Regardless of the Election

I got this in an e-mail as predictions of what would happen during the election.


1. The Bible will still have all the answers.
2. Prayer will still work.
3. The Holy Spirit will still move.
4. God will still inhabit the praises of His people.
5. There will still be God-anointed preaching.
6. There will still be singing of praise to God.
7. God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
8. There will still be room at the Cross.
9. Jesus will still love you.
10. Jesus will still save the lost when they come to Him.
And . . . God approves this message!
ISN'T IT GREAT TO KNOW WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE
AMEN!

Pretty much says it all. Remember to still pray for our leaders, whether or not they were your choice, maybe especially if they weren't. Pray for them!

Be Blessed,
Lynn

She's Crying Inside - and We Don't Know!

She curls up drawing her knees to her chest. The room is slowly growing dark. She shivers, her senses at their limit. Her mind is racing, what did she do, what did she say. Tears streaming down her face, she gasps in pain as she wipes her hair from her face.
Last time she said too much, this time she didn't speak up soon enough. How would she ever be able to get it right. If only she wasn't so dumb. If only she could get it right.
She'll work harder, no she can't tell anybody they don't understand, he just has had a hard life, he needs special love. It's her fault he got upset. He loves her so much she just needs to be better.

Wow, how did she get here. She never thought she'd be the one to let someone treat her this way. She doesn't feel worthy of anything any more. She gave up her friends long ago to prove her love. Her family members have heard too many "wolf cries" only to have her go back again. There is no where to turn even if she wanted to. He'd just find her anyway. Oh the baby should make us a happy family. He'll be so happy to have a son.

Oh no the baby is crying I've got to get to him first. No I didn't let the baby cry on purpose. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's okay sweetheart Mommy is here, mommy won't let anything happen to you. Not ever!

4 Million women a year are assaulted by their partners. In 1 of 4 cases women will also experience sexual abuse. Every 9 seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted and beaten.

No little girl decides they want to grow up to be abused. It is a process that happens little by little. First it is trying to prove that they love the other, then it is excusing a blow up that results in yelling. Then the yelling turns in to name calling and belittling. Then one day it's a shove, a push, a slap a fist. Most cases are not reported, they are ashamed or scared. Some cases are reported only when it is too late for fatal. And don't discount verbal abuse as not being as bad as physical - words can hurt.

God created the universe with His words. We can tear down our world, or others with our words. Please pray for the abused women (and Men) and children among us. They are all around us and are often unnoticed. They put on their best game face and we never know.

Jesus came to heal the broken hearted. Pray the hurting don't hurt others. Pray they get the help they need to break the cycle of abuse. Pray they come to Jesus and feel his Love.

Be Blessed!
Lynn

As the Crow Flies

Do you ever look back on a day a year or your life and realize there might have been a much easier route to take?
Well I do all the time. I think about the how silly walking through the desert for 40 years for an eleven day journey sounds and then God says "How old are you Lynn"?
God gave us His Son, His, Word and the Holy Spirit, and somehow we still have trouble finding our way at times. It's like being the mouse in a maze. Trial and error to the right door.
As the crow flies, implies a straight line to a destination. If you look at a maze from above it makes it much more clear on which way we should go.
That is partly why God wants us to lift ourselves above the storms of this world, so we can see more clearly the path that He would have us take.

Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

If we could always remember to take Gods path it would be even better than how the crow flies. :)

Blessings,
Lynn

Friendship

HI Everyone my friend Alice gave me these awards yesterday (on my Birthday). If you haven't visited her blog you should she has such a gift of encouragement through songs, and and cards and little inspirations that she posts. Thank you Alice. xoxo. It's hard to pick just a few that you want to pass these things on to but I have to say the very first person that came to mind was Debrah. She is doing the "Study with Me" Study on my other Blog and is always dropping by just to say Hi. So Debrah these are for you. The runners up in no order are Plant Lady, Sharon, Paula aka Sweet Pea, Katrina. Thanks for all the blogging, I really enjoy your friendship and encouragement.

Have a super Blessed Day.

Lynn

Exercise your Liver

Well I am back and trying to catch up and visit all my friends blogs. In the meantime I will give you a little tid bit of my Sisters visit. Well we had been talking and laughing a lot and I told her a little funny that a friend of mine had shared. My friend is a nurse and I think she was yanking my chain, but told me that the only way to exercise your liver was to laugh.

Well of course through the rest of the visit as we laughed we would say - "We are exercising our Livers."

We had visited a Quilt shop and were on our way home when the gas light came on-opps! We are searching all over for an exit off the freeway that has gas. Well of course this spurs little digs about what we'd do if we did run out of gas and of course - We exercised our Livers. When I got to the gas station we were laughing so hard the attendant was looking at us with a smirk, I think he thought we were up to something. Oh well just high on life and two Sisters bonding and loving each other.

May you exercise your Liver - Often.

Blessings,
Lynn

No Wammy's for me

I know there is a game show called Whammy, however that's not what I'm talking about. As promised I am giving you a morsel from the Joyce Meyer conference.

Joyce has several stories from her life that she tells, and some are signatures of hers. There is a story that she tells about, waking up one day and trying to figure out how she could get her husband and children to take care of the house so she could do what she wanted to do. The Lord spoke to her and said "you know what you remind me of?" of course she asks what. Well he said a robot that goes around saying "what about me? - what about me? what about me?"

So at the conference this year she actually had a robot built and she wound the key on that back and it went across the podium saying "What about me? What about me? What about me? So she spoke a little more on how we need to be selfless. Being selfish creates pity parties and depression. When we get our eyes off of ourselves we can focus on God and our joy can be renewed. God told her she could be pitiful or powerful but not both.

The robots name was W.A.M. For What About Me?
I have decided that I don't want to get caught up in selfishness, Pity Parties or What About Me's?

So no Wammy's for me.

Be Blessed!
Lynn

Snowmen in September

Hello,

Well I leave tomorrow for St Louis for the Joyce Meyers Womens Conference, can't tell I'm excited can you? But I wanted to share a project that I worked on for a friends Birthday. Now I'm only a beginner, but I have a great friend that gives me all sorts of tips on quilting do's and don'ts.

It's a table runner and I had so much fun making it. I have ideas for more, but I need to finish the quilt for my Granddaughter I started way too long ago. :>)

Have a great rest of your week and weekend. I'll have my computer but not much time.

Be Blessed,

Lynn