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Name: His servant
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Interests: Glorifyng G-d and doing all that I can to lead others to the safety of His loving arms.
Occupation: Other
Industry: Hospitality
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Member Since:
1/5/2004
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Join us at Our new Garden Tea Room and Gift Shop on First Friday, February 1st from 5:00-8:00 P.M.. There will be a sneak preview of what we will have to offer on our menu. We will also have Lacey's beautiful handcrafted jewelry for sale that evening, as well as a display of photographs along our wall that will also be for sale.
Please stop in for free refreshments and a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a pretty candle and tea!
We are located at Mulberry Art Studios - 19 N. Mulberry St. - 2nd floor - Studio 212 -Lancaster, PA.
Our grand opening is Friday, February 8th from 11:00 A.M. -6:00 P.M..
Please go to;
www.royaltearoomandgifts.com, for more information.
www.myspace.com/royaltearoom
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| I live in the Matrix................... Nothing is ever what it seems to be. There are days when I am sure I live in the Matrix. It could be the only explanation.
People most definitely are never who they appear to be. No one is real, everyone is fake. They act accordingly, to whoever they are with. It is hard for me to be real because I know the minute I show my true self I will be instantly judged and instantly avoided. It is how it is and it is what I need to accept and move on. It might not be easy to be real, but it is how we are supposed to be. G-d never intended for us to have multiple personalities to fit every occasion, and every person we come in contact with. I am sick of being who everyone wants and expects me to be. If no one likes the real me, not too many people like the "try to please everyone" fake me anyway, then so be it. I am done walking on eggshells around certain people, I am done trying to please everyone else and not care if I think it is right or not. I am sick of agreeing with things I don't agree with just to fit in. I am too annoyed and too tired to care if I fit in or not. If no one likes what I have to say, sorry, but I am being truthful, and we are told to walk in the truth; (3 John: 4 - "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.") (1 John 1:6I. "If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth".) since I am going against those scriptures, I am therefore sinning against G-d, and it has to stop. How can I profess to be a follower of Him, and yet I still disobey His words? Two of the biggest problems I have with people are; lying, and being fake. Does this mean that I too have a problem with myself. Apparently it does. How can I love anyone when I don't love myself and hate what I have become? Not to sound like a movie but I am serious when I say; "if you don't want the truth and can't handle the truth then don't talk to me any longer, or ask my opinion on anything." One more rant and I am done. What is it with people not following through on what they say they are going to do? If someone asks me to do something and I say I will do it, I get it done. When someone asks for my help and I say I am going to help them, I help. When I tell someone I will somewhere, I go. When I tell someone I am going to pray for them, I pray. It seems that no one cares enough anymore to follow through on what they say they will do for or with others. It is so callous to tell someone you will be there for them and then disappear. We live in an uncaring world and it becomes clearer and clearer every day. I try to care, I try to help. I am one person, I don't feel like I am making a difference. Before anyone thinks that this is meant for them, it is meant for no one and everyone. And I do not think I am better then anyone else, quite the opposite, I feel like I suck badly at being a good person, at life in general. So please don't get any ideas that I am trying to sound pious, and I do no wrong. I love it when I am told that I need to have more compassion or caring especially for those who have treated me horribly. And I need to be there for them. Where were all these people when I needed them? G-d never says that we need to keep going back to those who treat us badly, only that we are to bless them and move on with our lives. If they refuse to hear the truth, we can't tie them down and make them become believers. I have had Pastors tell me the same thing. Also the forgiveness issue. We are to go and ask for forgiveness from anyone that has wronged us, or treated us badly? NO, we must forgive them in our hearts, or in prayer to G-d, but unless that person actually comes to you and asks for you to forgive them, then no where are we told to go up to them and say "I forgive you". I just want to live life for Him, and do whatever His will is. It won't be easy, and I am not expecting it to be. I just need to change, to be real, to really show love and compassion, and not care about what anyone thinks except for the One that created me. Those who know me may laugh at this and say I will never change, that is fine too. Judge all you want, in the end you won't be the one to judge me. But know that you will be judged by the One that has the right to. | | |
