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Larry and I have a four-word sentence that has been a theme of our marriage: "You can do it!" We look each other straight in the eye, grip each other's shoulders with our hands and with determination proclaim, "You can do it." The reason we can do it is that we've applied this promise from God's Word to our lives: "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." (Philippians 4:13)
Lord you are so wonderful
And deserve our love and praise
I cannot express just how I feel
When I think of your saving grace
And deserve our love and praise
I cannot express just how I feel
When I think of your saving grace
It is ordinary to God, and should be ordinary to us, to live and walk in success and freedom. If His Word is not ordinary to you or an accepted way of life you will walk in disobedience and then under a curse. Remember your belief about God will determine your behavior and also then your circumstances. To change your circumstance you must change your thinking! Your behavior will follow. Are you walking in blessing or under a curse?
Reading this story I was impressed to believe that the man who was killed had been greatly touched and influenced by the very words Jesus prayed while on the cross,
"Father, forgive them." The Luke 23:24 account shows us a deeper side of love and forgiveness then most of us, dare I say, possess.
"Father, forgive them." The Luke 23:24 account shows us a deeper side of love and forgiveness then most of us, dare I say, possess.
Have you ever heard the old phrase, "Up a Crick without a paddle"? In simple words, it means you are in...deep trouble, and there is no way out. I'm sure we've all been there dozens of times in our lifetime. I was reminded of this statement again this past week. Larry had the opportunity to go fishing for 5 days way up in Ontario, Canada. He went fishing with his friends, Danny and Wendy Meis and Pastor Alan Skroch. Alan had purchased a fantastic fishing boat off of an estate sale and pulled it several hundred miles up to Canadian waters. It was doing fine...not great...but fine. One day, they went up to Canadian waters, about 8 miles away, and the boat motor stopped. Long story short...no cell phone, and hours away from the comfort of the shore and the cabin, and the realization that they have to get back there somehow. Unbelievably...Ripley's believe it or not...they had one oar.
Can it really be mid-July already? It seems like everything goes so fast I can hardly catch my breath. We were privileged to be able to attend my family reunion on the Brooks' side. As many of you know, I am a middle child. I have five brothers older and five brothers younger. One brother has gone on to be with the Lord which leaves nine wonderful brothers, mates, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. There are a total of 103 living in my immediate family and only 23 of them were unable to make it to the reunion this year.
Hi! I can hardly comprehend that this weekend marks the 4th of July already! It seems like June just whizzed by. When I think of Independence Day, I am reminded and am so grateful that we can still wake up in a free America. That is something that we can never take for granted because it seems as though we are losing freedoms one by one with the elections coming soon in November, we really need to seek God, pray for America and its leaders, and take a stand for righteousness.
Again, it has been an eventful two weeks. On June 21st, we drove to Glenwood, MN, to minister at the Minnewaska Assembly of God.
Again, it has been an eventful two weeks. On June 21st, we drove to Glenwood, MN, to minister at the Minnewaska Assembly of God.
Greetings from the Heartland! June has been another action-packed month. Larry reaches an exciting milestone on June 28th...my sweetheart hubby turns 65 years old. Yeah for Medicare and AARP- ha! I can hardly believe it. It seems like just yesterday we were teens making eyes at each other. Larry and I were married when we were 21 and 22 years of age. Our first year of marriage went by slowly and was filled with many challenges...each year since has raced by like speeding bullets. I remember thinking that anyone 25 years old was...old, 35 years of age was... older, 45 years old was... ancient, and 55 years and up was... over the hill - HA! So where does that put us now!! Please be kind with your thoughts!
Hello from Sisseton! I am nestled up in my chair as I write this "On the Road" update. I guess, this time, I could rename it the "In My Chair" update. HA! The weather that we are experiencing is playing mind games with me (at this stage in my life, it doesn't take all that much!). As I sat down in my chair I had to throw a blanket over me to keep warm. The temperatures were in the 80's and yesterday they tumbled down into the low 50's. As the old saying goes, "If you don't like the weather, stick around a few hours, it will change...but I'm not sure you will like that either." So true! Even the birds are slightly confused.
Greetings again from Sisseton! It seems like we are running here and there...I almost meet myself coming and going - ha! I can hardly believe it's late-May and Mother's Day has long passed...but is not forgotten. Our children, LaShawn and her husband Liam, LaDawn and our son Donovan, sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers. They know I love flowers. Larry also gave me a red rose corsage and they all gave me beautiful Mother's Day cards with heart-touching verses. Often I don't feel I'm worthy of all those "flowery" kind words...but I'll gladly accept them! Often times, while parenting, we feel inadequate in how we're raising our children. We ponder and wonder if we did the right things in the right way. So, I need those verses of love and appreciation to keep me going.