POETRY IN MOTION

I think, when God created me, He must have thrown in an over abundance of motion, because when I hear music, and singing, like I hear at church, on Sunday morning, and Wednesday night, I simply cannot stand still!
I have tried, and I just can't do it!
This is my worship time with my Lord, when I'm listening to that wonderful music.I'm completely oblivious to anybody around me, except for looking up to my Lord, and an occasional glance at the words.......I'm in another world!
Our orchestra is simply the best!
Our choir is simply the best!
Our "Matt" is simply the best!
Our God whom we worship through this music is awesome!
Matt just keeps coming up with these wonderful songs to praise our Lord, so I can't help but move,folks......
If my moving offends anyone, please forgive me.
I must say that I am glad that I am NOT in the choir, because I could never stay still up there, and then, even if I had a decent voice, it would be a disaster, because you really would have poetry in motion............
Becky

HAND ME DOWNS

Being the last of five children, meant that I didn't get many hand me down clothes.
Mother always made me several new dresses for the school year, for the most part, but with three older brothers,it didn't work too well with hand me downs.....
Mama loved to sew their shirts and I think they all had hand me down palmetto tree shirts..........forever!
Another kind of hand me down, that has held me up, throughout my life, has been the teaching from my Grandmother Bouterse. She and my Mother both had this enduring faith and taught me so much about the Lord, but because I spent so much time, as a young girl, with Grandmother,her hand me downs consisted
of Jesus through and through.....and it was fun too!
Today, this reminds me of Timothy and his grandmother and Mother; Lois and Eunice......
Both of them, raised him in the fear and admonition of the Lord. He was ready when his time came, and boy did it ever! He knew the way to go, and so do we....
What a hand me down he received!
What a hand me down we can give!
The nice thing about this hand me down, is,...... I don't have to match the darts!!!
Becky

DIGITALIS

Grandmother Bouterse had high blood pressure, for as long as I can remember, and she took a medicine called Digitalis,for it.
I remember her always scrunching up her face when she took that little greenish grey pill, and saying that it was "bitter as gall". I always wondered what gall was, and that it must have tasted horrible, for Grandmother to have made a face that looked like that!
In the book of Acts, we're told that gall is a poison of bitterness, or in "bondage of iniquity"......
I guess that would be a pretty bitter pill afterall.
The only other pill,I know,that would be alot more bitter, would be to swallow the fact that we didn't accept Jesus as our Savior.....
Now, that would be a bitter pill to swallow........wouldn't it?
Becky

OH MY FATHER

O my Father, this moment will not come again, in my life. These anxieties, and worries, will never occur again, nor will I be besieged by the hounds of hell, either,my Lord God. Nay, I will not see the pain of adversity, for You have come into my life and laid claim to my soul...... My dwelling place resides within Your heart forevermore,Most Gracious lord and Savior.
You have paid the price for all my unworthiness,Lord, and thus clothed me in Your pristine white garment of Holiness.... To be presented Holy and blameless unto the Living God as His Child.....
I am a child of a King.....Wow!
What a sacrifice!
Becky

BROWNIES

Since I was so sick, as a little girl, my Mother would only allow me to be in Brownies, and not Girl Scouts. If my memory serves me correctly, I think their little song was the following jingle:
"Make new friends, but keep the old,
One is silver, but the other is gold."
I've always liked that little ditty.
I have a treasure chest of friends, that I cherish so very much. I not only have Silver and Gold friends, but I have Bronze,Amethyst;Ruby;Diamond; Pearl friends......
I did say I have a treasure chest of friends, didn't I? Some,like Tara,began as infants;some like Schatzi in elementary school;Lois came from my 6th grade year; Patti & Jeannie were there from first grade too....
Too many to name.....Way too many!
I just love my friends,folks. A female Will Rogers. Just call me Willamina Rogers! :p)
I have gold friends in Aiken......
I have silver friends in Beaufort........
I have a combination of the two, in both places!
They all claim my heart, just as my Lord God knew from the very beginning.
I imagine, that when I die, if they give my heart to someone else, all my friends will have to go along with it!
Becky

