Blogging from my phone

I am frustrated trying to get this to work from my cell phone. I have made a few attempts that didn't work but I think this time it is working.

I want to be able to blog about Jack's transplant surgery when he goes in but not sure I'll be able to have my computer there. So I will blog from my phone if I need to...but wanted to get a few practice blogs in first. Who knows, I might find that I really like it!

Jack has been sick all weekend with a cold. He has to be 100% healthy when we go in on the 18th for his pre-op appointment. So we are praying he gets better quickly and that it passes me by completely. After two years of waiting for this day, we don't want anything to mess it up. The only reason we wouldn't want the surgery on November 23 is because we had a kidney/pancreas donor come first. We are praying God's will, not ours, be done.

Can I just say writing a blog on the cell phone on the bus can be a bit of a challenge? I am determined, however, to get it done. Not because I have something of major importance to say, but just because I want to see if I can do it.

Have you ever found yourself trying to say something but you can't remember the word? You wrack your brain trying to think of what it is and it's just not there. So you substitute it with a similar word that's sort of what you want but not quite. Then you go about your business and the word jumps in your head. I like to say, "I'm not getting old...I just have a lot more files in the ol' filing cabinet then you younger folks!"

When I was typing that part about doing a blog on the bus being a challenge, I couldn't remember the word "challenge" so I typed the word "struggle. " It's close but wasn't the word I wanted. But then as I was typing a few more words, it just popped into my head. Do you know how hard it is to scroll back when you are on a bouncy bus and you ALREADY don't know what you're doing? Well if your smart you probably know not to blog on your phone while riding a bouncy bus! (If this post works and there are no errors in it, I'll be amazed.

Well since it has taken me more than half an hour to type this, (no, I'm not a slow typist but I keep having to correct the, "bumpy" mistakes), I will go ahead and try to post. I don't know if it will work but here goes nothing...

Migraine

Today's blog (or lack there of), is brought to you by the migraine headache.

That is all.  Have a good day!

Thankful Thursday

Happy Thursday!  I have many things to be thankful for.

As I look around my house I am thankful for a husband who loves me enough to cook dinner for me.  He may not be a great cook, but he gives it his all and for that I am thankful!

I am thankful for my animals who love me and think I walk on water.  I really don't, but if I could be half the person my dog thinks I am, then I have done a good job.

I am thankful that I have a job that pays me enough to pay my electric bill.  Therefore I can live in a home that keeps me warm while watching TV or blogging on my computer.

I am thankful that God created chocolate!  I can't help but hope that when I get to Heaven, there will be chocolate at the banqueting table.  (I am speaking to my mom as I write this and she just told me her lung doctor told her to eat chocolate every day! He said it is "good" fat!  I love that doctor!)

I am thankful for life saving medication that keep my husband alive for another day.  While we continue to pray for healing, we are grateful for men and women who have dedicated their lives to creating medication that saves lives.    I am also thankful that these wise people have created medical aids such as insulin pumps and cochlear implants.

I am thankful that I can have the very Word of God sitting next to me on my chair.  I know in some countries Christians could be arrested for having a Bible in their home.

I am thankful for the lovely flowers that are still in bloom outside my door.  These flowers have been blooming since early spring and they continue to grow bigger and bigger.  I know they won't survive the winter, but I am thankful for each day they are still in bloom.

Shortly after being planted

My garden statues are almost covered up!

 
  I am also thankful for my small group and the love they have shown me and my husband.  They are so much more than a small group.  They are family and they lift us up in prayer and love us unconditionally.

I am thankful for my family.  God has blessed me with wonderful children who make my heart glad.  They have all grown up into awesome adults and parents.  My quiver is indeed full!

Front to back L-R: Adam, Jack, Sandy Michelle, Kerry, Connie, Angie, Jack, Me

There are so many things I am thankful for, but I will save them for another time.  God is indeed good and I praise Him for every thing He has done for me and my family.

