Christian Encouragers ~ MARCH
 

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You've found a great place to come and vent, share or ask for prayer support. This is a great group who will be very encouraging, caring and loving....anyone is welcome to join!

A Servent's Prayer

Jesus, My Jesus....How marveleous your ways....
Far more splendid than my mind can envision.
What an honor to be chosen by you.
A lowly child I am, but empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfill the great hope to which you have called me.
I give myself totally to you, Lord.
Take my imperfect heart and make it perfect.
Peel away the hardness.
Close the doors I have opened to the temptations of this world.
Gently remove the roots of painful memories, sins, doubts and fears.
Discard anything that separates me from you.
Lord, fill the emptiness with the light of your love that I might be a beacon calling the lost back to you.

To love as you love.....
To serve as you serve.....
To forgive as you forgive.....
Always mindful of my nothingness while doing great and marvelous things in your name and for your glory.
This I pray, Jesus, in YOUR name.
Amen

HI GALS ~

Just taking in some NASCAR...another caution...makes 6 this race...oh well.

Had a full house in church today since it is Lutheran Schools Week. A lot of kids there singing....way cool.

Birthday went well. The kids came up and we went for Mexican food, the owner kept apologizing to me since it was real busy and it took quite a while for our food to come. We didn't really notice since we had drinks, chips and good conversation :) As we left he came up to me again (Angie and I are regulars) and said he was sorry...I told him no problem, I would rather have to wait than for him not to have his business...at this point he said "Yes, the economy is good for me!"

The tribute to Gramma Judi went very well too. We had 21 people here...both the chili's I made and Angie's tortilla soup were big hits....just enough leftover for Angie and I tomorrow. Some played the new games I got but mostly we just all sat out in the patio and visited. It was a little too hot for shuffleboard until later in the day and by that time we were all full :)

:hug: Thanks again for all my birthday wishes.

Talked to several people at church today that are out or soon to be out of work :( I am afraid things will never be the same for a lot of folks. Thanks to God that we Christian are aware HE is with us always in all situations.

Angie picked up 2 more people for her yoga but lost 1 today. One lady has soccer practice for her daughter on Wed. Angie starts her church yoga on March 11th I think. She continues to teach teachers in her district on Mon. and works as a sub/teacher and the desk at the yoga studio during the week in the evenings.

Believe it or not we do still see each other! ;) She is usually there at about the same time I am here so it works out for each of us...neither fighting over the computer :D Although she does have her own in her office...but in the evenings me and the mutts are down here in the family room...guess she misses us ;)

Well back to the race...

EZMoney,

I didn't know this thread existed. What a wonderful way to witness about our religious experiences, give a little glory, and support each other in our weight loss adventures! Lots of folks here are losing their jobs as well. It is very sad, but could turn into wonderful opportunities. Remember, if He brings you to it, He'll bring you through it. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks!

Jenny

Welcome JENNY ~ Come back and visit us often!

Gary

Going to be off program...
 

We've all got the flu around here.
No one wants to eat anything at all.
I drank my first coke today in ages...just because I thought it would make my tummy feel better. It did.
Seems like this thing lasts for a week.
UGH....

My little boy has dropped from 50 to 43 lbs. He had a tummy bug for a few days a week and a half ago, now this flu. Please say a prayer for him. I'm having a hard time getting him to eat anything. He's almost 9...very thin.

Donna

Good evening and Happy March to everyone.

Glad to hear that you and the family enjoyed your birthday so much. Also, glad to hear the tribute went well. You and Angie must be some really good cooks, the chili and the soup sounds really good. Hope everyone here is having a wonderful and blessed day. Prayers as always for all.

Aggie

Donna,
I must have been typing as you were posting. I just read your post and so sorry that your household is going thru this bug. Am praying for you and yours, as I type. Not to worry God will bring each of you through it all.