FLASH CARDS

I was not the brightest in my class, especially when it came to math! Yukko! Long about 4th grade, Mother saw the need to seek help in finding a tutor for me, with the aid of my best friend, and her helping me by using flash cards with math. I wasn't too keen on the idea, but since it was my best friend,I thought we might get in a good amount of play time, so I agreed!
WRONG! Tara was too commited to her goals.....
Tara equalled work!
Becky was too commited to playing.......
Becky equalled play
These did not necessarilly go together......(all the time)
And we're still best friends after 59 years,folks!
She's a Democrat and I'm a Republican........Go figure!
Anyhoo, I would get so mad, when she wouldn't play when I wanted to, that I would call her mother to come get her and take her home! (If I couldn't do it my way,I just wasn't gonna do it!....No siree!)
Today, this reminds me of the Israelites, and how stubborn they were, in the many ways they turned from God.....
Unfortunately, it also reminds me, that, as a nation, we haven't learned very much......
We are still a stubborn and a stiff necked people....
wanting our own way.......... I know I am!
No matter how many times, God tries to give us His clues;warnings;hints;and signs in His word,we just don't get it because we just want to play! All the signs are around us, but we won't recognize them, because we won't work at it.
Wish I could just call Him up to come pick us up and take us Home,like I did Tara's mother.......
Becky

FOREVER!

"When I fall in love,it will be forever".....
Oh how I loved that song, growing up, and how true it is today......
When you love someone, you want to learn all you can about them. When I first met David,I sent him love letters all the time, just so he could get to know me better.
It makes a big difference, when we know the mind of those we love. In the same way, we need to know the mind of Jesus, by reading His "love letters" to us.....His word is just as alive today, as it was 2000 years ago, and we should read it because we want to, not because we have to!
This same God, has fallen in love with us.....
and it will be forever!
Woo Hoo!
Becky

THE WEDDING FEAST

One of the special times,I had as a young girl, was of going to Orlando, with Mother and Grandmother Bouterse. We always went over to Kress's;Rutland's, and Lerner's, but the highlight of my day, was when we stopped at Morrison's for lunch......
Now, this was not just any Morrison's folks!
This was a most unique cafeteria, because the kitchen was in the middle, and the two serving lines were on both sides of the kitchen!
The waiters who greeted us, were always the same delightful elderly black men, who welcomed us, with their friendly smiles, and who called us by our names.(How they remembered us,I will never know,......but they did!) They wore a shiny badge on their jackets, and were some of the most courteous men I have ever met.
Ofcourse I had to have my fried shrimp;yellow rice; corn muffin, and egg custard.(unless I got the Liver);I would still get this today too!
This remembrance reminds me of the Homecoming in Heaven, to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb!
He will call each of His own, by name, upon arrival.
Woo Hoo!
Just think of the gazillions of people in the Universe whose names He will know.....
........and those who will miss out!
Becky

THE BEN WHITE RACE WAY

For my 13th birthday,my parents took me over to the Ben White Raceway.
No, it wasn't a raceway then! It was a dining facility with a sulky track underneath it! It was a spectacular event to this 13 year old, and it was my first experience with finger bowls! ..Dear me!
Mama tried to warn me, but I wasn't prepared for that little bowl of warm water, with the lemon slice floating around in it....and the little wash rag! As I recall, I had something very greasy, and I think I probably took a bath in the thing that day!!!
I don't know if the horses were trotting,or not, but you better believe, that my fingers got cleaned,folks!
You know, Jesus also took our dirty,smeared up and sinful selves, and dipped us in the bowl of His shed blood.
This wasn't a finger bowl, though.....
It was a soul bowl.......
Becky

When I was in the 4th grade, we had a substitute teacher by the name of Mrs. Pike. In my nine year old mind, it seemed as if she was there way too often, as a substitute, because I really liked the regular teacher,Mrs. Ladson......
Occasionally,Mr. Dandridge would help out, but mostly, it was "her"! She had to take the place of Mrs. Ladson, at least for that day.
You know, Jesus did this for us too, when He substituted Himself upon that cross for all our sins...
Instead of us going.....
Jesus became our substitute!........Yikes!
When He came and did this for us,He didn't ask anything of us, except that we accept Him, and His gift.
Substitute teachers don't get paid much.
We can never re-pay this substitute for what He did for us.
I do think, though, that He would appreciate our prayers of thanks, and our obedience.......don't you?
Becky

ANGELS UNAWARE

When I was a little girl, we lived in a house that overlooked old highway 441,on Lake Dora. There was a train track, that ran alongside of the road, and "many moons ago" the chain gang use to work along this stretch of road. I can remember standing on our sea wall, and doing a song & dance for the chain gang men, when I was about 7 or 8 years old, much to the horror of my mother! I always felt that folks who didn't have much to smile about, needed a smile the most......
(Looking back,I'm sure they must have really been smiling too!)
In my mind, though, this is just what Jesus would have done.....
Well,maybe not the dancing, but He certainly would have stood on that wall, and encouraged them, with His Living word, as an angel unaware!
Becky
**(For you all in the choir: Now you know why I sit in the back of the church,& move when I sing!!!)

