David got a job

Picture of Jeremy. He has plenty to complain about. But instead of complaining, He praises God. Because he knows what's important in this life. Thanks Dawn, for this beautiful picture.

Well, after months of worry about David being unemployed, and Willard and I having to help him out financially, He finally has a job. First of all I want to thank God for helping us all through all the trails and troubles that we have been going through, the last few months. If it hadn't been for us having that faith, we would have never made it and still be intact as a family. Each of you know that when troubles come calling, that it puts a real strain on family relations. But through prayer and a lot of forgiveness on each of our parts we all made it through. I'm not saying that things are still not trying, with Willard still out of work, and missing two unemployment checks, etc. Things are tight around here. But we know that through the grace of God that we are going to do great.

Our troubles, compared to others, such as the people in Haiti, are nothing. In the big scheme of things we are doing very well. You know, any time you can lay your head down on a pillar at night and thank the good Lord above that your family are all well, your belly has been fed, and you are warm and safe. Well I think we all should count our blessings.

I read post on Facebook, and lots of times there are people grumbling over the smallest things, and I feel like saying something to them. But I don't think it would do any good. Some people are just grumblers, and there's no stopping them.

I just think the Lord that where ever I am, I am happy. He has given me a joy that no one can take from me.

Until next time God bless, and remember, even though people care about your troubles, and sympathise with you, doesn't mean that they want to hear about ever little hiccup in your life. So stop grumbling about every little thing. Do some praising of the Lord instead. You'd be amazed at how that will help.

Indifference

Just as the Israelites were indifferent so many times to God's law. I think that many of us are today also indifferent to the same laws as they were. Just because we are not under the law, dose not mean that we are not to obey God's law. For example

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.' We all have things that occupy our time, such as TV, PCs and many sports that we play such as golf, etc. We must be very careful that these things do not come before God. Many times they indeed do. It takes our minds off our prayer life, and we stop listening to hear the tender voice of God as He tries to speak to us.

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.' We are a civilization that have all kind of nik,naks, sitting in our homes, in our offices, etc. Angel fingerings set in most of our homes. Crosses hand on walls, necks and even are tattooed into people's flesh. We most be careful that we serve the Lord and not these representations of Heavenly beings.

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.' There's not many days that go by that I don't hear some one taking our God's name in vain. We must be careful of these mouth's of ours to only honor the name of God.

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.' We are suppose rest on the seventh day, only in an emergency are we to do any work. I see farmers working in their fields in the summertime most every Sunday morning. Whether or not, it's an urgent matter to work their fields on Sunday, I couldn't say. But we must be very careful to give God his day.

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.' I think we all see disrespect from our younger generation more and more. We must teach our children to respect us and others.

SIX: 'You shall not murder.' Our prisons are over crowded with persons that have murdered others. For all different reasons, a society with no morals nor conscience.

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.' More than fifty percent of marries end each year because of a mate committing an act of betrayal.

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.' At one time people were not in the lease afraid to leave their doors unlocked, But in today's world, it would be very foolish to do so. There are all kinds of thieves, from those that enter into your home and take things, to those that go on the Internet to rob others of their very identity. If it can be stole, some one has figured out how to steal it.

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.' It's not ever funny how many people there are that tell one lie after the other. reasons from trying to get out of trouble to just wanting to boost their e-goes. I would not feel uneasy to say that ninety percent of Americans lie on a daily basic.

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.' We all know the saying keeping up with the Jones. We have a tendency to want any and all of what others have, we feel left out if we don't. If Mr. Jones has a boat we feel that we too must have one. Jealously we keep watch on our neighbors property to make sure that we keep up.

So friends, as you can see. We are no better that the Israelites in disobeying God. The only difference is that we have Jesus Christ, Who died so that all our sins may be forgiven, when we repent, and except Him as LORD and SAVIOR

Until next time God Bless and remember, We as Christians are not under the law. But still we are to keep ourselves from these sins.

Today's sermon, by Pastor Sammy

Well first, I want to tell all of you, that a acquaintance of mine died this morning, Edna Barefoot. she was a close friend to Joyce, Willard's sister. She had been on dialyses for some years now, in a nursing home in Fayetteville. She has a lot of family in our church, which to my understanding, she was also a member of before she became ill. Please keep this family in your prayers, we all know the hurt and emptiness we feel when we lose a loved one.

