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September 29-30 An email arrived from a friend of our daugher's, whose husband is starting a facial plastic surgery practice.  They are offering free Botox injections if you are willing to be part of their advertising and pose for before and after pictures.  Watching Pamela Anderson on Dancing With the Stars the other night was enough to scare me away.  My initial response was "Yikes!  I think I will just stay wrinkly and squishy (as my grandson describes me)." Visiting my 92 year old father this week, I asked, "How are you?"  "I'm old, " he replied.  Immediate conviction came that I need to come up with a new greeting.  Out of habit, I bet 90% of us greet one another with "How are  you?"  While some of us are sincere in our questioning, many of us would be shocked if the person replied, "I'm constipated, have an ulcer in my mouth and itching like crazy from a tick that I pulled off in my groin area." Let's chec

September 28 Yikes, it's another trifecta!  When trifectas of faith happen, I know the Lord is either preparing me for something or pressure washing a point in my heart.  UGH. Wednesday morning in the car a radio show was on...could have been Stanley, Swindoll, Ingram.  I didn't take notice of the speaker, but the message on forgiveness and our witness stuck with me. He made reference to a pastor who was getting annoyed by the cleaners not getting the starch right in his shirts.  He made them redo the shirts THREE times.  One Sunday evening, when church members were going on visitation, the chairman of the visitation committee handed out a card to the pastor.  Looking at the name, he asked if this man owned a cleaners.  "Yes, he does," was the response.  "Do you know if he has said anything about me," questioned the pastor.  "He says you are very particular about your shirts." This message saved me from losing it at the grocery store yes

September 27 This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature.   He holds everything together by what he says-powerful words! Hebrews 1:3 Moses, our bulldog, sits in front of a mirror in our bedroom every morning and admires himself.  He mirrors confidence and strength.  The bride I was shooting photos of in the picture above mirrored beauty and excitement at the thought of seeing her bridegroom. Hebrews 1:3 is simple, yet a powerful explanation for the existence of Jesus.  God came to earth in the form or a man to portray/mirror for us who He is and give us a living example of his nature.  Jesus was a living example of the attributes of God and he spoke words to mankind which hold "everything together".  Words which exemplify the characteristics we are to take on to be Christ like. When stand in the mirror we can first say: I am fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God with a specific personality and purpose. God loves me

September 26 "Courage in Christ is a gift Christians have to give one another.  It is a boldness of belief bent on bettering others. " Boyd Bailey A forward came across my email, from a woman I have only met once. She had my email from a spiritual growth and prayer  group list.  This was the second time in less than two years she had emailed the same ten year old propaganda email against the Target Corporation. She was encouraging people not to shop there.  The last time I replied, explaining our son was an employee of Target in Minneapolis and the email was not true.  This time I wrote her to share again about the validity of these claims, but more importantly to ask for prayer concerning something very exciting occurring at Target's headquarters.  A couple years ago our son had approached management about the possibility of having corporate Bible studies at headquarters.  What began with  initial responses from about 600 employees has now grown to 12 weekly Bib

These pictures were from the same Christmas Day,  but obviously joyful exuberance was not flowing from every soul. September 25 The molding that takes place amidst the muddle is magnanimous. My husband says we can't appreciate the good times unless we've experienced the bad ones.  If we didn't have Mondays, facing a long week; we wouldn't look forward to Fridays and the onset of the weekend! "Life is a lot" I often say.  A lot of joy and a lot of sorrow. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.   You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,  you will receive what he  has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36 (NIV) Last week, a young, six year, breast cancer survivor rejoiced with her family as her fourth child was born!  Four days later, this family was in mourning as this wife and mama died due to a blood clot. Highs and lows.  Heart breaking. Sunday, we were so excited to visit a new