For the believer.......
There are no end times!

Only the beginning times!

Becky

KNOWING JESUS

My father always stressed the importance of getting a higher education. It never dawned on me why it was so crucial to Daddy. Not until much later on, did I fully realize why he understood the importance of a higher education.....
Daddy knew Jesus!
Becky

THE BEGINNING

Sears
Where it begins!
Nope!
Think again!
God
He Is the Beginning!

Becky

LOST & FIND

I imagine every single one of us has had the 'ole "Lost and Found" areas, in our classrooms when we were growing up.....
I remember mine was always in the "cloak room". (If you have to ask what a cloak room is, then you are too young!!!)
Anyhoo, we had a myriad of things in our lost and found, such as tennis shoes; marbles; books; skates....etc. Why,I even found my brothers "Steelie" in there, that I thought I had lost!
You know, we even have our very own "lost and found" here on earth,folks.....
We are the "lost sheep", who belong to the "Great Shepherd" above, and He will look until He has "found" us, and then He will take us Home.......
That's one cloak room,I'm glad He found me in!
Becky

HOMETOWN TRADITION

There's a billboard, as I drive into downtown Beaufort, that says:
"Parks:......A Hometown Tradition!"
(I think it's a car dealership)

Wouldn't it say alot about our town, if it said:
"God,.........A Hometown Tradition!"
Becky

HIS NAME WAS JESUS!

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the Kings horses,and all the Kings men,
Couldn't put Humpty back together again!"


We too, had a great fall,
but unlike Humpty Dumpty,
a spotless Lamb put us back together again!

His name was Jesus!
Becky

ORNAMENTAL CHRISTIANS

Here it is, the middle of June, and I am looking at all these dead limbs outside,lying around on the ground!
At this rate,with the heat wave we've been having, there won't be any Christmas trees,come December!
Well, maybe that won't be such a bad idea afterall,Lord.....
Then, we can just take up one of those burned up,barren,and leafless trees.......
(kinda like the one You carried Lord)
And we'll place ourselves on it! Then, we'll become ornamental christians, hanging in our love for You!
Becky

I LOVE THIS MOTTO

I love this motto:


Good Year
"Get There"

Yep! It surely will be a "good year" when we "get there" folks!
Becky

........MY KING

Thank You,My Abba Father, for loving us enough, to sacrifice Your One and Only Son for us, and then to leave behind Your Holy Spirit, as a helper/companion, for us.
You must have loved us so very much, sweet Lord to do this.....
On this,our Father's Day weekend,Lord,I give You thanks and my deepest gratitude for creating these godly men, we call Fathers. Thank You, for instilling in them, the character You knew they would need to prove themselves trustworthy,honest,and upright in Your eyes. I hope and pray, that You,too will have a Happy Father's day above, sweet Lord God Jehova.You deserve so much more than my earthly praises, but it's the best I can do right now......
I love You, sweet Lord, and Mighty King!
May we, as wives, Mothers, sisters, and daughters prove worthy to You too,Lord, as we strive to honor Your sons here on this earth.
Thank You for them.....
Thank You more so,for Your Son, that we had for just awhile on earth, but with whom we will share Eternity forever!
Enjoy Your Father's Day,sweet Lord and My King!
Becky

....O CHRISTIAN TREE

Here it is, the middleof June, and I am watching all these dead limbs lying out in the yard.....
At this rate,with this heat wave we are having, we won't have any Christmas trees come December!
Well, maybe that won't be so bad,afterall,Lord.....
Then, we can just take one of those 'ole burned up,barren, and leafless trees.....kinda like the one You carried,Lord, and we can place ourselves on it!
Then, we will become "Ornamental Christians," hanging in our love for You!
Becky

IN THE LIGHT OF

There's alot going on in the world today,folks......
Alot of questions that we don't have answers for, and may never have.
Are the things we are doing and teaching all that important?
What can we measure it by?
I think I have found a pretty good measuring point.
Seems to me,when you don't know if something is worth it or not, ask yourself this question.....

In the light of eternity, what does it matter?

