Forgiveness

Yesterday at Ladies small group I was going to talk about forgiveness. However only one lady showed up so we decided to talk and leave it till next week. But I will tell you about it today. There is a new song out, Pray for you by Jaron and the Long Road Home. You think that it's this sweet song about praying for someone but it's not......It's funny....but it's not how we as Christians are suppose to pray, even if we want to. The book I am using for our small group is The Christian Atheist, and the verses it used tell us to pray for our enemies. Every ounce of me is not good at praying for someone who has done me wrong, especially if they have done my husband or kids wrong, I can take it better if it's me that has been hit. I come up with justification for every motive and action I have. But as I was reading yesterday, I realize that I have to make a choice to pray for someone I really don't like. I tried yesterday to do that, believe me it was like prying my mouth open, unlocking my gritting teeth, then making my voice say the words. I read the author said in the beginning when it is hard to pray from them and God knows it hard for us, just pray Lord work in their lives and let them know who you really are. I think I can do that, I didn't pray we would become fast friend again, or that as the song in the video says a flower pot fall on their head. Just let them know God. If you need a laugh look up the video on Utube, just don't pray that way even if you want to......

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Back from the Beach

We tried to take several pictures but these two turned out the best.

What a fun time we had at the beach this last weekend. I laughed once again until my face hurt. My sister-n-law Kim (the one in the orange) cracks me up, as Cathy says "she does things we all think about doing but are to embarrassed to do them". We ate at 3 restaurants I have never been too. What great food, talapia, steamed shrimp & oysters, corn and crab chowder, yeast croissant rolls with honey butter to name a few.... can you tell I love seafood and I figure the prices will probably rise because of the oil spill so I took advantage this weekend..I have to tell you we did not have any deep thinking conversations, my brain rested for 3 whole days, we laughed, sung old 80's music and rested. I appreciated as my mother says these younger girls letting me tag along. "I'm only about 5 years older" We decided we needed to do this once a year.

Spring Sunning

I am headed to the beach this weekend. My sister-n-law Kim, Cathy, Gaby and me have decided for Mothers Day to treat ourselves to rest and sunning at the ocean. There is no better present to me from my family than to go to the beach and soak up the sun and smells of the beach. I have 4 books, one for each day and one as a devotional for night... 2 are your run of the mill fun easy reads, one is a bio about CS Lewis by his step-son and the other is called The Atheist Christian. So I think I am covered with mindless, informational and spiritual material.
I have to say that when the four of get together we laugh alot, my sister-n-law is funny......
She has just finished exams that have been tough (she says) so she is ready to have fun. My mother asked me why they let me go, (I am older than all of them), I drive them places...Ha!.Ha!. So I have to say thanks to my family for letting me go, I don't have to take care of anyone this Mothers Day other than myself... I do have to be back Sunday and bake a cake (you know the one that is so sinful) for my Mother....

Mysteries

"The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law." Deut. 29:29 People are always trying to figure out God. When really not a one of us will ever know it all until we met him face to face one day. Joey and I have been having some great talks about knowing God. We think we have come to some conclusions about our faith. If the Word says it, do it. God gives us freedom in our lives and as long as it doesn't go against his Word, then everything is OK. There are some things we don't know, don't need to know and probably shouldn't know, but what we do know what is written, its in black and white. If believe that what we are doing is OK because the world says it OK, but the Word of God spells it out that it isn't, then we are wrong. There are secret things that only God knows, like when he is going to do something outrageous, miraculous, or unexpected. What is great about all this is that we can relax and let God be God and me be me.....