PINK SATURDAY......."I AM LATE"

PLEASE VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL HOSTESS, BEVERLY AT

http://howsweetthesound.blogspot.com or CLICK ON TO THE PINK SATURDAY

BUTTON I HAVE IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN. NOT ONLY WILL IT

TAKE YOU TO BEVERLY'S BLOG BUT YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF TALENTED,

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHO LOVE AND ADORE THE COLOR PINK.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BLOOM OF MY CHRISTMAS CACTUS THAT HAS BLOOMED IN

FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND NOW APRIL. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WHITE ONE ALSO.

THEY ARE BOTH OVER FIVE YEARS OLD, AND ALTHOUGH THEY PRODUCE

BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS...USUALLY IN DECEMBER...THEY HAVE NEVER BLOOMED

THREE MONTHS IN A ROW. I THINK GOD KNEW I NEEDED SOME BEAUTY

IN MY LIFE. I PRAY AFTER LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE, IT IS MY PICTURE

AND NOT ONE A FRIEND SENT. MY LIFE HAS BEEN SO CRAZY I WOULDN'T

SWEAR TO ANYTHING TODAY.

THIS HAS BEEN A ROUGH DAY....A ROUGH COUPLE OF DAYS. WE HAD STORMS

AND HAIL...LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING BUT WE SHUT THE COMPUTER

DOWN DURING STORMS AND THEN THE COMPUTER WAS ACTING UP AND I

HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH MY HUSBAND WHO PLAYS CIVILIZATION ON IT...HE

DOES NOT ALWAYS PLAY NICE.....LOL......FIRST ONE TO THE COMPUTER GETS

IT.

PLEASE PRAY FOR AMY. I STARTED GIVING HER THE SHOT NEUPOGEN 480

ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS TO BUILD YOUR WBC'S UP. NORMALLY WHEN YOU

TAKE NEUPOGEN INJECTIONS YOUR WHITE COUNT CAN SHOOT UP 18.....WHICH

IS A FALSE HIGH.

AMY'S WHITE COUNT WAS LOW TO START WITH WHEN CHEMO BEGAN BUT

THEY HAD TO START BECAUSE OF HOW AGGRESSIVE THE CANCER IS.

ON FRIDAY MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK HER IN TO THE CLINIC FOR LAB WORK.

ON FRIDAY HER WHITE COUNT...AFTER RECEIVING 3 NEUPOGEN 480 INJ.........

WAS 1.86...........NORMAL IS 4.30-11.0

HER NEU WHICH IS BABY WBC WAS 1.52 81.9%N

NORMAL IS 2.30-7.70 59.0-73.0%N

HER PLATELETS WHICH CLOT THE BLOOD WAS 91.5

NORMAL IS 150.-375.

SO WHAT DR. DEXEUS ORDERED WAS AN ADDITIONAL INJECTION OF

NEUPOGEN 300..............THEY GAVE HER THE ADDITIONAL 300 IN THE

OFFICE AS I HAD GIVEN HER THE 480 BEFORE WE WENT..........AND THEN

TODAY I HAD TO GIVE HER TWO SHOTS OF NEUPOGEN TOTALING 780......THE

SAME TOMORROW AND BACK TO THE DR. ON MONDAY FOR LAB WORK.

DR. DEXEUS ALSO ORDERED CIPRO TWICE A DAY FOR 4 DAYS FOR EXTRA

PROTECTION.

WHEN AMY RECEIVES NEUPOGEN INJECTIONS SHE ACHES ALL OVER LIKE

SHE HAS THE FLU. WHEN HER PLATELETS ARE LOW HER BACK HURTS

HER VERY MUCH. SHE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT LIKE MUSHROOM CHICKEN

WITH LO MIEN NOODLES......SHE ATE ABOUT 3 NOODLES. THE CHEMO CAUSES

SORES IN THE MOUTH. SHE GETS UP AND TRIES SO HARD TO SET AND VISIT

BUT SHE REALLY JUST TAKES HOT SHOWERS AND PAIN PILLS AND TRIES TO

SLEEP......AND IS NEVER AWAY FROM HER BLACKBERRY.

THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SOULS WHO LEFT HAPPY PINK SATURDAY

POSTS ON MY YELLOW POST.....YOU ARE THE GREATEST. I HAVE FOUND

SOME AMAZING BLOGGING FRIENDS.

