Snow vs. Fire

Let it snow let it snow. We now have a good blanketing of snow on the ground after last night. I had this feeling deep inside to bring in a load of fire wood last night. I have a rack in the house which will hold half a cord face of wood. I knew I should get of my blessed assurance (my butt) and do this and get it done with. I thought to myself that tomorrow after church would be a good time. I think from now on I will listen to the feelings I have deep within when it comes to things like this. It will take a week to dry out all this fire wood. ooops..

God of Elijah and Moses-Freddy Hayler

End Time Vision by Freddy Hayler

My Fav.

Smile

Day after Thanksgiving breakfast consumed. Cookies and pie for breakfast, why can't it always be like this. Now that I'm full I will go Christmas shopping. If you have yet to smile today here are some shots of some animals who have. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving

Pre dinner.

dinner

post dinner

little helper

who needs furniture

Thanksgiving Day Antics

This year we are having Thanksgiving dinner at my house. My mothers cousin is coming over. This man has an appetite you have never seen. You don't want to get in the way of his food that is for sure. So I found a little scripture that might make him think twice before gorging his face full of food. Proverbs 23:1-2 reads "When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are of great appetite."

This should be a good thanksgiving with Blessings from God. <><

Hacky Up

I never knew they took this hacky sack so seriously. 3:20 into video; footbag ball? Are you kidding me. They even have championships. Only on planet Earth!

Friendship the Invisible Web

I grew up in the church, around godly people, and in the Word of God, yet deceived still by statans many lies. As a youngster I was always told to be careful who I made friends with, but being excepted into a cool group of friends seemed more important to me.

I tell you that a friendship can be a web, an invisible web of deception. I pray that who ever reads this will recognize the web for the trap it really is. This invisible web can stop you from experiencing the fullness of life. When you give in to the pressures of your peers this leaves a window open for the devil to work. If you give the devil a chance to wrap his chains around you he will. Ephesians 4:27 tells us we are to give no place to the devil.

I never thought as a teen that my first drink of beer, my first hit of weed, or my first drag of a cigarette would lead to 13 long years of addiction. I thought one or two beers won't be a big deal, or a cigarette once in a while won't get me hooked. But from what seemed so harmless, drinking beer on the weekends, a joint once in a while, sneaking cigarettes here and there led to experimenting with things I never thought I would touch, along with years and years of addiction and hopelessness. I was like a puppet on strings, pulled around even when I didn't want to go. Some of you might be thinking your different from me and you won't get hooked. You might think a drink or smoke now and then won't affect you. What seems normal for a teen to party and experiment will in turn like for me wind up being a lifestyle otherwise known as satanic bondage. Don't let statans lies deceive you as they did me.

When your peers try to make you think it's cool to do wrongful things stick to your intuitions, you ultimately know right from wrong, its up to you to obey God. Your peers might tease and make fun of you, but if they are true friends they will respect your decisions. You should have close contact with Christians to learn about Christ, and have cautious contact with non-Christians to share Christ.

Do not be bound together with

unbelievers; for what partnership

have righteousness and lawlessness,

or what fellowship has light with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:14

For those of you who have been caught in these webs of deceit its never too late to turn around; repent...

Therefore what benefit were you then

deriving from the things of which you

are now ashamed? For the outcome

of these things is death. But now being

Freed from sin and enslaved to God,

you derive your benefit, resulting in

sanctification and the outcome, eternal life.

Romans 6:21-22

What had me hooked from a teen to almost 30 years of age, Jesus took away in a heartbeat. When it seemed I had no hope God came through for me. I tell you there is always hope in God. Hope in deliverance, hope in salvation, hope in anything your heart desires through Him. God had great things in store for every one of you even if you can't see it now.

Are you going to live life to the fullest and fulfill your destiny? Even if that means giving up your so called friends, alcohol, drugs, or whatever it is holding you back from Gods plan for your life? As always the decision is yours. As I have heard before, any dufous can live their life the way they want. It takes a real man or woman to live to God's potential and live a disciplined, sacrificed life unto Him.

While at work

What your pets do when your at work.one reason I don't own a cat.

Another reason I don't own a cat.

Kind of makes you wonder. Hmmm... What does my pet do when I'm at work?

Loneliness and Prayer

I have had this feeling of loneliness coming over me lately. I cant' really explain it. I know the Lord is with me always. I know He understands that lonely feeling. The loneliness the Lord experienced before His crucifixion must have been horrible. All His disciples left Him, forsook Him, denied Him, and one even went so far as to rat Him out.

I have been reading this book lately during my lunch breaks called 'A divine revelation of prayer'
by Mary K. Baxter. In the seventh chapter I came across this part which explains how I have been feeling. This particular section is called 'Alone In His Presence' It goes on to say "When God separates you unto Himself, it's for the purpose of training and teaching you. He wants you to become familiar with His voice. He desires that His Spirit become a vital presence in your everyday life. God wants to use this time to impart His nuggets of wisdom, knowledge, and truth into your life and for you to become totally dependent upon His anointing to lead and guide you. You must get to the place where his presence is so prominent in your life that it no longer feels unusual to rely upon His Spirit-even in the midst of adversity, trials, and rejection. You may feel lonely, that no one cares about your situation, or that God has forgotten about you." This is how I have been feeling. I have felt distant almost from God Himself. I know this isn't the case, I just need to be pressing into God. It continues to read, "I want you to know that although it can sometimes feel like a lonely life, there are occasions when God wants to separate you to do a great work for Him in the body of Christ. It can seem lonely because it requires a lot of time and prayer."

I don't know if this is exactly what is going on but I'm going to continue to seek and pray about it. "It's time to pray and to seek the counsel of the Lord. We must turn to the Lord with pure hearts and yield ourselves to Him as sacrificed lives."

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. (ROMANS 12:1)

SOLD OUT

Being sold out to Christ is where I want to be. Every person should want that. I don't want to be praising and thanking Him with my lips only. I want every fiber of my being to praise and worship my Lord. I want it to come from the depths of my heart. This is what God is looking for.
He is looking for a people who will worship Him with integrity.

We look at Paul's life from the scriptures and it shows how he was sold out for Christ. He was willing to suffer for the Kingdom. He did time in the joint and took beatings and still he preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He knew what it meant to worship in truth and integrity. He knew what it meant to be sold out to Christ. No matter what came his way until death he did the work of the Lord.

Jesus is coming soon and we need to be prepared. So many people in the body of Christ are not ready. They speak with their lips but don't mean it from their hearts. God is being merciful and holding back time so we can prepare. We need to do so and strive to ready people for Christs' return.

I pray that we will see passion for the presence of God in our churches. We need this in my own church. So many people just mosey along without a real zeal for God. They numbly attend church every week sometimes a couple times a week and act like they are bored. There is so much waiting for us if we run after God the way He wishes us to. There are gifts upon gifts the Lord has for us yet we don't receive them because we don't bother to seek or ask.

Of course the rewards that await us in Heaven are much greater than here on earth. What we do here on earth determines what we receive in Heaven. Every person will get their just reward. That is heavy in my heart right now. The people that say I love Jesus yet don't like to fast or live according to His word are going to get their reward as well. I feel especially bad for the ones who mock the word of God and Jesus. Their reward awaits them.

Repent people, Repent, Those who turn from their wicked ways will be salvaged. Jesus has prepared such a beautiful, pure ,and holy place for us. You don't want to miss out. Fulfilling your fleshly desires isn't worth the heart ache we will face. Sell out. Sell out to Christ. Let Him know you love Him. Let everything you do praise the Lord.

I had a friend tell me he thought I was taking this God thing too far. I had a co-worker tell me I am taking this God thing too far. My heart goes out to these for they will get their reward. I continue to follow Christ and put Him first in my life no matter what. He is what is important to me. He hung on the cross at calvery for me, all for love.

When we do things that hurt Jesus it is like crucifying Him all over again. I don't want to hurt my Lord. I love Him way too much. Shouldn't we all be sold out to Christ Jesus.

Bowling for ???

Here are some photos from YAMs bowling night.

Atleast the women were in good spirits.

That's funny I don't remember taking any hallucinogens.

Those guys are sure the pranksters.

