I'm tired of listening to people complain, whine and be down right angry at our President. Why not spend that energy in prayer for him and our country.
That is energy better spent. It WILL make a difference - your anger won't.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Just for fun!
You Are An ENTP |
 The Visionary You are charming, outgoing, friendly. You make a good first impression. You possess good negotiating skills and can convince anyone of anything. Happy to be the center of attention, you love to tell stories and show off. You're very clever, but not disciplined enough to do well in structured environments. In love, you see everything as a grand adventure. You enjoy taking risks for love. And if things don't work out, you're usually not too much worse for the wear! You would make a great entrepreneur, marketing executive, or actor. At work, you need a lot of freedom to pursue your own path and vision. How you see yourself: Analytical, creative, and peaceful When other people don't get you, they see you as: Detached, wishy-washy, and superficial |
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Blogger Laziness
Hey Friends -
Sorry it has been so long. Busy time of year - and I love it.
Quick update on "the house." (Check the previous post if you don't know what "the house" refers to.) We are at a stand still. We really want to buy the house - but because we are first time homebuyers and my hubby is self employed (just his second year) we have a few things stacked against us. BANKS - They make me want to scream. I mean seriously - we have a budget, we know what we can afford - and we aren't going to get in over our heads... We are still hopeful and diligently seeking God's will.
I must be off. I have to figure our how to wrap a bike for a little boy at our church! :)
Sorry it has been so long. Busy time of year - and I love it.
Quick update on "the house." (Check the previous post if you don't know what "the house" refers to.) We are at a stand still. We really want to buy the house - but because we are first time homebuyers and my hubby is self employed (just his second year) we have a few things stacked against us. BANKS - They make me want to scream. I mean seriously - we have a budget, we know what we can afford - and we aren't going to get in over our heads... We are still hopeful and diligently seeking God's will.
I must be off. I have to figure our how to wrap a bike for a little boy at our church! :)
Monday, November 19, 2007
House Hunting
Ok friends - we have been house hunting for some time - though only recently have we become serious. We have been through a number of house and I have easily looked at 300 homes online. No Joke. But we have never had a great "gut" feeling about any of the homes we have looked at...until now.
We looked at a house this weekend that has us buzzing. Seriously it is magical! OK, it is magical to us, maybe not to you. We really want to live in the country, with a yard to play in. And idealy we want an old fixer-upper home with character.
Oh we have found it. What do you think?
It's great isn't it!!!! On the back side - a new addition (2004). So we are praying about this. Praying a lot.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
He was amazed at him
The Faith of the Centurion
Luke 7:1 - 10
“1When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, 5because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." 6So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.”
I love it when I read scripture that I have read a hundred times before and yet something so huge jumps out at me it’s like I have never read it before. That’s why the Bible is “The Living Word!”
I read this scripture last night and again today. I can’t get it out of my head. When Jesus heard of the Centurion’s faith he says he was “amazed at him.” Wait on a cotton-pickin’ second – our Lord, the one who knows all, was amazed by the actions of a human. Is that wild or what? To think that I, little me, could amaze Jesus. I want that – I want to amaze Jesus.
The original word for amazed in verse 9 is thaumazo, meaning “to wonder, marvel, be struck with admiration or astonishment.” That is how I think of Jesus, but to think that my faith in Him could lead him to think the same of me. Amazing.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Luke 7:1 - 10
“1When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, 5because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." 6So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.”
I love it when I read scripture that I have read a hundred times before and yet something so huge jumps out at me it’s like I have never read it before. That’s why the Bible is “The Living Word!”
I read this scripture last night and again today. I can’t get it out of my head. When Jesus heard of the Centurion’s faith he says he was “amazed at him.” Wait on a cotton-pickin’ second – our Lord, the one who knows all, was amazed by the actions of a human. Is that wild or what? To think that I, little me, could amaze Jesus. I want that – I want to amaze Jesus.
The original word for amazed in verse 9 is thaumazo, meaning “to wonder, marvel, be struck with admiration or astonishment.” That is how I think of Jesus, but to think that my faith in Him could lead him to think the same of me. Amazing.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Monday, October 15, 2007
A dog and his vomit...
I have been battling the bank for two weeks now. Oh, the joy. While we have gotten most of our $774 in overdraft fees back we are still out $237. ARG...$237 is a stinkin lot of money.
So I have climbed my way to the top of the "said" yet un-named bank. I have been called liar, told I'm not being fair and been completely ingnored. In fact it took this bank an entire week to get back to me. But they felt bad about this delay so they gave us $150 back. Oh, how sweet. I know what they were thinking - let's give her a little more of her money back and maybe she'll get off our back. HAHAHA - Knock, knock...guess who's there...it's me, it's me....I have not gone away.
So today I met with yet another bank person. I got nowhere. In fact the lady spent most of the time talking about her history of bank problems - and then about the gas prices, and then about the increase in the cost of eggs and a galloon of milk. I felt like I was in an episode of "PeeWee's Playhouse." I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the word of the day...
The banker went on to tell me that whatever I do I should not close my account and go to another bank. She said that would be foolish. As I have now learned the "ins and outs" of said bank, so this would never happen again. She said if I moved my account to another bank I would just have to learn this lesson all over again. Umm...Ok, probably some truth to that...but nope, not buying it. Nice effort - poor approach.
Before I left I handed the bank lady a complaint letter. I asked her to please give it to her manager and let him know that I will be mailing the same letter to The Federal Bank of Cleveland, The Atterony General, and Commissioner of Commerce and the BBB. She said, "that's great, you shoud submit complaints to them, more people should do what you are doing, then maybe we wouldn't be taken advantage of so often..." It was unbelievable, she was my personal cheerleader. Amazing.
Proverbs 26:11 says, "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."
I will be moving banks. It would be foolish not to...
So I have climbed my way to the top of the "said" yet un-named bank. I have been called liar, told I'm not being fair and been completely ingnored. In fact it took this bank an entire week to get back to me. But they felt bad about this delay so they gave us $150 back. Oh, how sweet. I know what they were thinking - let's give her a little more of her money back and maybe she'll get off our back. HAHAHA - Knock, knock...guess who's there...it's me, it's me....I have not gone away.
So today I met with yet another bank person. I got nowhere. In fact the lady spent most of the time talking about her history of bank problems - and then about the gas prices, and then about the increase in the cost of eggs and a galloon of milk. I felt like I was in an episode of "PeeWee's Playhouse." I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the word of the day...
The banker went on to tell me that whatever I do I should not close my account and go to another bank. She said that would be foolish. As I have now learned the "ins and outs" of said bank, so this would never happen again. She said if I moved my account to another bank I would just have to learn this lesson all over again. Umm...Ok, probably some truth to that...but nope, not buying it. Nice effort - poor approach.
Before I left I handed the bank lady a complaint letter. I asked her to please give it to her manager and let him know that I will be mailing the same letter to The Federal Bank of Cleveland, The Atterony General, and Commissioner of Commerce and the BBB. She said, "that's great, you shoud submit complaints to them, more people should do what you are doing, then maybe we wouldn't be taken advantage of so often..." It was unbelievable, she was my personal cheerleader. Amazing.
Proverbs 26:11 says, "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."
I will be moving banks. It would be foolish not to...
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