tiles in a way that will do no harm to our environment or the people working with those materials. Father, you know that I am tired but we are gathering with the ladies tonight for Bunko and I just need you to keep me on task to make that a blessing for all of those who come. It’s a blessed time when our ladies get together and have fellowship and fun with each other. Sandra Wims has been asked to come so Lord lay it on her heart to know that better and more relaxed times are possible in the fellowship she can find with her sisters in Christ. Let us all be there for Sandra to help her back into a more balanced life. Also, for Karen V. as she struggles with her up coming surgery. She’ll try to be there as well so it’s important that this event go well for the sisters that come with more on their minds and hearts than playing a game. Let us all be Jesus to them at this point in time. Our ladies are Linda, Barbie, Geanie, Janet, Sheryl, Pam, Lynne, Melinda, Jeannine, Ann, Nan, Sue, Betty, Karen, Pat, Portia, Debbie, and all the others from the other Bunko group, Karen G. Shirley, Cindy, MariJane, Gina, all of them bless them with a fun evening out.

Father, be with Roland as he is working harder and harder. He is a good man and I want to bring him to you in prayer that he might be strong and finish the good work you have put in his heart. It is such a blessing to our family to have him and I thank you everyday for putting this good man in my life to share my walk with you. Let me be the helper you want me to be so that I support him in every way and bring it to my attention if I am not doing everything a wife should do for her husband to make him feel complete and loved.

I praise your name Father and hold you on high till the last day. Keep us safe as we travel into Houston today. Be with those who can not see the light enough to pray or fight the demons that harm them. Let me close with thoughts of a kingdom where there are no tears. I pray it all in the blessed, strong and powerful name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Till the Storm Passes By Page 546

2009-03-09T08:51:00.000-05:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Time has passed without words of prayer, but unspoken prayers are always in my heart. It is your wisdom that I seek and daily I know that you watch over me. Thank you Lord for the protection of your love. My life is in total dedication to you Father and I want to thank you for the current information that I am reading that is bring me more and more into your will. You are a God worthy of all praise and I humbly come to you this day with prayers. There has been a birth into your kingdom Father our friends have lost a son in death and we ask you to watch over Sandra and David Wims, Jane and Bill Hana and Ruby Peterson, Brad’s dear wife and friend Jenny, his children comfort them Father and do not take your eyes off of them till this storm passes from them. Your name is honored by all the attention brought to it by the suffering of this family and we know that in your way there is for a reason that will only complete your plan. Death comes to us all and I pray that in it we can complete the circle of life that brings us all home to you. Keep all of us safe as we make our way home. Let there be some rest for those who suffer the vindictiveness of lost life. There is never a word from human lips that can help them who hurt so deeply it is to your hand to send them comfort Father and we beg it in the sacrifices of our Lord Jesus for this family.

Father, there is much work to be done for your will on this earth, we are seeking always in study and prayer for you to guide us. Give us the strength and ability to keep moving forward. There is a wicked spirit that seems to be bringing us down and we ask relief from its hold! These names come to mind this morning Glen and Peggy Hemmingway, Cheri Simmons, Hanna as she faces the daunting task of taking medical test, Darla, Sonny Goode as he goes to preach your word in Rockport. Karen Vasquez will face another surgery soon, Robert Johnson is recovering from back surgery, Candis Newton, Geraldine McLean, Melinda and Steve, Myrtle, Susan, Darlene, Mickey. Linda and Harold Allen, Al and Cindy, Debra and Roland, Jean Collins, Father walk beside her. There are a thousand names calling to you every moment and it’s a blessing because we know you hear our cries for help. Be with these Father that need you today. We are just all trying to stay strong in our walk back to You.

Father, you know my heart and you know that it is even so important to me to always give everything I can so keep me tempered and tested that it is for you that I do the things that I do and let nothing of my personality fade the glory of your work. Keep my mind protected and guard me from evil thoughts. Be with every action I take and help me to watch my words carefully so they are only a reflection of what you would have me say. Let me not engage in anything that would be displeasing in your sight. Let me always be open and giving. It is a blessing from you and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve others under you guidance. You have given me this heart and this work and I am grateful for all of it. I praise your name every moment that I am healthy and can do these things with vigor and vest. Let me be ever mindful of the blessings I have received at your kind hand to have let me loose the weight that was such a burden to me. Let me never forget the work it took and the reward it bears for me now in a healthy body. Keep me on track Father as more work is needed to maintain this gift do not let me ever forget what it was like before this gift was given to me. I respect the fact that it might not have gone as well if your hand was not upon it. Guide me on as I need to loose another 40 pounds to be where I would like to be. If it’s your will and my health will benefit let it be so for me Father.

Watch over us today as we walk in this world. Protect us Father and let nothing evil enter into our hearts. Keep us in your good favor as we work at the church building and let it give honor to your holy name. May the things that are done there be done to honor you and make you known. Keep the men working together and focused until it is finished. They come time and time again and we are blessed because they are not giving out on the work. Bless their lives Father and keep them safe.

In closing as I always hate to do I asked it all in the strong and bold name of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior forever…….Amen…….

Till the Storm Passes By

In the dark of the midnight I have oft hid my face, while the storm howls above me, and there’s no hiding place. Mid the crash of the thunder, precious Lord, hear my cry; Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

Till the storm passes over, till the thunder sounds no more,

till the clouds roll forever from the sky,

Hold me fast; let me stand in the hollow of Thy hand.

Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

Many times Satan whispered, “There is no need to try, For there’s no end to sorrow, there’s no hope by and by.” But I know Thou art with me, and tomorrow I’ll rise Where the storms never darken the skies.

Till the storm passes over, till the thunder sounds no more,

till the clouds roll forever from the sky,

Hold me fast; let me stand in the hollow of Thy hand.

Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

When the long night has ended and the storms come no more, Let me stand in Thy presence on that bright peaceful shore. In that land where the tempest never comes, Lord may I Dwell with Thee when the storm passes by.

Till the storm passes over, till the thunder sounds no more,

till the clouds roll forever from the sky,

Hold me fast; let me stand in the hollow of Thy hand.

Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

Just a little talk with Jesus makes it right........

