She's in Heaven!

I have been gone a few days again, my husbands mother died early Friday morning at 2am. She has been very sick, it was a surprise that it happened when it did, but we knew it would not be long. So we just got in from Oklahoma and she is with Jesus now rejoicing and no longer sick. It is bitter sweet, it's hard to let them go.

Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and support.

It Matters

I am reminded daily of how each and every day I am more aware of how it is all about Him. Every day, every moment, it is about Him.

When I wake up, He woke me up, when I go to work, He blessed me with my job, when I interact with someone, He created them, when my children call, they were Gifts from Him, when I am driving, He blessed me with a car that was made from the things he created and the wisdom man had to build it came from Him.

The ability to drive came from him and when I eat, He is the one who created the seed, the plants, the fish, the fowl, the cattle. The love I have for my husband came from Him for He is love, everywhere around me, the people I work with, He formed them in their mothers womb, the bed I sleep on has cotton in it that came from a sheep He created, the pillow I lay my head on, the materials came from animals, plants, the bed came from wood from a tree God created!!

Everything!! was made from things He created, the stars in the sky, the wind that blows my hair, the water I drink. So now the question I ask myself now, is how do I act, react, think, speak, pray, live, eat, touch love? It all matters. It matters.

Glory to God, everything belongs to Him, every little detail!! He's amazing!!

Growing Strong

Some gifts you can give this Christmas are beyond monetary value: Mend a quarrel, dismiss suspicion, tell someone, "I love you." Give something away--anonymously. Forgive someone who has treated you wrong. Turn away wrath with a soft answer. Visit someone in a nursing home. Apologize if you were wrong. Be especially kind to someone with whom you work. Give as God gave to you in Christ, without obligation, or announcement, or reservation, or hypocrisy.

Charles Swindoll

Many things happened this year that I wasn't expecting, but again I know in whom I believe and I know He watches over me....

I found out a few months ago my daughter is a lesbian, and she married another woman. I was in total shock. I never in a million years would have thought she would be in this relationship much less take it to this level. She was in the ministry with us for years and knows the Word. I don't really understand.

So you know what I did. I cried, I got some wise counsel, and took it to God, then did the only thing I could do. I chose to love her anyway. She is still my baby girl, I love her so much. I pray for her day and night, sometimes in the wee hours when I wake up. God knows and He has shown me it is for Him to work out cause I can't fix anyone or make them be who I want them to be, all I can do it pray they become who He created them to be.

I also found out this year, my other daughter and her baby boy left my son in law. She finally told me, she thought I would be disappointed. I could never be disappointed in her, when she hurts, I hurt. Thru all of this and while Chuck was home recuperating from the cancer procedure, she came over and prayed to accept Christ as her personal savior. We thought she had accepted Christ years ago as a child, but she said she had never actually prayed and asked Him into her heart.

She has since went back to her husband but at this point, it is a constant struggle for her, she is unhappy and I don't know from day to day what is going to happen. Again, I take it to the one who has the answers, that is all I can do, is pray, love her and hang in there with her.

My son I found out was going thru counseling this year and struggling with issues in his life. I thought he had everything together and everything was wonderful. He is so amazing and so loved by everyone. You never know what's behind the eyes of someone you know and love.

So as I read this quote by Charles Swindol at the front of this post, I was reminded, there are many around us hurting. Alot of times we focus on our hurt, we look inwardly, not outwardly. I have become stronger thru all my struggles..

Today, I pray for your family and for mine this year, may God be with you in the valleys and on the mountaintops!!

Our Greatest Need

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator;

If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist;

If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist;

If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer;

But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior.