What a week!!

      It has been about a week since I last posted and it has been a busy but GREAT week!! I started the week out with not much sleep, but despite that I was able to have a great week! Monday was a regular work day, long and busy. Tuesday I had the privelage to go the the Creation Museum! I had such a good time with the Lisa and the Banks girls! Savannah, Raegan, and Piper are great kids and we had great fun talking and spending time having a girls day. I got to tell them about some of the hidden talents I learned at the ripe bold age of three, and then we got to go and learn a lot at the creation museum. I cannot wait to go back! I highly recommend this to anyone who has not been. It is awesome! The Banks family is such an encouragement to me and those around them! Love, love, love that family!! I am going to miss them when they move to Savannah, Ga to plant Eden Village Church to proclaim the name of Jesus and redeem the city for His glory!!

      Wednesday was a great day...long but great!! After work, we had The Point Community Church Frankfort campus staff meeting. It is such a joy to work with the people that God has brought together to proclaim his name and share in ministry to the lost and to believers! I always love staff meeting because it give us the chance to get everyone on the same page. We are VERY human and we all have shortcomings! I know that I can always be authentic with them, that we do pray for each other, and that we are working on a common goal proclaiming the name of Jesus and making disciples for Him and His glory alone! After staff meeting, faithful volunteers,Tim & Carrie Meshginpoosh, and I had to teach one of the most complex weighty lessons on salvation we have ever taught to the kids. In fact a lot of the stuff we taught most adults have a hard time wrapping their head around it! The kids did well, but repetition is the key...we will continue to cover these topics to help the kids understand a little more each time!

       Saturday, I got up early and I took Maggie (my dog...but don't tell her she is a dog..she doesn't know!) down to the Pumpkinfest downtown. There was a pet costume contest and I entered her...she got third place!! Let's just say that she LOVES the spotlight and didn't want to get off the stage when it was her time to get off the stage! So, I have posted a picture of my Bumble Bee below, or as one of my kids, Helen would say...Bum Bee!!

You really have to laugh at yourself!

     Wow! What a day...all three services were great at the Point Community Church both Frankfort and Lexington. it was a very busy day, and very convicting day. The sermon preached by Tony Cecil punched me in the throat with all the strength of the heavy weight boxing champion and/or the biggest UFC fighter you could find!
      After that I had a quick lunch with my mom and mamaw, then I was under my car! Yes, under my car. For those of you who know me you know that I love to work on cars and fix the problem myself to save money if possible. Well, I have a oil leak and I found the general area it was coming from, but could not pinpoint it, so to the garage it goes in the morning! While I was cleaning up and putting my floor jack away...i managed to whack my head into the locking latch on my trunk...and ouch...it really did hurt...in fact, I have a small bruise on my head...my forehead actually! Car maintenance can be hazardous to your health...kids don't try this at home! I got time to sit down for about 15 minutes and then I was off to Lexington for TPCC Lex.
      Had a great time at TPCC Lex and I am still getting to know new faces each Sunday evening. It was such a blessing to be with the church today, but I am VERY glad to get home. To be honest, I have not been resting too well and am trying to make an effort to go to bed and take care of myself. I am still a long way away from that. I need to start working out again and walking so that I can get healthy and lose some of this thyroid outta whack weight that I put on.As I try to keep to my goal, I had some computer work to do before bed, so I sat down and got ready to type the first letter of this post and snap...the computer keyboard tray ended up at my feet and the keyboard danging by its usb cable....I just had to laugh at myself! I am such a piece of work...I don't even know what to do with myself half the time. So for now, I am going to laugh at myself, know and be content that God is in control, I am not and nothing happens outside His will. So, on that note...I am going to bed, thanking God for all his blessings and a glass of chocolate milk!

Great day!!

    Today started off as a normal day...not much extraordinary about it, just another day. Sometimes, I take the day that I have been given for granted. Today, work was well..work. A normal day in the life for a tax collector consists of many phone calls, questions, problems, and solutions. After work was when my day really started to get great! I was so glad to be among the members and attendees of my church tonight...especially the kiddos.
    My passion is Children's ministry and I love teaching, sharing God's word, and discussing Jesus with my kiddos at the Point. I have a great team of volunteers that are awesome and always prepared! Now, I don't have any children of my own, but I count all these kids as "my" kids. So, I guess I have around 60 kids...but none of the laundry to go with it (yes!!)! I told the kids tonight...that i am not where I planned to be. if i had my way, I would have been a teacher in the school system with summers off and the mounds of work that go with it. But God...I love that phrase...had better things in store for me. When I gave Him total control (because I am human and I like to think that I am in control) of my life, he had greater and better things for me. We were all created in his image for HIS GLORY...nothing else!! So, by me giving my life to God and giving up the illusion of control...he is using me way beyond my own strength and abilities, to glorify Him and Him alone. I pray that he would continue to equip me...called by God to teach the gospel to children and to anyone that will listen...for His glory and His glory alone. I am soo far from where I should be, but his grace makes up all the short comings and failures I could ever have or encounter. Please pray that God would continue to stir and increase a refreshing and passion in me and "my " volunteers that work tirelessly and go above and beyond to partner with parents as we go and make disciples.

    After church, I got to have dinner with some of my church family! It was great to hang out with the Jones and Lawrence family tonight at Frisch's! Veggie Soup and a grilled cheese, with the cool night air of fall... there is not a better meal to be found! Go ahead and try...I'll wait!

   Tomorrows adventure....plumbing session #3 at moms! Hopefully, this will be the last one for a while! 

It's been a while!!

    Wow! It has been so long since I have written a blog post! In fact, I have not written a blog post since I stopped using my Myspace account. The reason why I figured that I would start again was because I always have something to say! Surprised? If you know me well, you are not surprised, you are probably just wondering why I ever stopped in the first place!
    My life is always crazy. It goes from boring and normal to strange and funny in the blink of an eye. This adventure that we call life is short and I believe that we should make the best of our time on earth. We only get one shot! What are you going to do with your shot? Will you waste your time fretting about the things and troubles of this world? Try to do as much good as you can? Try to make yourself happy and rely on your own path and strength to survive? I have though a lot about this especially since I had a coworker and lady I knew die very young and way too soon. You never know what day could be your last, so I intend to live a little more from here on out!
    The Christian life is not easy. Many people get confused by this. It is simple, but it is NOT easy. Our joy comes from the Lord. Happiness is temporary, but joy is eternal. God created us to for HIS glory, not our own. His son Jesus is the ONLY way to have everlasting life. Jesus is the only one who has conquered death and the grave and took the punishment for OUR (mine and yours) sin. Romans 3:23 says that ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The punishment for sin is death. The only way to escape the inevitable is to put your trust in Jesus Christ.

In John 14:1 Jesus says:
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, " I am the way,the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me."

For those of you who read this and do not know Jesus, my prayer is that God uses this to pierce your heart and continues a work in your life to draw you to Him.Also, prayers go out to my coworkers children, family, and close friends. May God grant you a peace that passes all understanding. Amen