Camp Season…
Posted on June 24, 2011Well camp season is now in full swing. Our first Jr. Camp (8-12 year old campers) came and went this week. I didn’t cook for that camp, but I did go up and help a little bit. Not much, but a little. I mostly sat around a visited with friends.
They had lots of help, though. They had two adult couples in charge of the kitchen and then like 3 or 4 other adults helping, plus some kids that were in and out helping with dishes and wiping tables and sweeping.
The next few camps I will be cooking for and I will be the only adult in charge of the kitchen. This coming week I will have my daughter for sure in the kitchen helping me, but I’m not sure how many others I will have. I have been trying to recruit some helpers. The following week, I will have a lot of help. The next camp I will also have lots of help with.
It’s gonna be a great summer, I can just feel it. I cannot tell you the joy I get from serving God here at Fort Faith Baptist Camp. I never knew I could be so happy. I guess that comes from being smack dab in the middle of God’s will for your life!! Praise God!! 
Anyone wanna come out and help me in the kitchen next week?? You are more than welcome!!! Can’t come everyday?? Can’t come all day?? Just come out when you can for as long as you can, any help would be greatly appreciated!! I’ll probably be in the kitchen getting things started between 10:00-10:30 AM Monday morning…come join the fun!!!
At a loss…
Posted on June 06, 2011For those of you who know me, you know this is something odd…that I would not know what to say…
It’s not so much that I don’t know what to say, so mush as I don’t want to say too much or say the wrong thing.
Just know that there is a lot going on with me right now. I need some prayer, please. Some of what is going on is not going on “with” me, and doesn’t even really directly affect me, but it shakes me to the core that the devil is attacking so “close to home”.
And the other stuff I’m going through is going on “with” me, but I am in prayer about it and I am seeking God’s guidance and His will in this situation, which is always hard because as a human being, I rely too much on my feelings and emotions…Of course, I never want to do anything that will cause anyone pain, especially my family and myself.
Please friends, keep your loved ones close to you, tell them and show them you love them every chance you get. Be slow to anger and quick to forgive, for we are not promised a tomorrow to try again!!!
Narrow Is the Path…
Posted on May 22, 2011THE ROMANS ROAD
If you could have God’s promise that YOU would go right to HEAVEN when you die, would you take it??
Let me show YOU how YOU can have This Promise!!
ALL HAVE SINNED
ROMANS 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.
ROMANS 3:23 For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.
GOD’S PRICE ON SIN
ROMANS 6:23 A For the wages of sin is death.
THERE ARE TWO DEATHS
REVELATION 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
OUR WAY OUT
ROMANS 5:8-9 But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
GOD’S PERSONAL PROMISE
ROMANS 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Take God at his word and claim His promise for your salvation. Bow your head right now and sincerely ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and to save your soul.
Saying a prayer does not save you!! You must believe what the Bible says and mean it in your heart to be saved!!!
ROMANS 10:9-11 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture sayeth, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.
Once you are eternally saved, you are always eternally saved…
HEBREWS 13:5B…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
If you have read this and accepted Christ as your personal Savior, CONGRATULATIONS on getting that taken care of, you’ll be so glad you did!! Please leave your name in a comment so that I can pray for you !!! And also find yourself a good, Bible (King James) preaching Church where you can grow in your faith!!
Home…
Posted on May 18, 2011For those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, it takes a lot more than having the biggest, bestest, most high tech house on the block to make a house a home. It takes a lot more than fancy shower curtains and pretty nick knacks too!!
Some people just don’t get it. It doesn’t matter if you have all the latest home furnishings and high tech gadgets like the ones you see on Home Makeover and other shows on TV, but if you don’t have love and security, you’ve got nothing!!!
You can have the biggest house on the block with the fanciest things in it and if you don’t have love and commitment and trust, you may as well have a cardboard box. When will people learn this important fact?
“Things” are not evil or bad in and of themselves, but when we place the importance on these that we should have on our relationships with our families and with God, we are setting ourselves up for major disappointment!!
Just had to get that off my chest…
Judgement Is Coming…
Posted on May 03, 2011I am not a “doomsday” sort of person at all, but people, judgement is coming!!
Reading Genesis 6 today, I read about how God brought judgement on the whole earth, save one man and his family.
The world had become so wicked that God was saddened and sorry that He had ever created man. So, He eventually flooded the earth, effectively killing every person on the planet, except Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives.
I don’t think we know exactly how many people there actually were then, but God saw fit to save only 8 people of all that were there.
Makes me wonder how bad things will have to get before God will have to step in and do it again. I can’t imagine that He will allow it to get much worse. It seems that the world is getting worse by the day as far as wickedness and just plain evil.
Just some thoughts I had while having coffee and Bible this morning…
Genesis 4
Posted on April 29, 2011Genesis 4:1 “….I have gotten a man from the Lord.” What a thought.
Do we realize that our children truly are a gift from God?? I don’t think we appreciate that fact enough!!
Through all the pains of labor, the early morning feedings, the “terrible twos”, those trying times of preadolescence , all the way through those awkward teenage years. We should keep in mind that our children are in fact A GIFT from God!!
I think I will remind myself of that the next time I want to throttle “the girl” for being sassy or not cleaning her room!! Because she truly is a gift from God, truly!!
Please remember to be thankful for every second you have with your children. I have always been thankful for the time I have had with mine. My son was taken to heaven at the age of 10, and though I have never been a perfect parent (never will be), I have never had to think to myself , “I wish I would have said I love you more”, or “I hope he knew I loved him”. Praise the Lord for that!!
Today, take a moment to let your children know that you love them and what a blessing they really are, even when they are driving you to drink and/or go bald or gray or both!!!
Dreams and Aspirations…
Posted on April 28, 2011 
Genesis 3:16
Posted on April 27, 2011
The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the Book for me!!
