Busy week

Hello everyone. Sorry it has been a crazy week for me. Very busy with the holidays. On Saturday we had a gathering amongst friends for my husband's 41st birthday... We were so surprise to see that some of our friends that had never been to our house before did come and stood for a while. As a matter of fact they all left at the same time. I can remeber the clock reading 3:42 am when I last saw it...
  I was very happy even though I was tired as can be. We all had a great time and great conversation. We shared some thoughts and food and had some drinks... The evening went well. The children, got together and bought their dad Prince tickets for his concert. My husband has been a Prince fan since way before me and I thought it was awesome that they all got together to give him something so meaningful to him and something he will always remeber. Needless to say I will be going too.....

    I am so excited. I have not gone to a concert since I was a child and my parents took me..



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Retail

Wow... Hello everyone. I hope the lord has blessed you with happiness today. Love and compassion.
The picture above is a pic from my job. We are in holiday mode and I'm trying to remember what it's like to deal with people in holiday mode. You would be so surprise to see how grown people act in this festive time of the year.
I am not talking about Thanksgiving either. I am talking about christmas.
Christmas that I remember is about the birth of our saviour Jesus , so why all the attitude and animosity for nothing. That's what's wrong in this world today. I am become a better person the more I search for Christ and I understand that not all people feel that way this is just my opinion and its the choice I made but, it's working for me. So why not...
Try loving those who are the most ridiculous People in the world that you can encounter....

Sunday is it traditional to go to church or do you enjoy it?

          Today I was not going to church.
  Sorry where are my manners. Hello how are you? Hope you are in great spirit even though your life might feel like it is falling apart. At least that is how I feel sometimes.
 As I was saying prior, I felt like not going to church today. I normally feel real excited and want to go. I feel like if I do not go I am going to miss a message that probably was meant for me. Nonetheless I went but not to mine. Not the one I am a member to. I realize then that it did not matter the church that we went to ,when you want a message you will receive it. It was a great thing to go. I was so disappointed that I thought by  not going to my church I was going to miss something, when in actuality it did not matter at all where I went to as long as I was ready to receive the message and want to learn and apply it to my daily living, I will never miss a message or a lesson. I have been for so long debating with people about the fact that people in church should not matter to you because you go to receive the message and understanding and not really associated with others, but the more I learn about Jesus, I realized that this is not true. You do need to be able to go and worship in a place were you can love and respect everyone because that was Jesus's message. If this is what I want to learn then I do need to be in a place where I am allow to do just that.....Not in a place of gossip and hate and people that enjoy to hurt one another. My friend told me once, church people hurt people. I did not understand it at first until I  went through a small encounter of it myself.  Then I understood. See people see a church as a place were all the wrong in the world stops for the moment and God is being given the glory for all he has done..If you can not see the difference from the outside in then that church is not doing its job of putting god first in that house for people that need to come there for comfort. They need a safe place to go to and what more safer place than in the house of the Lord.......
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Black Friday Shopping

  Hello everyone. I hope all had a great Thanksgiving next to those whom you love and are grateful to have them by your side. I had spend the day with friends. It had snow a little here in Pa and I thought well we are stuck home , but it stop and became rain. So we decided to go. Had a great time and then went to another friends home. We had two events. It was a real nice day after all. Could not really enjoy to the fullest because I had to be at work at 3 in the morning for black friday. What a crazy day it truly is. People running around like maniacs and camping out so early in the morning. I guess its all the hype that gets people so amped up about going out so early. Trying to find bargains that they truly could have found the day before.........
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Thursday...

 Today was a nice day. Hello everyone hope God has kept you strong today. How spirited can we be if we do not pray? This is a true fact. I was  strongly believe that all can be done if you just pray and add a little faith to this...
 I spend the day home today. A little cleaning. Slept in a little and had a great day. I went to lunch with my girlfriend and came home. I felt like watching the story of Moses and the ten commandments. .I have been feeling like I want to get more understanding of the bible and the people that had all this faith and heard god speak to them.

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Beauty only God can create

Good morning my brothers and sisters. I am so blessed this morning I woke up to be able to talk about it. There is a big difference between telling someone you loved them and showing them. That is how I feel about our heavenly father. He provides all your needs but yet he has to wait around and see if you are ready to love him back. That's crap... Let me make something clearer , if you had to pay for air to breath how much would you pay. If you had to pay just to live what would you give. These are very simple questions that I do not understand how we can be confuse and not do for the one that provides me with the main necessity in life. That is life. Today you should just say thank you father,lord, god ,master for all you do for me. How much of a burden we have been as children and still he loves us enough to send his son for the remission of our sins...
Sorry to bother you guys early but, I'm truly meaning what I say. I love the lord . I thank the lord for all he is and has done in my life. May god be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Church