| Don't let today fade away into just another day.......enjoy life, enjoy your kids!! I have gotten so much flak over the years on the way I have brought my kids up and the "rules" that we did not have. The biggest problem people have seemed to have with "MY" ways of bringing up "MY" kids was always the schedule we went by. What was our schedule? We had no schedule and still don't. When everyone is tired they go to bed. Omigosh!! Her kids go to bed whenever they want? They will grow up to be thugs and drug addicts for sure. Okay, no one actually ever said that, but seriously who cares what time anyone goes to bed. If the ones going to bed, go too late and are tired all the next day, then they have learned a lesson to go to bed earlier the next night. If they never get it, they don't. Homeschooling has really helped with the bedtime issue for us. If you go to bed at 4, then where is it written that you have to get up at 8 to do "school"?? The beauty of home education has always been the freedom to get work done whenever and wherever it best suited the occasion. We actually unschool and are not tied down to any particular schedule. I know; "what happens when they have to go to work?" Well, my son has been at the same job for the past 6 years and the last few years he has had to be in as early as 6:00 a.m. and he does it. So I guess I didn't ruin him for life by not being a bed time nazi. I guess what I want to say here is; you only have your kids with you for a certain amount of time. Enjoy them while you can. Don't make so many rules that no one enjoys living in your home. Most kids that come from strict, no-nonsense environments can't wait to leave the minute they turn 18. I know that one day mine will leave, but I rejoice in knowing that they won't leave because they are unhappy with the way things are, and will always have wonderful memories to look back on; all night Star Wars Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly games, "Girl's Nights", all night Movie-thons, trips to Sheetz at 4:00 a.m., long talks, camp outs in the living room, sleeping under the Christmas tree,  and so much more. Oh and another "bad" thing that I have done is I have never cared what my kids wore or how they wear their hair. I have always believed, and so do they, that what is on the outside means nothing.....it is what is on the inside that counts. Why is it so hard for so many people to look beyond the dyed hair and torn jeans and see the person for who they really are, not for the way they dress or wear their hair. What matters is your heart and what you really stand for and what you will stand up for. Yes we have lived a life with no set rules, no academic schedules, and no bedtime schedules. So how are my kids turning out? Are they in Juvie by now? No, my son is straight edge, he works full-time and is about to take a position working with mentally challenged adults, he is a follower of Chr-st, and is in a committed relationship. My daughter is also straight edge, she is my partner in a tea party business we are trying to get off the ground, she has great talent in so many things but, cooking is what she enjoys most, she is a loving, compassionate young lady who has strong beliefs and faith, she follows Chr-st, and she also is in a committed relationship. Besides all of that my kids have known since they were old enough to understand that there is nothing they cannot tell me or ask me. It is so important that your children trust you enough and know that you will not be mad at them over anything they ask or tell you. My point here is, if you have kids don't waste another minute living by rules and regulations. Instead build lasting warm memories that they can carry in their hearts for the rest of their lives. Don't be so rigid in everything, learn to bend and say yes, instead of no all the time. Love them, appreciate them, and remember the wise words of author Alex Haley (Roots); "Find the good and praise it." Hopefully they will do the same for their own children........your grandkids ! Ease up, let go.....enjoy your family while you can. Kids grow up, it's life, it's time. Time ticks away, never ending, always moving ahead. There is no going back, no do overs. Make the best of the time you do have with them now. No one wants to look back on the past with regrets, and you surely don't want your family looking back with regrets either. May you be blessed in all that you do. **Important; please don't think that I think I know it all, or think I am a perfect mother. I am far from it and have screwed up just like everyone else. My intentions are never to try to show how "perfect" I am, because I am not!** | | |
