I've finished

This is sewed seed beads. You know those largest cross stitch clothe things. Instead of cross stitching them I sew in sead beads. This piece has over thirty thousand beads that I sewed one at a time. I have been sewing on this for about three months. And tonight I finished. Willard and David both helped me glue it on a 14x14 board etc.. Hey I finished.

God Bless

Birthdays

Willard is older today. Happy birthday to my wonderful husband.

You will notice that Willard's eyes look a little swollen. That's because they are. Willard has poison ivy all over his face and on his eye lids.
Poor Willard has to suffer on his birthday.

Also today is my niece's Katy's birthday. Happy birthday to her. She is a not so long ago new mom too.

Happy birthday and God Bless Katy

Also Happy birthday to Lesley today( No photo). She is Willard's nephew's Gary wife.

Happy birthday To you all and may God bless each one of you and may each of you have a wonderful birthday.

God Bless

Bible lessons are going well

I can hardly believe how well the Bible lessons at the nursing home is going. All the residents of the home are joining in and giving there opinions it has been a good time for all. The time just flies by and it's 11.00 ( time for one of the residents TV show, The price is right.) One of the men told the funniest thing today. We were talking about how women are just about equal to men these days. He was telling about him and his wife when they were younger. Both worked and payed equally on the bills. His wife's car had broken down and was not worth fixing so he brought her a new one. A few months went by and one week he did not draw as much at work as normal because he was out a day sick. He lacked $20.00 in having enough to pay the car payment and asked his wife if she had any money, explaining what he needed it for. His wife informed him that she did not. when asked was she sure, because he really did need that $20.00 for the payment. She once again said no, that she had no money. He went to the kitchen to get his lunch bag and headed off to work. As he walked down the hallway to go out, he noticed a roll of bills in a rubber band. Unrolling the money he counted $40.00. Excepting that the Lord had heard his prayer. He took $20.00 and went by the dealership and made the payment. That afternoon when he arrived home, his wife was not home from work yet. So he started cooking supper. When she arrived home he watch as she frantically opened one draw after another, looked under all the furniture, etc. Finally she turned to him and asked him had he seen any money. He told her yes he had, and explained that it was a gift from God, and that he made the car payment and kept the other $20.00. He then said to her after all she said you had no money, so it couldn't be hers.

Hey if this is not funny to you, then you had to be there.

God Bless.

The devil knocks you back

Have you ever noticed that after you pray and pray about something and finally God answers the prayer. Then that's when the devil just knocks you down again, with another problem or event that shakes your perspective of what you life ought to be. I won't say what, But my hope for the way things ought to go, got shaken yesterday. You know that kind of thing that you feel like just giving up, and finding a cave some where and hiding in it. But it's then that I know that the God of creation that I serve, is by my side and He knows all my sadness, all my fears and all my disappointments.

It's at these times that I pray in sincerity that all the earth could know this wonderful God. Feel His love, and know the comfort that He brings. God is there in the good times, but He is even closer in the bad ones.

So when that old devil gives you a push, push back with the strength that our Almighty God has given you in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ.

God Bless

nature's mishaps

I know you can't tell very well, because the sun is shining through this tree. But there are no leaves on this tree at all. It is covered by what my friend Frances calls worm webs. I am serious, it is covered every branch on the tree. I have never seen anything like it.

And I just thought that maybe some one out there has seen it before and can tell me why the worms chose this one tree to be on.

Thanks and God bless.

Finally

Finally, finally, finally. The day that I have been pleading, nagging, fighting and arguing about for a few years now. You see I have wanted David to further his education ever since he got out of high school. But you all know how young people can be. Well some of them that is. They think they already know all they need to know and can make a life for themselves with out going to any other higher learning schools. After all they just finished 13 years of education and They are tired of hitting the books etc.

Finally after a few failed jobs and finding out that a high school education alone was not going to get him very far, David is starting today at Fayetteville Tect.

I feel like I have won the lottery or something.

Please join me in the prayer that David will stick to it and earn his certificate for CNA. 1 and pray with me that he will want to go even further and get #2. and even further and become a RN.