This guy here. He's the life of the party. Look out he might smile.

We played one game left handed.
That turned out to be a bad idea.

Thus concludes the night of bowling for YAMs.

Dog Vomit to Witnessing

I just ran to Mason City to get carpet cleaner. My dog vomited up a yellow liquid on my white carpet and it won't come out. NOT happy.

I ran into an old friend several weeks ago. I was wishing I had witnessed to her. I prayed about it and for her. At the same store today I ran into her again. We were heading out the door and I was looking for my opportunity when this lady stopped me to check my stinking receipt. I thought blasted devil how dare you interrupt me as I watched my old friend walk out the door saying bu bye. Of course I had to wait while the lady checked everybody elses receipts While watching another opportunity flushed down the toilet. I make it to my vehicle, load my things in and get in myself. I go to pull out and here comes this old friend walking up to me. She asks me if I want to go out and have a beer. Bam.. Just like that the LORD gives me another chance and opens the door wide. So I tell her I don't drink anymore and let her have the whole story in a nut shell. I could see her start to squirm a little as I told her about giving my heart to Jesus and how I was changed. She went on the defensive and told me she doesn't drink that often. Story short, she said well I left my van open I better go, nice seeing ya.

It's amazing to watch how people react when I tell them my story. Most are hearing something they don't want to and start changing the subject right away."No anything but that Jesus stuff. I can't deal with the mess in my own life."

Oh.. I forgot my carpet cleaner too. The whole reason I went all the way to Mason.

YAMs Meeting

I am looking forward to this night. I have a Y.A.M.s (young adult ministry) meeting tonight in Clear Lake. We get together at least once every month. We have fellowship and fun. Sometimes we will have teachings and other times fun and games. This year we have had for example a barbecue at the beach were the kids swim and play games and the adults fellowship and get to know each other better. I have attended a few of these including the barbecue, bonfire night, and tonight bowling. I missed out on volleyball and some teaching classes but this winter I think I will make it to more of those teaching classes. Our church has a couple of these outreaches for the people to get together and fellowship. They have L.A.M.s (lady adult ministry) S.A.M.s (senior adult ministry) and of course Y.A.M.s. I will try and remember my camera so I can post pictures of our antics at the bowling alley. Some of the guys are real jokesters, hope we don't get kicked out.

Testing Times

I have been going through some tempting times lately. A trial so to speak. I know I need to stay delivered and remain clean and holy before a Holy God. I turn to Him and ask for strength and to lead me out of temptation. I feel if I pass this test He is going to move me to another level in my life, my spiritual growth you could say. I think this is why He is letting this trial come my way. I know it is not God himself tempting me for what I read in His Word. It's amazing how the enemy can trick us sometimes. He is very subtle and sneaks those thoughts into my head. Just from temptation I have felt guilty. I felt dirty and unclean before God. I love the LORD and that is it. I will not be moved by what satan does. He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world.

Here are some verses I have been speaking aloud to myself.

I keep awake and watch and pray [constantly], that I may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. MARK 14:38

I will not let myself be overcome with evil, but will overcome (master) evil with good. ROMANS 12:21

Blessed (happy, to be envied) am I when I'm patient under trial and stand up under temptation, for when I have stood the test and been approved, I will receive [the victor's] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him. JAMES 1:12

I will be subject to God. I will resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from me. JAMES 4:7

In the day when I called, You answered me; and You strengthened me with strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) in my inner self. PSALM 138:3

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me into a level country and into the land of uprightness. PSALM 143:10

If any one has some comments, scriptures, prayers or words of encouragement please feel free. I would appreciate any form of help, correction, or direction.

Beautiful Creator God

These last few days on my drive to work the sky has just been beautiful. I leave the house around seven in the morning when the sun is fresh in the sky. There has been a blend of pinks, purples, blues, and greens illuminating off the clouds. It definitely reminds me of how great our God is. He is an awesome Creator. I have to tell Him each time how great He is when I see that awe inspiring sky line. I think the Psalmist who wrote "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands," explains it best.

Guessing game

can anyone guess how many times I used the word fast, fasting, or fasted in my last post? I spose you could count them so it isn't much of a guessing game. never mind.