| Blessings This is kind of long, but it is an awesome story!! After getting our Christmas tree, I went down to the cellar to find all the ornaments I had collected over the years for the kids, and the ones I had forever, and they could not be found. I started to sell on Ebay again, to help make ends meet. The past few auctions didn't do that great and I was not doing as good as I had hoped to. So I prayed to G-d to please let me make enough money for what we need. Then about two weeks ago I went down cellar to find our ornaments. I am not lying when I say I went through every box and container down there (and there is a lot of boxes believe me!) Then my son also went down because he could not believe that all his Star Wars ornaments could be gone. He too went through most of the boxes. While filtering through the boxes I came across some boxes of things I had meant to sell on Ebay long ago. One thing in particular caught my eye. It was a pink Smurfette sheet that was in my opinion, pretty unusual. I went upstairs and searched Ebay and saw the same one had just sold the same sheet for $75.00. I quickly took pictures and put mine on as a Buy It Now, and within two hours that also sold for $75.00. Actually most of what I found down cellar has or is selling very good. Last night I went down again to see if we had any window candles and I glanced at the Rubbermaid container that was right against the wall when you come down the stairs. On the way up I opened it to see what was in it. You guessed it....all our ornaments!! I strongly believe that G-d planned it so that I would be forced to go through all of those boxes to find the things that would bring in the extra money. Why in the world none of us bothered to open the lid on a container that was the first thing we all saw when we went downstairs is a mystery, or is it really? So that is my story of the ornaments! Hope you were inspired by it. | | |
| HomosexualityI have been doing a lot of serious thinking lately about the whole "gay agenda" at our church and just in life in general. Yes, I know there are a lot of wonderful gay people out there, and I also know that for the most part, the ones I have had contact with, have been very nice and probably some of the nicest people I have met out here. I don't look at them as being "gay", just as I don't look at others as "black, "Spanish", mentally ill", etc, etc. People are just people to me. The big problem I am having is not being able to understand how a homosexual person can claim to be a Christian. To me being a Christian is yes, loving Him, but also living your life as a Christian and proclaiming the Bible, and G-d's Holy words as your road map and clear instructions on how you are supposed to live your life. Don't get me wrong here, I am not saying that I am perfect and do every single thing the Bible tells me to do, or never go against a thing in there. That is where human nature gets in the way, and not much can be done to curtail it. The Bible is pretty clear on it's views on living a homosexual lifestyle; In Matthew 19:4-5 it reads:
"And He answered and said, "Have you not read, that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female," and said, for this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh'?". Further reading; "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman: it is an abomination" (Lev 18:22). "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall be put to death: their blood is upon them" (Lev 20:13). "God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error" (Rom 1:26-27). How can someone say that they are a follower of J-sus, and be gay?? They know they are living a life of sin and again, going totally against the Bible and G-d's word. Do not get me wrong here, I am not saying I hate, or even dislike gay people. In the Christian realm I see them as lost souls that need help, and to give their lives totally over to Him. Even if it means having no physical relationships at all. If you truly want to follow J-sus and live your life as a Christian, as well as call yourself a Christian, you can't live a completely sinful life. You cannot go through life happy with the burden of sinning every single day of your life. The church we were attending was very open, affirming, and welcoming to everyone, which I thought was great in the beginning. Then one of the children's messages included something like..."and never forget you are free to love anyone you choose in life, regardless of race, gender, etc, etc..." That pretty much did it for me. It is fine to be loving, kind, and welcoming to everyone, but to tell little children that it is okay to love anyone, and to be with anyone, regardless of gender was a bit much for me. It was pretty much affirming that it was perfectly fine to go against the Bible and become gay. You start putting that kind of stuff in a young child's mind and who knows what that will end up doing to them. I also have a big problem with those who are gay and make a big deal of showing everyone that they are. It isn't like I go around flaunting that I am a woman....look at me!!! So why do so many, especially younger, homosexuals have to make sure that everyone knows what they are? Is it an insecurity thing? The shock factor? I just don't get it. If you are, then why do you feel it is necessary to let everyone you come in contact with, know that you are? The only thing I can think is that maybe some are seriously seeking an answer, help, someone to confront them on it. I don't know, I am not a psych., it just seems that more and more are trying to make some kind of statement by being overly open about it. Just my opinions and thoughts....... | | |
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