2009-02-28T08:32:00.000-06:00

Dear Heavenly Father

In all glory and praise I come to you in prayer. I want to thank you for a wonderful weekend of safety and the grace you showed for our safe trip into Houston. Every time I get behind the wheel of a car to go into Houston you just never know. I took a group of ladies to do the shopping for the appliances for the new rebuild of the church kitchen and I praise your name for our safe trip and return. Father, that trip was a blessed time and enjoyable as we realized that the building effort is coming together and this beautiful new kitchen will be a reality after all this hard work is completed to glorify your work here on this earth. Let it be that our efforts here renew the body at Lakewood and make us better workers in your kingdom. Let these things make your house of worship more inviting and more social so those that might not come otherwise might see something here that will draw them into the building so we can let You be seen. Keep us transparent as we work toward this goal for our church family. There are some problems with the painters and sheetrock work but I have worked on that and Jeff has said it will all be fixed. Father I pray that is so and we can go forward without delays. It is truly amazing to me what can be done in just a 24 hour period of time. Thank you for you hand being upon this work. Keep all of us in your good favor until it can be completed.

Father I want to request your love to be placed upon the Wim’s family today. Every moment is touch and go for them and they seek your favor in Brad’s behalf everyday. We know that these pains will bring him to you but they suffer greatly in the waiting process just comfort and bless them Father because there is nothing we can do but offer them up to you for your love to cover these dark days. Walk hand in hand with them as they face this time.

Another concern is Debra she is falling back into old ways and has taken to staying in her room all the time watching mindless hours of DVD’s and doing nothing productive with her life. Father, we fight this day and night for her but she must be proactive in her life. Please, Father work with her mind set that she not go back to old habits that are destructive to her health and well being. Give me the right answers when dealing with her to be firm or to back away and let you deal with it. I know Father that for neither of my children did I have the right answers to what they needed. I have given them both over to your hand. Please guide and direct us as we face yet another round of depression and trials. Keep her job secure and help her go back and face whatever she must to keep working. She complains of chest pains but I don’t see the evidence of that while she is locking herself away in her bed room. I know she doesn’t want to deal with me because I am so over the top and active. I know she will never be like me but at least let me have some understanding of what is going on in her life. I think often the troubles that this brings to me but then I also think how it must be to be her and having to deal with this depression on a daily bases. Guide us all in working together that she might get out of this slump and back on track again. We love her Father and we strive to do what is best for her interest as for now all I know to do is pray it into your will for me to have understand and knowledge of what is to be done and then to respect whatever comes from that knowledge. We love her Father and we want what is best for her. Also, I pray for Robbie new things are going on in his life that might make things better for him. He struggles as well in his life but has taken responsibility for his actions. Bless his efforts Father and keep him on the right track.

Father, be with Roland as he walks this road with me and he takes on more than most men would even think about. He is a good man who works hard and loves his family dearly. Let him stay strong in his efforts because it’s taxing on the soul to be a father. He often is like me and just doesn’t know the right words or actions. Just guide both of us in your will.

Father, as I close this prayer with the thoughts of never really closing our line of communications I just want to ask this all in the love of Christ Jesus for it is in his sacrifices and name that we pray. Amen.

Just Pray Everyday

2009-02-24T07:18:00.000-06:00

In Christ Alone
Second verse

In Christ alone who took on flesh, fullness of God in helpless babe. This gift of love and righteousness scorned by the ones He came to save. Till on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied. For every sin on Him was laid, here in the death of Christ I live………

Dear Heavenly Father

As I write these words to this song a realization comes that in Christ Jesus something was accomplished that changed the world for everyone of us. Something only He could do. There was no other that could satisfy the wrath of God. I thank you God for accepting this sacrifice as payment for our sins. I thank you God for providing a way for us in this life for without this gift of love we would have no hope and no way. Thank You Father…..

Father, each day provides it’s on new sets of worries but we know your hand is on those you love and we will not burden ourselves with worry because we know it’s in your hands. Please look after the families that morn today. Be with the Wims as they face the laboring pains of dealing with Brad’s illness. Comfort them Father as only you can do because there are no human words of comfort that can give them relief. Wrap your love around Sandra and David and keep them safe in you. Do not let this heartache crush their spirits. Lead them to know that beyond this there is eternal life and hope for a renewed day. In You there is a place where there are no more tears and no more death. Even in this pain let us all for evermore cling to that knowledge. We know that faith will bring us through the darkest of days. We thank you Father for that hope.

Look after my Rolly Bear today he is working harder than ever. He is always ready to do his best but he’s got a bit of a cold. He never does well with sickness Father as you well know so comfort him and bring this around quickly for him and don’t let it get him to far down. Be with Charlotte and Ken as they face problems with cancers. Roland’s family has never been close but let us be as close as you would have us to be while this goes on.

Watch out for Glen and Peggy as they recover from the doctor’s work. Strengthen Glen and bring him back to his old self soon. He has been given a huge chance here to start anew with all the blessings of seeing his granddaughter grow up. Let it be a driving force to keep him going in the right direction.

We asked your blessing Father on the church rebuild. Keep your workers safe; keep the teens motivated for Paul so their area will be a nice place as well. Let them be respectful of the church and keep it clean so it will be welcoming to all who enter. Instill pride in our young people and give them wisdom to understand every effort should be for the first fruits of your kingdom. Keep us strong in all our efforts to make You more visible in this world. The work is to make You more appealing visually so that we can have enough time to make You more appealing spiritually to those that might not see the bigger picture. Give us the right motivation in this area and not just to please our own wants and needs. Father for those of us who know you well and have a relationship that is one on one with you that is such a blessing but for those who do not let us do whatever we must to give a guiding light for those still trying to find their way. Let us make it as appealing as possible until they can find You. Let us give them a garden path that looks good and feels right. The road is narrow so let us light the way.

Father, bless the election of new elders to our church. I find myself at a disadvantage because as they ask for nominations I do not know of anyone who meets or wants to serve in that way. It is a very sad day Father for the church when this is the case. Let them do the best they can by You in the appointment of new elders. It is a hard work Father so I pray that you will open the right doors to the right men to serve at Lakewood. Guide us to know them and know their hearts.

This is all prayed to my holy God in the power of Christ. Till You come or take me home I am comforted by the power of these prayers. Be with us always Lord……..Amen

On another note we did get to celebrate Debra’s birthday. We ended up going to Joe’s Crab Shack in Kemah. The boardwalk is running again after the hurricane and it’s slow but things are opening again. It is never the same after taking a hit like that. But anyway Debra is 28 not 29. Who knew? We were going to Red’s but it’s closed Monday and that’s the day she was off and could go. I worked at the church building, did some painting and cabinet work. Then went and got food for the Dolicki’s family meal. It was a rushed busy day just the way I like them to be. Full and jam packed. I have a card for Robert Johnson but haven’t had time to run it over to him. Maybe today at lunch time. Jeff is supposed to be at the building with the painters getting started today on the texture work. It’s one of the most expensive things we are dealing with and I hate that! Seems like it wouldn’t be but if you want it to look right you have to get that done so it’s uniform through out and that’s the look we want. Anyway time is up for today I have to get dressed and be at the building………..

