I have been asked by the Drama Director of Fellowship of Southbay to do another drama!!! On Feb 13, I will be an old lady speaking to a Mother/Daughter group about how Jesus loves them sew much. (It's spelled right - you'll see) I don't have a script - but will need to come up with something along the lines of Psalm 139 on how we were knit (get the connection now?) in our mother's wombs. Heather wants the message to be that we don't have to live up to the standards that we see in today's movies and magazines... in fact at one time (hence the old lady) larger women were considered more beautiful!!! We should be content in how we look since that is exactly the way that God created us to be....
So if you look at your calendar - yes, I will be missing a Wed night at church ... but I think it will totally be worth it!!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Today was a good day....
I slept until 9:30... got up, made coffee and read my email and checked all the other sites for new posts. Around noon I realized I wasn't going to go to work.... so I called in. John came home and we went to lunch together - no kids!! We went to a Sushi place down the street that we have been saying for a long time we wanted to try. Yummm... Crabmeat w/ spicy tuna topped with avacado .. in a oh so yummy sauce... we finished the first tray and ordered another !!! Then we went to my moms for John to check on her car. (well, this part isn't good - he thinks her CV joint is out - what ever that means - but he does think that he can get his school to do the work) Then we got Jake from school and headed home. I worked on a puzzle with Jake and John took a nap. He called in sick to work... and we had dinner together at the table. (yes - I cooked) Then I saw several cool items on free cycle all from the same person so we went there and got it all. (hershey shaped fondue pot, couple of rugs, some plates, bag of party supplies, and 2 new paper lanterns) The only thing I am interested in for me is the fondue pot ... have been wanting one and we are planing a Valentines party at the church so thought it would be cute for that. The rest of the stuff I am going to take to Community's Child (http://www.communityschild.org/) to see if they want them for the house. And then if they don't want them - my friend Alexis runs the cafe at our church - maybe she will want them.
But the best part of the day ... I was sitting at my son Christopher's desk reading a paper he is writing for his class and he got an IM from someone. It was a girl... a girl that I didn't know he was still talking to ... and he said that he hasn't talked to her in a while but then he showed me a blog she wrote on her my space. Basically the blog said that she had all but given up on God. She was down because she didn't understand why a loving God would allow such bad things to happen to her. Her friend explained to her how God is a master potter and we are the clay. And the bad things in life are the chisel coming against the hard clay. And if it weren't for the potter using the chisel then we would remain a large clump of unusable and hard clay. She said that she had been told by sooo many people about God but this was the first time that she actually got it... her friend took the time to talk to her ... he cared enough to share with her... and she was forever grateful. That friend was my boy ....
There have been so many doubts in my mind lately if he had ever gotten anything that he had been taught... if any of the words that I had ever said actually got through.... if he would ever be able to defend his faith and stand for Christ. Actually I wondered if he even knew who He really is... but it is evident that he does not only know Christ but understands his relationship with Him and believes that it is important for others to know the same.
My heart is overflowing...
Thank you Lord for answering my prayers .... and giving this momma some much needed peace.
But the best part of the day ... I was sitting at my son Christopher's desk reading a paper he is writing for his class and he got an IM from someone. It was a girl... a girl that I didn't know he was still talking to ... and he said that he hasn't talked to her in a while but then he showed me a blog she wrote on her my space. Basically the blog said that she had all but given up on God. She was down because she didn't understand why a loving God would allow such bad things to happen to her. Her friend explained to her how God is a master potter and we are the clay. And the bad things in life are the chisel coming against the hard clay. And if it weren't for the potter using the chisel then we would remain a large clump of unusable and hard clay. She said that she had been told by sooo many people about God but this was the first time that she actually got it... her friend took the time to talk to her ... he cared enough to share with her... and she was forever grateful. That friend was my boy ....
There have been so many doubts in my mind lately if he had ever gotten anything that he had been taught... if any of the words that I had ever said actually got through.... if he would ever be able to defend his faith and stand for Christ. Actually I wondered if he even knew who He really is... but it is evident that he does not only know Christ but understands his relationship with Him and believes that it is important for others to know the same.
My heart is overflowing...
Thank you Lord for answering my prayers .... and giving this momma some much needed peace.
