Monday, August 4, 2008
beth moore simulcast
i want to hear all about your weekend at the simulcast. tell me about everything. please fill me in how God spoke to you. i bet is was just awesome. if anyone knows how many women across the country were there let me know.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Such a stinker!!
My grandson turned one June 26th. We bought him a little tykes slide and swing mainly because he likes to swing but as it turns out he likes the slide better. Climbing up the slide the wrong way is the funnest part.
I was telling my husband the other day that on the days I have our grandson i noticed i worry very little because i am so busy and in awe of taking care of the little guy that my usual list of worries are not front and center. He walks in in the morning and takes over my heart and mind every time. We found out he is a sponge. After changing him one evening last week, he got up off the floor grabbed his folded up diaper and carried it from the family room into the kitchen, opened our garbage drawer and tossed the diaper in the garbage like he was spiking a football. : ) We were watching him from behind with our eyes like saucers and mouths open, grinning from ear to ear. We just couldn't believe it. He was so proud of himself he repeatedly pulled it off the top and kept putting it in again and again. Our first thought was are they making this one year old throw away his own diaper? How does he know to do this? I asked my daughter if this is what they do, my daughter cracked up, she couldn't believe it and responded with a big 'NO'. So she put it to the test at her house, different house, different layout, different cupboard. He first put it in with the pans, that didn't look right to him, then he put it under the kitchen sink, still not right then he found the right place and proudly plunked it in the garbage. The little stinker.
Obviously he is watching...everything we do. I take the cushions of the couch off and place them in front of the fireplace and cover sharp corners. The couch is perfect height for him to climb up and down, up and down, up and down. When he spills things on the couch i grab a wipe and clean up...yep you guessed it that is what he did...such a stinker.
His first word was dad then daddy then on to the dog...eee for doggie then that changed to bugheee then finally budeeee. He says ''mom' only when he wants to. He says 'hi' when the phone rings or when passing people and once in a while he will respond 'ya' when asked a question like 'do you want a bottle?...ya" I am so amazed again 21 years after going thru this with his mom, my first. He has such wonder in his eyes. His heart just loves. He is so pure. He doesn't know about all the bad stuff that changes us, stuff that comes into our lives that we didn't ask to come that affects our heart and minds. I just want to shelter him from all of it. The world he was born into is so, so much worse than the world his mom came into. I have serious concerns for his little mind and heart.
I just love him so. I can't even put my love for him into words. My heart is full, running over, spilling on the floor. Love, love, love everywhere love. I want everything good for him. I want him to be happy, to always know he is loved and cherished.
Paramount is that I want him to know Jesus. Not the Jesus he may hear as swear word the world will tell him about. Jesus the name above all names, the name that has the power to save our souls from eternal hell. The name of the holy one that died on the cross and rose on the third day as prophesy predicted hundreds of years earlier, the one the children shouted "Hosanna to the Son of David"*as he rode on that donkey fulfilling the words "out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies Thou has established strength"
Ps. 8:2 Matt. 21:15&16. Jesus used the words of little children to proclaim his entrance into Jerusalem. The chief priests and scribes...the wisest bible scholars of the day said to Jesus "do you hear what they are saying?" referring to the children. They wanted Jesus to shut them up. They were proclaiming something that was blasphemy. Jesus responded... yes. Don't you just have a big YES in your spirit. YES FOR THE CHILDREN. YES FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN. They got it. They knew. I want my grandson to know.
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN,
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
RED AND YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE,
THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SITE,
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
*"Hosanna to the Son of David!" means, "The Son of David is our salvation! Hooray for the king! Salvation belongs to the king!"
