Wet Pants...

I received this adorable email from my mom and thought I would share it with all of you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives.

The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays this prayer, 'Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat.'

He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.

As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.

The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, 'Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!'

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been transferred to someone else - Susie.

She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done enough, you klutz!'

Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, 'You did that on purpose, didn't you?' Susie whispers back, 'I wet my pants once too.'

May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good...

Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith.

This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to pray for one another.

The Prayer:

Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. Amen.

Oprah

Okay so I have decided to copy a friends blog because I thought the message was so important that I wanted as many people to hear/see it as possible. The message is about Oprah and her new so called 'Religion'. Please take the time to read the entire blog and to watch the video at the end. I hope you will take it to heart and band Oprah from your T.V. too.

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2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

No, I'm not saying goodbye to blogging, nor am I dying of an incurable disease (not that I know about!). I'm saying goodbye to Oprah. Sound weird? Well, her recent political ties only hurt my opinion of her, but recently she's been focusing tons of her time on the new book "A New Earth". Not only is she pushing the book, but she's doing e-classes on it with the books author, Eckhart Tolle. I see this as one of the biggest dangers in our society today, especially with women who think of Oprah as someone who can do no wrong.I think it's about time for Christians to stop turning a deaf ear to what Oprah says. I think it's time to turn off the TV. I'm not saying ALL TV (although I'm sure that's a good idea). I'm mainly talking about the Oprah show itself, but even Oprah's Big Give. I have a feeling that Christian stay at home moms make up over 50% of her viewing audience. If we would stand up for what we believe in we would have a HUGE impact on her market. We ARE her market! Watch this and see what you think. It's pretty incredible!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA

Spring Break Fun!!!

We had a very busy week! We went to the Zoo, my sister and her son spent the night at our house one evening, we went to the park, we also went to Bass Pro Shop (Addie loves fish), my dad came in town and he stayed for three days and because I was off all week Jason was able to be home on Saturday. We had so much fun, I am bummed that it is over!

On Tuesday, over Spring Break, I was able to take Addie to the Zoo with some friends from work. She loved all the animals and unlike last year (every animal was a dog) she was able to name a few of them (correctly). These next few pictures are of Addie showing off her dance moves to her favorite Elmo song "Down, Down Baby" (yes, we were at the Zoo!). I wish I had the video camera. Addie is playing on the playground at the Zoo. She went down this slide all by herself!Addie loves to be on the computer and push all the buttons. She thinks she is a 'Big Girl'.
The other thing we started this past week was potty training. The first day was great! She went potty every time I put her on it (I never imagined being excited about this, but I was!). The next day she refused to sit on it and would cry every time I put her on the potty, so I finally stopped asking her. Then last night she showed some interest again and she started using the potty. I am hoping that this continues but we shall see. I know she is able to do it (she has been showing signs for a while) but Addie has always been on her own time schedule, I sure hope the time is now!

We also bought Addie a Betta. She loves fish and so we thought this would be fun for her. His name is Fish and sometimes Red. :-) How creative, but this is what Addie calls him so that is what we are going with. Here is a picture of her new fish that she picked out.

I hope eveyone has a great week.