Prayer First Today..........Help Me.......

2009-02-23T08:12:00.000-06:00

Dear Heavenly Father

Today is crisp and clear out you give us the glory of hope in your sons name and we thank you for the blessing in that hope. A renewal each time we wake for a better day to come. In that we can see your mighty works. Father, thank you for knowledge that breaks down the weariness of this life, each time we have to go beyond what we think we can we have the power that you gave us to continue through the Holy Spirit. Let us cling to it and know there is no other that can revive us and carry our burdens the way you can. Let us just love what there is to love and leave the rest of it to your will Father and let us be safe and secure in that. Let our focus not drift to things that are too heavy for us to carry with out you.
Thank you for a good husband in my life, a daughter who grows in your word daily and for faith that is beyond what I ever thought I could have. I thank you for it all.

Father, be with Charlotte Smith and Ken Perry the troubles of cancer is with both of them. Help them fight it the best they can and help them with the pain and worry of this devastating disease. Be with Margie for her worry is great and she feels that Ken’s time may be short. Let her relax knowing his mission work will never be forgotten and neither will he because no matter what we have our good times to look and reflect back on even in the face of hard time and medical problems.

Father, look after Glen as he heals from his surgery. Let him take this time to rest and recover from what he has gone through. Be with Carol Sullivan and her family. This surgery came on her quickly without even time to think about it really or how it would affect her life so walk with her Father as she goes through this time.

Father look after all the workers at the building; keep them safe as they go about these task of rebuilding material things. Keep us all in your good favor and working together. Thanks for sending good food from the ladies for their lunches and moments of prayer and rest.

Father, Bless Debra with another good year of life, her birthday has come and gone and it’s time to look for the value of another year. Keep us all in good standing with each other as we work for the good of this family unit. We are small but we are strong in your will. Let the words “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord” always be written on our hearts.

It’s time to end Father but as you know there is no end to my prayers. Keep me always in connection to you by this thread; give me the knowledge to understand, the time to listen, the ability to help. Put every work into my hand that you would have me to do and let me prove to you my love for you. Our relationship is one on one Father, no other force controls it so until you come for me or call me home let me be ever into your service and will…….Amen

It’s only Monday and I blew the week-end time of listening. Saturday was Debra’s 28th birthday she had to work and so did we so we put off her birthday plans until this evening. (Monday 23) We worked at the church building all day Saturday and had a huge group of guys pitch in so a lot of electrical and wood work got done. I spent the day rolling primer. I have swept a million miles of church building! On Friday Sharon Roberts helped with primer also it was a blessing to have her come and help. Harvey was a huge help to me! We started getting a staging area together for the doors to be built. It’s like a big puzzle you have to lay it all out and make sure you pair it all together like you cut it out. That takes a little planning. I am looking at painters being at the building sometime this week. We’ll be able to roll primer and get some more of the kitchen work done today. On Monday Night Ministry for March they will hang the first bank of cabinets. That means for me a lot of fast working. I better get a hoof in the finish work. There are a lot of them but only a few of us to do finish work! Not many are free during the day. Even Ricki now has grandbabies she is keeping so it fills her time as well. Donald will have some time this week he has been a huge help. Shirley and Teresa will work with me also Ann Young. We’ll get it done.

On a more somber note we saw one of our dear sister’s mother taken home on Sunday the 22nd of February. Her name was Gerri Lee and she was Janet Dolicki’s mother. She’d been in hospice care. A blessing she didn’t really know how ill she was. For Janet and Mark a time to claim an angel of their very own. How sweet to know that your parent rest in the caring hands of a loving God. Janet’s sister read us a poem that said God only takes the very best. May they all know God cares for the heartaches. We will keep them all in our prayers till this sad time walks by.

We went to see the theater production of “Legally Blond the Musical” last night (Sunday 22) at Hobby Center. We went with Clint and Elaine, Jeannine Harris, Roland and I. We ate dinner at the Hard Rock Café which is very noisy! Food was fair, a non-alcoholic drink in a Hard Rock glass set us back 8.95! It was more than my food! We should have asked before ordering. Anyway, we went with the Lee College bus for seniors and it was great! Beautiful clear view of the Houston sky line that you would never see driving your own car. Becky Gulsvig played the part of Elle Woods. She was really good. I will never be able to look at a UPS guy the same way again after seeing this play!! Ha Ha……

In Christ Alone.........

2009-02-20T07:54:00.000-06:00

In Christ Alone

In Christ Alone my hope is found. He is my light, my strength my song. This corner stone this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears stilled, when striving cease. My comforter my all in all, here in the love of Christ I stand.

I had to get up early today to have my hour to listen. It wasn’t easy. I had a ton of stuff on my mind. I walked Cinnamon is the crisp cold air just before day break when there is only a peek of sunlight. I got up at 6:15 dressed in 15 minutes. Walked the dog and stopped to look at the streaks of clouds, the huge amount of birds. I thought I had taken it in but it wasn’t long till my mind drifted. I was thinking it’s after Feb 14 and I haven’t got the cuttings off my roses for the next years batch, I need to weed the floor beds, I need 6 or 7 new box woods to replace some that have gone due to the freeze and snow we had this year. Snow in Texas now that should have been posted in this blog because it’s rare. It wasn’t and I even have pictures in digital format. Anyway, I am taking some time to post daily and that too takes time. Time is not my friend. As I write this the bell goes off on my clothes dryer……… What does this all have to do with anything? Be still and know that I am God comes to mind. Do this exercise! It’s important.

Today I am meeting with Sharon Roberts to do some painting at the building. We have a couple of cabinets ready to stain and I have moved them to an area we can go ahead and start to ploy them and get them ready for trim and doors. The doors are what takes the time. You have to be really careful on the cuts and also on the finish work. Roland has a better pattern for the church doors that won’t be as detailed as what he’d do for a house but it’s still very pretty and sturdy. We couldn’t do much with them working in the kitchen area it was way to much dust!

Also, I have to take Phillip Pratt to the doctor today at 1:45. I am going to take my prayer bear sewing project with me while I wait on him to see the doctor. Also, another attempt to now waste any time just sitting. Jasmine and I are trying to set aside a Saturday to go to Sugarbabies and time has not allowed for that as of yet. She won the trip as a bunko prize and she wants to go soon and very soon. It’s a cool Paris inspired cup cake house. She’ll love it and so will I. Today I will be begging for the time to go and do that with her.