Voting for President
Every time I have voted for president in the past - I remember thinking who is the lesser of 2 evils?? (well, I kinda liked Bush- he is from Texas afterall) .... but this year one candidate stands out waaaaayyyyy above the others for me... For the first time I am anxious to vote and to spread the word about a candidate. This year - my vote goes for Mike Huckabee. Here's just one of the issues/reasons why:
Mike Huckabee supports the only logical repair to our broken tax code - "The Fairtax" ( www.Fairtax.org ) The Fairtax bill ( H.R. 25 / S 1025 ) has more co-sponsors in congress than ANY other bill!!
So what's the big deal with this "Fairtax"?"The Fairtax" ( basically a national retail sales tax on NEW purchases only ) would not only replace the funds needed to run our government and it's programs including Social Security, but would also bring back the factories and businesses that left our shores because of the IRS!
The Fairtax has MILLIONS of supporters around the country. Most people who discover the simple details of how it works, want it!
Mike Huckabee = NO more IRS!
John McCain = keep the IRS
Rudy Giuliani = keep the IRS
Mitt Romney = keep the IRS
Fred Thompson = keep the IRS
Hilary Clinton = keep the IRS
Barrack Obama = keep the IRS
John Edwards = keep the IRS
WHY??
Because the IRS provides "the good ol' boys" of Washington a leveraging tool that they use every year to fund favors for friends / hobbies / special deductions / hidden agendas etc.. They do NOT want the Fairtax!
Please take a closer look at Mike Huckabee!!
Mike Huckabee supports the only logical repair to our broken tax code - "The Fairtax" ( www.Fairtax.org ) The Fairtax bill ( H.R. 25 / S 1025 ) has more co-sponsors in congress than ANY other bill!!
So what's the big deal with this "Fairtax"?"The Fairtax" ( basically a national retail sales tax on NEW purchases only ) would not only replace the funds needed to run our government and it's programs including Social Security, but would also bring back the factories and businesses that left our shores because of the IRS!
The Fairtax has MILLIONS of supporters around the country. Most people who discover the simple details of how it works, want it!
Mike Huckabee = NO more IRS!
John McCain = keep the IRS
Rudy Giuliani = keep the IRS
Mitt Romney = keep the IRS
Fred Thompson = keep the IRS
Hilary Clinton = keep the IRS
Barrack Obama = keep the IRS
John Edwards = keep the IRS
WHY??
Because the IRS provides "the good ol' boys" of Washington a leveraging tool that they use every year to fund favors for friends / hobbies / special deductions / hidden agendas etc.. They do NOT want the Fairtax!
Please take a closer look at Mike Huckabee!!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
It's Sunday. Sunday = Church. We had a guest speaker today. A missionary from Global University. He was a good speaker.... My mom's only comment: I wish who ever is speaking wouldn't talk about how much time they don't have.
After church I went to lunch with the leaders of our women's ministry. We discussed the upcoming retreat. The conversation then led to a discussion about a current Wed night study... and for some reason I felt the need to get defensive.
The study is based on a book called "Captivating". It's an awesome book ... but what I hear most from other people about the book and the study is that it's too "foo foo" or "flowery" ... I don't get it. I am so not your girly girl ... and I don't think it's all girly ... why do others who one would think are way more feminine then me think this? It really is confusing. Anyway - last weeks study was talking about the ways we as women hide. We hide our vulnerablity, our weakness, our being a woman by being either a weak, passive and desolate woman - or go to the other extreme and becoming controlling and dominant. The third alternative is that we become some odd mixture of the two. I have discovered that I fall into the third camp... being one to hide the fact that I really am the other.
I was told growing up that my dad was given a choice when I was about 5... either stop drinking or we were going to leave. Well, let's just say - he didn't choose me. Some of my earliest memories are of being at the bar begging him to leave because I was falling asleep ... only to hear him say, "Just one more." What it meant to me was that I was not worthy.
That set off a chain of events in my life. If my dad did not think I was worthy - maybe some other man will. I went from one to the other searching for what my father did not give me. And searching for what ultimately no man could give me. The only One who could give me what I needed ... what I truely needed was the true lover of my soul ... Jesus. Captivating was the tool that showed me that... NO I don't think that it is the only book that should ever read. And NO I don't think that the Bible shouldn't be read or that someone couldn't read the Bible and find out that same information. But for me - Captivating said it in a way that I had never heard before. For that I am truely grateful. I am grateful to the Elderidges for being obedient and writing what the Lord pressed on their heart. But notice I do know where they got their info from .. the same place where all good things come from.