Posted on April 25, 2011so, i was convicted yesterday that i really need to read my Bible more. i am ashamed to say that there have been days when i haven’t read it at all…
there have been days i have prayed and done good and went to church when i was supposed to, but didn’t read my Bible. that, of course, doesn’t mean i am going to hell or anything, but it’s not good!!
the Christian life is all about good balance. and if i’m not reading my Bible i cannot have good balance!! with all the junk on tv, on the radio, in the newspaper, and just in life in general, i really need to be in the Word!!!
in my quest to start daily Bible reading, i am starting out slow, always a good idea, as to not get overwhelmed and quit, which is quite common for me, i must admit. that is one of my many faults, but God is still working on me!!!
so, i have decided to read the books of the Bible in chronological order (the order in which they were written) and i will read at least one chapter a day. some days i will probably read more, but like i said, if i start out slow and don’t try to race through it and set too high of expectations, i will be more likely to stick with it and i will also get more out of it!!
i was going to read them in alphabetical order so i read acts 1 today, tomorrow will be genesis 1!!!
There really is a “Hell” and it’s HOT!!
Posted on April 18, 2011Why is it so hard for people to believe that a loving God would allow people to go to hell??
Think about it…God sent His PERFECT son, whom he loved more than anything, to suffer and die a cruel death, so that we could have a home in heaven.
Why is it so hard to believe that he would allow people who are NOT PERFECT to go to hell for denying Him and not accepting the PERFECT Son He sent here to die for them??
My pastor made mention of this while preaching yesterday and it makes a lot of sense when you think about it!!!
IFB is not a bad thing!
Posted on April 09, 2011I watched a 20/20 special last night on TV and I have to say, I was a little, OK, a lot, disturbed by what I saw/heard.
It was about “IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist) Cult Survivors”. And it was all about people (mostly girls, from what I saw) that have suffered sexual/physical/spiritual abuse at the hands of either parents who are IFB or IFB Pastors/Deacons/members.
As I sat there and listened to these women talk about their abuse, I wondered each time, what does this have to do with Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches?? I mean, as a whole.
How many IFB Churches are there in this country and how many have had things like this happen in them? Now take the number of Methodist “Churches” out there. How many of those have had things like this happen in them? Catholic “Churches”? Lutheran “Churches”? Bible “Churches”? I could go on and on…I doubt that IFB Churches corner the market on sexual predators, or physically abusive parents for that matter!!
I have a hard time with people who want to lump all of one type of anything together, let alone INDEPENDENT Churches. Independent Fundamental Churches are just what they say they are.
**Independent, meaning they are self governing, not associated or linked with any other, not part of any “conference” and not accountable to anyone but GOD. This gives them the freedom to preach and teach whatever the Pastor gets from God. They are funded by what their people give.
**Fundamental, a my understanding is, simply means they preach and teach principles and doctrine of the Word of God from THE WORD OF GOD. They believe that the King James Bible is THE preserved Word of God, written by man, but God inspired.
**Baptist, now that’s a little harder to put into words. I believe this pertains to specific doctrinal beliefs that set the IFB’s apart from other “denomonations”. Baptism being one, if not the most important, but also including dress, dating, separation and other standards.
I heard someone say on this 20/20 program that IFB’s think their standards make them superior to others. I cannot speak for anyone but myself, but I do not think myself superior to ANYONE. I do have standards, probably higher than some, but most definitely lower than most (IFB’s). I am an Independent Fundamental Baptist, but I am not better than anyone else. I struggle with sin everyday, just like everyone else. I am a sinner saved by grace.
Then there was the whole women shouldn’t be have to be subordinate and spanking=beating and all that…I believe this is the reason the world is the way it is today…people have gotten so far from God’s orginal plan that no one knows whats right anymore, or we just don’t care…
darkness…
Posted on February 25, 2011as i sat here this afternoon a wave of emotion washed over me. i wouldn’t say a bad wave, but it did make me cry. i thought about all the people in my life who have tried to help me. all the people in the treatment centers i was in that helped me. the people who worked in the psych wards i was in. the people who made it their job to make sure i was okay.
some of the people in my life actually did help me. they helped me see past my own sad little self to see the bigger picture. after all, the world really doesn’t revolve around me. and some of them really didn’t help me. they belittled me and degraded me, made me feel bad about who i am. i guess, in a way, they did help me. they helped me realize what and who i DID NOT WANT to be. showed me that i wanted to go in the opposite direction that they went.
i thought about the choices i have made and the directions i decided to go in. i know there are people out there who think i am a waste of the time and effort they “put into me”… they have written me off as a “lost cause”, someone who will never be a good person. and i wonder, are they right? was i worth it?? am i ever going to be a good enough? then you have the ones who told me none of us are good, we can’t be cause we are dirty rotten sinners (which is true). so i guess i have my answer…
i know God has a purpose for everyone and everything…blah blah blah…i wonder, though, was my purpose to make people realize that there are just some things in life that are not worth putting your time and effort into?? was i put on this planet to make sure that those who crossed my path would learn that no matter how hard you try, some people are always just going to let you down??
my adoptive parents have said (on more than one occasion, mind you) that they wish they had never adopted me. that says a lot to me about how they feel about me. and really, they raised me, lived with me, know me the best, so they should know me better than anyone, right?
but then there are people in my life who say they love me and act like they love me…maybe this is because they feel sorry for me?? like, dude, she is really screwed up and no one really wants her, so let’s be nice to her…
i don’t know, i really don’t. but i can’t help how i feel and right now this is it. i want to be happy and upbeat and i want to be all “God is good” and all that but right now, i really just don’t have it in me…
please Lord, help me in my time of need…help me to seek the Light in the darkness, before the darkness consumes me…