http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o
We have to educate people about this! I have been educated. I also feel like I just to a hard core econ class and man, it makes a lot of sense. Remember what is going on here in the US is not ALL the president's fault. See he can only put bills in from of our lawmakers and they deciede weather to pass it or not. Remember the Checks and Balance. Well I think it needs to be revised.
So yes we have had a Republican president for 8 years, HOWEVER our Lawmakers (checks and balance system) has been majority democrates. So YES, the election for President is VERY important, however our Congressmen/women and Senators is even MORE important, cause they are the ones doing the checks and balance. Oh and by the way, when we had a Democrate for president (removed) Bill Clinton, we had a REPUBLICAN checks and balance... HUMMMMMMMMMM..... You do the math! Just make sure your friends and families are educated before November 4th!
We are family!!!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Because God said so.....
Well getting into WA was a big worry fest for me. I tend to do that all the time. Well I would stay up to 4am most morning back in NC. I was trying to figure out the lay of the land, where we would live, cool churches that we might be interested in. Well see God has showed me that He is my source. I know this, and now I see it!!!
See coming thru the US we stopped in Idaho Falls. We wanted to have a nice lunch. Turning to Tom Tom we looked to see what was available. Well there it was OLIVE GARDEN! John and I love this place but have only eaten there may be 3 times. So we thought, YUM Olive Garden! Well low and behold we had gone past it by 5 miles. We still thought that is cool. So we turned back and went to Olive Garden. We had a wonderful waitress. She was very friendly and knew right off we were in the Army and heading to Ft. Lewis. Odd I thought. We got our YUMMY salads and breadsticks and bowed our heads to pray. Bringing us our lunch she said, "I love how God puts Christians at my table." Then she asked us if we had looked at churches online in the area? I told her yes and we had a few in mind. Well in bringing us our check she told us that her mother lived in Tacoma and went to a church there called Foursquare. I asked her what is Foursquare? She told me it was a non-denomination church in Tacoma. It sounded interesting when she started to explain it. I told her in my searching that I had not come across this church. Then she handed me a piece of paper with her mother’s name and number on it. I thanked her and placed it in my purse and we went on to Boise.
Well John had a great friend of his from receiving and school in Fort Leonard Wood that was being stationed out here with us. He had been out here and looking for places for awhile. He called us to tell us that he had found a place in Puyallup. We were like where e is Puyallup? So he told us we are north of the post and right outside Tacoma. He told us what the entire apartment had to offer. It has indoor/outdoor pool, basketball court, and home movie theater, business center, gym, sauna, Jacuzzi and a cabana.
He also told us about the 3 bedroom and 2 baths what all they offered. So we thanked him and when we got to Boise we looked it up on the computer. We were in awe of the place, prices and amenities. So we prayed that night Lord, if this is where you will have us, please let us know. So the next morning we were driving into WA, we called and talked with the leasing agent. She was due to leave at 5, but would stay for us to come in. We would be there about 5. We thought ok. So when we got here, she showed us 2 bedroom 2 baths, they were nice, but we needed more. Then she showed us 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. We feel in love and it felt like home.
So we filled out the application, praying ok Lord, if this is where you want us, it will be. She came back and told us we had been approved and that we just need to put down the deposit. So we did. We told her we would be back to sign the lease either Monday or Tuesday. She told us you can come back and sign whenever you want. So upon leaving we decided to see how far the Foursquare church was from here. Low and behold it is only 2 miles!!! OK, Lord we see where you are leading us.
So Sunday morning we got up and headed to church at Foursquare. Well you see the fair was in town and our church is like a block from the fairgrounds. Well we were in traffic for like 30 mins to get thru the fair and on the church. We were NOT letting anything stop us! So we went to church. HG went in her room, no fussing and told us Bye! OH MY!! We went to the service. The music was wonderful. It was really neat how God had brought us here. Ok, so the church is a perfect blend of Liberty and C3!! John and I were blown away. We told each other going to get HG, this really feel like it. So we get HG and get her into the car, and then Pastor Roger comes up to us. He starts talking with us about us and being 1st time guest and where we have come from. He was very nice and really made us feel an extra welcome. He then told us they have a new comer’s dessert at 2, if we thought we might want to come.
John and I went on the lunch and then we talked about the dessert. We went to the dessert and feel in love even more with the church and what he has to offer all of us! We then knew that in Puyallup is where the Lord wants us. So we called the leasing agent and she told us we could come and sign today if we wanted. So we went and signed. See I had in mind where I thought we would live and go to church. When I should have been praying and seeking God, I was up worrying myself SILLY!
