Where were you on September 11, 2001?

On September 11, 2001 I was at work in the bank I worked for at that time working as a funds transfer person.  I and two other people were in an area that was secure and only those with a card could get in.  I didn't even know what had happened until I left that area and heard from others what was happening. It was with much horror I heard that airplanes were being used as weapons and crashed into buildings.  Many innocent lives were taken that day.  It was a day of much horror, sorrow and disbelief.  Among the terror and fear there were many people that became a hero.  They tried to not leave anybody behind.  America woke up that morning normal and went to bed wounded and bleeding.  The scars are still there today.  It is a day that I will never forget!  It was an attack on my country.

Satin is like that.  He uses things and circumstances to try to change us.  He wants to horrify us and put fear into out hearts and minds.  Satin is always on attack!  He wants us to stay wounded and bleeding but just as the United States recovered and have plans in place to try to prevent more attacks on our land Christians have a guide and comfort.  It is God.  NO matter what satin throws our way he is there! He is the way, the truth and the light!
He is my Hero!

Who is your hero?

John 14:6

New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Psalm 121:1-2

New King James Version (NKJV)

God the Help of Those Who Seek Him

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

What is inside your food and your heart?

                                                 


The other day I saw on the news that a young boy had eaten a doughnut and ended up in the hospital.  There apparently were things in the doughnut that should not be.  I have also heard this about cookies bought from a major fast food place.  It does seem like there are many stories out there about people finding things inside their food that should not be there.  Some of the things in food that I have heard about or have seen on the news are metal, glass, worms and many other things.  I do love doughnuts and cookies but the next time I take a bite I might be a little more careful and look before I eat.


 There are apparently things in my heart that should not be there.  They are there because I forget to look at what I am consuming in my everyday life.  I have let emotions, circumstances and people affect me and end up with metal, glass and worms in the middle of my heart.  I have to be careful and look to Jesus before I digest the daily grind of life.  Sometimes something that looks as normal as a doughnut could cause my heart to be full of the wrong things.  I have to give the doughnuts of life to Him daily.

What is in the middle of your heart?

                                   

Psalm 51:10

New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

The Journey Continues:It Sounds Like---------

REMISSION!!  Richard said the Doctor did not say remission but this is what he said.  The doctor said that there is not anything unusual on the pet scan and to me that sounds like REMISSION!!!  He does not have to see the doctor again for two months but might have to do the IVIG infusions if his immunoglobin counts are still down.  When Richard and I walked out to the car it just seemed unreal but it is real!!! WHOO HOO!!!

Thank-you so much for all the prayers but keep them coming!!!

Psalm 95:2

New King James Version (NKJV)

2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

The Journey Continues:Appointment today

Just a few lines to let you know that today Richard will have a pet scan and we will get the results this afternoon.  He will do the pet scan early than the IVIG and the Doctor appointment in the afternoon. I have to leave him for a little bit and get to my arthritis appointment.

Thanks for all the continued prayers!!  I will try to post this evening or in the morning the results.


 The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8NKJV

Is Your House Clean?

I had a party Saturday so on Thursday I started cleaning.  Than on Friday I did a little bit more but on Saturday morning I was like a Tiger tearing through the house.  I wiped, I mopped, I dusted and tried to make everything spotless. I didn't stop until I thought it was good enough.

I than became very protective.  If I saw someone eating something I was behind them sweeping up the crumbs.  If someone got a dish out I put it back up.  If someone tracked in dirt or grass I swept it away.  I have to admit that I was not very nice while trying to keep the house clean.  I might have growled just a bit.

I got to thinking that  the outside of my house, most of the time, looks better than the inside.  If I would just clean regularly than it would be so much easier to let someone come inside my house.  It would already be clean and I could relax.  I wouldn't have to worry that if the doorbell rings someone might see my dirt.  My life would be so much easier if I would just clean daily.

My Lord cleans me daily, sometimes hourly or by the minute.  He is very protective and constantly sweeps away my grime and dirt.  He doesn't wait until my soul is full of filth. He is concerned about the inside.  He doesn't have to act like a Tiger.  The Holy Spirit woos, convicts and cleans. There is no growling just a sweet, sweet spirit reminding me what I should be! 