BLESSINGS TO EACH ONE OF YOU

MAY YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEEK

HUGS

debbie

LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH PRAISE THE LORD.

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR MY DAUGHTER, AMY.

THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF PRAYER........LEILA, CORBY, TED,

CLIFFORD, JERRY, PATRICIA, CAROL, DONNA, WILLIS, OLIVIA, IRENE, PEGGY,

MYSELF, JENNIFER, JENNIFER AND DAVID, BEVERLY'S MOTHER, CINDY J'S

MOTHER, HEIDI, RICHARD AND MYRA, SUZANNE, JAY, KATS DAUGHTER,

BECKY, MO'S SON WHO IS A POLICEMAN AND ALL THE POLICE, FIRE MEN AND

WOMAN, ALL OUR MILITARY IN HARM'S WAY, ALL OUR VETERANS WHO ARE

TRYING TO REGAIN THEIR LIFE BACK AFTER COMING HOME, ESPECIALLY

THE WOUNDED, BE WITH THE CHILDREN LORD WHO HAVE LOST A

MOTHER OR FATHER TO THE WAR, FIRE FIGHTING OR A POLICE IN THE

LINE OF DUTY........PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AS THEY PLAY LORD FROM

ANY WEAPON ATTEMPTING TO FORM AGAINST THEM.......LEAD A SPIRIT

FILLED CHRISTIAN TO SOMEONE WHO IS FRAGILE OR LOST, LORD, MADONNA,

JOYCE, CONNIE, CARRIE, ANY ONE WHOSE HEART IS HURTING...MAY THEY

KNOW YOUR HEALING LORD. THANK YOU LORD FOR BLESSING THIS

LITTLE BLOG...MAY IT BE YOUR HAND EXTENDED AND NEVER HURT ANYONE

BY WHAT IS SAID LORD.

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR

A HUG FROM MY DAUGHTER AMY

A HUG FROM HER GREAT DANE GRACIE

WATCHING MY HUSBAND PRE-TIE TIES FOR MY SON WHO IS LEAVING

MONDAY ON A 5 DAY BUSINESS TRIP TO IOWA....PLEASE PRAY FOR

HIS SAFETY GOING AND COMING

THE RAIN AND EVEN THE HAIL WAS PRETTY SINCE IT DID NO DAMAGE

TO SPEAK OF

THRIFTING IN A VINTAGE YELLOW PLYMOUTH

JUST A REMINDER THAT APRIL IS HEAD, NECK, AND ORAL CANCER AWARE-

NESS MONTH. PLEASE DO REGULAR EXAMINATIONS OF YOUR MOUTH,

OBSERVING FOR SORES, WHITE PATCHES, AND ANYTHING THAT LOOKS OR

FEELS NOT RIGHT, GO TO YOUR DENTIST ASAP FOR AN EXAM.

THANK YOU OLDE DAME PENNIWIG FOR THE HELLO WORLD GRAPHIC AND FOR

THE RIBBON FOR HEAD, NECK, AND ORAL CANCER. I WILL PUT THIS, ALONG

WITH THE PEACH RIBBON FOR UTERINE CANCER IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN

AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SNAG IT FOR YOUR BLOG. YOU MAY ALSO SNAG THE

PICTURE OF AMY AND LEILA TO PUT ON YOUR BLOG FOR PRAYER IF YOU SO

WISH.

AMY COMPLETED HER FIRST ROUND OF CHEMOTHERAPY WEDNESDAY

4/15/09 TAX DAY. NOW WE PRAY NO GERM FORMED AGAINST HER WILL

PROSPER.

I SAW THIS PICTURE AT http://photography.nationalgeographic.com

AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAID......THE YELLOW HUES OF A SMALL HOME IN

LANAI, HAWAII, ARE MATCHED BY ITS OWNER'S VINTAGE PLYMOUTH.

MANY RESIDENTS OF THIS VILLAGE LIVE IN SUCH PASTEL-PAINTED COTTAGES,

FIRST BUILT FOR PINEAPPLE PLANTATION WORKERS.