Dear God

Father, thank you for this crisp morning that awakened my senses. You are worthy of all praise for the reminders of you love that you openly display to us. We just fail to see it. Forgive us for that Father. Thank you for a chance everyday to do better and learn more about how we should perform in this life. It’s not an easy task but we have that choice and let it be your power in us that lets us embrace that. Father keep all of us in your will as we work together at the building to make a place that will take on your power and your glory. Let the work of our hands be the way where new souls are reached and hearts are touched. Let nothing stand in the way of that cause. Father, we love you and it is always to be within our minds that Yours is the kingdom and the glory forever and ever.

Father, be with Janet and Mark Dolicki. They suffer today with heartaches and pain. Give them comfort like nothing can but your hand on them. Be with Gerri as she walks with you into eternal life. Father, watch after Ashley as she goes out into this world to work and continue in her life. Thank you for her GED success that has opened a door for her. Father, be with Roland and Debra each day at work is a harder and harder day for them. Keep both of them strong in body and mind.

Father, bless David and Kim as the work with the church and the selection of new elders. Do not forget our sweet sister Darla. Keep her heart secure in your service and work. Bless her Father with the hands of faith and the heart of love that only within you is known. Father, work with Patti Barnett, keep her in the lifeline of your love. Do not let her feel like she is on the outside of your circle but rather the center. Sometimes it is our feelings that doom us not the reality of our situations.

Father, be with this country, our men is service to it whatever they ask in your name grate it Father. Keep us strong and faithful as a nation and destroy the ones that would undermine the hope that is in us unto your name. Hold us all dear to your will and love.

Father, and don’t forget about Brian’s new little dog. It’s hard when an animal is destructive and we know it’s even harder for the heart of a little boy to understand parents and the frustrations that go with raising a child and a puppy.

Guide today in your will and only your will. Help me to be still and to make these posts daily so that I never forget my focus. Give me the wisdom to do the task I have taken on and let me ever be aware of the power of your hand that works in all of us. You are greater and your power is great than the one that is in this world. Keep that thought in my mind always.

It is in the sacrifices of Christ Jesus I pray it all into your holy name. Until you come or take us home may we all surrender all into the prayers of our heart each and every day that you give us to live on this earth. Amen.

Starting Again and Remembering

2009-02-19T09:46:00.000-06:00

It’s a new day! I have not posted to this blog in a very long time and a huge amount of things have gone on in our lives. Seems like August 21, 2008 was a million years ago. A trip to Hawaii, medical issues, a Hurricane, Thanksgiving, Christmas, a New Year 2009…… I guess the reason I am writing today is that we are starting a new part of our lives and the 24/7 dream. I need something to keep me praying and focused. Our church was hit by Hurricane Ike. It did a lot of damage but in the wake of damages there was a link to new hope and new life at Lakewood. It’s been on my heart for such a long time as I see other churches just crumble and die. I prayed don’t let it be our faith. I knew there was something to be done. After our trip to India, I knew that my service for the rest of my life would be into God’s work. There are so many open doors for me. I could be working……. I had proven to myself I could handle a high profile job if I wanted one. That’s not what the Lord has in mind for me. We have enough money and enough joy and enough of everything that is truly needed. I had looked into doing some work to start up a business that would help supply funding for a church build in Mont Belvieu. It was something that is totally possible but it was not in God’s timing. He sent me a clear message; you’re not ready yet but start getting ready because your day will come. I think the direction I received was work hard with what you have…. prove to yourself you can withstand, teach yourself the basics then move to more task. Create a base of people that know your heart and you know theirs and know your dedication then go forward. There was ground work to be laid. As I work and study the methods open to non-profits and funding efforts I knew there was immediate work to be done. The seminars, study groups, clinics, workshops, all of it I can do on the side. Most import was to work with Roland. We were tested by our trip to India. I did not know that we would withstand the problems that trip created but God honored my prayers in every way and we all came out for the better because of that venture. I didn’t know what would happen with my lap band surgery. After a long struggle of getting ready, backing out, doing it again, and then finally getting the surgery done. I could have died on that table because I had told a lie. I was not honest about something in the past and it could have cost me my life. I prayed God if it be your will let this go well and continue my life. The last words from my doctor before going into surgery were this: Miss Sims, I have put you last on the surgery line up even though you were here early this morning. I want you to know that I will go slowly and I will do everything in my power but I do hope you had time to get your affairs in order. It’s not always up to the doctor. My surgery did take a longer time, it was difficult and when I woke up I felt as it a truck had run me over. But I lived and I did recover. All in all this tell me my life is to the service of God’s work. I am not one who can relay things well or recap details but I do have something that stirs within me that can not be harnessed. I have often wondered why. I know a lot of it stems from being raised in a dysfunctional home with an alcoholic father and a mother who suffered from awful depression that led her to attempts of suicide. Not successful attempts but attempts. When we face battles with Robbie and went to counselors I found I was blessed with a condition called stress related memory loss. If put under stress I simple check out of the situation! Things that are unpleasant I just refuse to deal with them and can shut them out totally to the point of forgetting all of it. What a blessing!!! I live only in the present moment. If some of us could only know the peace in that. It doesn’t make telling stories or events easy but there is a gift in having this problem. Angry leaves you, no remembering of wrongs; events that scar and ruin some people just go right over the top of my head. I am blessed.

David has asked that we take 2 weeks to spend some quite time with God. Review our prayers and listen for answers to our prayers. No radio or TV is on today. Only the hum of the ceiling fan. It’s an experiment I am going to fall in love with I am sure. For the next two weeks it’s going to be my total focus for at least an hour a day to listen for God’s direction in my life. Not to pray but to listen. The time is perfect for this. With the rebuild of the church going on there is no better time to listen for direction. I have my bible CD’s to play in the truck. It’s a 30 min. drive to the church and then 30 min. back home. I will be making that drive daily until we are finished. It’s going to give me a huge bank of time to devote to this effort. As anyone knows that knows me time is not my friend!

Enough for today. Exciting things have happened today and we have some working capital today. Things are looking up.

