FACEBOOK!!!!!

Well.........it's official..........I'm hooked. On the newest craze........."FACEBOOK"!!!!!
(Well......new to me!!!)I know this because my dryer broke today......I mean it won't work at all.......and I got excited because I had the thought......"WooHoo.........more time for Facebook!!!!!" That's bad!!! They say the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem!!! Ok.........so....."I have a problem!!!!!" I just happened to be looking at one of the girls pages that I went to school with this morning and found a new thing. It's called "Flair." It's just cute little buttons with sayings or pictures on them that you can send to your friends to put on their profile page. Oh my goodness.........I spent WAY to long looking at these little things and sending them to people. I never even knew this until last year when Amy(my friend) mentioned it because she and her husband connect with their young people at church through it. I still didn't get an account because simply I didn't feel like I had time. I had heard of "My Space" but I DID NOT want an account with that because I had heard to many bad things about it and I'm still not fond of it, but if you're kids have an account you need to have one also and be their "friend" so you can keep up with them. Heads up......if they won't accept you as a "friend," chances are, you should put a stop to their account because that probably means there are things there they don't want you to see!!! I don't even know what caused me to finally set up a Facebook account. I just did it!!!! I'm glad I did....there are so many cool things and you can keep up with everyone at the click of a button. I have found out you can find out a lot about people through it too. You should be careful what you post and who your friends are. My good friend Debbie, had a class on "computer issues" at the retreat and I learned a lot!!! I have had to "unfriend" a couple of "friends of a friend of a friend" because there were just some unsavory things that I didn't want to be associated with. Then she said "you should never IM your children's friends!!!!!" I wanted to fall out of my chair. However, I didn't go overboard with that indiscretion...........if their friends are on all I do is say "hey" and if they reply I have a conversation with them and if not, I leave them alone. I have "not" IM'd them since that class though!!!! See.......I can be taught!!!!!!! I'm learning more and more everyday and I get so excited every time another one of my friends get an account!!! If used properly it can be a very useful tool and you can share the gospel in subtle ways!!!! Whatever it takes to get the Word out is the way I see it!!!! Could this be one of the "highways" or "hedges" God talks about?? I'm not sure, but it's an "avenue" I'm gonna use as much as I can!!!

Well..........if you need me text or IM me............I'm certain to answer one of them!!!

"And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. "

Luke 14:23

WER

Here we are in the van. Yep....traveling again!!! All 11 (2 husbands are with) of us!!!! We're on our way to the WER Conference in Indy!!! I'm so excited to be taking this many ladies from our church!!! There are 9 of us!!! For a basically small church that's an excellent ratio!!! I'm so excited!!!!! I just know God has something extra special in store for all these ladies!!! I've been praying so hard for a renewed spirit not only in myself, but all of these ladies. We need a new vision for our future. A new sense of urgency to live our lives seeking the will of God being guided and filled by the Holy Spirit. We are living in a time when we need to learn how to completely give our all to God and seek His way and leave our way behind. Pressing forward to the goal in front of us!!! I'm looking forward to all the speakers and the different topics they'll speak on. I'm only sad because I won't be able to attend "all" of them. You all know how I am with "choices"!!!!!

Till later!!! :-)

Worth Waiting For

Have you ever sat and thought about just what your life is really worth? I'm sure some people have, but what I observed just the other day makes me realize that some young people don't give any thought to it. We were at the mall on Saturday for Jason's birthday (pix to come) , and I witnessed a most unsettling thing. We decided to go to the Food Court before we left because, you know, I had to have my rice. I love rice!!!! Everyone knows I am a "people watcher." When we are sitting at a restaurant or in the mall or a store, I have a tendency to "watch" people. As we sat there eating there was this young couple, young teens, sitting at the table next to us. I noticed he was eating and she was not. She had the saddest look on her face and he just sat there eating. All of a sudden he stood up and some of the words that came out of his mouth were not fit to hear let alone speak. I didn't hear the beginning of their conversation nor the end of it. I don't know the source of his irritation, maybe it was brought on by something, I don't know(the language didn't have to be what it was though) But as I watched it seemed as though this young lady was so beat down by the words that were being said to her. She just sat there with her head down. I felt really bad for her. I don't know what their relationship was......I don't think they were married and if so there were no wedding bands to represent that fact, nonetheless, they were there together. I couldn't help but think to myself, "I wonder if this is what she wants for the rest of her life?" Does she want someone to speak to her in this manner? Does she want someone to be so disrespectful to her? Now remembering......I don't know if that was just an isolated incident (usually that kind of behavior is not, but for her sake I'm praying that it was!!) However, I know in the world we live in today to many young people "settle" for less than they deserve. So many of them have been beaten down by their families, friends, co-workers, etc., that they don't really know what they want out of life. They set no goals for themselves and if they don't have a relationship with Christ, they have no incentive to reach for any type of dream in their lives. God has so much good to give us, but we fail to see it. We fail to trust in Him to fulfill our desires and dreams.

As I sat there and prayed for "both" of them, I wondered what I could do to help. I knew it wasn't feasible to get up and go sit down and talk with her understanding that their personal life was none of my business. But I just wanted so badly to go put my arm around her and tell her that God has such great plans for her life if she would but allow Him to work in her life. I'm not one, in this case, to have that "in your face" approach. I truly believe sometimes you just have to be subtle and let the Holy Spirit do what He does better than I ever could. I decided I'd just write a note on the back of one of my business cards and give it to her. As we got up to leave, I just simply walked up behind her, and put my arm gently around her shoulder, told her she was a beautiful young lady, that I would be praying for her, laid my card down in front of her on the table and walked away. I didn't turn around to see what she did. I just prayed for her until we got around the corner. I'm hoping that she kept the card and one day she will email me or call me if she ever needs help or wants to know Christ. I'd be more than happy to help either of them. My heart breaks for the young people of this world today. There are so many more pitfalls for them than there were for me. But, God is still on the throne and He is in control. I just wish more young people would submit to Him and stop rushing life and thinking they don't have time to wait for the mate God has for them. I wish when I was young having my babies someone had told me to pray for the mate God had planned for them before I ever thought about any of them. I do that today. I pray for Sami who is still not married, all my grandchildren I now have and the ones still to come that God will prepare them and the mate He has for them even now before they are ever a thought in their parents minds!!!! I wish I could make them understand........what God has for them is well worth waiting for!!! I hope this young lady read the top of what my card says: "Fully Rely On God."