We do the Redo

Good Evening All,

Here we go! Just purchased some Bead Board Wallpaper.  The gunniea pig room is going to be the masterbath.  It is the most used, the steamiest and will take the most abuse.  If the bead board wallpaper survives that room then we are going to use it in the kitchen.  With our home be a manufactured one, the doors are solid wood but the framing has some kind of paper on it.  So washing walls tonight, it will dry through then next couple of days (due to baseball games that are away and not home) and then probably by the weekend the papering will begin.  I will do my best to take before and after pictures. As many of you know I am horrible about pictures and cards.  So on with the redoing......

At the lake

At the Lake it has been along time since I had a 6 year old and a two year old in a long time. Definatly brought back a lor of memories.

Off We Go

One at Football Practice and off we go. First Day Off in a long time and we are going to head out to spend the morning, just the 3 of us... Jeff, Me and Andrew.  Not sure where yet but Farmers Market may be a wash... So Corn and Carrots may have to wait.. But plenty of beans to pick in the Garden and put up.  Funny how harvest time makes me think of God.  He makes sure we have good soil if we will work it his way, he fertizlizes if we will just look at all the ingredients it has in it and most of all he gives all we need to grow if we accept it.. Well, just my thougts for today.. God Bless All..

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Watching Someone Bathing in the Son-Shine

Evening all.. Tonight is short and sweet, Cross Country Practice in 10 Min.... I wanted to share what I experience yesterday at church... We were at the 9:15 service at Newspring Church in Anderson, SC and it was a special service.. There were huge crosses very similar to what Christ carried (no yesterday was not Easter lololol).  Well Perry preached and awesome message and then the invitation began, it was amazing on how many people accepted Christ yesterday, online the total was 500 people amongst all campus's.  Oh the Bathing part, silly me.  There were two guys and two girls sitting in front of us, they looked like they came with each other. Well out of the two guys, one went forward and nailed his name to a cross, when he got back to his seat it was amazing.  The two men embraced it seemed for 10 minutes, the tears were flowing from the girls, "he accepted Jesus into his heart" it was obvious.  After the embraces, during the music this man just "Bathed in the Son-Shine" his arms were folded in an embrace and his head was lifted up and eyes were closed, he was just worshiping like I had not seen before.  Thank you Lord for accepting the unaccepted, Thank you for loving a Sinner like me too.  God Bless.

Son Shining Down on Me

Hello friends, It is very awesome to know that the Son shines down on us each and everyday.  We have been attending a church in Anderson, SC.  The name of the church is Newspring.  It is a diffrent church from the norm and there are lots of people that haven't accepted it yet.  The funny thing is it's not non-denomination as it is called.  When asked the pastor says "Chrisitianity" because that is what Jesus preached.  Wow.  I hope an pray that people are not judgemental, I think it's new and reaching the people that some couldn't.  Jesus reached people that the pharasies couldn't.  People fail all the time trying to reach people for Christ.  Some just aren't tasting the food.  They do like kids do, they look at it and say I don't like it without even trying it.  Spiritual food apparently is served up in many ways and it's not Burger King and we can't have it our way.  It's God's way..  It's how we absorbe it, It's how we take in and what we do with it in our life.  What will I do with what the word of God nourished me with.  What did Sunday's message do to me to give me the nourishment and stamina for the next 6 days to share and feed someone else..

Listening to It Rain

Well as I blog tonight I am listening to it rain.. I am sitting here wondering how God knows when the earth is thirsty... Well, I am also thinking of my oldest son PJ and his friend and wondering if they are drinking all the living water that is being fed to them while they are at Gauntlet (Youth Camp w/Newspring Church in Daytona Beach, FL).  From the comment on FB his friend wants to come home.  I personally havent heard from PJ, but they were not allowed to have cell phones.  His friend has an Ipod Touch and they are allowed if they have one to get on FB during their free time.  So the unknowing has me unsettled.  But I hope and pray what he is hearing will effect him in some way.  God is always trying to help quench something for us if we would just take it.  This week has had it's ups and down's but like Max Lucado says in his book Traveling Light" God only gives you enough strength for today and he does not give you extra to worry about tomorrow.  Psalms 71:17-18 "Since my youth, O God, you have taught me and to this day I delcare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray do not forsake me, O, God til I delcare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come". So pray for the youth and pray for all you know because God hears the prayers of your heart.  Just listen to his answers.  God Bless, til I write again.

Spending the Day with JD

We went to North August today to spend the afternoon with JD.  He is the dear friend we have (surrogot GP, since he doesn't have any grandchildren).  He is the miricle that I spoke of in my last blog post.. It is amazing how God heals.  Anyone that has been through weeks and weeks of extensive Chemo and Radiation, with out the miracle of God, does not look as well as JD did today.  He was hansome and his skin was just as normal as I remember.  We had a wonderful lunch and he ate the best he had in days.  We enjoyed the company of his daughter Susan and son-in-law Chris.  We are going to plan a camping trip in the fall which he is looking forward too.  It is amazing how Satan want the uglyness of sickness to stay, but God will heal and give back the beauty.  Even in the end hours of my mom's life I shared how beautiful she was and the minute her soul & spirit left her body, it became very unattractive.  The beauty left her earthly body and traveled to her heavenly body.  Oh Lord what a glimpse you still allow me to have.. Thank you Jesus.. God Bless all of you....