Sep. 16, 2008 - Powerful testimony
God is so good:
This past Sunday, a cigarette lighter (had been packed away in a box for a few years and then placed on a shelf in our garage) exploded
and caught on fire. This happened less than 30 minutes after I got home from church. I am so thankful to God because I got up that morning
praying about where to go to church and the ones that "I" wanted to go to would've let out of church far later than the time I got out of church
on Sunday. And my husband was at church way over in Greensboro.
I remember God moving so powerfully in service and even remember being led by the Holy Spirit to pray in a prayer language and feeling God's presence.
Normally, I would pull into the garage, close the garage door and go in and take a nap. But, it just happened that one of my neighbors who I don't see
often was out and we were talking for less than 10 minutes and she said she saw someone run into my house. I walked down there and this man told me there was
a fire in my garage. I calmly said, "I have a fire extinguisher in the house." And he told me not to stand there to go and get the fire extinguisher. I got the
extinguisher and my keys because the flame was less than arms reach of the side where the gas tank is located on my car. To show you God's awesomeness of power
there was a can of lighter fluid on the shelf under where the flame was and a can of paint stripper that was stored next to several cans of paint. All beside my car.
My neigbor said he heard a pop and saw smoke, none of which I was even aware of. He was outside working on his yard and heard everything. We found out it must've been the
lighter and I read about the BIC lighters exploding and some of which have been fatal. But God has truly shown me HIS hand and divine protection to my
family.
I've shared that I know GOD as a healer and a provider but that day I knew him as a PROTECTOR
God deserves all the GLORY and HONOR for the works and power of the Holy Spirit that gives divine instructions
for the safety and well-being. And we have to obey.
Be blessed.
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Sep. 13, 2008 - I'm sending out an SOS... someone please help me!!!!
I am tired of my same old page and I want to spiff up my page. No matter what I do, I cannot get it right!!!
Someone please tell me what you are doing to get your pages looking so nice and with all that information on it!
Please help,
Sincerely,
Homeschool blogger mom in distress
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Aug. 15, 2008 - There was once a chance I didn't take
(I love writing and expressing myself. I found this writing prompt and wanted to try it because I like blogging and writing and sometimes I am stumped and don't know what to write about)
The title is called... There was once a chance I didn't take... Here goes...
I was 19 years old and had completed my first year of college. Because I was in Civil Air Patrol, I became fascinated with the military and had dreams and aspirations of going into the military to hopefully become an officer and enjoy a career until retirement.
While in college, I took one year of Air Force ROTC and enoyed it thoroughly, in fact, so much so that it was the only class that I got an A in. I ended up not returning to that particular University the following year because of out-of-state tuition costs.
One day, while sitting in my parents' basement, my stepfather told me to talk to a friend of his that was a Colonel in the Air Force. He asked me a few questions and we talked and he told me that if I was interested in going to the Air Force Academy, he could help me get in there by way of going to the Air Force Prep School. I was like, HUH?! He said that he had friends there that could help me get in. Well, I asked him one question and that changed everything. I asked if you had to know how to swim. He explained to me that the Academy trained pilots and that I could go to the Y and take classes and blah blah blah. Well, needless to say, I didn't even bother with that. I did, however, go in to the Air Force enlisted. But, hey, not to worry, I got a husband and a son out of the deal. Not bad, two for one!
Sometimes I do wonder what would have become of that other decision but I know for me, that God knew what was best. I had that chance, but I'm glad that I didn't risk it when I see what I have now. I'm not one that wants the pie in the sky, simplicity is a blessing and I thank God everyday for the decisions that I've made in my life.
