Good news!...and...( ahem) not so good~sigh~

We have that new grandson I talked about back in December! He was born on April 17, and he is a dandy! Mason Carter Jenkins weighed in at 7 lbs. 6 oz and was 19 inches long! Head full of dark hair , but I still can't tell what color his eyes are gonna be. He's almost 5 weeks old now and getting just a little spoiled, I think, but that's ok! Well, that's the good news!
Now for the bad! I said back in January I was going to do my best to lose at least 1 pound a week this year. Would you believe that instead I have gained about 7 pounds! Argh! Well, I'm not giving up! I'm still going to keep trying to get back on track! I need to get started going back to the walking track...we've had so much rain that there's been little chance, and we've had so much going on around here there's been little time to go! I know...excuses, excuses! Some one hold me accountable, please!

It's brand new year!

I don't do resolutions anymore...try to set some goals, but never make promises to anyone or myself. Seems everytime I try to begin a new project or plan anything too far in advance someone in my family gets sick or something happens to delay or change plans made. Sooooo....I've decided to follow the scripture Matt. 6:34 " Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. "
Oh, I know we have to plan for things to a certain extent, but worrying about it changes nothing! Some things we have a little control over , but truthfully, none of us knows what the next hour, not even the next moment, holds. So, I'll plan on planning things according to His will and not my own....
Christmas was good. Everyone was well, and we were able to get together, enjoy one another's company and eat! What we all love to do best. Now it's time for me to really start pushing back from the table. I have a goal...ahem...hopefully, of losing 52 pounds this *year* ....this year!...ha! I decided surely...surely, I can lose 1 pound a week! Surely that can't be too hard!
What do you think? One lousy pound a week? I'm gonna give it a try, at least!

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, they say! *sigh*

It's a boy!!

I thought it was so sweet of our son and daughter-in-love to invite her mother and me to go along with them today when they went for the sonagram to find out if they're having a little girl or boy....and yes! It's a boy! I think if either of them had smiled any bigger their faces would have split! I'm so happy for them....and for us, too! Now it's just a matter of waiting until April for the little guy to arrive!

It amazes me that there are people who actually believe these little ones are not real human beings until the day they are born! My word! Maybe they've never seen a sonogram up close and personal and seen these little guys and girls moving about in their mommies tummies, or seen and heard their little hearts beat!

" Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." Jeremiah 1:5. This tells me that God knows us before we are even concieved and has a plan for our lives! I'm so thankful I serve a God who loves me and knew me from the beginning of time!

I long for the day when we'll see Him face to face.

And can't wait to see our new grandson face to face as well!!

Last day

of November! Hmmmm, tomorrow, being the first day of December, officially opens the door to Christmas season, I suppose. I have bought about half the gifts I need to buy. Will try to finish that up next Saturday!

I wonder how many are thinking about our Savior as they get into the season!? It's so easy to get caught up in all the excitement of getting and giving gifts and forget about " The Gift" of the very first Christmas and every Christmas since! I always loved getting up on Christmas morning and seeing what 'Santa' had brought. I was probably 10 or 11 before I really understood about what Christmas is about. Mainly because I don't remember being taught that it was about the birth of my Savior. If that was ever mentioned, I don't remember it. You see, my dad was not a Christian until I was 13 years old. My mom said she was saved at a young age, and they were both good moral people. Worked hard, loved my brother and me, and tried to give us as much of the good things of life as they could afford. But it wasn't until I was 10 and my parents moved us ' back home' to Mississippi from Wisconsin that I remember hearing for the first time about Jesus. We moved next door to this wonderful Christian family who had a daughter just 6 months older than me and 2 sons, one of which was about my brother's age. They invited us to attend the Baptist church they attended and would take my brother and me with them when my parents didn't go. And my parents didn't go much until after my dad became a Christian some 3 years later.

