Grief

You know that heartbreak you feel, not for someone who died, but for someone who is alive-yet lost? Not lost in the aspect that they can’t be found. Lost in that they have lost their way. They have abandoned their faith. They have grieved the Lord, and so it grieves you?

Do you know that heartache?

I hadn’t much until recently. This whole Facebook thing is really hard to deal with. I find myself longing to have spent just a little more time nurturing some of my old friends and pointing them more toward Jesus.

What am I talking about, right?

Several of my friends have either chosen disgusting lifestyles, and/or abandoned Christ altogether. Some are outright gay–that’s a choice, no one is born gay. Some have changed their denomination to something that is less of what I view as the Church spoken of in the New Testament. Some have even abandoned Christ altogether and embraced, dare I say it, Islam or gnosticism.

It’s not that I don’t love these people any more. I do love them, that is why my heart aches so, to see them so far from their Savior. I haven’t seen or heard from some of these people for 10 to 15 years, so I know it is not my responsibility for their wandering. But is it now my responsibility to pour the Truth back into them? Will they, as the Bible says, not depart from what they were taught as children?

I don’t know. I can only pray that the Lord will send people their way to gently lead them back to Him. I have to remind myself that the Lord would leave the 99 who follow Him to search out and bring back the one lost sheep.

Dear YHWH, please heal their hearts, cleanse their sins, bring them home.

Ronnie + Leah = Love

How long have you been together?
Together 11 1/2 years, Married 10 1/2

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
two semesters

Who asked whom out?
He asked me-sort of.

How old are each of you?
He’s 37, I’m 33

Whose siblings do you see the most?
Mine, definitely, but I just have one sister. Ronnie’s are somewhere-we are never quite sure. I’ve never even met his sister.

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
separation. he is my shelter, my stronghold-that’s why God gave him to me. I have his comfort and soft-place. We need each other.

Did you go to the same school?
College-yes

Are you from the same home town?
Nope

Who is smarter?
Me. He will agree to this.

Who is the most sensitive?
Equal. If you know us, you would agree.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
El Chico. Mostly because it’s my favorite. He’ll eat anything.

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
PPbbbbbb, that would be Dublin, Texas, most likely.

Who has the worst temper?
Definitely me, but don’t get in Ronnie’s way if he someone treating some one else unjustly.

Who does the cooking?
Both of us. We have 5 kids–I’m not doing all that cooking.

Who is the neat-freak?
Absolutely me. I stress at messes. I’m stressed now!

Who is more stubborn?
Me again! I’m always right, except when I’m not, and then it’s only a little while until I prove that I was right!

Who hogs the bed?
Me. I like my space.

Who wakes up earlier?
Oh, no, not me. Ronnie could be up all night and still gets up with the sun. I like to slowly rise with the day. 10 am has seen me still in bed some days.

Where was your first date?
HmmmHmmmmHmmm. Wouldn’t you like to know! No, really, we went to a movie where Ronnie’s good friend Tucker worked. The minute Tucker met me, he reached around Ronnie to shake my hand. He said, “Hi, I’m Tucker. So you’re the one we’ve been praying for for the past 5 years.”
That was a wake up call!

Who is more jealous?
Me. I don’t like anything or anyone that takes my Ronnie for a moment. Well, maybe a moment is okay, but not longer than a couple of hours.

How long did it take to get serious?
Milliseconds for both of us.

Who does the laundry?
both of us. we share the house hold load pretty evenly.

Who’s better with the computer?
Me. But, Ronnie knows his way around the Mac pretty well.

Who drives when you are together?
Me because Ronnie gets too distracted.

Tag: Misty, Joyce, mg, and whoever else wants to play along!

Ha!

This takes the cake.

How about, I buy the computer and plant my own tree. Or, better yet, I wont cut any of the beautiful living trees off my property!

RED ENVELOPE DAY

Hello, after joining Facebook, I was asked to join this group. It is absolutely worth your effort and mine to do this. It is called:

RED ENVELOPE DAY

Here is what you do:

Buy a red envelope, address it to:

President Barak Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave

Washington, D.C. 20500

On the back of the envelope write this:

This envelope represents one child who died because of an abortion.  It is empty because the life that was taken is now unable to be a part of our world.

 

Send this envelope out on March 31, 2009.  If you are Pro-Life, you should do this.  I plan to do this once for each member of our family.  We will pray over and anoint each envelope before sending it out.  I pray that each hand the envelope touches will be changed forever.

Blessings to you and your family.  Never take for granted the life that you have been given.  Some never had a choice.

How Many Kings

Do it anyway

This morning in church, the pastor had a music video played by Martina McBride.
Anyway, the chorus of the song went something like this:

God is great,
but sometimes life aint good.
And when I pray, it doesn’t always turn out like I think it should,
but I do it anyway.

The song was great and moving, but I didn’t tear up until I heard her sing about the song you sing that no one remembers you sang. Sing it anyway.

See the video here:
YouTube

Aptera

Can you believe it? The Jetson’s have finally landed on earth.
The new Aptera is totally cool! I want one. Too bad they don’t make these cool futuristic cars for families of 7!

Man.

Catching up with friends in far away lands

Wow! I didn’t know how much I missed people until I got on facebook!
Some people live close by and others in distant lands. Amazing how the Lord has moved us and shaped us. Some of us haven’t changed a bit, while others don’t even look the same.

Wow!

In other news, Melody is feeling better, while Sofia seems worse. Pinkeye has hit, and our homeopathy kits come tomorrow! It has the remedy I need for pinkeye!
We have spent quite a bit of time in the steam room (aka: children’s bathroom) helping to loosen the mucous in their noses. Melody just has puffy eyes now, but yesterday she looked like we had punched her in both eyes. Poor babies!

Facebook

‘Twill be my nemesis!

The Flu

Ugh!
Fever, aches, pains, stuffy head, cranky baby.
Ugh!
Oscillo-something by Boiron.
Feeling better.
Headache remains.
Ugh!