See God knew all along where we would live and attend church. God has put people in my path to shine light on what we need to do. So we have to feel the soft nudges of the Lord and know that He is in control, not matter how much we try to take the reins! See, this is God’s will for us. When he said to go into the Army, we accepted it, Because God Said So! When it was time to find a place to live and worship I did not rely on the Because God Said So. I relied on Meredith. When all along God Said So…..
Lord, I give You all the Glory and Honor for our new home and church. It was You who showed us where to live and serve You!
See coming thru the US we stopped in Idaho Falls. We wanted to have a nice lunch. Turning to Tom Tom we looked to see what was available. Well there it was OLIVE GARDEN! John and I love this place but have only eaten there may be 3 times. So we thought, YUM Olive Garden! Well low and behold we had gone past it by 5 miles. We still thought that is cool. So we turned back and went to Olive Garden. We had a wonderful waitress. She was very friendly and knew right off we were in the Army and heading to Ft. Lewis. Odd I thought. We got our YUMMY salads and breadsticks and bowed our heads to pray. Bringing us our lunch she said, "I love how God puts Christians at my table." Then she asked us if we had looked at churches online in the area? I told her yes and we had a few in mind. Well in bringing us our check she told us that her mother lived in Tacoma and went to a church there called Foursquare. I asked her what is Foursquare? She told me it was a non-denomination church in Tacoma. It sounded interesting when she started to explain it. I told her in my searching that I had not come across this church. Then she handed me a piece of paper with her mother’s name and number on it. I thanked her and placed it in my purse and we went on to Boise.
Well John had a great friend of his from receiving and school in Fort Leonard Wood that was being stationed out here with us. He had been out here and looking for places for awhile. He called us to tell us that he had found a place in Puyallup. We were like where e is Puyallup? So he told us we are north of the post and right outside Tacoma. He told us what the entire apartment had to offer. It has indoor/outdoor pool, basketball court, and home movie theater, business center, gym, sauna, Jacuzzi and a cabana.
He also told us about the 3 bedroom and 2 baths what all they offered. So we thanked him and when we got to Boise we looked it up on the computer. We were in awe of the place, prices and amenities. So we prayed that night Lord, if this is where you will have us, please let us know. So the next morning we were driving into WA, we called and talked with the leasing agent. She was due to leave at 5, but would stay for us to come in. We would be there about 5. We thought ok. So when we got here, she showed us 2 bedroom 2 baths, they were nice, but we needed more. Then she showed us 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. We feel in love and it felt like home.
So we filled out the application, praying ok Lord, if this is where you want us, it will be. She came back and told us we had been approved and that we just need to put down the deposit. So we did. We told her we would be back to sign the lease either Monday or Tuesday. She told us you can come back and sign whenever you want. So upon leaving we decided to see how far the Foursquare church was from here. Low and behold it is only 2 miles!!! OK, Lord we see where you are leading us.
So Sunday morning we got up and headed to church at Foursquare. Well you see the fair was in town and our church is like a block from the fairgrounds. Well we were in traffic for like 30 mins to get thru the fair and on the church. We were NOT letting anything stop us! So we went to church. HG went in her room, no fussing and told us Bye! OH MY!! We went to the service. The music was wonderful. It was really neat how God had brought us here. Ok, so the church is a perfect blend of Liberty and C3!! John and I were blown away. We told each other going to get HG, this really feel like it. So we get HG and get her into the car, and then Pastor Roger comes up to us. He starts talking with us about us and being 1st time guest and where we have come from. He was very nice and really made us feel an extra welcome. He then told us they have a new comer’s dessert at 2, if we thought we might want to come.
John and I went on the lunch and then we talked about the dessert. We went to the dessert and feel in love even more with the church and what he has to offer all of us! We then knew that in Puyallup is where the Lord wants us. So we called the leasing agent and she told us we could come and sign today if we wanted. So we went and signed. See I had in mind where I thought we would live and go to church. When I should have been praying and seeking God, I was up worrying myself SILLY!
See God knew all along where we would live and attend church. God has put people in my path to shine light on what we need to do. So we have to feel the soft nudges of the Lord and know that He is in control, not matter how much we try to take the reins! See, this is God’s will for us. When he said to go into the Army, we accepted it, Because God Said So! When it was time to find a place to live and worship I did not rely on the Because God Said So. I relied on Meredith. When all along God Said So…..
