Our Hope Endures

I believe God plans somethings, and I think he laid it on my heart to look up this video for Gee... Look closely Gee, there is a hidden "nod" to you in this video. Let me know if you can't find it.

For Gee

Here are the lyrics to an old Twila Paris song, Do I trust You.


I Choose, choose, choose to trust God for you my friend. I choose to.

Sometimes my little heart can't understand
What's in Your will, what's in Your plan.
So many times I'm tempted to ask You why,
But I can never forget it for long.
Lord, what You do could not be wrong.
So I believe You, even when I must cry.
Do I trust You, Lord?
Does the river flow?
Do I trust You, Lord?
Does the north wind blow?
You can see my heart,
You can read my mind,
And You got to know
That I would rather die
Than to lose my faith
In the One I love.
Do I trust You, Lord?
Do I trust You?

I know the answers, I've given them all.
But suddenly now, I feel so small.
Shaken down to the cavity in my soul.
I know the doctrine and theology,
But right now they don't mean much to me.
This time there's only one thing I've got to know.

Do I trust You, Lord?
Does the robin sing?
Do I trust You, Lord?
Does it rain in spring?
You can see my heart,
You can read my mind,
And You got to know
That I would rather die
Than to lose my faith
In the One I love.
Do I trust You, Lord?
Do I trust You?

I will trust You, Lord, when I don't know why.
I will trust You, Lord, till the day I die.
I will trust You, Lord, when I'm blind with pain!
You were God before, and You'll never change.
I will trust You.
I will trust You.
I will trust You, Lord.
I will trust You.

I love my church!

This is my weekly reminder to pray for the twins, their court date is in two weeks. I know God loves them.

top row, left to right, Barbara, Peggy, and Sam, second row. l to r Madeline, Sue, Me, and Edie.
Have I mentioned lately that I love my church? Well I do! We have wonderful women's bible study on the second Tuesday night of the month... Here is our ladies. We are small, but mighty!
We are doing a bible study on friendship, and we have sooooooo much fun. No one there will ever forget my "bra-less Friday!"

Wow... sad

Did you hear about that pastor who was shot and killed yesterday?
Wow. He was only in his forty's. This story really affects me emotionally. Why? I am married to "the pastor" at our church. He is my best friend, love and companion... I would be the widow. I would be the single mom left with 5 kids. I don't like this idea.
The pastor is an "easy target." People will get mad at the church, and blame the pastor. Doesn't matter if he did it or not, he represents the church. There are even people in the church who should be for the pastor who attack him, say things like "He's not really anointed, he uses notes." Hello, the bible says to "study to show yourself approved." What is studying? It is learning. and preparing. I don't know about you, but I'd rather know the person talking to me is being led by God and knowledge of His word, and not because he ate too much pizza last night and thinks it is a spontaneous word from God. Don't get me wrong, God can change your message mid sermon, but it is better to be prepared and change than to be just walking on a sugar high. I am preaching to the choir on that part, when I speak it is very difficult for me to prepare and study, I guess I haven't done it enough to get into the discipline of it. However, I make myself study and prepare, because I take the privilege of getting to speak to God's people very seriously.
OK, second thing, a man dressed in all black walks down the isle of the church. Where are the deacons/security/ushers/any man... I am here to tell you, if any man even looked funny and started walking toward our pastor, in Cape Coral, Andy, and Joe would have em on the floor in a split second. Alright I understand it has become a great tool these days to use drama. However... Tell your ushers beforehand what is going on, like I said, drama or no drama, Andy and Joe would have em stopped and interrogated them before allowing them to get near their pastor.
Lastly, I am afraid this is just the beginning. Our kids aren't being taught to respect the house of God, so when they grow up, it is no big deal to kill someone, much less a pastor. Be careful, Elisha got upset at some young men about calling him bald, and called a couple of grizzly bears out of the woods to feast on them. (As he walked along the road, some boys came out of the city and mocked him. They said, "Go away, baldy! Go away!" Looking back, he saw them and cursed them in the LORD'S name. Two bears came out of the woods and tore 42 of these youths apart. 2 Kings 2:23-24)
I don't know about you but I teach my children not to mess with God's anointed, not even with their mouth. I don't teach them this because their dad is a pastor, I teach them this so they won't grow up one day and join what they thought was a church and it turns out to be a serial pastor killer.
Ok guess I'm done.
Oh yeah, Fresh Fixins is having a give away... Check it out.
Sorry so heavy, it was on my mind.
Eeeewww just saw an interesting statistic, the United Arab Emirates is growing by 25% annually... The population in America is plateauing... More and more people are waiting to have kids and only having one or two... If we don't raise Christians to serve God, who will? The Arabs? I don't think so...

Wow yall caught me in a heavy mood today... I feel much better now. Tell me what is on your mind.
Have a great week!

Praise Puddle

My niece Suzannah has an affinity for photography, and is pretty good. This is a picture she took of her three younger brothers and a puddle. Pretty good huh?

Everything... Fun meme

RULES:1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Tag 10 friends. (Including Me) (On face book)
5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing.
6. Have Fun!