Thank each of you for praying with me for David. I know without a shadow of doubt that only our prayers and God's grace has gotten David this far. So thanks so very much.

May God Bless each one of you in return.

A trashed planet

No this is not an IGA add. Some of you may think that I am silly for buying and totting those grocery bags to and from the grocery store. Well I have not always been a, let's say ""green"" person. That was until I saw a documentary on plastic products and their effect on our planet. Plastic have been in our society as convenient throw aways, since the early sixties, when the first plastic loaf bread bag was made. And all the manufacturing companies then followed suit and put their products in those plastic containers that are filling our dumps, landfills, and many other places where they have no business being. Our generation is slowly destroying this planet with our trash. After you look at this site, I hope that each of you will also become more concerned about the garbage pit that we all are leaving for our children and their children and so on. One person can make a difference. Let that one person be you too. Please look at this site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBO-c5GMDQ

God Bless

Pears

OK, now I'm tired, I was given about two bushels of pears yesterday. Willard, David, Amy and I pealed, cut, sliced and diced every one of them. I ended up with beautiful jars of half pears, diced pears and of course pear perserves.

Thank You Lord for all the many blessings you give all of us

Justin's birthday

August 22nd is my grandson's Justin's birthday. I don't have a picture of Justin that is even close to how he may look now, so I won't put one. You see Michael my son's ex wife has the children. And I don't know where they are. I don't think Michael even sees them any more.

You grandmothers that see your grandchildren real often are blessed.

So here's to Justin where ever you are. HAPPY BIRTHDAY have a most joyful day. And know that granny loves you.

God Bless love,hugs,kisses

Until then,

Until then, We will all keep on living our lives the best way we know how. And we will try to serve the lord the best way we can. We are all in the same life struggles, until the Lord Jesus comes. So until then,
God Bless

From Angela

Surgery date was set today to 9/28 (I am putting it off until I finish this semester at school). It will be at 7:30 a.m. on that day and I will be in the hospital a few days afterwards. I will be at St. Mary's hospital in Richmond, VA.

Thanks for letting us know. We will be praying for you.

From Angela

I am going in for back surgery. They are removing the herniated disk and using bone from the bone bank to fuse the other disks together. Don't have a surgery date set yet but I will let you know when."

Angela you will be in my prayers, and I pray the prayers of all that read this.

God Bless

Just human

Just human, that's all we are. Some people reflect on people in the Bible and try to make them more perfect than they were.

Take Abraham for instance, He disobeyed God when he took Lot with him. He dismissed God's promise that a nation would come out of him and Sarah, when he took Hagar. I could go on and on, but God didn't look for the perfect man, He looked at a man that had faith in Him. Even though that faith slipped some, he still was a faithful servant to the Lord.

And take Noah for instance. He spent years building that ark, daily facing ridicule from all the people. Have you ever given any thought that some of those people ridiculing him, were his own family members and friends. He went though all that, plus stayed on the ark for a little over a year. Then when all was done, he planted a vineyard grew the grapes, made wine and got drunk.

OK, I can hear some of you right now, (( He didn't know it had turned to wine, He thought it was grape juice)) Well to disagree, which I often do. I think that he knew it was fortified and this 'one time' instead of using it for cough medicine or a pain reliever, he got drunk. He slipped, for a moment in time he was not perfect.

I'm writing this because each one of us need to know that, God already knows we're not perfect. God knows we make mistakes. I could name most of the names in the Bible and could show you mistakes that most every one of those great people in the Bible made.

So quit beating yourself up when you make a mistake. This doesn't mean go out and sin on purpose, no! It means simply. God sees your faults and He loves you anyway. So when you make a mistake, Talk to the Lord about it. confess your sins, He is quick to forgive. God loves each and every one of us, So much that He gave his Son, Jesus Christ so that when ""not if"" when we make mistakes we can be forgiven. You see Christ's Blood was shed in a one time for all time sacrifice. And it's still working today.

God Bless

Don't send a man to the grocery store

Lady's you have got to see this. It is so funny.
click on the site below


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFRUSTiFUs


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Teach me Lord

The Bible study at the nursing home is going real well. And as expected I am learning just as much from them as they are from me. These old saints have been reading and studying the Bible far longer than I have.

