Life is filled with choices. We have a bazillion choices that we have to make every single day. What to wear. What to eat. What to drink. What to say. When to say it. What to think. What to do. The list goes on and on. Some decisions involve other people, most do not. But there is one choice we have that will not only affect us today but tomorrow and for the rest of our lives. This decision will not only affect us but those around us. We will actually face this decision multiple times a day. These God-given opportunities come when life is hard. They also come when life is easy. How we handle life's peaks and valley's is completely up to us.

In April of this year, the doctors discovered that my dad had colon cancer. Yep. The dreaded "C" word. Were we scared? You bet! Were we afraid? Absolutely! But we had two choices. We could either worry, or we could pray. We could worry ourselves sick over what was to become of our dad and his illness, or we could cast it on the One Who had the ability to remove his sickness. We could live in fear of tomorrow, or we could trust the One Who holds tomorrow. We could blame God, or we could cling to Him.

So what do you do when life is too much for you to handle? When you're overwhelmed with situations that are beyond your control. What do you do when the bank account glares back at you in an angry shade of red? How do you handle a broken heart, disappointment, shattered dreams? How do you take that next step?

You can either worry about it or you can pray about it.

You can pray to God Almighty, Who has your best interests at heart, or you can worry about it, which is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. Worry doesn't prevent disaster, it prevents prayer! It does nothing but steals your joy!

So why not let's take it to God in prayer? Take it to the One Who is trustworthy. Take it to the One Whom you need not doubt. Tell it to the One Who already has the answer and knows the outcome.

Share it with the One Who loves you unconditionally - for always and forever, no matter what! Jeremiah 31:3 "...Yea, have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with thy lovingkindness have I drawn thee."

Cast it upon the One Who cares for you! I Peter 5:7 "Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." 

Cry out to the One Who is always ready and waiting to listen. Someone Who hears even the faintest of prayers, the ones you can't even put into words because your heart is so heavy. Isaiah 59:1 "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:"

If we prayed about the things that concern us as much as we worried about them, we'd have a lot less to worry about. So let's turn our worry lists into prayer lists.

Don't stress about it. Pray about it.

GOD'S GOT THIS!

Hey y'all,

We have a HUGE favor to ask of you.  We have some friends that are in need of our prayers.  They have struggled with this trial for over twenty years and they're still serving and trusting God! 

Heather, the oldest daughter, has been suffering from two rare diseases for over twenty years.  These diseases also cause her to have multiple seizures every day.  At times, she has had up to 200 seizures in one day!

This past year, the doctors informed Heather and her family of a procedure that could stop her from having these seizures.  She could live a seizure free life!  They ran multiple tests and none of them were successful, except the very last one! 

This past Monday, she had the surgery to remove the left side of her brain, the part that is infected by the diseases and causing the seizures.  She was in surgery for 11 hours.  She is now in ICU and is having trouble breathing on her own as well as many other issues.  Heather isn't waking up like they would like her to, but she has had some movement. 

We ask that you help us pray for Heather and her family.  They have a website where you can read more about the whole situation and read about the updates as well. 

 

This is Heather.  She just turned 30 years old and has been suffering from severe seizures for over 20 years.  I have never once heard Heather complain from the trials she has faced.  Instead, she has praised God and allowed Him to use her for His glory.  She is one of the sweetest, most humble, Christian ladies I know.  She is not bitter at God for allowing her health issues, but rejoices in Him.  She often sings a song written by Ron Hamilton called, "Rejoice In The Lord".

God never moves without purpose or plan
When trying His servant and molding a man.
Give thanks to the LORD though your testing seems long;
In darkness He giveth a song.

I could not see through the shadows ahead;
So I looked at the cross of my Saviour instead.
I bowed to the will of the Master that day;
Then peace came and tears fled away.

Now I can see testing comes from above;
God strengthens His children and purges in love.
My Father knows best, and I trust in His care;
Through purging more fruit I will bear.

CHORUS:

O Rejoice in the LORD
He makes no mistake,
He knoweth the end of each path that I take,
For when I am tried
And purified,
I shall come forth as gold.

 

  

 

 

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Hey y'all,
Sorry we've been a bit absent.  We just dropped in to encourage y'all to pray for all of those affected by Boston's bombing and the explosion in Texas.
God is still in control and He knows exactly what's going on.  I'm reminded of the verse I Peter 5:7 "Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you."  God still cares about America and He still hears our prayers!

Have a great day!
SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  

 

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 Pray - 1:  to make a request in a humble manner

            2:  to address God with adoration, confession,  supplication, or thanksgiving 

"Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them."  Mahalia Jackson

1.  II Chronicles 7:14

 

2.  Jeremiah 29:12

 

3.  I Thessalonians 5:17

 

4.  Mark 13:33

 

5.  James 5:16b

 

6. Psalm 61:1

 

7.  Psalm 122:6

Guess what, it snowed on Sunday!  Yippee!  Dixie and I were so excited.  As soon as Church was over we ran outside and started enjoying the beautiful snow.  If you looked straight up into the sky, it looked like a snow globe!  It was extremely beautiful!  :)  Just like it's Creator!  

Dixie and I have been praying for snow for like ever!  We have gotten some flurries here and there, but nothing like we're use to.  We grew up in Indiana where snow was an everyday thing for about 6 months out of the year.  Now we live in Tennessee where snow is practically a stranger.  :(  

Last year we had lots of snow!  We would get blamed every time it snowed, because everyone knew we had been praying for it.  Of course, we didn't mind.   This year though, is a different story.  I guess God is   a) teaching us to be patient  b) increasing our prayer life or  c) both.  Hopefully, we are learning!  

Well I didn't get some pictures of Sunday's snow, but here are some pictures of an earlier snow we had this year.     

I know, I know it's not much, but I'll take what I can get.  In case you can't tell, the white layer is the snow.  :)