A Miracle

Yesterday I was watching Little House on the Prairie as I do on many days. In this particular episode Charles's son James was shot by a bank robber and lay in a coma. Charles went to church every night praying for a miracle. Everyone thought he was crazy, even the pastor. Charles told Rev. Alden that the Bible talks of many miracles and he believed in them. Rev. Alden said in all of his years as pastor he had not witnessed a miracle. Finally Charles decided to take James on a trip to the base of a mountain. There he read the Bible and built an alter to the Lord. James was healed and he received a miracle. Ok, ok I know this is a made up story, but it made me start thinking about miracles. I had planned to pose a question on my facebook today asking if anyone had witnessed a miracle, but before I could even log on to facebook I've had two prayer requests come to my email inbox. Here they are:

#1. Please pray for my sister. She is having her baby today. They put her in last night, and are starting her labor this morning. She is having a few small complications (nothing too serious), but I just want to make sure that her and baby Katelyn are covered in prayer. This sister has a heart condition so prayer is cruical for her and the baby. (Friend of mine from church)

#2.On Saturday, July 4th, our daughter, Amy gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Addyson. Addyson arrived 3 1/2 weeks early. Amy went through thirty hours of labor and delivery pain with three attempts to stop labor altogether.
Immediately after birth, Addyson was administered cpr and rushed to NICU at Housten Hospital in Warner Robbins, Georgia. We all expected it was a result of the meds Amy had received and the premature birth. What we didn't expect was the news delivered to us within the hour.

Addyson was born with enlarged kidneys and underdeveloped lungs and was immediately placed on life support.. She was rushed to Scottish Rites Children's Hospital in Atlanta where we all are now. She has been on life support and remains at this time. Little hope was given for her survival.

The prognosis as of today is that this may be a rare genetic disorder and if they can sustain her to the point of improvement, she will need a kidney transplant.which will have to come down the road. Until that point, she would be on dialysis. Our best hope is that her kidneys will begin to function normally and her lungs will develop.

My requests - your prayers for a miracle on her behalf. (Birth mom is the daughter of a local pastor).

So come to your on conclusion, but I am praying and expecting two miracles today. Want you please pray with me on behalf of these two baby girls and their families.

God bless you as you pray.

Happy 4th of July Friends

God Bless America my home sweet home :-)

Freedom

What does freedom mean to you? I suppose just like anything else freedom means different things to different people. Those of you who know me well know that Charles Billingsley's song, Freed is my all time favorite. The words of the song tell how Jesus paid the price for all of our sins. Let me share below:

Too many to count yet
He took each one
Every sinful thing that I'd ever done
A lifetime of selfish living

With only a prayer he forgot each one
With a love that goes so far beyond
The realm of my own forgiving

Now I stand here so unworthy
Knowing that the cross should have been mine

CHORUS
He paid for all my sin with love
Who at the cost of His own blood
From earthly grave to heaven's throne
He took my burdens as His own
One spotless lamb, my sacrifice
My Savior's death to me meant life
He paid for all my sin with love
Love that has completely
Love that has forever
Freed me

The mercy He gives brings a lasting peace
All His strength and grace meets my every need
Enough just to keep believing

And I rest here within the glory
Of knowing I am His and He is mine

CHORUS

BRIDGE
The weight of the cross brought Him to His knees
So I could stand forgiven and I could be set free

CHORUS again and the song ends with those last two powerful words: Freed Me.

So what does freedom mean to me ? It means that through Jesus Christ I have forgiveness and no matter what I do as His child nothing or no one can pluck me out of His hand. It means my life is sealed forever and that is a wonderful feeling. If you don't know this peace and joy let me share with you how you too can be free.

Go be a blessing ...

passwords

How many passwords do you have? I don't know how many I have either, but I am beginning to wish they were all the same. I have one pw for my blog, one for pay pal, face book, online banking, my debit card, my home answering machine, my cell phone, my whatever else there is that needs a password ... Some days when my mind isn't real sharp I can't keep up with them all. Thoughts of trust come to mind.

Trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. Whatever happened to good old fashion trust ? I'll tell you what happened it left us when we stopped obeying Jesus. Let's get back to the basics. Love your neighbor. Love your family, don't judge them pray for them. Pray for revival to start in YOU.

Go be a blessing ... I am going to try.

observations

Well, I've been apart of Face book for about a week now. It's an interesting way to check out what is going on with others. You know the old saying; "A picture is worth a thousand words"? well ... I am learning a lot about people just from their pictures. Being in church all the time I constantly hear that people are watching us (how we live our lives, the choices we make, the places we go, what we say etc.). I can say that is true of Face book. It's like watching people. I found out I have a relative, who if I understand her statements correctly, she doesn't believe there is a hell. Ok so now my territory has been expanded as I seek to pray and reach out to her. I want to ask you to pray for me as I seek the Lord's guidance on exactly what to say. I haven't spoken to her in many years as she lives out of the area and is much older than me. Nonetheless I care about her soul and need to share with her.