God, Thank you for blessing us with a hurricane, insurance money, and good people to do Your good work. Thank you for all the men and woman that are partnering with Your will and Your work into Your service for this world. Keep all of our heart pure to You and Your will. Keep us transparent so that the glory of this can be seen only for You. Work with us Lord hand in hand in every effort that goes forth to further Your presence in this world. Let the choice made in the spending of Your money be the things that will bless our church and make You ever present in our lives. Let ones that have not seen the beauty of giving everything into You see the good work that will come from rendering a first fruits effort unto You. Bless us Father because we pray it all into the sacrifices of Your son Jesus. So until You come or take us home let it all be prayed and done to Your glory. Amen.

STARTING THE JOURNEY BACK HOME

2008-08-21T03:29:00.001-05:00

We have our bags packed and they are coming up to the hotel room with a scale to check out our weight limits for the flight. I was glad we could get them to do that as it's metric and I don't know what 40 lbs would be in metric. Kilograms? It really makes you want to expand your educational limitations. It's not good to be somewhere and not know how to do even the most basic of things. We will have our last dental visit today at 4:15 then we'll grab something to eat and Bahart is coming at 9 p.m. to take us to the airport. It really does feel like it's all been a dream and very surreal. Yesterday we got to see a horse draw taxi. There was a man on a bicycle with 8 huge bags of potato's selling them as he went along the road. Ladies with huge baskets affixed to their heads with loads of washing, limes, or other food items. The Saree's being the most common of dress here all look so elegant. It's really been something to see. There are some ladies that wear western clothes but they are far and few between. I think most of them are travellers much like ourselves. The art work that was done on Debra's hands is stictly traditonal for the Indian ladies. It's a sign of a great celebration in your life. We feel we had somethig to celebrate. The style is called "Mendi" It's beautiful. We are going out as soon as they weigh the bags and this computer will go in the carry on and the camera is packed away as well. It's been glouious and it's been such a comfort to know that the Lord has been with us all the way, that gold cross with rubies and diamonds around my neck is a constant reminder that you do come home and life does improve. I can't wait to put it back around the neck of it's rightful owner. It's never been off my neck the whole time we have been here. It's been to all the place seen all the shops and been touched by many different hands of Indian people who share in the knowledge of the Lord Christ Jesus and I think that's been an amazing part of this trip in and of it's self.

WE ARE PACKING TO COME HOME

2008-08-20T10:47:00.000-05:00

Got off to a slow start this morning getting some extra and much needed sleep. Didn’t go down for breakfast because sleep was more important to me. We had a doctors appointment at noon and then the dentist appointment at 3:30. We spent most of the day at the hospital wrapping up last minute details. The dental was a little intense for Debra as she had to get some fillings done today and have 3 crowns set. It took a long time as they drilled out some old silver fillings. They put in my bridge but it was a matter of a little cement and some pressure. Every thing fits great and the work looks so natural you wouldn’t know they were dental crowns. I am glad it’s over that ran a little close to the wire plus it cost a little more than I had expected on Debra’s work. At any rate she has a whole new make over.
We ate at the Pizza Hut tonight. It was one square of a personal pan and that was enough. Bharat told me how to say “go to the boarder‘ it‘s easy. You say Mulund check naka. Or Thone check naka and your own your way. Come a few more times and we might pick up a little more of the language.
This will be short tonight as we are packing and fighting over what to take and what not to take back. It will be less than 24 hours now……..we are all fixed up and it’s really time to get back to our lives in Texas.
Thanks for all the prayers. We have been blessed to have this experience. I truly hope that we never have to do anything this drastic again but I am also hopeful that it’s going to give Debra a new lease on life. This will be my last post it’s really been something to remember……….

HENNA TUESDAY AND CELEBRATIONS

2008-08-19T12:46:00.000-05:00

HENNA ART WORK DONE ON DEBRA'S HAND IN OUR HOTEL ROOM
THE START OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING A HENNA TRADITIONAL TATOO
THESE ARE THE PALMS OF DEBRA'S HANDS
THIS IS THE INK THAT THEY USE TO DO THE ARTWORK WITH.

Got another rain free day and it was awesome. Woke up with a little bit of a headache but it went away pretty fast all the humidity really makes it hard on your head. Talk to Roland first thing in the morning we get up about 7:30 a.m. so we can take his calls. It’s always a good way to wake up. Same routine we have to get out of the room for house keeping to clean and they clean no matter what you say they clean. After that I came back up and took a nap but the hospital called and we had to go in for a sonogram of Debra’s abdomen at 3 o’clock. I wasn’t expecting to have to do that but she was having some “paining” as they like to call it. It’s only from the internal stitches pulling as they heal. Nothing to worry about. She’ll get her results at noon on the 20th as to what the test have to say and it will tell them if they got all the cysts off of the ovaries. We are hoping that is the case but the test were done to make sure. Redevelopments can accrue within 2 to 3 years but with a good procedure it can be effective even longer. We went to Mocha’s for our celebration meal as we are within our time to go home window. Yes, we did partake of all the good things they had to offer as it was a celebration meal. We have the cheese fondue almost daily as it’s so superb. I did try the recommended “shake” it was wonderful. Thanks to Jordan V. for the tip of the day! Goa is below us we would have to take a train to get there to see the beaches and it wasn’t possible this trip. The Mocha’s we go to is in the Nirmal Mall near the hospital. It’s beautiful inside with red walls, velvet drapes that go from ceiling to floor with touches of gold and purple. It has mis-matched tables and chairs/couches for a trendy look. Debra says we need one of these places in Mont Belvieu. While we were at the hospital Bharat dropped by and was disappointed we have not been calling him to partake of our adventures. He says we are brazen American women! He was happy all had gone well and that we were having a true experience here in India. He knows a henna artist that does the traditional henna tattoos so he asked her to come to our room here at the hotel to do Debra’s hands in henna art. It was fun and we got to enjoy his company while she did the art work on Debra’s hands. Her name was Delphia. She spoke no English but does beautiful work. It was astonishing to watch her do the designs freehanded. It was fantastic. It wont last that long it washes off. It was a true ethnic experience we could never have anywhere else. You have to know a artist to get the work done. It’s not just something you can pop in and get done. Anyway it topped off a great day with nice weather.
I am so looking forward to getting back home and being with my family again. It’s been a tremendous time here and if I had the choice I would do it again. Everyone should have these types of experiences in their lifetimes. I thank God for his protection and the blessings of the saints as they prayed for us while we have been here. I hope with all my heart that only good things will be the result of this trip. Only time will tell.

JURASSIC PARK AND MUSIC TILL WE CAN LEAVE....