Fasting Facts

• If it doesn't mean anything to you, it won't mean anything to God
• Without prayer and the word, fasting is pretty much dieting
• fasting itself is a continual prayer before God
• fasting is like spring cleaning for the body
• water is the fasters best friend
• Headaches are the result of the impurities and poisons the body is burning for energy
• periodic fasts are necessary to flush out the poisons
• fasting gives your body time to heal itself, it is a mighty key to healing your body
• fasting relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest
• fasting lowers blood pressure and can lower cholesterol
• fasting keeps you sensitive to His spirit enabling you to live holy
• fasting is a constant means of renewing yourself spiritually
• fasting will break poverty from your life
• fasting is a personal, private discipline
• health and healing will follow fasting
• fasting will also overcome sexual addictions and demonic powers
• fasting will begin to bring to the surface any areas of compromise in your life and make you more aware of any sin in your life so you can repent
• anytime you fast it is a hunger strike against hell
• there is a prophetic release that occurs in a church or and individual who fasts continually for forty days

The reality of fasting is that it is one of the three duties of a Christian. One of the ways we present ourselves as a living sacrifice besides giving and praying. When we follow these three simple duties faithfully God rewards you openly. Most of this information I received from the book "Fasting" Opening the door to a deeper, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God by Jentezen Franklin

As a baby Christian I was eager to learn about what I had heard so much about. The Lord led me to this book which answered a lot of questions as well as prayers. It has been a blessing to me and I recommend it to any one with a curiosity on this subject of fasting. I have fallen short on this duty. I used to take time each month and practice fasting.

It's rather funny to talk with other Christians about fasting. You can definitely weed out the ones who desire more of God and the ones who are just plain happy with salvation. Personally I desire a more intimate relationship. I better get back on board. I talked to a young lady about this subject and she told me she couldn't do it. The best she could do was skip breakfast. If that is as far as we are willing to crucify the flesh we will never conquer anything else in life. The Lord told me early in our relationship if He tells me I can do something I better believe I can. He has made me more than a conqueror. When I think I can't, that is the worse kind of arrogance. As Joel Osteen says we are victors not victims. I talked to another man about the art of fasting who claimed to be a Christian. He told me he didn't have to fast, that God met all his needs anyway. This man has now came down with arthritis in his neck and will soon be completely immobilized. If Jesus Himself practiced fasting then how much more should we.

There is more than one kind of fast to fit any particular persons needs. Such as absolute fast, normal fast, or a partial fast. If you have a demanding job that takes a more physical demand then I would recommend a partial fast. There are several different ways to do that. You can eat only veggies, or just fast from bread, meat and sweets. I actually fasted from sweets for forty days. It was easy and it really cleaned my insides and made me feel healthier.

There are some fascinating stories about other people and their fasting in this book. Miracles taking place and the transformation of lives found only in the presence of God are fun to read about. You can find this book at book stores everywhere.

Redneck Oil Change

This is how you change your oil when your drive way is slanted

and you don't have the right tools for the job.

Some people would say that this is not a very safe way of changing oil.

Some people worry too much! Personally I wouldn't try this with your average

run of the mill car. If the vehicle was to fall off or crush the blocks you would also

be crushed. But with this beauty of a ride I can fit under it with out the blocks.

Therefor there are no worries. I just might ask Santa for a jack this Christmas though.

If your wondering why I didn't pull all the way on the blocks

that is because I would be ellevated too high then and all the oil

would not drain properly. Where there's a redneck there's a way.

Go Browns

Where's The Beef!!

It is almost eight at night and I haven't had supper yet.

I have been racking my brain with ideas of what to eat.

Then with the help of Pastor Kris I got it.

I will make deer cookies. I have an abundance of ground deer meat.

The only thing I couldn't decide was m&m's or coconut.

So I decided to go with both. mmmmm. looks good!
Thanks Pastor Kris you rock. Um, I will be sending these to you for Christmas!

