A pinch of this, a dash of that!!!

My Mamaw is the best cook ever...well, she doesn't cook anymore...but she's still the very best!!! My cousin and I were discussing all the things we loved that she used to make...biscuits...fried chicken...the best hamburgers...strawberry cobbler...water gravy (don't ask me why but her water gravy was so much better than milk gravy...you cooks know what I mean). We miss her cooking...and she misses doing it. But, what made me think of that was I asked her once how to make something...I think how she made her biscuits....and she told me to put in a chunk of Crisco shortening about the size of a hen egg. That's how Mamaw cooked...a pinch of this...a dash of that...a chunk about the size of a hen egg!! ha! ha! I love it...so...that's what this blog is gonna be about...a pinch of this...a dash of that...a little chunk of what my week has held!!!

What a wonderful life God has blessed me with. Last week's pity party is behind me and I'm looking ahead...forward to so many wonderful things that I know God has in store for me!!! I know that the rest of my life isn't going to be a bed of roses...that just because I'm a child of God it doesn't mean I won't have troubles and problems...but I've read the end of the Book...we win, people!!!

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One of the blessings of this week is that Pappy GOT to work some overtime. Okay, you're probably wondering why I put the emphasis on GOT...well, it was a blessing!!! When you pray and ask God to answer a prayer for you....you can't be picky how He answers it!!! He's just too good and He knows best and He answers our prayers in what is best for us...whether we want to acknowledge it or not at the time...Father knows best!!! Oh...I've gotta remember that one!!!

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This didn't actually happen this week, but last Friday...during my pity party!!! I was in the Wal-Mart and Big Brother was with me. I told him that Nana wasn't feeling very well...he stretched out his precious little arms as wide as he could and said "hug". Now...if that doesn't cheer you up...getting a hug from a 2 year old because he knows you need it...then nothing will!! The end of Isaiah 11:6 says "and a little child shall lead them"....I know this is referring to Jesus...but that precious little boy sure did lead me into a better mood!!!!

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Seeing David Ring on Tuesday night was amazing!!! It makes my pity party seem really....well, pitiful!!! He has such a wonderful testimony (hopefully, more on "testimony" on Monday) and I know he was exhausted before he even started speaking Tuesday night...but he really touched my heart and I've heard the same from so many others who were there. If you ever get a chance to hear him...cancel all other plans and go see him. You will receive such a wonderful blessing!!!

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Big Brother got a big boy haircut this week. I'm not sure Nana was ready for that, but he looks adorable! I can't believe how he's growing up...way too fast!!! When I first saw him, I couldn't believe how much more he looked like his Daddy than before. And...I'm sure Jess will post pics of this on her blog...she called me one morning this week and he had decided he needed to put on a little lipstick while she was on the phone...the pics are hilarious. He really tried to put it on his lips, but most of it was on his cheeks...and in his hair...and on the table...and on Little Bit's car seat...and, and, and!! I'm tellin' 'ya...the boy is a rascal. All of you with boys...you know where I'm coming from, don't 'ya?!?!?!?!?

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Little Bit is 9 months old today. He has to be the happiest baby ever. Except, he is picky about who holds him. Thank the good Lord that he loves Nana, or I would be terribly hurt!!! He has came so far from when he was born and his billirubin level was 21 and he spent 3 days at Children's Hospital!!! Those pics are awful to look at...with that IV in his little head and those glasses he had to wear and the mittens on his hands. You would never know it now!!! When I go down to see them, if he's in his high chair, he starts kicking and grinning...he knows Nana is fixing to get him out of confinement!!! He looks so much like his Mommy!!!

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Wednesday night church....what an interesting meeting we had. Isn't it wonderful for God's people to get together and discuss the Bible??? And...isn't it wonderful that every one of us don't have the same point of view? What a boring world we would live in if we all thought alike...dressed alike...acted alike. Do you and your spouse always agree on everything??? Well, me and Pappy sure don't!! But, we won't go there. The point I'm trying to make is this...I shared this with my prayer partner...a former pastor used to say that when we get to heaven we're going to realize that we were all wrong about something!! I love that statement. Sometimes we just have to agree to disagree! I told her there's something that I would love to ask my Daddy as soon as I get to heaven.....but I have a feeling I'm just going to be so overjoyed at getting to see Jesus...and my Dad...and Pappy's Dad and Mom....that anything that mattered to me here on earth won't amount to much....I'm going to be in HEAVEN, People!!!

