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What will(or did) you do today that will make it a good day?



I am hoping for you a day that feels like you are riding the wind and catching all the rainbows on your trail. (I'd love to hear from you anytime! and the prayer is sincere! c)

Another Jowers!!

Once upon a time there was a family gathering at Thanksgiving. There were babies, toddlers, and big girls; cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, and great grandparents. Lots of arms to hold lots of life... Then...(EL, that shirt is so right for so many reasons!)

There will be someone new next year at this time!.. some were rather ho hum with the announcement.... (not really, Bobo is anything but ho hum when it comes to these things!)
And then there's the face of a grandmother (yes, I know she certainly doesn't carry the typical look of "grandmother", but then have you seen the great grandmother in her lineage?! Nana and her two sisters are leaving a great legacy... thanks, hopefully we can all follow suit! :0 ) Joy just can't be translated better than this! Jenn will have another one calling her Jeje!
And Pop... Great grandad!! once again!

Jenn, did we ever imagine these days when we were just sisters? ANOTHER BABY!!! IN AUGUST!!! ANOTHER JOWERS WILL JOIN THE CREW! Who knows what next Thanksgiving will hold??? certainly not me! Congratulations and blessings galore over new family members! yeah, and Thank You Jesus!

Wanna Cat? Neither do I!

Before you scroll to the following pictures, let me assure you of a few things.

1) I have NEVER asked for or gone to get a cat (well, not since Troy brought home Pogo and Jasper in hopes of diverting any interest in human babies).

They have been gone many many years now.

2) I am NOT an animal rights advocate in the political arenas of the world (this "green" stuff is really sorta frightening to me... people are more important than things, or animals!) I believe that we are to desire a heart like our LORD'S, Who "sees even the sparrow when it falls".

3) I believe in spaying and neutering any ANIMAL that might bring unwanted others into this world. We do that any cat we can catch!

4) I wonder why my heart never gets harder with the tragedy of rejection that I see over and over on this country road of ours.

(maybe more you should know, but I'll get on with the reason for this post.)

Below you will see what greeted me as I stepped out my door on this icy January morning.

Do you see the black one with a crooked tail? She is the latest of the rejects at my house. The came in with a broken tail unable to make her back legs walk correctly, and incredibly emaciated. She would have died in a couple more days (I wonder would that have been better?) It seems that some people think when they've "loved" an animal though the cuteness of kitten/puppyhood and they get too messy, too big, or too expensive, it's time to get another, or just "dispose" of the current problem. Country roads appear to be the most convenient HIDDEN fix to an impulsive problem. Again, let me tell you... I've NEVER intentionally (or unintentionally!) bought, or chosen any CAT!!!!

Yes it is rather early, early enough that their eyes blaze in the dimness.
This one is spayed (we caught her... as are any that we can catch!) her name is Toulous. Troy has an idea for a TRADE with the city folks......
How 'bout we take our problems to the streets of the city?
Wonder if city folks would appreciate and take care of the problems that country life brings our way?
Well, don't worry, this black and white (who was caught trying to act as if he fit right into the feline population) was on a catch and release program..... WAY out to the back of the property, away from kids and people! No, it was merely a passing thought (although pretty appropriate huh?) to return the favor of those ... those..... those.... PEOPLE!!!!! Thank you, I don't need any more CATS!!!!! Does anyone out there want a good mouser? We've got plenty!

Okay, now that I've vented, I'm better. I know that NONE of you reading this would EVER be guilty of this, so I am preaching to the chior. Thanks for letting me sound off, maybe I should write the paper, ya think?

Puppies this Spring!!! :)

What do you mean "we're doing this again? Did anyone think of asking me about this? I thought I was just going to the Jennings to "visit" old friends, and now you tell me this???!!"

Ginger and Bean were so much fun, I thought we should have some more little yorkie babies.
How can anyone resist this face? And ready for Easter baskets? Way cute I'm thinking.
This time I bet there won't be a registered brangus heifer traded for a registered yorkie baby. But how much fun was that?? KC is about 800lbs heavier than little Bean was

(3 pounds full grown)

The new daddy will come from our good friends, the Jennings at Mesquite Grove Ranch. It won't be Bandit this time, but the little Daddy has a face that matches perfectly to Latte's and he weighs 3 pounds. Should be a beautiful bunch of Easter Basket Babies! Latte's such a good momma dog, so this will be another fun Spring with GREAT PICTURES. If you want to see other babies from Becky's puppies go to http://texastinyyorkies.com/ and see some other real cuties. The little tricolored puppy that Drew is holding is a registered Biewer Yorkie (or party yorkie in more common terms). He is going to be a real cutie. Who knows, IF... big IF we ever breed Latte again, we may have a tricolored daddy. But then again, the blue/gold babies are so pretty why mess with a good thing? by the way.... Latte loves her babies, and even though she doesn't like these next few weeks, wait till you see how much fun she has with the puppies! It will have to be special folks who get them! Latte (and we) don't let them go to just anyone :)
YEAH>>>> PUPPIES IN MARCH!!!

