No Thank You, My Plate is too full now.

Why is it that sometimes our plates seem to be over flowing with things to be done?

 Some times things are so good looking and very desiring. Other times we think that we need to do these things just to get by.

 And some times it's a little of both, but what if it's someone else that is filling our plate? Some one who doesn't see or really seem to care that we are overwhelmed with too many tasks.No matter how you try to tell them, "HEY MY PLATE  IS FULL!!!  QUIT PUTTING MORE ON IT!!!"

Even through we need  things on our plates to survive, We need to have a plan of just what is going on our plates.

 We need a "Healthy Diet" and quit having people put their junk and other peoples responsibilities  on ours.

 Just because in the past we helped out in a "Pinch" doesn't mean that we can do it forever.

 There are people "dying" to have something to put on their plates while ours keep piling up.

It's good to indulge in "LIFE", but we shouldn't over indulge if there is a "health risk" (being over worked, stressed out).

 A Doctor could prescribe us a pill and / or exercise. But our plates will remain filling up because others aren't seeing how they are treating you.

 You can tell them time and time again but they see you as weak or lazy.

 That's when we need to sit them down and say, "you are asking too much, and I know that in the past I could do all this and more, I gave you an inch then, but now you are taking more than a mile of my time. I'm finding it hard to do my job and what  you ask here and there, but you keep adding more everyday, and you keep changing your mind on how things need to be done".

 Then we need to tell the other's that keep putting things on our plates to back off. I will do what I'm asked as long as it pertains to what I was originally hired for.I know this job changes daily, but the main focus stays the same, and I'm having a hard time doing my main task when everything else you give me is (has to be put on the top of the "things to do list").

I love my job, and I'm proud to be a part of this organization, But my health and well being comes first, I can't give you 100% of my time, I have a family.

 And don't even play the "God Card", God knows what I can handle, and when my work takes me away from church and away from the time that I worship and praise the lord. Then I know that this (all the extra on my plate) is NOT of Him.

 I'm gonna try something new, instead of having my best "China" out, I'm gonna start using "Paper Plates". Meaning that when my plate seems to be getting to full I WILL stop the portions coming on it, because I don't want it to fold up and land in my lap. And when the day is done, I will just throw the "plate" away and start a new one the next day, I will not be taking my job home!!

 And if they still can't understand this short conception of how my life (at work) is falling apart, then I will find a more "healthier diet" some place else.

 

 

Don't be "April Fooled"

Don't let this old world "FOOL" you, with all it's sayings and traditions.

There is only one Savior of this world.

"April Fools Day" is once a year, even though people are fooled 

         everyday by believing "Man" and what he says.

Believing and Trusting in JESUS will lead to a Life time of "TRUTH". 

Friday at 10:59am April 1st. 2011

"Don't Box Me In"

 Have you ever been outside when one of those low flying  army airplanes went right over you.
 Ever wonder just how something that big and heavy is staying up there because it doesn't seem to be moving very fast. Then there are those Heavy steel ships that stay a float when you think that they should be sinking right to the bottom. Even though these are man made, where did "Man" get they idea's to put something like this together?
 Have you ever looked at a spider, I mean really looked at it. How does it know what to do? Does it's mother and father hold it up while it learns to walk? Is there a "spinning web school"?
 How about a worm, have you ever watched a worm move when it's in fresh dirt? How do they move  under the dirt, like fish under water? I don't know.
 When was the last time that you just watched a bird flying. Do they have a hand book with pictures in it so the baby birds will know what to do when they leave the nest?
 Have you seen the birth of puppies? Is there a special "Dog Training Class- 101" that teaches new mothers(dogs)  how to have pups and what to do with them when they need to be cleaned up right after they are born?
 How does "Nature" know what to do? Is it all by chance that everything just knows how to survive?
 Have you ever had to put one of your pets down? Were you holding them when they took there last breath?
 Has there been a time when you witnessed death of a friend or family?
  How did you deal with it?
 What makes a human body work?  and what causes it to stop?
 Everything has a "Heart" that pumps some kind of blood through it to keep it alive. How does the heart know how to pump?