Now, before I end this, I want to tell you about my bloggy friend Lynette.  She is having a  drawing to win a $100 Gift Certificate for CSN Stores!  Just visit Lynnette at Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground!  Visit: http://www.lynnettekraft.com/

Be blessed,

Sue

Wednesday's Walk - Adam

Last week I shared about my daughters Kerry and Connie.  They were my first and second born children.  I want to do a walk down on each of my children that I gave birth to, but I also want to do my memories of my three that I inherited when I married their dad.  So rather than do this by their ages, I am going to do my four and then my husband's three. 

So today, meet my son Adam.

Around 3 months

Total cuteness!

Adam was always a happy baby.  He hated loud noises and any type of yelling.  When he would get fussy, all I would have to do is take him into the bedroom, shut the door and just hold him close and sing to him.  He would stop crying and just snuggle right into my arms. 

When Adam was old enough to talk, he made it very clear that he didn't like any type of arguing or fighting.  If I was yelling at one of the girls, or having a disagreement with my husband, Adam would tell us, "You're hurting my heart!  Please stop."  Now in my defense, I have to say that we weren't always arguing.  If we were just having a lively conversation, he didn't like our voices to be raised.  He always wanted us to talk in a soft spoken tone of voice.  He was such a cute kid, who could argue with him!

I love the look on his face!

I know, I know...he was so stinkin' cute!  This was a kid who used to come up to me and say "Mommy, I need a huggle!"  It was his own made up word and it meant he needed a hug and wanted to cuddle at the same time.  Adam was the kind of kid who didn't get into a lot of trouble when he was little.  If he was doing something wrong, all you needed to do was get down to his level, make him look at your face, and explain to him what he was doing wrong and why he needed to stop.  He was pretty good about listening and obeying. 

When he was five years old, he was running in the house and tripped over his sister's baby stroller.  He hit his nose on the corner of the coffee table and it began to bleed profusely.  It was literally gushing out blood.  We called 911 and the paramedics came.  They told us to take him to the ER and he would have to get stitches.  At the time, the doctor thought he might need plastic surgery, but we prayed and God healed his nose just fine. 

Kindergarten

As you can see, he still had the cute little nose!  He also hit his mouth on the back of the seat in our station wagon because he kept going back and forth from the seat to the back.  That is not a missing tooth in the picture, but a dead tooth.  When he hit his mouth, he killed the root.  Because it was a baby tooth the dentist chose to let it fall out on it's own.

So Adam grew up into a handsome young man.  All the girls loved him.  He was more interested in sports though.  He loved baseball and basket ball.  We had him on city leagues and he did pretty good.

In his Freshman year of high school, he got into football.  I can honestly say that I was always happy when the coach kept Adam on the bench.  (Sorry son, but it's true!)  I was always a wreck that he'd get hurt because he wasn't as big as the other guys.  Thankfully, he finished the season with all his body parts in tact!

After the football season was over, he got on the soccer team.  I thought, "Great!  This is so much safer!  What could possibly go wrong?" 

Well, nothing, if you don't count the time he hyper extended his leg, thus blowing out his knee and damaging his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the medial collateral ligament (MCL).  His coach didnt' believe he was hurt and made him walk off the field!  The poor kid ended up having to have surgery to rebuild his knee cap and he was bedridden for weeks with his leg hooked up to some sort of contraption that made it move up and down.  To say my son was miserable is a total understatement!  But the kid still managed to keep his smile!

He missed a lot of school and it put him behind his class.  But we moved him to an accelerated school and he was able to catch up.  Both he and his brother graduated together.  I was so proud of them. 

Adam and Jack

Proof he is a graduate!

My son has never been one to care how others think he should look.  He has always followed after his own drum.  He had some crazy hair days too!

Read the shirt, it explains it all!

Adam, Samanth and Jack

Rock star!

We had fun this day when we did his hair like this.  We used the Knox Gelatin to do his hair and it took two of us to do it.  He had special permission to go to school like this, but when we tried to get him in the van, his hair was too tall!  He ended up riding to school while laying down in the van!  (Good times!)