Lord, I give You all the Glory and Honor for our new home and church. It was You who showed us where to live and serve You!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
I'm voting Democrat because...
This would be funny if it wasn't true!
I'M VOTING DEMOCRAT BECAUSE:
I'M VOTING DEMOCRAT BECAUSE:
I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would. I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four pointy headed elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past the voters. I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that paying $4.00 a gallon or more is no reason to drill for the mountain of oil we are sitting on in THIS country. We wouldn't want to have to move a couple of polar bears or elk now would we? I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq, I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people. I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it. I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I'm going to marry my TV. I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive. I'm voting Democrat because I don't want to be able to use my natural rights to protect myself or my family when I'm out running errands or in my own home. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that churches should only be allowed for political speeches. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the employees and the government. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that I don't want medical doctors who were at the top of their classes to operate on me. I want a government employee who makes $50K a year and couldn't hack it as a contractor or an engineer . I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius. I'm voting Democrat because I REALLY believe there is no bias in the media.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Security
7/31/08
S-Psalm 30: 6-7 "When I felt secure, I said,"I will never be shaken." O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed."
O- Security will make us feel invincible. ALL security comes from God.! We have to remember that our security comes from God, not ourselves. When we think it comes from us, it will be shattered.
A- My security was in the everyday routine, church, friendships. I became secure in them and not as much in the Lord. Now it has all been moved or shattered. I will remember my security comes ONLY from the LORD!
P- Lord,
Please help me to remember that all my security comes only from YOU! In Jesus' Name, Amen!
Strength
7/30/08
S- Psalm 29:11 "The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace."
O- God's powers are present thur out history. They are available to us just the same today. Out strength comes from God.
A- Lord I need Your strength to get help with the Waiting Times and Friendships. I will seek you more and more to have your strength to help me out.
P- Lord,
My prayer is for Your strength to help me in all areas of my life and right now with the Waiting Times and Friendships. I can do ALL things thur Christ who strengthens me. In Jesus' Name, Amen!!!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Friendships
7/29/08
S- Psalm 28: 3 "Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts."
O- I do not always befriend the right people. People will use you for advancement. Do not become like them in your actions or words.
A- I am not always right in choosing friends. I see their evil deeds. I do sometimes participate in this. I do not want to be associated with these actions or even words.
P- Lord,
Please help me to remember I do not have to conform to the way of those who I am around. I want to be the one who stands out and up for You. I know what you have called me to do. I take my Cross- Stand and do not waiver. Please forgive me for doing some of those evils. In Jesus' Name, Amen!!
Waiting Times
7/28/08
S- Psalm 27:14 "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD."
O- I am in a waiting time right now. I will have many waiting times coming up with the Army. During these waiting times I ask for Refreshment, Renewal and Teachings.
A- During these times I will see the Lord even more for Refreshment, Renewal and Teachings.
P- Lord,
Please refresh me, renew me and teach me during these waiting times. In Jesus' Name, Amen!!
Faith Enough
7/18/08
S- Matthew 17: 20-21 "20He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
O- We felt like it was impossible for John to pick up E6 in the Marine Corps. We did not have faith enough that God could move that mountain.
A- Noe with the Army we are going to have faith enough to say move mountain of E6 and it will move and John will pick up E6 and E7, just like he was prophesied over.
P- Lord,
I pray that you will help us to remember to have faith enough for promotions, duty stations and having another baby! Remind us that with faith enough You can make everything possible! In Jesus' Name, Amen!!!
Clean Heart
7/16/08
S-Matthew 15: 19-20 "19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' ""
O- Lord I have been apart of the thoughts! I wants a pure clean heart!!!
A- I will not be apart of these unclean thoughts ANYMORE! I will seek a pure clean heart full of your Holy Spirit.
P- Lord,
I ask for Your forgiveness for all these unclean thoughts and some unclean actions. I ask you to full my heart with the Holy Spirit and make it clean again! In Jesus' Name! Amen!!!
Take your cross
7/11/08
S-Matthew 10:38 "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
O- If we are not willing to stand in persecutions over Jesus and the Word then we are not worthy of Jesus. We will be put down, condemned and made fun of because of our belief in Jesus and the Word. We have to remember that id we hold our "Cross" (STAND) that we are worthy of Jesus.
A- I will gladly hold my cross for all the world to see. So Jesus can see I am worthy of Him.