 These are just some questions that you should ask yourself, before you discredit God, and say that He doesn't exist.
 An ostrich will hide it's head, all the while thinking that if it can't see "danger" then danger won't see it.
  even if you choose to ignore God's existence, that doesn't mean that He's not real.
   Look around you, Look in the mirror, look closer in the mirror. How is it that you see yourself?
   What is keeping you alive? Air ? Water? Food? these are all gifts from God that he has created.
  How can you say that He doesn't exist?
  Here's a "Project" for you, Make a box out of anything that you want to, anything at all.
 Doesn't matter the size, but make it with your own hands.
  Now when you get it done, Hold it up over your head and scream " I MADE THIS BOX, WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS, AND IT'S MY BOX!!!!.
 Now place your box on the ground.  OK, Now comes the tricky part. Now you have to find something that is stronger then what you made you box from. And you have to make sure that what you found is much bigger in size then what you box is.
 OK, he comes the fun part, Now with the new found item, you know the stronger and bigger thing then your box.
 Take that new item and cram it in your box, push really hard , cause it all has to fit.
  What do you think is going to happen?, You guessed it. your box is going to break.
 Just like in real life, You Can't just put God in a box, He is bigger then this world, and Nothing, I mean NOTHING is stronger then He is. He will break your box wide open. You can't hide from him, and you can't hide Him away. No matter what the world tells you, your NOT a square if you believe in God.

"Son" Glasses

  Have you ever been out on a sunny day, when the sun was so bright that you had to cover your eyes?
  Have you ever been out when snow covered everything, and it was so bright that it was hard to see?
  The "sun" is a very important part of this world, if it weren't for the "sun" none of us would be here.
   Here is just a couple of reasons why we need the sun. 1) It gives us light. 2) It gives us warmth. etc...
  This world would not exist without the sun.

   God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son....
    God gave us His Son, God loved all of us so much that when we (world) was "going to hell in a hand basket", He gave us a savior that would rescue us from the everlasting torment in hell. all we have to do is ask for Jesus to come into our lives and be the ruler of it. and when we do wrong we ask for forgiveness and try and do better. Once God is the leader of you life He promised that He'd never leave you, and that when we die we will be with Him forever.  Sound's simple doesn't it, So why isn't the whole world on board of the "Glory Ship" heading towards Heaven?    Because Darkness is all around us, even in the brightest days there are people that just can't find their way through the darkness of evil around them.  Most of these people are looking for something better, they just don't know where and how to look.
 God has a plan for all of His children, have you asked him what he has in mind for you? Has He told you but you think that it is too difficult and want Him to give you something easier? He said that He wouldn't give us anything that we couldn't handle, and since He can do all things, and He said that he would always be with us, then why do we think that we can't, when we should be Knowing that with the Lords help we can do it all.
 We can be the miracle that God is sending to someone, we could be the special blessing that someone needs today, not tomorrow, not next week, and not "if I don't do this then maybe someone else will". this person might not have a second chance, and maybe you are the only "second chance" that they have.
 Maybe God put you here just for this one purpose, and you say "oh, it's too hard" or "what will people think". When God rescued you, who was it that opened your eyes? what if they said no to God?
  He might ask us to go to another country or just go in town, He might just say, go and talk with your neighbor, or say, call your Mom today. No matter what He say's it is for a good reason. We might not ever know if we even touched anyone in our life time, but don't be discouraged. Once the Lord comes truly into our life, people will notice the change. And they will be watching us. And that's when we need to keep trusting in the Lord and obeying in Him. pray that He will not only guide us , but that we will follow.
  There are times when we "so call " cover ourselves with the sins of the world that it is hard for anyone to see Gods love shining through us, we appear to be just a glow in a dark evil world. People see us but they don't want to draw attention to themselves by coming to the "glow". People, all people even Gods people have sins in their lives that they don't want others to see. so coming to a "glow" in the darkness would just reveal it to others and they couldn't hide.
 We as Christians need to ask the Lord to remove this shroud of evil that surrounds us so that the world can see His love.
  Then there are the Christians that are so uppity that people don't want to be around them, because they feel that they are not good enough.
  God sent His Son for "ALL" the world.
 Some times we might seem a little crazy to some but I think that being a little "cracked" will just help Gods love shine through us better.
 God says that no man can look upon His face and live. For only when you die that you will be in His presents. God lives in us, we are the "filters" for the world, God is in us, and His love shines through us.
 Since the world can't look into Gods eye's. He provided you and I to be the world's "SON GLASSES".
  This way when the Lord want's for the world to see and come to Him, then we are the ones that the world is looking at. we are the "lanterns" that the Lord uses. He fills us with His love as "fuel" and He is the Eternal Flame that shines in us. Darkness will flee when light comes in a room. Don't be an obstacle in Gods way because you will be in someone's way of seeing His light and you will just cause a "shadow" for evil to hide behind.
    Are you God's "Son Glasses"?    or are you evils "blindfold"?

