NEVER CHANGING !

Another interuption from the Holy Spirit, while I was putting on my "face" this morning......Cool!
You know, over the years, all the mathematical procedures I learned in school have changed so much, that I can't keep up with the latest in technologies, but ......
The word of God NEVER changes!
Isn't that refreshing?
Becky

....THE BAD VISITOR.......

Anger is like having unexpected company......
You know it will come, sooner,or later, but you only want it to be a visitor, not a resident!
Becky

CONTACT CEMENT......WITH JESUS!

I just love it when I'm putting on my makeup, and the Holy Spirit stops me, and has me write these things down........... This one is neat folks!!!

You know, I kinda think God wants us to keep our marriages intact, as if we were using "contact (with Jesus) cement", to hold it together!
That way, once it has been put together, it can't be pulled apart, but, knowing,that if broken up, it surely does make a mess!
Becky

THIS BEARS REPEATING

I'm hearing these songs,over and over, and hearing my Grandmother and the little Baptist hymn book as we sang along. It's funny, how, at my age,I can sing almost all of these songs from her Baptist upbringing and all the verses and yet,I went to the Methodist church!
All my scripture was learned at this same lady's small humble trailer.
My,my,my.....It just amazes me,how God would take a little lady with hardly any education and use her in such a mighty way, to instill in her grandaughter a love for the Lord, in such a way......What a purpose she had!
These songs are more than songs to me.....
They are more than memories too!
They are me learning about Jesus! I guess that's why you usually see me smiling when I'm singing. I cannot wait to get to Heaven, and thank her!........
He is my strength,my very present help in time of trouble, and had it not been for this sweet,little lady, telling me when I was a "wee" little girl, all about Jesus,I may never have known.......
Please take the time to tell someone you love about Jesus.
He loves you sooooooooo much!
Becky

........MY TREASURE HUNT.........

When I was a little girl,I had a friend name Schatzi, whose grandmother hosted a treasure hunt at her Lake Joanna home,in Florida.......
I remember getting a little net bag filled with gold-foil wrapped chocolate coins, as a keepsake. I remember thinking what a treasure I had!
It has been 40 years since I have seen this treasure of a friend,but remembering her, reminds me of how wonderful it is to make God our very own dear treasure! In this way, we can cherish Him, as something of sacred value, and truly understand His true worth!
He is our most important treasure, and will not fade, rust, nor have moth corrupt!
Becky

.....THANK YOU VERY MUCH.......

I use to look at myself and wonder "why in the world was I so skinny"? ....(Long time since I thought that!)
Or, "Why wasn't I born with a beautiful face"?
So many "why's"? Why didn't I have these other talents that I thought were so much more important than the ones I had?
One day, God sorta spoke to my heart, and reminded me that He had created me just the way He wanted me!.....So, why was I fussing?!
The talents we are given, are given by God, for these abilities to take birth!.....So, I don't need to fuss,do I?
The new person, being birthed, will manage these talents and abilities very well, thank you very much!
Becky

......NOW,THAT'S TRUST.......

When my parents died,they left some things to me......
not as gifts, but in a trust. They were trusting me to use this mostly when I reached the right age, and to give back to others, as they had given to me.
My life, it seems too, is not a gift, it is also a "trust" from God....
He is trusting me to use it wisely and to give back what He has entrusted to me. Once I look at it this way,or as His trust in me, then I can just "give,and give and give".
Now that's trust!
Becky

..............THE DIARY.................

Do I ever remember telling my mother that she was "NOT" to read my diary, when I was growing up! It was my own personal acount of my life, and I didn't particularly want other people reading all the shenanigans that I had done!
............Isn't it funny though,how God has given us His own personal diary to read, and yet, so many of us won't do it?! I wonder why? You'd think we'd want to learn more about Him and how we can be more like Him......
Guess we're just human,though.....
Becky

.............STAYING FOCUSED..................

I remember, as a little girl, I loved dancing in ballet,(but I wasn't very good),and I loved doing Pirouette's,most of all! I thought they were so graceful(which I wasn't), and because of this,I had to remind myself,to always stay focused on one stationary spot,if I wanted to keep my balance,and stay upright! The minute I took my eyes off of that mark,I would lose my balance and fall!
In the same way, if we want to stay balanced and upright in our daily spiritual walk, we need to stay focused on our Lord and Savior,Jesus Christ!
Focus on Him, and He will get you where you need to be!
Becky

....THE BEST CHARACTER........