I was telling my husband the other day that on the days I have our grandson i noticed i worry very little because i am so busy and in awe of taking care of the little guy that my usual list of worries are not front and center. He walks in in the morning and takes over my heart and mind every time. We found out he is a sponge. After changing him one evening last week, he got up off the floor grabbed his folded up diaper and carried it from the family room into the kitchen, opened our garbage drawer and tossed the diaper in the garbage like he was spiking a football. : ) We were watching him from behind with our eyes like saucers and mouths open, grinning from ear to ear. We just couldn't believe it. He was so proud of himself he repeatedly pulled it off the top and kept putting it in again and again. Our first thought was are they making this one year old throw away his own diaper? How does he know to do this? I asked my daughter if this is what they do, my daughter cracked up, she couldn't believe it and responded with a big 'NO'. So she put it to the test at her house, different house, different layout, different cupboard. He first put it in with the pans, that didn't look right to him, then he put it under the kitchen sink, still not right then he found the right place and proudly plunked it in the garbage. The little stinker.
Obviously he is watching...everything we do. I take the cushions of the couch off and place them in front of the fireplace and cover sharp corners. The couch is perfect height for him to climb up and down, up and down, up and down. When he spills things on the couch i grab a wipe and clean up...yep you guessed it that is what he did...such a stinker.
His first word was dad then daddy then on to the dog...eee for doggie then that changed to bugheee then finally budeeee. He says ''mom' only when he wants to. He says 'hi' when the phone rings or when passing people and once in a while he will respond 'ya' when asked a question like 'do you want a bottle?...ya" I am so amazed again 21 years after going thru this with his mom, my first. He has such wonder in his eyes. His heart just loves. He is so pure. He doesn't know about all the bad stuff that changes us, stuff that comes into our lives that we didn't ask to come that affects our heart and minds. I just want to shelter him from all of it. The world he was born into is so, so much worse than the world his mom came into. I have serious concerns for his little mind and heart.
I just love him so. I can't even put my love for him into words. My heart is full, running over, spilling on the floor. Love, love, love everywhere love. I want everything good for him. I want him to be happy, to always know he is loved and cherished.
Paramount is that I want him to know Jesus. Not the Jesus he may hear as swear word the world will tell him about. Jesus the name above all names, the name that has the power to save our souls from eternal hell. The name of the holy one that died on the cross and rose on the third day as prophesy predicted hundreds of years earlier, the one the children shouted "Hosanna to the Son of David"*as he rode on that donkey fulfilling the words "out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies Thou has established strength"
Ps. 8:2 Matt. 21:15&16. Jesus used the words of little children to proclaim his entrance into Jerusalem. The chief priests and scribes...the wisest bible scholars of the day said to Jesus "do you hear what they are saying?" referring to the children. They wanted Jesus to shut them up. They were proclaiming something that was blasphemy. Jesus responded... yes. Don't you just have a big YES in your spirit. YES FOR THE CHILDREN. YES FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN. They got it. They knew. I want my grandson to know.
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN,
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
RED AND YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE,
THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SITE,
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
*"Hosanna to the Son of David!" means, "The Son of David is our salvation! Hooray for the king! Salvation belongs to the king!"
Thursday, July 17, 2008
HOT - HOT - HOT
here in the mitten state we are pretending we are a southern state. yesterday we hit 88 and today they predict 90 and tomorrow 91. we have high humidity and the heat index is way up. i love the heat. i don't know how i would be with a steady diet of it but when it hits here i generally do yard work outside and sweat like a pig. go figure?! yesterday i was outside picking up tree debris out of the grass in the back yard. we had little leaves, wood chips, little sticks, big sticks all over the yard. i probably looked like a crazy woman hand picking in my grass in the heat no less. it looks allot better. what i was really doing was enjoying the HEAT. being hot and sweaty is different than experiencing hot flashes love the heat hate the hot flashes.
remember when i first started blogging? we had allot of trees taken down. three large ones in the back yard and 2 in the front. we just had the tree roots ground out again only in a wider area, filled in the pool area and planted grass seed. i love trees but i hate the roots that make my yard bumpy and dangerous to walk in the yard. it will be nice to have a square yard back as opposed to having this circle in the middle to cut around. we want to put of a privacy fence and are going to get estimates. you know what they say...good fences make good neighbors. i long for the day when i can walk in my yard and not be on display and watched. . that one little sentence can be taken in so many negative ways but i will make it anyway because it is true and i know my heart and my neighbors. i love people. i love to show people the love of the Lord. i just want to be by myself in my own space and not be on display.
with that said here is an email of senior jokes.....hope they make you laugh!
