When I got home from spinning this morning, I went outside to feed Hershey (he's my 100 lb lab) and to sit for a while. As I was sitting there, just kinda soaking it all in, I looked up at my light and there was a perfect spider web. You know, just like the one in Charlotte's Web. It was perfectly spun, not just a strand here or there and it was HUGE. Now, normally my first thought is huge web, huge spider so get rid of it, but I just looked. Never saw the spider but I figured he was around somewhere. As I came inside, I realized how lucky we really are. How God gave us this perfect world to live in. True enough, not all things go right, life is not fair and we don't always get what we want, but God loves us and wants nothing but the best for us if we will just do His will.

Today is going to be a good day. I am energized and have no intentions on letting anything or anyone get me down today!! Be blessed... I love you all, have a great day!!!!

As my daughter had her Honor's Day last Friday, all I could do was cry. For alot of reasons.... one, she was at the school that her grandma (my mama) taught at and as she walked across the stage getting her awards, I couldn't help but think that her grandma was smiling every single time they called her name. Second, I was crying because she was leaving middle school and in my head, she was about to have to start making some serious choices about her future. High school was coming and it was time to start thinking about what school she would go to college at, making sure her grades stayed up so she could GO to college, what kind of job she would have after college, you know.. all the normal stuff I guess parents get paranoid about. And of course she has it ALL figured out.... she's going to the University of Tennessee and play in the WNBA and be a lawyer. This had been her dream for as long as she could hold a basketball and for almost as long as she could talk, she wanted to be a lawyer, that has never changed.

So this weekend, I thought alot about my daughter and her future. But then I thought, what if something happens and she can't do any of the stuff she wants to do, where does that leave her? I thought about my sons and what they are gonna do after high school.. the military, college, marriage, kids...??I think its good, no great to have goals in life and to have some questions answered on how you will handle things and situations, but what about a more important question: where will she (or any of us) spend eternity? Do you know?

I am not trying to be morbid in any way, but one day our earthly bodies will go away and we will either live in eternal joy and peace or eternal pain and suffering. When Jesus was hanging on the cross between the two thieves, one of them knew and believed who Jesus was and repented right there. - Luke 23:42-43 "Then he said, Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus answered him, I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."The thief had a change of heart and he believed and because of that, he was forgiven and is going to spend the rest of eternity with Jesus in heaven.

Have we really changed our hearts and turned from lives of sin? Do we trust God with everything we have and believe He is who He says He is? Like I said, not trying to be morbid, but it is what it is. We will all pass aways one day. I am very proud of my children and their accomplishments in school, I really am, but in the grand scheme of things, I really don't care where my children go to school, it doesn't matter what job they have, or how much money they make. All that matters is do they believe and where will they be when Jesus comes back.

Can you tell my mind wonders alot...LOL. Anyway, I hope you all have a great day. I think its gonna rain again. I told someone yesterday I like the rain, it calms me, gives me time to think and that's what I did last night.

I love you all and Lord willing, we will talk again tomorrow!!

Time to clean!!

Every year I hear people talking about spring cleaning. You know... the weather changes and all of a sudden we get a burst of energy to tackle jobs around the house. Well... not me. I am more of a " I'll do it tomorrow", " I'll clean out the storage shed later on", " still haven't finished painting those cabinets over" Only problem is that some things sit and sit and after a while, you have no choice but to deal with them before you lose your mind. That would be me too....

Have you ever thought that's how we deal with issues, sin, in our lives? I mean the " BIG" ones we try to deal with right off, because after all we need to take care of those before anyone notices. But those "little" ones.. we don't think are a big deal. We can deal with those later on, but guess what, " those little ones can become just as great as the others.

Now first let me clarify...I DO NOT believe there is a such thing as a big sin/little sin. But don't we categorize them. Think about it and see if we don't do this sometimes.... if someone is having an affair, that is not NEARLY as bad as lying to someone, doing drugs is so much worse than telling a dirty joke...... hmmm... nope, ITS ALL THE SAME.. hate to tell ya!

But we tend to let those jokes, using the Lord's name in vain, and telling a little white lie slip by without a second thought. But I contend that those same things can become so overwhelming that they can began to control our lives. Christians are called to a higher standard and should know that these things are not something we need to be doing. We are told to be perfect in everything that we do.. that includes big AND small things. Lets all make a commitment to start paying attention to the "little" things too and let the spring cleaning of your heart, mind and spirit begin now!!!

Love you all... Lord willing............

Until I actually started paying to have my nails done, I use to bite them everyday. Sounds gross, but that's what I did. My son does that too. When my daughter reads a book, she rubs the other page with her fingers and it makes this irritating noise. She never even knows shes doing it and the noise doesn't bother her. It's just a habit. All of us have them whether you know it or not.

