Hello sisters!
I hope this finds each of you well and enjoying the beauty around us as the seasons change and the leaves turn.
I would like to ask for prayers...tomorrow at 2:30pm I have a job interview for a full-time position. It sounds like an exciting opportunity and since I'm currently working only 12-15 hrs. per week going full-time would definitely help our financial situation. And most likely I would be eligible for health benefits, etc. which would be a big help since I have been without coverage for approx. 5 years (self-employed and then part-time). However, there is a downside that I am struggling with. If I was to take a full-time position, I would be giving up and missing some things that are important to me...such as being the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Mentor Mom, attending field trips and volunteering at my daughter's school, picking her up every day and spending the afternoon together, etc. Not to mention that I really like where I'm at (aside from limited hours and no benefits) and the thought of getting back to full-time hours after not doing so for 8 years!
So, it's kind of a battle between where my heart is leading me and where common sense is leading me. In reality, I know I need to trust the Lord and go where He leads. So, I would appreciate your prayers for peace of mind and that I would hear the Lord clearly as I go through the interviewing process, and if selected, the decision making process of deciding if this is the path I need to take.
Thank you in advance for your prayers...I will update with news as soon as I have some.
I can't wait to see some of you again at the next Ultreya.
Love to you all!
Gabrielle
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Hey!
Welcome to another week sisters. Today is the start of fall and the leaves are turning everywhere. God is good. I got this in my daily email and wanted to share it with you. Hope you all have a great week.
Decolores! Woohoo!
Brandee
The Father's Arms
Some days have been "toughies", but I keep thinking about something I saw the other day.
I had to go to a store way on the other side of town, and I was in a hurry to get back home to make sure my mom was okay. (She is 94 years old and frail.) It seemed like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. Taking care of her is my honor and joy, but some days are just harder than others.
Then I saw something that changed everything.
I had to stop for a school bus to let the children off. A little boy, about 5 years old, needed to cross the road in front of me and his little back-pack was so heavy it was sliding off his shoulder. He was groaning and struggling a lot. But there to meet him, on the sidewalk... kneeling down with arms outstretched, was his dad.
All of a sudden, the child shouldered his burden and ran to his father with the most joyful expression and not a care in the world. His dad lifted him up and swung him around and back to the ground. They ran to their front door, hand in hand, sharing the heavy load.
It made me think how God is like that. Just when we can't take much more stress or bear another burden, He opens his arms and takes us in and lets us know that our burdens are shared.
Ginger Nielson
Decolores! Woohoo!
Brandee
The Father's Arms
Some days have been "toughies", but I keep thinking about something I saw the other day.
I had to go to a store way on the other side of town, and I was in a hurry to get back home to make sure my mom was okay. (She is 94 years old and frail.) It seemed like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. Taking care of her is my honor and joy, but some days are just harder than others.
Then I saw something that changed everything.
I had to stop for a school bus to let the children off. A little boy, about 5 years old, needed to cross the road in front of me and his little back-pack was so heavy it was sliding off his shoulder. He was groaning and struggling a lot. But there to meet him, on the sidewalk... kneeling down with arms outstretched, was his dad.
All of a sudden, the child shouldered his burden and ran to his father with the most joyful expression and not a care in the world. His dad lifted him up and swung him around and back to the ground. They ran to their front door, hand in hand, sharing the heavy load.
It made me think how God is like that. Just when we can't take much more stress or bear another burden, He opens his arms and takes us in and lets us know that our burdens are shared.
Ginger Nielson
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Please pray for me.
I am having a bit of depression and could use all the prayer I can get. This happens to me once in a while so I know how to handle it but would very much appreciate the prayers as I navigate this.
Thanks!
Amy
Thanks!
Amy
Daily Thoughts
Hey ladies! Hope that all of you are well today. I have been thinking about all of you and memories of our weekend, the closeness with God and each other, sustain me on the tough days. I get these daily thoughts in my email and thought I would share this one because it really made me think about all the times that I said no thanks to God and chose the ways of the world.
Decolores
Woo hoo!
ysiC,
Brandee
Opportunity Lost
"Then [King] Agrippa said to Paul, 'Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.'" - Acts 26:28
Years ago, Walter took his friend Arthur to see some land in open country where cattle were idly grazing. Walter explained about his dream for developing this area. He told his friend that in time the area would be surrounded by many restaurants, hotels and convention centers. He told Arthur that his plan would take all of his money and he needed others to develop the surrounding area. He wanted his friend to have the first opportunity to buy into this project.