SISTERS: -
Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath.
She puts her foot in and pauses.
She yells to the other sisters, 'Was I getting in or out of the bath?' The 94-year-old yells back, 'I don't know. I'll come up and see.'
She starts up the stairs and pauses 'Was I going up the stairs or down?' The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters.
She shakes her head and says, 'I sure hope I never get that forgetful, knocking on the wood table for luck. Then she yells, 'I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door.'
__________________________________________
'I CAN HEAR JUST FINE!'
Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day.
One remarked to the other, 'Windy, isn't it?' 'No,' the second man replied, 'it's Thursday.' And the third man chimed in, 'So am I. Let's have a beer.' _______________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LADY:
A little old lady was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say 'Supers*x.'
She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair. Flipping her gown at him, she said, 'Supers*x.' He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, 'I'll take the soup.' _____________________________________________________________________
OLD FRIENDS:
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures.
Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, 'Now don't get mad at me .. I know we've been friends for a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is' Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, 'How soon do you need to know?' __________________________________________________________
SENIOR DRIVING: -
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, 'Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!' 'Heck,' said Herman, 'It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!' _______________________________________________________________________
DRIVING:-
Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself 'I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light.' After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection and the light was red again. Again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was getting nervous. At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, 'Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a! row? You could have killed us both!' Mildred turned to her and said, 'Oh, crap, am I driving ?'
hugs to you all.
remember when i first started blogging? we had allot of trees taken down. three large ones in the back yard and 2 in the front. we just had the tree roots ground out again only in a wider area, filled in the pool area and planted grass seed. i love trees but i hate the roots that make my yard bumpy and dangerous to walk in the yard. it will be nice to have a square yard back as opposed to having this circle in the middle to cut around. we want to put of a privacy fence and are going to get estimates. you know what they say...good fences make good neighbors. i long for the day when i can walk in my yard and not be on display and watched. . that one little sentence can be taken in so many negative ways but i will make it anyway because it is true and i know my heart and my neighbors. i love people. i love to show people the love of the Lord. i just want to be by myself in my own space and not be on display.
with that said here is an email of senior jokes.....hope they make you laugh!
SISTERS: -
Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath.
She puts her foot in and pauses.
She yells to the other sisters, 'Was I getting in or out of the bath?' The 94-year-old yells back, 'I don't know. I'll come up and see.'
She starts up the stairs and pauses 'Was I going up the stairs or down?' The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters.
She shakes her head and says, 'I sure hope I never get that forgetful, knocking on the wood table for luck. Then she yells, 'I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door.'
__________________________________________
'I CAN HEAR JUST FINE!'
Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day.
One remarked to the other, 'Windy, isn't it?' 'No,' the second man replied, 'it's Thursday.' And the third man chimed in, 'So am I. Let's have a beer.' _______________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LADY:
A little old lady was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say 'Supers*x.'
She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair. Flipping her gown at him, she said, 'Supers*x.' He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, 'I'll take the soup.' _____________________________________________________________________
OLD FRIENDS:
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures.
Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, 'Now don't get mad at me .. I know we've been friends for a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is' Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, 'How soon do you need to know?' __________________________________________________________
SENIOR DRIVING: -
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, 'Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!' 'Heck,' said Herman, 'It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!' _______________________________________________________________________
DRIVING:-
Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself 'I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light.' After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection and the light was red again. Again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was getting nervous. At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, 'Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a! row? You could have killed us both!' Mildred turned to her and said, 'Oh, crap, am I driving ?'
hugs to you all.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Out of the Mud and Mire
It's been a whole 2 months and 2 days since I have blogged. It seems like forever in my book. There has been a lot of family "activity" going on in my life. Some good and some not so good. It's the not so good that precipitated me to stop blogging. I told a fellow blogger that I was pushed into the pit and then I jumped in with both feet, and that is were I have been living for the last 2 months busy decorating the walls of my pit. So a little embarrassed that I reentered that place yet another time I just put off blogging again. I thought now what is my first post going to be? What do I want to say? What do I not want to say?
I need to say I am sorry for jumping in...again. I want to say thanks for all your prayers and comments and friends lurking and checking in on me. I want to not get personal and say what threw me into the pit but I am going to say this, God has been there with me. He has been my sustainer and comforter. Jesus is my Lord, I want to declare my love for Him and am so glad He is patient with me.
~janel
Monday, May 12, 2008
Lord, prop us up.
Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, "Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side. " After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently. He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this...I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time, it's withstood a lot of weather, it's gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years. It's still standing. But one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall. Then I got to thinking about that and how much I was like that old barn. I've been around a long time. I've withstood a lot of life's storms I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times, and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning, at times. Sometime we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leani ng toward hatred, leaning toward wrong language, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't. So we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side, so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.
Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, "Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side. " After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently. He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this...I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time, it's withstood a lot of weather, it's gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years. It's still standing. But one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall. Then I got to thinking about that and how much I was like that old barn. I've been around a long time. I've withstood a lot of life's storms I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times, and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning, at times. Sometime we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leani ng toward hatred, leaning toward wrong language, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't. So we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side, so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.
If you stare at this barn for a couple of seconds you will see who will help us stand straight and tall again.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
ramblings
UPDATE: the dermatologist says we need to see a plastic surgeon. they are the ones to remove the cancer. i didn't know. so he referred us to one but we don't know this guy. i myself have been to the karmanos cancer institute in detroit and have confidence in them, so i'm contacting them.
dermatologist closed today so no records can be faxed until i call tomorrow. the wheels of medicine just move so slowly. (taking a big sigh)
Never talk about religion and politics! Not on my blog because it is my blog and I'm the boss of my blog. I used to tell my kids "I'm the boss of the applesauce", I got that from an old neighbor, she was a little fruity! :)
Michigan is a MESS from the governor on down to the city of Detroit. I know you all have seen the "s*x and text" scandal. We have made the world news many times now. It is so so sad. Kuame Kilpatrick brings up his "christian" beliefs all the time and it is so sad because he is giving christianity a bad rap. He has done the people of Detroit such ill service and I think he should resign. The people who live in the city deserve much better and i think a lot of them don't even think so. He is a very self serving, arrogant, insecure man (my opinion). I really feel bad for him and more for his family. I also feel bad for Christine Beatty who was his now x-l*ver. They both perjured themselves so as to keep their adulterous relationship a secret. It will be interesting to see if his high powered attorneys get him off and see what her little attorney will do for her.
Believe it or not, the schools of Detroit used to be a model for the nation. In the 50's, 60's and 70's things were very good. My husband is a product of the 70's. He took every drafting class they offered, drafting I-VII. Those classes prepared him for his life career. Today they can't even get the books stored in some building to the schools and into the student's hands. It is a MESS. They keep replacing the school superintendent and pay them big money and nothing ever changes.
Businesses are leaving Michigan right and left. Many are moving to Mexico and a lot are moving out of state. No matter how you cut it our governor can't seem to keep things here. This is her second term in office, i found that shocking, and the bleeding continues. I hope there will be a Michigan left when she is done. Our state has so much beauty. I don't have any answers. I do think tourism should be a focus more than it is, but if you don't have any money i don't know how you can get things done. Our governor has been on the tv lately saying basically, I'm looking into this, I'm looking into that, but for me the buck stops with her. How did/could she let us get in this situation. In the past she has blamed the previous governor but she has now had a term and 1/2 to clean things up and Michigan is in very bad shape. I'll be glad she is gone when her term is up.