Aggie

I use to go to church But don't anymore.
I do however believe in GOD.
I am asking for a prayer request for my husband /Me & my kids.
Can ya'll Just pray We all stay safe & that my husband is not away from us very long.(I went by ambulance a few months ago for a severe allergic reaction I had To medication for allergic reaction if that makes sense. anyways Once released from the hospital I had no way home...My Husband came to get me and got pulled over.He doesn't have a drivers License And Hasn't never had one due to in the past he had DUI's. Anyways He has totally straightened out now~Been sober for approx. a year.We are now buying a home and He has a great relationship with our 3 kids now also....
Anyways~Tommorrow (march 2nd) Is the day they will sentence him.
He has to do a minimum of 5 days or a maximum of 6 months.
Anyways~He had a lawyer and he signed a guilty plea for a deal of 5 days ~But the judge disagreed and said he was gonna do a heck of alot more time than that.
Anyways~My husband is of mixed races and I we live in a very racist town.
So they have beat him before when he has been in jail and so & so on.

Please pray for us~Especially him.

This is a very personal issue for me and I am a bit embarressed to tell ya'll but I know ya'll would be understanding.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME

(i will post again tommorrow after he has court and let ya'll know what happens)

Jenny :welcome:
Glad you found us! CE is a great thread with wonderful Christian folk, great prayer warriors, and awesome "losers".

Glad you found us! I look forward to getting to know you better :)

Donna - prayers for health and strength and healing for your family are ascending!

Gary - glad the tribute went well, AND that there aren't a lot of leftovers ;)

You are right of course. The main lesson in our Lenten study tonight was that we are to be rich toward God. One activity suggested was that we put sticky notes on everything in life that is temporary. Then put a different color sticky on everything that is eternal - which is of course all of the people in our lives.

Now - reflect on what you give your time, energy, resources to. I think that current economic times are a rude awakening for some - they are learning in a very painful way - what really matters.

My prayers continue for everyone that has lost a job, or had their hours cut. So many struggling for just the necessities of life right now!

Lori - prayers ascending for your family!

Thank you.
(My hubby has came a long ways and We all love him like crazy So thanks so much)

DONNA ~Prayers for your family and especially your son as you battle this illness.

AGGIE ~ HA! My chili is very easy and basic (although I do make several kinds) the one I made yesterday had...

2 pounds hamburger ~ 2 cans of Ro-Tel Original tomatoes ~ 3 cans of Busch Chili beans ~ onion ~ Williams chili mix and some red pepper....that's it ....good thing I doubled the batch because it was all gone.

My moms has 2 pounds of hamburger ~ 2 cans of red kidney beans ~ 1/4 teaspoon aujus ~ 1/4 cup tomato soup ~ 64 oz. V-8 juice and a can of water.....not spicy and just basic stuff.

Angie's chicken tortilla soup is really easy too...just the basics.

SCOOTER ~ Great lesson!

LORI ~ Sounds like you have had a rough time of late. I will ask God for His will to be done in matters concerning your family. Please check back in.

Prayers for all ~ Gary

Lori - God will provide! Stay strong, and come here for comfort and support and prayers!

Hi, all.
Well it has been a day of headache:headache:, rain and snow, eating too much, dh not feeling well, etc.
I'm so glad that it's almost over.
Tomorrow is a new day and I pray for strength to do better.
Gary-I love that prayer. THank you. Your chili sounds good. There are several in our church who have lost or will lose their jobs. My dh's over time was cut out-hoping it will pick up soon, I only work pt and doesn't look like I'll be getting any more hours any time soon.
Donna for some reason a coke will settle my tummy too. That's the only time I drink one adn then it's only a few sips. My ds has had the flu but not the stomach kind, his has been in his broncial area, he is still coughing adn he ran a good fever too. Praying ya'll get better soon.
{{{Lori}}} saying a prayer for you, your dh and this situation.

I need to rethink my way of losign weight. I've been hearing this week that it doesnt' matter what weight loss 'system' you are using as long as you stick to it. And exercise. I'm not doing good at either.

Well, g'nite to you all. :yawn:

I may need to get my post from the other page and re-post here...

Lori - PRAYERS! I will be praying for you and him tonight and tomorrow. Let us know how it goes...

Donna - already said a prayer for ds...he will be healed and driving you bonkers soon! :)

I have to re-post...we got SNOW! :D

Happy LATE Birthday Gary!!!! Sorry I wasn't here yesterday!!!

