Willard and I have had a long day going to Chapel Hill, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting. And then the ride home. Both of us are extremely tired, but both of us are extremely happy.
Now you can say you don't believe in miracles anymore if you want to. Willard and I both strongly believe that miracles. We have received a miracle ourselves. Do you remember me telling you that I had a tumor on the adrenal gland of my right kidney that were showing ''hot'' on pet scan as cancerous? And then, another pet scan showing cold as noncancerous. Last week, the doctor took a biopsy to see. The biopsy showed no cancer cells. You can believe what you wish, but I firmly believe that it was cancer and through the prayers of my friends and family and my prayers along with theirs that God took away the cancer from my adrenal gland.
I am scheduled ''contingently'' for May the 6th to be marked for radiation of my cervix, plus Dr. Morris went ahead and scheduled me for radiation on that day too"" contingently"" that is. It all depends on Dr. Varia, who will be doing the procedure, and his schedule. These procedures are inside radiation and last 4 to 5 hours. They are extremely painful. So please keep Willard and I both in your prayers.
I'd like to thank Diane once again for my hat from New York, thank you, I love you Diane.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

New hat from NY

First of all I'd like to show you all my new hat, all the way from New York city. Diane Jackson once again is showing her wings, because she surely is an angel. It's nice when you have friends like her who are so unselfish and so caring. Diane, you have once again brought those happy tears to my eyes. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for the hat, and the love that you showed in getting it for me. Just the fact that you thought of me while on vacation in New York has brought tears to my eyes.

I take it from the picture on Facebook, that Diane and Glenda Raynor both had a great time while they were in New York. Which I am so glad of because Diane and Glenda both deserve it. Both of them are outstanding people.

Thanks again Diane, I love you.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

The news coming out of Milledgeville, Georgia today revolves around a 6-year-old kindergartner who threw such a violent tantrum that school officials called police, who handcuffed her for her own safety.
Some commenters said they're outraged at the notion of a kindergartner in handcuffs, but many others are lining up behind the commenter who said the girl was plenty old enough to know right from wrong: "This child needs to know there are consequences to your actions."

Okay, you know what I'm going to say already don't you? It's my opinion that most likely this young lady has been raised without the knowledge of God. Most likely she doesn't know right or wrong according to the Bible. Okay so here it is, they took God out of the school so she was unable to learn about God there. I feel like going up to Congress in Washington DC, stomping my foot at them, and asking them what do they expect. If a child does not learn about God at home, and cannot learn about Him at school, then where can this child find God.
Many parents who claim to be Christians never talk to their children about God. They never tell the old old story of Jesus and His death on the cross to save us from our sins.
I still cry every time I think about my unsaved children and grandchildren. I see some of my grandchildren believing nothing except what will satisfy them at the moment. As do their parents. They don't think about anything past today. They don't think about their eternal life at all. I pray every night with tears running down my cheek that my children and grandchildren will find Jesus Christ, and they will claim Him as Lord and Savior. It's my earnest prayer that not only my children will, but every mother's child.
People look at your child. Do you love that child enough to save his soul? Do you love that child enough to keep them out of hell? Teach them before it's too late, before the world teaches them.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

Esther's Stewart, Willard's aunt, was put in Golden Years Nursing Home a couple of years ago. I got to know her personality somewhat better while she was there. She was truly a God-fearing woman. I remember her in some of Willard and my visits. I remember one time in particular, right in the middle of Willard giving his Bible lesson, Esther stood up and pronounced to the whole room that she had to go. She stood there before she left and praised God, telling the whole room how good God was to her. She had did this on many occasions. She seemed to love the Lord tremendously. Most times when we went to her room to visit her, she would always say during the conversation, that she would be going home in the springtime. Well, Ms. Esther Stewart went home Saturday, the 14th of April at approximately 10:00 AM. Yes, it was springtime.

I can only imagine what her mansion looks like. Yes, Ms. Esther Stewart went home to be with the Lord. I can almost see in my mind's eye Jesus meeting her at the gate. I can almost see her as her sisters and her brother welcomed her. I can almost see her mother and father as they put their arms around her. She has all eternity to be with all of them now.
Now, a prayer request. Charlotte, Esther's daughter is in the hospital. Charlotte has a medical issue that is a lifelong issue. She is trying to adapt to her new circumstances. And while doing so, in the hospital, her mother dies. The medical issue was heartbreaking in itself, but now she has lost her mother. That was the second heartbreak. The third heartbreak, because of her medical condition she is unable to attend her mother's funeral. I can't even imagine how broken she must feel at the moment. Please, put her on your prayer list, and keep her in your prayers.

