Holy Land shots

EASTERN GATE- The place the bible says that Christ will return. They will open when He comes.
BETH SHEAN- This is the place that Kings Saul's body was found along with his 3 sons on Mt Gilboa. Beth Shean was part of the territory originally given to the tribe of Manasseh when Israel returned to the promised land at the time of Joshua.
JORDAN RIVER baptism- 2nd re-committment for me at this blessed site.
MASADA This is Herod's palace that we took a cable car to reach the summit. This is where jewish zealots made their final stand in their revolt against Rome.
HEZEKIAH'S TUNNEL King Hezekiah (during the time of Isiah the prophet) diverted the water from the Gihon Spring (Jerusalem's water supply)into the city. He realized that the city would not survive with out water during a long siege. The tunnel is about 4 football lengths!

We will miss Minnie

Today is a sad day for us. My daughter took her dog Minnie up to Petsmart to get her groomed. After being there a short time, they rushed her to the Veternarian and she stopped breathing. We are in shock. She was the best dog we've ever had and she had the sweetest & gentlest personality of any dog we've known. We loved her so. She loved little Daeus too. I thank God for giving us animals to love and care for and for the love and friendship they give us. I pray that when we get to heaven that animals are there too!

The Holy Land Tour

Easter was yesterday and I am loved and living a filled life! The Lord has blessed my life. I'm so glad He came to save us! I'll never forget the blessing I received specifically at the place of the Last Supper and the Garden of Gesthemane as I visited these sites in Jerusalem.
The trip to Israel was fantastic and much more than I had hoped for. The Holy Land IS the most beautiful place on earth, mostly because it is where Jesus chose to be. All the people on the tour I felt bonded together and we all worked together at looking after one another. Our tour guide was the best! I'll be praying for Andre and his wife. Here's a picture of the Dead Sea looking outside my hotel room.

The First Smile!

I was sitting in the rocking chair and bouncing Daeus on my lap and singing "Giddy-up Horsey Go to Town" when my husband came in from his day at work. He sat down on the couch right next to me as I began to talk with Daeus. I was telling him he was a good boy and that Grandma and Grandpa loved him. He was stareing intently into my eyes when all of a sudden he started to smile and it became bigger and bigger! It was REAL. My husband and I both looked at each other and realized it was a special moment with our grandson. My husband said " Hey, Daeus really smiled at you Muz! " (my nickname) Then, a few seconds later he gave us another littler smile. It filled both our hearts with so much Joy! I got all choked up when I told his mother later who was taking a nap.

Intercessory Prayer

We don't know what we are suppose to pray and the holy spirit does that through us. He speaks to our spirit and gives us the words to pray. When this kind of prayer comes upon us, it is an inner awareness that comes alive. The word of God is alive. It's an urgency. He makes it happen.
Intercessory prayer is not the same as prayers for myself. Intercession is not just praying for someone else's needs. Intercession is praying with the real hope and real intent that God would step in and act for the positive advancement of some specific other person(s). It is trusting God to act, even if it's not in the manner or timing we seek. God wants us to ask, even urgently. It is casting our weakness before God's strength, and (at its best) having a bit of God's passion burn in us.
Before I begin a massage, I usually say a prayer for the person and on rare occasions I have been led to tell them about it. This past 2 weeks have been different. On three separate occasions I had this urgency to not only let them know that I have prayed for them, but that I tell them what the Lord led me to pray for them. What a humbling thing. I was like "Are you sure God?" He said "Speak"
All three immediately related to me some personal thing going on in their lives with either them personally or their families. I noticed in those prayers I prayed for them that a "word" or "phrase" would be bold and lit up in my mind that I couldn't get away from.
One was "Bless the work of your hands" This woman had been diligently e-mailing her sister who's child had just died. Her hands on the keyboard was encourgement to her sister and the Lord wanted her to know to continue doing it and that is was good.
Another was "Blessings upon Blessings to you" This young 20 yr. old had just bought her first house the day before. I felt like the Lord prompted me in telling her she needed to hear/ know that the Lord was the one blessing her.
Then yesterday it was the word "Protection" I felt in my spirit that this woman was worried and in fear of something or for someone else. She said her step son had been in Iraq for 3 months and that she was very worried about him. She thanked me for the prayer and I told her I would continue to pray for Seth.
To end this, when God says He wants to use you for something, don't miss it. Don't miss the chance...to be a witness... he'll find someone else for sure. I can't think of anything that feels better than this! As a believer in Jesus Christ....this is what it is ALL ABOUT...
STEP UP TO THE PLATE & SEE WHAT HE CAN DO!