P-Lord,
Help me to remember to be worthy of you. If I stand strong during persecutions. You will find me worthy. I will hold my cross for all the world to see. Amen!
Your faith has healed you.
7/10/08
S-Matthew 9:22 "Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment."
O- This woman had been bleeding and "unclean" for 12 years. She could not have done anything. She had faith enough to believe id she just touched the hem of Jesus cloak she would be healed.
A- In my life I have had struggles where my faith was strong enough to have me healed (infertility). I believe this is true in every area of your life. God can change things that seem impossible and make them possible.
P- Lord,
There are things that seem unchangeable. I have faith enough to believe that these can be healed thur you! You can change them!
Amen!
Sleep Well
7/4/08 "Sleep Well"
S-Psalm 3:5 "I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me."
O- David was running for his life. He was always looking over his shoulder. He gave his fears to God and he got sleep.
A- When I am in a crisis and I feel like I can not sleep for worrying. I will give my worries to the Lord and he will take them and I can sleep.
P- Lord,
Help me to realize that during crisis situations to give you my worries and fears. When I do that I will sleep and be rested to take the next day on. Amen!
S-Psalm 3:5 "I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me."
O- David was running for his life. He was always looking over his shoulder. He gave his fears to God and he got sleep.
A- When I am in a crisis and I feel like I can not sleep for worrying. I will give my worries to the Lord and he will take them and I can sleep.
P- Lord,
Help me to realize that during crisis situations to give you my worries and fears. When I do that I will sleep and be rested to take the next day on. Amen!
Dewell in the Safety
7/5/08 "Dwell in the Safety"
S- Psalm 4:8 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety."
O- We can sleep in peace knowing that God has our protection. We pray for his protection and even when we do not he is still there to protect us.
A- I will continue to pray for God's protection. I know that he has me covered.
P- Lord,
I pray for your protection over all areas of my life. I know you have your child covered and I Thank You for that.
Amen!
Life Journals
I am doing a Life Journal. I got the idea from a sermon I heard from one Prayer. What I do it take a scripture that I read that day and write what God has spoken to me. It goes S for the scripture, O for the Observation, A for the action I am going to do and P for my prayer to the Lord. Here they go...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Update on what is going on with the Dusek's and their move..
Hello all,
Ok so here is the scoop... John got into the Army. He is shipping out on July 9th. He will be going to school in Fort Leonardwood Missouri. He will be in school for 7-8 weeks.
The Lord has closed all doors here in Havelock for us, with the exception of our church. I know he would NEVER close that door.
Well here are our plans....Friday my parents are coming to get Hannah-Grace. John and I are going to pack the house up Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Monday we are getting out Uhaul truck. We will be putting out stuff in Storage till we have out new duty station.
While John is in school Hannah-Grace and I are going to be living in Clayton with my parents. We are excited about this transistion. We know that the Lord has great things a head for us.
For our Liberty Family we are going to be prayed out July 6th. We are going to help out with VBS till Tuesday afternoon. Then we have to go back to Clayton for John to ship out on Wednesday.
I will be back to Havelock to close things out for the house to the end of July. We are going to miss so many friends and "family" here in Eastern NC. God has blessed us with so many great people in our lives. With the help of the internet I will keep in touch! I PROMISE!!!
God Bless you all and we Love you and will NEVER forget you!!!!
Meredith!!
Ok so here is the scoop... John got into the Army. He is shipping out on July 9th. He will be going to school in Fort Leonardwood Missouri. He will be in school for 7-8 weeks.
The Lord has closed all doors here in Havelock for us, with the exception of our church. I know he would NEVER close that door.
Well here are our plans....Friday my parents are coming to get Hannah-Grace. John and I are going to pack the house up Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Monday we are getting out Uhaul truck. We will be putting out stuff in Storage till we have out new duty station.
While John is in school Hannah-Grace and I are going to be living in Clayton with my parents. We are excited about this transistion. We know that the Lord has great things a head for us.
For our Liberty Family we are going to be prayed out July 6th. We are going to help out with VBS till Tuesday afternoon. Then we have to go back to Clayton for John to ship out on Wednesday.
I will be back to Havelock to close things out for the house to the end of July. We are going to miss so many friends and "family" here in Eastern NC. God has blessed us with so many great people in our lives. With the help of the internet I will keep in touch! I PROMISE!!!
God Bless you all and we Love you and will NEVER forget you!!!!
Meredith!!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
There's something wrong with the world today.....
