I'm back....

Hello again my blogging friends! I am back from my week off, if you go to my Momma's site you will know why I took the week off. I don't know if any of you saw the comment that my Momma left the other day on the post below, but she was explaining that I have been sick and that is why I have not posted. I have had a terrible cold that my loving brother wanted to share with me and the rest of the family. All the coughing and siffles that came with it. I am happy to say that I am better and feeling pretty good.

I will be leaving tomorrow sometime to stay with my Grandmother who is taking care of our 1 year old cousin Madison. My sister and I will be staying there until Sunday to help out. So due to that I will not be able to post again until then! Things sure have been busy for us this last week and a half, I wish it would slow down just a bit. :) It sure is glad to be back to posting....even if it is just for a short time. Have a good weekend!!

A week off!!!

Well..I just wanted to let everyone know that I am taking a week off from blogging. I will post again on next Tuesday or Wednesday. Please leave me plenty of comments to come back to....Okay?! Have a good week!

"Grace"

"Something that God does for me, that I could never do for myself, that I could never earn, that I could never pay back."

I heard that definition and loved it!! I wanted to share it with you. It just reminds me of how glad I am to have God's grace!!!

Boggle anyone?

Okay...I thought this would be a fun idea. I want everyone to find words that are 3-letters or more. List as many as you can find. There will be a winner!! There will be no prize, but you will get recognition of winning!

There will be a winner for the most words, and there will be a winner for the longest word. Have fun and enjoy!!!!

P.s. I failed to mention the rules. Thanks for the reminder Bro. Nick!!

The letters must connect in some way. You may go in any direction with the words, however you cannot use the same letter in one word twice. For example....The word -Scheme- if you only had 1 E, you could not do that word. If you get what I mean by that! :) I hope that it's understandable!!

"For the Gospel's Sake."

"And this I do for the gospel's sake..." I Corinthians 9:23

What are you willing to do for the gospel's sake?

There are missionaries who today are in foreign jails because they preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are those that are not even allowed to own a Bible, but do anyway, and get caught and tortured.
We on the other hand have the freedom to own a Bible and to tell others, yet most Christians are afraid of that people might think of they tell some one about Jesus.

For the gospel's sake we should be willing to be disliked by others, for the gospel's sake we should be willing to go through whatever it takes to tell just one person about the Lord.
I would never wish this on anyone, but would you be will to be in a hospital for the furtherance of the gospel? Would you be willing to leave your friends and loved ones behind to tell a lost and dying culture about the love of Christ?

What are you willing to do, for the gospel's sake?

I know this was short and it really is not that good, but I was reading this verse last night and it hit me like a ton of bricks! It really made me rethink somethings in my life. I pray that it was a help to someone.

"That's my child"

1) In the court room
Sits God Almighty
As a judge upon His throne
Holiness is all around Him
As He judges sin and wrong
Satan is the old accuser
As he stands before the King
With his list of accusations
All my sins he tries to bring
As he points accusing fingers
To where I stand before the throne
Then a voice behind me whispers
Child I'm here your not alone
That's my Saviour
My Interceder
And He's standing in my place
As He steps before the Father
He speaks one word
And it is grace

Chorus-
He said that's my child
He is forgiven
See my hands, my side, and feet
With my blood I bought his pardon
That's my child
And he is free
There is now no condemnation
Unto them that are redeemed
With my blood I bought his pardon
That's my child
And he is free.

Isn't that contagious?

I just had to share this picture of my daddy! His smile is just so contagious that when I look at this it makes me giggle and smile. I just thought that maybe if someone was having a down day that they might get a little pick me up from a contagious smile such as this one.

Have a good one!

What your New Year resolution?

Is it it go on a diet and lose weight by this time next year? Is it to be a better citizen? What is your resolution for 2007?

My resolution for 2007 is to be the best Christian that I can be with the help of the Lord. I want to be closer to him this coming year than I ever have before! The Bible says in Psalm 73:28 "it is good for me to draw near to God". A great new years resolution for a lost person is to get saved and become a whole new creature. That would be amazing wouldn't it, to be a complete new person for the up coming year. I am really looking forward to what God is going to do in this up coming year!!!
The way the world is looking Christ's coming is very soon!! There is not that much time left for us here in this world. That is very exciting for the Christian, but very devistating for the lost world.
What is your resolution for 2007?

I am thine O Lord

I am thine , O Lord, I have heard thy voice

And it told Thy love to me;

But I long to rise in the arms of faith,

And be closer drwan to Thee.

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Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,

To the cross where Thou hast died;

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,

To Thy precious bleeding side.

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Consecrate me now to Thy service Lord,

By the power of grace divine;

Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,

And my will be lost in Thine.

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Draw me nearer. nearer, blessed Lord,

To the cross where Thou hast died;

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,

To Thy precious side.

~Fanny J. Crosby

This is a video of Karlee singing deep and wide. Click here to watch.

Merry Christmas!

There is a good chance that I will not have the time to get back on here in the next couple of days. So, I wanted to take the time tonight to tell all my fellow bloggers "Merry Christmas" I wish that I had a picture of a manger scene instead of a tree, but I don't. I pray that all of y'all have most wonderful Christmas!! Enjoy being around your family and eating all the Christmas sweets. Never forget the real reason for Christmas.......Jesus Christ!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

So, so busy!

Well.....where oh where shall I begin. There is a whole lot that we have been doing so I will just go through a few starting on Saturday.
Saturday was our church Christmas party here at the house. There was just so much cooking and other things that needed to be done that day, but with plenty of help from my Aunt and our youth leaders wife....it all got done in time! The party went really well....we had a blast! We played a game or two, everyone seemed to have a really good time.
Monday (yesterday) we (as in my mother and I) went Christmas shopping for the family. I was the only one that could go with my mother due to the fact that I know all of my gifts. No, no...I did not peek, I picked them out!! The items that I wanted had to be picked out by me because my momma would have never remembered what it was. :) After 4 long hours of shopping we went home and wrapped all the gifts....which in itself took a good deal of time. When my brother came home from work last night he asked my mom to do some more shopping....except for this time it was HIS shopping that she was doing. So....me being that one that knows what I am getting was told to come along again.......at 9:00 p.m!!!! We were at the store for 2 hours this time. We got home shortly after 11:00 and started to wrap gifts once more. Let's say it was just a late night!!!! :)
Today we went to my Grandmothers house to help with the Christmas baking. I was supposed to help, but I ended up with a really bad headache after we got there. Grandma had plenty of help though, Momma, Michelle, and my Aunt Latisha. There was alot that got done tonight.

Well....that sums up the past few days of my life! How was your weekend?

A photo slide show.

I created this this morning and thought that I would share it with y'all. Hope y'all enjoy!!