I had to laugh at one of our local news anchors. They were talking about the President's stimulus package. She looked at the anchor next to her and said "spend it? I thought they wanted us to save it". HELLO?
i hate captializing all the time on this blog, i tried it this time, and i don't think i'm going to continue.
gas here is now $3.57/gallon, where is it going to end? i almost never fill up my suv. i just put in enough to get me to the next payday. i would love to sell it but who would buy it now?
our church just announced on sunday the need to build and improve all three of it's campus'. on the day they kick off the projects, they are bringing in albert mohler to speak at all 4 of the services. our pastor has asked him to consider giving 4 different messages. no answer yet but it is going to be awesome to hear him in person.
we had 2 baptisims on sunday, both adults. they each gave their personal testimonies, tears flowed. we have a wall in our church with the names of people we wish would come to to know Christ. It has been there since 2005. one of the people baptised on sunday was a person whose name WAS on that wall. Glory to God!
my husband just had a growth taken off his shoulder/neck area. it was basil cell carcenoma and they will now go back and remove more to get "good borders" pray with me that this dermotologist does it well! fyi, he is/was a red head, freckles, never wears sunscreen or a hat and is 51. we really need to take this prevention a little more seriously.
http://www.webmd.com/melanoma-skin-cancer/basal-cell-carcinoma
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Lord I Lift My " _______ " to you
this is to all of you who know someone, it may be a son, daughter, nephew, niece, neighbor, co-worker who is not walking with the Lord and has become as the song says a puppet to the world. Our hearts are heavy, things are spinning out of control and we can do nothing but lift them up to the Lord in prayer.
spring cleaning
spring is here in michigan, although we did have flurries on sunday. my brother informed me michigan has a record on the books as having snow fall here for every day in the month of april. after experiencing the winter we just got through, that information sent me into a bug eyed 'WHAT?' ! please no , not this year.
the grass is greening, not completely there yet, and the sun shines much more and the days are longer and warmer. glory! with that pronouncement i have started some spring cleaning. it really began at my mom's. i cleaned her den. wiped down the walls, cleaned the chair rail and base boards. cleaned he light fixture and vacuumed. have to get to the book shelves and closet. i get a lot of satisfaction in cleaning. i better preface that with, when i do clean. doesn't it always seem more fun to clean someone else's stuff than your own. it does for me. it reminds me that isn't it easier to point out someone else's problems, sin and junk than our own. we just seem to get "satisfaction" at the knowing their issues and how they should fix them.
cleaning mom's den spurned me on to cleaning our family room. i did it in the same fashion and that was everything got dusted. i use that term "dusted" loosely because i hate to throw dust back into the air. my rag has to have something on it to trap the sneezy stuff. i have yet to "dust" the top of the armoire and wipe down inside my air vents. i really want to have a company come out and suck the vents. we get advertisements all the time and i really think it would keep the dust down.
back to my spring cleaning. my kitchen and family room open up to each other so that is my next project. i want to run all my "fine china" through the dishwasher and maybe rearrange things to make better use of space. i love my good dishes and i can't remember when i used them last. i need to change that.
i just looked at my stemware and the dust on them is greasy hiding the true lustre of the bright olive green they once were. dust and dirt know no boundaries just like the sin in our lives. if we don't keep it cleaned up it will take over and dull the lustre we were meant to have. we really need to stay current with Him. it is hard work. 2 cor 10: 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. . it begins there doesn't it, right in our minds. it can be dirty and greasy and the work makes us sweat but the benefits of our sweat equity is we are clean before Him standing as shining vessels reflecting the lustre he created us to be ready for Him to fill us up and use us.
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