I was going to write about being 'called' for JURY DUTY, again--I served back in June of 1996. BUT, since I didN'T even GET PICKED to serve--at the 'Voir dere'--on Monday & not sure WHY, even--INSTEAD I've decided to pass on something REALLY GOOD that 'happened' in our 5th Grade Bible Class at church this past Sunday.
Our lesson was on The 10 Commandments, Exodus 20 & since we have quite a few really SMART students in our 20 or so who come every week, I'm repeatedly AMAZED by some of their questions. Well, when we got down to # 6--"You shall NOT murder"--I didn't figure there would be much discussion on this one--pretty clear cut, right??!!!!!--Well, I WAS SURPRISED--because one girl brought up SUICIDE!!!!!!!!!
And, as we discussed THAT subject further, NONE of them had ever even had it CROSS THEIR MINDS, YET--thank goodness--but, as we discussed it, I found a RARE & GOOD OPPORTUNITY to help them, later in their lives IF it EVER did 'come up'--I had them ALL raise their right hands & 'PROMISE', YES, PROMISE, OUT LOUD, that IF/when suicide EVER DID cross their minds, that they would TALK WITH SOMEONE--and, it didn't have to be their parents.
I went on to explain that IF these thoughts were in their minds, they were NOT THINKING 'RIGHT' & that's WHY it would be so URGENT that they TALK WITH SOMEONE ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! These kids are 10 & 11 years old, so besides being SO GLAD that NONE of them had thought about suicide, YET; I felt REALLY GOOD about--MAYBE/HOPEFULLY--heading off ANY FUTURE problems that they MIGHT have with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is 'one of those times/things' that just 'HAPPENED'--I had NOT planned this, at all, and just 'went with things' as they FLOWED from the students' questions--so, because of that, I feel like/THINK that THIS WAS A 'GOD-THING'--FROM GOD/HIS SPIRIT--that we even talked about it & that I thought to get them to SAY they would ASK for help!!!!!!!
You may think this was TOO SOON--5th Grade--but, I HAVE heard of kids in as low as 3rd Grade having these thoughts. And, can you just IMAGINE how LOST an 8-year-old FEELS if/when that happens to them??!!!!!!!!!
And, as I've ALWAYS thought/felt--the SOONER the better--when talking to ALL our kids about LIFE & the things they MAY end up facing in THEIRS!!!!!!!!!!!!! We NEED to ARM them with INFORMATION before they NEED it, so they will HAVE it WHEN they NEED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR at least TELL them WHERE they can FIND it!!!!!
This was VERY ENCOURAGING to me, so I thought it would be a GOOD THING to PASS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you all are doing/feelng well. We're doing great--I'm FINALLY WELL--I'm pretty sure--almost 'afraid' to SAY it--ha!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RoRo
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
WE'VE GOT A NEW GRANDBABY!!!!!!!!!!!!
His name is ANDREW THOMAS--and, we're calling him, DREW--he is SO VERY CUTE--was 'only' 6 lbs. 15 oz., but 19 3/4 inches & was born on Friday, March 28th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mom & Dad & BIG brother are all doing well--and, so are we--he is our 4th GRANDbaby & they just get BETTER & BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Having had 2 boys, this DOUBLES our own 'count'!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a 'God-thing', huh??!!!!!!!
Besides BRAGGING, like a GRANDMother is SUPPOSED to do--I wanted to pass along what I THOUGHT when I heard the other day that the World WRESTLING Association was inducting folks into THEIR 'HALL OF FAME'--It's GOT TO BE NEAR the "END OF TIME"--don't you think????!!!!!!!!! Their WHOLE THING is based on something 'FAKE'--even they admit that!!!! I DO--THIS has GOT TO BE A 'SIGN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, hope all of you 'out there' reading this have your SOULS in 'good shape'/WHERE you WANT them to be--ALL OBEDIENT & LOVING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our lives ARE 'but a VAPOR' just like the Bible says, anyway, so one way or the other, NONE of us has very long LEFT here on this Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH, also, I just HAD to write about HOW VERY PROUD we are of OUR KANSAS JAYHAWKS!!!!
I KNOW, it's JUST a GAME, but 'we' are PLAYING in the FINAL GAME of the YEAR tonight & HAVE a chance to be THE ONLY TEAM who ends this year of College Basketball WITH A WIN--everyone else loses their last game--makes WINNING THIS ONE even BIGGER, huh??!!!!!!!!!