As I am sitting here blogging I have the Aerosmith's song "Living on the Edge" running thru my mind. I like this song. It came out when I was in High school. I never saw this song thru "Christian" eyes before.
I do think as a society that we are Living on the Edge and that there is something wrong with the world today. The first part of the song talks about this and not seeing things thru the eye's of God. I am sure his are a little watery if you think about it. America in general is in trouble. This is ALL of us, Christian and Non-Christian. I know that God wants the Non-Christians to believe in Him and that his Son Jesus died for their sins and we as Christians need to get out there and help them realize this.
Another part to this song is. "If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, then mister your a better man than I." I use to be that mister. I am so sorry that I use to be that way. I was mislead and not educated in the way that the Lord wanted me to go. I can say that learning the Lord's way has changed me inside and out. I am very proud of what I have changed as my views on race. I do know that the way to change other's is to show them scripture about being prejudice. Like Genesis 5: 3-5 we are ALL related going back to Adam and Eve. My favorite is Galatians 3:28, this show that we are ALL ONE in Christ!!! In showing passages this educates those that are prejudice.
Also in this song is talks about the situations, aggravations, complications getting to you. We ALL have these. We need to turn to the Lord and he will take them and help us to accept them and walk thru them or he will clear them up for us.
Also it says "if Chicken Little tells that the sky is falling would your come crawling back again? I bet you would my friend." OHHH this is so 9-11! When the sky our world as Americans knew it came crashing down around us, we all RAN back to GOD!!!! Well now that it has been 6 almost 7 years we are not running to God we are running back to that EDGE again!!!
In 2 Chronicles 7: 13-16 and 21-23 says;
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locust to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name will HUMBLE themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from there wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes are open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."
This is after Solomon had built the temple of the Lord. The Lord spoke this. I know that America has not HUMBLED themselves and turned from wickedness. So why would the Lord heal our land?
Now 21-23 says;
"And though this temple is now so imposing all who pass by will be appalled and say, "why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple? People will answer 'Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them- that is why he brought all this disaster on them."
A few things here.... Well as we know other countries look down on us they see us as aggarant, disobedient, crude, Living on the Edge and a God-less society. Why would they not? When it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is a duck.
I know that this is not the heart of America. I am proud to be an American. I am proud of my forefathers who fought to give us our Liberties and Freedoms. I do not want the world to look at us like this. We can only change it one person at a time. Let it start with ME!!!
I am praying for American and now in the time of Celebration with the 4th of July we ALL need to pray for America, America needs to turn her eyes back to the Lord, walk away from the Edge and run to the Lord and He will heal our Land!!!
I do think as a society that we are Living on the Edge and that there is something wrong with the world today. The first part of the song talks about this and not seeing things thru the eye's of God. I am sure his are a little watery if you think about it. America in general is in trouble. This is ALL of us, Christian and Non-Christian. I know that God wants the Non-Christians to believe in Him and that his Son Jesus died for their sins and we as Christians need to get out there and help them realize this.
Another part to this song is. "If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, then mister your a better man than I." I use to be that mister. I am so sorry that I use to be that way. I was mislead and not educated in the way that the Lord wanted me to go. I can say that learning the Lord's way has changed me inside and out. I am very proud of what I have changed as my views on race. I do know that the way to change other's is to show them scripture about being prejudice. Like Genesis 5: 3-5 we are ALL related going back to Adam and Eve. My favorite is Galatians 3:28, this show that we are ALL ONE in Christ!!! In showing passages this educates those that are prejudice.
Also in this song is talks about the situations, aggravations, complications getting to you. We ALL have these. We need to turn to the Lord and he will take them and help us to accept them and walk thru them or he will clear them up for us.
Also it says "if Chicken Little tells that the sky is falling would your come crawling back again? I bet you would my friend." OHHH this is so 9-11! When the sky our world as Americans knew it came crashing down around us, we all RAN back to GOD!!!! Well now that it has been 6 almost 7 years we are not running to God we are running back to that EDGE again!!!
In 2 Chronicles 7: 13-16 and 21-23 says;
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locust to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name will HUMBLE themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from there wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes are open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."
This is after Solomon had built the temple of the Lord. The Lord spoke this. I know that America has not HUMBLED themselves and turned from wickedness. So why would the Lord heal our land?
Now 21-23 says;
"And though this temple is now so imposing all who pass by will be appalled and say, "why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple? People will answer 'Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them- that is why he brought all this disaster on them."