Until next time, God bless and God save.

I've heard many people Speak about being in church to serve the Lord. Now please, don't get me wrong, I believe in going to church to fellowship with other Christians. But going to church is not having a relationship with God. There are many people setting in church pews that are lost because they truly believe that they are saved. There is one gentleman that I know of, that has been going to the same church every sense he was born. This man thought that he was saved because as a child he received Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He was in his 40s when he realized that he was not truly saved. Going to church to fellowship with other Christians is a wonderful thing. But we must remember that just because one is setting in a church pew every Sunday does not necessarily mean that that person is saved.
I'm writing this because of a statement that I saw on Facebook. The statement was" if Jesus comes tonight will He find you in church, or will He find you in the world too busy for the Lord.
It doesn't matter where Jesus finds you. It matters the state of your salvation. Is Jesus your Lord? Is Jesus your Savior? If you can say yes to these questions, then when Jesus comes he will take you home to be with Him!
Having a relationship with the Lord is letting him into your life. Through prayer, through talking with the Lord, through reading his Word. These are just a few of the things involved in your walk with Him. Faith is the key and love is the doorway. You must first have faith that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins. Once you believe that and walked through the doorway of his salvation, you'll want to get to know him. You'll want a closer relationship with Him.
I walk with Jesus by my side every single day. Due to my health I am unable to attend church.
I love Jesus with all my heart, not going to church does not change that love and will not.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

I wrote something approximately 12 years ago, and found it in the bottom of a drawer today while I was looking for something else. As I sat reading it, I thought" it is so relevant no matter whether it was 12 years ago, or yesterday.
Am I up to the challenge?
One day while watching my son play a videogame, I noticed that he would set the game on easy play. And that he would always win. So I asked him why he didn't set it on normal so it would be more challenging. His answer was," then I might lose".
This got me thinking, do we as Christians have our control set on easy? Do we take the easy path? Do we just do things, we know can be done easily? Do we hinder God from working in our lives, because we are afraid that we may fail? Not very long ago I witnessed a woman working with a youth group in summer vacation Bible school. It was the last Sunday, and all the classes got up to tell what they had learned. I don't remember even what she was doing, or what she was saying. I only remember how bad her hands were shaking. As she stood talking I had so much adoration for her. Even though she was scared, she made herself stand before an audience, and do what she needed to do. And I believe God will bless her tremendously for it.
Even as babies, when we take our first steps we often fall, we often fail to take those first few steps without falling. But we always got back up and tried again. Considering the vast wisdom of God, aren't we all still babies in Christ Jesus? If we try and we fail, won't Jesus help us back up? Won't he hold our hands so we can take those first few steps in our endeavors?
I only hope when I am challenged to do God's work, that I stand the test. Not caring whether I may fall, not caring that I may fail. Not caring what others may say or do. Having complete faith in the Lord. Knowing that he will take care of me. Jesus accepted his challenge and saved the souls of all who would receive him as Lord and Savior. Can we accept our challenges? God has already provided us with the strength we need, all we need do, is find it. Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. A Psalms 38:9 All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

I know a lady that has lung cancer, and the last I heard she is in treatment, but is still smoking. Now I know that you and I both at first were thinking how could she be that stupid. Oh, but wait a minute. Are we saying that we have never done anything like that? It's the old, old story in Genesis all over again. Remember, Eve, how the serpent came to her and tempted her?
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? When I was a teenager, I too started smoking. Thank God, I had good sense enough 15 years a go to quit. I have fallen into temptation many times in my life.
Haven't you ever seen a piece of cake that looks so delicious, and you knew you shouldn't, but you ate it anyway. Haven't you never saw a pair of shoes, or piece of jewelry or anything else that caught your eye, and even though you knew you could not afford it, you bought it anyway. That's falling into temptation.
You know, the longer I live, the more I realize that human beings are not much different from one another. We all have our desires and we are all tempted, and we ''all" fall into temptation every once in a while.
This lady I know, I'm not criticizing her. I'm praying for her. I'm praying for her to overcome this evil disease, cancer. I'm praying for her to put out of her sight the temptation of smoking. I'm praying most of all that she knows the Lord Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.
People, let's stop criticizing one another and start loving one another as Jesus wanted us to. You know, that was Jesus's greatest desire, that we love one another.
Until next time, God bless and God save.