God's grace

Romans 5:1-2 "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

the grace in which we stand ... those are powerful words to me. God's grace is given freely to all who will accept, to all who will believe. You do not earn it; it is a gift. Jesus died on the cross to pay our sin debt because He loves us. Do you know him today? He won't turn you away? My Jesus, sweet Jesus. Accept his free gift today.

Romans 5:3-5 continues on with more encouragement: "And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

Excerpts from Charles Stanley Intouch.org devotional reading



Continue to pray for baby Anna Grace as she is having heart surgery at this very moment. She is in Charleston having the Norwood procedure. Pray for her and for the doctors. Pray for her mom and dad as this has to be their most difficult day ever. Pray for complete healing and miracles beyond miracles ... to God be the glory.

prayer request

With all the hype of facebook I really don't know if anyone reads this blog. Nonetheless I still write on occasion as I feel the desire. Right now my heart wants to ask you to pray for the heart of one very precious little girl, Anna Grace. She is brand new in this world and is going to have major surgery tomorrow (the Norwood - I believe is the name). I know another child that I asked you all to pray for named Charlotte who also had the same surgery and she is past her first birthday :-) Emma Kate's picture is on the front page of my blog and she is also a "heart baby" who is past her first birthday. I say that because right now is crucial to my friends and their baby. I am sure that the parents are all torn inside as they trust the Lord and then wait for the results ... Please pray for Anna Grace and for Brian and Tina her parents. Pray for their extended family taking care of Anna Grace's big brother, Z. Pray for the doctor's to have wisdom. Pray for God to be glorified through all. Thank you for reading. If you'd like to find out updates you can go straight to Anna Grace's parents web site : .www.baasheepbaa.blogspot.com/

Also if you feel led and want to let them know that you are praying for them I am sure the encouraging words will help during this most trying time. thank you. God bless you.

surgery 6:00 a.m. Monday January 4th, 2010

thoughts

Oh what to write??? Naturally writing about the end of the year and the start of a new year would be a suitable topic considering it is the last day of 2009

Top 10 events of 2009

#1. Homeschooling Olivia (5th grade)

#2. Chris went to Thailand on a mission trip

#3. My grandmother was put in a nursing home

#4. Chris had a good deer season.

#5. Olivia turned 10 (two digits now)

#6. Chris killed a bobcat

#7. Olivia is 3 inches taller than me.

#8. I found out I have high triglycerides

#9. I joined facebook

#10. I turned 40 in December

My New Year's Resolution is to do what Psalm 141:3 " Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips." I want to be the woman Christ created me to be! He knows my strengths and weaknesses and I pray that He will guide my every word and every step. I want many things for myself ... to be thinner, to be healthier, to be smarter ... but why? for my own glory??? oh to be so vain ... I pray to be all He wants me to be and nothing more.

Love and prayers are sent your way because you are my brother or sister in Christ and I care about you. Happy New Year to you and your family from all of us. May the Lord bless your life with joy. Seek Him and you will find Him, for He is already there waiting on YOU.

Merry Christmas with love

Hello sweet readers, if I have any left ??? I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from my heart. I have been extremely busy lately, so much so that I can't believe I am even writing this right now. My schedule has been filled to overflowing and I am exhausted like never before. I am also blessed like never before. This year has seen many changes for our family. I have started homeschooling my sweet 5th grader :) what a new and challenging life style we have. She is two inches taller than me, but still my innocent little girl. She gave up the notion of Santa last year, but we still have fun with Christmas. I love that she is into dolls and likes to play Barbie and American Girl and other little girl things. She is in her second year of piano and plays it like she was born to play it ( I am not bragging, it's true). I am very proud of her talent and thank the Lord for giving her such ability. She is an excellent artist and draws in wonderful dimensions ( I am jealous :) Life is good. Chris is still working at the same computer company and got a promotion to Vice President of Technical Development. He is so smart :) He still enjoys hunting deer in the winter and fishing the rest of the year. I am happy taking care of him and Olivia.

Life is good. The Lord has blessed us with a great family and many wonderful friends. I pray peace for you this Christmas. I am not writing all that I would like to write, because time and energy fail me. Soon ... I hope to ...

Merry Christmas

Prayer request

Dear friends,

Please pray for two, sweet little girls today 12/15 and tomorrow 12/16. One little girl needs to be protected from an abusive situation from her father of all people and today is a critical day. The other little girl needs to be protected from her mother of all people and tomorrow is her court date. I know both of these families and the children involved. I wrote a letter to the court on behalf of one of these girls (at the request of a family member). For their privacy that's all I will say. Just pray that the Lord will intervene and that the court system won't make another mistake that could cause more harm to these precious girls. Thank you for praying.

Will write more later ...

We who believe

With Christmas all the buzz these days I can't help, but think of the lost. You know half the population who will celebrate Christmas. What does it mean to them? I find it so interesting that people who blatantly deny Christ celebrate Christmas. What gives ??? What's the point for them? Could it be that "we who believe" have bought into the commercialism so much that we aren't doing a good job of sharing the true meaning of Christmas with non-believers ? Are we all just going through the motions? Non believers put up Christmas trees and decorations. They go to Christmas plays, Christmas parties and even sing Christmas songs. They Christmas shop and give Christmas gifts. What's the deal? What is Christmas really about anyway? What does Christmas mean to you?

