I have, well Microbursts! has been highlighted as book of the month!

What is a Microburst? If you read my review of September's Book of the Month, Microbursts! by DaNella Auten, you know, but if not, come find out this Saturday!

And if you did read my review, I hope you'll want to come meet the author, DaNella Auten, this Saturday, September 13, at Come To The Waters, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. DaNella, who lives in Calera, wrote this delightful book of scriptures and short devotions based on her experiences of seeing God in everyday life, sometimes in humorous situations.

So come meet DaNella this Saturday!

Come To The Waters Christian Books and Music

Across Highway 119 from Alabaster Post Office

(205) 663-1074

open M-F 9:00-7:30, Sat. 9:00-6:00

Here is the review.
Book of the Month for September.

Review of

Microbursts!

by DaNella Auten

What is a Microburst? Well, here's an example:

"'Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4).' That's not entirely true. Ok, so it is entirely true because God doesn't lie. However, what God doesn't point out here is that the closer you get to God, the more you want to please Him. So, if you delight yourself in Him that would imply a ver close, intimate relationship. I delight in my children. I tell silly 'proud momma' stories like the time that Tymothie told our neighbors that Florida has a hurricane magnet in it (2004 hurricane season). He said, 'Yeah, the magnet is my brother.' I delight in getting my little 3 year old Juliannah to tell people 'I'm gorgeous.' Then I ask her how she got to be so gorgeous and she'll say, 'I look like my mommy.' I digress; my point is I delight in my children. If we delight in the Lord, not only will He give us the desires of our heart, He will change the desires of our heart."

That's just one of the many delightful reflections on God in everyday life that author DaNella Auten calls Microbursts, which she has written and compiled into a little book by that name. They are short, and they make you smile. Read at least one a day, maybe 2, 3, 4, 5. All of these reflections come from DaNella's own life, and they tell how she found God in the little things--in her children, in her husband, in mistakes, in her trials. They are all accompanied with scripture. DaNella writes, "These are stories from my life and how God has helped me handle different things. Through ordinary experiences, God has revealed Himself in extraordinary ways."

You will receive a blessing from this book! And, we are really blessed to have DaNella come to Come To The Waters for a book signing on Saturday, September 13, from 12:30 until 2:30. Come meet this local author from Calera!

Microbursts by DaNella Auten (Lion and Lamb Publications, 2008). Available now at Come To The Waters for $14.99.

Come To The Waters Christian Books and Music

Across Highway 119 from Alabaster Post Office

(205) 663-1074

open M-F 9:00-7:30, Sat. 9:00-6:00

S O S

I have a friend in a battle and she needs prayer... Just stop what you are doing for a minute and pray for DaNella's friend. God knows. Then, please drop me a comment so I can tell her how many are praying for her... She is gonna make it.

Bloggy Love...

Jan from the surrendered scribe honored me with this award. This is what she wrote:

DaNella at Beyond Microbursts. DaNella is another gem of a find I got off the A/G blogring. I chose DaNella because I sense we have a lot in common, except she is way better. Her nature photography is inspiring and that is a passion of mine. Check her out!

So I wanted to pass it on.

Gail, I enjoy reading about your antics... Good to see a fellow christian enjoying the journey.

Amy I have so enjoyed getting to see your boys and how they are growing.

Sue, you are so creative! I enjoy all of your ideas... Love the chalkboard pots...

Trisha, nice to meet you (sorta) and know you share my love for Columbiana.


Happy blogging!!!

I don't usually do ghost stories... but well...

KENTUCKY GHOST STORY

This happened about a month ago just outside of
Owensboro , Kentucky , a small town on the banks of the
Ohio River , and while it sounds like an Alfred
Hitchcock tale, it's indeed real.


An out of state traveler was walking along the side of
the road hitchhiking on a dark night in the middle of a
thunderstorm.
Time passed slowly and no cars went by It
was raining so hard he could barley see his hand in
front of his face.


Suddenly he saw a car approaching, moving slowly and
appearing ghostlike in the rain.
It slowly and silently
crept toward him and stopped.


Wanting a ride very badly, the guy jumped into the car
and closed the door; only then did he realiz e that there
was nobody behind the wheel, and no sound of the engine
to be heard over the rain.


Again the car crept slowly forward and guy was
terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and
running.
The guy saw that the car was approaching a
sharp curve and, still too scared to jump out, he
started to pray and beg for his life.
He was certain the
ghost car would go off the road and into the river, and
he would surely drown! But just before the curve, a
shadowy figure appeared at the driver's window and a
hand reached in and turned the steering wheel, guiding
the car safely around the bend.
Then, just as silently,
the hand disappeared through the window and the
hitchhiker was alone again.


Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear
every time they reached a curve.
Finally the guy,
frightened nearly to de ath, had all he could take and
jumped out of the car and ran through the storm to the
nearby town.


Wet and in shock, he went into a lighted tavern and with
voice quavering, ordered two shots of whiskey, and then,
shaken, he told everybody about his supernatural
experience.


A silence came over those listening and everybody got
goose bumps.
They realized the guy was sober and was telling the
truth. And the sounds of the storm continued outside.


About half an hour later, two guys walked into the bar
and one says to the other, 'Look Billy Bob, there's that
idiot that rode in our car while we was pushin' it in
the rain.' .............................

Who hooo the angels are rejoicing!

Remember this old song "That's when the angels rejoice!"

