Yes, friend, it is true - all He wants for Christmas is you! John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
You can know for sure that you have a home in heaven.  Trust Him today and receive the greatest Christmas Present of all.

Are you thankful?

Give God Gratitude this Thanksgiving.  He has overflowed us with blessings innumerable.  He has offered salvation by grace through faith alone.  Ephesians 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
You Can Know Him today!

Well, I am a little late in getting October done.  It will soon be time to do November.  This time it was just easier to put pictures in a slideshow.  There were so many of them.  I guess it was a busy month.  Here it is at the end of 2013 and it seems as though I just finished a year in review for 2012.

Tis true, the days, months, years go by in a whirlwind or as someone said we go through time in a whirlwind.  How important to be ready to meet your maker, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Are you ready?

Some things are hard to do!  But some hard things you have to do especially when the Lord tells you to do them.   We did a particularly hard thing this past year; we left a church that we dearly loved because the Lord told us it was time to move on.  One of our sons started an inner city work in our town which was badly needed.  He has always had a heart for the inner city people, the down and out, the homeless, and he wanted a place where they could come and be ministered to. He asked us to be a part of that work, at least for now.  At first we started with having prayer meetings in his home.  We were able to begin renting a building in one of the very roughest parts of town where God opened the door.  It has been a blessing to see different people come in and though, right now, we only have a handful of believers, we know God is at work. 

There are many children that come for one of the services each Sunday.  They desperately need the gospel.  It is amazing to know the conditions that some of these kids live in.  They also come once a week for  a Bible study where they learn the Bible and have an opportunity to earn points to spend in our "store". 

We also did a first time VBS this past July.  Wow, was that a trying time!  But kids came and kids heard the Bible taught and heard the gospel.  It would be easy to perhaps get many of these kids to pray a prayer and then tell them they are on their way to  heaven, but we are not interested in doing that.  We want them to know who Jesus is so that they really know the decision they are making when they decide to repent and turn from their sin to Jesus Christ, the only one who can save them.  They desperately need to know the love of Christ and to know that someone really cares for their souls. 

I'm thankful that the Lord tells us to do hard things sometimes even though it may not be pleasant at first.  We are pleased to be a part of City Baptist Church and look forward to what the Lord is going to do.

Psalms 142:4  I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. 

Let’s tell them Jesus cares!  And friend, Jesus cares for you too!

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Fourteen Grandchildren!  How God has blessed us!  Number 15 is expected any day!  And number 16 is to come in March!  Our blessings overflow!  When you are a mom you are stretched many ways, but when you become a grand mom you have more to parent, more to teach and more to befriend!   No wonder they call us grand!  I have been enjoying trying to set a little time aside in order to spend some one on one time with my grand children, at least the older ones right now.  Often they come to the house on Friday nights altogether for a regular babysitting time, but it is nice to have some one on one time. 

One of my granddaughters is working on earning some money in order to make her own bread.  She really enjoys doing this.  So I made her a list of chores and she went right to work getting the job done at Grandma's house.  This was a blessing to both of us - she earned some money and I was able to concentrate on babysitting her two younger siblings who were here for the day.

I have also worked on a crafts with two of my other granddaughters.   Each of them came at different times and worked on making blankets, one for a Christmas gift and one for her baby brother who is to arrive in March.  They both did a great job for their first time sewing a project like this.  Believe me, grandma is not a tremendous seamstress so we were all learning together.  How blessed we are to have so many good tutorials that we can find on line.  For the most part we followed this tutorial to do our blankets.

Children and Grandchildren are a blessing and a gift from God.  I am thankful for all of mine, but more important I am thankful that I am one of God's Children.  Are You?  You can be and He will give you life abundantly!

My God, who can be your God too, provides our needs over and over again.  Not only does He provide our needs, but He does exceeding abundantly above all that I could ever even ask or think. 
Ephesians 3:20  Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Two years ago the Lord revealed to us that it was time for my husband to go in business for himself.   This was a scary move as we surely did not have lots of money in the bank nor did we want any loans.  But we knew this was of the Lord. 

Today, nearly two years later, we can certainly say that the Lord provides and He does so over and above our expectations. 

Since my husband is in the hvac business he always has lots of equipment.  Our backyard and small shed  and garage and another small building which he rents stay filled up.  We were in need of another building.  Little did we know how God would provide for that.  

One night in the summer of 2012, we were awakened suddenly by very strong urgent knocks on our door.  Someone was there to warn us that our little shed was on fire!   You can read the story here.  Our insurance covered the contents of the building and the worth of the building.  We were thankful for that.  We put the money aside and went on with business as usual.  Needless to say, now that we had no shed, the equipment was building up.  My husband had looked into the cost of a building, but they were pretty high, more than what our insurance paid.  Recently, while talking with a friend he was told of someone who put up metal buildings at a very reasonable cost.   It was just in our price range.  The building went up quickly and we now have a large metal building which cost only $2.09 more than what the insurance co. gave us, with no extra debt and no loans!   We are so grateful!  God is good!

And You, how has the Lord provided for you over and above your expectations?  The very first provision that God has given to all of us is more and way beyond what any of us deserve.  But praise the Lord He has provided the way of eternal life which is only through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Do you know Him? 

Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.


How often do we pray about the little things?  Not often enough for myself.  My husband has his own heating and air business and he is pretty much a one man show.  We live in a small town and he has been blessed with a very good base of Customers.  For this we are grateful.  He realizes the importance of giving God the glory in his jobs, knowing that ultimately his knowledge and skill come from the Lord.  Many times the Lord has answered prayers in what one might consider a little matter when an answer was needed regarding one of his jobs.  For instance, yesterday he was nearly finished putting in a furnace for a customer and had really anticipated having it finished that evening.  However, a part broke and it was too late to even call about a replacement.  He really was not sure how he was going to fix it because the part, even though small, was not a part in itself.  This was going to include ordering a very big part all over again and perhaps would cause him to take a loss.  It would also cause the customer to perhaps have to wait a little longer for the job to be finished while the part was ordered.   We committed it to the Lord; I went to bed with this on my mind and asked the Lord several times to make a way.  HE DID!  I got up this morning and my husband walked up to me with the part in his hand.  He had one!   Wow!  Talk about an answer to prayer.  These little things are just as special as the big things.  They let us know how much God cares.  Oh yes, my friend, He cares!
1 Peter 5:7  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Psalms 40:5  Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

•  To think that God's thoughts of each one of us cannot be numbered is amazing!
  

Matthew 10:30  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

So today as I counted my blessings, I was thankful for the answered prayer and the fact that God cares about even the smallest incident in my life.  It caused me to lift up my voice in praise to My Heavenly Father for His great kindness toward us!   He is ever merciful!  

Do you know this kind and Caring Friend?   You can.

God's Creation - Oh how marvelous!  I have really been awed by the skies this past year.  Below in picture #1 and #2 is this morning's sky and in picture #3 is the evening sky.  We are privileged to see beautiful sunrises and sunsets many days out of the year.   We must remember that it is God who put the earth here and us too!  Isaiah 45:12  I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.  Our gratitude all belongs to Him and Him alone.  One day He will come again in the clouds so certainly we need to lift up our heads because today could be the day that our redemption draweth nigh.  Are you watching with a grateful heart?  Luke 21:28  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.