I can remember always feeling there was something more....Someone more. I had a sense that just going from day to day in much the same way wasn't all there was to life. And I'll be forever grateful for that "family next door" who loved the Lord enough to lead me to Him.

So....as we celebrate this season....maybe you can look back a bit and think about your first knowledge of Him...or someone special who might have introduced you to Him!

Let's be sure to remember 'the reason for the season'!

Hmmmm, 10 months since I posted anything here! Been here a few times with good intentions, but left without saying a word. I do hope things slow down a bit for me in the new year so that I might get back here more often.

Alot has gone on in those 10 months. Things at church...family things. Alot of time spent taking care of my mom. She's better, thank You, Lord! Hopefully 2009 will be a better year for her....and me.

I'm way behind on plans and preparations for the holidays...Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Story of my life, though! I'm always behind!


Sigh...


Well, tomorrow is a new day......

This breaks my heart....

This article http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/religion/chi-religion-survey-26feb26,1,2242370.story from the Chicago Tribune appeared in our local newspaper yesterday. (I live in Mississippi, by the way)....anyway...I encourage you to go and read this! You may not be as disturbed over it as I am, but this is three times in recent days that I have read things concerning people, religion and the lack thereof. Just a couple of weeks ago when we recieved our literature concerning our Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions supported by Southern Baptist Churches it states that there are 251 million unbelievers in the United States, Canada and their territories. 251 MILLION! Can you believe that? In this country, where there are churches on almost every corner...and religious broadcasts on television and radio every hour of the day!




Then when we got our spring Sunday School literature this past Sunday there was an article in the adult SS teacher's book again stating that 3 out of 4 people in North America are without Christ! A quote from this article " Jaelin, who just finished second grade, started participating in a summer ministry led by North American missionary Debbie Wohler in Lake Tahoe, California. One of the summer missionaries working with Debbie told the children, 'We're going to have a Bible study now.' Jaelin asked,' What's a Bible study?' After the explanation, her brother, Woody, asked, 'Who's God?' "

Where are we, folks? Why aren't we more concerned? Why aren't we out knocking on doors?

My husband and I were discussing this last night at the supper table. I told him if 75% of the people in our county were in church on Sunday mornings every church in our area would be knocking out walls to make room for them...or building many new churches! He said if even 50% were in church...he's probably right!

This is so sad! Are we selfish...unconcerned...unaware...too caught up in other things?

Luke 10:2 " Therefore he said unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest."

We've got to get a burden for the lost!

Don't put off until tomorrow....

Have I ever mentioned I am a world class procrastinator? Well, I am! It's not something I'm proud of, mind you! It just seems I keep putting things off. Not the real important things like laundry, or cooking and dishes...but the little things. Papers piling up, minor mending that needs to be done, or pressing that blouse that I rarely wear, but would look nice with a particular skirt and would give me a different outfit to wear once in awhile.

Don't we all do this to a certain extent? Some of us just make a bigger habit of it than others.

The one thing I put off too long has caused me much grief for the past two years! Tuesday, the 5th, was the 2nd anniversary of my brother's unexpected death. I have gone over and over in my mind the past two years all the times I could have picked up the phone and called him. All the things I wish I had said to him. The birthdays when I didn't send a card. I loved him so much, but was so "busy" with my own things....I just put off staying in touch with him more. It wasn't like we never saw each other or talked, but we just didn't do it enough. We were so close when we were growing up and...then we grew up....we both had our families and traveled in different directions. We had different interests...our children had different interests and we were just busy. Now I would give anything to just hear his voice....hear the silly giggle he had...hear him say, " Hey Sis...how're you doin?"
My life is richer because of him. After losing him I am also more aware of things I used to take for granted. And I pray I never take anyone or anything for granted again!

So to you, my little brother....I love you, miss you, think of you every day and am counting down the days until I see you again!! You were the best brother anyone ever had!

Jerry Wymon Moses - 6/27/51- 2/5/06