The Savior sweeping my soul helps me to be nice and lets His beauty shines through!

What shines through you??

1 Peter 3:2-4

New International Version (NIV)

² when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. ³ Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. ⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

My job as a telemarketer

                                                       
                                 




In the 1990's I was looking for a job that met my schedule.   My boys were still in grade school and I wanted a job that would allow me to be with them before and after school.  There were not many that offered that schedule and that is how I ended up as a telemarketer.  

I was sat up in a room with about ten to fifteen other people, told what to say, how to say it and when to say it.  I had a script to read. I remember that it was raising money for an organization but I don't remember what it was for but it was very much like the calls everybody gets that ask for donations for a worthy cause.  Now I will say that there are worthy causes and than there are the not so worthy causes.

I had been there for about eight days when I got a call that stumped me.  It was someone that had the audacity to ask me how much of the proceeds went to the cause and where the rest of the monies went to. I looked through the whole script and there was nothing in it with the answer. I went to my supervisor and he gave me such a vague answer that I was very confused.  I tried to tell the person what he had said but he didn't understand what I was trying to say and hung up.  To be honest I didn't understand what I was saying.

I went back to my supervisor for a better explanation of where and how the monies went.  He chastised me and told me that if anyone ask that question again to just transfer the call to him.  I went to lunch that day and never went back.  I called the supervisor the next morning to tell him that I could not work for a company that didn't have straight, honest answers.  I didn't like the confusion.

The devil is full of confusion.  He doesn't give honest answers.  He woos and will give a script of sin and selfishness.  He makes his script look like the easy way.  His script is full of give it to me now, dishonesty and vagueness.  He wants to keep you confused.  His script will not lead you to the answer but it will lead you straight to hell.

My God is not one of confusion.  My God's script is full of the right answers.  His script will lead you to honest answers.  His script will lead you to honesty, love and truth.  His Script might not be the easy way but it will lead you straight to heaven!

What script are you following?

1 Corinthians 14:33

New King James Version (NKJV)

33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

John 14:6

New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Hormonicidal, kinda like homicidal! (This is a post for woman only, men read at your own risk)

Homicide means that a person has a tendency to commit homicides.  Hormonicial is kinda like homicidal.  I thought I had made up a new word but I googled it and there it was!  Hormonicidal is actually a word and means a rage that is hormone induced. So I can't say that I coined that word but I certainly understand it.

The hormone induced rage that I understand is the menstrual hormones that can get completely out of whack and make me want to smack someone.  I didn't really understand this until I reached my forties which came with very heavy, painful menstrual cycles, please take note that word starts with men.  I started longing and praying for menopause, another word that starts with men, even though menopause has it's own set of problems!  Some women and girls though start from the beginning with the heavy, painful menstrual cycles and are hormonicidal from a very young age.  I am kin to some of them.  I must confess I thought they were nuts until I experienced it.  My husband has had the unfortunate experience to have encountered the I am going to kill you look and learned to go to the golf course, fishing or anywhere except in the presence of his very own hormonicidal woman.  For some reason the womanly things that happen to women but start with man or men just seemed to make me even more hormonicidal. :)

I had a doctor who put me on pills in my forties that kept me cool, calm and sane for the most part. Those pills kept me livable for at least a decade but now for some reason they think that I am too old to take those pills.  They thought that I had probably went through MENopause.  Unfortunately I have not and I have caught myself thinking those hormonicidal thoughts again!

Matthew 9:19-22

New King James Version (NKJV)

19 So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples.
20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. 21 For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” 22 But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said,“Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

Most of the teachings about this passage believe that this was menstrual bleeding.  I wonder if she had that hormone induced rage?  Whether she did or not I do know that she went to the right place for healing.  She went to the Lord with her problem and she was healed!

That is where I need to take my hormonicidal problem.  I need to reach out and touch the hem of His garment!   He is the One that is my help in distress, even hormonal distress. He is Jehovah Rapha!!