Thankfulness...

I appreciate the Lord and his wonderful grace and mercy in my life. Bro Werkheiser did an outstanding job preaching at the Youth Revival. I really appreciate his family's dedication to the Lord and the church. It's going to take what it has always taken to get a hold of God, prayer, fasting, faithfulness and living the Word of God. I am striving with all my heart to do just that. Talk is cheap and will not get the work done, but paying the price to get a hold of God always works 100% of the time.

I really thank the Lord for touching Erika's body during the revival. Her neck was hurting so bad, she was miserable. You could see it on her face. I have no idea what it feels like to hurt every day of my life. I asked for prayer privately and we felt the Lord but her neck still hurt, so I asked the entire church to pray. God touched her and the pain left. God is so good. She is dealing with many ordeals right now over her RA. God knows all about those and I pray just as simply as he touched her neck on Saturday night, he can completely heal her and who knows he may have done just that. If he doesn't I love him and appreciate him for he alone is worthy of all the honor and glory for it all!!!!!

I am so thankful for my family, words are insufficient to explain how much they mean to me. The strength we draw from one another is such a blessing. We are praying together as a family and we are looking to Jesus to bring all the victories that he so chooses.

Christmas is a special time of the year. I have so many awesome Christmas memories with my children. I am so thankful for the memorable times that have been shared. I loved giving to my children for Christmas. It was sheer joy to me. I don't have the resources I once had, but the memories I have, can't be bought with monies or presents. I can truly say that with money I enjoyed the ability to give, but I have learned that even without extra money you can give in ways that money can't buy. What a wonderful experience it has been to learn some of the most valuable lessons of life through the hardships and losses of the temporal.

I can truly say I love and miss Charlie every day of my life. I pray for him to find peace. Our family loves him and misses him. We still suffer one of the greatest losses our immediate family has ever suffered. I wished he knew what a profound loss we have experienced without him in our daily lives, sharing the good, the bad, the happy, the sad. If he only knew all the things he is missing. God only knows what the future holds, however I love him and miss him tremendously.

I hope each of you have a blessed Christmas.

Thanks to my dearest friends who have supported me in times only God understands. He always sends someone to care and say just what you need to hear. I have had that happen in spades in the last 2 weeks. Thank you my friends and thank you Jesus. There are so many I would like to personally mention, but God will bless them more for what is done in private, so I want them to get all the glory God will let them have by not sounding a trumpet about it. Take my word for it, it has been some of the best compliments of my life in last 2 weeks. I don't need accolades of man when
God is pleased with my life, however there are times, it means so much more to know your life touches others, when they have no idea what is going on in your life and they had no idea what was said meant so much. I know God did though and I pray a double portion of encouragement is sent their way.

I appreciate God for sending Ricky the sweetest, genuine, good hearted, good headed, perceptive young lady to be such an asset to his life and the life of his family. God bless Ricky and Megan from here to heaven. I love her with all my heart. She is the best niece in the world!!!!! My MT.