........Then fill in the blank with the rest of your question and it will really make you think!
Becky

........FHA

In high school,one of my favorite activities, was being a member of the Future Homemakers of America.(FHA)
This was so important to me, that I even held a countywide office during the 60's. I still keep intouch with my teacher, who is getting on up there in age, but you would never know it. She is the epitome of a lovely lady to all with whom she comes in contact!
The FHA slogan, back then,was:
"We are the Future Homemakers of America;
We face the future with warm courage and high hope!"
I have often thought of that motto, when I think of my journey to Christ. He has certainly given this future homemaker His loving and warm courage to go forth every single day! When I do, I know, that whatever it brings, will be filled with His Eternal High hope, and you can't get any better than that!
Becky









Becky

MY BRAIDED RUG

When I was a little girl, and would stay out at my grandmother's trailer, it was often my "heavy" chore,to beat her braided rug outside.
Now, this was no ordinary rug,folks.No,siree!
This was a hand braided rug, where she used all of my Grandaddy's ties from years gone by! It was a deep wine color,for the most part, and I'm telling you, that this thing was HEAVY, when it got clogged with dirt, and dust. It didn't take much,either,to get it all dirty....
I have that old rug too(tucked away, somewhere!)
As Grandmother wove these ties together, into the rug, they would remind her of different times in Grandaddy's life.
It kinda reminds me of the body of Christ today, and how we are woven together in the Lord. Yes, we are all, different,it's true, but when we are hooked and braided together, we can come together quite nicely!
We make a good foundation to stand on,because we are hooked together with God's word.
Now, I don't recommend beating any of the members like I did my rug, but a good daily cleansing of our sinful habits is always good!
Becky

HE SAID SO !

"This is my story
This is my song
Praising my savior
All the day long"
Yep! ...........If I had to give a quick version of my testimony,folks, these verses would sum it up!
I grew up in a wonderful family of 5 siblings, and had a grandmother, who, all the while she was teaching me how to make Guava Jelly;play Dominoes;sew clothes and learn how to embroider, was also teaching me that if I loved God, as much as I said I did, then the only way I could ever be with Him in Heaven, was to believe in His Son,Jesus.Now,Grandmother never lied to me, so it made sense to me.........so I believed her!
"Just like we had to get the impurities out of those Guavas,Becky", she would say,"God let Jesus die on a cross, so He could take away all your impurities, and you would be able to go to God"!
It was that simple! She chose simple words for me,way back when I was just a child!
Needless to say,John 14 became this 'ole girl's scripture foundation, at a very early age.......
If Jesus said in His word, that He was going to prepare a place for me, and that He would come back and get me, and take me Home to be with Him,.......Well, then, HE'S GONNA DO IT!!!
Woo Hoo,and I can't wait!!!
Becky

WHISTLER'S BROTHER

My brother,Jeff, is a big whistler.....
and a pretty good one too!
He can whistle so solid, that he will often solo whistle in the choir,on Sunday, and it sounds like a flute!
Jeff whistle's all the time, and often says,"if you don't use it;you'll lose it"! He knows,that if you don't keep training and exercising those muscles, that you can lose the ability to whistle.......and often times that's just what happens to people who stop whistling!
This same principle holds true, when we are learning scripture.If we don't work at memorizing, and then use it.....over and over, we won't have it, when we need it!
What a pity,to have such a resource at our fingertips, and not take advantage of it......
I'm just glad that I'm "Whistler's Sister"! :p)
Becky

ONE IN THE LORD

David is a member of the Beaufort Search & Rescue Squad, and he really enjoys helping out. They do what they have to, even though it may nopt always be comfortable, and sometrimes they have to adjust how they do things, because of the age of the people they are trying to help.....
When the apostle Paul was first called on to go and spread the word, he had to give it to two different types of people, in two different ways......
He "rescued" the jews with the words of the old testament prophecies, which they would understand, and how the messiah would come through their line....
He had,however,to be a little more "gentle" with the gentiles, because they were unfamiliar with this prophecy. He gave them the same "thoughts", without compromising God's word, and aren't we glad?!
He is so creative to do something like this!
To give Paul the insight, to speak to these people like this, just so they could come to know... "THE WAY
... THE TRUTH &
... THE LIFE"
Becky

RAINY DAYS & MONDAYS

On rainy days,when I was a little girl,I use to go outside, with a host of miniature toys, and build a "flotilla" on the entrance drain to our house, that Daddy built.It always reminded me of a river, so naturally,I had to build a bridge, and then create a damn, to stop the flow of water running through it!
I would,then place a small block of wood at one end, with several of my toys on it, and see how far I could float it down the drain....
Usually, the leaves and sticks, would stop its progress,though.
If the drain were free of leaves,my "ship" would travel fairly well, but if there was too much trash in its path, it wouldn't budge!
I was stuck,until I cleaned it out! I usually had to do this over and over too!
Our christian walk,is kinda like this too.......
We can be sailing along "smoothly" through life, and then, all kinds of trash will come along, and clog up our minds and hearts,making forward progress, completely stop!
God, however, has built a bridge, that has enabled us to get out of this mess. He has cleaned up the water,by giving us "Living Water", through His Son,Jesus, and it's a one time thing!
Clean water, and a bridge to God......
Pretty neat,if you ask me!
Becky

COLOR BLIND

The gospel is color blind!
Becky

RECOGNIZE IT!