But Arthur thought to himself, "Who in the world is going to drive twenty-five miles for this crazy project?"
He said to Walter that he would think about it and decide later on. "Later on will be too late," Walter cautioned Arthur. "You'd better move on it right now."
"And so Art Linkletter turned down the opportunity to buy up all the land that surrounded what was to become Disneyland. His friend Walt Disney tried to talk him into it. But Art thought he was crazy."
Life's like that. King Agrippa had the opportunity to accept Christ and become a Christian. He turned it down. Judas had one of the greatest opportunities in all history to become a follower of Jesus. Instead, he betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Unbelievable! The two thieves who were crucified with Jesus also had the opportunity to receive the gift of eternal life. One accepted. The other didn't.
Life offers all of us many opportunities. We all have the opportunity to become followers of Jesus and to be a part of what God is doing in the world today. That choice is ours. Today. As God's Word says, "Now is the accepted time... now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, when opportunities from you come knocking on my door, no matter how quiet they are, please give me an ear to hear, a listening heart to hear what you are saying, and the wisdom to say, 'Yes,' to you and your call. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."
Decolores
Woo hoo!
ysiC,
Brandee
Opportunity Lost
"Then [King] Agrippa said to Paul, 'Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.'" - Acts 26:28
Years ago, Walter took his friend Arthur to see some land in open country where cattle were idly grazing. Walter explained about his dream for developing this area. He told his friend that in time the area would be surrounded by many restaurants, hotels and convention centers. He told Arthur that his plan would take all of his money and he needed others to develop the surrounding area. He wanted his friend to have the first opportunity to buy into this project.
But Arthur thought to himself, "Who in the world is going to drive twenty-five miles for this crazy project?"
He said to Walter that he would think about it and decide later on. "Later on will be too late," Walter cautioned Arthur. "You'd better move on it right now."
"And so Art Linkletter turned down the opportunity to buy up all the land that surrounded what was to become Disneyland. His friend Walt Disney tried to talk him into it. But Art thought he was crazy."
Life's like that. King Agrippa had the opportunity to accept Christ and become a Christian. He turned it down. Judas had one of the greatest opportunities in all history to become a follower of Jesus. Instead, he betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Unbelievable! The two thieves who were crucified with Jesus also had the opportunity to receive the gift of eternal life. One accepted. The other didn't.
Life offers all of us many opportunities. We all have the opportunity to become followers of Jesus and to be a part of what God is doing in the world today. That choice is ours. Today. As God's Word says, "Now is the accepted time... now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, when opportunities from you come knocking on my door, no matter how quiet they are, please give me an ear to hear, a listening heart to hear what you are saying, and the wisdom to say, 'Yes,' to you and your call. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Prayer for today-In Remembrance of 9/11/01
Good morning ladies!
I hope this day finds you well. Today being September 11th I wanted to share this prayer with you. I got it in my email this morning and although it was prayed 7 years ago, it is still relevant today. I know that I will always remember where I was when I heard that a plane had crashed into the first tower just as my mom says she will always remember where she was when she heard that Elvis had died. I just urge all of you to cherish every moment because we truly never know when God will call us home. Praise him at all times (even in the bad stuff) because he has an amazing plan for each and every one of us!
Have a nice weekend (see some of you at Ultreya tomorrow)!
Carpe Diem! Woohoo!
Decolores
ysiC,
Brandee
Do It Again, Lord
Max Lucado
Sep 11, 2008
This beautiful prayer was shared by Max Lucado seven years ago after 9-11. It is just as pertinent today as it was seven years ago. I share it with you once again on this special day.
"DO IT AGAIN, LORD"
America Prays
September, 2001
Dear Lord,
We're still hoping we'll wake up. We're still hoping we'll open a sleepy eye and think, "What a horrible dream."
But we won't, will we, Father? What we saw was not a dream. Planes did gouge towers. Flames did consume our fortress. People did perish. It was no dream and, dear Father, we are sad.
There is a ballet dancer who will no longer dance and a doctor who will no longer heal. A church has lost her priest, a classroom is minus a teacher. Cora ran a food pantry. Paige was a counselor and Dana, dearest Father, Dana was only three years old. (Who held her in those final moments?)
