I babysit two of our grandchildren every Thursday and I like to do different things with them so they can have fun. This past Thursday I decided to take the on a bus ride around our city. I have never been on a bus around town before,I never had any reason to ride the bus. It was so interesting to see  all the different people who got on the bus. I was wandering what their story was. This bus ride humbled me,and my heart went out to the people who don't have a choice between riding the bus or driving their car.

Matthew 7:1-2 

HEAVEN IS
A PREPARED 
PLACE FOR
PREPARED PEOPLE.

And you need a ticket to get there.
Let me ask you: Are your bags packed?

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Blog land is so amazing, it seems like we can conquer. Thank-you for such an exciting weekend. Please stop by and visit Spiritual Sunday there are many wonderful blog to visit.
Blessings,
Ginger

I hope that if your new to my blog that you will take this opportunity to visit Design Gives Back. She is doing a
MiracleMakeover. Just by living comments on the different blogs and face book donations will go to Children with Cancer. So please take the time to visit. Also you make go to Spiritual Sunday to read what Charlotte has posted about Miracle Makeover.
Thank-you for being a big part of this Miracle Makeover.
Blessings,
Ginger

And do not forget to do good and to share with others,for with such sacrifices God is pleased..
Hebrews 13:16

Nothing s really ours until we share it.
C.S. Lewis

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend. We have our granddaughter  this weekend, how she sure does keep us on our toes. I hope that you have the time to visit other Spiritual Sundays blogs this weekend,more than likely you will read something that will touch your heart.
God Bless,
Ginger

• newly planted
• recovering from pesticides
• nurtured
• forgotten
• weedy
• fruitful
• in need of attention
• bug infested
• ready for something new
• covered in manure
• embarrassing
• dry
• poorly guarded
• postcard material

After ready this chapter it made be realize that I have God in my life but I need to make him the center of my life.

When our first grandson was a toddler one of his favorite places to eat was McDonald's, I didn't think he would every grow out of McDonald's. He is now 7 and his favorite place to eat is In and Out. He has matured  enough to know that In and Out has a much better hamburger and is more filling, and satisfying  than McDonald's. McDonald's was good and had it's purpose but time changes things. I feel like the church we go to is like a McDonald's and we need to mature into a In and Out.  we need to grow and were not growing because nobody likes McDonald's anymore, they want In and Out.

    Our church is having a meeting tomorrow the second one of two,please pray for this meeting and our church. We are loosing good families and are not getting any new families, our church has stopped growing. I apologize for the analogy of a hamburger place compared to our church but as serious as this matter is I thought it was the best way  I could explain. Thank-you for your prayers for our church.
 


           Please stop by Spiritual Sunday and read some amazing post, I promise you they all don't talk about McDonald's and In and Outs.

God Bless,
Ginger

 God is our refuge and strength an ever present help in trouble.
 Psalm 46:1

 When God is involved,anything could happen.
Charles Swindoll

I hope that everyone had a wonderful week. My husband and I were gone for a few days last week, I missed being a part of Spiritual Sunday.
Please stop by Spiritual Sunday to visit some wonderful blogs also please stop by the Prayer blog to pray for those in need.

God Bless,
Ginger

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope,patient in

May 7,2011

Jesus loved his mom and wanted to make sure that she would be taken care of before he died.

April 30,2011
                                  
I had wrote out a post yesterday but decided that it was not what I wanted to blog about,have you ever changed your mine like that? This post is on my heart today so I hope that you don't mind me telling you a little story. Yesterday my husband and I went to a memorial for a could that past away at out church. Bernie,the wife past away April 15 of last year,the husband Joe, past away April 10,of this year.Bernie was 85 and Joe was 88,they were married for 65 years. They didn't have a memorial for Bernie last year because Joe just had surgery and was recovering. Joe never did recover and went to be with the Lord a year later. This couple was such a mentor to my husband and I,they will be missed enormously. Bernie had host many tea party's  in her time and I was blessed to be able to host one with her, I will always cherish that day. For the last 5 years of Bernie's life  was confined  in a wheel chair because of a stroke, Joe was a devoted husband and took care of her. Joe had broke his hip and had to go be in a rehabilitation hospital,when he was there he had no one to take care of Bernie so he paid for her to have a room at that same rehabilitation center.Bernie had to be on the other side of the center since she was not a patient. She would visit him daily driving down the halls in her wheel chair. It was while she was there that she had another stoke that took her life. Joe was more than ready
to be with his Lord and his wife,they will both be missed. I wanted to plant a rose bush in memory of Bernie, I came across one with the name Elegant Lady, that's the one,that's the rose bush I will plant at our church in memory of this elegant women. She was known for always having just the right jewelry on to match what  outfit she had on. After she had past away Joe ask me if I wanted some of her costume jewelry, her jewelry box was as tall as my dresser. Joe laughed and said he never really realized how much money she spent on jewelry or how many cloths she had.