Keeping The Faith

Thursday after noon Pastor Will and Joyce Hunsaker of Open Bible Church in Clear Lake, Iowa were on the radio. They gave their testimony of losing their daughter in a motorcycle accident. Their daughter Nell was a senior in High School just graduating. She was on her way to Mason City, Iowa to get some things for her open house. Their family is a motorcycle family so that's what she was driving. On her way a lady pulled out in front of her and they crashed. The crash had torn her aorta. The doctors could not mend it in time and she suffered major brain damage. She was on life support for nine days when they finally had to make the decision to take her off of life support.

During their testimony Pastor Joyce read one of Nell's writings from school. It was a paper on relationship. In her paper she talked about her relationship with Jesus and how precious it was. Now take in mind she was attending a secular school system and her teacher let her do this because she stressed this was what was in her heart.

How hard it must of been to keep on going after such a tragedy. But reading all of Nell's writings put them at ease. They know that their little girl had Jesus in her heart. They know that they will see their girl again some day and that she is in good hands with the Lord.

This testimony put an impression on me. When life stomped on their hearts they kept preaching the Word of God and still do so. How many of us lose faith when trouble like that comes our way. We let doubt eat away at us and don't trust God in all His Goodness. We all go through things that we don't always understand. If we just trust God and keep fighting the good fight of faith we will make it to the promised land.

The Israelites kept going in circles and circles for forty years because they doubted Gods goodness. Even after seeing His fire by night and cloud during the day. They seen the Red Sea parted and God provided and provided yet they told Aaron, "MAKE FOR US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT--WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM."

So it says in the Word, we will live by faith and not by sight. Where is your faith? Is it in what you see going on around you. Or is it in the Lord your God. In Hebrews 11 it reads, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible." And Hebrews 11:6 continues to tell us that, "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."

By faith Pastor Will and Joyce know their daughter is with the Lord. They also know that their faith will bring them to be with the Lord and their little girl as well. Because as you know we are saved by grace through faith.

Fifteen Minutes of Shame

A while back at work we were given an opportunity to be on national television. The show on abc Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was coming to Albert Lea, Minnesota. We were invited to be the cabinet installers on a Saturday night. Our shift would run from nine at night to four in the morning. Everyone was looking forward to doing this. The week before our debut we were informed that we would no longer be needed, they said they had more than enough installers. This was a disappointment for many people including my boss. This would have been a good chance for free advertising.
Personally I thought it was rather rude to invite then dis invite us to go on national television. I meant to post about this earlier so that everyone would have a chance to watch this program. Unfortunately it was aired last week. oops. I have tried to watch it online but no such luck. If anyone else can figure it out please drop me a line. thanks.

Remember your batteries

I haven't seen the sun in weeks now. It finally popped out for a bit this after noon. You see in Iowa when winter comes the sun goes away for six to eight months at a time. I thought I would go for a walk in the woods and enjoy the sun. I thought "Hey I will bring the camera and catch some images of the sun to remember it by before it goes away for another six months." I drive all the way to a trail that leads to the woods. Head down the narrow trail scratching my poor Jeep. I get to a clearing and get out to take some pictures. I take one good picture and the batteries die. Moral of the story is always have back up batteries for the camera.

HATPINS AND BUTTONHOOKS

by Irving D. Larson

A little girl came running home after school and announced to her mother that she had learned how to punctuate. "That is very good," said her mother, "Tell me how you do it." "Well, mama," cried the excited little girl, "It's just as easy as it can be. If you say a thing that is so, you just put a hatpin after it; but if you are only asking if it is so, you put a buttonhook behind it." As we think about this, we conclude that there is a world of sound philosophy in the little girl's explanation. Actually, all of life resolves itself, sooner or later, into a matter of hatpins and buttonhooks, for life is made up of our affirmations and our questions.

The writer to the Hebrews tells us that our faith gives substance to things hoped for, and becomes the evidence of things not seen. An old writer once said, "Believe your beliefs, and doubt your doubts. Never doubt your beliefs, and never believe your doubts." God has called us to a life of faith, and our faith is founded on the Word of God. The basis of our faith is not the strength of our faith, but the faithfulness of the God in Whom our faith is placed. We can place our faith in Him with complete confidence, for God cannot deny Himself.

Is your faith made up of hatpins or buttonhooks? May God help us to keep the hatpins and buttonhooks of life in their proper places.


