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Saturday, December 01, 2007

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:58:21 GMT

I'm going to hear Rob Bell tonight..what is your opinion on him, his books and his lectures?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Bell

Also- wondering your thoughts on how the Holy Spirit prompts us to follow God.

How does He do it in your life?

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:27:46 GMT

Wow, it's been a lllooonnggg time since I've written.

Drop me a line about how you're doing if you read this!

THE VALUE OF A LIFE

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:16:15 GMT

Toddler’s Mom Fights for His Right to Live

A Texas mother is challenging doctors who insist her 16-month-old boy be taken off life support, LifeNews reported.

Doctors at Brackenridge Children’s Hospital have told Catarina Gonzales that medical care for her son Emilio is “futile.” He has Leigh’s disease, which destroys the central nervous system and kills most of its victims by age 7.

Under state law, Catarina Gonzales has just a few days to find a facility that will agree to sustain Emilio.

“The fact of this matter is, even if this progressive disease will cause him eventually to die, he’s not dead yet,” said Jerri Ward, an attorney who is helping Gonzales. “Dying is not being dead.”

Gonzales knows Emilio will eventually die, but she wants doctors to recognize the value of his life and to give him the best care possible.

“Some days he will hear you, some days he won’t,” Gonzales said of her son. “He’s not completely brain dead.”

http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004166.cfm

Monday, February 26, 2007

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:29:16 GMT

"I fervently invoke the aid of that Almighty Ruler of the Universe in whose hands are the destinies of nations and of men to guard this Heaven-favored land."

-- President James Knox Polk, Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1845

Monday, February 19, 2007

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:13:42 GMT

As is typical of my blog- I have news of yet another job change! I'm going back into the world of pscyh and Austism! It has all happened very quickly and I've had the oppotunity to see God clearly answer my prayer for clear direction. He opened some doors at American Greetings and when my time was done there he shut them and immediately opened a door at Monarch Bellfaire JCB-a school for children and teens with Autism. I haven't announced my departure from AG yet so if you could pray for me about that-as I only accepted the job on Friday. I'll start in exactly two weeks and I am so excited! I'm going to get the option of having summers off!!! There is so much going on in my life right now but I wanted to let you, my dear friends and the only ones who read this blog, know about some of my life changes!

I hope you are each doing extremely well and enjoying winter!!!

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:20:42 GMT

...sigh..

Life is filled with ups and downs. I can honestly say I'm thankful for the downs because they make the ups that much more uppier! Yet I often feel I am learning the same lessons over and over again. Dealing with the same frustrations-the same mistakes and failures. Some days I just ache for heaven though I know my job, while on earth, is so very important. God has put me here with a purpose..so with that I will steady on. I must...steady on and persevere. Struggle to see the painful moments for what they are..and move on. Hopefully moving on with a renewed sense of purpose..with a change of heart, mind, body and soul.

Today I'm glad that I have ~hope~ for a bright future and that life does get better than "this"..

thanks God..

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:22:34 GMT

I LOVE SNOW SO MUCH! Yesterday I spent the day snowboarding and thoroughly enjoying the gift of snow. It was the most magnificant day I have had in ages and I am so thankful for it!

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:51:29 GMT

pop culture-we love to hate it. hate to love it.

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:29:38 GMT

Pop Culture

I despise pop culture.

I absolutely hate that CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, etc. are all wasting valuable and precious news time on pop culture. I'm so sick of it hearing about the totally glamorized lives of immature people. Absolutely sick to my stomach by it. Rosy vs. Trump, Brittany and her escapades- need I go on?

My real problem doesn't really lie in my anger at the media and their portrayal of these celebrity misfits- it's that I actually care about pop culture. I honestly want to know what's going on with Reese and her divorce and countelss other screwed up lives that are labeled "the ultimate lifestyle". You too can have a four ruined marriages, kids on crack at age 10, 5 DUI's- it doesn't sound very good when you think about it that way. Who wants that? I don't!

Yet when we hear about it on CNN I believe we feel/think 3 things: One being a justification of our own poor choices, and two criticism and judgement towards people we do not even know! Third, well atleast they have a lot of money. If I had that money I'd do better things with it/be happy/save the world- I guess this falls under two but who honestly has not thought that before?

How should we TRULY and SINCERELY respond to the negatives in pop culture? How has it gotten this out of control that it's actually portrayed as top news stories in the world!?

I really do have compassion towards many of these celebrities but I think my judgement towards their actions outways the good. I am sad that our society has come back to this point, yet again, where to have endless wads of cash has become our dream. It is so empty yet I very often find myself desiring it.

We need a radical change....of heart.

What will it take? Is it possible?

Monday, December 04, 2006

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:18:35 GMT

I haven't posted in FOREVER!

So much is going on it's nuts.

HAPPY WINTER! Today was our first real snow..it was lovely.