We have a BUNCH of GREAT guys & SUPER athletes on this team, who have been through LOTS of trials, already, in their YOUNG lives--Darnell Jackson, alone has lost 3 of his family members in the last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!--that's WHY he 'beats' his chest 3 times after he makes a free throw or a GREAT shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, they're ALL really 'GOOD GUYS'--as is OUR COACH--BILL SELF--who's never BEEN to the Final Four, BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And, the BIGGEST difference with THIS team is that they've PLAYED 'AS A TEAM' this whole year--that's why NONE of them even 'made' the All-Conference Team--no ONE of them has made the MOST points or rebounds every game--they TOTALLY have 'SHARED THE BALL'!!! So, forget about ANY of them 'MAKING' the "All-American" Team, which 4 or 5 of them COULD HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, even IF they don't win tonight--WHICH I HOPE THEY DO--they have had a SUPER YEAR & CAREER, the ones that will be going on to the NBA--probably 4 or 5 of them--after this year & I'm sure they have made LOTS of GREAT MEMORIES & FRIENDS along the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"ROCK CHALK, JAYHAWKS, GO KU"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU ALL, RoRo
Mom & Dad & BIG brother are all doing well--and, so are we--he is our 4th GRANDbaby & they just get BETTER & BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Having had 2 boys, this DOUBLES our own 'count'!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a 'God-thing', huh??!!!!!!!
Besides BRAGGING, like a GRANDMother is SUPPOSED to do--I wanted to pass along what I THOUGHT when I heard the other day that the World WRESTLING Association was inducting folks into THEIR 'HALL OF FAME'--It's GOT TO BE NEAR the "END OF TIME"--don't you think????!!!!!!!!! Their WHOLE THING is based on something 'FAKE'--even they admit that!!!! I DO--THIS has GOT TO BE A 'SIGN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, hope all of you 'out there' reading this have your SOULS in 'good shape'/WHERE you WANT them to be--ALL OBEDIENT & LOVING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our lives ARE 'but a VAPOR' just like the Bible says, anyway, so one way or the other, NONE of us has very long LEFT here on this Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH, also, I just HAD to write about HOW VERY PROUD we are of OUR KANSAS JAYHAWKS!!!!
I KNOW, it's JUST a GAME, but 'we' are PLAYING in the FINAL GAME of the YEAR tonight & HAVE a chance to be THE ONLY TEAM who ends this year of College Basketball WITH A WIN--everyone else loses their last game--makes WINNING THIS ONE even BIGGER, huh??!!!!!!!!!
We have a BUNCH of GREAT guys & SUPER athletes on this team, who have been through LOTS of trials, already, in their YOUNG lives--Darnell Jackson, alone has lost 3 of his family members in the last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!--that's WHY he 'beats' his chest 3 times after he makes a free throw or a GREAT shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, they're ALL really 'GOOD GUYS'--as is OUR COACH--BILL SELF--who's never BEEN to the Final Four, BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And, the BIGGEST difference with THIS team is that they've PLAYED 'AS A TEAM' this whole year--that's why NONE of them even 'made' the All-Conference Team--no ONE of them has made the MOST points or rebounds every game--they TOTALLY have 'SHARED THE BALL'!!! So, forget about ANY of them 'MAKING' the "All-American" Team, which 4 or 5 of them COULD HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, even IF they don't win tonight--WHICH I HOPE THEY DO--they have had a SUPER YEAR & CAREER, the ones that will be going on to the NBA--probably 4 or 5 of them--after this year & I'm sure they have made LOTS of GREAT MEMORIES & FRIENDS along the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"ROCK CHALK, JAYHAWKS, GO KU"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU ALL, RoRo
Friday, March 7, 2008
OK--SPORTS FANS--I'VE GOT A NEW POST--ON LIFE!!!!!
I've been thinking about THIS one for a LONG time, now & gonna kinda 'do' 3 together!!!!! Hope it's not too long & whoever reads this can UNDERSTAND it--ha!!!!!
I have been thinking about HOW FRAGILE our LIVES here on Earth ARE!!!!! Oh, yeah, some folks seem to be able to DRINK so much ALCOHOL & DO so many DRUGS that you WONDER how their livers & kidneys & brains & hearts are STILL WORKING--but, really our lives are LIKE a THIN FISHING LINE that is STRUNG through this World & at times, it SEEMS like it doesn't 'take' much AT ALL to BREAK/END them!!!!!!!!!