I used to be a Michael Jackson fan back in high school and always thought Farrah Fawcett was a beautiful lady. I secretly hoped Ed McMahon would come to my door with a check for a million dollars with American Family Publishers. With their passing this week I have seen lots of pictures of them on the news and Internet. Locally a young man I have never heard of drowned in the Pacolet river ( I could tell from his picture he was a sweet heart). We need to pray for all of these families, famous or not, the lives of those lost were important and their families are grieving.

We see a lot in this world as our lives are but snapshots of who we are and how others see us. Time is of most importance ... we need to see everyone as a lost soul until we know differently. A picture really is worth a thousand words. What does your picture say?

Go be a blessing ...

The Lord provides

I am wishing more and more that we had a swimming pool. These hot summer days are something else. I enjoy the warm weather and appreciate the Lord giving us different seasons. Last summer we got in our neighbors pool, but they decided to do away with it, so... no pool :-(

Speaking of seasons isn't God so good to provide for us 4 wonderful times of change. Even though most people don't like change I think the change of seasons are always welcome. It's like when it's hot we are ready for warmth from the winter, then when fall comes the cool breeze is welcome and so on ... God really does provide for our every need. Sometimes He does it directly and other times He allows others to help. My quiet time verse this morning comes from Genesis 50:21 (New King James Version) and it says:

" Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them."

I can't thank the Lord enough for giving me a praying family and praying friends. We may not have a pool, but a new water park just opened about 10 miles away ... God provides. Go to God, talk to Him, let Him show you how much He loves you; because He does love you. So do I :-)

Go be a blessing ...

still on facebook

I now have 33 friends on face book and I just joined last night. I have to say I've had fun on there today checking out pictures and reading about different folks. One interesting thing I have to tell you is ... I was looking at the "friends" of a girl I go to church with to see if she and I had some common friends. Well, to my surprise I saw a picture of Chris's ex-fiancee ( yes he was engaged to someone else before me :-( Anyway, when I saw her I wanted to check out her pictures, but I can't unless I ask her to be my friend and well ... I don't think that's going to happen. Oh well ... that was quite funny. She lives in Georgia and we never run into her around here. What a small world.

Anyway, I have enjoyed hearing from Beth and Christy two childhood friends I started out in Elementary school with. I look forward to hearing more about their families and all that is going on with them.

God bless you all.


"I thank my God in all my remembrance of you. Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel."Philippians 1:3,27

Face book ????

I can't tell you how many times I've been asked to join face book but didn't. Well, after talking to my sister-in-law at supper on Saturday I decided I'd give Face book a try. So far I really don't understand how it works, but I am figuring it out. Blogging is more my style because I understand it and know my way around, however, I am open to check out this face book for a while to see what it's all about. The last time I tried it I deactivated my account in one day, maybe it will be different this time. We'll see. One thing is for sure I love to blog :-)

I went to the cemetery this afternoon to chit chat with my dad. I know his spirit is in heaven, but for now his physical body is buried in that cemetery and so I like to go there to talk. It was hot, but a really nice breeze was blowing while I was there. I tried to tell dad about the things going on right now, but tears were all I had. I miss him so much (and Chris's dad). I told him that I was to young not to have him here with me. I never dreamed he or Frank would be gone so soon. I miss their stories, their smells ... I miss the sound of daddy's loud muffler when he pulled into my driveway. I miss seeing him sitting in the swing when I pull up to mom's. I miss him taking me out back to show me his garden. I miss hearing him brag on mom's cooking. I miss seeing him and Chris out fishing. I miss him asking Olivia where she got her brown eyes. Good and bad I miss every bit of it. My dad wasn't perfect, he had his faults like all of us, but praise God he was a sinner saved by grace and he is in Heaven right now. I am so glad I'll see him again.

"He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces..."Isaiah 25:8

The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful Christian husband. I am so thankful for Chris and for the sweet daddy he is to Olivia. God knew what I needed when he sent me Chris. Happy Father's day to my little girls daddy :-)

Go be a blessing ... on face book or where ever :-)

We had a great week at VBS ( today was our last day). We are resting now. I am definitely not as young as I used to be :-) Lots going on the next several days so I may not be blogging.

Y'all hug your dads and tell them you love them. You never know when the Lord will call them home. Enjoy them this Father's day weekend and always.

Go be a blessing.

I'm sorry, but forgot about finding a cat that doesn't shed. I looked into it and I do NOT want a non-shedding cat. That pour Sphynx is not comparable to my Samson ... oh what was I thinking when I said non-shedding. Check out the Cat Fancier's Association I linked below to see the only non-shedding cat. He's ok, but I like fur :-)