What is it, that people see in us, that is different? What is it, about us, that seems to set us aprt? I was always skinny as a little girl(you'd never know it now,I know!), which certainly set me apart, but when we become part of the body of Christ, we are really set apart......
We are different, and we need to act different!
Our character is suppose to be different!
I don't know about you, but the character of a person is pretty high up there on a person's list to me! (I was even given the NHS's "Character" award in high school and it is the most esteemed award to me!)
I think if you could look at a person, and see a reflection of Jesus, then you would have a pretty good character analysis!
Becky

......WOW!.......

Oh,I like this one,folks........

...Don't put a period,where God puts a comma.
Becky

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

"Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You"......
Remember that wonderful song from "South Pacific? (I'm hoping my memory serves me right there!) I think of those words and how wonderful it is when you truly come to know someone that you love......
Just imagine,though, what our Heavenly Father must be telling us to do by....."Getting To Know You", by our spending time in His word, daily........... So nice!
Now, that's really getting to know someone!
Becky

HE IS; WE ARE NOT !

Focus on the Lord, and seek His face.....
He is our spirit of power, and of love and of a sound mind.
He is everywhere we are are......
Allow Him to direct your footsteps and your path.......
When you are in joy and ease,let Him be in that too.......
When you are in pain and sadness,let Him direct that too......
He can do that much better.......
He is able to handle it, when we think it's impossible.......
Above all, pray, and pray first!......
He is God......
We are not.......
Becky

....JUST IMAGINE

This is a chilling thought, and one I hope and pray we NEVER,EVER have to face, but with the way our country is going it wouldn't surprise me one bit...
If satan ruled, and our Lord's Prayer were changed to accomodate him.
................................................................................................................
Our Father...........................Our Adversary....
Who art in Heaven...............Who roams the abyss....
Hallowed be thy name...........Despised is your name
above all names....
Thy Kingdom come................Your kingdom is for hell....
Thy will be done.....................................your will
is of no benefit to the
people.
Forgive us our debts...............you know nothing of
forgiveness......
As we forgive our
debtors..................................those with you, can't
forgive either.....
And lead us not into
temptation............................you are the master tempter...
But deliver us
from evil...............................we will be delivered unto evil.
For thine is the
Kingdom...............................satan" thinks" he is the
kingdom.....(I couldn't say it).
And the power.......................and he will have power.....
And the glory.........................and he will have glory......
Forever.....................................but not forever.....
Amen.................................... (Aren't we glad this isn't
true?.....Amen)
Becky

REVEALING WAYS

Father, when I come across days when I am confused, and not really sure what I'm facing, would You please just surround me with Your never ending Peace and Comfort. You have promised to uphold me with the right hand of Your Righteousness, and are always ready to fight for me, and have never lost a battle yet! Father, please surround those I love with Your hedge of protection, and keep them safe.
I trust in You enough,Oh God, to know that whatever happens in my life,it is part of Your "Master Plan", and in Your will. I lift those I love, up to You,Father, that they may see You, with open eyes, and receive You with an open heart, and respond in kind!
Touch even the most stubborn hearts Lord, so that they will know You,Father. My heart aches, Lord for the many who do not know You, and who You really are. Please touch their hearts Lord, and reveal Your awesome ways of love to them. I ask these things in Your Holy and Omnipotent name,amen.......

..........STRENGTH............

There is strength for those who come in the name of the Lord......
There is power for those who come in the name of the Lord...........
And there is hope for those who have come in the name of the Lord.........
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord........
Oh yes, how I bless His name to have walked with me.
Have you allowed Him to walk with you today?
I have strength to face any new challenge!
I have power to defeat satan through Jesus Christ!
I have hope that Christ will take care of the situation!
I'd say I'm pretty blessed, huh?
Becky

I LOVE YOU

Oh how wonderful, it feels, to sing these praises to You.....
Especially, when I hear,"Hallelujah,You Have Made Me Sing."
.........'cause it truly does make me want to sing,Lord.You are worthy of so much more than what my heart can bring forth to my lips, but I know You understand my intent,Father.
If I pause for even a moment,and think of what You did for me,I am brought to my knees,Lord.You loved me so much, and I am so unworthy.......
Yes, I could sing of Your love forever, Lord......(although, if I were You, I'd rather listen to a more pleasant voice!)
Singing praises to You is kinda like the feeling you get after you eat dark chocolate, or have a nice wark blanket placed on you after surgery, or even a kiss from a child!
It's just nice Lord, and my Mother always told me to tell people nice things about themselves, when I felt like it, so I am !
Becky