2008-08-18T10:54:00.000-05:00

ONE OF THE CLINICS HERE IN MUMBIA INDIA
SURVIVAL FOODS
BLACK PEPPER INDIAN STYLE
I THINK THEY MIGHT BE RAVENS

Today was a better experience here in Mumbai. It wasn’t raining!! We had a rough night and sleep didn’t come easy as it gets closer to coming home it’s hard on the nerves and you just don’t rest well. Got up early and Skyped with Roland and then we went down for breakfast. The guys down there at the restaurant are really getting to know us and cut up with us and tease us about only eating corn flakes with warmed milk. Really that’s pretty good you should try it. It grows on you. We were so excited about the warm clear day we went for the mall and even being tired we enjoyed the day a lot. Mocha’s is our favorite place to just hang out. Crossword’s is also another place to just hang out. The clear day did wonders for my attitude.
I went to the dentist for some work today. Debra is waiting for her crowns to come back from the lab. I wasn’t really sure I liked what he had done to my mouth but after a while it started feeling right. He said give it a chance and he was right it does feel better but my mouth had to get used to the changes. Kind of like wearing new shoes. There is a braking in period. I only have 3 days to make sure it’s right. It feels right and when the bridge gets placed it should be even better. If the dentist is right on this he says it will add 20 years to my dental life.
When we came back to the hotel they were having a huge party of some kind. TV crews and satellite dishes where set up out front and cars were every where. We are in our room but the music is so loud it shakes the hotel. Must be some kind of important event. They have 3 levels of banquet halls here. I guess for a hotel in the middle of the city it’s a pretty nice hotel. Not like the Leela would have been but still pretty nice. At least it didn’t cost me $250. 00 a night.
I called tonight to confirm our travel arrangements for the trip home. They will pick us up at 9 p.m. to take us to the airport on the 21st. The flight is at 2:15 a.m. on the 22nd but I would rather be really early than late and have to push. That will give us 4 hours before the flight takes off. We came in really early at 1 a.m. in the morning and the airport was packed. There is not really a slow time at the airport. Things can go wrong with traffic here and I don’t want to take a chance on the trip home. Bharat will make our arrangements and I trust him. Nothing has went wrong in dealing with him. I think he was a little disappointed that we didn’t call upon his services more often but I could do things on my own just as well.
We will eat early dinners at Mocha’s for the rest of our time here. I love the atmosphere. It’s a lot of fun the music is up beat and the food is good. I had some hot chocolate there today that was to die for. Other places I am sure are good but we have this one down and they know us. I will try the Toblerone shake on my next visit. I am sure there are some other interesting things that I will try as well before we leave this place. We wanted to get henna tattoos but we can’t find a place that will do them for us. I think it’s something that only the Indian ladies are allowed to do. They do this as a sign of great respect for a special event in their lives. We asked where to get them done and no one will tell us a place to go. Like it’s secret and for their culture only. We can respect that.
As we listen to the loud music tonight and enjoy the vibration of our walls I will remind myself it wont be long and we will be back home. I will also be reading some in Colossians 1:13 for he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins….15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

JUST ANOTHER RAINY DAY BEFORE COMING HOME

2008-08-17T04:21:00.000-05:00

Temple area in Mumbai
Muland and Thane boarder. This is where you have to change rickshaws to go from one side to the other.
Debra walking to the boarder on a clear day....one of the few days it didn't rain all day.

Woke up to the ringing of Skype. That little ring has become my favorite sound here. I had to find out how to get the head phones on and the computer screen up while I was still half asleep. Roland kept trying and I finally got my computer to come up so I could answer the call. Some time I wake up and I am a little disorientated as to where I am! I guess that has to do with waking up in a hotel in India for so long. Chatted with Roland for a while it’s nice we can talk as long as we want. Debra was ready for breakfast so we went down this morning. They had some delicious jam this morning most of the time it’s been like a lime flavor but this morning it was some type of berry. Came back to the room and slept as it’s pouring rain today heavily. We are going to watch movies today and just try to kill this day. Monday we have more dental work. Debra will get her crowns and I will get my bridge placed. They should be ready. We’ll go in for a finale check of the fittings on the 20th. Then we just have to wait for the time to come that we can get on the flight home. Debra’s incisions will be healed by the time we get back. You can hardly see some of them now. Tiny little punctures are already healing over. The largest one about 2 inches is also pretty healed over. It will make the flight home much easier on her. It is amazing your body can heal that quickly.
Well nothing exciting today just watching the TV. Bruce Willis is playing in “The Guardian” We wont go out today because of the rain. I am hating being wet all the time. We are running out of clothes so we can’t afford to get them wet at this point. In this humidity they don’t dry. On the flight they sprayed air freshener up and down the isles before we took off now I know why. You just have to keep a sense of humor about that kind of stuff. We’ll be on our mashed potato diet tonight. We did find a Dollar Store that had Roman Noodles and Campbell’s soups. (Thank You Jesus)

MOCHA'S SAVED THE DAY

2008-08-16T10:25:00.000-05:00

Breakfast at Mocha's........Cheese fondue.......yummmmmmmm
Apple crepes at Mocha's with carmel sauce and Kona Coffee from Hawaii.......ha ha
Side of the road prayer room.
Traffic in Mumbai on a slow day.......

