Time Flies

Time sure flies ~ it's been eleven years today.  Until We Meet Again...

Happy Birthday, MOM

My Mom had her 77th birthday recently.  She doesn't look her age, but she is feeling it these days. She has lots of aches and pains and it's hard for her to get going most days.  Although, she might not feel great all the time,  I think she looks absolutely beautiful. Happy Birthday Mom, I hope you have many, many more.  I love you.  Until We Meet Again...

We Are New Creations In Christ

"Wherefore, put away all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." says James 1:21.   If we are in Christ, we are to become new creatures, II Corinthians 5:17 states, "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." We are to lay aside all foul, dirty and obscene words, pictures, gestures, jokes and anything else that is excessive and unnecessary and overflowing with wickedness. We are to be well established and planted deeply in the Word of God. We are to be incorporated in the Word of God with such submission to Him, that we DESIRE to lay aside all the excessive filthiness of the world and to speak only that which glorifies and honors the LORD JESUS CHRIST. When we turn away from improper and disobedient behavior and when we are rooted securely in His Word, we are showing and teaching a lost and dying world that HE IS the LIVING WORD that is able to save our souls.  Dear Lord, Help me to live firmly established in Thy Word, leaving behind all improper and disobedient behavior so that others might see that Thou dost delight to save souls.  Until We Meet Again...

The Princesses

My Two Bea-U-ti-ful Little PRINCESSES.  Mom/Gan-Gan loves her girls, er, I mean Princesses.  Until We Meet Again...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, G-BABY

That G-Baby of mine's birthday was last week and what a party she had.  Her Mom ~ my daughter ~ threw that Baby some more party.  It had a Carnival Theme.  My daughter is very gifted in the ART department, as well as in the decorating and party throwing department.  She decorated the entire yard like a Carnival, complete with face painting, a giant bouncy toy for the kids to get inside, toss the rings game, kissing booth and a clown photo booth. She had painted numerous Carnival signs and banners to be used that day.  The grown-ups  told her that it was the best party that they had been to and that she should "go in the business".  She had tables plied with all types of "Carnival Junk" to eat, including corn dogs, salt water taffy, animal crackers, boxes of  popcorn,  peanuts, individual bags of cotton candy and tables and tables of candy everywhere. There was lemonade, juice boxes, ice pops and bottles of water to quench the thirst that the hot day brought on.  Each child had a "goody bag" to take home. The kids also got to decorate a small gift bag to hold all their "loot" from playing games.   She baked cup cakes and decorated them with marsh mellows on top to resemble bags of popcorn.  It took a long, long time to hand cut ALL those tiny marsh mellows with X marks to look like popcorn. She pulled it off though.  What a Mom she is!  She set up for most of it as well, with a little help from her husband.  The tables that she borrowed, were much too heavy for her to pull up from a friend's basement, but, she did just that ~ by herself  ~ much to my chagrin.  After staying up till about 3am for two nights in a row, the party day finally arrived.  Up a ladder ~ up and down, I should say ~ about 100 times, so I was told, to make sure the banners were hung the way she wanted them to hang!  Then came 2:00pm ~ Party Time ~ was on.  She kept the kids organized with the games (with some help from some of her friends), kept the food supplied on the table, and made trips down to the basement to garner more water bottles for thirsty dry throats.  She made everything SO VERY SPECIAL for my precious G-BABY ~ a birthday party soon not to be forgotten, for sure.  G-Baby assured me that it was a WONDERFUL party and that she was very HAPPY.  She declared that she had the Best Mommy and that she had the best birthday party ~ Ever.  Yes, you do, G-BABY and yes, you did.  Your Mommy can throw some more party.   Happy Birthday, SWEET G-BABY of mine, Happy Birthday.  Until We Meet Again...

Ah, Lord God, Thou Art All-Powerful

"Ah, Lord God!  Behold, Thou hast made the Heaven and the Earth by Thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Thee," says Jeremiah 32:17.   Thank Thee, Lord God, that Thou Art omnipotent ~ ALL-POWERFUL. Thou dost hold the universe in the palm of THY hand.  Thou canst call into existence anything by the very outstretching of THY Almighty Powerful Arm.  Deuteronomy 33:27 tells me that "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms..."  There is NOTHING that is too hard for THEE to take care of in my life, and for this, I praise Thy Holy NAME.  Luke 1:37 declares "For with God nothing shall be impossible."   Because I serve an All-Powerful Lord and Saviour, there is absolutely NOTHING for me to have to fear or fret over ~ Thou dost already have everything that touches or concerns my life under control.  Ah, Lord God, Thou Art my All-Powerful God! Until We Meet Again...

Happy Birthday, AMERICA!

I celebrated a Wonderful Birthday party for AMERICA tonight with my BELOVED CHURCH FAMILY. Pastor preached a powerful message from the WORD OF GOD, THEN we had grilled hamburgers & hotdogs with all the trimmings.  The hamburgers and hotdogs were grilled by none other than our PASTOR.  After preaching, he pulled off his suit coat and donned an "apron" and cooked for us all.  What a perfect example of service ~ our beloved Pastor, the Under Shepherd ~ serving his flock.  After our meal,  we were treated to a beautiful FIREWORKS display.  It was truly a wonderful time of worship, food, & fellowship with Church Family as we celebrated our freedoms in this Great Land on her birthday!!  May Old Fashioned Revival break out in this Great Land of ours and may we turn back to the God of the BIBLE and beg HIM to heal our Land.  May HE grant us HIS grace and mercy to retain the FREEDOMS that we hold so dear and precious in this GREAT COUNTRY.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!  May GOD BLESS the USA.  Until We Meet Again...

Lord, Thou Art Faithful and Just

 Thank Thee, Lord, for Thy faithfulness and justness to continually have patience with me.  While we only have to be saved ONCE, we are not perfect and won't be until that blessed day when we enter into the Pearly Gates  and come before THY presence in Heaven.  But, Thou art loving, and wilt extend to me Thy mercies anew each day.  When I stumble, and I am going to without fail, Thou art there. Thou art ever so faithful and just to cleanse me whenever I stray and fall into some sin, to cleanse me and to restore my fellowship with Thee. When I confess my SIN, Thou art faithful and just to forgive me.  Thy Word assures us in I John 1:9 that "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."  Praise Thy Holy Name that Thou art faithful and just to us.   Even though we do not deserve Thy wondrous grace, Thou dost extend that grace to us if we are Thy children.  Thank Thee for saving me and not utterly casting me in the lake of fire.  I love Thee, My Dear Patient Heavenly Father.  Until We Meet Again... 

G-Baby and Rocket

G-Baby has her first Fur-Baby!!  I have the G-Baby and now a G-Fur-Baby.  The G-Baby and Rocket.  It is GRAND to be Gan-Gan ~ I thank the Lord everyday.   Until We Meet Again...