Christ-mas is Christ's birthday, PERIOD...... It is the day our Lord and Savior was born. Jesus Christ came down from heaven as a babe to this earth to show us how to live. To teach us, to deliver us, to love us and ultimately to die for our sins (MINE and YOURS). Yes, we are all sinners. He was sinless. He took the shame of all I have done and will do so I can be made holy, so I can one day enter into the presence of Almighty God. So I can live FOREVER in heaven. People He is REAL. Hell is real. Heaven is real. He is there right now preparing a place for me and all who believe.

Luke 2:10-12 "Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

The Bible tells us in John 3:16 -17 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him."

Romans 5:8-9 "God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him."

Matthew 13:41-42 "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." This is a biblical picture of hell.

John 14: 1-3 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. "

We who believe need to start telling others what we believe. We need to let them know WHY we celebrate Christmas and what it really means. What does it mean to you?

Early Light Devotional - In Touch Ministries - Dr. Charles Stanley 2009

Early Light Devotional - In Touch Ministries - Dr. Charles Stanley 2009

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Happy Thanksgiving

Psalm 100 (1-5)
"Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations."

In memory of my dad, Ray J. Boiter Sr.

3 years ago today I sat by your side, holding your hand as you entered into the presence of our Lord and Saviour Jesus. I am so thankful that you were a Christian and because of that I know I will see you again in heaven. So many memories flood my mind as I look back over my life with you as my dad. You loved me so much, I don't think I realized how much. You were very strict and at the time I didn't appreciate all of the rules. Now I realize that raising a daughter is tough and you wanted to protect me just like I want to protect my little girl. You did a great job!!

Some of my best memories were of us fishing together and getting chocolate milkshakes. I really liked going outside and looking for night crawlers after a rain. Walking through the woods hunting deer tracks was fun and then when I got older and you taught me how to shoot a 38. You were an excellent listener and cared for all of my heart breaks. Our country rides and the stories we shared probably meant the most to me.

Tears fall as I recall happy times. I am happy knowing how much you loved Chris and Olivia. You and Chris were buddies from the beginning and Olivia's big brown eyes melted your heart. Chris is a sweet daddy just like you. He is so good to us and I am thankful that all of us are Christians. This earth is just part of our journey home. We will see you again.

Remembering you today and always ...

Ten Commandments - country style

Ten Commandments


In middle Tennessee they translated the King James into "Jackson County"
language.....no joke (posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in
Gainesboro , TN ) Someone forwarded this to me so I copied and pasted it here to share with my readers.

(1) Just one God
(2) Put nothin' before God
(3) Watch yer mouth
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin'
(5) Honor yer Ma & Pa
(6) No killin'
(7) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal
(8) Don't take what ain't yers
(9) No tellin' tales or gossipin'
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff

Now that's plain an' simple. Y'all have a nice day!

Front porch memories

Looking back on my life I have many fond memories from my front porch swing. I grew up in Startex ( a small mill town with no traffic lights, one school, a post office and many churches). Our house was your typical mill house, two story white house with a porch and a swing. We didn't have air conditioning so the best breeze was found from the porch swing. Our camera had no flash so the best pictures were taken on the swing. Our dog wasn't allowed in the house so I spent time with Sandy on the swing. If I had a splinter my dad would sit with me in the swing and use his pocket knife to get it out. After a rain my mom and I would sit in the swing and enjoy the smell of the air and coolness of the breeze. My brother Steven would push me so hard in the swing that I'd hit the banister. He thought it was funny and I thought it was dangerous. At night when my brothers watched what they liked on the one TV we owned I'd take a blanket and pillow out to the swing and look at the stars and dream. During the day I'd take a hymnal out there and sing songs. Other times I'd take my bible out there and read for hours. Time in the swing was precious. When I started dating many of my dates would end with us sitting in the swing. As I got older me and my parents would have meaningful chats in the swing (there's something about being outside that opens the flood gate of conversation). As a married woman when I'd come home to visit, my dad greeted me from the swing (usually with his pocket knife in hand eating an apple). I'd stop and sit a spell with him before going inside to greet momma. When I'd leave I'd wave bye to him as he'd still be sitting in that swing.

One of our neighbors and friend, Mr. Hendrix made the swing for our family. He used wooden spindles from the mill. If you ride by my mom's house today that swing is still there. When we go visit it's still the favorite spot to sit and talk. Last time we visited I watched from the living room as my Livie sat on the swing with mom's dog Lacy. The memories flooded my mind. Those were the good ole days. I wonder what my daughter will remember as her "good ole days"? Memories are made moment by moment ... make each one count for good.

It's amazing to me how much more I could write about that one swing. I can't think of any other spot that if it could talk ... oh what that swing would have to say. Of all the things my momma owns I have to say that swing is one of the most valuable items. For that swing holds a lifetime of memories as it held so many people that I loved.

In memory of my dad ... he sure loved that swing and I sure loved him.