VS 1
At the completion of the Golden Gate, no the angels did not celebrate
And when the Wright boys flew their bird, no angelic shouts were heard.

CHORUS
There's only one thing that we're sure about that will make those angels jump and shout
It's when a sinner makes the Lord his choice -- that's when the angels rejoice.

VS2
Now when the light bulb first lit up the town, no the angels did not dance around
And when the man stepped on the moon they didn’t sing a victory tune.
CHORUS
There's only one thing that we're sure about that will make those angels jump and shout
It's when a sinner makes the Lord his choice -- that's when the angels rejoice.

BRIDGE
Now heaven doesn't strike up a band for any old occasion at hand.
It's gotta be a special thing to make those angels sing.
VS 3
Now when the Model T first hit the street, it didn’t bring all heaven to it's feet
And when the first computer was born, they didn't blow Gabriel's horn.

CHORUS
There's only one thing that we're sure about that will make those angels jump and shout
It's when a sinner makes the Lord His choice -- that's when the angels rejoice.
BRIDGE 2
When the United States became a nation, there was no angelic celebration
But when one lost sinner comes back home, they jump for joy around the throne.
CHORUS
There's only one thing that we're sure about that will make those angels jump and shout
It's when a sinner makes the Lord his choice -- that's when the angels rejoice.
TAG
That’s when the angels rejoice.
Rejoice.

The angels are rejoicing! We have had 2 salivations at our church this week, people calling up asking Q to come over, and lead their friends to the Lord!!!!

Shiver Me Timbers!!!

WOW! This is soooo cool, a little baby preaching. Kanon Tipton. You can't understand hardly a word, sounds like a hallelujah now and then, but it gave me shivers... Awesome. Below it his brother writes "Kinda reminds me of the verse about 'Train up a child'..."

So I guess the "Best Man" for the job is a woman huh? Go Sarah Palin

DUDE! Did you see that speech? Sarah nailed Obama's derriere (bottom...I know I have some younger readers who might not know that word...Suz, Reb, Nana, Matt...) to the wall... LOL Ok, here is a link to an awesome article about Sarah, by Ann Coulter


Keep me in your prayers, a quiz today on inverse, converse and contra positive... I am supposed to know the difference. Any math whiz's out there?

I went to see a field of sunflowers!

OK so technically I didn't take this picture... But I posed it. Does that count?

Sarah Palin

Disclaimer... for my readers who are democrat... I am sorry, you don't have to agree, you just have to love me...


Go McCain! I think he made an AWESOME! choice for a VP. Sarah sealed my vote. I love the fact that she is a mother of five, and a crack shot with a rifle. She is pro-life, and for the sanctity of marriage, and yet still sees the need to defend people from hate crimes. I totally LOVE the fact that she knew her son would be born with down-syndrome, and had him anyway.

I don't watch ABC's "The Practice", too much sleeping around, but as I was waiting for the news and looking out for weather alerts on "Faye", I saw the end of last Thursday's episode. A lady had been diagnosed with a genetically inherited disease, that she had a 50% chance of passing to her child. When asked about it, they said that yes they wanted kids, yes they knew the child could get the disease, but if children with that disease were never born, the husband would have never met and fell in love with his wife. I totally loved that.

Soooo... How was your day?

I'm so glad you asked! I woke up and it was all foggy.Then I had to turn around three times on the way to school, I saw a gazillion spiderwebs, I had my seat stolen twice... (in both of my classes), I got something on my light khaki carpi's, my digital recorder's battery died. Oh, and I spilled a can of peas. Over all it was a WONDERFUL DAY!!! Cause I got some awesome pics!!!



The white on those bushes are spider webbs with fog on them...
It's all a matter of perspective.

Microbursts!

This one is for you Etta. I'm praying for you!

Submarines & Satan
Have you ever felt like you are in a situation where you had so much going on that if another thing happened you would simply explode? I remember such a time in my life. It seemed that all that could go wrong had:
o My father-in-law had to undergo some intensive cancer treatment, much of which took me and two young children an hour one way to Tampa at least once every two weeks.
o A teenager in our church was having problems with her parents, so we had just agreed to allow her to live with us on a trial basis.
o We had my husband and I, my father-in-law, a rebellious teen, a two year old, and a one year old under one roof. That mix alone was thick.
o My husband got sick with strep throat, and we had no insurance.
o The stress was causing me to skip my normal cycles and to be nauseous a lot of the time, causing me to think I might be pregnant, and giving me panic attacks.
o As if that weren’t enough, my two year old little boy jumped off some bleachers and broke his left femur. It is supposed to be the hardest bone to break. He had to be put into a full body cast.
I told you all of that just to say that seven years later I survived it all.
o Happily, Poppie survived and lived relatively healthily for five more years.
o God delivered me from panic attacks.
o The teen successfully reunited with her parents.
o Matt recovered fully, without even a limp.
o I survived!
The pressure around me was great, but the God within me was/is greater.
So, what does satan have in common with Submarines? They both use pressure. Satan tries to crush us, much as the ocean tries to crush the submarine. Check this out; it is the pressure inside the submarine that keeps it from crushing. If we have Jesus on the inside, He provides us with the pressure, or strength not to implode.

The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4b

Praise the Lord!

He blessed me with a new lap top! If you saw my last one, you know I needed one. The chassis (not sure of that spelling) on my last one cracked

Rainy Days...