You know, when my son first died, I couldn't really see anything particularly "good" coming from it. Most mother's don't.....
However, I did, (and still do), trusted in the Sovereignty of God, and that He knew what He was doing and just walked on........
He knew I was hurting and scripture, tells us that He will take what is meant for evil, (or in my case,"hurt") and will "mean it"for good.
Yes, even the loss of my dear son, and this is how I can see just how He did it!
For some it may be hard to recognize, but if you will stay close to the Father,you will see His fingerprints all over it!
He took this horrendous pain, and allowed me to meet other mothers, who have gone through some pretty rough things themselves, and experienced some rough heartache too.
Nowhere in the world, could I have met such wonderful ladies, under any other circumstances, unless God had orchestrated the whole thing!
See how he does it?To be truthful,I'm not even sure how we all came together, but we did, and I am so veryu grateful that we did. They are a blessing to me today!
He is a compassionate God
Yeah,I know there are some who feel he "took" our boys.I don't feel that way, because God's word tells me otherwise. It says He created them, and they are on His time schedule, to go back Home, just like all of us, who are His children. David is my deposit in Heaven, and personally,I am quite happy, that for once in my life, this mother knows where one son is for sure ........... all the days of his life!
He will take what hurts us and somehow, in someway, mold that hurt, so that something beautiful and sweet will come from it!
We just have to learn to recognize it!
I recognized it, in the names of Ramelle;Leslie;Charlotte,LaVonne;Nellah;Sandy;Sissy;
Addison;Elaine;Nancy;Beth;Mary Jane;Phyllis S.;Jennifer;Liz;Sue;....and more that my brain won't come up with right now.
Love you........Thank you for being the better part of a sad part!
Becky

THE FIREPLACE

One of the things I remember about my home in Mount Dora, when I was growing up, was the big old fireplace,in the living room. It had a really big mirror over it, that Daddy always painted the nativity scene on,at Christmas time. He also had a fire screen that he placed in front of it all during the year! This was to keep the sparks from popping out and catching the rug on fire! (Mama used it as part of her flower decorating accessories, when we weren't using it!)
In the same manner, we often need to place a screen infront of our speech, because, our words can be like those sparks, and pop out, burning those they hit, unless we place this covering over them!
Loose sparks will burn up and destroy a rug, Loose and angry words will tear down a person's character and self esteem. This isn't the way Christ taught us to esteem one another."I think",it had something to do, with "do unto others, as you would have them do unto yourselves"!
It just isn't worth it!
A new rug you can buy!
A new friendship,you can't!
Becky







It just isn't worth it!
A new rug you can buy!
A new friendship, you can't!
Becky

SOLID FRAMEWORK

O let the framework of my home be girded up with the timber and walls of Your Solid Precepts dear Lord....
Fasten Your sturdy molding to fit in all its crevices and allow the radiance of Your Glory to shine throughout every room.May every meal be filled with Your bread of life,O God of Wonder, and when I lay down at night, please cover me with Your blanket of protection and shelter. From the east to the west, and the north to the south,please dwell within my house,sweet Lord, for it is Your Home, all the days of my life.....

THE DWELLING PLACE

When the word became flesh, and dwelt among us.....
Mmmmmm,what a nice place to dwell!
Becky

PLAYGROUND OR BATTLEGROUND

We're not living on a playground,folks!
We're living on a battleground,so be prepared,
With God's word......
Becky

LEFTOVERS

I'm not particularly fond of leftovers, so it doesn't surprise me, that God doesn't care for our leftovers either......
Becky

SECURITY

Charles Schwaab has an ad out,now, that says:
"No matter how much your worth......
Talk to Chuck !"(Charles Schwaab)
That's financial security!

No matter how much we're worth, we can always talk to God,
So wouldn't it please Him for us to invest ourselves in Him?
Now, that's "REAL" Security!
Becky

I DON'T KNOW

I don't know about you,folks......
but I am losing things like crazy! All over the place I am losing stuff....... Seems like, ever since my brain hemorrage,I have gotten really bad about losing my keys;my purse;my receipts; certain recipes.....
Oh, just about anything I need,..............I can't find!
It isn't funny anymore.
Don't know if it's my age,or what, but it's a bummer!
Surely am glad we can't lose our Salvation!
That's a guarantee!
Becky :pD