Oh My Stars

Oh My Stars...Where is the land that God has given you?? Bro. Ron Sanders was talking about reading his chronological Bible last Sunday and it got me to thinking about mine, so I pulled it out and opened it to March 25 daily reading which was Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:2, but I didn’t make it that far because the first two verses grabbed hold of me tightly.   Deuteronomy 26 (New International Version)   When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2  take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name When reading Matthew Henry’s Commentary about these scriptures he tells us this chapter is about Moses concluding the particular statutes which he thought fit to give Israel in charge at his parting with them. BUT, for me at this tim

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OH MY STARS.....How did I fall of the wagon!! Oh my stars....how did I fall of the wagon!   In the summer of 2006 we took a group of teenagers to Mexico on a mission trip and since I am the photographer there are not many pictures of me on this trip.   I was looking through them one day and noticed a woman with one of the beautiful people we were handing out beans and rice to and did not recognize her, upon further observation I realized that woman as me!!   How did I let myself get that big?   I weighed right at 210#! Stupid, stupid, stupid!!   I could see my belly filling out my T-shirt.   Fat roll!   What happen?   I knew I had to take control of this before it turned into something a lot worse, like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, back problems, knee problems and the list just goes on and on.   So I began a new journey; not really a weight loss journey but a healthier living journey.   Over the next 2 years I lost 60# through exercise, eating right and seeking

 Oh my stars!!!  Whatta a night full of fun, laughes, food, crafts, movies and some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's!  Our theme for the evenig was the LORD'S PRAYER, Matthew 6:9-14.  We had 31 young people who came prepared to stay up all night, 5 youth group members, and several outstanding parents.  We started the evening off by reading and talking about the rules!  I know we hate rules, but these are pretty easy:  BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND LISTEN TO THE ADULTS.  If you can not keep these rules, we would call the parents, didn't matter what time it was, your parents would come and get you!  BUT, of course, all these kiddo's were wonderful.  I am so blessed to be part of their lives and that God has allowed me to teach them how awesome God is to us.  The above pictures are an object lesson about the reaction our words have and the powerful effects our words have, our prayers mixed with praising our LORD causes reactions.  BIG reactions!   Next we cooked. 

EXCITED!!!!!!!!!! TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!! LOCK-IN!! K-6 at the Rector First Baptist Church!! It is exciting that our children get excited about church! This lock in is about teaching our children about how much God loves us and how we can show HIM how much we love HIM! The Lord's Prayer is our theme tonight and we will be playing games, some are messy and fun!! Wear old clothes! Crafts, so we will remember to talk HIM daily! We will be dying eggs talking about Easter! Watching a movie! Eating! Remember we want kids! Kids from New Life; kids from the Church of Christ; kids from the Methodist Church; kids from the General Baptist Church; kids from every church BUT more than that we want children who are not going to church to come and learn about Christ and all he has done for us! If you are helping me tonight, I would love for you to be at church by 8:30 so we can have prayer time and recieve instructions! I will need someone at the front to sign in the children and someone at the d

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Oh my stars…January’s movie night at the Rector First Baptist Church for the Children’s Church was January 26 @ 6.   We enjoyed pizza, chips and drinks!   Of course Joey Pruett is always quietly surprising me and he showed up with a birthday cake and gifts for me!! If you do not know Joey and Janice Pruett, you need to make a point too!!! They are awesome!!   The movie we watched was “Miracle Dogs II”.   I purchased this movie from Lifeway in Jonesboro and it was outstanding.   The movie has to be pretty interesting to hold the interest of 18 children ranging in age from 5 years old to sixth grade. The movie starts out with STEVE URKEL, Jaleel White and his buddy “Borrowing a car”, what they didn’t know was that there were two MIRCALE DOGS in the back.   They drop the dogs in the woods and then things start going wrong for the two car “borrowers”.   Jaleel knows some of the things they are doing are not right but his buddy keeps pressuring him to make bad decisions.   This story alo

Oh my stars…..I love always coming up with new ways to make our Children’s Church room, more inviting to the kiddos.   I am always writing notes and sending them home with the children, but I never really know if the parents get them…so, I decided to make a wall calendar.   I don’t know about you but I have been dying to use chalkboard paint!!!   When I decided to paint our class room the bright green I got the bright idea to make a wall calendar and with all the cool designs of duct tape out there now I could change the calendar during the year with all the cool duct tape.   Here is a picture of our wall calendar.   I put the monthly activities on the calendar and the children are welcomed to put their birthdays on the calendar too!   This year for Christmas we purchased “Jesus Calling” a devotional book for children and on the calendar for February I included the daily scripture from the devotional.   I don’t know about you but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!

Never Give Up!! Nothing is impossible for God! Luke 1:37 I am always with you and for you.  I am your biggest fan.  When you decide to do something that fits My plans for you, nothing in heaven or on earth can stop you.  You may face some problems along the way to your goal-that is part of living in an imperfect world.  But never give up!  With My help, you can conquer any problems. But don't just rush headlong toward you goal, trying to make things happen when you want them to.  First, come to Me.  Ask Me to guide you every step of the way, minute by minute.  Let Me set the pace.  Sometimes I may ask you to wait, or to slow down, or even to stop for a while.  But remember, My timing is perfect.  Trust Me and enjoy sharing the journey with Me. Love, Jesus Oh my stars....no wonder I set goals, run toward them with my head high, strong and fast, smiling and waving at everyone along the way, only to roll my ankle, stumble, gather myself, start up again only to fall and roll t

So, I feel a little sorry for myself today! I can feel the depression setting in and I know that God is calling me, asking me and wanting me to count on Him more today and the rest of the year.  I have gained 20 of 65 pounds that I lost back!!! Why did I let that happen??  Last week I pulled out some of my cookbooks and starting reviewing new dishes that sound like they were tasty and low fat, low calorie (which usually means bland!).  But to my suprise the first three I have made were not bad, of course for those of you that know me, I changed the recipe, just a little.  I thought I would share those with you.  Also, in the mornings we have started Jillian Michaels, Get Ripped in 30, which is a great workout.  Get Ripped is a circurt training video, which has a warm-up, 3 circurts which include 3 minutes of strenght training, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs, and then the cool down.  We will see what I say in 30 days. Before I share the new tasty recipes with you I wanted to