Feb. 25, 2007 -
Been so busy for so long that it seems all I've had time to do is look and not write...But I haven't totally disappeared. I just recently went with a good friend of mine to the Sally Clarkson convention in Atlanta, Georgia and it was so worth it. My friend is pregnant so I made the drive for us both there & back (although she offered, there was NO WAY I was going to let my pregnant friend drive, ya know?) Anyways, it was a first for me. I've never been to one of her seminars and I haven't even read one of her books. But my friend had been telling me how totally awesome she is, so I had to see for myself and boy am I glad I did. We went for the weekend leaving on Friday and came home on Sunday. I came back completely refreshed and ready to see my beautiful children. In fact, I literally couldn't wait! Listening to Sally speak about loving and cherishing your family just made me miss them more and that's ALWAY'S a good thing in my book. So, as you can guess, while I was there I bought two of her books and am enjoying every sentence of them. She is an excellent writer. She gets right to the HEART of being a mother & wife and I truly believe she has a special anointing to minister to mothers & wives. And we actually went to her conference at the end of January, over a month ago, which is exactly why I haven't been able to write anything on here because if I do manage to get a few extra minutes, I've been trying to read her books.
But anyways, for those of you who have been keeping up w/the situation w/my niece, the latest is that there could be a wedding in the near future. I'm not sure how I feel about it though. Not that I have anything to do w/the situation whatsoever but we're just talking feelings here and my brain says "well, the word of God says that a couple should NOT live together in sin and that they should be married" , although my heart says "YIKES!!!! He's such a disrespectful young man, a non-christian (although he wouild tell you otherwise BUT there is absolutely NO fruit at all to show for it in his life BUT then again there have been plenty of times in my own life where at certain times I'm sure it's been very hard to discern any fruit in mine either,hmmmm such a touchy subject really, especially nowadays when you hear ALOT of teens saying that they have Jesus but you look at them and they appear to be living for the devil??? , he cannot support her financially and lays out of work ALOT & his job is not exactly a true trade (if that makes any sense), and he keeps her crying & upset alot....so bottom line...I feel extremely sorry for her parents who would have to make the decision whether they get married or not rigth now since she is still 17 & living with her boyfriend. I know it would be daunting task for myself. I am keeping them lifted up in prayer & my heart goes out to them. My own daughter is fastly approaching the teen years in fact she just turned 13 & for the most part it's exciting but then I look at my niece & it's terrifying!!!! Bottom line.....TRUST GOD!!!! obey His commands & then trust Him! That's all we can do right?
And we just found out that my great aunt is dying & they called hospice to come in so me, my mom & my sister are going to be sitting w/her one day this week and I'm really looking forward to that. She's such a beautiful woman and I'm sorry I haven't gotten to visit w/her more but I wanted to atleast see her once before she leaves us on her way to heaven. She's my mother's aunt and I never really knew my grandmother, her sister, because my grandmother died when I was just 4. So, it's been nice getting to know her sister. It's almost like the next best thing to her, ya know? It's funny, I never really thought much about my grandmother until I had a child of my own and then I realized how much I missed her NOT being here. But going to see my great aunt is also a little scary. Because what if she passes while we're there? You know, I've never witnessed that before & don't want to now. Lord help me!! I just now thought about that!!!!!YIKES!!!! I'm fixing to pray really hard!!!!!!!! I'll keep yall posted!!!! GOD BLESS!!!!