A few things here.... Well as we know other countries look down on us they see us as aggarant, disobedient, crude, Living on the Edge and a God-less society. Why would they not? When it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is a duck.
I know that this is not the heart of America. I am proud to be an American. I am proud of my forefathers who fought to give us our Liberties and Freedoms. I do not want the world to look at us like this. We can only change it one person at a time. Let it start with ME!!!
I am praying for American and now in the time of Celebration with the 4th of July we ALL need to pray for America, America needs to turn her eyes back to the Lord, walk away from the Edge and run to the Lord and He will heal our Land!!!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
How I am bound for LIFE!!!!
I just think it is amazing how you think you know what you know is right till God touches your life! I use to be pro-choice in my ingorance. I use to think that it was ok IF the woman was raped or molested. Well God has changed my heart and mind! John and I tried for 7 years to have Hannah-Grace. We did alot of infertility. We did IVF. If you have EVER done this it is so emotional. Just trying to concieve is emotional!
Well we did IVF, I had 30 eggs (the sarcastic side of me say BACH BACH!!) John was fine. Well out of those egss I had 8 that were viable! When they added the eggs and sperm in the pietre (sp?) dish, the sperm whent to oneside and the eggs went to the other! Ok, if you EVER took Biology you know that egg and sprem are polar oppisites and they are suppose to attract to each other! Well, they had to do a proceduce called rescue ixy (sp?). This is where they take the sprem and inject it into the egg.
Well out of those 8 only 3 became embroys. Witch means 2 to 6 cells. 1 became a blastacyst witch is an 8 cell embroy. Just a futher stage of development. We had to CHOOSE what to do. Well, we know that a heart beat begins at conception. We CHOOSE to have all 4 put back in me. The odds of ANY of them taking were slim to none and slim just walked out the door.
As most of you know there was not a viable pregnancy that came from those 4 embroys. That is a heart ache that only a person who has been thru a failed IVF can even being to understand. BTW... they took a picture of our Embryos and gave them to us and John got to see them in the microscope!
I being to question myself and my marriage. Was it ment for me to be a Mom? If they can not make it happen in the "lab" how can it happen in "life". All I could do was hold that picture of the embroys and cry. I still do to this day. In prayer and daily Bible readings the Lord spoke to my heart. "I have your babies here in Heaven. You will see them again one day, you just have to hold on to your dream!"
Then he gave me the verses in 1 Samuel 1:4-20 where Hannah cried out for a child and that her womb was barren. God heard her cry and blessed her with Samuel. So John and I started our cires to the Lord. Knowing all along that it would have to be the IVF that we concieve. Well, it came time where we could try again. I was eager to try John had major reservations.
It was a very tough time in our marriage. I was very hurt that he told me he was not ready. He had been there for me to help me heal that he did not have time to heal himself. I cried and got mad and was very fleshy about it. My mother told me, "You can not do it with out him in the natural or in the lab. You have to wait till he is ready."
Well, if you know me I am NOT patient. I am not one to wait. In this time of waiting we came to terms with it would be OK if it was just he and I for the rest of our lives. We had the chance to get Baptised and rededicate our lives to the Lord. We did get Baptised as a "Family" on June 22, 2005. Well in that water God bound and loosened things, to this day I am still finding out about. I was healed from smoking (after 10 years!).
Then that Sunday Pastor Tom had spoken on Jeremiah 29: 11-13 (this is my life verse). I think something in John and I both knew it was "TIME!"! Well, time went on friends of ours who had tried longer than we had found out they were pregnant. She told me I was next. I told her no, John was suppose to deploy and then mabye when he got home. Well, his deployment was canceled.
I think I tried to "fill" my time with other things. I looked into having gastric bypass (giving John time to heal). I went to the maditory conference. They told me that I would have to take a pregnancy test and then if it was negative I would have to go on the pill till 18 months after my surgery. I laughed at them.
Well on my way home from the conference (2 hrs away) I keep seeing rainbows. I told me Mom, "WOW!! I keep seeing thease rainbows." She told me, "That means that God keeps his promises." I told her yes it does! I got home that night went over everthing with John about the surgery and he stood behind me. I told him I am exausted I am going to bed. It was like 8:30 - 9:00.
I was saying my prayers when God just keep speaking to me to take a pregancy test. OF Course I had one. I HAD STOCK in them things! I could not sleep!! So I got up and took one. Was SO tired that I left it on the back of the toliet to "read" in the morning.
Well, it was trash night. John had asked me about the test, I told him that God would not leave me alone about it so I took it. I heard him toss something in the bag. He took the trash out and come back in to get a shower and come to bed.