 Hello everyone. Before I lay down to sleep I wanted to share a few words with you. Hope your Sunday was as beautiful as mine . It was a gorgeous day today. It was not cold and the sun was out so bright.  I had a wonderful day at church and even shed some tears to hear my husband sing. A song that reminded me of his dad. He has now pass on but, it was still an emotional moment. I just thought if he could have seen his son be in church singing like this , how proud would he have been. He was a Pastor at one time but, the devil tempted him and felt short from the glory of God at the end. Well my reason for this short blog this evening is because I want to quote you something I read about forgiveness. " When Jesus told us to pray for forgiveness of our debts as we forgive our own debtors, he knew who would be the one to pay the debt. As he would hang on the cross he would say," It is finished"....The debt is paid! There are some facts that will never changed. One fact is that you are forgiven. If you are in Christ, when he sees you , your sins are covered-- he doesn't see them. He sees you better than you see yourself. And that is a glorious fact. of your life."

     This was written by Max Lucado and the book is called  God's Inspirational Promise Book
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Sign

Extra early good morning to everyone. It is about 4:30 am and I'm on my commuter bus ready to go to work. Not that I want to be there. But still glad that I have a job. So many unemployed this Christmas and holiday season. As much as it breaks my heart that a lot do not have this season . It hurts me more to know that some children won't have either.
I found out something very generous from a church that I do not go to. They actually have a link on their site if you are in need of a turkey dinner basket and you live in the pocono's area, then you can call or send an email to them and they will help you get a basket for a turkey meal. This is one if the main reasons I love church. The love that you should be giving to one another in time if need and in time of good. We should always be wanting to give and help. Even if it is our last pennies. They mean a lot to someone else. Offer a plate of food or a hug. A shoulder and s ear for those who need it. You would be surprise how far these things go and what a difference it makes in yours and their lives. After all is this not the way of the Christian? All Jesus Christ did for us I think in my opinion is the least we can do.
Please I beg you from the bottom if my heart support a church this season in helping families that through no fault of their own are not able to give their children a season. Go to Amy church and ask if there is s funding for Christmas that you can donate. They not only want monetary but they would probably appreciate a toy instead. In this church I know even though I do not belong to their congregation , I have volunteer to do a shoebox of different toys to send to a child. I thought it to be a wonderful idea. You send basic things like toothpaste , toothbrush, soap ,pencils, pens, notepads, tissues, markers, crayons, you know those little puzzle, etc .... These are just examples if the things that we take for granted and others find it a gift a treat.
The saying has always been it is better to give than to receive, I would not have it any other way. I will always try to give my last dollar if I could. I am able to breath and see and hear and walk and what more can I ask from my heavenly father so why not try to continue his message of love and prosperity . The website for that church is www.innovationchurch.org . I'm sure you can go to any local churches and they will have some kind of program there. Hope you all have a blessed day and may god keep you in love and spirit as the day goes by . Please pray for me as I for you my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Sylvia

What a sight??

I love nature.

Long day

Hello everyone. Hope you are on good spirits. The weather here in pa is a little cold but not as cold as it's gonna get... So we are still enjoying decent weather...it has not snow or iced in a while and we are so happy. Although it is very cold. I have now realized that I leave for work in the dark and come home in the dark. Daylight saving time is definitely not my friend. But I enjoy the extra sleep I got on sunday.

 I have a few things to get of my chest this day. First I want to say to those people that do not go to church but do acknowledge God and Jesus for who they are in your life sometimes that is all you need. You are not wrong. I have been going to church for a little over 2 years now and I can see why it is that people would rather worship and praise God i their own time and in their own homes.

 I have come to the conclusion that Church People Hurt People. You see a lot of times you have people that have been in church much longer than yourself and feel that they know more. That may be true but, in my case I have acknowledge God my whole life. I always knew the right from wrong and I always had put God in front of all. Earthly people today run the church and when you loose sight of the original pact that when you open a church you made with God , you condemn yourself. You become a money hungry church.This is what had happen to my last church I was going to. The church had held an ordination and the following sunday the Pastor of the church said in service that the congregation and their guests were cheap people.

 This did not go very well with me. Since when do God need money, He can do it all or have we forgotten. Granted we need finances to pay for a building to be able to go and worship in but do say that God needs your money because he doesn't. He needs your love and trust and faith. He wants you to accept and love one another. He has blessings in store for us if we would just stop the fighting. I mean a spiritual fight. The one you know when you are wrong but you do it anyway. Why do we do this to ourselves? We buried ourselves all the time. In my new church there are a few people that have an authority issue going on. I pray as I always try before I do things because is if something is really troubling you and you pray with the most sincere heart you will get the answer that you are seeking.So I pray like I was saying and I became less worry about someone bossing me around and reminded myself why I do go to church. I go to learn more about God . I go to get a message. An interpretation of the bible that I can not get myself. I go to say thank you for keeping me another day and not letting me go. For allowing me to be your daughter even though we are sinful people. In my testimony on sundayI profess to the church that I love everyone. I truly meant that. For the first time in a long time I was ablre to say something and mean it. I get ridicule a lot at work because I am always happy and very few times you see my upset even though it is 7 in the morning and the weather might be horrible. I tell everyone is the love of Jesus that is in me...