We have almost a foot of snow!!! IN GEORGIA!!!!! And i am near central GA, not the mountains. I took pics all day!!!! My ex bf is cutting a cd this year and wanted me to do some photos of him for that in the snow at his parent's christmas tree farm! I AM FROZEN!!!!! but it was all so beautiful!

I hope you all have a great day! I am about to drink some green tea and stay warm!!!

Actually, we are having 'thunder-snow'!!!!!

DONNA ~ prayers going up for your son and the household of flus. Does your son like ICE CREAM? There's lots of energy in that and they often give that to sick kids when in the hospital as they like it so much ...

:wel3fc: LORI ~ prayers going up for you, your DH, and your family during this stressful time. The thing to remember is -- that no matter what happens, the LORD loves you and will stand by your side to give you the strength you need to make it through it all! :hug:

:welcome2: JENNY ~ nice and friendly group of people here.


Have a MARVELLOUS MONDAY, everyone! ^^PRAYERS^^ ascending for you and yours ... :hug:ROSEBUD:hug:

Good Morning, Everyone!

Donna-prayers for your family to all get over this nasty flu-bug. This sure has been a hanger-on. Ours version was mostly the respiratory kind with fever, but did take a week or so to get over. I made some homemade chicken noodle soup and that seemed to help more than anything else. But, basically, for kids, as I'm sure you know, we just try whatever will get them to eat:shrug:

Lori-prayers for you and your family. And, also for safety and protection for your DH whatever the outcome today. God will provide for you all as He loves you so incredibly much. Let us know what happens and how you're doing:hug:

Jenny-:welcome2:glad you've found us! Keep coming back.

Gary-glad you had a great weekend!

Oh 2 be me-:hug: prayers for your DH to feel better and that you find a plan that is livable, because we all know it's impossible to stick with any plan that just doesn't fit into your lifestyle easily. What have you been doing? (you may have said already,but my memory isn't what it used to be:dizzy:)

Bev-thunder-snow is cool! The best thing about the snow down there is that it probably won't stay long! I remember a March trip to see my grandparents in FL a looooong time ago (when I was in grade school) and it snowed in GA while we were driving through. We were the only ones who were actually driving-everyone with a GA plate was off the side of the interstate, either hoping to wait it out or wrecked! It even snowed on us in the Tampa area on that trip-Dad wouldn't go again in March:lol:

Well, not much going on here today. DS2 had a job interview Saturday at the church's summer camp. Will find out soon whether he will get the job. It will be a strange summer if he's gone every week, but he's kinda looking forward to it and making $$! Don't know what DS3 will do without someone to pester;) Today, just gonna have to pay some bills, finish our taxes, and get back to housecleaning-that last one never goes away for some reason:lol: and then there's the schoolwork, so I guess I've plenty to do, but it's just same old, same old.......

Hi to everyone else and have a great day!

Same old around here also. I spent the weekend studying. I did have time to bake a lasagna and some muffins. I will be so glad when the exam is over.

I am keeping all of you in my prayers. Have a great day!

Ok it's 2/2/09 I will post back later And let y'all know what happens.
(his court is at 2:00 Today & it's 9;40 Right now so We have a few more hours)THANKS EVERYONE!

Morning all.
We ended up with about 3-4 in of snow. The roads are nasty this mornign so I'm thankful I dont' have to work today.

Someone asked what 'plan' I'm using. i'm doing the South Beach. I've tried WW about 6 times, I just do not do well with it.
This is the 2nd time for SB. I do feel better doing it. I find that when I eat alot of sugars and refined flours, my tummy hurts adn I feel yucky. So, I'm going to stick with it. Just need to get a food plan written down and start exercising. I really have no excuse. I was given 2 dvds of Walk away the Pounds. I did the first mile one oen day last week and could only go 1/2 mile. I have back and hip problems so it makes it hard to do. But I'll keep at it.

Praying for those who are sick.
Donna-gatorade is great when you have the flu.

Well...God heard your prayers. Yes, Rayne...he's driving me BONKERS today!! I'm still feeling really yucky and he's bouncing off the walls. No fever. No meds since 8:00 last night. AND he's HUNGRY!!!