But I am still perplexed that somepeople could oppose something that others have said has changed their life. And oppose it because it doesn't seem relevant to them or doesn't fit into their idea of God or the Bible... I still say - those that it makes uneasy are the ones that probably need the study the most.
After church I went to lunch with the leaders of our women's ministry. We discussed the upcoming retreat. The conversation then led to a discussion about a current Wed night study... and for some reason I felt the need to get defensive.
The study is based on a book called "Captivating". It's an awesome book ... but what I hear most from other people about the book and the study is that it's too "foo foo" or "flowery" ... I don't get it. I am so not your girly girl ... and I don't think it's all girly ... why do others who one would think are way more feminine then me think this? It really is confusing. Anyway - last weeks study was talking about the ways we as women hide. We hide our vulnerablity, our weakness, our being a woman by being either a weak, passive and desolate woman - or go to the other extreme and becoming controlling and dominant. The third alternative is that we become some odd mixture of the two. I have discovered that I fall into the third camp... being one to hide the fact that I really am the other.
I was told growing up that my dad was given a choice when I was about 5... either stop drinking or we were going to leave. Well, let's just say - he didn't choose me. Some of my earliest memories are of being at the bar begging him to leave because I was falling asleep ... only to hear him say, "Just one more." What it meant to me was that I was not worthy.
That set off a chain of events in my life. If my dad did not think I was worthy - maybe some other man will. I went from one to the other searching for what my father did not give me. And searching for what ultimately no man could give me. The only One who could give me what I needed ... what I truely needed was the true lover of my soul ... Jesus. Captivating was the tool that showed me that... NO I don't think that it is the only book that should ever read. And NO I don't think that the Bible shouldn't be read or that someone couldn't read the Bible and find out that same information. But for me - Captivating said it in a way that I had never heard before. For that I am truely grateful. I am grateful to the Elderidges for being obedient and writing what the Lord pressed on their heart. But notice I do know where they got their info from .. the same place where all good things come from.
But I am still perplexed that somepeople could oppose something that others have said has changed their life. And oppose it because it doesn't seem relevant to them or doesn't fit into their idea of God or the Bible... I still say - those that it makes uneasy are the ones that probably need the study the most.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Guess I Really Am Busy....
It was just pointed out to me that I made a major typo on my new blog page... I never saw it. I wonder if anyone else will.
I had my Pampered Chef party tonight. It was lots of fun. (You can tell that I am new to this blogging thing - I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES!!!) I have no idea how exactly the sales are going... but I hope good because I have a long wish list. We had several couples over and then a mom with her daughter. One couple is even thinking of going into the business! And another couple is *I think* thinking of hosting a party?? I really liked the dynamic of the men there... plus I liked them being able to hang out with each other. Women are good at making sure they have plenty of time for their friends... but men - not so much. Well, either it's all friend time and no family or the other way around.... don't know many men who know how to make the balance.
My house is clean... furniture is back in place... and I am headed off to bed....
I had my Pampered Chef party tonight. It was lots of fun. (You can tell that I am new to this blogging thing - I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES!!!) I have no idea how exactly the sales are going... but I hope good because I have a long wish list. We had several couples over and then a mom with her daughter. One couple is even thinking of going into the business! And another couple is *I think* thinking of hosting a party?? I really liked the dynamic of the men there... plus I liked them being able to hang out with each other. Women are good at making sure they have plenty of time for their friends... but men - not so much. Well, either it's all friend time and no family or the other way around.... don't know many men who know how to make the balance.
My house is clean... furniture is back in place... and I am headed off to bed....
Pampered Chef Tonight!!
I have sooo much to do to get ready for tonight... I don't know where to start... feeling a little overwhelmed... but I know that it will be lots of fun... just wish more people were able to come (no guilt for those who can't) ... I just feel bad for the consultant... I don't want her to come over for just a few people. But I guess they are used to that huh??
Friday, January 25, 2008
Love Maxine....
She cracks me up... check back often for a new cartoon in the top right corner... gotta give you SOME reason to come here....
New to the Blogging World...
I have a myspace ... that has a blog... but I never blog there... well, I actually never blog anywhere. But I have noticed that my "status" on myspace changes frequently ... and gets longer and longer.... so maybe I do have something to say. I titled this Random Thoughts because lately I have been noticing how random my thoughts are ... just thoughts about different things that don't really relate to each other in anyway. I thought it might be interesting to put them down somewhere. I'm not quite sure how interesting anyone ELSE will think it is .... but I guess we will see.
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