Let's get personal first.
Last Thursday my son passed out at school. Luckily for me, I am the director (think principal) of his school, so I was in the building. It was terrifying, I aged a decade I swear, but he is perfectly healthy. It took a drive to the ER, a transfer by ambulance to Texas Children's Hospital, 2 EKG's, blood work, swabs, and a total of 7 hours to get a healthy diagnosis, but we got there. Little dude can hold his breath when upset, and can pass out. Apparently it is "common" (to quote the nurses and doctors), but really only 5% of children do it. If we can get him to catch his breathe when upset he should not have an episode. If he still passes out, and we are aware we have to make sure he doesn't hurt himself passing out. Again, I aged a decade as did his three teachers, but we are all just happy he is fine.
My daughter and I are doing great. Only the occasional meltdown happens now. Getting her to "help" me cook in the evenings really has helped our relationship. Plus I put in a sticker chart reward system of a.m. and p.m. must have's so she knows what I expect of her. It has worked out wonderfully - I owe her a Scooby-Doo movie now because of it.
My husband and I are doing great. The incident with our son was hard, but we were together. Luckily his day worked out to where he met me at the ER and was beside me the entire afternoon. Having him to lean on was a saving grace - I might have melted down if I had been solo.
Here lately prayer has been a major presence in my life. From church, Sunday school, friends, to books - pray is the theme of my life right now. And I have spent much time in prayer and reading on prayer. And what I can tell you is this - everyone needs to be praying. For each other, for the unsaved, the unborn, America...honestly, the world. We live in a broken world, people have the wrong priorities, people are not respecters of life, and time is running short.
- Starbucks, the red cup, and Christian Uproar!
- The 2016 Presidential Election - Dem's and Rep's
- The attacks in Paris
- Syrian Refugee's
- Mother's killing their children
- Sex stings and pornography raids
- Black Friday
- Happy Holiday's vs. Merry Christmas
Christmas
According to http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract4.html the word Christmas has its roots as follows:
Here let it be noted that most people think that the word, "Christmas" means "the birth of Christ." By definition, it means "death of Christ", and I will prove it by using the World Book Encyclopedia, the Catholic Encyclopedia, and a book entitled, The Mass In Slow Motion. If you are an honest, sincere and discerning Christian, please read on; if not, you might as well stop right here. The World Book Encyclopedia defines "Christmas" as follows: "The word Christmas comes from "Cristes Maesse", an early English phrase that means "Mass of Christ." (1) It is interesting to note that the word "Mass", as used by the Roman Catholics, has traditionally been rejected by the so-called Protestants, such as Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals and so on. The word "Mass" is strictly a Catholic word and thus, so is "Christ-Mass." ...As previously stated, the word "Mass" in religious usage means a "death sacrifice." The impact of this fact is horrifying and shocking; for when the millions of people are saying, "Merry Christmas", they are literally saying "Merry death of Christ!" Furthermore, when the fat man in the red suit laughs boisterously and says, "Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas", he is mocking and laughing at the suffering and bleeding Saviour, who died for our sins. He does this while parents place their little children into his waiting arms to hear his false promises of gifts that he says he will give them. Consider what you are saying when you say "Merry Christmas."
I share that for those who get into an uproar over people saying Happy Holiday's. Technically insisting that people say Merry Christmas is laughing at Christ's death. Happy Holiday's means Happy Holy Day.
For those of you who got into a tizzy over the Starbucks's red cup for this holiday season - grow up already. They went simple and basic - honestly more of us need to do that during the holiday's. They are not anti-Christ or even anti-Christmas because they put out a red cup. They still have their Christmas blend of coffee. And never once have they had a cup that promoted Christ, the manger or the star over Bethlehem. Their cups have been more winter than Christmas. So by going red they are not bashing Christians.
I really am still puzzled by the uproar over the simple red cup. And for those people said their names were Merry Christmas so that it would be written on their cup and the Barista would have to say it - shame on you. That is not showing love, that is being rude and childish. You are giving Christianity a bad name by trying to force Christ on people. Jesus did not say shove the Bible down people's throats. He told us to share the good news (i.e. the Gospel).
Oh Black Friday. I have never been apart of your madness. I have zero desire to camp out and get the best deal. I dislike large crowds, my heart has minor palpitations being in large crowds, which is why I am grateful for online shopping. If I didn't enjoy picking out my own produce and groceries I would for sure sign up for someone to deliver it to me.
I am not anti-social, I am anti-large groups of people with zero respect for everyone else around them! But many people seem to enjoy it, they even make it a early event that all the women in the family partake in. I am not bashing it, but I am asking everyone to be mindful.
- Make sure you are not forgetting your family on Thanksgiving. Show your thankfulness for them.
- When shopping - do not feed into the madness that happens at some stores. No item is worth injury or even life.
- Remember - sometimes the greatest gift you can give someone is your presence not a present.
Now for my political rant:
The above three items just all go together. And ladies, women in faith everyday, we must stand up and be heard. And vote!
I lean conservative politically. Small government, less taxes, people take care of people - the government does not need to be in every part of my life. So generally I vote Republican because they are the closest to my political ideals. Those running on the democratic side this election scare me. What they envision for the future is not what America is. I see them trying to change America into something that limits freedom, liberty and personal rights.
But I will be honest, not everyone running on the Republican side is conservative. I do believe a few of them are wolves in sheep clothing. And if they get elected they will do as the democrat's want to do. I see a few true conservatives running though, and my prayer is that one of them will rise to the top and outshine the rest. Not only that, but that America will see the truth and vote in a way that will get us back to God and His blessings. I believe that most of what is going on in America today is because we as a nation have left God and He is removing His hand of blessing off of us.
2 Chronicles 7:14King James Version (KJV)
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Ladies, 2 Chronicles 7:14 needs to be our prayer. Not just for America, but for the world. Because what we have going on is not just about us here. It is about every single person on earth. Terrorist attacked Paris last week. And now France is fighting back against ISIS. And out of the attacks in Paris comes the Syrian Refugee issue. Our president is insisting that America accept more refugees with a system that has already allowed terrorist into our country. We need prayer, we need to be women of prayer. If you saw the movie War Room you know what I am talking about. If you did not, see it. It is such a great movie on what prayer can do in a person's, in a family's life.
Prayer is transforming, prayer is hard.
1 Thessalonians 5:17New American Standard Bible (NASB)
17 pray without ceasing;
We are instructed to pray without ceasing. Prayer is to be a constant thing. When you see someone, pass someone by, pray for them. While you are doing dishes, pray. While you are eating dinner, pray. While you are cooking, driving, showering, whatever you are doing, be talking to God. Make a time for Him each day where you are still.
There are times we need to be active, times to be still, time to talk, time to be silent. Right now we need to be seeking Him, talking to Him throughout our day, and being still in His presence so we hear from Him.
Let's be women of prayer and change the world. Because the way things are going, if something doesn't change, we will not recognize the world we live in.
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