Me...I don't want to eat anything.

One good thing...finally broke into the 280 decade.
Little "yea" there.

Write more later.

Hello all of you little darlin's,
I pray everyone is having a blessed day today, even those who are under the weather. Praying for everyone's illnesses to be gone quickly and feeling back on top of things. At least we know Donna's DS is better and alot better. Even though he is bouncing off the walls, isn't it great.
Lori, we all are praying for you and your family. Be strong and trust in the Lord. He is a just God, so you do what the Word says, "After having done all to stand, then STAND. God will take care of the rest and He will do whatever is best.

Gary, thank you for sharing your reciepe, it sounds great and I do love ro-tel. Tell Angie, if she does not mind, would love to have her recipe for the soup.

Listening to all of you talk about your snow, makes ours sound like nothing and actually it really is nothing. None the less, our schools closed today and after I made it all the way to work, it was slow, they sent many of us back home. I was happy about that so I could talk to you guys today.

Oh Donna, I almost forgot. Job well done on breaking into the 280's. I cannot wait to be in the 200 anythings. I know, I know be anixous for nothing, it will come by and by. I am just ready for the by and by. LOL

Anyone that I did not mentioned have a great, beautiful, motivated, loving and Blessed day.

Aggie

Hi Everyone!
Hello Jenni, I'm new too - this is a fantastically supportive group!!!
Hi Lori - praying for God's peace for you!!
Hey Donna - hope you are feeling well soon, did you hear the big "YES!" For you reaching 280 all the way across the Atlantic?

Rayne enjoy that snow!! Sounds wonderful! You may all think I'm mad but I am slightly jealous about all the snow you guys get!! I live near the Lake District and we hardly ever get snow! We had a day of it last month - I work in a big school and said everyone had to take their classes out for the morning, it was crazy but wonderful! The children even saved snow balls in their deep freezes!
Love and Blessings to you all!!!

Ok, Finally back home~I dropped off my hubby at the courthouse at about 12:45 court was at 2:00 But I had several errands to run Plus I had to get back home before the school bus did.(I Gave him A dollar in Quarters Incase he needed to call which he kinda thought was silly since He had to at least do a minimum Of 5 days!I thought it was silly to I must confess but felt led too give them too him.
Anyways I made it back home at about 2:15 And when I walked in the door the phone was ringing.It was my hubby~So there quarters came in handy~The phone ate one LOL And he had to use 2 of them for the call.
ANYWAYS~He didn't get not even one day in jail~Only a $600.00 Fine~60 hours of community service and 1 year probation~I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only GOD COULD HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN!!! THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A true miracle has happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patty - I definitely agree - if you can't stick to your plan, you need a new plan. I tweaked mine until it "fit" me and my lifestyle. Think of weight loss as a journey, rather than a destination. We learn as we go, hopefully making forward progress - though we all take a few side roads that may meander a bit, and even get us lost temporarily!

Ronni - I will keep DH's job situation in my prayers!

Wilma - prayers continuing for your studies! The class WILL be over soon!

Lori - Fantastic news! What a blessing! So glad it worked out well for your family!

Donna - into a new "decade" :congrat: You are doing GREAT!

Aggie - glad you got a "short" day for work! I wish that I had snow days off like the teachers and most of the staff do. But, then again, I get a lot done when everyone isn't calling me all day long :D

Annie-Rose - I would HAPPILY give you a bunch of our snow! We have had a record year with over 200 inches of it. Right now I feel that is about 190 inches too many :yes:

Hi to Gary, and Rosebud, and everyone else! Hope you had a good start to the week!

We had a good Lenten study last night, but I did splurge on the food :o Home made soups, breads and desserts are hard to pass up! Thankfully, I planned for the calories, so I wasn't over for the day - just not exactly the best choices. At least the two cookies were "healthy" with oatmeal and flax and raisins (and chocolate chips ;))

Today was very cold - started well below zero this morning, and very windy. I really want spring to come soon!

Blessings to all, and prayers continuing for you and yours!