Connell News... SURPRISE!!!

Once upon a time, two May months ago, we sat at Hendricks with special friends,

And met a new friend who made us laugh much like his daddy!
We all got to sit around making new aquaintances and waited patiently (for many hours :0!!)
Grandaddies talked grandaddy talk,
and Dad's got ready to capture the moment....
How 'bout we do it again, say maybe the middle of September???? Congratulations Connells! (yes, they told me to put it on the blog!!! otherwise, it would be left to the telephone and email!) I just love babies, don't you??!!! I pray blessings right now, and joy/peace/steadfast spirits! YEAH!!! another baby, God is so good!!!! all the time

Happy Birthday Bethany

Happy Birthday sweet Bethany!

I remember when your wonderful husband began the adventure of his life... YOU!!! I believe it was in Mezamis with all of us sitting around one of those familiar tables eating black bean salsa and potato soup. Justin was the one who told us about you, and I saw the grin on Curt's face. I knew then that this one was different, This one was a keeper, and we'd be seeing much more of you! Anyone who could endure the house with Dylan, Justin and Curt is not the ordinary girl... right Becky!?! Do you remember being introduced to us at that very same quaint little eating establishment? Well, Happy birthday wonderful lady, and may you always know the joy of

BLUE SKIES

SAFE ARMS
AND PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT YOU WITH ADORING EYES!

We cherish the woman that God has made you and we're glad God put you into our lives! We celebrate you today and may the rest of this new year for you be spectacular!

Iphone syncing/situation

I had a SITUATION!!! (as my friend Gaye would say!)

The Iphone my precious husband got for me (one of the first ones sold in our town I might add), was refusing to sync!

For those of you like I, this means when I hook it up to the computer to get my music and pictures (THE REASON for the phone in the first place for me!!!) it gave me the message, "disk could not be read or written to". What is that supposed to mean? It had not made this choice for me in any of my many sync times past, what is it's deal now??? so you know the next step... oh boy, who is going to answer the phone for service??? how long will I wait, and how many times will I be required to repeat the same words over and over and over because they don't understand TEXAN in India! After beginning this ordeal mid afternoon with a jovial, if not a little dense Canadian fellow, then transferred to a sweet but conversationally handicapped Indian lady,

*after turning off and on my computer multiple times,

*doing maneuvers in my computer files like a fighter pilot on a direct hit mission,

*checking and unchecking a myriad of "boxes" in much hidden places,

*resetting factory settings and so many other odd requests,

I WAS AT MY WITS END!!! MY LAST NERVE HAD BEEN TWEAKED WAY TOO MANY TIMES, and I WAS FIT TO BE TIED!

I was working under the assumption that this SITUATION was about my Iphone not syncing, but I was mistaken.

The sweet middle Eastern lady finally connected me to her "supervisor" (that's supposed to sound like he's right down the hall).... 30 minutes on HOLD!!! (yes, I was desperate for a fix!)

I was connected to Chris.....(do you think he knew that when he picked up that call he had a tiger by the tail?)

I was ...... well, I need not say how I was!

I had just decided all I wanted was a box to ship this little annoyance into someone else's expert hands... just give me a shipping box!!!!

Nope, this guy wanted to FIX IT!!! (isn't that so MALE???)

so again, with his very patient (if not a bit sugary) voice led me through the fix it dance of on/off, find it click it, delete it, restore it, do it again! I hate that dance!

But as we went through the motions, there were pause times and in those times I decided this was an American living in California, and I'd talk to him (yes, I was NICE)

I found out he was 32, married for 2 years, and not too fond of windows XP, store bought computers, or anything that he didn't personally check out... (hence his job as "supervisor"???)

I also found the REASON for my SITUATION...

