THANK YOU!
UPDATE: Thanks for the prayers. His levels are down, so he goes back in 6 months to be tested again. God is Good.....All the Time!!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
PRAYERS NEEDED
THANK YOU!
UPDATE: Thanks for the prayers. His levels are down, so he goes back in 6 months to be tested again. God is Good.....All the Time!!
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Ten Ways To Love
Once again....you may have already seen this on Facebook, but I am reposting it just in case you missed it!!!
I hope you have a nice few weeks............I will see you again in about five weeks.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Food for the Soul
You know as pastors and pastor wives, we are always ministering to "others" and do not take time for ourselves. I get to sit in the service each week and be "preached to and taught" by my husband, which I thoroughly enjoy, but let's be honest, many weeks, we have been stopped, pulled aside and pounded to the point that our minds are on church "things" instead of the service at times. By nature, I am a fixer, so that tends to make this situation worse. Also, it is not as much fun to sit by ourselves during the worship service.
Anyway, it is always a blessing when we get to take some time and sit back and be "feed" together. This weekend we are in Pigeon Forge being "preached to and taught" as a couple at the Appalachian Ministers Celebration --- Appreciating the Past, Accenting the Present & Anticipating the Future. I am looking so forward to this time of "soul food" plus this time "away" from the rat-race with my husband and fellowship with great friends.
I know that most of you do attend conferences together, but if you do not, I would like to encourage you to make plans to attend some. As a couple and as a minister, you NEED THAT TIME.
Anyway, it is always a blessing when we get to take some time and sit back and be "feed" together. This weekend we are in Pigeon Forge being "preached to and taught" as a couple at the Appalachian Ministers Celebration --- Appreciating the Past, Accenting the Present & Anticipating the Future. I am looking so forward to this time of "soul food" plus this time "away" from the rat-race with my husband and fellowship with great friends.
I know that most of you do attend conferences together, but if you do not, I would like to encourage you to make plans to attend some. As a couple and as a minister, you NEED THAT TIME.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Who is Like a Computer?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Jury Duty
I will be 56 years old next month and this is the second time I have been summons to jury duty. The first time, I was breast-feeding our youngest and they let me off. This time, even being a teacher did not get me off the hook, although many teachers in the past have used that excuse.
In our county, you serve for four months, but if you turn in your paper work early enough, you get a choice of whether you serve on Panel 1 which is August/September or Panel 2, which is October/November. In rare trials Panel 1 and Panel 2 will be called in, so therefore you are on stand-by for four months. Being a teacher, Panel 2 made more sense, but being a soon-to-be Mimi, Panel 1 was my choice.
I begin to prepare and plan around jury duty. Each week, the recorded message I received when calling in would say, "All panel 1 jury members please call back next Monday on so-and-so date after 5 pm."
I got very comfortable with that message, so image my surprise last Monday, during the middle of the "FLOODS" we were having when the recorded message said, "All panel 1 jury members report to the court house tomorrow at 8:45." This was the day that our county schools were cancelled because of the flooding in our county, so while all of the other teachers got to sleep in, I waded through the rain to the court house and waited until lunch to be told that I was not chosen so was dismissed until the next call date.
The next call date was last Thursday and the message just said to call back Monday, September 24th after 5 p.m. Yesterday, the message, once again said to report to the court house at 8:45 on Tuesday, Sepember 25th.
I type all of this to say.....I have known for two months that I was on stand-by for jury duty, but I got very comfortable with the fact that I never had to actually go.......so when I actually DID get called, I was SHOCKED and was NOT PREPARED.
Think about it. Isn't that sort of the way we are concerning the Second Coming of Jesus? We have known about it for a long time. We know He is coming back. We keep getting ready and preparing, but then we get lazy and too comfortable. We say we are looking for His coming, but our actions show that really deep down, we think he will come back, but NOT TODAY.
May we ALL be PREPARED and READY for "HIS COMING".......and not get too comfortable in our lives that we forget our purpose for being here on earth.
In our county, you serve for four months, but if you turn in your paper work early enough, you get a choice of whether you serve on Panel 1 which is August/September or Panel 2, which is October/November. In rare trials Panel 1 and Panel 2 will be called in, so therefore you are on stand-by for four months. Being a teacher, Panel 2 made more sense, but being a soon-to-be Mimi, Panel 1 was my choice.
I begin to prepare and plan around jury duty. Each week, the recorded message I received when calling in would say, "All panel 1 jury members please call back next Monday on so-and-so date after 5 pm."
I got very comfortable with that message, so image my surprise last Monday, during the middle of the "FLOODS" we were having when the recorded message said, "All panel 1 jury members report to the court house tomorrow at 8:45." This was the day that our county schools were cancelled because of the flooding in our county, so while all of the other teachers got to sleep in, I waded through the rain to the court house and waited until lunch to be told that I was not chosen so was dismissed until the next call date.