He was running the water when he looked at the test (he had thrown the test box in the bag!) he called to me, "Meredith, COME HERE!" I thought he was trying to be "funny". I told him, "WHAT, I am tired". He stood there with the test and asked, "What do two lines mean?"
I leaped out of the bed in one single bound! "OH MY GOODNESS!!!" I screamed and started to shake. He got dressed and left me with this test and ran to the local grocery store and bought 2 more for me to take. I took one that night and one the next morning. They were both postive right away! I was blown away. I then went to my Dr. that afternoon. I had taken 4 in 24 hours.
What I am trying to show you is that God is PRO-Life... and I am now PRO-LIFE!!! I know that every conception is from God. If God wants that child to be, he will bring the child to full term. That child does not have a voice. I want to be a voice for that child! Every Child is a miracle! It takes people doing it in a Lab to make a child, so doing it in the natural is even more amazing!!!!
Everything has to be "perfect", body tempature, secreations, ovualtion, sperm, lining of the uterus. All of this has to happen in PERFECT timing for a child to be concieved. So how with this PERFECT timing can we choose the PERFECT path for an unborn child? I am prayin that we can end aborition in the country! In a One Nation under GOD, this is not GOD's plan!!!!
Well we did IVF, I had 30 eggs (the sarcastic side of me say BACH BACH!!) John was fine. Well out of those egss I had 8 that were viable! When they added the eggs and sperm in the pietre (sp?) dish, the sperm whent to oneside and the eggs went to the other! Ok, if you EVER took Biology you know that egg and sprem are polar oppisites and they are suppose to attract to each other! Well, they had to do a proceduce called rescue ixy (sp?). This is where they take the sprem and inject it into the egg.
Well out of those 8 only 3 became embroys. Witch means 2 to 6 cells. 1 became a blastacyst witch is an 8 cell embroy. Just a futher stage of development. We had to CHOOSE what to do. Well, we know that a heart beat begins at conception. We CHOOSE to have all 4 put back in me. The odds of ANY of them taking were slim to none and slim just walked out the door.
As most of you know there was not a viable pregnancy that came from those 4 embroys. That is a heart ache that only a person who has been thru a failed IVF can even being to understand. BTW... they took a picture of our Embryos and gave them to us and John got to see them in the microscope!
I being to question myself and my marriage. Was it ment for me to be a Mom? If they can not make it happen in the "lab" how can it happen in "life". All I could do was hold that picture of the embroys and cry. I still do to this day. In prayer and daily Bible readings the Lord spoke to my heart. "I have your babies here in Heaven. You will see them again one day, you just have to hold on to your dream!"
Then he gave me the verses in 1 Samuel 1:4-20 where Hannah cried out for a child and that her womb was barren. God heard her cry and blessed her with Samuel. So John and I started our cires to the Lord. Knowing all along that it would have to be the IVF that we concieve. Well, it came time where we could try again. I was eager to try John had major reservations.
It was a very tough time in our marriage. I was very hurt that he told me he was not ready. He had been there for me to help me heal that he did not have time to heal himself. I cried and got mad and was very fleshy about it. My mother told me, "You can not do it with out him in the natural or in the lab. You have to wait till he is ready."
Well, if you know me I am NOT patient. I am not one to wait. In this time of waiting we came to terms with it would be OK if it was just he and I for the rest of our lives. We had the chance to get Baptised and rededicate our lives to the Lord. We did get Baptised as a "Family" on June 22, 2005. Well in that water God bound and loosened things, to this day I am still finding out about. I was healed from smoking (after 10 years!).
Then that Sunday Pastor Tom had spoken on Jeremiah 29: 11-13 (this is my life verse). I think something in John and I both knew it was "TIME!"! Well, time went on friends of ours who had tried longer than we had found out they were pregnant. She told me I was next. I told her no, John was suppose to deploy and then mabye when he got home. Well, his deployment was canceled.
I think I tried to "fill" my time with other things. I looked into having gastric bypass (giving John time to heal). I went to the maditory conference. They told me that I would have to take a pregnancy test and then if it was negative I would have to go on the pill till 18 months after my surgery. I laughed at them.
Well on my way home from the conference (2 hrs away) I keep seeing rainbows. I told me Mom, "WOW!! I keep seeing thease rainbows." She told me, "That means that God keeps his promises." I told her yes it does! I got home that night went over everthing with John about the surgery and he stood behind me. I told him I am exausted I am going to bed. It was like 8:30 - 9:00.