We are sad, Father. For as the innocent are buried, our innocence is buried as well. We thought we were safe. Perhaps we should have known better. But we didn't.
And so we come to you. We don't ask you for help; we beg you for it. We don't request it; we implore it. We know what you can do. We've read the accounts. We've pondered the stories and now we plead, "Do it again, Lord. Do it again."
Remember Joseph? You rescued him from the pit. You can do the same for us. Do it again, Lord.
Remember the Hebrews in Egypt? You protected their children from the angel of death. We have children, too, Lord. Do it again.
And Sarah? Remember her prayers? You heard them. Joshua? Remember his fears? You inspired him. The women at the tomb? You resurrected their hope. The doubts of Thomas? You took them away. Do it again, Lord. Do it again.
You changed Daniel from a captive into a king's counselor. You took Peter the fisherman and made him Peter an apostle. Because of you, David went from leading sheep to leading armies. Do it again, Lord, for we need counselors today, Lord. We need apostles. We need leaders. Do it again, dear Lord.
Most of all, do again what you did at Calvary. What we saw here last Tuesday, you saw there that Friday. Innocence slaughtered. Goodness murdered. Mothers weeping. Evil dancing. Just as the smoke eclipsed our morning, so the darkness fell on your Son. Just as our towers were shattered, the very Tower of Eternity was pierced.
And by dusk, heaven's sweetest song was silent, buried behind a rock. But you did not waver, O Lord. You did not waver. After three days in a dark hole, you rolled the rock and rumbled the earth and turned the darkest Friday into the brightest Sunday. Do it again, Lord. Grant us a September Easter.
We thank you, dear Father, for these hours of unity. Christians are praying with Jews. Republicans are standing with Democrats. Skin colors have been covered by the ash of burning buildings. We thank you for these hours of unity.
And we thank you for these hours of prayer. The Enemy sought to bring us to our knees and succeeded. He had no idea, however, that we would kneel before you. And he has no idea what you can do.
Let your mercy be upon our President, Vice President, and their families. Grant to those who lead us wisdom beyond their years and experience. Have mercy upon the souls who have departed and the wounded who remain. Give us grace that we might forgive and faith that we might believe.
And look kindly upon your church. For two thousand years you've used her to heal a hurting world.
Do it again, Lord. Do it again.
Through Christ, Amen.
Max Lucado
I hope this day finds you well. Today being September 11th I wanted to share this prayer with you. I got it in my email this morning and although it was prayed 7 years ago, it is still relevant today. I know that I will always remember where I was when I heard that a plane had crashed into the first tower just as my mom says she will always remember where she was when she heard that Elvis had died. I just urge all of you to cherish every moment because we truly never know when God will call us home. Praise him at all times (even in the bad stuff) because he has an amazing plan for each and every one of us!
Have a nice weekend (see some of you at Ultreya tomorrow)!
Carpe Diem! Woohoo!
Decolores
ysiC,
Brandee
Do It Again, Lord
Max Lucado
Sep 11, 2008
This beautiful prayer was shared by Max Lucado seven years ago after 9-11. It is just as pertinent today as it was seven years ago. I share it with you once again on this special day.
"DO IT AGAIN, LORD"
America Prays
September, 2001
Dear Lord,
We're still hoping we'll wake up. We're still hoping we'll open a sleepy eye and think, "What a horrible dream."
But we won't, will we, Father? What we saw was not a dream. Planes did gouge towers. Flames did consume our fortress. People did perish. It was no dream and, dear Father, we are sad.
There is a ballet dancer who will no longer dance and a doctor who will no longer heal. A church has lost her priest, a classroom is minus a teacher. Cora ran a food pantry. Paige was a counselor and Dana, dearest Father, Dana was only three years old. (Who held her in those final moments?)
We are sad, Father. For as the innocent are buried, our innocence is buried as well. We thought we were safe. Perhaps we should have known better. But we didn't.
And so we come to you. We don't ask you for help; we beg you for it. We don't request it; we implore it. We know what you can do. We've read the accounts. We've pondered the stories and now we plead, "Do it again, Lord. Do it again."
Remember Joseph? You rescued him from the pit. You can do the same for us. Do it again, Lord.
Remember the Hebrews in Egypt? You protected their children from the angel of death. We have children, too, Lord. Do it again.