And, at best, the average age men die at is 72 and it's 79 for the women--that's STILL NOT LONG in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it????? Our lives ARE 'but a vapor' that 'appears for a little while & then, IT'S GONE'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR LIVES--THE ONLY ONE WE GET HERE?????!!!!!!!!! And, I'm NOT talking about your 'job' or 'career'--I'm talking about WHAT ARE YOU DOING with the part OF YOU that's GOING TO LIVE FOREVER?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have YOU figured out WHAT we're HERE FOR? If not, I'll give you some Bible verses to help you out, there:
Colossians 1:16--"ALL things were created BY GOD & FOR GOD" & Isaiah 43:7--"whom I created FOR MY GLORY"--that's it folks--SIMPLE, but NOT EASY--we were CREATED TO WORSHIP GOD/GIVE HIM 'ALL THE GLORY', because HE DESERVES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, is going to get it, whether we decide to do that or not!!!!!!!!
And, ALL the SAVED are GOING to DO JUST THAT ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, even IF you knew that ALREADY--JUST HOW are we SUPPOSED TO DO THAT????? I LOVE The Message's version of Romans 12:1--"Take your EVERYDAY, ORDINARY LIFE--your sleeping, eating, going-t0-work, and walking-around life--and, PLACE IT BEFORE GOD AS AN OFFERING." Every ONE of us CAN DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, say you NEED HELP!!!!! Most of us do, at least at some times or another, in our lives. Just because SOMEONE SAYS they can HELP YOU--does that mean they WILL or CAN????? NOPE! It's NOT that simple!!!!!
LOTS of folks will TRY to HELP you, and MANY of them will TRY to 'lead you astray'/OFF THE RIGHT PATH & many others will have a 'good heart' & THINK they may help you, BUT, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"WHO CAN WE GO TO, BUT TO THE LORD"?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Living below in this old sinful world Hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptations call Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord Neighbors are fun I love a_?em everyone We get along in sweet accord But when I pass the chilling hand of death Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord Life here is grand with friends I love so well Comfort I get from God's own Word But when my soul needs manna from above Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord"
The word 'but' is left out, but that's HOW I REMEMBER this 'old hymn'--"WHERE COULD I GO, BUT TO THE LORD?" And, it's SO VERY TRUE--we all MAY have had parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, teachers, preachers, friends and even 'good' Christians friends and family--BUT, REALLY, WHO CAN WE GO TO who is ALWAYS THERE & ALWAYS WILLING & PREPARED TO HELP US--with JUST WHAT WE NEED????? NO ONE BUT OUR AWESOME & MERCIFUL GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just realized in the last month or so, that I am (finally) 'at' a PLACE in my life where I am 'TRULY CONTENT'--MORE THAN EVER in my life & it's a VERY GOOD 'place' TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO 'at peace' with my life--OH, I'M NOT PERFECT, YET--won't be UNTIL I REACH MY FINAL GOAL OF HEAVEN--but, I am so VERY HAPPY--surely 'you' don't have to be '55' to get there, like me--SO, I WISH YOU ALL will 'FIND THIS PLACE' in your lives & GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH LOVE, R0Ro/MamaRose
I have been thinking about HOW FRAGILE our LIVES here on Earth ARE!!!!! Oh, yeah, some folks seem to be able to DRINK so much ALCOHOL & DO so many DRUGS that you WONDER how their livers & kidneys & brains & hearts are STILL WORKING--but, really our lives are LIKE a THIN FISHING LINE that is STRUNG through this World & at times, it SEEMS like it doesn't 'take' much AT ALL to BREAK/END them!!!!!!!!!
And, at best, the average age men die at is 72 and it's 79 for the women--that's STILL NOT LONG in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it????? Our lives ARE 'but a vapor' that 'appears for a little while & then, IT'S GONE'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR LIVES--THE ONLY ONE WE GET HERE?????!!!!!!!!! And, I'm NOT talking about your 'job' or 'career'--I'm talking about WHAT ARE YOU DOING with the part OF YOU that's GOING TO LIVE FOREVER?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have YOU figured out WHAT we're HERE FOR? If not, I'll give you some Bible verses to help you out, there:
Colossians 1:16--"ALL things were created BY GOD & FOR GOD" & Isaiah 43:7--"whom I created FOR MY GLORY"--that's it folks--SIMPLE, but NOT EASY--we were CREATED TO WORSHIP GOD/GIVE HIM 'ALL THE GLORY', because HE DESERVES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, is going to get it, whether we decide to do that or not!!!!!!!!