Most people believe that it takes months and years to transform their lives. Actually, you can literally change your life in an instant by making a single decision never to go back to the way you have been living--no matter what. What takes months, years, and sometimes decades is the maintenance required to live by that decision. I woke this morning in a bit of frustration that I am still in India. Last nights celebrations lead to horn honking all night long. Not the normal horn honking but blaring honking. I woke up with a headache and grumpy. I didn’t go down to breakfast but enjoyed talking to Roland on Skype it was good to vent to my husband about my troubles. Debra did go down to the restaurant for it gave us a break from each other. When she came back up we needed to clear out of the room so house keeping could do our room. After some aspirin and getting a good shower I was back to my old self. We grabbed a rickshaw which we are very accustom to using now and headed to the Nirmal Mall by the Hospital. We started to just stay for a while but then it turned into an all day event. We went back to ‘Mocha’s’ for breakfast and had a cheese fondue. It was fabulous and put me in a better mood. After we had done that we went up to a book store called “Crossword” I found a nice place to sit and read some of the writings of Robin Sharma. He wrote a book called “The monk who sold his Ferrari” He is an internationally acclaimed leadership guru. The Dr. Phil of India. It was a good place to kill some time and Debra ran around doing things she wanted and I read. I can’t believe how spoiled I am to my personal space. I enjoy at home long hours of private time reading and doing whatever I want. Going to the gym ect. But here you are locked into always having people around you always having noise. It’s not good for your karma. India as a whole is full of noise there is no quite places here. Even at the hospital there was constant noise from construction, working, people and traffic it’s mind boggling. First thing I want to do when I get home is to sit out on the back porch and hear nothing but birds. I had told Rikki Lane that the porch was my sanctuary I didn’t know how true that statement was. It’s screened in there is no bugs it’s the most perfect place and I miss it dearly. Roland and I have dinner out there almost every night I miss that as well. It’s so true you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.
We went to “Reflexology” and had foot massages which were very nice. Debra had a man do hers and I had a lady but I had to keep telling her “rub easy” she had very strong hands. When we got the pressure right it was a very relaxed event. They brought us out cups of green tea and we sat in these lovely plush chairs. It was at least a calmer atmosphere than we had been having still there was noise. Now I know why they need Zen moments. (meditation). What was odd to me was it was mostly men not woman getting their feet done. Debra and I were the only females in the place except for the workers. Seems here it’s the men who like to be pampered.
We went back to the book store and I bought Robin Sharma’s book on Daily Inspiration. It will be some reading on the trip home as I have read all my other books that I brought with me. We all need daily inspiration. Don’t worry I wont be replacing the bible I read daily with that of the guru. What is that old saying ……when in Rome do as the Roman’s do. Not a chance on that happening!!! I only have one King that I am true to and that is Christ Jesus. Debra felt that Bharat might have intentions of converting me while I was at the Tibetan Prayer service. I just had to laugh. I have all ready been converted to Christianity and you don’t change that. It’s alright to look at how the other half lives but it’s great to be able to see the truth in what you believe. 1 in 5 people who practice religion are Hindu. That blows my mind. So does it mean if you get a henna tattoo that your hinny? I don’t think so. It means you have experienced something different. If your convictions are strong nothing is going to waver you from what you trust and believe. Those who have a strong belief in Christ Jesus are not feathers in the wind.
We had some coffee at the bookstore and finished off the fondue that we had for breakfast. We had taken it in a take away box. We had a little trouble getting a rickshaw back because of heavy traffic but I managed to flag one down. We transferred at the border between Muland and Thane and I have found look for the younger guys they speak some English. Enough to understand you. There are thousands of rickshaws so you never have the same driver. Back at the hotel safe and sound we took showers and hooked up the computers for writing e-mails and posting blogs. It wont be long now and we will be making that trip home. I am ready and so is Debra.
I am going to end my day listening to George Strait and some good country music. You never forget where you come from………..Think I will start with Amarillo by Morning………I love George……I love Roland, too.

अ पोस्ट इन हिन्दी

2008-08-15T08:51:00.000-05:00

थिस इस बीइंग त्य्पेद इन हिन्दी। वे अरे स्तायिंग अत थे होटल टिप टॉप प्लाजा इन ठाणे। यू कैन विसित ठिर वेब साईट अत व्व्व.होतेल्तिप्तोप्प्लाज़ा.कॉम जुस्त वांटेड यू तो सी हाउ थे राइट इन थिस साइड ऑफ़ थे वर्ल्ड। नेक्स्ट इस थे एबीसी'स अ बी क डी ऐ फ ग इ ह इ जे क ल म न ओ प क्यू र स टी उ व् व क्ष य ज इ बेत ओनली डेनिस कैन फिगुरे थिस आउट। शे इस ओउर रेअचेर दिवा!

This is a post written in the Hindi. Bet you can't tell what it says. What I find interesting is that they do understand it just like we understand our languages and writings. I have done a good bit of looking into this and it's very interesting how people communicate. Speaking in tongues would have been very necessary for the purpose of being able to understand. Also, I understand why foot washing was such a respectful act to preform for another person. It's all starting to be a little clear to me now.

WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS

2008-08-15T08:18:00.001-05:00

8:45 a.m. found us heading toward the dentist office in yet another taxi. This one arranged by the hotel. Our drive took a route we didn’t know but soon realized we had been that way before and it was fine. It was pouring rain this morning there was no way we could have hailed down a rickshaw. The car was worth the little bit extra we paid for it. The driver said if we needed to go again just contact him through the hotel. If the weather is bad it’s an excellent choice. We got our teeth whitened Indian style and believe me they have some dark teeth so I think they used the super duty stuff on Debra. She wanted the whitest possible and she got it. I just wanted my dental work to all match. She has the whitest teeth and a really pretty smile. It took a lot longer than I thought it would but then again here they are so careful to cover every detail. We were having fun they were letting me watch and we were snapping pictures of these funny guys. For all the rough stuff they put us through it’s been enjoyable because they do love cutting up with us. Every time we go they keep trying to sell Debra the dental chair and telling me just to leave a blank check at the desk they will ship it to her on her birthday because she loves it so much. Funny guys….there will be no blank check. We are lucky because he told us last year during the rainy season they worked in a foot of water doing dental work without delay. They just slosh through it and kept on going. I don’t think I would have like that very much.
It was still pouring when we got done but we found a rickshaw fast and headed to the mall. We had bought a few things there as I finally found something I thought Roland would like to have. I wanted something but it’s not easy to buy for Rollie Bear. It’s got to be special well I did find something special for my husband and I think he’ll really like my careful considerations in my selection. We can’t do any more shopping we have to be done with it. I really have everything I wanted to get. I am thinking the designer dress I got will be nice for a Christmas party.
(Kim) the restaurant that is right in front of the place we got our visas is Houston’s top Indian restaurant it is called “ Kiran’s” it’s right there at 4100 Westheimer. Just down from Central Market. Chef Kiran Verma brings her skills to this new restaurant with a unique flair all her own. She moves beyond her training in preparing authentic Mughlai dishes of Northern India to create contemporary and ethnic dishes that fuse American and French cuisine, resulting in an exciting menu that is both adventurous and delicious. The dining room features deep red paneling, fine linens and upholstered chairs, giving it an upscale feel, without being stuffy.
When to Go:
Kiran's is one of the few places in town to experience a traditional high tea the second Saturday of every month from 3pm-5pm)
We came back to the room after we scored Roland’s goodies. August 16 is Raksha Bhandan festival. It’s a festival that celebrates brothers and sisters. They make a very big deal out of it and give each other sweets and bracelets. This whole area is hanging balloons and strings of flowers everywhere. The balloons are white, green and orange. That’s the colors of the India flag. They string orange carnations and other flowers and hand them from everywhere! They even put them on their cars, in trees, just about everywhere they can hang them. The finer dresses are coming out and the music and activities are gearing up. We will watch from the safety of our room because I have never seen so many people. It’s like a sea of humans and I am the only blond haired woman I have seen. I am getting used to the blunt stares and the turning heads. I just act like I belong here. We were mauled by our first gypsy children yesterday. That was horrible to have to dismiss them but if you give one some money you better watch out. 5 becomes 10 really quickly and nobody seems to be in charge of these kids. They are like wild animals. You really have to just keep walking and Debra tried telling one of them ‘no, don’t pat on her” but when she gave him her attention that was a mistake. He had no idea what she was saying just that she had noticed him. It made him very excited and he started jumping. I told her not to make eye contact and to keep walking it took them a good while to give up but they did as we approached the boarder and they saw the police and security officers. For some reason we couldn’t get a rickshaw to stop for us so we ended up walking to the Tip Top from the boarder it’s not far maybe 5 blocks but you have to watch out walking here. It’s muddy. The road is lined with hungry dogs they don’t bother you or bark but it make you sad to see them. You can be fined for feeding them. I didn’t know that until I read it in the news paper.
The storms I am sure will put a damper on the festival but then again maybe not. The hotel is really geared up for it. From my window there is a huge bank of dark clouds rolling in over the mountain tops. It doesn’t seem to thunder or lightening here just heavy down pours. It would be cool to see a thunder storm through these huge glass windows on this floor. Safe inside it would make watching it pretty cool. I love a good storm. It reminds me kind of that God can throw a pretty good fit when he needs, too. It’s amazing to watch lightening. Maybe I will get lucky tonight and see some monster flashes. There are these huge birds that soar down through the buildings. It’s breathtaking to watch those huge wing spans. I have no idea what type of birds they are but we were thinking ‘condors’.
We will be staying in the room unless we get a call from the dentist requesting us to come in for fittings. So we are going to relax watch some movies on “Stars” the only English channel there is and just spend some time reflecting on our time here. It’s time to pull out the bible and work with the Lord a little. I miss not being able to go to church. Debra and I can get on each others nerves if we let that happen. I find study keeps the mother/daughter flare ups from being a problem. We find common ground to talk about there and I enjoy her interest. It also heals her and helps her to know that I am interested in her thoughts. You know when you have had tension with someone for a long time you need something to intercede for you while you are trying to make changes in your attitudes. We both are trying to like each other and sometimes it’s not easy. There is a difference between love and like.
Rollie I hope you have a good evening and know that I think of you everyday. It’s always good to hear your voice on Skype that little program is a great relief as we can keep in good contact. You need that connection while your away from home. I burn my “Tyler” mulled cider candle each night it’s about gone but it also helps me to remember we are just about done here. It’s a sweet smell and a reminder of home.
Take care. I am going to bed now. Love you guys…….I was finding it funny Brad and Jenny will be coming home before we do!

Stitches are out today.........

2008-08-14T11:51:00.000-05:00

This is the stair way at the Tip Top Hotel

Our snack at 'Mocha' we took a lot of this back to the room.....but it was good for what we could eat of it.

We had to get new Internet cards today, more rupee money for the rickshaws, breakfast coupons. We don’t have anything to do until this afternoon between 2 and 4. We go to the hospital and get Debra’s stitches taken out. I check out my info with the dentist and see how he’s doing with my selections of colors. We did buy some outfits I got a beautiful green one and Debra choose yellow. She wanted to wear hers today but I am saving mine to wear when we get back home.
I wanted to try a taxi ride today and it was good but the guy thought he was carrying Prince Diana the way he hauled us around honking to high heaven. It was funny but when we got out I noticed the seat was wet and my whole back end was soaked. From the rain the window had been cracked so the seat was wet on my side. I was glad it wasn’t on Debra’s side of the car because she wore her outfit for the doctors to see. She looked really nice.
After we got Debra’s stitches out we wanted to celebrate a little so we went to a place called ‘Mocha’ for coffee and conversation. It was an Indian ‘smoking room’ with these huge bongs they smoke all these different tobacco’s in. (We thought it was going to be a coffee shop when we first went in.) They smoke the tobacco in apple juice and fruit juices sucked up through these long hoses. It was interesting to watch and I was proud for Debra being a smoker not to do it but only watch it. She vows to give up her smoking when she returns home and she has not smoked at all while we have been here. I am very proud for her on this matter. I think she would have liked to have the experience but not with her mother. They did have fantastic Hawaiian Kona Coffee!!, a dessert list to die for and other goodies to eat as well. It was very art deco looking on the inside and Debra loved it. It was a good place for a celebration.
After we left there we were both pretty tired. Long doctors days and dentist still loom before us and we need rest. She is having a hard time being still a vast transformation of the girl I brought to India with me who could not do much of anything. Now she is a seasoned rickshaw rider, communicator, money changer and has a smile on her face. She can eat a few solid items now and has already dropped a good deal of weight…almost 20 lbs even according to the doctor as of today. She can even steal my clothes already so the fight will be on now just like it always has been. She has no respect for my things and loves to steal my clothes. I think it’s been a game for us for a long time now. I win sometimes and she wins sometimes.
I had better go we have an 8:45 dental appointment. They are starting a religious festival here and it’s a big deal so things are closing in honor of the holy day. I am staying in my room and watching from the window in the safety of my room. They say it gets wild and crazy and they make all these plaster paris molds of this elephant looking thing and then at the end of the festival they throw them all in the water ways and it causes all kinds of problems with the water systems. They are called devotees and it doesn’t matter they are going to do it anyway. There are thousands of these things made and it’s a ritual to throw them into some body of water at the end of the festival. A return to nature type ideal. Hummmmmm it's called Ganesh Festival Chaturthi.

Oh one more things we got sarees today. This place is called 'Jashin' were we bought them. They are a designer celebratin store. We took our pictures with the owner and had a blast with these guys. It was the experience I wanted in buying clothes here. I tried dozens of them on and selected a red one to match my beaded shoes. I have these guys address and he wants me to send them a copy of the pictures. (Karen remember our fabric guy in Paris? It was the same here and talk about fun and we needed some fun!) The store is in Nirmal Lifestyle Mall, D-Block,L.B.S. Marg, Mulund (W) Mumbai, India. Phone (022) 32470945 The owner is named Rupesh Johnson aka 'Jashin' Of all the things we have done this has got to be by far the best as far as fun goes.

Going to bed. Roland I will have to Skype you early because of our appointment. Look for us around 6 a.m. our time…….Love you.