I know one thing for sure, as humans we are all still babes when it comes to the wisdom that is in the word of God. Most things are left a mystery. We wait to be taught by God the rest. And that's the reason I wrote this poem, If we humans want to learn more about God. then we have to let God teach us. And only by a close relationship with Him are we ever to learn.

Teach me Lord
Teach me to serve you lord, teach me how it’s done.
Teach me how to serve you better for I have just begun.
Teach me, for I am but a babe and I don‘t know that much.
And I need you to lead me Lord with your guiding touch.
I need you Precious Lord, to help me along the way.
Through the darkness of this life into the light of day.
Be with me Oh Mighty God and help me in my sorrow.
That I may be a shining light for You when comes tomorrow.
Show me the path to follow as I stumble through this life.
And when I fall please help me up out of all my strife.
Extend Your hand from Heaven and lift me up so high.
And let me see Your Glory, when on Your name I cry.
Joan G*****
5-23-2006

God Bless

Kay's Birthday

August the 18Th is Kay's birthday. Happy Birthday Kay. I wish you a day of joy and happiness. May God bless you this day and all year long.

Our mouths

It's kind of peculiar that I'm coming out with this message that's been on my mind for a few days now, Because it was our Sunday school lesson this morning. I know so many people that will praise God one minute and curse out of that same mouth the very next minute. The third chapter of James talks about such people. I wish each of the people that I have on my mind would read it. But sadly, I doubt that they even pick up their Bible to read them, if indeed they even own a Bible. One asks for prayer often and talks about how God has been so good to them, while talking about getting drunk the rest of the time. One of the people I know will tell me, God bless you. and the most awful language comes out of their mouths most other times. And the part I can't understand is, Some of these people claim to be Christians. Now I'll not lie, I have let some choice words come out of my mouth, especially when I'm mad. I am so very sorry when it happens. I repent for it, because I know it's wrong. So it's not a lifestyle thing at all with me. But some people do have a lifestyle of using fowl language and yet claim to love Christ.

I don't have all the answers. But I do know that God will judge every idle word that we utter.

God Bless. love, hugs kisses

Jesus , the only way

I was listening to the radio this morning. And what I heard nearly broke my heart. It seems that a certain denomination of churches, which I won't name, have embraced same sex marriage. But that wasn't the worse, according to what I heard on the radio, they are now saying there is more than one way to Heaven, and that you don't have to be a born again Christian to go to Heaven. As they say the devil's in the details. It seems that the devil is getting stronger and stronger in our churches. For a Christian church to state that people don't need Christ to go to Heaven, is just outrageous. and so untrue. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

In fact Jesus stated very firmly that if one should try any other way, he is like a thief in the night.

John 10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

And it's a liar that would tell you that Jesus is not the only way, and they are a thief all so because they are stealing the truth. and trying to make a liar of of Christ Himself.

So please listen to this advice, Any person or denomination of a church or any other organization, that tells you same sex marriage is OK, or tells you Christ is not the only way to Heaven. Turn away from them, find you a place where the truth is told. in another church another organization, that teach the truth. Don't let them destroy your soul with their lies.

God Bless , love hugs kisses

A message from Pastor Donald Glover

Pastor Donald Glover , Willard's nephew with a message for all of us. \
Just click on here ____Fusion 2.0

God bless, love hugs kisses

Just felt like singing

I just feel like singing this morning. Hey how about singing along with me.

God bless love hugs and kisses

Laura

August 14th is Laura's birthday

God bless, love hugs kisses

Hunter's birthday

August 13th is Hunter's birthday.

Hunter is Jean's grandson.

David got in,

David finaly got registered at Fayetteville technical . I am so thankful to God for this . He starts his classes in two weeks.

Habits

I don't know if some very Intelligent person has ever said this or not . but if not they should have .

Bad habits are hard to break, while good habits are hard to keep.

I know someone had bound to have said this. But I thought of some of my bad habits this morning and thought how hard it was to break myself from them. while some things that I need to be doing are hard to keep doing. So that's that, and if you find anyone who has said this as a quote, please let me know.