I'd been on the phone this last time for about 1 1/2hours and he was finally coming to the root of the problem (hard to do with him the brain, me the hands, and several geographical miles between us). At that point the statement I'd made was "you must not be a Dad." to which he responded... "judge not".......

curious, I asked him what he knew of Scripture (a risky question as I'd just gotten shot down from saying something like "I'll just pray that the Lord lets you get this thing fixed"...to the first two service folks... silence met me and a quick change of subject)

but not this time,

Chris responded, "I am a preacher in my other time".......hummmmm suddenly the tone and atmosphere of the conversation shifted. I was redirected!

I asked him, so what do you think of the state of the "church" right now from your location? (yes, physical and spiritual... but I waited to hear)

He said, "I'm not too fond of 'church' right now... well, maybe I should say I'm not too fond of 'religion' right now."

I heard this man's heart, I heard a brilliant mind in the world and a heart in love with Jesus, I heard someone wounded on the way to places he felt he'd been called. No, he didn't have to say all those words, but yes, I heard this and in hearing I KNEW why I had a situation. It wasn't about my Iphone's sync, it wasn't about my going through Canada, India and back to the USA in several hours of my day, it wasn't even about my discomfort.... it was about Chris and my being who I am called to be in the Body of Christ even on a phone call across the country to someone I never met.
God sets things up like that, it's all about what His plans are and about my saying, "Lord whatever, whenever, whoever... I wanna do it Your way, not mine." God doesn't take those declarations of mine (or yours) casually. He is a God Who does what He says, ALWAYS, and He desires me to be on the same page. His children and His plans for them are not casually considered, they have been since before the foundations of the world, and Chris on this day needed me to be just what I am.... a "clearing house", an encourager, (one who sees what's not visible and hears what is never spoken)... weird, but that can only happen when the physical scales drop from our eyes to see from the vantage point of Heaven. Would that I did it more than I do, but MANNNNNNNNNNN what a trip (can you hear my hippie days comin through??) ... God is so awesome, and He let me see a "situation" turn into an "appointment". I know each of you has similar stories, and believe me when I tell you, it will be happening more and more to any of us who is asking to be used. Chris, if you ever read this, know that you are called by the LORD of LORDs, and that His calling is what affords you the grace to respond beyond the bounds of man or religion. It is what will give you the confidence to go forward and be what He's created you to be not what the world expects you to be. You will be Father to warrior children, and you will be a Light in the darkeness. You will be because God says so in your life... I pray you always hear HIM louder than any other voice. Hallelujah, we serve the ONE Who was and is and is to come! Yall have a great day and may we all see :)

vaulted friendships!

think ALWAYS
speak less
Listen MORE
Proverbs 17:28

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
May we be known for our "discerning" nature ;)Don't you love a friend who you consider a "vault"?

(what you say here, stays here!!)

One with whom you can share your heart and you know it is always safe?

A friend who knows what you mean even when you say it wrong?

A friend who listens more with their heart than with their ears?

One who may even stick closer than a brother?

One who was made from the Father's best design?

I have a few of these and two of my most cherished grew up in my arms!

I pray vaulted/valuable/virtuous/VERY good friends for each of you reading this! amen

KG first BB Game

It was standing room only as we entered for the event of the 2008 season. All the bleacher seats were taken, and the walls were lined 2 or 3 deep. Troy and I hurried into the corner where our cheering section had taken up residence for the next hour of our life.

Let the GAME begin!!!

There were so many choices to be made as to what "activities" would command a 7 year old's time, especially one who could do anything from ballet, horses, piano, to ball games of any kind. She chose basketball (much to her poppy's delight!). It just so happened that all the teams were filled at this late stage of the "choice", BUT one!! Oh how right that was, she was the 8th girl on this last team in a Christian league called, "Upward",

a program with history in this family I will add.

Saturday was the first game,

Only gold and blue were the colors throughout the gym as all the teams had reversible uniforms and complied with the coaches color choices of that day. On the court were 2 games with 32+ little first grade girls eager to test the skills they'd only just begun to learn. Dribbling was a high priority with bounce passing the ball into the court a close second. One could see that on each team there were a very few older girls with one season previously under their elastic waist shorts, a real asset to the progression down the court. After attaching the colored velcro straps to their shoulders (a new method of "find your color", the girl you were to guard), the game began with a regimented rotation so that all the girls had the same amount of court time.

*An all little girl league

*matching ribbons and bows on pony tails and braids

*every set of parent's with a camera or video of some sort

*siblings of all ages, crawling, toddling or dribbling (some in uniform waiting for later games)

*grandparents, great grandparents, and even aunts and uncles

...how could the participants miss the fact that "THIS IS IMPORTANT"!!!