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The Cross Bible Study - I've mentioned before about the wonderful Bible study that I did called "The Lord's Table". On that same web-site is a study that deals just with the cross. It is amazing!! My prayer partner and I are doing it together...I'm learning things..and having things explained in a whole new light...that I never realized before...and I've been around awhile...been to a lot of preaching services!!! This is amazing and if you're interested, just let me know and I'll give you more details!!! One thing I would like to share about the study is this little bit of info....about how Adam is compared to Jesus....God put Adam to sleep and took a rib from him to make him a bride....while on the cross, Jesus side was pierced, then He died...so that we, his church, could be the bride of Christ. I know I don't explain it like Mike Cleveland does...but it's amazing. Oh, one more thing....Jesus death on the cross was the cruelest way a person could die in that day and time....if you were put to death on the cross, then it was considered a curse...this is so sad for me to even have to type...but Jesus became a curse for our sins...it was described that hanging on that cross...between heaven and earth...nobody on earth could help Him...and even God in heaven had to turn His face from Him....isn't that just the saddest thing ever...but look at the outcome!!! We have a Redeemer!!!

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Yard sales - I'm not the biggest fan of yard sales...but I love a bargain!!! Jess and I went to a few yesterday morning. She got Big Brother something that he absolutely adored...a little blue guitar. He strapped it around his neck just like he knew exactly what to do with it. Then...when we got home...he started saying, "Nana, too"....which means he wants you to do whatever he's doing. So, he hands me this little flat statue with a round flat head...which does resemble a guitar...and we had to both play our "te-tars"!!! I wish Jess had gotten a video...well, maybe not...I'm sure I would be blackmailed with it somewhere along the way. Oh, the things Nana's and Pap's do for their grandkids!!! As for my find...I got one of those big Fisher Price barns with sounds and all the animals...for a whopping two dollars!!! Whoopee!!! I think Little Bit is gonna love it once I get it cleaned up!!!

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Do you realize today is the first day of Autumn....well, Fall for most of us country folk. This is my very favorite time of year. I love spring, too, but this is the time of year when we get to see God's handiwork in all of the colors around us. And...what a better place to live than the "foothills of the Smokies" to get to witness this dramatic change?!?!? Again..aren't we just the most blessed people on earth?!?! I love the ocean...love visiting for a couple of days...but, there's no place like home. And, I love where we live...well, except for when all those beautiful leaves fall and we have to rake and burn....oh, well...am I ever happy?!?!?

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Speaking of happy....I told Pap yesterday afternoon...for the past couple of days, I have felt such joy. I think I told him "happy"...but there is such a difference. Often, depending on what's going on in our lives, we just don't consider ourselves happy. But...I have the joy of my salvation...and that in itself makes me happy. So...I will try not to use my blog to complain...just to let all of you know how blessed I know that I am!!!! I've listened to the songs on my PlayList a lot this week, and there is nothing like listening to Christian music to put a song in your heart...and to just make the world go away!!! Try it sometime!!!

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I have had the privilege to talk to several of you this week about one thing or another. I've been blessed that so many of you take the time to let me know what's going on in your life...or to come to me with a problem. I asked God several months ago to send me people that I can be a help to, and He has been faithful to do just that. So...thank you all for trusting in me!!! May God bless each and every one of you!!! Please know that you remain in my thoughts and prayers.

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I added a new song to my Playlist. I've said before that I love to hear old hymns being sung by new artists. Go take a listen to Kristian Stanfill sing "Jesus Paid It All"!!! Hope you enjoy!!!

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Okay...that's that about that, I guess. I'll leave you with a pic that I took of Big Brother this week sporting Pap's shades. This was before the haircut....and without the lipstick...ha! ha!. But...look at that smile!!

Doesn't that just put a smile on your face, too!!!

In His love...and with mine!!!