Just think Jesus loves us even more than the words this man is singing, but I think if a man sang like this to me, I could settle for it. Uh, maybe it's just because it's Keith. ;)

Vote People!

So peaceful watching a movie; someone pops me on chat tells me I need to look at a picture of someone I remind him of. Picture follows:


Reason why he's exact words:
She's evil and bad. Oh, and cross! But hey, she's hot!
So the vote is such...should I be extremely insulted or pleasantly pleased!
By the way, I DON'T THINK I LOOK LIKE HER!!!
And yea, excuse me for living, but of course, I can be bad, cross....evil?!...not so sure on that one, but name someone who is never any of those things!
Oh Lord, it's funny how people perceive you & how a last name can be played on. Mine begins with cross! :D

Alive or....

Me loving you; keeps me alive.
You not loving me; makes me die.

M.C.

Love's Song

SOMEDAY I'LL FIND MY OTHER PEA!

Poems by - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Are you loving enough?
Are you loving enough? There is some one dear,
Some one you hold as the dearest of all
In the holiest shrine of your heart.
Are you making it known? If death's quick call
Should suddenly tear you apart,
Leaving no time for a long farewell,
Would you feel you had nothing to tell--
Nothing you wished you had said before
The closing of that dark door?

Are you loving enough? The swift years fly--
Oh, faster and faster they hurry away,
And each one carries its dead.
The good deed left for the by and by,
The word to be uttered another day,
May never be done or said.
Let the love-word sound in the listening ear,
Nor wait to speak it above a bier.
Oh, the time for telling your love is brief,
But long, long, long is the time for grief.
Are you loving enough?

LOVE MUCH

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it;
Cast sweets into its cup whene'er you can.
No heart so hard, but love at last may win it;
Love is the grand primeval cause of man;
All hate is foreign to the first great plan.

Love much. Your heart will be led out to slaughter,
On altars built of envy and deceit.
Love on, love on! 'tis bread upon the water;
It shall be cast in loaves yet at your feet,
Unleavened manna, most divinely sweet.

Love much. Your faith will be dethroned and shaken,
Your trust betrayed by many a fair, false lure.
Remount your faith, and let new trusts awaken.
Though clouds obscure them, yet the stars are pure;
Love is a vital force and must endure.

Love much. Men's souls contract with cold suspicion,
Shine on them with warm love, and they expand.
'Tis love, not creeds, that from a low condition
Lead mankind up to heights supreme and grand.
Oh, that the world could see and understand!

Love much. There is no waste in freely giving;
More blessed is it, even, than to receive.
He who loves much, alone finds life worth living;
Love on, through doubt and darkness; and believe
There is no thing which Love may not achieve.

Merry Christmas!

We had a newspaper come to our house to do an article about the way we as foreigners celebrate Christmas here & would you believe it in under a minute he had nearly perfect pictures of us. If I ever have kids, lol, photos will be taken at a studio...Lord supply the money! :D

Words From Jesus

My dear one, I love you from the deepest part of My heart. My thankfulness for your perseverance, despite many hardships, reaches from one end of the heavens to the other. Though your heart has been broken many times, I have put it back together each time.

All have weaknesses and shortcomings, but I love no one any less for these weaknesses. My love is unconditional. That means no matter what condition you are in, whether you are doing poorly or whether you are doing well, I love you no less or more for the way you are. My love does not depend on glowing statistics or a fine record. I do not love you any less because of your failures or mistakes. My love is perfect.

Therefore you do not have to fear that I love you any less because you do not seem to be as strong as others, or because you are not the way you would like to be, or you are not as victorious as you would like to be.

When I look at My children, at the creations that My hands have made, I just look at them, not their past, present or future. I just look at you. I love you because I made you. I do not see anything else. So come to Me and to My love. You will always find more than enough love, abundant love, in My arms.

My "Come hither look"....so not, my "Are we almost done yet?" look!

I had to chop this picture, as my younger sister didn't like herself in it. Typical, in a picture not everyone can be happy with it!

