Sometimes I think we get too churchy with our talk. We as christians know what we are talking about most of the time. But what about other people. For example: "Speak It In"...what does that mean to someone that has not been in the church? Or "What Does The Word Say"? They may not even know what the Word is...
Speak it in means to keep on saying it. Keep saying it till you believe it. That makes a whole lot more sense to me than speak it in. I don't want to be churchy. I want a relationship with HIM. I think we need to get back to the basics. Let's start over and take HIM at HIS WORD. I've always heard he is a man of his word. Which means to me that a man does what he says he will do. God is a man of HIS WORD. Simple don't you think. Let's stop trying to make everything so hard. Let's be more literal with the WORD of GOD. If HE said it HE means it. SO KEEP ON SAYIN IT!!! Y'all go make yourself a GREAT day! BlessingS Carol/MJ Psm 138:8
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I really didn't know what to write about today. I woke up in the middle of the night and tossed and turned some. When my alarm went off I didn't want to get up. Now I'm sitting here in my sweet little cozy air conditioned house counting my blessings.... There are so many I wouldn't ever be able to list them all.
Looking back where I came from...... we definitely were not the richest folks around. Sometimes looking at old pictures I've noticed our clothes didn't even match. But back then because of all the love my Momma & Daddy gave us I never noticed. When all we had for supper was cornbread and sweet milk, we thought that was normal. I didn't realize till I had kids of my own hard it sometimes is to provide for them. Not just the things they want, but the things they need. We never missed a meal tho and we were always clean and my Momma ironed most of what we wore. So were we poor??? No I don't think we were after all. A day never went by that they forgot to tell us they loved us. I'm so grateful for a loving family and a Momma and Daddy that taught us to Love and how to work. Thank you Sir for my BlessingS then and now. I'm Blessed to be a Blessing!! Y'all have a GREAT day too! Love ya oh so much Carol/MJ Psm My heart was so moved by this...I had to share!! Thank you to all who have given and continue to give!! A soldier’s life is taken from his family and given for us all... On Friday afternoon, Aaron Vaughn called his wife, Kimberly, at their home in Virginia Beach from his combat station in Afghanistan. “It was actually a great conversation -- probably just about time before he went out to work that night,” Kimberly Vaughn said. “We got to tell each other we loved each other, so it was a great conversation to have.” On Saturday, August 6, 2011, Aaron Carson Vaughn was one of 30 American service members who were killed when their helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan. His life was taken from his family and given for us all. He was a Navy Seal based in Virginia Beach, and leaves behind his wife, Kimberly, and his two young children, 2-year-old son Reagan and 2-month-old daughter Chamberlyn. Saturday morning Kimberly saw the TV news about a helicopter being shot down, and then her doorbell rang. “I thought, 'Oh, hopefully it's just a neighbor,' and as I rounded the stairs I saw the men in uniform and I just fell to my knees. There's no preparing for it. It's something you see in the movies. It's not something you're supposed to live through.” Her father was with her as the Navy officers told her that her husband had been killed in action. Kimberly told the press, “I fell to my knees and cried and didn't want to hear it, but it's the truth. You want it to be a mistake. You want them to say it's the wrong person, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone.” [i] “I want to tell the world that he was an amazing man, that he was a wonderful husband, and a fabulous father to two wonderful children. He was a warrior for our country and he wouldn't want to leave this earth any other way than how he did,” said Kimberly.[ii] “He loved his job,” she told CNN. “There was no way — even if you could tell him that this would have happened, he would have done it anyway. All those men are like that. They're selfless.” His grandmother, Geneva Vaughn of Union City, Tenn., said “Aaron was a Christian and he’s with Jesus today. He told us when we saw him last November that he wasn’t afraid . . . He said, ‘Granny, don’t worry about me.’” At 6-foot-4, 200 pounds, the member of Seal Team Six was “just all muscle,”[iii] Geneva Vaughn said. “He was a tough warrior, but he was a gentle man”[iv] Seal Team Six is the special operations unit that carried out the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The 30 year-old Vaughn had been decorated for his previous tours inAfghanistan and was re-deployed just weeks after his daughter’s birth. “We never knew where he was,” Grandmother Vaughn said. “We supported him in his decisions. Aaron was very modest. He didn't like for you to brag on him. He would say he was just doing his job.”[v] Vaughn and his wife were building a house, but it turns out that what Aaron Vaughn was actually building was a legacy. In an interview Kimberly gave on NBC's “Today” show, she told the interviewer that part of the heritage Aaron’s children will receive is that, “They will take away his love for Christ. They will take his dream and his love for the country and they will know what an amazing man he is.” His family says that Aaron Vaughn will be buried at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. --END-- Let't not take for granted the blessingS given to us.... I'm so very grateful....Thank you Sir!! BlessingS Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 I'm not saying there aren't days when it would be much easier to give up. There are days when I am just tired of being strong. But giving up just is not an option!!!