Susan's quote of the day

todays is.....In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back of the book....Charlie Brown...lol....

Who's on our side

I received a statement in the mail yesterday. It was a list of the new APR . 25.24% on purchases and a whopping 27.15% if you get cash.

And now we know who will be paying for all the people that over used their cards, The ones also whom had little choice because of the economy. And the one that went bankrupted and their dept was null and void.

Now the credit card company is not going to take the loss, So of course they are passing it down to their clients that can still afford to pay their bills.

That credit card company , is not interested in your troubles . They don't care that you are having to do without many things because of the economy and the high prices out there. NO, NO, all they care about is their own Corporate headquarter big wigs and the bonus checks. gotta keep getting those!

It's the same in big and small businesses everywhere. I mean The manager of the grocery store where I shop had told all his baggers to pack all they can possibly get into the bags to save the store money. I mean I came home one time with 4 loafs of bread in one bag. You can guess the shape of my bread when I got home, """flat as a pancake were the bottom two loafs""". But people to make a very long story short. Here it is, Remember these people when the economy picks up, remember who it was that had compassion on people, and remember those that were looking more to the bonus check they would get. remember my Friends remember. And when things turn around, shop with the ones that cared.

God Bless, love hugs kisses

Happy Birthday Gary

The guy here is my Brother Gary Koonce. The 10th of August is his birthday. I want to wish him a most happy birthday. Gary may God bless you on this day and all the days of your life. I love you little brother.

God Bless

love, hugs kisses

Bible study

I love to study the Bible, Not just read it but really study it. Getting a few commentaries, Not just one. Seeing what they say about the verses, and then forming my own educated opinion. There are lots of places in the Bible that if you simply read, you will not get the correct meaning of the verse. One word can change the whole meaning, and it depends upon the language of origin. and whether it was interpreted correctly or not. Most of the revised Bibles have most of the correct words, etc. But still are in error on a few things. Finding out what a frontlet that the Israelites would but on their foreheads or between their eyes is. finding out the the five porches are not porches at all. it's these kinds of things that intrigues me about the word of God. Finding out truths and not just excepting other peoples opinions.

I bring this up because I will be starting a Bible study group at the nursing home. It starts tomorrow. I will be there and I really don't want to say "teaching" because I expect to learn just as much from these old Saints as I could ever teach them. We will discuss each verse and learn from each other. I know these old saints have plenty of knowledge stored in their memory banks, that's just waiting to be told.

So please keep us in your prayers. the group will be Monday, tuedays, wednesday at 10:30 and friday at 2:30 after I sing at 2:00.

God Bless love, hugs, kisses

Susan"s quote of the day

Today's quote..........When we have strong emotions. we're liable to fool ourselves...

Yea, that's true Susan, I've fooled myself a few times in thinking I was right when I was so------ wrong. But most of the time I was right.lol

God Bless, love hugs kisses

My son Bobby

My 3rd son Bobby has not surprised me too much. He has always had a way with him. When at one time I needed an ear to just listen, he was there for me. That's been quite a few years ago. But Bobby has a heart as big as can be. He is a wonderful Father to his two sons. A good husband to his wife Kim. He's there for his whole family. He has opened his heart and home to Donald, his brother, and supported him through his illness. Donald my 2ND son is and has been unable to work for a couple of years now. He had a flesh eating disease in his leg,The Doctors had to cut it out and that made a hole as big as a softball in his leg. The pain was, as you may have surmised unbearable at times for Donald. Bobby's wife stepped in to be his care person when the home health people showed her how to bandage his wound, she did it as many times as they instructed her to. And Bobby supported Donald, with home and other needs for two years. Bobby has opened his home to many other people of which I will not go into names etc. But I do want Bobby to know that I have noticed. I have noticed what a good husband, father, brother, son and friend he is. Bobby I am so proud of you.

God Bless

Love hugs kisses

David and Amy

OK to all you that were wondering, including me! Here is a picture of David and his fiancée Amy.

I just love this one.

God Bless Love, Hugs, Kisses

Susan's thought of the day

and todays thought is.....Dont make someone a priority in your life, if your only an option in theirs....hummm

Thanks Susan

God Bless

Love , Hugs Kisses

John's birthday

My nephew John Gaster will be celebrating his 39Th birthday the 6Th of August.
Here's wishing you a great birthday, may God bless you with many more.