FIREWORKS

David and I spent our 4th of July over at Hilton Head, with some friends, on their boat, at Skull Creek. It was such fun, and we met some really neat new friends too!
After we ate, we settled back to watch the barge set off its display of fireworks. They were some of the best I have seen in a long, long time! As I watched the finale',my eyes gazed upwards past all the sparkles going on in the sky, to a glow far outshining any of the fireworks around!
God's beautifully shining moon, had been quietly sitting there, all night long, and honestly.......
It stole the show!
So many times,in life, all the trappings that we buy, to try and improve our lives with, and ourselves with, just can't compete, with something like the real thing, that God has created, now, can it?
Becky

THE GARDEN

As I lie here in bed tonight,I am listening to," The Garden",playing on "The Light".....
You have no idea of the memories that this song brings up from my childhood.......
Of playing out at my Grandmother Bouterse's trailer, and both of us singing this song, at the Community Center, and around the trailer, and then saying John 14 afterwards......
My,my,my, such memories........
"In the rustling grass,I hear Him pass;He speaks to me everywhere"......That's what it feels like, when you stay so in tune with your Heavenly Father, that everywhere, you are,...............He is!
That's my snuggle time, when I'm with Him......
Oh, is this nice tonight! I am so thankful, that God loved me enough, to give me the grandmother He did, and for her to love Him as much as she did....and still does!
Goodness,she's been praising Him in Heaven, for almost 41 years now, and I know she's lovin' every minute of it!
I'll just have to do my praisin' down here, with my "no voice",the best way I can, and enjoy His music on "The Light", and take a walk in The Garden......
Becky.

RUNNING SMOOTHLY

You know, when you buy new equiptment, for around the house, you generally try to take pretty good care of it, don't you? You store it properly;you oil it, and just treat it with respect, so that it will last longer!
In the same way, if we treat ourselves as God's "personal equiptment", and try to take extra good care of what we have been given, it will last alot longer too!
We can oil ourselves with a healthy diet, and store ourselves up with rest, for the correct amount of time, but the most important thing we can do, for our equiptment, is to "fill it up" with a good daily dose of God's word, to make sure we run smoothly!
Becky

NOT SOLD OUT !

This October, my Prime Timers are going on another trip back to Gatlinburg,to hear, and see, Dr. David Jeremiah.
I am so excited to be going to hear and see him speak about our Lord and Savior,Jesus Christ!

Someday,though,my Prime Timers,along with other believers,are going to take another trip too, called,the "Rapture", where we will be able to see and hear our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,.......in person!
Tickets for that trip, aren't sold out, yet, so get yours now!
Becky

HAVE I SAID I LOVE YOU ?

Another of God's cool nuggets today!......
As David and I were driving home from Denny's, I happened to look out the window, as we were going over the Whale Branch bridge, and there was the most amazing cloud formation!
It was a bold white cloud, outlined in charcoal, and highlighted with a halo of white, all around it............. It was glorious folks!
Streams of sunlight radiated out from every crevice of the clouds.....
Tinges of pinks,oranges,and shades of purple, even managed to make an appearance too.
I just love it, when God does this sort of thing! As if He doesn't have enough to do in Heaven, and on this earth of ours......He still delights in "pleasurin" simple folks like me! :p)
Please don't miss these nuggets folks......
They are God's treasure chest......His real treasures to us.This is the way He tells us He loves us, everyday, and it's always different.....
To me, though, He is the real treasure!
Becky

HEEBEEGEEBEES !

Most of you all know I do not like bridges, or more accurately. I should say, I have had a fear of bridges, and heights since I was a "wee" girl!
So, it is not surprising to me, when David drives me to my doctor,in Savannah, that we have to go over this "mammoth" cable suspension bridge (in my eyes), on the north end of the city, and that my heart almost leaps out of my body when we do it!!!
You might as well not talk to me at this time, because I won't answer you,I'm so frozen in fear.......My goodness, I'm doing good to breath!
It's then, that I remind myself......."I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" and He does,each time I go over it!......but Oh, do I get the heebeegeebees, just thinking about it!
Becky

I FEEL BETTER

I don't usually get down, but today I was.....
I called on you, and you prayed for me.......
I let God's peace envelop me.......
I thought about what had happened.......
I thought about what could happen.......
I told satan he would NOT defeat me......
I told him,God had already won the battle, and would take care of things, and for satan to just exit.......
I feel much better!
Becky

CLIMB UP THE SPOUT !

This one was written while I waited for my doctor, today!............