Habits are things that we repeat over and over. After the first time we do something, it is normally easy to do it again, hence the habit. And this may not always be good things. Some habits are one we really need to break.

Have you ever thought about what your "Christian" habits are? Maybe habit is not a good word... how about things that become second nature to us as Christians. Reading our Bibles, praying daily, teaching our children, going to church, helping others..... I have heard so many people, including myself, say that they just don;t have time to read their Bibles or even pray. Its not that you don't, it's what you want to do. We find time to do everything else that we want to do other than what we NEED to be doing.

I have vowed that I will read a chapter a night in my Bible. Sometimes I run around so much that I am tired and find other excuses as to why I can't. But I make time to go to the gym, I work, I go to the kids school, I can cook, and even "find" time to hang out with a friend or two during the week. As much as God has given me and all of us, I think we can make time for Him.

So make it a goal... start by reading a chapter a night, read a Bible story to the kids, but spend time in God's Word everyday. The only thing this can do is grow our faith even more and get encouragement as we go through our daily lives.

I love you all bunches!! Have a great day and Lord willing......

I know y'all probably think I make some of this stuff up, but I promise you, it really happens to me or people I know and i learn from it all the time.

Case in point: I have a friend (and I know he does not mind me writing this) who is having some issues. He made so mistakes and because of those mistakes, his life is changed forever. He called me one night to talk and his exact words were " I repented so I don't know why this is still happening to me."

Hmmmm... now you know you have to be careful when you speak to people. One, you don't want to tell it wrong and two, you don't want them to resent anything you try to do to help. So I said " hold on". I grabbed my Bible off the table and started to turn the pages. I am not good with quoting scripture word for word, but I wanted to get it right. He said before I could even open my mouth again.. " I already know what you are gonna read, you don't have to". Too late.. got it and it says

"Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." Galatians 6:7-8.

I agree that repenting of sins is the first step but that does not automatically let us off the hook. I told him that I am still reaping some of the stuff I sowed also but now I know better and he will too. But the thing I found interesting is that once we reread that part of Galatians, we are pretty much bummed out. Like there is no hope ya know. But if you keep reading (which I never paid attention to before) it says :

"Let us not become weary in doing good., for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers."

I know that for a longtime I got caught saying I am tired of trying to do right and nothing happen. I sometimes think it now! It gets hard seeing everyone else "seemingly" get everything they want when they want it. Jealousy starts and then that a whole other thing, but God said Don;t give up or give in and we will reap a harvest at the proper time. And you know what else, that may not be here on this earth. Maybe, just maybe it means having a home w/ Christ for eternity and that would be the best harvest ever!

So I guess I helped my friend that night. He called back so that's a good sign.

I hope you all have a great day. I am rushing as usual.. gotta run. Love you all and Lord willing......

It was a good, but somewhat long weekend. My child had a tournament all weekend at Darton so I spent Saturday and half a day Sunday there. Although they didn't place this time, and she is a little sore, they played well and had fun.

I want to say thank you to some people who came to see Brianna's game this weekend. It was a bit of a mess, because we had set times to play, or so we were told and the game they chose to come see did NOT start on time at all so by the time they got there, the games was almost over and we were not even playing the last game we were scheduled to play. Did I mention you had to pay to get in.... it was a big ole mess and I was mad, for them and for our girls.

I hope you all have a great day. Lord willing, we will talk again tomorrow...

I think Hanna Montana is the most annoying person on the Disney Channel. I watch the show because my kids like it, including my 14 yr old (don't let her fool you). Every time I see it, I am just wondering what in the world the kids see in this show... and Billy Ray.. don't get me started!!! But I heard this song the other day and I was like WOW. Not really her singing so much, but it was what she was singing:

"The struggles I'm facing.The chances I'm taking.Sometimes might knock me down.But no, I'm not breaking.I may not know it.But these are the moments that I'm gonna remember most, yeah.Just gotta keep going.And I, I got to be strong. Just keep pushing on'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain. I'm always gonna wanna make it move.Always gonna be a uphill battle.Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose. Ain't about how fast I get there. Ain't about what's waiting on the other side. It's the climb, yeah!"

It's called The Climb and I was like alright, this little 16 year old hit the nail on the head. And I liked the fact that when it came on all the kids started belting out the lyrics.. haha. I don't know that they understand the words and I don't know if she was thinking about God when she wrote it, but I was. Isn't this like a theme song of our lives?

There are always going to be situation in our lives that we want to handle. It's not always gonna be easy or fun, and guess what, it may not come out like we want it too, but as long as we keep the faith and pushing forward, we will learn from it. I really like that song....

Well it's Friday people, YAY! It has been a LONGG week but it's time to kinda unwind and have a little fun. I hope you all have a great weekend (it's suppose to rain). Love you all and Lord willing, we will talk again on Monday!!