7 weird things about me

So Wilna challenged us to name seven things about ourselves that are completely out of wack. Well I had a challenge for the longest time in the church we attend because the communion cup was communal.You know everyone drinks from the same cup-well I am weird in that I will not drink off the same vessel as anyone else.Yuck! Luckily i mentioned to someone that I was considering purchasing the little cuplets on trays-now those of you taking communion will know what I'm talking about,right? Anyway-I am pleased to say our church must have heard the cry because we now have those very same cuplets and I know that God had mercy on me and prompted someone to tell someone if you know what I mean! Okay so thats one ummmm I drink more tea a day than I think is healthy for any one being; I don't suffer fools easily- I prefer to teach them if they're teachable! Ummmm I don't eat raw tomatoes either,nor cheese for that matter-unless its melted mozzarella on a Bugatti's pizza! I love home cooked food best of all. I never answer the phone unless its in the morning and nobody else is home-cause then its usually Helen. I hate TV for the time it steals from families.I think thats enough weirdness for now....

Joy

Hi!I'm back. Church on Sunday was all about JOY.Ever wonder where that all went to? It seems the more we force ourselves into a happy state of being by shopping or scrapping or eating, the more joyless we become. It is so easy to spout words of comfort like the joy of the Lord is my strength and joy comes in the morning etc BUT there is this spirit man inside me that really challenges me on my beliefs-there is a struggle within me that says if LOVE is the lifestyle we should adopt to achieve this JOY-then it should just not be this HARD.I trust God-I really do! BUT I always have a plan B-you know just in case eternity is the time frame He has in mind-whereas mine is yesterday.Does that make any sense? My Joy comes from listening to the rain fall; hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit when I repent sincerely enough; listening out for the rare moments my teenagers share a good laugh and the gentle rythm my husband and I share in our relationship after twenty years of marriage. All is not lost-God is still on the throne and He still loves me more than all the sea sand on all the sea shores. Joy comes when the big fat I -is no more. May JOY jig around in your heart this week!

US Presidential elections

It is the fourth of November and I guess I can't not comment on the US Presidential elections. We have all at some time or the other had an opinion on what we expect, hope or pray will happen. Both candidates have good qualities and bad-neither of them are truly God-fearing men -so its really about the lesser of two evils-but thats politics. I hope the American people choose with their hearts and common sense-which seems seriously lacking in a people so far ahead in the 'developed world'. When I watch international news stations and I see how compromised journalists have become in their reports-I realise, that each person has the responsibility to fully research the candidates and come to their own conclusion. If you vote on biblical principles-then there will be only one candidate. Because of the war on terror, the Middle East and therefore the Moslems, have become the focus of the world instead of the Christians and biblical teachings and America as a sound representative of that ideology. I pray that the Holy Spirit would urge the hearts of believers to go out and vote. May God bless America.