The SMALL ball was bounced onto the court and the game began.

The lessons learned the previous weeks would be put to the test as the dribbling (usually 3 bounces only and a wobbly pass to an eager teammate), running, finding your man (color), making sure you are going to YOUR basket, all began to make sense. The girls from last year were mentors knowing the thrill of making a basket, complete with the accompanying cheering and high fiving of all the significant others present. There were quick studies beside them on the court that day, and KG was one! She'd been practicing on the driveway and the goal at home, but it was nothing like this. Back and forth, walking and fouling not called, because this was primary in basketball "school". Boundaries were essentially enforced but the fundamentals were the focus. As KG watched and saw the results of a "SCORE" (not recorded on the board, but kept exactly in the heads of each girl), all the practice came sharply into focus and connected the dots of the game in her head. She found her color, watched her opponent "dribble" and, finding the right moment mid-court, KG "STOLE" the ball, dribbled to the right basket, stopped, and shot.... you could have heard a pin drop in the little corner where her fans crawled, sat and stood. THE BALL WENT IN!!!! SUCCESS that no amount of practice time previously could have revealed was recognized in an instant.

and then,

The success was reinforced, not by the applause (which I can tell you was resounding!!!) but by an exact duplicated moment... again, same girl, same place, same situation, repeated itself in the next venture down the court. STEAL, DRIBBLE, STOP, SHOOT, SCORE!!!!!!! it now became embedded in her schema of the game, many of the fundamentals that had merely been pieces, were now a complete picture of the game amidst the boundaries of the court. There was reason to the little boring drills that no parent, (or grandad) or coach could have have explained as effectively as the reality of the point scored.

I think we have a player on our hands,

and I am thankful that she had the opportunity to INTENTIONALLY put those skills into play for success. (it could have been a fluke or happenchance... we saw that there too)

BUT, for our KG, it was INTENTIONAL... CHOSEN...

and it resulted in faith,

that what she'd been told and taught by the ones who knew and cared about her success had spoken TRUTH.

I know that I could go into spiritual things here, but I'll leave that to your hearts (so many of you hear mine even when I don't share it... and so many of you reading this have been at the exact same place as this little 1st grade girl on the first basketball court, in the first GAME of your life). It was fun on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 to watch the face of my grandchild change as she UNDERSTOOD what she'd been told; and she will now play the GAME with a new anticipation of success.

Oh yes, and probably the most significant thing, we watched this little girl celebrate her victory by encouraging all the other members of her team as a group success, even talking and laughing happily with the girl from whom she'd just stolen the ball. I guess that is what you do when you are 7 years old and just learning the GAME. After all the girls had walked through the hand slapping lines of their opponents and coaches, little stars were handed to each player (part of the Upward program)... by the end of the season, they will each get one of the colors with the coach choosing which star to give to the players. There is only 1 white star per game, and as we sat at Abuelos with a celebration lunch, KG didn't talk about her baskets, she told me about her star.

"Tahtee, guess what, I got the white star.... it said... 'a Christlike attitude'".

I think I'm gonna enjoy watching this new generation of athletics in the grandmother season of my life!

God is so good!

Why not ask?

Today,

what questions have you asked?

Today,

What has been asked of you?

What do you wish someone would ask you?

ASK!!!! this has deep roots in me as you'd expect from one who desires honest connections. Questions allow "primary source" response. (yes, there is a bit of my English background that just won't let go... I love that Primary source stuff! very reliable!)

We were sitting in a meeting a while back with one that I would surely consider a prophet. As we sat there, Troy and I were merely a support system for the others in the room. There were all sorts of questions for these men, but I felt an almost tangible unspoken request hovering about the entire group. Finally, one of the group broached the question everyone was thinking, but would not speak. As she did, there was literally a breaking over the entire evening. Truth poured out and the freedom that resulted is still coming back with the memory of the evening. The man said, "I knew I'd come here for this, but I was not allowed to bring it until I was asked." hummm how many times have we missed something because for some reason

we chose not to step out and ASK?

Is it any wonder that the Lord says to us

"Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find,

knock and the door will be opened unto you." Matt 7:7

so now I ask you again....

What do you wish someone would ask you right now?

What do want to ask someone right now?

Why not do it? :)

I've gotta go, I have a question for Troy since he just stepped out of the hot tub!

green and purple orchids! there is such a thing!

