Still Goin' Good Around Here

Several great things have happened lately including my sister becoming even more of an extremely talented basketball player than she has been before.  She played in a game last night and scored 25 of the 30 points that her entire team scored.  Over 10 of those points, she scored in less than four minutes.  I truly do believe God has huge plans for  her when it comes to the sport of basketball.  I mean that girl can just flat out play some ball.  I love you sis!!!!  Keep on doing what you're doing, cause it's working.

Moving on, my good news is too good to release to the public just yet, but you can probably already figure out what it is.  Go ahead.  Take a guess.  I'll let you know if you are right when the right time is right.

Furthermore, another great thing that happened is Eddie will be heading out Monday to do some work in Baton Rouge.  While I will miss him during the month that he will be gone, the money that he is gonna make will certainly help out during Christmas time.  I know everything isn't about money, but I really want this Christmas to be a present-heavy one for Lucas because it is the first one in three years that he, his dad, and I will be spending all together.  Once again, I am well aware that spoiling a kid with presents at Christmas is not what Christmas is all about, but I sure know my Christmas' were more memorable the more presents I got. 

As for this weekend, it's looking like Eddie and I may hit up the IMAX.  We are leaving out very early tomorrow morning to visit the big city of Louisville.  I'm not too fond of Louisville, but Eddie knows his way around and I feel OK going with him.  For me, there are just way tooooo many people in Louisville (remember, I'm not a big people person ;).  Anyways, I'm sure we will have a good time.  We may even get some of our Christmas shopping out of the way.  We are also going to eat at Chili's which is a place I have always longed to eat at.  I love me some spicy food.

God is so good to me.  Even during troublesome times, He continues to shower me with blessings, as well as strength and patience to get me through my difficult days, especially the ones that have occurred over the past year.  All glory and praise to Him!!

Another Great Week

This past weekend was awesome.  The cold weather and wind cut off Eddie's plans of taking me golfing, but the weather sure didn't affect the softball tournament that took place at the city park.  Eddie played, I didn't.  I haven't played in about three years, but hopefully next year, my butt will be back out on the field.  I truly do miss playing. 

Other than that, on Friday we attended an anniversary-thing for my grandparents who marked 50 years of being with one another.  Congrats to them!!!!

On Sunday, God blessed me with a wonderful church sermon preached by a special preacher.  I think I may have found my new church home.  Finding a home-church has been something that I have been praying about, and I think my prayers have been answered.  It's amazing how God always answers prayers.  Every single time, on His timetable, prayers get answered. 

Lastly, one of my favorite parts of the weekend was watching my son play in the leaves.  Him and his multitude of second-cousins would cover each other up with a pile of leaves and then jump out of them.  They remind me of myself and my first-cousins when we were little. 

All in all, last week was great.  Thank you God!!!!

Halloween Imagination

My son is very smart and creative.  I am so blessed to have him in my life.  He makes me smile during the roughest of times, and more importantly, he points out the smallest of things to me. 

I love you Lucas, with all of my heart.  You will always be mommy's baby boy.  Thanks for pointing out the milk-pumpkin on the kitchen table tonight when you were having your snack. 

I Hate Havin' Cravings

I hate it when I have cravings for bad, old habits.  There is no way in this world that I want or desire to go back to the way that I used to live, but some days, like today, my twisted mind tries to persuade me into thinking that my former way of living was not all that bad.  Trust me, it was. 

It was like being locked up in a prison of one's own mind.  Every move that I made somehow revolved around me getting what I wanted which tended to be something not-so-good-for-me.  By the the time I realized I was running down a road leading straight to hell, the ability to break free from my patterns of destruction was almost impossible, however, through God's grace, I quickly learned anything is possible.

There were so many days in my past that I would cry out wanting to change my ways, but my habits and addictions had a tight grip on me.  I am so happy that I was able to break free from such a self-inflicted, painful past. 

Anyways, today has been one of those days when the cravings hit me hard.  I thought I would write about it so that all of you out there who struggle with recovering from old habits and addictions can find hope in the fact that it is possible to stay clean.  I'm doing it.  And I was about as far gone as they come.

Bringing Good Out of Bad

Today was one of those days.  I woke up nervous, anxious, and a tad bit excited.  I had to make a court appearance, which by the way went well I think.  I don't have to go back for a couple months, so at least God is blessing me with the ability to spend Christmas with my family. 

God truly is showing me the meaning of Romans 8:28 and proving to me just how graciously He can bring good out of bad situations within my life.  I am so thankful that some of the crazy mistakes I made towards the beginning of this year are now turning into things in which I am being shown how blessed I am within this life. 

The only stressful part of today was when some moments from my past tried to creep their way back into my present life, however, through the strength that my God has given me, the ability to bite my tongue and clear my past memories from my mind were easily accomplished.  Some things in life, as well as people, never change...nor do they have the desire to.  I can only pray that they discover what life is all about. 

I hope your day was as good as mine, and I hope tomorrow is even better.  I'm looking forward to this weekend.  I might go golfing for a bit; that should be interesting because I haven't picked up a club in what seems like ages.  If you are thinking about going to the movies, consider seeing Here Comes the Boom.  I saw it this past weekend, and it was a great movie. 

Hope you have a great week, and remember, life is what you make of it.  If you want it to be good, hand it over to God above, and I promise, He will make it better than you ever thought possible. 

Dealing with Worry

When I think about the future, I often become overwhelmed with anxiety and fear.  I constantly have to remind myself that no matter how the future pans out, God is going to be there with me every step of the way.  More importantly, He is here with me at this very moment.  The mountains that I foresee looming ahead of me may not even be there.  Many of them are probably just figments of my imagination.  And for the ones that really are there, He is going to help me climb them.  Some of them, He may even destroy so that I don't have to climb them at all. 

There are some very encouraging scriptures (that I found at Bible Cafe for Women) that apply to worrying, and I thought it would be helpful to you and myself both to share them.  I have come to discover that reading these scriptures over and over, and truly believing them, is the best way to overcome worry.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6:34 NIV

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.  Phil 4:13 NIV

But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. Luke 21:14 NIV

Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.  Isaiah 40:31 NIV

Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings Psalm 17:8 NIV

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22 NIV

I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken..  Psalm16:8 NIV

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.  Psalm 62:6 NIV

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matt 6:25-27 NIV

I Broke My Toe, Again!

Well, I did it again.  I broke my pinky toe.  I first broke it when I believe I was about 12 years old.  I was going down a tunnel waterslide at Holiday World only to find that a kid was stuck in it.  My foot rammed into his back so hard that it broke my toe.  I couldn't walk for almost two weeks. 

This time, I broke it on my mom's exercise bike.  Sad thing is, I wasn't exercising.  I was simply trying to walk around it.  Early yesterday morning, I was walking through her room, and then, BAM...my toe hit her bike.  I immediately knew I had probably broke it.  It doesn't hurt today near as bad as it did yesterday, but as you can see in the pic above, it is turning into a nasty looking little toe. 

Why wasn't I more careful?  Why did I have to turn something so simple as walking through a room into something that caused my poor little toe to break again?  Lol.   That's the typical me.  Always turning simple tasks into something that brings about pain. 

Moral of my posting is take time to do the little things.  If you don't do them right, this can lead to painful circumstances.  Even the simplest things, such as walking, must be accomplished with caution.