One of my favorite rhymes, as a child, was:
"The eensy weensy spider,
Climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain,
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
And dried up all the rain.
And the eensy weensy spider,
Climbed up the spout again.".....

Just thinking about this, reminded of how, as we climb upward in life, sin always manages to reign down upon us, sliding us backwards, but when the "Son" comes out, He dries up all the sin, making it possible for us to continue climbing on, towards our journey into Eternity!
Becky

..............AND SO IT WAS.........

In the beginning............God!

In the end......................God!

Can't ask for more than that, now, can you?
Becky

...............HE LOVES ME!.....................

This was a really funny concept folks!......

One of my dear friends, said she felt as if God must really love her, because He hadn't allowed her to suffer so many hard times, in her life....
As, she said this,I thought about how truly loved I was by God, for exactly the opposite reason! When He poured out His trials on me,He poured out His Grace,Mercy and Love too! I feel as if He must truly love me, to do this.......Isn't this funny, to be loved in the same way, by the same God, in the same magnitude, and see it from two different perspectives?
Surely, our God is the only one, who could bring the peaceful, and the bumpy road together, in a beautiful and content way.
Becky

....CHOICES.........

You know, when I was growing up,it seemed like everytime I turned around, I was having to make a choice of some kind!....
If I got invited to one birthday party, there was usually another one, I was invited to, on the same day, and I always had to choose between the two!
Ofcourse, there are always those crazy choices....(and so important too), like plain M & M's or Peanut?.... Mounds,or Almond Joys?.......
I mean, they are really important, huh?.....This whole idea of choices can be very serious though......Just about everything we do, is a choice. Think about it. I even had to choose my college, depending on who had the best Physical Education Department, in the south!
We choose our clothes; food;spouses;cars, and with each one of those, we must make a choice of some sort.
We do it, without even thinking......
I hope and pray, that one choice, we all ultimately will make though, is to choose Jesus Christ as our Savior!
That's one choice I don't want to miss out on!
Becky

THE BIRDS

David and I sat on the porch this afternoon, and watched our Painted Buntings fighting off our adorableBluebirds, for first place at the bird feeder......
My,my,my, what a treat for these tired eyes. The male red breast was vibrant, as it flitted back and forth...........Strangely enough, though, watching these birds reminded me of watching my Grandmother Bouterse long ago, when I was a child. She had a Mockingbird, that stayed by the back door of her trailer, and "Petey", as she named him, would even fly over and eat out of her hand! She just had a way with animals, and critters!
Seems to me, that God gave us the animals first, to enjoy on this earth, and I, for one, am enjoying the ones that are down Beaufort way.
Can't you just imagine how glorious it will be in Heaven?
Wonder if Petey will be around?
Becky

......HOLY,HOLY,HOLY......

We cry Holy,Holy,Holy,
Is The Lamb.......
All this, at the feet of Jesus........
Oh what a wonderful feeling.

This is soooooo nice tonight. I could just hug "The Light", right now, for its beautiful music.......

Mmmmm, what a fragrant aroma,my Lord.
You are so worthy and so holy.....
And we cry Holy,Holy,Holy,
Is the lamb....

Becky

.........NEWSPRINT.......

I'm remembering a journey I took, lo these many years ago.....
I was probably about 5 years old, when I would spend the night, at my Grandmother Bouterse's trailer. At night, we had to walk down to the community bath house, in order to take our shower, and Grandmother always made me stand on a piece of newspaper, so I wouldn't get germs on the bottoms of my feet, from the shower drain!
I always thought it was funny, because I may not have gotten any germs, but I surely did have alot of newsprint on the bottoms of my feet!
All these many years later,I like to think, that maybe all of Grandmother's words of love for our Lord, have been imprinted, not only on the "soles" of my feet, but on the "soul" of my mind and heart as well.....
Becky

.....IT'S OKAY GOD !