Hooray!!! A good family picture! I dare you to say it's not!

You have no idea how many we took!!!!
Don't you love how hidden I am. ;)

Moral: Don't piss off a black hole!

This composite photo provided by NASA shows A powerful jet from a supermassive black hole is blasting a nearby galaxy in the system known as 3C321, according to new results from NASA. This galactic violence, never seen before, could have a profound effect on any planets in the path of the jet and trigger a burst of star formation in the wake of its destruction.

Miracles

The Lord has done so many miracles for us this Christmas. It has been one amazing thing after another. Why? Duh He loves us...hee hee, but one reason I think to is almost every night we getting together as a home & prayer for not only supply, but for our friends, supporters, or whatever is on our hearts, for 15 minutes. I believe we are seeing the first hand results of prayer!
Wanna hear the big one??? :)
Someone we barely know, we went and saw today. He asked us a few questions about our work & then asks us for a contract. His wife comes up and names an amount, but he says "Oh no, I want to give them a lot more." And Lordy Lordy he did!!! I don't want to say more here, if you want to know....write me....hee hee...yes tough as that is; drop me a line!
IT'S THE DAY OF NO IMPOSSIBILITIES & MIRACLES! I AM SOOOO EXCITED!!!



Pray On!

Who's kid is it?

It's come that time of year...hectic photo taking!

Eva, my youngest sister & nephew Roy!






First batch of Christmas cookies!


My Dad coming to steal!!!


Me giving up on with holding


And finding joy in doing so!


Actually these are to prove how un-photogenic I am or maybe it's just the real me!

Remembering......

Remembering
I dream, melancholy at the windowsill
memories I will never tell
our passion in the last night hours,
our tearful goodbyes at down.
Mountains and rivers divide us.
I've given up hope for rain.
Divided - I dream of you today
I even embrace the pain.
Yuan Chen (775-831)

A Kiss & A Slap...Life?

After World War II, a general and his young lieutenant were traveling by train in England. When they boarded, the only seats left were across from a beautiful young lady and her grandmother. The soldiers sat facing the ladies. As the train pulled out it went through a long tunnel. For about ten seconds there was total darkness. In the silence of the moment, the train's passengers heard two unmistakable sounds—a kiss and a slap. Everyone on the train had their own perceptions as to what happened.

The young lady thought to herself, "I'm flattered that the lieutenant kissed me, but I'm terribly embarrassed that Grandmother hit him!"

The grandmother thought, "I'm aggravated that he kissed my granddaughter, but I'm proud she had the courage to retaliate!"

The general wondered, "My lieutenant showed guts to kiss the girl, but why did she slap me by mistake?"

The lieutenant was only one who knew what had happened. For, in the brief moment of darkness, he had seized the opportunity both to kiss a pretty girl and slap his general.

To brighten your day....

Rough day...simple thoughts...eternal comfort!

Safely through the storm I go
Cling to My Saviour's hands

Safely ore' the waves I soar
Trusting in His master plan

Ere the trouble falls around me
Ere He leads Me gentle on

Trusting none but Christ alone
Onward ever I shall go

M.C.

I'm not crazy! I'm just a little unwell. ;)

To Jesus:
Blessed be Your glorious name for ever: Let the whole earth be filled with Your glory; Amen, and Amen. I have put my trust in You, that I may declare all Your works. You are my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. The day is Yours, the night also is Yours: You have prepared the light and the sun. You have set all the borders of the earth: You have made summer and winter. Unto You, O God, do I give thanks, unto You do I give thanks: For that Your name is near Your wondrous works declare.

From Jesus:
My love will never fail you. I've been through so much with you up until this point, I'm not going to give up now. Nothing can ever quench My love for you, for with each passing day, it only grows stronger.

I have loved you from the beginning, and I love you now, and I always will. My love never dies, but lives on and on. My love for you never grows old, but only stays fresh and new. It's never boring, but is alive and vibrant, pulsating and passionate! It never sleeps but only lives to awaken your heart. It's now, it's always, it's forever. My love is something you can lean on. It will give you strength to carry on. It will sustain you when you feel weary, and lift you when you feel you cannot go on.