And, ALL the SAVED are GOING to DO JUST THAT ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, even IF you knew that ALREADY--JUST HOW are we SUPPOSED TO DO THAT????? I LOVE The Message's version of Romans 12:1--"Take your EVERYDAY, ORDINARY LIFE--your sleeping, eating, going-t0-work, and walking-around life--and, PLACE IT BEFORE GOD AS AN OFFERING." Every ONE of us CAN DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, say you NEED HELP!!!!! Most of us do, at least at some times or another, in our lives. Just because SOMEONE SAYS they can HELP YOU--does that mean they WILL or CAN????? NOPE! It's NOT that simple!!!!!
LOTS of folks will TRY to HELP you, and MANY of them will TRY to 'lead you astray'/OFF THE RIGHT PATH & many others will have a 'good heart' & THINK they may help you, BUT, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"WHO CAN WE GO TO, BUT TO THE LORD"?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Living below in this old sinful world Hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptations call Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord Neighbors are fun I love a_?em everyone We get along in sweet accord But when I pass the chilling hand of death Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord Life here is grand with friends I love so well Comfort I get from God's own Word But when my soul needs manna from above Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord"
The word 'but' is left out, but that's HOW I REMEMBER this 'old hymn'--"WHERE COULD I GO, BUT TO THE LORD?" And, it's SO VERY TRUE--we all MAY have had parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, teachers, preachers, friends and even 'good' Christians friends and family--BUT, REALLY, WHO CAN WE GO TO who is ALWAYS THERE & ALWAYS WILLING & PREPARED TO HELP US--with JUST WHAT WE NEED????? NO ONE BUT OUR AWESOME & MERCIFUL GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just realized in the last month or so, that I am (finally) 'at' a PLACE in my life where I am 'TRULY CONTENT'--MORE THAN EVER in my life & it's a VERY GOOD 'place' TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO 'at peace' with my life--OH, I'M NOT PERFECT, YET--won't be UNTIL I REACH MY FINAL GOAL OF HEAVEN--but, I am so VERY HAPPY--surely 'you' don't have to be '55' to get there, like me--SO, I WISH YOU ALL will 'FIND THIS PLACE' in your lives & GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH LOVE, R0Ro/MamaRose
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
IT MATTERS 'WHO' SAYS SOMETHING!!!!!
I have been thinking about 'this one' for over a month or more & it's kinda short, but STILL VERY IMPORTANT, I think:
"IT MATTERS WHO SAYS SOMETHING"--I re-discovered this at Tony Gonzalez's Charity Dinner & Auction about 6 weeks ago. He & ALL the other CHIEFS players who were there were VERY NICE to all of us 'fans' & were making PICTURES with ALL OF US with NO FUSS!!!!!!!!
They just weren't giving out ANY autographs, which is no big deal to me--I'd MUCH RATHER have a PICTURE made WITH THEM!!!!!!!!! In fact, Donnie Edwards--MY FAVORITE PLAYER--made OUR picture HIMSELF--because his arms are PLENTY long enough!!!!!!!!! And, I got to VISIT with him for over 10 minutes TWO different times that night!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think he MIGHT even REMEMBER me, now!!!!!!!!! MEETING HIM MADE MY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LJ--Larry Johnson, our GREAT Running Back, was also there & I got a picture with him--I had met him before, but not had a picture made with him--he even had on a colorful tie & I told him his Mother WOULD BE PROUD of how he looked/was dressed!!!!! He's EXTRA SHY!!!!!!!!--I think, now, THAT'S WHY he doesn't talk with reporters most of the time!!!!!!!!!
Of course, I also had my picture made with Tony G & Wanda, from Larry's work--Tony is HER favorite player!!!!!!!!! Will Shields came in later, but wasn't quite as friendly that night--our Team was 0 - 2 at that time. THEN, as we were eating in the BIG Ball room, JARED ALLEN came in & I went back & had my picture made with him, ALSO--he's a GIANT & SO NICE!!!!!!!!!--AND SOBER, which is GREAT for him!!!!!!!!!--should HELP keep him OUT of 'trouble'!!!!!
