Old Girl Dead, New Girl Reborn.....

Hi Family! So there are 3 things that the Lord has been pressing on my heart lately. I'm compelled to share one of them, and that is "Making a Decision".  You see, everyday we are faced with making a decision. What am I going to wear? How will I do my hair? What do I want to eat? What do I want to do?  All sorts of decisions. And if you are even halfway reasonable, you try to be sure that the decision you make benefits you and/or the people around you. I was reminded a couple of weeks ago of when I decided to give my heart to the Lord. The changes that I was seeing and experiencing in my life. I was sure the people in my home would see the difference, but after a while, I realized that the people at my job were also seeing the difference. I was leaving work Friday before last, and I happen to be leaving at the same time as a teammate. He asked if the family had any plans this weekend and I explained that we'd be at church that evening, the kids would return th

April 2, 1947 must have been a day that the Lord meditated on for a while.  He allowed what would become a wonderful, patient, forgiving mother. And He continually placed His Grace on the gift of Parenting for her. He allowed what would become a patient, forgiving, righteous, understanding and most of all a STRONG wife. And I’m sure there was a GREATER gift of GRACE that was needed for that as well. I am still learning, but this woman has been an amazing example of Mother as well as Wife for me. And I’m so grateful to God for having shown me where Grace has been present in her life as well as for me (especially as a child too when I got those whooping’s!). Here is Proverbs 31:10-31 (in Spanish of course) in honor of the greatest woman in my life. My Mother, on her Birthday. Esposa De Caracter Noble 10 Mujer hacendosa, ¿quién la hallará? Su valor supera en mucho al de las joyas. 11 En ella confía el corazón de su marido, Y no carecerá de ganancias. 12 Ella le trae bien y no mal Todos

Hey Family! I was watching a cartoon on Disney Jr with my baby girl. She loves this cartoon. Elena of Avalor. I can't lie, i'm all in it too. Singing all the songs with Sami and everything. Haa Haa Haa!!! Here is Princess Elena..... She is beautiful.  In her story, her parents are killed during an attack by the evil Queen Shuriki who then trapped Elena's grandparents and little sister in a painting. When she attempted to kill 16 year old Princess Elena, she inadvertently trapped Princess Elena in an amulet from the necklace Elena had on. The thing is that, Elena ended up trapped in that amulet for 41 years!!! It was after that time that Elena was rescued by another worthy princess  named Princess Sophia of Enchancia.  And they teamed up together to defeat the evil queen who took over Avalor after the royal family had "disappeared". But honestly, the day I watched the episode (again for the 5th time maybe), I saw something different. I wondered, was Princ

Hi Family, So, many of us have had some serious drama and turmoil in our recent pasts. It seems that whether it was self-inflicted, or the enemy just was causing raucous in our lives, it was anything but easy. For some, it was drama after drama after drama. For others it seemed to have a break in between where they could come up for air and take a breath before the next gut punch happened. And for some, it seemed like a mix of both those scenarios. I will say, personally, I was in the group that had a mix of both. But while I’m in this season of “coming up for air”, I can look back and what I see is strategy. You see, that enemy brought a whole lot. And when I look at the events that happened and the order that they took place, I can truly see a strategic wearing that was going on. I have never seen that before. Heard about it, yes. But I had never quite seen it. Maybe it’s because I can’t see anyone else’s life. And now that it went on in mine, I can take sobering that look back. I t

Hey Family!!! So let me tell you. I'm having the most hilarious type of drama at work. They are doing construction on my floor and I've been so excited about it because honestly the floor could use a face lift, and the new conference rooms they are doing are gonna look AWESOME. Then after they finish the conference rooms, they will work in our personal work area and we will get new desks which will be awesome. They will be nicer and ergonomic so the desks can raise if we need to stand for a while to do some work. It's gonna be awesome!!! Ok, I know, how is that drama. The drama is the way that they are doing the construction has COMPLETELY changed the route I take from the elevator to my desk. I cannot take the route I normally take. The hallway is gone! There is what looks like a ginormous trash bag going from one section of the floor, to another section. My hallway is gone. So I have to walk all the way down the hall and around through another hall and around the

Hi family, I came across a great man, Willie Moore Jr's message for 2018. Besides the fact that I felt like he peeked a lil in my life, the advice and testimony he gave was just real. And I wanted to share it with you. Here is where you can follow him on all his social media too. www.WillieMooreJr.org @pwillie1 and @wmjshow twitter @williemoorejrlive facebook Remember family, 2018 is about you. The real you. I'm trying to be my 100% authentic me. Not that I don't care what people think of me, but my actions will not be held back because of what someone may think. My goals cannot be softened because someone may think I look crazy. And what I know that God says TO me won't be doubted because someone says "Are you sure God told you that?". If we can all get there (without the "extra" attitudes) we can all be so much better individually. Yesterday I challenged you all. Today I challenge US. I know God wants to bless the REAL me. Not the me

Hey Family, I was just having a conversation with someone about life.... I mentioned that not everything that feels good, is good for you. The thing is that it's so hard for worldly people to understand that concept. You see, today's world has become so accepting of.... well, literally, EVERYTHING. And it's easy to roll with what the world accepts because if you do, then you are always with the "Majority" of people... You see, there is a large group of people that feel that eating fast food everyday, as one meal is the greatest. I mean, there was a time that I was in that group. I had to have my sausage, egg & cheese croissant and coffee from a certain place every day. Well, it was goooooood!!!!! But there was a very large group that was in agreement with me. There is a large group of people that feel good getting home after work and cracking open that beer. Then they could have as many as they wanted for the rest of the night. As long as they could get

Hi Family, I was browsing around the internet while I had some downtime at work. Seeing what’s on the news and on Yahoo, when I came across what I considered as a funny title to a news article. A man had apparently tried to rob a store but his “plan” was foiled he ended up locked inside the store alone. That’s clearly nothing funny, but what the title said was that the man took his gun and he shot at the door. When shooting at the door didn‘t work, he turned to….. prayer.  I read the entire article and it stated that there was a video, so of course, (as I’m giggling) I’m thinking “did he really just stop and pray???” So of course I did what any other curious person would do. I stopped to watch all 7 minutes of the video. I had a range of thoughts and comments going through my mind as I began watching. “Wow! This dude really just waltzed his skinny little tail in there and is about to rob the place!!??”, “Wow, that’s a really brave lady. Just up and said no like that with a gun vis

Family!!!! We made it!!!!!!!!! We got thru 2017 didn't we!!!!! Whether it be By Grace or by the skin of our teeth, WE MADE IT!! I spent the bulk of 1/1/2018 in bed. I slept until 11am for the first time in a VERY long time. And even after that, I just didn't have a desire to get up. It wasn't a depressed type of feeling. I just wanted to take the day to relax. Exhale. You see, there were many times in 2017 where I wasn't sure if I was going to make it. It was literally nothing but Faith, Praise and Worship that carried me through many days. And, to be completely transparent, I doubted. Many times. It was a great many days I wondered "what in the world God?? What is this for?? You have GOT to be kidding me?? God i'm sure I can't take anymore.". But you know what? I made it. AND SO DID YOU!!! That really felt like a real example of God not giving me more than I could bear. I truly felt like I was done, but each time I was pushed to the edge, I didn&#