"little faith will bring your soul to Heaven, but great faith will bring Heaven to your soul." -Charles Spurgeon-

Bash on the Farm

I have seen several christian artists this year including Kutlis, Jason Gray, Point of Grace, Sara Groves, and the Get Rites. I seen a lot more than that I just don't remember them all. We have a festival of Christian music every year just out side of Garner Iowa called Bash on the Farm. It takes place in June if I remember correctly. It is worth the trip to Iowa to check it out. Bash on the Farm is a two day event with no cover charge. It lasts all day and they have food and fun for the kids. there are four stages with every type of music you could think of. It is an awesome atmosphere with all kinds of different folks with different strokes. Bands from all over the states come to play and let there music be heard. Bands from the unknown to very well known come and display what they got. Check out this promo.

Being Thankfull

Tis the season to be thankful. I thought I would mention everything I am thankful for but that would take all night. I realized the other day how thankful I am for indoor bathrooms. I was out at our stain shop for work that lies about five miles out of town. We have no bathroom there and it was rainy and freezing and windy and well, Thankfully I made it to town to indoor plumbing. That got me thinking of all the things we take for granted these days. With everyone rushing here and there emailing, texting, faxing, calling, blogging and everything else we fill our everyday lives with we forget to be thankful for some things.

I am thankful for :

• Hot water
• Ice cubes
• Indoor bathrooms
• Electricity
• Taste buds
• tooth brushes
• Electric shavers
• Washers and driers
• Riding lawn mowers
• microwaves

These are just some samples of the small things I sometimes over look. These things aren't quite at the top of my list.

The things I'm most thankful for:

• My Heavenly Father who loves me and chose me before the foundation of the world
• The Blood of Jesus-without there would be no salvation
• The Holy Ghost-without there would be no help
• The Word of God-without there would be no faith
• Family-without there would be no support
• My job-without there would be no income
• My Jeep-without there would be no job
• My functioning legs and arms-without I couldn't drive my Jeep
• My tongue-without I couldn't confess my Lord
• Sound mind,peace,Love,etc.etc.etc.
• Health
• Healing
• Food in my belly
• My church
• My Pastor
• Prosperity, spiritual,phsical,financial
• My dog-she's the only thing glad to see me everyday after work

This is just a small list not in particular order except the first few. You get the idea. What are you thankful for? Don't forget the little things in life like your heart beat, or brain cells.

Deer party?

You might ask yourself what a deer party is. That's kind of what went through my head when I was invited to one last night. I had a vision of a few good o'le boys sitting around chewing the fat and chewing on some deer jerky talking about the buck that got away. And possibly some deer meat being given away.
My vision was shot in the dark when I walked into Pastors' garage to see two deer slaughtered and sitting on a couple of tables. Blood was pooled up and pastor was standing there with a big knife. So as it turns out a deer party is a deer processing party where the men get together and grind meat into burger and cut chunks up for jerky or roast.
All in all it was a good time just not what I had expected. I was very very blessed to be given around 17lbs of ground meat, a couple of roasts and some cookie dough. I must say that I would go again even knowing what I know now.
I think next Sunday I will invite the guys over for a yard party. I won't tell them that it's a picking up leaves and doggy doo doo party. They can take as much home as they would like. Lol..

Party night

On my way to Pastor Wills house tonight. He is having a deer party. I think this is where he makes room in his freezers for more deer.
We have been enduring freezing rain all day. It started snowing just before four o'clock. Roads are a little slick. As I say they are 100% fun covered. It would be nice if it just snowed, not crazy about the ice part of things.
Peace to all and to all a good night. OK BYE.

How I roll

I went off roading this last week end. Thought I would show you how I roll

Another Addiction

I have another addiction. I want to confess my addiction. I don't want to be like an alcoholic, in denial. My new addiction is our Lord Jesus. He's the first thing on my mind when I wake up. He's the last thing on my mind when I go to bed. He is on my mind day in day out. What a sweet addiction I am caught up in. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Spending all my time with Him. Nothing can separate our love. What a beautiful addiction. I think I might start a J.A. meeting in the area where other Jesus addicts can get together and talk about why they are addicted and how they will never quit. I can see it sweeping the nation. Jesus Anonymous meetings Mondays at 7:30 pm at community center. Every town should have one.