Dear Lord thank-you for bring this couple into my life, Bernie was a Proverbs women for sure and has taught me many things,and Joe who was a carpenter has fixed a thing or two at our home not to mention hundred's of things at church and at many homes of the people in our church. I will miss them both until the day comes when we meet again.
It's in your name Lord Amen


Please visit Spiritual Sunday today there are so many beautiful hearts that share there each week about Jesus.
God Bless,
Ginger

 About 15 years ago we planted over 50 shrubs and a handful of trees. I had a vision,all I wanted to see out our windows were living walls.  This was not very easy over the years, with different  kinds of weather,and water shortages it was a challenge but now when we look out of every one of our windows all we see is green and all we here are birds, we feel like were somewhere else and not in a neighborhood.I new that I could not just plant all of these shrubs and trees without watering them,or feeding them,because I new they had a purpose a pretty big one at that. I didn't want to risk loosing any of them.I needed to nurture them in order for them to grow just the right way. This is how our Christianity  is, we can't just be baptized and think that over night we will be a mature Christian, it can take years~and years of becoming a mature Christian . We need to nurture our souls, we need to water ,and feed our Christianity.We need to have faith and trust in the Lord.

Acts 14:22 

God Bless,
Ginger

March 12,2011
Hello Friends,

I received a gift from a lady at church, it's a little book called Whispers of Faith. There are so many wonder little quotes and scriptures that I have been sharing them with you from time to time, here is another one from this little book of encouragement.

Blessings,
Ginger

I think you'll be impressed
I'm going to take a step of faith
And slowly get undressed
Removing things that I've accrued
The baggage I've amassed
The trappings gained from sources wide
The weight of which is vast.
Underneath this bulging mass
There lies a simple soul
Simple walk, a simple faith
That's always been my goal
I've tried to do it many ways
The do's and don'ts are rife
But I am who I am, you see
An individual life.
So back to basics I will go
And get to know my Dad
A personal relationship
Is ready to be had
I've messed around these many years
And dropped out of the race
A simple walk, a simple faith
I need to seek His face.

Being Humble

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as humble as I would like to think I am, or more important am I as humble as the Lord would like me to be.

1 Peter 5:5
5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

Matthew 23:12
12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

James 4:6
6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.

Please stop by Spiritual Sunday and visit some wonderful and inspiring blogs.

Blessings,

Ginger

Lunch Hours

I am very blessed to be able to go home for lunch, I live maybe 1 mile from work. So of course I go home for lunch, my lunch hour normally goes something like this. Empty dish washer, make lunch, check email, pay bills. It's anything but relaxing. I have decided to start taking my lunch to work and sit in my car and read the Bible. My work is on a hill and you can see miles and miles on a clear day it is the most beautiful view. Something about reading my Bible while looking out at our Lords creations is so fulfilling for me and helps reduce my stress level. How do you spend your lunch hour? Is this the time you like to read your Bible?

Please stop by Spiritual Sunday to read some wonderful blogs. It's such a blessing to read this blogs.
Ginger

Happy New Year

I want to let everyone know how much I appreciate all of you. This past year I feel like I have been so blessed. Reading all of your post always touch my heart. Lately I don't feel like I have been a very good blog host, the past three months have been very busy for me at work,the older I get the harder it is to have a job that is so physical. Now that the holidays are behind us I hope to be a better host. Thank-you Charlotte for putting up with me over that last few months.


James 1:2-4Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Please stop by Spiritual Sunday and visit some beautiful inspiring blogs.Happy New Year,Ginger