I THOUGHT THE YELLOW LOOKED SO HAPPY AND THE COLORS OF THE

COTTAGE MADE ME SMILE. I LOVE THE COLORS. I THOUGHT HOW WONDER-

FUL IT WOULD BE FOR US TO ALL GET IN THIS YELLOW VINTAGE

PLYMOUTH AND GO THRIFTING. WE COULD THEN COME BACK TO THIS

CHARMING COTTAGE AND ENJOY TEA. THE CREATIVE SIDE OF OUR BRAIN

WOULD HAVE FUN REDESIGNING

"THE COTTAGE". MY MIND IS ALREADY BUSY.

I AM THANKFUL TODAY THAT AMY HAS NO NAUSEA AND VOMITING.

I AM HAPPY MY HUSBAND AND I CAN NOW WORK SAFELY IN THE GARDEN

WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT A FREEZE. I AM THANKFUL GOD LOVES ME AND

HEARS MY PRAYERS. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE SOFTNESS OF MY CATS AND

THE SWEET SPIRIT OF MY SCHNAUZER. I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THAT VISIT MY BLOG ...YOU ARE THE BEST. I AM

THANKFUL I HAVE AIR TO BREATHE AND WATER TO DRINK AND I HAVE

......."HOPE".......

......."HOPE".......



WISHING YOU A BEAUTIFUL DAY FULL OF BRIGHT YELLOW SUNSHINE.

I WISH THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOMEONE SMILE AND SOMEONE

WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH. MAY WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR YOU

SEE YOUR VALUE AND BEAUTY..............AND IF YOU ARE BLESSED TO

HAVE YOUR HEALTH, KNOW YOU ARE RICH INDEED.

HUGS

debbie

APRIL IS "HEAD, ORAL, AND NECK" CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

CALLING ALL TALENTED PEOPLE.......WE ALL ASSOCIATE THE COLOR PINK

WITH BREAST CANCER. THE COLORS FOR HEAD, ORAL, AND NECK CANCER

ARE MAROON AND CREAM. IS THERE A TALENTED GRAPHIC PERSON OUT

THERE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS TO MAKE

A MAROON AND CREAM COLORED RIBBON OR A MAROON OR CREAM COLORED

SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE READILY RECOGNIZED AS HEAD, ORAL, AND NECK

CANCER. MY DAUGHTER "HAD" SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE

WITH NOW METASIS TO THE NECK....WHICH IS HAVING ITS' BUTT KICKED BY

JESUS, PRAYER, AND HIGH POWERED CHEMOTHERAPY BEING GIVEN BY THE

GREATEST ONCOLOGIST DR. DEXEUS

I DON'T KNOW THE FEELINGS WE HAD SETTING THERE IN THOSE BLUE,

COMFY RECLINERS WAITING TO HAVE AMY'S PORT-A-CATH ACCESSED

AGAIN AND TO HAVE CHEMO RUNNING THROUGH HER AGAIN.

I CAN'T SAY I WAS ANGRY...I WATCHED HER BUSILY TEXTING LEILA AND

I WAS DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A MAGAZINE THAT WOULD TAKE

ME AWAY....BUT THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE FACES OF THE PATIENTS

THAT SET THERE IN THOSE BLUE, COMFY, "RECLINERS OF HOPE"...SOME

SLEEPING...SOME EATING...SOME LAUGHING...NO ONE CRYING. EVERY ONE

TRIES TO STAY UPBEAT. TO HAVE A PORT-A-CATH IS A GUARANTEED ONE TIME

STICK BUT EVERYONE...EVERYONE SHOWS THE SAME FACIAL PAIN WHEN STUCK.

I ASK AMY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.....SHE SAID THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO

DESCRIBE BUT IT IS LIKE A STABBING PAIN THAT FOR A SECOND TAKES YOUR

BREATH AWAY. ONCE HER PORT IS ACCESSED, SHE IS FINE.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT, SHE HAS COME HOME WITH CISPLATIN

INFUSING ALL NIGHT....IT INFUSES OVER 20 HOURS.

THE SERIOUSNESS WITH AMY IS THAT HER WHITE COUNT WAS LOW BUT

THEY COULD NOT WAIT ANY LONGER TO START CHEMO....TOMORROW SHE

WILL BE THROUGH WITH THIS ROUND OF CHEMO AND FOR 5 DAYS I WILL

GIVE HER A NEUPOGEN SHOT.....AND KEEP HER IN A BUBBLE AWAY FROM

GERMS WITH THE 10TH DAY BEING THE MOST CRITICAL FOR WHEN ALL

COUNTS SHOULD DROP FROM WBC'S TO RED BLOOD CELLS TO PLATELETS.

