Sunday, December 25, 2011
Checking in!
I've come to the conclusion that the most beautiful word in the English language is the word "benign"! Both biopsies came back benign. Whew! Merry Christmas to everyone! Love yaw'll!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Dammogram
Just had my mammogram. NOW I have to have two, count 'em, two biopsies. One per boob. Ain't that just swell? May be cancer. Maybe not. Worried sick but trying not to show it, ya know? Don't want to be sick and lose my hair. Oh well. I feel like I'm in God's boot camp. Being trained to withstand a bunch of junk either because there is something nasty coming or because He has something rather large for me to do. Guess we'll see.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
WOW!!!
I have GOT to at least hit the highlights of what today's reading in my "the Word For You Today" book says. Are you ready, cuz this blew my socks off!
The reference is Jn 11:39-> Lazarus has been dead for days.
Sometimes when we have a problem we do what Martha and Mary did. We bury it and roll a stone in front of it. Then Jesus comes along and tells us to roll the stone away so that He can deal with it and make us whole again. It takes honesty, humility, and courage to roll away the stone on a stubborn or shameful issue. But you will never become healthy and whole until you are willing to do that. Martha told Jesus, "He stinketh" Yet Jesus said "If you will believe, you will see the glory of God." (Jn 11:40) No matter how far gone our situations are, or how unpleasant and stinky it is, Jesus can turn it around for us! BUT we have to be willing to roll the stone away and allow HIM to work. If we let Him He will give us back what life (and our choices) have taken from us. People may give up on us, but NOT JESUS. We may think it is too late for a miracle, but it's not. If we will believe, we will see the glory of God.
HOLY COW!!! If your sock were not blown off, check your pulse!
The reference is Jn 11:39-> Lazarus has been dead for days.
Sometimes when we have a problem we do what Martha and Mary did. We bury it and roll a stone in front of it. Then Jesus comes along and tells us to roll the stone away so that He can deal with it and make us whole again. It takes honesty, humility, and courage to roll away the stone on a stubborn or shameful issue. But you will never become healthy and whole until you are willing to do that. Martha told Jesus, "He stinketh" Yet Jesus said "If you will believe, you will see the glory of God." (Jn 11:40) No matter how far gone our situations are, or how unpleasant and stinky it is, Jesus can turn it around for us! BUT we have to be willing to roll the stone away and allow HIM to work. If we let Him He will give us back what life (and our choices) have taken from us. People may give up on us, but NOT JESUS. We may think it is too late for a miracle, but it's not. If we will believe, we will see the glory of God.
HOLY COW!!! If your sock were not blown off, check your pulse!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Been a While
Everybody here OK. We are busy with church and other meetings. Walking twice a day for an hour each time. That seems to keep the weight down and I'll find out next Friday how it does on my cholesterol.
I'm on the worship team now. Singing harmony. Loving it. Pastor wants me to lead worship but frankly, my voice is too low for that. Oh well, it IS fun! Donny may be playing bass with us, so that'll be nice. By the way; spell check is not southern. It doesn't like "yaw'll". Says it ain't a word. Doesn't underline "ain't" though. Dam Yankees!
I'm on the worship team now. Singing harmony. Loving it. Pastor wants me to lead worship but frankly, my voice is too low for that. Oh well, it IS fun! Donny may be playing bass with us, so that'll be nice. By the way; spell check is not southern. It doesn't like "yaw'll". Says it ain't a word. Doesn't underline "ain't" though. Dam Yankees!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Happy Anniversary to me.
Yesterday was our anniversary. 24 years. Sometimes it seems like yesterday. Sometimes it seems like forever. We went to Chincoteague. I played in the surf. We walked a trail. Spent more time driving than we did being there. It was nice though. I'm not so depressed when I can hear the surf and smell the salt air. Sometimes wish I lived in the ocean. And yes, I mean IN the ocean. By the way, Happy Birthday to Boo man. You guys make me feel so ancient.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Buttprints in the sand
One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there were seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."
"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."
"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt."
"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."
One set of footprints there were seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."
"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."
"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt."
"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."
Sunday, October 9, 2011
A Great Quote
Here's a great quote:
You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest.
You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.
Look all around you and realize that everything you see is what you have chosen to see. Every thought you think is what you have chosen to think.
Day after day, by your words, your actions, and your thoughts, you have chosen your own path. And that path has brought you to precisely where you are.
Now it is time to choose again. Remember that with each and every choice you make, you determine the details of how your life will proceed.
It is a serious responsibility as well as a wonderful, enormous opportunity. For again and again, you can choose your way toward the life you truly wish to live.
— Ralph Marston
You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest.
You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.
Look all around you and realize that everything you see is what you have chosen to see. Every thought you think is what you have chosen to think.
Day after day, by your words, your actions, and your thoughts, you have chosen your own path. And that path has brought you to precisely where you are.
Now it is time to choose again. Remember that with each and every choice you make, you determine the details of how your life will proceed.
It is a serious responsibility as well as a wonderful, enormous opportunity. For again and again, you can choose your way toward the life you truly wish to live.
— Ralph Marston
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