Anyway, when we were all still standing out in the hallway & about halfway through ALL the picture taking, a smallish man came up to me & said: "They've asked that YOU don't make ANY MORE pictures"--well, since folks were STILL making pictures, I didn't pay ANY attention to him & made some more, just of Tony STANDING THERE, by himself--AND, the man CAME UP TO ME--no one else that I ever saw--and SAID THE SAME THING, AGAIN--THAT TIME I asked him: "JUST WHO ARE YOU?" And, he said he was WITH the Charity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, obviously, my POINT IS THIS: IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HE WAS SAYING, BECAUSE HE HAD NO AUTHORITY OVER ANYONE/ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, I was not getting in ANYONE'S WAY--I never did figure out WHY he ONLY approached me with that statement!!!!!
BUT, AS WE ALSO ALL KNOW--IT TOTALLY MATTERS WHAT GOD SAID/SAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, as I learned, AGAIN, that night--IT MATTER "WHO" is SAYING "WHAT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That small man was TRYING to assert his authority over me, but ONLY GOD HAS AUTHORITY OVER ME--AND ALL OF US, FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a VERY GOOD 'thing' to be REMINDED OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't been able to get this night/happening out of my mine, so I just HAD to pass it on!!!!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL, MamaRose
"IT MATTERS WHO SAYS SOMETHING"--I re-discovered this at Tony Gonzalez's Charity Dinner & Auction about 6 weeks ago. He & ALL the other CHIEFS players who were there were VERY NICE to all of us 'fans' & were making PICTURES with ALL OF US with NO FUSS!!!!!!!!
They just weren't giving out ANY autographs, which is no big deal to me--I'd MUCH RATHER have a PICTURE made WITH THEM!!!!!!!!! In fact, Donnie Edwards--MY FAVORITE PLAYER--made OUR picture HIMSELF--because his arms are PLENTY long enough!!!!!!!!! And, I got to VISIT with him for over 10 minutes TWO different times that night!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think he MIGHT even REMEMBER me, now!!!!!!!!! MEETING HIM MADE MY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LJ--Larry Johnson, our GREAT Running Back, was also there & I got a picture with him--I had met him before, but not had a picture made with him--he even had on a colorful tie & I told him his Mother WOULD BE PROUD of how he looked/was dressed!!!!! He's EXTRA SHY!!!!!!!!--I think, now, THAT'S WHY he doesn't talk with reporters most of the time!!!!!!!!!
Of course, I also had my picture made with Tony G & Wanda, from Larry's work--Tony is HER favorite player!!!!!!!!! Will Shields came in later, but wasn't quite as friendly that night--our Team was 0 - 2 at that time. THEN, as we were eating in the BIG Ball room, JARED ALLEN came in & I went back & had my picture made with him, ALSO--he's a GIANT & SO NICE!!!!!!!!!--AND SOBER, which is GREAT for him!!!!!!!!!--should HELP keep him OUT of 'trouble'!!!!!
Anyway, when we were all still standing out in the hallway & about halfway through ALL the picture taking, a smallish man came up to me & said: "They've asked that YOU don't make ANY MORE pictures"--well, since folks were STILL making pictures, I didn't pay ANY attention to him & made some more, just of Tony STANDING THERE, by himself--AND, the man CAME UP TO ME--no one else that I ever saw--and SAID THE SAME THING, AGAIN--THAT TIME I asked him: "JUST WHO ARE YOU?" And, he said he was WITH the Charity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, obviously, my POINT IS THIS: IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HE WAS SAYING, BECAUSE HE HAD NO AUTHORITY OVER ANYONE/ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, I was not getting in ANYONE'S WAY--I never did figure out WHY he ONLY approached me with that statement!!!!!
BUT, AS WE ALSO ALL KNOW--IT TOTALLY MATTERS WHAT GOD SAID/SAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, as I learned, AGAIN, that night--IT MATTER "WHO" is SAYING "WHAT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That small man was TRYING to assert his authority over me, but ONLY GOD HAS AUTHORITY OVER ME--AND ALL OF US, FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a VERY GOOD 'thing' to be REMINDED OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't been able to get this night/happening out of my mine, so I just HAD to pass it on!!!!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL, MamaRose
Thursday, October 4, 2007
DEBORAH NORVILLE BEAT ME 'TO IT'!!!!!!!!!!
She's got a NEW BOOK just 'out' entitled 'THANK YOU POWER' that talks about HOW MUCH HAPPIER you will/can be WHEN you are MORE grateful/THANKFUL!!!!!!!!!