Words of Truth

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Miracles, they do happen, when you Trust in Him.

  The Day of our wedding, The Pastor said that there will be a miracle today, and there was.  The Wedding was wonderful. Later,
 As we planned for our "Honey Moon" we were told that if we did not have reservations that we would have a hard time finding a place to stay, Because this time of year (Fall) is when the leaves would be changing on (Skyline Drive Va.). anyway before we left on Monday afternoon, we prayed that we would find a place to stay on our trip, we had nothing Planned, so we would not be tied down to anything that we might not have time for.
Example: if we wanted to just be lazy one day we could, depending on what kind of mood we were in.
  On our way down there Deb found a hotel on her phone and called and made a reservation for when we got to "Front Royal Va." and that's where we stayed the first night.
The next day we drove about 1/3 of the way on Skyline Drive, and we turned off to go to "Lurray Caverns", but when we got there it was a lot of money to visit and we didn't have a lot of time, before they closed. so we continued down I-81 south towards Lexington Va. The Motels that were on the way down were very expensive much more than what we paid the night before.
 I had made a reservation for a cabin in Lexington on a Horse farm (Beautiful) log cabin, Deb and I really liked it, and we talked about staying there for the rest of the week. But when we asked if we could they said that the cabin was already rented for the rest of the week. the cabin was a little more in price then what the Motels were going for, but we thought that if we bought food then cooked it there it would be cheaper than if we went out to eat. and they were calling for rain on Thursday and we could do more in a "cabin" than were could do in a Motel room.
 as soon as we found out that we couldn't stay at the cabin in Lexington, I started looking on the web for another one that would be close by. everyone was booked up. Deb and I prayed that The Lord would find us a Place to stay. and when I looked on the internet again , there it was an add for cabins, that was not there just a few minutes ago. and when I called about it they had one available , but it was an hour away, I was tempted not to take it because of that, But I felt as if the Lord was telling me to have faith in Him. so we took it sight unseen.
 the next day we spent the entire day at "Natural Bridge" and before we went to find the "new" cabin we stopped for some food to take with us. It was starting to get dark when we got to the "office" for the cabins, and when we got to the "cabin" we were very much suprized , because the New Cabin was $30.00 cheaper than the last place we stayed, and the "cabin" well it was not that at all, It was a Log House, 3- bedrooms, 2- baths, fire place, full kitchen, huge gas grill outside, patio, front porch as long as the house, porch swing, cathedrill cealling, huge family room, and a huge living room, very well decorated  and there were hand made quilts on the beds,and it all sat on about 5 or more acres of ground which was located in a state park.     "WOW" when the Lord say's "Trust Me" and you do, He really blesses you.
  We had a wonderful time the rest of the week putting out trust in the Lord and letting Him lead us to new and exciting adventures.

Wedding Day Blues? ( Yesterday and Today )

 Weddings, who needs to be there? You  could invite all your family and your friends, you could have special music, and / or special singing or speaking.

   Your wedding party could be many people or just a few. You could be married in a church or on a boat, or in a field. There are so many difference ways to

   Get married, that most people don't see the importance of the ceremony. They just want to out do the others in the past.

      I believe that all you really need are just five persons to have a true ceremony, they would be of course the Bride and the Groom, and then the Minister,

       You would also need a witness, but most importantly you should invite the Lord, for it is His blessings that you will need to keep your marriage a

     Success. He is the ONE person that you should go to when there is any problems, and then listen to Him because He just might suggest that you go to

   Someone that will help you in your time of need. The Lord places people in our lives to help us on our journey, and we might just be the same for

 Someone else. When you think your problems are too hard to handle and you have to go to someone for help, you might just be helping them.

 That would be a "double blessing".

   Now to get back to the wedding stuff,

  We have the Bride and Groom and the Minister, Witness, and the Lord.

  All the other people that were invited are there just for that reason, they are requested to come and celebrate the joining of the couple in marriage.

  They are Not to be confused with the people that need to make this ceremony a success. There doesn't have to be "special music". That is just

  To entertain the people that were invited. In a "nut shell" there is a lot less stress on the marriage if the "wedding" is not all that fancy.

   Sure people might be upset if you don't have a big wedding or even if they weren't invited, but the bottom line is " it is our ceremony and if we want a small

  Wedding (elope) then it is our choice".

    Why should we get stressed out even before we walk down the isle.