Knowing the Word

My church just started a new series called Boot Camp. Today Pastor Will was talking about weapons and how when you start boot camp your given a weapon. You have to learn your weapon inside and out. Take it apart and put it back together in a certain amount of time. This weapon he was referring to is our B.I.B.L.E.. How can we go out to battle and try winning people over to Christ when we don't know our weapon. When someone asks you a question regarding your faith and you stumble through the answer it's because you aren't taking the time to know the Word. At the end of the service with every ones heads bowed and eyes closed he asked people who wanted to know the Word more to raise their hands so he could pray for them. I haven't been a child of God for very long so I raised my hand. In my thoughts I figured just about everyone there should have their hands raised high. I think even if I had been a Christian for five or even ten years I still would have raised my hand. I made up my mind today to get a plan in action to read my bible through completely in one year. I do read it every day but without a designated plan. This will take discipline on my behalf but I know it will pay off in the end. perhaps I will do this every year. Pastor said this year he will have read completely through the Bible thirty times. Even after this many times he still stumbles across something new.

Excited about Salvation

Is anyone still excited about their salvation. Isn't salvation within itself a miracle. I get all giddy like a school girl. Wow, eternity, isn't it hard to fathom eternity. Sometimes at work to block out all the negativity I concentrate on what heaven will be like. I get so pumped I usually shout for joy not thinking about it. (HALLELUJAH!!) I really do shout words of praise now and then. People must think I'm crazy. If I don't get in my own world and praise God while I work every ones pessimistic ways eat at me like a cancer. All day long I endure cursing and blasphemy towards the Lord. They make it hard to love them. I love them for who God created them to be not for what they do or what they say. Any way I am still excited about my salvation. By the Grace of God I am not the same any more. I will continue to praise God no matter what anyone thinks for my name is written in the Lambs Book of Life. GLORY TO GOD!!!!!!!! What a promise, what a promise. Can I hear you shout for the Lord. Go ahead let it out.

The 4 wheelers prayer

Our lockers, who art in the diffs, hallowed be thy name, thy traction come, thy will be done, on mud as it is in rocks. Give us this day, our daily tread and forgive us our rollovers, as we forgive those who roll against us and lead us not into bottomless bogholes, but deliver us from breakage, for thine is the locker, and the bogger, and the swamper for ever and ever. Amen

Mint Chocolate anyone?

Welcome to the Mint Chocolate. Come on lets take a tour.

Left half of my house.

The right half of my house.

My wood pile.

My patio.

My deck.

My shed.

My back yard from the sliding door perspective.

My clean, tidy, and organized room.

My mothers other room because her room is too messy/guest room.

My mothers messy room.

My full bath which is completely and totally out of date. Yes that is peach color you see

My half bath.

My laundry room.

My family room. This is where I spend most of my time. ooohh look paneling.

My kitchen

My dining room and front door entry area.

My living room that is not really lived in. Mostly because it is empty. I do take donations. Look more paneling.


This is my computer/library room. still working on the library part of things. I know what your thinking. That's a lot of paneling. Its gotta go... My thoughts exactly.Thus concludes the tour of my mint chocolate house.

Have a good day:)

My snowy night

Last night I did the drive thru difference. I don't know how much of a difference I actually made. Mostly because the person behind me only ordered two dollars worth of food. I think I was a little late getting to the McDonalds drive thru. The lady in front of me took twenty minutes to order and I could hear screaming kids coming from from her van. I think she was screaming as well. Perhaps she could have used that act of random kindness. Oh well, you win some and you lose some. I'm sure the person behind me was appreciative. Did I mention I hate McDonalds. I think next time I will go to Culvers.

After that I ventured to buy myself a computer chair. Two hours later this is what I came home with. So much for my financial discipline. But my wall was bare and the picture was on sale from $80 to $55. Perhaps next weekend I will get the chair.

And now for some revenge!!!!

This is for all the embarrassment I have endured in my life time. Your welcome mother I love u.

Shirley Temple eat your heart out.