MY TREASURE

I have looked at all the things I need to straighten up in this house and sometimes I feel so overwhelmed. I look at all my little treasures from Grandmother, and all my children's books. I see all the nic nacs that I just couldn't part with when we left Aiken, and as I watched the folks in Indianna and Kentucky lose everything, I felt completely humbled by my circumstances. The Lord has been so gracious to allow me to stay where I am, and to have what I do have, but He has reminded me that my treasures aren't here on earth, but in Heaven! Yes, I enjoy my fun things, but they are just that.......things! My treasure is the Lord Jesus Christ and He is in Heaven above!
Becky

WITHOUT FAITH

With all these storms and tornadoes going on all over the country today, and watching even small cities being wiped off the map, makes me wonder if the end times aren't truly upon us, folks. Now, I'm not an alarmist, but if I'm reading scripture right and God word's says that at the beginning of the end times, these things will begin to happen and will increase in intensity. Now it doesn't take a nuclear scientist to see that these unusual happenings have been occuring all over the world, with increasing frequency too! If it were me saying it, you could chuckle all day long, but it's God's word, and every single one of God's prophecies have come true since the beginning of time,.....so why would He change now?
I'm banking on God!
One of these days, one of the most spectacular happenings will occur that man has ever seen, and won't be able to explain. The believers will suddenly disappear from the face of the earth and many will suddenly believe in UFO's as the only possible explanation for their removal!....... If they only knew!
If they had bothered to read scripture, they would KNOW, that Jesus will come back and meet His believers in the air, and will catch them up to Heaven above!
A simple explanation that requires faith, and without faith it is impossible to please God!
Now, here's the clencher. These same folks will tell you that they believe in the Christmas story and the virgin birth, and that they believe that Jesus died on a cross for our sins and rose again from the dead after three days. Yet, as hard as that would seem to be for them to believe, that can't imagine that Christ could actually come down from Heaven and meet His saints in the air and catch them up into Heaven. Go figure?
Without faith it is impossible to please God!
Becky

PLAYING WITH FIRE

When we were children, we were told not to play with fire, and now that we are adults, we are told the same thing......
Scripture tells us to choose the way and the truth and the life, which is Jesus Christ, and He will lead us to Heaven, but if we don’t choose this, we will be playing with fire for an eternity and getting badly burned with no relief ever!
Becky

TEARS

I have noticed something about surgeries and the after math of them. They tend to make people a little more vulnerable in their feelings and emotions. I’m not sure why, but maybe it’s the stored up dosage of meds that are given.....
I don’t know. I just know that when I was at therapy today, I was doing my exercises just fine, and smiling and laughing, when all of a sudden, I felt tears come falling from my eyes. There was no reason why, because I wasn’t sad or hurting, so I had to attribute it to the aftermath of my surgery. I was grateful to Jim for understanding and allowing me those tears to come anyway. He said that this was a safe place for them to come for whatever reason they were coming.
I know God stores our tears up in a bottle, but I surely wish He would tell me ahead of time, when He is gonna take the lid off, so I can be ready!
Becky

therapy

Well, it’s back to doing my therapy to scripture, folks and I am loving it!
I have one that I am starting out doing that is my very favorite one. I use a long roll that I place my arms on top of, and as I sit in a chair, I extend my arms up the roll as far as I can, and then back again. As I do this, I bow my head and sing “Majesty; worship His majesty, unto Jesus be all honor and glory and praise. Majesty, Kingdom authority; Jesus who died, now glorified; King of all Kings.” I do this for five minutes and it is too short of a time for me. I love this time singing to my Lord, because I am giving Him praise and thanks for all He has done for me, and no-one bothers me, or makes me stop!(I let it go for six minutes today though, and didn’t tell Jim!)
Isn’t this cool of God to give me a place where I can do my therapy to scripture again?
I just love this God of mine, if you haven’t figured that out by now!
Becky

FEB 25th

I had the most delightful birthday on Saturday.
Cathy and I drove to Applebee’s where we indulged in pancakes for the cause of supporting Regina’s grandson’s bone cancer benefit. I got home just in time to see my daughter Kelly roll in the drive way with my precious little Emery. They managed to stay through lunch and then headed back to Aiken. She had to show Grand Mommy her bright pink cast that she was sporting on her right arm, so we compared slings and casts!
That afternoon, I played Canasta with Bev and Irene and Cathy until about eight, and then came home to open lots of cards and gifts.People have just blessed me so much, and now with me getting Medicare, my hospital surgery was taken care of, and that was a huge blessing!....Woo Hoo!
I start therapy in town tomorrow, so this was a super birthday folks!
You don’t turn thirty nine every day...... and still get Medicare and look this fantabulous at the same time!...... Hahahahaha!
Becky

THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD

When I was growing up, I had three older brothers and a sister who was 13 years older than I was, so when it came to doing things with my Daddy, I was use to behaving like a boy and doing boy activities. Daddy took me everywhere with him on his building jobs and taught me how to pour concrete and what a builder’s walk should measure out to look like. I’ve never forgotten these things either.As I grew older and began to draw and write with more frequency, he shared with me the art of outlining and shading my pictures. Most of my natural talent for drawing comes from my Father.
Kelly grew up with two older brothers, always joining them, in T-Ball, and soccer. She did try T-Ball and church league Basketball for a while, and even with her Daddy as coach of her T-Ball team, she knew that sports was not her ball game. David started at an early age to teach Kelly the importance of Father- Daughter relationship’s by introducing her into the YMCA-s program of Indian Guide’s, by way of the Father Daughter Campout program! Well, ole “Roaring River”( David) and “Sparkling Water”( Kelly) spent many a weekend with other fathers and daughters teaching the importance of getting to know one another. She has never forgotten it either! As she grew into her teen years, he took the time to show her how to change the oil in her car, and how to care for her self, if need be. He taught her so many wonderful lessons, that only a Daddy can teach a daughter!
Actually, lessons that only a Heavenly Father can teach all His children, if we will just listen~~~~
Because, this is my Father's world!
Becky