Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...

Life is just full of decisions. Should I eat the healthy granola fruit bar or the yummy looking honey bun for breakfast? Should I drink one or two cups of coffee this morning? Should I wear my hair up or down? Should I cook or get take out? All of those are an everyday part of our lives and although they seem so hard or aggravating to make daily, their really such a blessing! Aren't we blessed to have a choice of what to eat? Aren't we blessed to be able to have hair to fix? Aren't we blessed to have the money to be able to afford to go to the store to get food to cook or get takeout? We all get so caught up in our own little world that we forget about the REAL WORLD right in front of us. What about all of those people who don't have anything to eat, nowhere to sleep, no companions, no hope in tomorrow? We could easily be those people in a blink of an eye. Are you thankful that you were able to get up out of bed this morning and able to stand up on your own? You could very well be dependant of someone to take care of your every need. Those legs that are so sore and achy after a long day of work, could very well not be functional and you could be without a job tomorrow. We take for granted all of our little blessings and complain too much about wonderful little decisions that make our lives so much better. Let's all start praising and thanking right now. "Thank you Lord for this wonderful bowl of Cheerios that I am eating for lunch"! "Thank you for the roughness on the bottom of my feet because I am able to stand up at a job that I am thrilled to have." "Thank you for the laundry that seems to always reoccur no matter what I do because that means that we are blessed with clothes on our backs." Most of all "thank you for my hope in you for tomorrow because with you, I will never be lost or be lonely"!

 I could go on and on and on...

Shall we?

My motto...

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. That's my new motto! Wanna join me?

Another name in the Book of life...

Heavens are rejoicing this morning! One of my uncles got saved this morning! HALLELUJAH!!! I know a lot of people, including myself have been praying for him for a while and thank God he made things right. He called my dad last night around 11:00 and asked if he could come over and talk with him. He said his heart was so heavy and he needed to make things right. He asked if their cousin who is a preacher could come over with him too. My dad hung up the phone and called their cousin and turns out that he was down the road from their house at a gas station getting gas. He had just left a revival. It took him 2 minutes to get to my parents house. When they got there they talked and read the scriptures. My uncle recited John 3:16 over and over bc he said that someone had told him that verse when he was just a young boy and he kept it in his mind for all these years. (you never know what you say to someone can stick with them for the rest of their life!) I can see my uncle Claude who passed a little over a year ago, having a good ole time when they called his name out in heaven this morning! Add Charles "Erby" Burrell to the Book of Life! My mom said that my dad was there until 4:00 in the morning having a good time. Please pray for my uncles family.  For his wife, his kids, his grand kids that  he can be a witness to them. GOD IS SOOOOO GOOD!

100 contest...

So Eve and her Daddy are having a little contest to see who can score the most 100's in school this year. They both are doing really great but Eve has taken the lead by a few I must say.

I am so proud of Jason and how he is handling work and school full time. Heck, he still has time to do a few of his little honey do's here and there. Like Weedeat (I am scared to death of loosing a limb or I would do it) and taking the trash off. The grass cutting has been put in my lap along with some others but I am just happy that we have a yard to cut!

Jasy is learning her letter sounds and is doing fantastic! My parents are her teachers and they do a remarkable job with her! I am so blessed!

Trials and blessings and the need for missions throughout...

Have you ever had a change in your life that at the moment was so hard and you didn't know why God was putting you through it? Only to look back and see the disaster that happened after you crossed through? To see the bottom fall out and know that God only put you through that trial because He was looking out for you. I am seeing that more and more in my life. How good God is and how everything that He does is for the good. Even the darkest of times have a bright path leading to happy times. Not to mention that those trials make us stronger and more aware of things around us that the devil tries to blind us with. I praise God for His wonderful mercy, awesome goodness and saving grace!

A few months back I asked you to pray for a lady that I work with that was doing mission work in India in the summer. She came to my classroom yesterday and brought a scrapbook/writeup of her journey. It was so touching!! She talked about how they bartered at local markets, tasted the local cuisine, and saw the slums that people lived in that in America would be considered abuse. They traveled to Ujjain, one of India's four holiest cities. There people waited for hours to offer sacrifices and try to find blessing and favor from false Gods. Man-made statues, animals, even old trees! There in that city was a river where people bathed, washed clothes, emptied the remains of cremated bodies, brushed their teeth, and dunk themselves as a way to obtain salvation and favor in the eyes of the gods. They even visited a temple where they held sacrifices of babies on each new moon! It would be and understatement at how devastated that city was for them.The Lord used this to break their hearts for the people of India and give them eyes to see them and love them well. The next day in Indore, they went out into the villages and their group was able to share the gospel with over 40 people! Eyes were fixed, people were curious and God's name was made high! The pictures were enough to make you weep in sorrow for these people. Dead animals lying in the streets, trash piled up everywhere, pictures of people digging in trash cans for food. We need to pray for this country and for the cities within. That God might destroy the idols of worship and draw the lost to Himself through the light He is shining. Pray for the missionaries who live there everyday. Pray for their safety and a heart that never grows acquainted with the darkness there but seek to uproot it.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Romans 10:14