I read this in a book . The book is called" GOD"S INSPIRATIONAL PROMISE BOOK" by Max Lucado.

"I am frightened by our ability in America to convince ourselves that we don't need Jesus. We can amass fortunes, we can get degrees, we can own our house all on our own. And yet, there's a certain affluence that we can attain when we become poverty-stricken-- a certain humility that comes with trials, that bring us face to face with the Saviour."
  And it goes to say that
" God exalts humility. When God works in our lives, helping us to become humble, he gives us a permanent joy: humility gives us a joy that cannot be taken away."

   Pray today... ANd love

Communion

Hello everyone. Hope you have a great day. I went to church today for it was communion Sunday. It's observe usually the first of the month. The first sunday that is. I learn the significant of the communion. I have always been taught that unless you did not sin you were not allowed to partake of communion. However today I was reminded of the last supper and the real meaning and how important the last supper was to the world. We are keeping a reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus did for us. We were wash by the blood of Jesus therefore we are faultless Christians through Christ. I heard a song that was on the radio and normally I would not have listen to this kind of music but the lyrics caught me ear. It says my best friend gave me the best advice, each day is a gift and not a given right... Think about today if you knew that tommorow was your last day how would you live it. How good would you feel to be in front of god......

Bible.

There was once a time when I read the bible and had no idea what in the world I was reading. Not understanding the bible was one of the reason's why I never had the urge to go to church.. I had always been against forcing religion on my children when I had a hard time with it myself...
Now I have been reading more and found bible's that were interpreted in our English today. So I now understand what I am reading and some of it saddens me to know that we are not that much different even after having a miracle walk this earth...

What a day...

Hi.. As I told you the other day I went to the dr.s office. I have a bad rash. On my face of all places. she prescribe me some oral antibiotic and two lotions. I have been so itchy I can't stop scratching. While I'm at work it's even worst.there was such and outbreak of bedbugs at work that I thought maybe I had got bitten.But no.. I'm just allergic to velvet and velours. All the holiday material... What do you do when you can't avoid it. It's your job..

Leading Ladies Dinner

   Good Day to all,
 I am so sorry that I have not really done a good post in a while. Justtruly have been very busy and tired. The holidays are starting up at work and my boby is trying to catch up with it.
   In any event, I had time last sunday to go and worship with another church . The name of it was called innovation and it was a total different experience than what I was a custom to. It was truly a different experience altogether. I will add a link to their website so that maybe you can see what I was talking about. I  have never been in a church that did not have the cross , instead they have a cube and the cube represents perfection.
  I was invited to go to the Leading Lady dinner that they had for women to fellowship together. I thought what a great idea this would be considering I would be among christian women and would discuss everyday life . It was not like that but, we worship together and sang together and ate together. I actually felt comfortable. It gave me an idea to invite the ladies in my church over to fellowship at my home and discuss women issues that pertain to us and our walk with God.
  The link is http://www.innovationlife.org/

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Pray for me

I have had a really bad day emotionally. I have never really got into details about my personal life, just a few snipets here and there. I want you to understand that I am truly grateful got my life even though today it feels like a storm...
I ask anyone who reads my blog to please include a prayer for me for my strength. You know I have been married for almost 20 years and I feel like it is coming to an end... It is so hard when you are use to certain things and in a few instances it all changes and what you thought you were use to it's totally different... Just pray for me ... Good night

My Mother-in- Law

         This picture is my mother-in-law at our church at New Life Faith Temple singing for the Lord.

The woman you see here is my mother in law.. Her name is Mary. I admire her a lot and I will explain why I have decided to talk about her today.