I'd never seen a green and purple orchid, but my not seeing doesn't mean there's not such a thing! I love green!

Red roses, so typically tender like the one who gave them! yet another surprise, I couldn't see the deer because during hunting season they leave......a camera that uses infrared photography to record their presence at our "tables", even when I can't see them! One more hidden thing, yet revealed.
and then to be surprised with Epiphany well wishers who happen to be folks I've enjoyed for , well... we won't say how many years! some much longer than others, but oh such tender heart feelings that never change! Sorry some of our folks had to leave for "hymn singing" in a neighboring town. and the dear under 40's with our over 40's group! Thank you!
and now I am still thinking of my question, and the "words of the year".... it began with prayers for everything hidden to be revealed, and now, it appears that this will be the anointing over 2008, this season of revelation! Are you feeling this as your year is beginning, or is it just for me, here in this place I love so very much? Thanks for speaking my language!

My Epiphany

What a lovely day this day was! Red roses, friends, family, and things done just for me, in my "love languages"! Thank you for being multilingual my precious ones! I'm thinking there will be more than I can write right now, but I must post on this day for obvious reasons!

Today is Epiphany:

e·piph·a·ny
1.(initial capital letter) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
2.an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity.
3.a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
4.a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.

I am thinking that this 3rd definition is one that speaks to my heart about the coming year for me... a revelation! something uncovered, taken out of hiding, answered, REVEALED if you will. This will be a year of epiphany, revelation!

I awoke with a thought (yes, Troy says that's nothing new or unusual in Carla Land), but the thought was... what is the difference in "faith" and "risk"? As that contemplation progressed, there came to me a passage that is frequenting my brain often these days, and it simply fit into the question's progression.

Matthew 15: 14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. "

a city on a hill CANNOT BE HIDDEN...

Light can do nothing but be what it is, the darkness has no option but to retreat when light is doing what it is intended to do. (DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIGHT?)

There are some HUGE things here, but for me, it is about my epiphany... the revelations that will be coming this year. The answers to questions that may have been poised for just this particular time and season. I know there is more, but for now, I had to write a beginning on this day, January 6, 2008, Epiphany.

By the way, it never said "without risk it is impossible to please God"

.... hummmm interesting how the world twists the simplest of God's Truth!

Bless yall today and the remainder of 2008.

"Yes" room!

YES, it is a "yes" room, and YES, we have lived in 3 rooms since November of 2007. (okay, one room is the HUGE long front of the house, but 3 rooms sounds more dramatic huh?) BUT!!!

soon the children's play room (the 'yes' room) will be that again, and we will have a newly remodeled bedroom and bathroom! I love my copper sinks and the dolomite counter tops were from my DAD!!! thanks Dad they are beautiful! LuAnn, Kaely's mom, is getting all the right plumbing fixtures in exactly the right color. Only a shower/no tub, but I have two wonderful pedestal tubs at the cottages for an occasional therapeutic soaking.
I decided I wanted a "cloud" textured ceiling above the troweled walls. Stone and Almond are the colors and I'm gonna love it!
Scarlett is so tired of staying outside in the hallway only to look in at all the people going in and out of "HER" room! Soon Scarlett, soon!
Troy is doing such a good job, so patient with my impatience! Gotta love a guy like that!

2 Family soup recipes

January calls for good hearty soups, grainy breads with real butter, eaten with friends by a crackling fire. Today is one of those days, and these are two recipes sent by our Nana and her sister Mimi. Believe me, these two cooks wouldn't send anything that wasn't worth your trying so I suggest you be one to enjoy either of these entries! I think I'll be making the tortilla as soon as I get this posted. Bless Yall today!


3/96 San Miguel de Alende tortilla soup 8 servings
(this recipe reportedly, was procured though much humble requesting by a lady who knew a good thing when she tasted it. Authentic and amazingly delicious!)

saute in a little oil:
1 onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic, mashed
1 jalapeno seeded and chopped
add:
1 #1 can stewed tomatoes
5 cups chicken broth
1 can tomato soup
1 tsp. each, ground cumin, salt, chili powder,sugar
1/2 tsp. lemon pepper
2 tsp. each Worcestershire sauce and tabasco
simmer for 1 1/2 hours over low heat

assemble, grated cheese, hot soup, tortilla strips( I have found these in the salad topping at the grocery so I do not make own anymore) sour cream and avocado slices

absolutely the best I have ever tasted! I like the soup alone without all the condiments!
enjoy, Tina (Nana to those of us who get to share her table often!)

