The Adoption

Yesterday My daughter adopted a little dog. It is so adorable. The breed is called a Japanese Chin. She did alot of research and knows alot about the breed. I was thinking how wonderful it is to be adopted. This little dog has been rescued from a life & future with no hope. The dog has no teeth, and is developing a cataract in one eye. The owner gave her up because she refused to breed with other dogs. Adoption is like when our heavenly father, who knows us and all of our hang-ups and flaws, comes to rescue us and gives us a hope and a future. He never will give up on us! How beautiful! What Love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called the children of God!

Weekend with friends

I spent the weekend with my pathways friends. It's a group of friends that share "straight from the heart" We met out at Lake Texoma in a resort cabin. Our processes were about "Upgrading Relationships" and "Winners & Champions" It's a special time for all. We share our hearts, we share a meal, we share a cabin, and we share in helping each other live genuine lives of authenticity. The walls come down and what is laid bare, in sharing with each other, we receive healing and renewal, love and acceptance, support, clarity in thought, and accountability. We pray together and have great fellowship with each other. I thank the Lord for this special group of people who make a priority to invest their lives in mine. It's nice to go somewhere to a place where everyone knows your name.

In some ways I feel that this special group of people are much to me like what the early church must have sorta looked like. I know apart from this group, all the members in it have powerful influences in their church and community in Christ. I believe Christ is at the center of our meetings and it's awesome how we are all believers...one in heart and mind. Acts 4:32

Thank you Dear Lord for good friends who want to live lives for you and through you and to work heart and diligent at it! AMEN

Billy's Birthday

Today was Billy's 20th Birthday!

We took him out to dinner and he ordered his favorite cut of Steak... Prime Rib!

I can't believe he is 20!

One of the unique gifts that a parent experiences is from the moment their child is born is to see the day to day change that takes place. Only parents experience this. I mean, I know that I have friends & even brothers & sisters that I have known over the years and have seen them get older, grow, & change. It is just different with our own child. It is love on a whole new level. It was in the birth of my children when I felt what I think in relation to what the Lord feels for all He has created. That over whelming Love that is pure, unconditional, and that He would die for.

That is the gift I want for my children. To love with all they are, without restraint. I pray Billy feels that Love that is perfect & pure in some measure from his parents, but of course it is not...only a perfect Father can truly give him love like that & all that he needs....I pray he has received his heavenly father's pure, unconditional love & recognizes His presence in every minute in every hour & that the Lord says "You are worth dieing for."

Teach a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. I've heard this scripture translated in two ways. One is in the way the child is bent....and another is the Way of the Lord.....I like both translations but I'm praying for the second one!

We are so proud of Billy. He has a heart of gold.

The CALL & The Newspaper

It was early morning, Steve and I just got through praying after our bible study together when the phone call came in. It was God calling to give one of those blessings He drops from the sky just because....
Steve is so looking forward to the Byron Nelson Golf Tournament on Wednesday. Its the preliminary match before the great day. A professional golfer plays 18 holes with 3 other amateur players for a foursome. One of those is Steve! TPC Craig Ranch where Steve works on the weekends, has generously donated a TPC golf shirt for Steve to wear to the event. I'll be going to follow him around to take pictures on this special day.

We looked in the newspaper this morning and discovered he'll be in the 12:30 group with professional Joe Ogilvie.

In a few weeks on May 6th, Steve will once again be playing to raise support for the "Real Options" Golf Marathon. This ministry is near and dear to our heart & we support this ministry in all the ways they help those who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy situation. We want to give out of what we ourselves have been given through such a crisis as this one. Life is just so precious! If you would like to sponsor Steve this year, just let us know...Here is the website for Real Options & if you have any questions about their services I will be happy to answer them for you. Your support just might save a life both physically and eternally!

www.realoptionsforwomen.org

I know how grateful Steve is to have this honor just given to him. What a great gift the Lord has given him. The Lord's timing couldn't be more perfect!

My prayer is that the Lord be pleased with us

Micah 6:8 To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God

Body Worlds

We all went to see the exhibit "Body Worlds" at the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas. When I first heard about this exhibition on the radio, I was shocked and was turned off about the thought of real human bodies on display. I thought about it some more and realized I was real interested in seeing it. I am so fascinated by the anatomy of the human body. I wanted to get a "real" inside view. In giving a massage, I'm always imagining the bone and muscle placement and getting help from seeing in books that "inside" view. These whole-body plastinates where in all kinds of poses. The wide range of specimens shows the difference between a healthy body and a diseased body. Seeing for yourself, makes one appreciate & want to take care of their own body even better and to be amazed at the details the designer put into such a specimen!

check out the website! www.bodyworlds.com

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations"

Psalm 100:3 Know the Lord is God. It is he who made us and we are his, we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 139: 13-16