My love longs for you, it weeps for you. I long to help you. I long to comfort you. My love believes in you. My love counts on you. Please don't ever doubt My love for you. I love you now, and I will love you forever.

Marilyn Monroe - I'm through with love

When she sings always puts so much into her songs; almost as if she is a part of the song. I like very few female singers, but she is one of my favorites.
The movie is "Some like it hot." Good movie!

Juliet
My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.

Act 2, Scene 2
ROMEO

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!

JULIET

Ay me!

ROMEO

She speaks:
O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air.

JULIET

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

ROMEO

[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

JULIET

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

Romeo & Juliet

ROMEO

[To JULIET] If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

JULIET

Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.

ROMEO

Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?

JULIET

Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

ROMEO

O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

JULIET

Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

ROMEO

Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

JULIET

Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

ROMEO

Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.

JULIET

You kiss by the book.

I really do love this man!

Someday he shall be mine! :)

Be My Baby

I want you to start looking at every situation as an opportunity to grow in faith. That's the point the Lord wants us to see. He wants us to see every test, every battle, every difficulty, as a perfect opportunity to be strengthened in faith. Learn to appreciate the variety in the tests! Or, if you keep getting the same ones time after time, then thank the Lord for the clarity of showing you which area is weak and needs your attention!

We were sitting in a meeting tonight; when we hear this loud crash. So Dad calls out "Bryan, you okay?", as he is the only one not there. He says "Yea, I'm okay. I walked into the door."
Isn't that sweet. Little guys are quite funny!

A Truly Beautiful Song!

Jesus:
I want the words kind, generous, unselfish, thoughtful, helpful, and cheery to spring to mind when people look at you. Now, you are not going to be a perfectly kind, generous, unselfish, thoughtful, helpful, cheery person all the time. You are going to have your off times. You are human. You are a sinner. You are going to fail sometimes. But those positive traits should be generally attributable to you. And they will be if you are living the life of a genuine Christian. And you can live the life of a genuine Christian if you avail yourself of and use the tools I have given you. These tools are the Word, first and foremost, that you should read and let guide your life‚ and the spiritual weapons of prayer, praise‚ prophecy, and the keys, to facilitate that guidance.

"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person."

The beauties of Heaven

I love this picture. I can't wait to see all the beings, man claim to be only mythological, when I get to heaven. I am sure I will have a couple centaurs hanging around my place, well maybe not just hanging out. :)

Nephew

Precious Moments!

Hooray, I always wanted to be one!

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Chocolate Love

God shows His love for us in strange & unusual ways. We have to learn to see the little things in life, as gifts from His hands. The thing is He most often has to use the hands of others.
I was hugged by Him the other day all the way from Ireland. Yes, Sam from Ireland, sent me a chocolate bar...so sweet. It was like receiving a great big hug from him. Thank you Sam, as I nibble it I will think of you. And no, no dirty thoughts shall cross my mind. lol

My Beautiful Mother

I realized I didn't have a picture of my mom up. Well here she is. She is an incredible person. First off, she puts up with me & loves me unconditionally.
Second, she loves the Lord so much, been through so much & is still here.
She is such a hard worker & puts others before herself always!
She gives to all of her kids over & over again. I had a good childhood thanks to her.
Best of all, we are friends now. I love you Mom!

"To be loved, be lovable."

The question is..... do you want to be loved by this guy?!

One of my favorite missionaries!

Every true soldier is a hero! A soldier without heroism is a Chocolate Soldier! Who has not been stirred to scorn and mirth at the very thought of a Chocolate Soldier? In peace true soldiers are captive lions, fretting in their cages. War gives them their liberty and sends them, like boys bounding out of school‚ to obtain their heart's desire or perish in the attempt. Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.

Every true Christian is a soldier—of Christ—a hero "par excellence!" Braver than the bravest—scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft–repeated warnings against hardship, disease, danger and death, whom he counts among his bosom friends.