LORI ~ PTL -- that's fabulous news; OUR GOD IS A COMPASSIONATE GOD!!! He is also faithful, and we have learned that on this thread: yes indeed, He hears and answers prayers!

Here's a link to my other thread stop, which shows some pictures I took of the birds in our backyard last winter (just outside our kitchen window) ~

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...70#post2636770

:congrat: DONNA ~ for moving into the 80's; you are doing very well! Glad to hear DS is back to normal again, even if that brings some excitement to your household: we'd rather have him well!

HI to LAURIE, KATHY, RONNI, GARY, WILMA, BEV, AGGIE, PATTY, ANNIE-ROSE, SUE, SUNNYD, COURTNEY-RAE, and all our other MIA's out there ...

Hope you all have a TERRIFIC TUESDAY tomorrow!!! Take good care :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: ^^PRAYERS^^ continue for you and yours, esp for jobs and good health ...

WOW Lori~ Totally Amazing!!
 

There is an older chorus I love:

"The Steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.
His mercies never comes to an end.
They are new every morning, new every morning.
Great is thy faithfulness, Oh Lord.
Great is thy faithfulness."

I'm singing that tonight for you and your hubby.

What a mighty God we serve!

((((((((((()))))))))))

Donna
:dance:

So so so glad to know everyone had a wonderful evening, being snowed in. Our snow here in Hampton is just about gone, therefore it will be back to normal for me tomorrow, but is was a blessing today.

Lori, so happy for you and your family. I am sure your husband is singing God's praises this evening. I hope you got my message, just a little special prayer for you. Stay strong in the Lord. God will renew your strength.

Rayne, Gary, Angie, Rosebud, Ronni and DH, Wilma, Donna, Oh2bme, Annie-Rose , Jenny, you all stay in my prayers.

For each of us to do His Will sometimes we have to step back from ourselves and have a work done in us. We may need to breakdown and realize and cry out, Oh God I need you, and then we need to breakout. God makes an out for us but we must breakout and follow Him. We need to break out of fear, low expectations, out of small minded thinking, yesterday's identies, thinking you are a loser and when God says we are conquerer's. Then we must break up, break up the unused grounds in our hearts where the seeds of Revelation cannot find root and grow, We need to cry to God here I am, I am ready to recieve your seeds. Sometimes in order to break up the the ground we may need to forgive someone, repent for something in our lives, you may need to let something go, then you can move on and you are now open for God to send you a new Word. Now we can break through. You can't give up. don't give out, and don't give in, because the next is the period of the greatest calm. Just hold on. Winter will yield to Spring and Night gives up to the Morning. Whatever you are going through it will not last forever, because after your worst, your break through is coming. You will reach a new level, just hold on and Believe God, even when things are shakey, there is a Peace that passes all understanding. His name is God!!! All of your prayers WILL be answered, just hold on.

Love to you all,
Aggie

Hope I did not talk to much. I felt that this would cover all.

Hi Gals ~

All is well here. Angie is off at yoga, taking in a class for her. She has been teaching it so much lately she hasn't had her fix ;)

We are going to have some bacon/ham/turkey sandwiches on squaw bread with lettuce and tomato for dinner tonight...will probably throw on a can of healthy chicken noodle soup too.

Working 15 minutes from home :carrot: this week. It is a big Lexus dealership...I think the biggest in the world actually...need to research that...has a restaurant, etc. We will be there until the end of the week then off to another job for a bit, 90 miles away, then back to the Lexus....providing they still continue the building...hope....hope.

We have had 2 dealerships stop mid-stream the last 2 months...work we were counting on to get us through the end of this year...life will go on :)

Angie just pulled in...be back later...after dinner....:hug:

Weird - I posted earlier and it showed up - now it is gone?
Oh well, prayers continuing for all!
Blessings!
Laurie

Laurie,
I just saw your pictorial Journey and girl you look good. Way to go pretty lady. I am so looking forward to smiling when I look in the mirror, it will come in time. You did AWESOME>

Aggie

Lori - YIPPEEE!!!!