The preacher gave a sermon this morning that has been needed to be given for a long time. Speaking about people that live their life's as Christians, but aren't. He said something that I know is true. That is, that they are not just lying to others. They have lived so long pretending, that they have started to believe their own lie. If you are a follower of my blog, then you have seen over and over again, my own referral to such people. As he continued his sermon he mentioned that a Christian could not help but show their love for Christ by their works and the way they lived their lives. So true, and again I have mentioned that also on my blog many times. It's just a sermon that needs to be given every once in a while anyways. It's a sermon that makes a person think about their relationship with the Lord. and ask questions of themselves. And anytime you can make people search their own hearts, well that's one of the things that a church is all about, Isn't it? So I ask you to search your own hearts, Don't let any of those TV preachers tell you that you are saved, just because you said the right words. Search your hearts and ask yourself this one question. Is Jesus Christ number one in my life? If you can't say yes, then you might consider making Him so. When you ask Jesus into your heart, make sure that it's your hearts desire to serve Him. My friend there is nothing in this life more fulfilling than living for Jesus Christ. Nothing at all that will make you have joy in your life as to call Christ your friend.

God Bless and until next time keep a prayer on your lips and a song in your heart.

The Lord provides

There has been many times that I wondered how in the world was I, or a member of my family, going to be able to succeed in doing some thing that almost looked impossible, at the time. I remember sitting at the lunch table many years ago and pondering just how I was going to be able to go to Church that Wednesday night. I had just enough gas to make it to work and back, and I knew that if I went to Church that night I would run out of gas before payday. I set there and asked God what to do, almost apologizing to God for missing Church that night. But still leaving it in His hands. No sooner than I had finished my prayer, I looked out the window at the people walking up and down the side walk. My eye lowered at a green paper that the breeze was blowing. No one walking on the sidewalk noticed the ten dollar bill as the breeze blew it up against the building of which I was in. God had answered my prayer, just that fast. I went outside and retrieved the bill, and of course I made it to church that night with more than enough gas. God doesn't always give us what we want, but he will supply us with our needs. David has to go to Raleigh tomorrow to take his exams for CNA. With him having no job, Willard and I would have to come up with the money out of our already limited budget. we had already talked about how hard it would be, since Willard only received seventy five dollars this week of unemployment. The people at the office where he worked made a mistake, and we were told there would be no recouping the money that was lost. So we had decided that we would give David twenty dollars out of that seventy five to go to Raleigh with. Willard stopped at a gas station to put gas in the van, looked down and saw a twenty dollar bill. the very amount we decided to give to David. God once more provided what was needed.

I praise the Lord for His tender loving mercies and His grace, and thank Him for His blessings.

Until next time God Bless and, I hope you too will know that the Lord does provide for us when we are in need.

Friends

Well Judy, se nt this to me in an E-Mail It's better than anything I could have written.
Thanks Judy


Too Busy for a Friend...


One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.
Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments. No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another.. That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature... The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin. As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.'

After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher. 'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.' Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark' s classmates had said about him. 'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said.. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.' All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.' Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.' 'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary' Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists' That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again. The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day.. And we don't know when that one day will be. So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late...
Thanks again Judy
Until next time God bless.

Lonely in his grief

Willard and I went to the nursing home yesterday. We sang three songs along with the residents. Victory in Jesus, More about Jesus and Love lifted me. David stayed in his room, so Willard went down to visit with him, and to give him our condolences. Willard said that David was just sitting in his room, all alone. What can you say to a person that has loss the one person that is the center of their life. There is really not much you can say, except how sorry you are, and of course offer them your ear to listen, when and if they decide that they want to talk about it, which David didn't. I think that he just mostly wanted to be left alone. And you know that's how some people grieve. The best thing we can do for David right now is pray for him. That God will bring him some comfort as he sits in his room and tries to regain some kind of prospective. The next few days are going to be very hard for him, as any one that has loss a loved one knows. So if you will just keep him in your prayers.

until next time God bless, and remember, God hears every sigh, and He knows every hurt we have, so keep praying.

David's sorrow

You've all heard me talk about David in the nursing home. He's the little guy, who just as soon as Willard and I walk into the cafeteria, starts telling us about his mother. That seems to be all he wants to talk about most of the time. It's been lately that she's either in the hospital or she was home from the hospital.

Well, David was given the news this morning that she had passed away. I just can't imagine how hurt he feels right now. With the one person in his life that would come to see him. You see David has explained to Willard and me, many times of how he once lived his life. I won't go into the details, because in this case the Devil was certainly in the details.

I remember about two years ago when Willard and I walked in, the first thing that he shouted was( guess what, I got saved today). He had a beam of light shining in his face, as he spread the news. I saw in him that joy that comes only through Jesus Christ. He told the story of how Bessie. a woman that goes to the same church as we go, and a volunteer at the nursing home also, had led him to the Lord. David has been a different person since that day. He tells everyone he meets about him being saved.

I am so glad David knows the Lord, and has a personal relationship with Jesus. Because he's going to need Him now to get him through the lost of his mother.

I'm also so very glad that I took that picture of him and his mother the last time she was there to see him, To my knowledge it's the last picture that was taken of him and her together. The nursing home has it in their pc files and has to often print him a new one, because he carries it with him all the time. It's heartbreaking.

I hope each of you will say a prayer for him.

Until next time God bless, and remember , we never know the time that God has set for our departure from this earthly life, I hope each of you will be ready when that time comes for you.