Christmas is over and a New Year will be upon us very soon. I was so very thankful this Christmas, presents were not an option because I had already been given the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ. Through that gift have come other gifts I could never imagine by being a child of God. This year, one of my dear friend lay at death's door, God answered our prayers of her family and mine, to not only give her life but healed and gave her a better quality of life. God healed relationships in my family. I saw grandchildren for the first time in 8 years.!!!!!! There is so much more that words cannot describe. God has answered so many prayers this year and blessed me more than I deserve. With answered prayers like that, material things don't hold a candle to what God can give you.....peace, hope, joy, and love.

When you make your New Year resolutions, make sure that one of those resolutions is that you don't get so caught up in everyday life and forget the one true God!!! and you don't forget to be THANKFUL to HIM!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!

That is my New Year's resolution. That I start each day with:

"This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."Psalms 118:24

Fall is definitely upon us. As we come to the end of October, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be upon us before we know it and then we will be preparing for another new year.

But before you get lost in all the mayhem of the holidays, just remember to take One Day At A Time.

Worry weighs us down, a cheerful word picks us up. Proverbs 12:25

Thank God for what He is doing in your life, because He is doing something. Thank someone today

for just being in your life and loving you. See what a difference it makes.

Heath Haddock from Safeplace, Inc. came by Wednesday and we were able to donate another

30 quilts to Safeplace.

The ladies have donated over 125 quilts so far this year to organizations, we have sent over 700 seatbelt pillows across the nation. Not bad for about an average of 10 senior citizens getting together once a week to do crafts with a limited income. They save their aluminum cans and use the money to buy batting and polyfil.

Not bad, huh!!!!!

Tornado, Floods, Disasters

Oklahoma City got hit last night by a tornado and several tornadoes hit Oklahoma, but by the grace of God, all of our family is alive and well. Last week, the flood destroyed the Nashville area, again my family was spared. Our hearts and prayers go out to all the lives which were touched and devastated by the storms.

The senior citizens have been working really hard lately. As of this date, they have made over 30 lap quilts and 372 seatbelt pillows. I am so proud of them. 3 of my little ladies have been in the hospital, but have recovered and still working hard. Ms. Eddy, our most senior (93), does circles around me and I am half her age.

God said there would be storms in life. Whether it is the actual storm of nature that has destroyed your world or a storm of torment facing issues of health, struggling relationships or finances, God will be there with you thru the storm.

He will never leave you or forsake you. You can bank on that!!!

Have a great and blessed day!

God is in Control

What a wonderful day! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and we are trying to get our garden started. We painted a couple of rooms in our house. Amazing what fresh paint does to a room!!!!

When we listen to God, things go so much smoother even in the littlest details. I went to mail boxes of seatbelt pillows to cancer centers. I felt a strong urge from the Holy Spirit to pray over them before mailing them.

Our prayer group met that morning at the church, so I took them with me. Afterwards, one of the ladies gave me an offering to help with the postage. God always said He would supply my needs for this ministry and His promise is true. I just have to listen to HIM............
Had I not listened and gone to the post office anyway, I might have missed a blessing!!!!!!

Listen and let Him be in control!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of everything.

Medical City, TX

I went to Dallas, TX for my doctor's appointment and took seatbelt pillows to the Medical City Cancer Resource Center there. They were so kind and so happy to get them. They said they had been waiting for these!!!
That made my heart soar. When I returned to Florence, the ladies at Montreat started working harder knowing their work was not in vain, they are truly appreciated.
All of you ladies are a God-sent!!!
I love you all!!!!!

Times Passes Quickly

My husband, while serving in the Army, was stationed in Germany when Desert Storm broke out. His unit was one of the first sent in and his unit spent several months in the desert while the world watched for the first time on CNN and other news station the realms of war as it happened.

That has been 19 years ago. I didn't realize how much time had gone by until some of the men from my husband's unit started finding each other on facebook in order to get a reunion organized.
So much has happened since that time.

Sometimes you don't stop and think about the past and all that has happened in it until something like a reunion triggers all the memories. (Good and bad) When thinking back, the good memories you enjoy with a smile, a chuckle or just an outright laugh. The bad memories you relish with hope and encouragement that you learned or grew from them.

I just know that everyone else grew older in those pictures in 20 years, but I still look the same when I look in the mirror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha-Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Race is Over

Many people in our country right are battling cancer. It is a disease that is not prejudice over sex, color, age, nationality, single, married or widowed. It does not care if you are democrat, republican or independent, Jewish, Muslim, Christian or aethist. It does not care if you have a family of four or twenty-four that love you or if you are just trying to find yourself in this world. It does not care if you have a Ph D or MBA or MD behind your name, your name does not even matter to this disease. It inflicts everyone it can whether you are a famous entertainer or a homeless person.

What does matter, is how the battle is fought. Sometimes we say when someone passes away, they lost the battle with cancer. My childhood friend, Susan, fought an awesome battle with cancer.
Through it all she walked with God. Though many, many people will miss her, myself included, and her family mourns deeply, I cannot say she lost the battle.

Paul says in 2Tim 4:7-8 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have love His appearing."

I believe Susan fought a great fight, finished the race and has now received her crown.
Congratulations, Susan. I love you and miss you.

God has a plan

God is the creator and He is still in control of everything, regardless of what some people think or say.
I have a childhood friend whom I love very much and fighting breast cancer. It is very hard to see the plan in all of this but I continue to pray and not lose hope that, God willing, miracle is right around the corner.
I am reminded of the song by the Crabb Family, "Through the Fire." He never said that the cross would never get heavy..... He will take you through the fire again.
It is so true.
Jesus is always there besides giving us strength, courage, and most of all LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Beginnings

Hello World of 2010!!!
My wonderful ladies that help me sew pillows each week have generously finished about 10
lap quilts which I donated to my church to be sent to Haiti. These ladies are so giving and
loving.
They are now working on pillowcases also for the homeless shelter. They are all senior citizens, ranging from different ages and different ailments. Some days their bodies try to tell them because of their ailments they are limited to what they can do for themselves or other people.
But on craft day, they do not take "no" for an answer. They work hard and lovingly with hands that are crippled with arthritis, eyes that do not see very well, and bones that just plain ache. The finished product is beautiful to me, because I know the sacrifice these women have taken just to be there and the love behind each stitch.
If you get one of our pillows, you are truly, truly blessed. I am sorry for the reason you have
received it, but the love that went in it is powerful. I guarantee it.