The otherwise Christian is a Chocolate Christian, dissolving in water and melting at the smell of fire. Sweeties they are! Bonbons, lollipops! Living their lives in a glass dish or in a cardboard box, each clad in his soft clothing, a little frilled white paper to preserve his dear little delicate constitution. …

Difficulties, dangers, disease, death, or divisions don't deter any but Chocolate Soldiers from executing God's will. When someone says there is a lion in the way, the real Christian promptly replies, "That's hardly enough inducement for me; I want a bear or two besides to make it worth my while to go."

C. T. Studd

http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/msctserm.html

Here is the link for the Come What May video. It's in the Family members website. Pubs, v for video, then CGO videos. Happy viewings. ;)
http://familymembers.com/pubs/pub.board.cgo.contrib.vid

Guess where this love letter is from...

It is strange to think I have not seen you in a month.

I have seen the new moon, but not you.

I have seen sunsets and sunrises, but nothing of your beautiful face.

The pieces of my broken heart are so small that they could be passed through the eye of a needle.

I miss you like the sun misses the flower. Like the sun misses the flower in the depths of winter.

Instead of beauty to direct its light to,the heart hardens like the frozen world your absence has banished me to.

I next compete in the city of Paris, I will find it empty and in the winter if you are not there.

Hope guides me, that is what gets me through the day and the night.

The hope that after you're gone from my sight, it will not be the last time that I look upon you. .

With all the love that I possess...I remain yours...

From a Spirit Being:
That was part of the deal‚ part of the bargain when He left Heaven and He left His Father to die for you and me. Part of His reward would be that you would never be able to find full satisfaction in the arms of another. There would eternally be a place in your heart that would never be satisfied except by His love, His companionship, and being married to Him.

It's part of Jesus' reward that you have this need. It's part of His reward from God, His Father, that in dying for you, in return you would have a need for Him that could not be filled by any other. This is His insurance that you will love Him above all others, and that you will never stop needing Him or wanting Him or desiring Him. No matter how much love He gives you from another, or from many others, it will never be able to fill this special place in your heart that's created for Him and Him alone.

It's funny because I had never read the GN on loneliness, which the above paragraphs are from, but the Lord had told me personal that very thing years ago. He said that I would never be satisfied with any relationship on this earth, because in my heart He left a reminder of His love, so I am always remembering it when with others & always be wanting more & so far I have found this true. In someways it is very hard, but in other ways good. You never get too satisfied with this life, because you know nothing of this world is really worth anything, excepting love, of course, and human love is so very fragile.

All quotes from Jesus

• No matter what, you will always have My unconditional love. It will see you through anything. It will be a light in a dark place, a compass when you are lost, an anchor to hold you fast in the storms, and a warm blanket to comfort you when you are alone & cold.

• I love you. I always have and I always will. And I am not going to give up on you. Never. I am going to keep loving you. I'm going to maintain My faith in you. It's a given. Even if you are faithless I remain faithful. I've got enough faith for both of us, and I will bring you through. Just tell yourself, "Jesus loves me," because I do. - In the good times, the bad times, at all times. I am forever in love with you.

• When you believe in My love, you can have total rest, because you know that everything is in My hands. You can know that when something goes wrong, it is not a punishment, but a gift of My love. You can see each thing as a special gift from My hand to one whom I dearly love, one for whom I died.

• You need not worry about your future, because I am your future. With Me there's nothing you should be afraid of.

• Ours is a love that is built on helping others, saving them from hell on earth & hell hereafter. It's a mature love, designed to encompass many others & gather them into our circle of love.

Come What May

I think this video is beautiful & the song....! I love the way Jesus looks...well it could be that the actor is one of my favorite, or because this is sort of how I picture Jesus...Oh the secret is out...I like men with hair on their faces. LOL
Anyways...I love You Jesus...thanks for always loving me.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 14:1,2

Family pictures

My youngest brother
I love this picture of my Dad & nephew. He is a good grandpa.
Such a young fellow & already trying out weed. Tsk tsk...he doesn't get it from me.