And Sarah? Remember her prayers? You heard them. Joshua? Remember his fears? You inspired him. The women at the tomb? You resurrected their hope. The doubts of Thomas? You took them away. Do it again, Lord. Do it again.
You changed Daniel from a captive into a king's counselor. You took Peter the fisherman and made him Peter an apostle. Because of you, David went from leading sheep to leading armies. Do it again, Lord, for we need counselors today, Lord. We need apostles. We need leaders. Do it again, dear Lord.
Most of all, do again what you did at Calvary. What we saw here last Tuesday, you saw there that Friday. Innocence slaughtered. Goodness murdered. Mothers weeping. Evil dancing. Just as the smoke eclipsed our morning, so the darkness fell on your Son. Just as our towers were shattered, the very Tower of Eternity was pierced.
And by dusk, heaven's sweetest song was silent, buried behind a rock. But you did not waver, O Lord. You did not waver. After three days in a dark hole, you rolled the rock and rumbled the earth and turned the darkest Friday into the brightest Sunday. Do it again, Lord. Grant us a September Easter.
We thank you, dear Father, for these hours of unity. Christians are praying with Jews. Republicans are standing with Democrats. Skin colors have been covered by the ash of burning buildings. We thank you for these hours of unity.
And we thank you for these hours of prayer. The Enemy sought to bring us to our knees and succeeded. He had no idea, however, that we would kneel before you. And he has no idea what you can do.
Let your mercy be upon our President, Vice President, and their families. Grant to those who lead us wisdom beyond their years and experience. Have mercy upon the souls who have departed and the wounded who remain. Give us grace that we might forgive and faith that we might believe.
And look kindly upon your church. For two thousand years you've used her to heal a hurting world.
Do it again, Lord. Do it again.
Through Christ, Amen.
Max Lucado
Monday, September 8, 2008
Hi Everyone!!!
I wanted to stop and say HI!! It was great to see most of you on Saturday! I missed all of you who were unable to make it!
I pray all of you are doing well!
I want to be sure that you all know that I am happy to pray for/with any of you who want or need it. Please call anytime, I will love to hear from you.
I miss you all very much!
Love, Amy
PTL This picture was taken in front of my house! Check out the double rainbow!! Praise God!
Thanks for your prayers
I wanted to thank all of you for your prayers.
Cassie is not picking her hair nearly as much. The first three days of school she didn't do it at all in school. It had gotten so bad it was all she could think about.
Also for those of you who were praying for my hubby, Dave, he went in to talk with the Human Resources about insurance and long story short they offered him $1.70 an hour raise and his supervisor has backed off. They will pay for him to take a class during work hours and give him a raise after he completes it.
God is so good all the time.
Also wanted to say it was great seeing all of you at the reunion. And everyone who was not able to make it you were in a my prayers and thoughts.
Christy
Cassie is not picking her hair nearly as much. The first three days of school she didn't do it at all in school. It had gotten so bad it was all she could think about.
Also for those of you who were praying for my hubby, Dave, he went in to talk with the Human Resources about insurance and long story short they offered him $1.70 an hour raise and his supervisor has backed off. They will pay for him to take a class during work hours and give him a raise after he completes it.
God is so good all the time.
Also wanted to say it was great seeing all of you at the reunion. And everyone who was not able to make it you were in a my prayers and thoughts.
Christy
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Reunion!
Just wanted to stop and say what a great time that I had at the reunion! Woohoo! For those of you that were there, it was awesome to see all of you and I look forward to each and every time that our paths will cross in the coming days. For those of you that weren't there, please know that you were in our thoughts and prayers and were missed by all of us.
Hope everyone has a great week and a continually awesome 4th day!
Decolores and woohoo!
ysiC,
Brandee
Hope everyone has a great week and a continually awesome 4th day!
Decolores and woohoo!
ysiC,
Brandee
Monday, September 1, 2008
In my thoughts
Hey all! I hope that today finds all of you well. I am having a great week and wanted to stop in and say hello to everyone! I got to see my table mom on Sunday at church (woohoo!) and I almost learned my first chord on the guitar (double woohoo!). Unfortunately it doesn't look like I will be able to make the reunion due to my work schedule but I'm still praying that God can work a miracle! If I don't get to see you all at the reunion then have a great time for me and you will all be in my prayers.
Woohoo and Decolores,
ysiC,
Brandee
Woohoo and Decolores,
ysiC,
Brandee
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