Every time I think about my Smiles and how blessed I am to have them, or hear one of them laugh... I know I can do this...I can make this work...with Your help Sir!! Jer 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Just to know that you are thinking about me and the plans you have for my life......that should be enough to carry me through till the end!! I'm sorry for whining Sir. I know you have a great future for me and my family. I love you so much. Thank you for taking such good care of us. Go make your day GREAT too!!! Love and BlessingS, Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 In the midst of the storm...who do you run to??
"For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning." Psm 30:5 I love the song by Rascal Flatts "I Won't Let Go". I've been singing it for a while. Seems like every time I sing it I feel HIS sweet touch. HIM promising me that no matter what HE won't let go. No matter how bad I mess up, HE'LL be there. It's like a storm That cuts a path It breaks your will It feels like that You think you lost But your not lost On your own No your not alone I will stand by you, I will help you thru, when your've done all you can do and you can't cope. I will dry your eyes, I will fight your fight. I will hold you tight and I won't let go!!! I find a lot of comfort in knowing that no matter what happens in my life HE promises that HE won't let go. Y'all have a GREAT day too.... BlessingS Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 "You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psm 16:11
I have been a hermit the last two days...by choice. Sometimes things just seem too stinkin big. I know me, so I just take the time to be quiet and idle for a little bit. There really isn't one thing wrong...can't put my finger on what's going on really, just know I need to be still and quiet for a bit. I'm sure grateful for HIS Word... The promise of HIS Joy... Don't let life run you....you run your life with HIS help. Love y'all and I hope you have a GREAT day too!! BlessingS Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 I graduated from Malakoff High School. We moved there mid-term of my fifth grade year from Cross Roads. There is a new page on facebook called Malakoff Memories. It's been a lot of fun reconnecting with some of my old friends. There are a whole lot of things that went on that I sure didn't have any knowledge of, LOL.
Daddy was very strict with us growing up. I have two older sisters and a younger brother. After reading everyone's memories I realize why he was so strict.... Sometimes I thought Daddy was too strict and we missed out on a lot of things. Not so sure now. I never felt like I fit in in high school. We were very active in our little church. Parkview Baptist Church was a place where I could go and be myself. I always felt accepted and loved there. Of course then I didn't realize why. I believe now it was because of HIS plan for my life now. I still believe we are drawn to where we are celebrated not tolerated. I'm sure I would have gone with everyone else and gotten in trouble if I hadn't been afraid of my Daddy's wrath. So many times is life the seemingly bad things in our lives push us to the very BEST things in our life. Y'all have a GREAT day too!! Thanks for being family to me. Thanks for getting me through the bad times and loving me so much. I sure do love y'all!! BlessingS Carol/MJ Jer 33:3 We worked for Booger Barter for a lot of years. I can remember him saying K I S S. Keep it simple stupid...LOL I think about that a lot with God's Word. Why do we always want to make what He says so hard? His Word says to come to Him as little children.... Little kids don't analyze everything the way we do. They are very literal. So is HE!! Let's just read His Word the way it is and stop making it HARD!!
I believe God wants us to have everything we want. If it's not happening its NOT because of Him, it's because of us!! Love y'all...Hope you have a GREAT day too!! Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 Sometimes when people write encouraging things to me, I save them so I can go back and read them again. You know for those days when nobody loves me and everybody hates me, LOL (Just kidding)
I have to wonder if that's why God had His men write it all down for us. So we can have it go back and read over and over again. All those promises written down in books just for us. He still talks to us we just have to be still and listen. But when you don't have the strength to listen...there it is to encourage us... HE is so awesome....Thank you Sir!! Love y'all!! BlessingS Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 I have a bestie that is more like a little brother than my friend. He text me everyday and prays for me everyday. Just when I feel like I want to go hide somewhere and eat worms...LOL I'll get a text from him. Just telling me how much he loves me. He understands that I don't necessarily like to talk on the phone...so he text me. He knows I'm a little goofy and he loves me anyway. I'm so grateful for his friendship and obedience to God to be my brother.
I have lots of other friends and family that check on me and encourage me, but RDawg takes the time everyday to do it. Thank you all my wonderful family and friends for keeping me and my family in your prayers and thoughts. YOUR THE BEST!! Blessings and I love you all!! Carol/MJ Psm 138:8 |
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