A Friend

... When I just do not understand, Yet I will believe... got a phone call tonight and a friend of 25 years is in hospital with pancreatic cancer.... She lost her dear husband just August 4th 2007 ... He was a dear sweet friend.... She is a dear sweet friend.... We have prayed her through the last 3 years with this cancer.... We have seen God spare her life time and time again.... She is very ill.. cancer in her lungs and in back in the pancreas........ I think she will soon see the face of Jesus... She and Nelson were faithful friends throughout the years and we have laughed and cried and always there for each other.... they are special.... they were members of the church where my husband and myself were pastors. They were faithful............ When I do not understand yet will I believe............. Pray for Jean.......... she is brave, she is faithful, she is a child of the most high God....................... I may not be blogging for a while... I will sit with her................. Love you all.......

Grandmother Potts: She Taught Me How to Live

.....Today my mind went back to a time in my life so precious that I thought I would share a bit. However in order for the post to not get too lengthy I will write it in two parts....

PART 1...............

......... Grandma Potts... We called her Pottsy in our older years.. she would have switched the back of our legs if we had called her that when we were children. ........ She was a small woman with dark slate eyes that would look at you and you would know that she knew!!!!!!!! She always knew. She was my grandmother on my Moms side. I was able to spend a lot of time with her because of my father being in the Air Force. Mom and us three kids would always go to Ada where grandmother a lived and I can remember those days as though they were yesterday.

... Sadly those days are just about all I remember of my childhood but looking back on it all I think I understand more that I can pen on this blog........ Maybe another day... getting back to grandmother..

... She loved me unconditionally ... she always loved me... She never changed.. she was one of those types of people that you knew what you were getting every time you were in her presence.. She was always the same, and she spoke her mind. I am thinking that is where I got my (clear my throat) attitude.

... She was my friend and more than that she was my mentor. What I know about life I learned from her. She had wisdom that was simple and simply spoken and she never held back that wisdom when I needed it most.

.... At the age of 11 or 12 while living with her in Roff, Oklahoma she decided one morning to teach me to cook......and we fried chicken. .. then the next Saturday morning she thought it was time for me to learn to sew and sew we did (without a pattern) I can tell you now that I can still see that blouse and the material that we cut it from (It was always feed sack material) I think if I go through all the quilt scraps that I have that belonged to her I would find a piece of that blouse. The following Saturday it was time to garden and garden we did and the next Saturday it was crocheting and then and then and then... and so it went the 11th year of my life... Thought that I would be soooooooooooooooo glad to get home... Tired of all that learning!

.... While teaching the simple tools of a woman's life she taught me the hard lessons of life. What a wonderful woman was my grandmother Potts... Ida was her name.

Thank You Deena

That sweet lady over at "Can I Be Pretty In Pink" left me these awards.. What a wonderful thing to wake up to this morning...

Thanks Deena...

Home Again

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... Mom is home again and doing good.. She has to go to Gastroenterologist on Monday and another blood test on Tuesday... they need to find out if her blood is holding..... If not she is loosing it somewhere...... So thanks for the prayers and I will let you know when the rest of the test are finished.....
.. Hubby and I worked on the rent house all day until the hospital called.. so we cleaned up and headed out to pick Mom up and take her home............ Life is fast...... I have to listen close to the voice of the Lord on a daily basis or I get loaded down........... I have had days that I melted down and after I finally get a grip I understand the need for the support of like believers....... It matters not if they be right in your presence or if they be miles away......... it a support group as the world has no idea of......

.........Prayer knows no distance or time... I wonder sometimes how people that do not have the spirit of the Living God dwelling in them survive the trials........ I know for a fact that prayer reached around the world and back again in the twinkle of an eye............

.....We have access to the Holy of Holies and we are invited in to make our petitions made known to the Father...... what an honor we have to speak the name of a friend,father, mother, brother, sister, husband or child, and we have the attention of the Father of all creation.

.....We can speak the name of a friend that we have never ever met or heard their voice, we can speak their name to the Father and even if there is a million ladies by the name of Deena the Father God turns His head toward our friend at "Can I Be Pretty In Pink" . We can speak the name of Denise and that precious lady at Shorty Bears Place has the attention of the maker of the universe......

..........What a privilege and what an awesome responsibility to speak the living word of God to a hurting world.. It will bring peace to a mother in distress, it will bring rest to the weary. It will bring comfort to the broken and healing to the sick...........

.......More and more in my spirit man I am being stirred as to the power of the word of God.. In the book of Isaiah 55: 11 is one of the most powerful verses in the bible for me........... it reads

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.

It shall accomplish that which it was sent to do....... What a powerful gift was given to us......... We can open our bibles, find a verse that applies to any situation of our life or the lives of others.......... We can speak that word and it will not return void...........

What a promise......... what a promise......... soooooooooooo ladies..

Speak Up!!!

Mom in Hospital

Mothers Day 2007

I think she is 19 here. She was beautiful then, she is beautiful now.

... Just say a little prayer for Mom..... we had to take her to ER tonight.. She is has chronic anemia and we have to watch her pretty close........ found out today she is very low on blood and had to go to ER and get her admitted........ We just got home and she is resting fine.. They will give her three pints tonight and if all goes well we will be able to bring her home tomorrow... She is such a dear and never complains about anything... Takes everything in stride........ She is 88 and in pretty good health except for having to keep an eye on that anemia..........

Long day so no post today........ blessings to each of you.............