gotta have FAITH

Over the past six years I have had the pleasure of being Nana to this precious little girl named Faith. When she moved to San Diego I was afraid that she would move on with her life and forget her Nana. Well, Faith is growing into a beautiful young lady and she calls me almost every day after school and when she has exciting things to tell. Somedays, I feel like I am there in person because she calls me 3 or 4 times. I am so honored that she enjoys picking up the phone and talking to her Nana.

I have never been a Nana before but holding this title with Faith and her brother Isaac makes me feel so honored! Thank you to her incredible parents for letting me be such a huge part of her life. Everyone should have a Faith in their life.

"Family of God"

Last night I sat down at the computer to send a letter to my family and friends asking for prayer this week for Kahli to receive an "upgrade" for her insulin pump. After I composed the letter and started sending it out I realized how "BLESSED" I am to have such an incredible group of family and friends that love us so much.

Today I received phone calls or return e-mails from most of the people I sent the letter to,telling me that they would be praying for Kahli and the insurance company. Everyone also offered themselves to help out in any way they could.

What a huge outpouring of love!

I am so thankful to have all of these people to turn to in good times and bad . I am so blown away that everyone is always here for us with no questions asked. WOW! How could we ever deserve such awesome friends and family?

Isn't the "Family of God" a great family?

HOME WITH A HEART

Tonight I went to "Home with a Heart" with some of my family from "Disciples Mission." We go there one Thursday a month to bring dinner and a message to these men who are suffering from addiction. Home with a Heart is a biblical based program which lasts for 6 weeks.

Please understand that we go there to minister to them and every time we leave we feel that they ministered to us in many more ways than they ever know.

Tonight I met a man named, Robert. He was born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, and after many years of fighting alcoholism he finally sought help. He went through a detox program in Monroe and then his family doctor found "Home with a Heart" for him. Before he knew it he was on a bus and headed for Liberty, South Carolina. He said tonight if he were to leave there he would be instantly lost. You see Robert has no one here that he can rely on. He does does not have the wonderful support of a family or a church body or even a circle of friends that he can depend on. The interesting thing is that Robert does know the LORD and with HIM, he is not lost at all. You see Robert may be lost geographically but he knows within his heart the the LORD will get him home.

Robert was blown away that people would spend their time cooking, baking and preparing dinner for these men who are total strangers and then to boot feed them spiritually. After we ate, I offered to clear his plate and with his he was left speechless. He felt as if he was an incredible sinner and he did not deserve this love. On the other hand I felt totally honored to be able to cook and prepare and clean up after him tonight. You see, I think that Robert is an amazingly brave man for fighting his addiction and going out on a ledge to a place he has never been before to get on the right road.

So even though we went tonight to minister to these men...the truth is they ministered to ME more than they will ever know. Yes, they were strangers to me tonight but we are all children of GOD and in that sense Robert is my brother and I was glad to be there tonight to encourage him , eat dinner with him and worship with him.

Our GOD is so very awesome. I am so thankful and gracious that HE loves me as much as HE does because I am a huge sinner, just like Robert.

Thank you Lord for loving us and giving me the opportunity I had this evening!

WORSHIP

Isn't it interesting that there are so many ways to worship and that everyone worships differently....Kahli and I have been to many churches over the past couple of months and each one has a it's own very unique style.....

Yes, I do prefer a church that has great music because I worship through music a lot but the word that is spoken and taught is also important.....Do you think that it is important to know those around you that are worshipping with you or is it okay to sing and praise the LORD with strangers? Does it make a difference if you have to dress up to go to church or is it okay to wear jeans? Is it better to worship at 9:30 in the morning or is 6:00 at night okay?

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to go to St. Maarten on a mission trip to help this community of precious people build a new church....Now talk about worshipping in ALL circumstances...This congregation worshipped on a concrete slab with tarps covering it and they were dressed in their finest clothes and sang HIS praises in 90 degree weather...Even though there was a huge language barrier you could feel their heart and souls being poured out to GOD.....How spectacular is that?

Bottom line is.....we have an awesome GOD and any time that we can gather together in HIS name and sing HIS praises and share his glory is unbelievably amazing....

Today, Kahli and I went to a church with strangers...she wore khakis and I dressed up and then we went to church tonight at someones house.......the whole day we were worshipping our KING and learning more about his word and how to glorify HIM and how to serve others and on and on.....I love Sundays and I love to worship.....

"Snowy Days"

Isn't it amazing how the "snow" brings out the inner child in all of us.....

On wednesday this week we got 3-4" of beautiful snow.....Please understand that we are Florida people and have not had huge experiences with snow so when it does happen everyone gets really excitied....

Anyway about 8:00 it begins snowing and Kahli keep going to the door and yelling"Yeah, it's snowing" and jumping up and down.....Now the only other person who gets as excited about the snow is her Meemaw (she could not convince her to go out at 10:30pm) so needless to say I bundled up (looking mighty pretty) and went out with her to build a snowman.....It was fun and exciting and cold and wet....

I did love being a child again while in the snow and i am thankful for the time that Kahli and I had in the snow taking pictures and making memories.....

GREAT NEWS.....the weather forecast for tomorrow is another 2-3".....how exciting!!!!!

I have talked with Faith and Isaac and they really wish that they could be here with us to build snowmen and to play in the snow....However , since the are in sunny San Diego, Kahli and I have agreed to build and special snowman for Faith and also one for Isaac.....I hope that mother nature delivers what the weather man has promised.

May you all be filled with HIS grace each and everyday.....

BLOGGING

THE SIX MILE MEDIATOR has officially opened for business!!!!!!!!!!

January 15, 2008

Yet another wonderous day that the LORD has chosen top let me live and i am going to do my best to GLORIFY HIM to the fullest in all my words and actions.

My bestest friend and her family are currently in San diego spreading the gospel and it is my mission to support them in every way possible.

There are many days I am challenged with that by letting "life" get in the way. I do have to admit I am human and a huge sinner at that but the LORD loves me anyway and throughtout the rest of my days I am going to show the people i meet how awesome GOD really is.