Adam taught me that we should never judge a book by the cover, but by what is inside.  Because of him I have been able to walk up to strangers and have a conversation with them without fear.  I realize now that most of these people are not thugs or gangsters, but just people who have their own idea of how they want to look or dress.  I have found out that they are pretty cool people!  They have the same wants and needs that regular folks have.  They are equally loved by God and when willing, can be used to reach a whole generation of lost souls. 

The pictures below are of my son today.  While I can honestly say I miss his untattooed, piercless person, I love him just as he is, and I am just as proud of him today as I was the day he was born.

Um, that last picture...don't ask!  I'm not sure I could give you an answer anyway!

Bottom line is, my son has been my joy his entire life!  He makes me laugh in ways nobody else can.  He has a heart of gold, and when he is ready, God is going to use him to radically change the world.

I love you, my son, and I miss you!  Don't stay away too long.  Your momma needs you!

Well, that's my memory for today!  Hope you enjoyed.

Be blessed,

Sue

Bible Study blog is moving

Until I can figure it out with a button or whatever I need to do, I just want to let you know I've moved my Galations Bible Study to here. Please hop on over and visit.


Be blessed,


Sue

Galatians 2

Paul states that his trip to Jerusalem was not because the elders called for him, but because God told him to go.  Paul wanted to make sure that what he was teaching was in agreement with the leaders of the church because he didn't want to be running his race in vain.


He also brings Titus along with him, who is uncircumcised.  One of the issues Paul had been dealing with was a group of "false brothers" who said  Gentiles who converted to Christianity had to be circumcised.  Most likely, the false leaders where Pharisees.  So it wasn't really surprising that they wanted Titus to be circumcised.  I'm sure they wanted to do anything they could to throw a monkey wrench in Christianity.

If we are saved by grace, then circumcision is not necessary.  Paul does not want to put that added burden on new converts. He also wants to make it know that God's salvation is for everyone, not just the Jews.
 
The leaders of the church agree with Paul and the only stipulation that was stated was in verse 10 where he is told to keep on helping the poor, which he was eager to do. 
 
I feel strongly that if Christians today would be as willing to help the poor as Christians were in Paul's day, our welfare system would not be in the shape it is in.  Sadly, many Christians today don't even tithe, much less help the poor.
 
Another part of this chapter is when Paul talks about Peter.  Peter knew Jesus personally.  He was one of the original 12.  Peter is probably one of my favorite people in the Bible.  Peter is the one who walked on water.  He also cut off the soldiers ear when they came to get Christ. He went on to deny Him three times.  He was also the one Christ commissioned to "feed my sheep."  He blew it several times, yet he went on to write Peter 1 and 2 and become a strong leader in the church.  That in itself gives me great hope.  It tells me that even if I make mistakes, God can still use me.
 
Anyway, when he was with Paul, he was hanging out with the Gentiles, eating with them, being friendly with them, etc.  But then when some of the leaders of the church came to town, Peter stopped eating with them.  Paul boldly confronts Peter to his face on this issue.  Paul was willing to rebuke Peter for the sake of the Gospel.  He wasn't worried about what Peter or the leaders would think of him.  He knew he answered to God only.
 
Paul makes it clear that they are not saved because they are Jewish and obey the law.  But rather they are saved by faith through Christ Jesus.  He states that the law condemned him.  He died to the law so that he might live for Christ.  A great verse is verse 20 where he says "It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me." 
 
I love that verse.  I want to have that same attitude. 
 
I came away from this chapter with a better attitude about my walk with the Lord.  I realize I do not need to look for man's approval, but for God's approval.  I'm going to make mistakes, no doubt about that.  But I know if I confess my sin, He is faithful to forgive them.

I did have a hard time writing on this chapter.  I had a dozen things going on around me at once and have had to put this on hold and come back to it several times.  I think I have conveyed pretty much what I wanted to say.  It was difficult with a two month old colicky baby girl who just wanted to be held.    Tomorrow should be better.  I am also going to try to separate this blog from my regular blog so I'm not posting so much on the main one.

Be blessed,

Sue

Vote!

Make sure you get out there and vote today.  It is one of our fundemental rights!  If we don't use it, we lose the opportunity to make our voices heard.  So vote!  I did!  Did you?

Be blessed,

Sue