Aggie - preach it girl! :) you ain't kiddin about tilling the ground by forgiving! my life CHANGED when i finally released some old bondages. i'm happy and free!!! my dad was very abusive and i forgave him. now, when i talk to him 2x a yr...no matter what he says, it is like i'm surrounded by a shield...nothing sticks! :)

Donna - i called it! :) glad to hear he is better!!!

Annie Rose - we never get snow...and usually its not more than flurries. its been nice to still see it in patches on the ground. i love snow. but i don't think i would feel that way if it were there for months. it was already in the 50's (F) today. I'd like to be where you are...

What a mighty God we serve, what a mighty God we serve. Angels bow before Him, heaven and earth adore Him, what a mighty God we serve!

had to sing...

one week left in statistics and i may just pull off a C! :) that isn't usually acceptable, but with this class...I accept. I still need a new laptop or a fixed laptop before the next session starts on the 16th. please be praying.

my brother hung up on me tonight because i wouldn't give him and his baby's mother money to get minutes on their phones. i said "well, sounds to me like one of ya'll needs a job". CLICK! he has been looking, but nothing to be had yet. still praying for him to get in that program in Alabama. he says he 'needs' the minutes because that is the only way he can talk to his dd. i hate it for him, but he's made his choices and i am NOT going to enable him.

i did the power class (weight training) monday and walked 45 min. today, just walked 45 min. tomorrow (wednesday) will be power and walk again. I AM DETERMINED!!!!! :)

i love you all

Hi there!
 

Whew! I had some catching up to do... I was home last weekend- to parents no computer and just finally able to get on mine here at home...
Wilma- congrats on new job!! They would certainly have made a mistake if they had not picked you!!
Kathy- congrats down 2 lbs... way to go!
E.Z.- HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! Your chili sounds yummy... A big Amen ! (God is in Control... no matter what happens or what we see in this big old world we need not worry)
SunnyD- Thanks! It is nice to be missed! Missed you guys as well. things just seem to come up and you get busy and before you not it time has passed.- trying to be better.
Rosebud- keep us posted - about the lady having surgery (sorry her name escapes me I didn't jot it down)
Rayne- Wow! a foot of snow in Georgia- that can't happen often... We get that a few times a month up here, more so lately... we have had record snowfalls as well. Prayers for DB and his family it is hard situation having to say no. Prayers also that class goes well.
Jenny- Amen!
Donna- Prayers for DS continue- glad to hear he is feeling better, congrats down into 280's way to go!
Lori- PTL! big answer to prayer!
Ronni- Prayers dh new job works out
counting- I'll second that! sending the snow somewhere!
Annierose- I'll join in w/ counting and send snow... I know I am sick of it and so ready for spring... soon... it would be nice to see it just a couple times a year.... but then it wouldn't be upstate NY
Aggie- Thanks! post on forgiving ! so true. I just finished a book by Charles Stanley on forgiving!! which was very good.
I am leaving tom. for Mass. for the weekend the berkshires... It should be fun... but no computer there either so pray everyone has an awesome weekend and will be back late mon. or Tues. Back to work next Fri. hard to believe 8 weeks has gone by already...
prayer request my bil who is in process of being diagnosed w/ lupus or ms is haveing a spinal tap on the 9th to help determine, which it is and how severe it is... prayers that they will find out for sure what he has and how to treat the symptoms... he has been going blind ect... that the news will be good that it is a milder form and can be treated and his eyesight returns.
Sorry if I misseed anyone! Goid Bless!!!!!

One more pound gone.:carrot: I'm sure not doing it as fast as those folks on Biggest Loser but I'm also not exercising 8 hours a day.

It's starting to warm up here so hopefully the snow will be gone soon. I can hardly wait for that. I'm still busy studying and hopefully I'll be prepared for the exam on March 18th. It's in the evening - not my best time. Oh well, it is what it is.

Thank you all for your kind words about my new job. I'll find out next week who my replacement is and after some training I'll get going full force on mine. Scary and exciting at the same time. My office will be a bit farther away from the manager's office than I am now so I'll be getting more exercise as I'll be doing a lot of running to him with questions.

Gotta go to work. Early staff meeting!

Have a great day!