Cabbage and Potato Soup Recipe

I got this recipe from a friend who found it in the Canadian Living magazine. It is my "special soup" that I serve on special occasions and to guests . Everyone loves it.
by

8 servings
1 hour 20 min prep
3 cups chicken broth
2 cups shredded cabbage
2 medium potatoes, pared and diced (about 1 pound)
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped leeks
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 cups half-and-half, divided
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
3/4 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
2-3 drops Tabasco sauce
In a large saucepan, heat broth over medium heat.
Add cabbage and potatoes.
Cover and simmer about 10 minutes until potatoes are tender.
In a large skillet, over medium heat melt butter.
Add leeks and cook until tender.
Stir in flour (into leek mixture) and cook 2-3 minutes.
Add 1 cup half and half to the broth mixture.
Add leek mixture to broth mixture.
Add remaining ingredients.
Stir in remaining 2 cups half and half.
Cook over low heat 10-15 minutes.

Happy Anniversary Em and Jeff

Happy Anniversary Jeff and Em!

The "Keeper of the Stars" knew just what He was doing!

We love you both incredibly and we thank God for His gifts in both of you. You are treasures beyond measure and we love who you have been and are becoming.
Each year has brought and told a story that was written long before either of you were born, this year will be no different.
The STORY has been known since before the foundations, and I believe it has and always will be a story of laughter and joy. Jeff you are one of the most fun, tender, and passionate people I know, no wonder our Em fell in love with you. You brought her joy!..... and Emily, what can mere words say? You are the first of our treasures here on earth, and you never cease to astound us with the wisdom and truth that pour out of you from wells deeper than we could have imagined.
We pray blessings over another year of becoming more of who you were made to be! our JOY!

Enjoy a crazy bit of our New Year's Eve entertainment! Wish you all could join us!

Troy, and the other "GUYS" refused to wear the hats... go figure!
I want to know what the grin signifies with a weapon in hand?
Pizza is just not some of our favorite food... especially "BUFFET PIZZA"!
There are those who organize, and then there are the ones organized, who do you suppose is who?
Some folks will always be kids at heart and I'd have it no other way! The girls say it is the "carny" coming out in him??? yes, things have always changed around WTFR time!

Like Father like son....
Fathers tell sons what to watch for.....
Fathers show sons and daughters the best way to get where you are going, and what is the most expedient way to take your vehicle in that direction (even if it is a vicarious experience)
I was afraid it would be a bit chaotic, but was pleasantly surprise that the 5-8:00 crowd was a rather family oriented affair.
Sometimes we need to know the right button to push for any action to occur.

Joy-filled New Year!!!!!!

Are you all going to eat Blackeyed peas?

Are you doing the things that you hope set a precedent for the next 364 days?

What are the "beginnings" you see today, and what will the fruition be like?

Questions, but you know me, that is my modus operandi according to Troy.

Troy and I saw the temporal beginnings of this New Year which is extraordinary from the last few years of wishing each other HNY after the 10:00 news, or setting the alarm to give each other a kiss to bring in the New Year. This year we actually watched the clock (not on TV) turn from 12:00 (2007) into 12:01 (2008)

It was a recognizable difference and I take note of those things in my life!

interesting... the end touching the beginning in a split second!

Funny I'd never thought of it like that before.

~full circle~

~Alpha and Omega~

~beginning and end~

Once more the physical reality belies the scriptural surety of the Spiritual reality!

for me

THAT is comforting to know!

This has been told to us "beforehand" so that we are not caught off guard. (I've heard that somewhere haven't you?)

"Before the foundations of the earth" is bedrock confirmation of a God Who considered us, made plans for us, and does not leave us orphans... EVER.

"Time" only has significance for those dressed in flesh, may we become ever more mindful of the truest reality that our inner man already knows.

2007 became 2008 in the tick of a second hand's movement....

Our God is just that precise!

Bless us all in our honorable pursuit of life worthy of a son or daughter.

love you all so very very much!

***by the way, you will see that there will be 3 authors posting on this blog.... I LOVE IT! who knows what those other 2 will be led to say! I know it will be worth my hearing!)

THE WORD OF THE LORD CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE BOUND.

I believe that as we embark on the journey of this new year it will be one in which TRUTH will be revealed, and God will show Himself mighty and UNBOUND! I desire that we all receive and hold to the Truths already revealed and those yet to come in this new season. May we live this year as sons and Daughters of the King!