Interesting times....

I'm an online mentor/study coach and I have been for several years now. I have just started mentoring my first teenage girl. She is searching...trying to make her family's Christianity her own. I'm pretty excited to be part of this. It's a defining moment in a child's life. I think of that even for my kids. Greg will be 13 in Feb and one day he will have to claim his belief for his own. I think in many ways he does, but as he gets older, meets other kids, Christians and nochristians alike, he'll have choices to make and decisions. That's when you pray you have built a good enough foundation for your children. So, I look at mentoring this girl as such a privilege. If you remember, pray for me once in a while...for me and V ( initial only).

Another Sunday night update

What a WONDERFUL weekend I had! God is so good...He really is.

First of all, our LEFC Chili Supper went great. It seems like about 20 women came out and we had a great time. I did get a comment on it from someone today at church who enjoyed it and I has to admit, I was surprised she did. It was a great time of worship.

Sat. am we had our LEFC brunch at Diane's house. What a hoot. There were 11 of us in all. We had to have it a little shut out because of space. I'm hoping we can do it at the church somehow so whoever wants to come, will come and I'm also thinking once in a while to get a speaker to come as well. We are in exciting times.

We had a great time with my mil Mary and her hubby Henry. I'm tired, but so content. Now this week, Greg needs to write his PAT. I'm not sure what day since our Pastor is supervising him and his wife just had a baby this am. A baby boy...Baby Isaiah...he is baby number 14. I need to get laundry all done by Wed night ( that is my deadline). Wally and I are leaving Friday am for a few days to Banff and Lake Louise. I can't wait. He is driving the bus.

Yes, this week looks fine...school is almost done for Danny and Greg is pretty much done. Life is awesome!!!! Have a great week my friends. Maybe I will see you again this week. Toodles!

Sunday Morning

It's been a while since I've taken some time to sit and write a blog here so, here goes. Here's a bit of an update on my not so exciting life.

God continues to shower His blessings on me and my family. Wally still has work ( lots of it in fact). In this day and age, we have to be so thankful for that. School is almost done for both the boys. Danny is signed up to join us next year for homeschooling. I know it will be much different than this year was, but I'm up for the challenge and I'm so excited about it!!!!!

Women's Ministry is winding down for the summer somewhat. We will continue to meet for coffee for the second and fourth Thursdays of July and August, but nothing structured. I'm quite excited about the vision God has given me for this group. In catering to the ladies that actually come, there will be more meetings.... coffee nights out, brunch once a month, 2 prayer meetings a month. We will have our big meetings about 4 times a year and make them bigger....grander, something that will entice others to come as well ( we hope). As well as hopefully some community outreach stuff as well. Yeah, I think it will be a great ride. I'm sure getting to love these ladies. This coming Thurs is our last actual meeting for summer. We are having a chili supper at one of the ladies house out in the country. Two of us are making chili. I love chili. We will sit around, reminisce about camp times and sing songs and just hang out and laugh. THEN on Sat am we are meeting for our first brunch together. It will be at a friends' house this first time. Oh the ladies are soooo excited. lol So am I. I'm trying to come up with a good devotional for it. We want to do this monthly. I'm thinking we can go to a restaurant sometimes and maybe have it at the church sometimes...maybe even make it a sort of potluck??? We'll take it as it comes. I do know that it is well received at this time.

My mil and her husband are coming this week too. PLUS Tues night we are having a Bible Study wiener roast at our house so it is such a busy week. A week of fellowship and fun! Can't wait. God has just so blessed us!!!

I'll try to stay more updated on my blogs. If not for anyone else then at least for me so I can look back and say " oh yeah!!!" God Bless!!

On the Death of the Wicked

Thanks so much to Tony and this article he wrote. It really helped for me personally, to put the murder of abortionist George Tiller in perspective for me. I admit, quite humbly and with a heavy heart, that part of me has been pretty thrilled that this man is dead. This article humbled me up big time. Forgive me Father....


On the death of the wicked
WORLD Magazine
Written by Tony Woodlief
June 1, 8:32 AM

My wife wept when she heard that abortionist George Tiller had been
murdered. She cried out and left the sanctuary of our church, perhaps for
fear of hearing that God had ordained it, that it was all part of His plan.
When a tidal wave kills thousands, or when a child is stricken with cancer,
or even when a wicked killer is struck down with unlawful violence, it is
hard to hear that this is part of God's plan to glorify Himself, as if all
this bloodshed and misery is what He intended from the beginning.

"'Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?' says the Lord
God, 'and not that he should turn from his ways and live'?" Perhaps more
chilling, for a Bible-toting assassin, would be Christ's promise: "For with
what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use,
it will be measured back to you." Perhaps this is why George Tiller's
murderer did not stand beside his freshly fallen corpse, but fled like a
coward. Perhaps as he saw firsthand what it feels like to unjustly take up
the Judge's sword, he felt the cold shadow of it cross over his own neck.

And so now a killer is dead and a murderer imprisoned and God knows how many
people grief-stricken or furious or-God have mercy on their souls-exultant.
A gunshot took a death merchant from the earth, but who knows what evil it
has unleashed?

But worst of all, which is what grieved my wife, is that George Tiller was
sent to fall before the judgment seat of God, where even a righteous man
must tremble. Whatever might have been for him is ended. Perhaps he would
have continued to shed the blood of innocents. Perhaps he would have
repented, to the rejoicing of angels. None of that is for us to know.

We can know this, however: George Tiller was fashioned in the image of God
and he was cut down by the unlawful hand of man. He is no martyr. But he is
not so different from you or I. And where might we go, God have mercy on our
souls, were we slaughtered in the midst of our unrepentance?

It is an awful thing indeed to slay a wicked man. Who dares claim that
authority? Who aspires to sit in the judgment seat of the Living God? Better
instead to pray, all of us, for ourselves and our loved ones and our enemies
alike, because all of us will one day give an accounting. God have mercy on
those of us who must give that accounting with bloody hands.

Looking forward to a new week!

Last week was pretty tough for a few reasons. The great thing I learned about it are lessons.

~ Go with your gut instinct. Chances are, it's right. Even if it is church stuff and "good" stuff, satan is out to destroy.

~ Look for a message for "yourself" in a message that you know is for someone else. I won't elaborate on this. It's not for me to judge...just know that you have to stay humble even if you know you are in the "right."

~ Forgive. No matter what, forgive. If you don't, it's your days that are ruined and your relationship with God is that is being damaged. Don't worry about the other guy. You don't answer for him/her.

~ Love anyways. Life is too short and God is just so good!

~ Laugh until you cry and don't stop!!