I don't know why this really surprises me.......
It just does.
I guess I'm just the type of person, who has always been "okay" with what God does. I never felt the need to question Him about anything.
I just never did! I mean, if He, in the very beginning, wanted to create the world, and wanted some people called humans to be in it, for His pleasure,.....surely does seem to me, that He would do things for their good, now, doesn't it?
If He tells me, not to do something, then, there's a pretty good reason why I shouldn't be doing it........but, I don't have to know "why".
I just need to know that somebody cares enough for me, to warn me,"not" to keep doing it..... Nope! I don't think any of us, have to know why God does what He does.....
He's God!
He can do as He pleases!
I wish more people would just trust His judgement for all things that happen. It makes life so much more easier and simpler.
The next time something happens, don't question God......
Just know He is working through this too. It really is a cool way to live folks!
Try it! You'll like it!
Becky

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

Thirty years ago, yesterday, I was eating hamburgers,corn on the cob, baked beans, and mowing the grass!
Now, why in the world, am I remembering this?.......
Because, thirty years ago, today,my second son,arrived into this world!.......All 7and 1/2 pounds of him.
He was cute then, and he's quite handsome now!
He was quite a challenge to the neighbors and the neighborhood children too.....but always loved.
I should have known when he liked playing in the sprinkler, that he'd end up in the Navy!
Now, we don't always see eye to eye, and he always knows just what button to push to make his mom "stand at attention",
but He loves his Mama, and more importantly, He loves the Lord......
We often celebrated his birthday around the 4th, but we never had to buy fireworks with him around, because he was my true "live wire", and we do love him.......
Happy Birthday Son! Your brown sugar rolls will arrive after my "wing" heals........
Love, Mom.
Becky

STUFFING

Have you ever thought about how much "stuff" in our lives, just doesn't make sense? I guess, if I thought about it, there are lots of things in our past, that don't really make alot of sense, but if we just accept God for who He is, and accept His word, we come out okay, everytime!
I mean, who would have thought, that David would have slain Goliath, with a slingshot?!
Or who would have dreamed that Noah would have built a huge boat to exact specifications, because he was told there would be a flood, when there had never been rain from the sky before......Now, get real,folks!
How many of us, would have done that?
How about Abraham having a son at almost 100 years of age? None of this makes sense, does it?
The hardest one to understand though, is how the Son of God, presented himself, as a carpenter's son, and gave himself up on a cross, for you and me, to have eternal life.......
Now, that doesn't make any sense at all, but I am so grateful, that He did!
If you take God at His word, and start with the little things, then you'll find Him in the big things too....
After all, that little grain of mustard seed , can produce a whopping amount of faith!
Becky

TIMES UP

You know, it never ceases to amaze me, how our Heavenly Father, will adjust our lives, in order to coincide our perfect arrival time in Heaven!
I mean, when we are "almost" in a car accident, but God's perfect intervention prevents us from being in that wreck,just by seconds,.... doesn't that just blow your mind? Our lives are on His perfect time clock, and what's so cool, though, is that He does this same thing, for zillions upon zillions of people , every day, at the same mili-second! I can't fathom it!
As a parent, I was well aware of how much time my children spent at a neighbor's house, before they had to come home, but this is something else!
God is so aware of every minute we spend everywhere, all the time, and when He is ready for us to come "Home", He'll simply say...."Times up"
Becky

STRIKE UP THE BAND !

After I finished watching,"Mr Holland's Opus", tonight, for the third time, I thought about how God has touched each of our lives and created in each one of us, a symphony of our own making too!
He is the music.......complete with all the rhythm and beat, but He has chosen to use us, in our lives, as His very own symphony!
We move up.....
We move down......
We extend ourselves in all directions, but we only play out what the Master Conductor has written down. Isn't that neat?
Some of our songs can be joyful, and some can be rather sad, but they always need to be a tribute to "Him".....
Each note, a partial glimpse into our lives, should exemplify a symphony for our Lord......
What a tribute to Him! He sees such potential in us, because He created us that way, so the next time someone says to "strike up the band".....
You can rest assured,our God Almighty, has already done, just that!
Becky

RAINFOREST REVELATION

I was cleaning out some things from out of the bedroom, when I came across this beautiful letter, written to David and me, when we lost our son......
It was written by his niece,Delia, who pictured her view of his new journey,in a beautiful way.May this help some of you, as it has touched me.......
She was making her way through the rainforest, in Montverde,Costa Rica, where she came to a look out point, surrounded by lush green mountains and a vast deep valley, below.
She says she felt so peaceful staring out, and felt David's presence, all around. The wind blew so strongly, and the air was incredibly fresh. Delia said she saw this beautiful black bird, with a wing span, that seemed, almost like an eagle, with wings, that seemed to flicker as he soared through the valley.
The bird pictured freedom to her, and she felt in her heart, that David, was free, from this world, and it's pain, and his new life, would be incredibly pure.
She imagined him like that bird.....soaring, free, with no boundaries.......
This mama knows where her son is, and that all the boundaries of his sins were broken before he left this world.....
What a special tribute from a special niece, who was to soon lose her own brother......
I guess they're both soaring now......
Becky