I have noticed something about little kids, seems to me no matter how cute they are; then tend to poo shortly after their parents have given them to you. Hence my fear of kids. Just joking! I love my nephews!

Feelings about tears...what's your opinion?!

Is it silly to cry? Is it a women thing to do? Is it something to hide? No, I think not. I think tears are beautiful. I think sadness is a beautiful part of life. I think that when one cries it shows a deeper side to them. It draws us closer to our Husband & shows us our need for Him & Him alone.
Men who say they never cry are just hiding behind being manly as an excuse to be hard. Everyone cries, it's nothing to do with being womanly or soft. Tears are Gods' way of washing the heart & purifying the spirit.
Needless to say I am not pro tears. I don't like crying, but I am getting use to it. Yes, I use to be a toughie, never cried.
Well, my sweet Love saw fit to change that. And you know what I am glad. Being able to say "I never cry." was only part of my proud image, which I have no desire for anymore.
So no, you won't see me crying & no I don't cry at the drop of a hat or all the time, thank merciful God. LOL
I just feel that tears are good. It makes us more human, softer in the eyes of God & those around us.
Feel free to comment on this or have an opposite opinion or just add more, like something I missed.

I had the fun of working everyday with these men in the kitchen for 1/2 an hour, highlight, definite highlight. 8)
Well, I don't know Peter, the guy on the far left, too well, but he is an awesome cook & behind his quiet smile is a man full of fun & silliness, which he showed us a few times. Thank you!
As for the other two....I miss their hugs, their silly jests, there making my hands go orange from so much cutting of carrots, our serious conversations, though those were few. Kidding! I just miss you guys. Love you!

I will take my stand!

When Satan comes to tempt me, I will take my stand.
When words spewed forth rock my faith‚ I will take my stand.
When his doubts and lies confuse me, I will take my stand.
When he tempts me to quit, I will take my stand.
When his words seem so convincing, I will take my stand.
When he causes me to question my beliefs, I'm gonna take my stand.
When I feel overwhelmed by his accusations‚ still I will take my stand.
When his attacks are personal and hurt me, I'll take my stand.
When his influence is tempting me to doubt Your words, I'm gonna take my stand.
When others around are losing their faith, I'll take my stand.
I will take my stand and will not give in to his puny attempts to try to overthrow my faith.
I will take my stand and show the Devil what I'm made of.
I will take my stand, for it is not I that live, but You, my Love‚ who live in me.
I'll take my stand, for I have all Heaven fighting for me, with legions at my command.
I'll take my stand, for it is battles like this that bring out the fighter in me.
I'm gonna take my stand and rejoice in the battle, for victory is assured.
I'll take my stand and remind myself that I am destined to win many to Jesus, and this is why the Devil hates me and tries to fight me.
I will take my stand and love this fight, brandishing the keys and the new weapons made available to me.
I will take my stand, for I have joined the ranks of those that have gone before me who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake.
I will take my stand and not go back on it, for it is in standing my ground that the Enemy of my soul finds himself trembling and running in defeat.
I will know no defeat, for I have taken my stand.

Lay down,

your sweet and weary head.
Night is falling.
You have come to journey’s end.

Sleep now,and dream
of the ones who came before.
They are calling,
from across the distant shore.

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see.
All of your fears will pass away.
Safe in my arms,
you’re only sleeping.

What can you see,
on the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea,
a pale moon rises.
The ships have come,
to carry you home.

And all will turn,
to silver glass.
A light on the water.
All souls pass.

Hope fades,
Into the world of night.
Through shadows falling,
Out of memory and time.

Don’t say,
We have come now to the end.
White shores are calling.
You and I will meet again.
And you’ll be here in my arms,
Just sleeping.

What can you see,
on the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea,
a pale moon rises.
The ships have come,
to carry you home.

And all will turn,
to silver glass.
A light on the water.
Grey ships pass
Into the West.