God Bless, love,hugs,kisses

Looking into the face of God

Looking into the face of God.

Looking into the face of God, Oh what an awesome thought.
To stand before Him trembling, As His mercy I have sought.
Looking into the face of God, How very small I’ll feel.
Seeking for His marvelous Grace, As on my knees I’ll kneel.
Looking into the face of God, to answer for my being.
Covered by the blood of Christ, no sin he shall be seeing.
Looking into the face of God, How great the contemplation.
Knowing that it was Him, whom spoke the words of creation.
Looking into the face of God, , whom gave His Son for me.
Knowing I will have a home with Him, through all eternity.
Looking into the face of God, not wanting to look away.
Wanting to never look from off where my eyes will lay.
Looking into the face of God, standing in white garment.
What will you be standing in, When it comes your moment?
Written by Joan G***** 5/31/2007

God Bless. love , hugs ,kisses

Saints that the light shines through.

My friend Frances told me a most wonderful joke this morning. And I want to share it with all of you.

There was a little girl sitting beside her mother in church, one Sunday morning. The girl could not take her eyes off the stained glass windows they were so beautiful with the light shining through them. Finally she leans over and ask her mother. Who are those people that are in the windows. Her mother replies, they are the saints. The girl sits the rest of the sermon, looking at the windows and marveling at how beautiful they were. At school the next day the teacher was asking the class about their spelling words and the definition of each word. It just so happened the word Saint was in that list of spelling words. When the teacher asked the class if anyone knew the meaning of the word. The little girl enthusiastically raised her hand, and when the teacher called on her , she very proudly said, A saint is a person that the light shines through.

And isn't it so true, we should be able to see Jesus' light in all of His Saints. Let your little light shine Christian Saints, let your little light shine brightly.

God Bless love,hugs kisses

Make believe

I know that there are children all over the earth. Each day have their little play acting and make believe all sorts of things, from flying to the moon to having a castle as big as the state of Texas. And let's not forget the adults with our make believe. We play act our entire lives, always making ourselves more than we really are. We have things to make us feel more important than we are. We have our jewelry, our fancy clothes. And what makes it funny to me is that people base their importance on the price tags and the labels inside. If one should ware a walmart special then that's one class of people and if you ware designer name then , wow, you're up there in class.

I bring this up because Willard was studying for his next two lessons, Friday at the nursing home and also Sunday. He was reading in the Bible about not making judgements of people because of their dress and appearance. He was reading from James the second chapter, verses 1-10

James 2
1My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

And as we talked about it, we started to bring up things that had happened in our own church. How all the less influential have moved on to attend other churches. How we ourselves often felt out of place in a church that we have attended for some years now. And we Actually talking about going to another church ourselves. But then the awful truth sets in. All churches are about the same. the more well to do people are the majority of all the churches. And while they may put on that 'act' of welcoming you into their midst. One can tell it's as make believe as the child's make believe of being a high society roll. You know their voice rises just a little as they say good morning to you, as their focus goes to some one more well suited to have a conversation with. And you hear that excuse me I need to speak to so and so. And they walk off leaving you to your own solitude. Because!!! You ware a $30.00 outfit to church instead of their $250.00.

And do you know what is the clincher of it all. When they read the verses in James, they don't see themselves.

I write this because I want each and every one of you to consider, '''Are you the sinner in James, that put tags on people. Let's stop the play acting and just see the person and not the condition the person is in. Let me ask you a question and see if you can answer it honestly in your heart. Would a man looking like the drawing above be welcomed in your church?

Thank you for reading, and

God Bless, love hugs and kisses

Requesting Prayer for the family of David Young

David Young passed on to be with the Lord Friday morning around 2:00AM
I want to extend my deepest sympathy to his wife, children and many other family members.
I know that David was a Christian and I know that he is with Jesus now, But we all will miss him.
Please keep his family in your prayers. They need all the strenght they can get to get through the next few days.
Here's for you David.

God Bless.

Love Hugs Kisses