She did/does have a lot of 'Scientific' stuff/FACTS in there--that I didn't/wouldn't have access to, yet, but THE IDEA was the SAME as my LAST BLOG--we are/will be HAPPIER the more THANKFUL/GRATEFUL TO GOD we are for ALL OUR BLESSINGS!!!!!!!!!
How about that????!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was just on "Hannity & Colmes" (sp?)--Alan, anyway, saying that we ALL need to be MORE Thankful/Grateful for the 'LITTLE things' in our lives & I TOTALLY AGREE with her!!!!!!!!!!! In fact, if we're not TRYING to be AWARE of them, they'll just PASS US BY & we won't even RECOGNIZE/ACKNOWLEDGE them that they are/WERE EVEN IN OUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I'm looking forward to buying & reading her book & gaining even MORE knowledge about it all!!!!!!!!! And, you just might WANT TO, TOO--that's WHY I wrote THIS blog!!!!!!!!
Last weekend most of our family met in Branson, MO, for a 'BD BASH WEEKEND' for ME--I'll be '55' on the 9th, next Tuesday, and my parents 'hosted' us ALL--9 adults & 3 children--at their Time Share there. We had a WONDERFUL TIME visiting & catching up & now, THIS WEEKEND, our youngest son, Matt & his GREAT Wife, AJ, and their FANTASTIC son, Adam, are coming HERE to visit & go to the Chiefs/Jacksonville Game on Sunday with us--So, I've got ANOTHER SUPER WEEKEND ahead of me & am ALREADY VERY THANKFUL & GRATEFUL for it/them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, GOD, for my GREAT LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, for ALL OUR HEALTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MamaRose
She did/does have a lot of 'Scientific' stuff/FACTS in there--that I didn't/wouldn't have access to, yet, but THE IDEA was the SAME as my LAST BLOG--we are/will be HAPPIER the more THANKFUL/GRATEFUL TO GOD we are for ALL OUR BLESSINGS!!!!!!!!!
How about that????!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was just on "Hannity & Colmes" (sp?)--Alan, anyway, saying that we ALL need to be MORE Thankful/Grateful for the 'LITTLE things' in our lives & I TOTALLY AGREE with her!!!!!!!!!!! In fact, if we're not TRYING to be AWARE of them, they'll just PASS US BY & we won't even RECOGNIZE/ACKNOWLEDGE them that they are/WERE EVEN IN OUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I'm looking forward to buying & reading her book & gaining even MORE knowledge about it all!!!!!!!!! And, you just might WANT TO, TOO--that's WHY I wrote THIS blog!!!!!!!!
Last weekend most of our family met in Branson, MO, for a 'BD BASH WEEKEND' for ME--I'll be '55' on the 9th, next Tuesday, and my parents 'hosted' us ALL--9 adults & 3 children--at their Time Share there. We had a WONDERFUL TIME visiting & catching up & now, THIS WEEKEND, our youngest son, Matt & his GREAT Wife, AJ, and their FANTASTIC son, Adam, are coming HERE to visit & go to the Chiefs/Jacksonville Game on Sunday with us--So, I've got ANOTHER SUPER WEEKEND ahead of me & am ALREADY VERY THANKFUL & GRATEFUL for it/them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, GOD, for my GREAT LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, for ALL OUR HEALTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MamaRose
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
"THANK YOU, GOD" FOR CABO!!!!!
Well, I'm BACK--sorry for not blogging for so long--but, part of my reason is that we've been "OUT OF THE COUNTRY"--we spent a week with our best friends in Cabo San Lucas, MEXICO!!!
This was the closest COLOR I could pick that matched the water/Ocean/SEA OF CORTEX, there.
And, it was WONDERFUL--so far, MY ALL-TIME BEST VACATION--so, I would definitely recommend it to ANYONE!!! Larry thought things/food were too expensive, but the most expensive things were at the CostCo Store, there--go figure??!!!!! A flat of water was like $33!!!!
Besides the GORGEOUS SCENERY--our Condo/balcony was RIGHT ACROSS from the rocks that form the 'El Arco' that's the FAMOUS ARCH at the VERY end of the pennisula, there, and you CAN'T drive to it--you can ONLY get to it by boat or jet ski!!!
So, we got our closest to it on a SUNSET Dinner Cruise that was just FANTASTIC--with great food & entertainment--singing & dancing--2 different Mexican couples who were GREAT!!!!!
And, then we got CLOSE-UPs of the ARCH!!!!! SO VERY NEAT!!!!