The next call date was last Thursday and the message just said to call back Monday, September 24th after 5 p.m. Yesterday, the message, once again said to report to the court house at 8:45 on Tuesday, Sepember 25th.
I type all of this to say.....I have known for two months that I was on stand-by for jury duty, but I got very comfortable with the fact that I never had to actually go.......so when I actually DID get called, I was SHOCKED and was NOT PREPARED.
Think about it. Isn't that sort of the way we are concerning the Second Coming of Jesus? We have known about it for a long time. We know He is coming back. We keep getting ready and preparing, but then we get lazy and too comfortable. We say we are looking for His coming, but our actions show that really deep down, we think he will come back, but NOT TODAY.
May we ALL be PREPARED and READY for "HIS COMING".......and not get too comfortable in our lives that we forget our purpose for being here on earth.
Monday, September 24, 2012
When It Rains....
Okay, moms, we all know that no matter how old our children are, when they hurt, we hurt. Or, when they go through trials, so do we. They will always be our babies.
Our son and daughter-in-law, who have only been married eight months have already seen their share of trials. Three weeks ago on a Thursday night, our son's truck broke down on the interstate an hour from his home in Gallatin as he was bringing home a small boat he had purchased. He wound up having to call a tow truck to pick him up.
The next morning, after he went to work, his wife was running around getting ready for work and stomped her toe on a dumbbell. She called our son, he came home from work and took her to the doctor where they discovered she had broken her toe, next to the little toe on her right foot. This meant she was limited to desk work on her job. I might also mention that they live on the third floor of an apartment, with no elevator.
The same Friday night, our son was going to go get them something to eat, when he pulled out in front of a vehicle and wrecked her car. They thought it was totaled, but the insurance company is trying to fix it.
Two weeks later, our daughter-in-law was off work and decided to drive into town for a few items. While hobbling down the three flights of stairs, she lost her balance and fell backwards down the stairs and had to make another trip to the doctor, where they discovered she had fractured her left arm. This time, she is out of work, without pay, until she can heal some.
It is not always "what" we are going through that is as important as "how we handle" it.
Just remember, what don't kill us will make us stronger. Cody and Melanie are taking "their adventurous" month and just joking about it. They did both say that after the wrecked vehicle, they had said....at least things HAVE to get better from here.....that they WOULD NOT say that again since it was afterwards that she broke her arm. Smile.
During "their eventful two weeks", Melanie posted on Facebook about all of the events....the toe, the vehicle and the arm. Then she wrote, "but I am ALIVE and HAPPY and thankful to be that way."
You know....things happen. Life is not always fair. When we are going through "stuff" sometimes it is easy to go all "doom and gloom." (I have to confess, her positive attitude taught me a lesson......since my "children" were going through all of this, I wanted to lean more towards the negative end.)
Let's strive to keep a positive attitude and the negative world we live in!
Our son and daughter-in-law, who have only been married eight months have already seen their share of trials. Three weeks ago on a Thursday night, our son's truck broke down on the interstate an hour from his home in Gallatin as he was bringing home a small boat he had purchased. He wound up having to call a tow truck to pick him up.
The next morning, after he went to work, his wife was running around getting ready for work and stomped her toe on a dumbbell. She called our son, he came home from work and took her to the doctor where they discovered she had broken her toe, next to the little toe on her right foot. This meant she was limited to desk work on her job. I might also mention that they live on the third floor of an apartment, with no elevator.
The same Friday night, our son was going to go get them something to eat, when he pulled out in front of a vehicle and wrecked her car. They thought it was totaled, but the insurance company is trying to fix it.
Two weeks later, our daughter-in-law was off work and decided to drive into town for a few items. While hobbling down the three flights of stairs, she lost her balance and fell backwards down the stairs and had to make another trip to the doctor, where they discovered she had fractured her left arm. This time, she is out of work, without pay, until she can heal some.
It is not always "what" we are going through that is as important as "how we handle" it.
Just remember, what don't kill us will make us stronger. Cody and Melanie are taking "their adventurous" month and just joking about it. They did both say that after the wrecked vehicle, they had said....at least things HAVE to get better from here.....that they WOULD NOT say that again since it was afterwards that she broke her arm. Smile.
During "their eventful two weeks", Melanie posted on Facebook about all of the events....the toe, the vehicle and the arm. Then she wrote, "but I am ALIVE and HAPPY and thankful to be that way."
You know....things happen. Life is not always fair. When we are going through "stuff" sometimes it is easy to go all "doom and gloom." (I have to confess, her positive attitude taught me a lesson......since my "children" were going through all of this, I wanted to lean more towards the negative end.)
Let's strive to keep a positive attitude and the negative world we live in!
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