I was saying my prayers when God just keep speaking to me to take a pregancy test. OF Course I had one. I HAD STOCK in them things! I could not sleep!! So I got up and took one. Was SO tired that I left it on the back of the toliet to "read" in the morning.
Well, it was trash night. John had asked me about the test, I told him that God would not leave me alone about it so I took it. I heard him toss something in the bag. He took the trash out and come back in to get a shower and come to bed.
He was running the water when he looked at the test (he had thrown the test box in the bag!) he called to me, "Meredith, COME HERE!" I thought he was trying to be "funny". I told him, "WHAT, I am tired". He stood there with the test and asked, "What do two lines mean?"
I leaped out of the bed in one single bound! "OH MY GOODNESS!!!" I screamed and started to shake. He got dressed and left me with this test and ran to the local grocery store and bought 2 more for me to take. I took one that night and one the next morning. They were both postive right away! I was blown away. I then went to my Dr. that afternoon. I had taken 4 in 24 hours.
What I am trying to show you is that God is PRO-Life... and I am now PRO-LIFE!!! I know that every conception is from God. If God wants that child to be, he will bring the child to full term. That child does not have a voice. I want to be a voice for that child! Every Child is a miracle! It takes people doing it in a Lab to make a child, so doing it in the natural is even more amazing!!!!
Everything has to be "perfect", body tempature, secreations, ovualtion, sperm, lining of the uterus. All of this has to happen in PERFECT timing for a child to be concieved. So how with this PERFECT timing can we choose the PERFECT path for an unborn child? I am prayin that we can end aborition in the country! In a One Nation under GOD, this is not GOD's plan!!!!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
My very first "offical" blog on here.....
Hello,
Well let me see what I can say and do. I am on a few people's blogs. I am in awe of what they do and say so I thought that I would start my own. I am not really sure what I all I need to write and say. I have a few on my myspace that I am going to bring over here.
I have alot going on right now in my life. Then again I feel like I am sitting here doing nothing. Well my hubby just put in his paperwork to join the Army. He pasted all the medical stuff and so now we are waiting to see if they will take him.
I have given our request to the Lord and feel that this is a move that he is wanting us to make. I know that my future is in the hands of the Lord. I do not worry causeHe has my future. So I will be posting in a few days about this new adventure that we are going on. I am excited and yet sad about leaving the life that we know here in Havelock.
Today (6-12-08) was a neat day. I got on line last night determined to find a dear friend of mine that I had not talked to in almost 7 years!! I knew her married name and her maiden name. Well I found her address and phone number in less than 10 mins. I did not have to pay for this information eaither. God knew I had been thinking about her lately and I wanted to get ahold of her! Well I called this morning and she was not there so I left a message. I then called back this afternoon when I thought that she might be home and sure enough she was!!! It was like we had not missed a day. We caught up with kids, family and just like we had not lost touch! God is so awesome. She and her hubby are really involed in thier church in Al. Just like John and I are here. If we get stationed in AL then we will be like 5 mins from them. WOW!! That would be so neat!
Well let me see what I can say and do. I am on a few people's blogs. I am in awe of what they do and say so I thought that I would start my own. I am not really sure what I all I need to write and say. I have a few on my myspace that I am going to bring over here.
I have alot going on right now in my life. Then again I feel like I am sitting here doing nothing. Well my hubby just put in his paperwork to join the Army. He pasted all the medical stuff and so now we are waiting to see if they will take him.
I have given our request to the Lord and feel that this is a move that he is wanting us to make. I know that my future is in the hands of the Lord. I do not worry causeHe has my future. So I will be posting in a few days about this new adventure that we are going on. I am excited and yet sad about leaving the life that we know here in Havelock.
Today (6-12-08) was a neat day. I got on line last night determined to find a dear friend of mine that I had not talked to in almost 7 years!! I knew her married name and her maiden name. Well I found her address and phone number in less than 10 mins. I did not have to pay for this information eaither. God knew I had been thinking about her lately and I wanted to get ahold of her! Well I called this morning and she was not there so I left a message. I then called back this afternoon when I thought that she might be home and sure enough she was!!! It was like we had not missed a day. We caught up with kids, family and just like we had not lost touch! God is so awesome. She and her hubby are really involed in thier church in Al. Just like John and I are here. If we get stationed in AL then we will be like 5 mins from them. WOW!! That would be so neat!
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