Every day & LOTS of times DURING every day we were there I THANKED GOD for letting me be able to visit such a WONDERFUL CREATION of HIS & then, as folks waited on us & we took taxis to & from our GREAT HOTEL--Villa Del Palmar--I always THANKED those guys, so I found myself THANKING someone LOTS of times EVERY DAY & now that I'm back home.......
I've been thinking about that & WONDERING if in DOING THAT is PART of what made that vacation SO SUPER!!!!!!!!! Have you read the article on 'BEING GRATEFUL' in the most recent 'Reader's Digest'? It's titled--"How the New Science of THANK YOU Can CHANGE YOUR LIFE"--and, then on the front it's 'under' "The MOST IMPORTANT WORDS YOU'LL SAY TODAY"!!!!!
The BEST part of the article, I thought, was where it listed ALL the THINGS being GRATEFUL will do FOR YOU--You'll FEEL BETTER, be MORE OPTIMISTIC, be MORE ENERGETIC, be MORE DETERMINED, be MORE INTERESTED, be MORE JOYFUL, will exercise MORE & have FEWER ILLNESSES!!!!!!!!!
So, besides sin & EVIL being in our world, maybe the ones of us who are TRYING to be 'GOOD' SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER TO BE MORE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything we have/will have/have had COMES FROM OUR GOD--even the air we breathe!!!!!!!!!
So, my challenge to you, TODAY, is to consciously REMEMBER to be MORE THANKFUL EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!! It will MAKE YOUR LIFE HAPPIER--whether you're in CABO or not!!!!!!!!!
And, I would LOVE to hear back from you, after you've done this, to see just HOW it CHANGES YOUR LIFE--for the BETTER!!!!! MUCH LOVE, MamaRose
This was the closest COLOR I could pick that matched the water/Ocean/SEA OF CORTEX, there.
And, it was WONDERFUL--so far, MY ALL-TIME BEST VACATION--so, I would definitely recommend it to ANYONE!!! Larry thought things/food were too expensive, but the most expensive things were at the CostCo Store, there--go figure??!!!!! A flat of water was like $33!!!!
Besides the GORGEOUS SCENERY--our Condo/balcony was RIGHT ACROSS from the rocks that form the 'El Arco' that's the FAMOUS ARCH at the VERY end of the pennisula, there, and you CAN'T drive to it--you can ONLY get to it by boat or jet ski!!!
So, we got our closest to it on a SUNSET Dinner Cruise that was just FANTASTIC--with great food & entertainment--singing & dancing--2 different Mexican couples who were GREAT!!!!!
And, then we got CLOSE-UPs of the ARCH!!!!! SO VERY NEAT!!!!
Every day & LOTS of times DURING every day we were there I THANKED GOD for letting me be able to visit such a WONDERFUL CREATION of HIS & then, as folks waited on us & we took taxis to & from our GREAT HOTEL--Villa Del Palmar--I always THANKED those guys, so I found myself THANKING someone LOTS of times EVERY DAY & now that I'm back home.......
I've been thinking about that & WONDERING if in DOING THAT is PART of what made that vacation SO SUPER!!!!!!!!! Have you read the article on 'BEING GRATEFUL' in the most recent 'Reader's Digest'? It's titled--"How the New Science of THANK YOU Can CHANGE YOUR LIFE"--and, then on the front it's 'under' "The MOST IMPORTANT WORDS YOU'LL SAY TODAY"!!!!!
The BEST part of the article, I thought, was where it listed ALL the THINGS being GRATEFUL will do FOR YOU--You'll FEEL BETTER, be MORE OPTIMISTIC, be MORE ENERGETIC, be MORE DETERMINED, be MORE INTERESTED, be MORE JOYFUL, will exercise MORE & have FEWER ILLNESSES!!!!!!!!!
So, besides sin & EVIL being in our world, maybe the ones of us who are TRYING to be 'GOOD' SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER TO BE MORE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything we have/will have/have had COMES FROM OUR GOD--even the air we breathe!!!!!!!!!
So, my challenge to you, TODAY, is to consciously REMEMBER to be MORE THANKFUL EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!! It will MAKE YOUR LIFE HAPPIER--whether you're in CABO or not!!!!!!!!!
And, I would LOVE to hear back from you, after you've done this, to see just HOW it CHANGES YOUR LIFE--for the BETTER!!!!! MUCH LOVE, MamaRose
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