Lori...
I will DEFINITELY be praying for you. Families are very important in general, and to me personally. I'll definitely be sending up prayer regarding you and your family. Glad that your husband has been doing so well. Also, I understand that you don't attend church anymore,but believe in God. Church can be a great place of support. I suggest praying to be led to the right one, for you and your family. It can be sooo helpful...true fellowship among true believers is SO beneficial. Believe me! I don't know if maybe there was some hurt involved with any past churches you attended. But God is a healer (emotionally,spiritually,mentally, physically...u name it!)...God is not a building or even a group of whack people....but a good church home is REALLY important. not questioning salvation or morality,nor "judging" or condemning...just making a suggestion....bottom line is I'm Praying for you and your family...I do realize it's past the 2nd...but I know how God can work....regardless of whatever may or may not have happened on monday

Hi Everyone!

It sounds like there have been a lot of victories here. Praise the Lord!

Just a quick note to check in and see how everyone was doing. The last 2 days have not been good for me as far as food goes. I had a very stressful day at work yesterday so we ate McDonalds for supper because I was to tired to cook. Today I had a severe headache so I didn't keep track of my food. Tomorrow it is back on track and back to exercising.

Hope you all have a Happy Thursday!

Kathy

Blessings to all,

Laurie, we had a little snow here in Hampton, Va. and I am ready for it to be gone, with as much as you had, I can only imagine how you must feel.

Bev, SING YOUR SONG GIRL. About your test, as long as you did the best that you could do, and gave it all you've got, then hey a "C" is outstanding. Now you do a happy dance. Now on to other things, remember you and the others told me, in so many words, sometimes the answer is NO. No more enabling here. Will be in prayer for a new laptop before the 16th. Great job in the excerise dept. YOU ROCK!!!!

Wilma, 1 pound at a time. You are doing it girlie.

Therightweigh, Love that name, you are quite clever. Great advice to Lori, you are absolutely right, a good church family is so very important and I pray that she searches and finds one.

Lori, I sent you a PM, I hope you recieved and that you got to read it. I pray that all is well for you and yours.

Ladies and Gents, I go for weigh in tomorrow, please join me in prayer that some weight is lost this week, prayerfully 2.4 pounds. LOL, but so serious.

Now I need some help. I found out that I can get my ticker that I have been waiting for so long. Well guess what, I could have had it about a week or so ago. DId not know where to look, just happened to click on edit signature to see what is was and much to my surprise it was there that I could. Well since I am a computer dummie, I tried to add it, but I do not know what I am doing. I want to see if it shows up on this one. If not, help!!!! LOL LOL All help will be appreciated.

Aggie

Oh my God, Oh my God, it is there. Praise the Lord, and Halluelujah. Is is cute or what? I cannot believe I did it. Now, how can I add words, let a scripture or something catchy. Like inch by inch and pound by pound, oh yeah my weight is going down.. What do you think?

Aggie

Aggie - You are so funny!!!! I love reading your posts, cause you just crack me up! :) YOU ROCK! I say that all the time...how cool that you wrote that to me! :) I haven't taken the final yet...i have until next thursday...YIKES! SO I WILL NEED PRAYER !!!!!! There are only 15 questions...that's not good.

Sue - I just prayed for BIL. HEALED in Jesus name amen!
Yeah, snow here is a TRIP! We still have a little on the ground...of course today, I had my sun roof opened as I drove around. nice... I'd love to show ya'll all my pics of the snow, but i don't know how i would do that...Gary or Laurie could probably tell me. And thanks for the words on school and my bro. He'll get there.

Kathy - Lord, I just pray for Kathy. You know what she needs and desires and I pray that you will give her the strength and peace to do what needs to be done. That she will just line up with Your will in the matter and You will receive all glory from the situations. Father, I thank You that her husband is peaceful and employed! In Jesus name. AMEN!
I love you girl, you are so sweet!

Well, i only managed 30 minutes on the treadmill after the power class today. Tomorrow, maybe I can get back up to 45. I am also working on the 'stang tomorrow night!!! YIPPEEEEEE!!!!!

I love ya'll! Ya'll ROCK! :D