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Name: Anita
Birthday: 10/18/1953
Gender: Female
Interests: I love the Lord, my church, my husband, my children, I love other children (and can't wait to be a grandmother...hint hint...andrew and rebekah), I love my chickens (I call them my "girls"), I love taking vacations (our family has been to every state but Hawaii), I love pictures (my fridge is covered with pictures magneted on it), I love emailing my twin sister (we're identical; her name is Rita. Rita and Anita. ha), I love to work out at Curves, I love cooking for my family, I love reading, I love long hot baths in my whirlpool bathtub, as well as many other things.
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Member Since:
1/15/2005
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| Hello All. It has been a while since I have written anything so I thought I would share with you a journey I have been on for the last 5 months. Well, it is really not a journey that you take by car but it is a journey. I have learned so much about myself and my sin. When I went to the doctor in Oct. or Nov. they took a blood test. Well, they called when they got the results saying they were concerned about my white blood count. It was very low. They decided to wait 3 months before they took another test. It was very difficult to wait but I also did not want to have another test. (If you don't do it, it will go away, right?) I struggled a lot with lack of faith in God's perfect will. I am ashamed to admit that. I wanted to believe His will was perfect but a part of me worried and imagined the worst. At the beginning of March I took another test. My WBC was even lower but it was determined that I have had a low WBC most of my life. The way my doctor put it was " If that was going to kill you, you would already be dead." In other words this is "normal" for me. But another number was off. So they wanted to see me in another month. It was during the month of March that I discovered what a weak sinner I truly am. God used this month to grow me. Toward the end of the month, I was able to thank him for bringing me down this journey. Now I didn't like it but I learned so much about myself. And most of it I didn't like. I did not fear dying, I feared suffering. But think about how Christ suffered for each of His people. Only a few people knew about the struggles I was having and they were an encouragement to me. I wept tears that I did not know I had. But it was all good. On Monday of this week I found out everything was "normal". John said he could tell everything was better by my voice. He had me back. Another friend asked if the "happy Anita" was back. I didn't realize other people who didn't know my struggling could tell something was wrong. So after 5 months of this long journey, I am back. Now I know there will be other journeys that I will travel down, and I know those will possibly be even more difficult but praise to our Lord I am praising Him for this last journey. | | |
| Hello All... It has been almost 6 months since I last wrote
anything. Honestly, I couldn't figure out how to do it and
I just never asked anyone. :) But as you can tell by my
post, I now know how.  How is
everyone? I am doing fine. News about myself. After
10 years of pain and many tylenol and Celebrex, the Lord has been
gracious to relieve that pain. I no longer taken anything for
pain. I see a chiropractor 2 times a week and sleep on an ice
pack. I have much to thank the Lord for. In fact, I consider this
a miracle. I guess I just wanted to share that with you
all. There was a time in the past that I thought I would never be
able to sit on the floor and play with my future grandbabies. Now
I feel like that is very possible if the Lord blesses me with
grandbabies. I guess this has been the biggest thing to happen to
me. This is all I wanted to say. I hope to hear from you
all. Love, Mrs. Anita
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| Just wanted to let you know that my little 11 year old cousin passed away this morning at 8:55 AM. There will be a graveside service at 10 AM on Thursday morning. Thank you for your prayers for this family. | | |
| Finally I am going to write something. I hope all is well with everyone. I have had a very busy, yet fun summer. It is hard to believe that in less than a month school will begin for those of you in college and maybe even high school. The time sure goes by fast. I am thankful to say that even at 51, God continues to teach me through my sin and the sin of others. I used to think that once I got older, I would have most things figured out. Well, guess what? We are still a bunch of sinners and we still have lots to learn.
I will end this post with some words that one of our pastors spoke a couple of weeks ago. He encouraged the young people to tell someone in authority if another young person is living in sin even if it means becoming a so called "outcast". We are all sinners but there are some Christians that still want to live as the world lives. I am mainly speaking of immoral sins. Think about that. By telling someone older and wiser, you could be encouraging your weaker brother or sister to think about their sin by involving someone else who could help and encourage them in God's word.
Love to all of you who read this. May you seriously think about the words spoken by our pastor. Love, Mrs. Anita | | |
| I have decided to finally add something to my xanga site. Sorry it has taken so long. My life is forever busy but that is OK. One of my highlights for the last month or so was my visit with my momma. She is 81 and she came home with us after we visited La. for Easter. We had a tremendous time. She believes this will be her last extended visit with us. And it only lasted 3 1/2 days. I took her to meet up with my twin sister and she also stayed 3 1/2 days with her. My sweet momma has never been the perfect momma but she was the perfect momma for me. God in his perfect wisdom and design allowed her to give me life. So I rise up and call her blessed. I guess when you get older like I am now, you don't dwell on your parents faults. You know what they are but they aren't as important as you thought they were when you were much younger. So I guess this is my encouragement for all of you today. My daddy passed away 12 years ago and he was also not perfect. He was a drunk most of my life but about 3 years before his death, we believe God saved his soul. I am thankful that I can remember the daddy things that my daddy did above the drunken state that he was in most of my teenage years. I hope I can hear from you all. Enjoy the time you have with your parents and truly listen to their Godly counsel and wisdom above the so called counsel and wisdom of some of your peers. Love, Mrs. Anita | | |
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