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU Three minute song
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? Father, Spirt, Jesus
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? You have called me
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? I can only Imagine
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? Consuming Fire
WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO? Track 27
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Glory to glory
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Greensleves
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? We've come to worship you
WHAT IS 2 + 2? Track 6
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Scene three
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? the holy and the ivy
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Who can satisfy.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? (eehemmm) Show Me Your Glory...
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? I'll take Care Of You (my favorite love song by Steven Curtis Chapman)
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? End Of the Beginning...
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? I live to Know you
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? Lifesong
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Lift your Voice
WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW? Testimonies
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? For Unto Us
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Everything

Life is like a raw egg?

If you aren't careful it'll crack... Yeah well my day cracked early. If you regularly visit my other blog, don't bother... This is the picture you will see. I woke up at about 2 am, to a kid knocking on my door... When I opened it, there stood Juliannah. That in itself was no big deal, the pile of former stomach contents on the floor behind her... that was a big deal. Praise God several years ago, like 13 years ago, when we first had kids, Q and I established a pattern. I do eyes, and bottoms when needed (one of the kids had some suppositories once) and he cleans up puke. So I woke up Que to clean up the pile, and I proceeded to take care of the baby. We got her cleaned and settled. Tip here for moms, any pill can become a suppository once coated in Vaseline. When they are really sick to their stomach and can't hold down a pill, (Dramamine tastes sooooo awful anyway) I'll coat it in Vaseline, and gently push it just inside the rectum, (sorry a little graphic there, if I were a mom of a young child these are details I would want to know... ) and then don't allow them to poop for at least 10 minutes. So for distraction, as soon as we got the pill placed, I turned on Netflix. Oh how I love Netflix... They can be a blessing from heaven. She watched some movie about a dog that had cancer... Had Mr Jefferson on it from that old show... She didn't think again about having to poo. Until she woke up about 6:30 am and realized she had...

So after a bath, a cold bath because her big bro loves to take 30 min showers and use all the hot water, we got the older kids off to school, and she and I had to head over to Montevallo to let me take a test. She was so good she sat right outside the room on a couch where I could see her and was quiet the whole time. Then we came home and I made some pasta salad cause I was in the mood for it, and an awesome cake. It was in the midst of the cake making that I dropped an egg. So what did I do? It was cry or take a picture... so of course I took a picture. lolBecareful, don't drop your eggs. If you do it might be a sign you were trying to carry too many at once... I only had seven...

Editor's note added after initial publish. My mom an RN who initially told me about the pill thing added this to my information:

You want to correct your statement about giving things rectally.They should not give anything caustic such as aspirin or ibuprofen.Only those things that don't have to be taken on a full stomach are the things you can give rectally.

Oh by the way, my Niece Rebekah won the who am I, she was the first to guess chocolate pudding with whip creme mixed in... Gee got it right too. You go girls!

What Am I?

This has become a Monday regular. It is fun, I enjoy looking for things to take a picture of to try to throw you off. I think this one is easy, but it could be because of childhood memories...

Pulling out the soap box.

Got this from Deanna,
What was I ranting about the other day? Watch this.


You go girl!
I have heard it said... "I've never met anyone who was for abortion who hadn't already been born."

A prayer request

I dare not speculate which one, but here is one of them loving on Fred, Shannon will probably be able to tell at a glance. I think I have avoided this post because it makes me sad.

A little over two years ago, my sister and her dear husband , and their three children (two girls and a boy) decided to enter the ministry. Not your typical ministry, but yet a very important one. They agreed to become foster parents. They decided there was a little boy out there who needed the love their family could give. Specifically a boy, to room with their only boy. However, God in his sense of humor decided to give her a hand full... Identical twin boys 13 months old, 12 days before Christmas.
These little guys own us all. We love them so dearly. If you ask them,"What does Aunt DaNella say?" they will say "Smile!" because I am always chasing them with my camera.
The part of this post that makes me sad is in March they have a court date, and may be reunited with their bio mom. If this is best for them, as hard as it will be, that is what we all want. However, a part of us would like to pray that they will be ours for good. Help us to pray for GOD'S will and not our own. We are claiming Jeramiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for the twins, says the Lord, plans for a hope and a future". He cares more than even we do.
So if you think about it, and get a chance pray for the "twinlets" as I call them.
My mom pointed out, if nothing else, if they are placed back with bio mom, they will ALWAYS have someone, several someones praying for them.

We will always love you twinlets!

Puleeeeeeeease!

Say it ain't so. There is a local guy here who hid and embombed body for two years, because the family hadn't paid for the cremation. Sure I understand he needed his money, but my goodness don't hang on to the body. Now he may face 5 to 10 years in prison. He is charged with a felony something about mistreating a corpse... Please give me a break. It's legal to kill a baby in the name of convenience, but my heavens, let us not do anything to a dead body. Don't get me wrong what he did was wrong. But what is this world coming to?

Thank you to Amanda West Grund for letting me use her cat picture to create my cat gasp picture.

Here is what I am...

I told you this one was easy. Kiwi... Sam made me a dessert pizza for my birthday, so I swiped a Kiwi and played with my "new" lens... lol

This is the header for my new blog... I thought it turned out pretty good. What do you think? Be brutal... I can take it.

What Am I?

Ok this one is easy... I just think it is sooooooo cool. I love my "new" lens.

I do have another blog now... also. Yeah I know I really needed another blog. It is something I have been considering for a long time, I wanted to start one for my Photography, but I didn't want to have nothing to post until my business picked up. Then I heard about Project 365, your year in pictures. So for filler I will post everyday pictures. So here is a link.