Echos/Reflections

This is a story about a man and his small son who were hiking up a mountain. Suddenly, the little boy slipped and slid about thirty yards down the mountain side, getting caught in some brush. Unhurt but frightened, he called out, "Somebody, help me!" A voice called back, "Somebody, help me!" The Youngster looked surprised and confused. He said, "who are you?" The voice shouted back, "who are you?" The boy began to get aggravated. "You're a coward!" He yelled. The voice shouted back, "You're a coward". The boy shot back, "You're a fool." The voice repeated, "You're a fool."
By then, the boy's father had reached him and helped extricate his son from the brush. The boy looked up and said, "Dad, who is that?" The father chuckled and said, "son, that's called and echo, but it's also called life." He said, "son let me show you something." The dad shout out, "You're a winner!" the voice shouted back, "You're a winner!" The dad's voice boomed, "You've got what it takes." The voice boomed back, "You've got what it takes!" The dad shouted, "you can make it!" The voice shouted back, "you can make it!"

"Son, that's exactly how it is in life," the father explained. "What ever you send out always comes back to you."

*excerpt from "Become a better You" by Joel Osteen.

Thought for the day.....what messages are you sending out?

Abundant Blessing!!!!!

Refiner's Fire

I recieved this through an e-mail today and thought that this story would be a great post. What a true picture of who God is. Purify my heart Lord, as pure gold and precious silver........

Be Blessed by this story.....



Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.

The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it."

If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you. Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs to know that God is watching over them. And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better person in the end.

It's been a while.....

Well, I am back after some time off. I can't believe it's been since June since I have blogged anything. It's true what "they" say, time flies when your having fun.
As most of you know, we have had an engagement in the family. What a time were having, it's like going to a amusement park at times. Going on different rides, experience things we have never experienced before. I must say though, God is Faithful and He is blessing us!!!! Everything is coming together quite nicely. Ashley and Tyler are seeing the faithfulness of God. God's timing in bringing two people together is impeccable.
Ryan is going on a missions trip which he has been wanting to go on for a couple of years now. He is ready for what ever God has for him too. God has been faithful at coming through for this event as well.
Well I leave you with this thought, delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart!!!!!
sorry there are no pics, I'm not sure how to do that. Once I figure it out I will put some on!!!
blessings.......

New Chapter Begins!!!!!

Well the day finally arrived and Ryan graduated. Yes, this is about a week late reporting on it but I had to get my pictures downloaded and get some from my Dad.
What a challenge it has been for Ryan but with perseverance and determination he did it. Some of you may not know but Ryan had some major hurdles to overcome in school. He was sent from school to school and one year we even took him out of school and home schooled him. Wow!!! I commend you Mom's who home school your children on a full time bases. It was definitely a challenged but it was worth it for Ryan.
What is next, well he will be taking the school of ministry program that is going to be running this fall at our church. After that were not sure but Ryan is very interested in doing a missions trip. We are very proud of our children, Ashley and Ryan both. They are a huge blessing from the Lord!!!!!

CONGRATULATION RYAN!!!!!