Hello everyone ,hopefully your day was great and wonderful under the spirit of the Lord that embraces us everyday.
  I wanted to start by showing you a picture of my mom... She is my mother in law but, has been a part of my life for so long that she is mom.. I have been with my husband for approximately 20 years and therefore she has earn that title from me..
 This woman has gone through so much in her life and I have been witness to that. I have seen her go through the most diffucult divorce ever... I mean she was married 25 years and all of a sudden her husband a Pastor at that just went crazy and forgot the Lord... Since he has past on but, the strentgh that this woman has received from just being faithful to God no matter how bad the storm was is incredible. She almost lost her house and God made a way for her to be able to keep it. She had lost her job and found one better than the one she lost.. Who in the world at the age of 55 years old can find a good job with benefits that is willing to take someone in that is almost at her retirement age.... God made it possible for her.. She lay every night on her floor and pray to the only person that knew what she really needed in her life . She since has retired and now she has been able to raise her other grandchildren against all odds. No one understands why she puts up with all the hassle of taking care of three young children. Ages 10,8,5. Two boys and one girl. Did I tell you she has retitred early just to be able to take them in and care for them because she knows is what the Lord has chosen her to do and he has made a path for her to follow. She is very obedient and for this she will be very bless with the rest of her life...She truly is and inspiration to all... Shows you the power of prayer and believing that it will happen at God's time and not yours. Waiting with patience and having the faith that it will happen... Is what we should all be doing!!!!!!!!! At least I know is what I have started to do and I have notice a lot of changes in my life as well.Some call it coincidence, and I tell them I do not believe in coincidence I believe that it was my path that was put in front of me and it is confirmation to what I am suppose to do...
   I have a grandchild myself and I can now related to why she takes care of these children. It is a love that you can not find anywhere else. You want to make sure that anything that you made have did wrong with your children you can fix with these. It's like a do over...

This is the first time I can ever recall that she has taking a sip of wine.... I had to take a picture and the lady next to her is Ms. Ann . It is her very best friend. They came to visit us from Virginia.    

       

       I was reading a Psalm today . It was # 92 It starts out by saying " it is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening...If you have time you should read the rest. It is truly beautiful .



    I pray, Father God thank you for you are and all you do for those of us who deserve and who dont for only you can judge and we are here to love each other and not condemn one another. I want to thank you for my health my children my grandchildren my life for the good of it and the bad for if it was always good we would never seek you and the love that you have given us and the mercy should be more than enough for us to want to do all that we can to seek you and walk the path that you have chosen for us.. Thank you for loving us so much that although we sin knowingly and unknowingly you still love us.... I love you Lord ... In jesus name I pray
                             Amen
               
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Joke for today..

Hello all... Hope your day was as great as mine. I love God and that is why not  much bothers me.. Hope you have the same Joy... Try it sometimes..

  On another subject, today's weather was terrible. Very foggy and humid and raining. The temperature though is great. Go figure that..
My day was very simple ,went to work as usual. Nothing different but somehow it was great. My grandaughter keeps me going and I am  about to eat a piece a cake that my dear husband had baked earlier today.. He makes very moist cakes, super delicious. Very Fattening but I do not care. I have learn to love myself and accept my weight gain as I am getting older.
    I have a joke to tell you today, I was reading and it had me laughing so I hope that it those the same for you... here it goes.

                GRANDMA GETS SOME ANSWERS

A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph's Hospital. She timidly asked," Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?"
   The operator said," I'll be glad to help , dear. What's the name and the room number?"
  The grandmother in her weak tremulous voice said, "Norma Findlay, Room 302."
The operator replied, "Let me place you on hold while I check with her nurse."
  After a few minutes the operator returned and said, "Good news. Her nurse has told me that Norma is doing very well. Her blood pressure is fine. Her blood work just came back as normal and her Physician, Dr. Cohen, has scheduled her to be discharged Tuesday."
  The grandmother said, "Thank you. That's wonderful! I was so worried! God bless you for the good news."
The operator replied, " You're more than welcome. Is Norma your daughter?"
The grandmother said ,"No ,I'm Norma Findlay in 302. No one tells me SH**!"

    I found this joke in a bi-weekly publication in 'Our Town"..


    PJ Thanks for the compliment. The pic was taken by my son. We were at Oceancity Maryland. WE were just enjoying one of God's greatest gift... The Beach....

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Girls fun

Great good morning everyone. Hope that today is a great day for all of you.. Just give thanks to the lord for giving you another day and everything will be ok..
This picture was taken in my truck when I went to Va. This past week to visit my grandmother.. These little girls are our future and it was amazing to see how much they resemble the past. My granddaughters look like both of my daughters and my little niece looks like her mom.. Just like twins.
The great thing I found out is how wonderful it is to be given a second chance to be a mother again.. Fix what you could have done better. Not a lot of people get that concept. Grandmothers today are more important than back then. It's like we became surrogate moms overnight . But what can you do but be grateful that you are still here on this earth to partake of the up bringing of your grandchild..
I know that sometimes you get overwhelmed but somehow you did it back when you was a mom and you will find the strength now that you are a grandparent.
Speak to you later ..
Sylvia

The girls

Hello everyone. I'm so blessed to be able to show you this picture. This was taken in Virginia. These girls are our future. It's my granddaughter Jenelle and Kamari and my niece Essence.
They were just all hanging out having a good .
These are the days that we have to cherish....,,