NOW FOR AN UPDATE FOR LEILA........YES...UTERINE CANCER IS PEACH COLOR.

IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE A PEACH COLORED RIBBON.

THEY ARE WAITING TO SEE IF LEILA WILL BE ACCEPTED INTO A TRIAL

PROGRAM. SHE WILL KNOW BY FRIDAY...THE DEADLINE FOR ANY ONE

TO BE IN THE PROGRAM IS FRIDAY AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR.

IF THIS PROGRAM SUCCEEDS, IT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS BREAK THROUGH

FOR UTERINE CANCER AS THEY WILL ONLY HAVE TO TAKE CHEMO ONE DAY

VERSES THE USUAL 3 DAYS, FOR EACH ROUND.

LEILA WENT TODAY FOR EKG AND CT SCAN. SHE HAS DONE VERY WELL AND

SHE FOLLOWS WHAT THE DR. SAYS TO THE LAW. SHE DOES NOT HAVE QUITE

THE BANTY ROOSTER IN HER THAT MY AMY HAS.

I AM THANKFUL FOR SO MANY THINGS TODAY....AMY'S LAUGH...I SAW SOME

BEAUTIFUL TULIPS AND PANSIES...FOR MY HUSBAND, MY SON AND DAUGHTER

IN LOVE...FOR LEILA AND CORBY...MY PARENTS, MY PARENTS IN LOVE, MY

SISTER SHERRY AND MY BROTHER IN LOVE TONY, MY DEAR FRIENDS ROBBI

AND DORIS, MY BROTHER TED, MY SISTER IN LOVE SUSIE AND MELT,

MY SISTER IN LOVE NANCY AND BOB

THE SUN SHINED BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE LOVE OF THE LORD,

ALL 66 BEAUTIFUL FOLLOWERS OF MY BLOG AND ALL THE FRIENDS THAT

STOP BY AND LEAVE SUCH INSPIRING COMMENTS.

THE WORLD HAS BECOME SUCH A UGLY PLACE AT TIMES AND SUCH HORRIBLE

THINGS IN THE NEWS AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF LOSING THEIR JOBS

AND/OR HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.

WHAT THE LORD HAS SHOWN ME IS "HOPE." THAT IS THE WORD OF THE HOUR.

WE MUST NOT GIVE UP HOPE.

I READ ON JOHNATHAN'S SITE A QUOTE BY ONE OF HIS HEROES:

"YOU CAN GO A MONTH WITHOUT FOOD, YOU CAN LIVE THREE DAYS

WITHOUT WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T GO MORE THAN SIXTY SECONDS

WITHOUT HOPE."

~~SEAN SWAMER

FIND REST, O MY SOUL, IN GOD ALONE;

MY HOPE COMES FROM HIM.

HE ALONE IS MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION;

HE IS MY FORTRESS, I WILL NOT BE

SHAKEN.

MY SALVATION AND MY HONOR DEPEND ON

GOD;

HE IS MY MIGHTY ROCK, MY REFUGE.

TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES, O PEOPLE;

POUR OUT YOUR HEARTS TO HIM,

FOR GOD IS OUR REFUGE.

~PSALM 62: 5-8

I LOVE THE SENTENCE THAT SAYS, "I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN."

NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH....WHAT WE MUST FACE...

WHAT PAIN AND SORROW, WE MUST NOT BE SHAKEN AND TO CRY OUT

TO THE LORD. HE CERTAINLY KNOWS MY CRY AND HE KNOWS MY

WHINE....HE ANSWERS MY CRY.

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING A PART OF YOUR DAY WITH ME AND FOR

YOUR PRAYERS. YOU ARE EACH SPECIAL AND UNIQUE.

BLESSINGS

HUGS

debbie

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PRAYER: AMY, LEILA, OLIVIA, ROY AND ELISABETH, BEVERLY'S

MOTHER, EDWARD, MARIA, PATRICIA, CAROL, RICHARD, DENNIS, BOBBY, JENNIFER,

JENNIFER AND DAVID, IRENE, PEGGY, TED, BRUISER, CINDY J'S MOTHER,

BECKY, ALL THOSE WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE HOSPITAL,

FOR THOSE WITH ALHEIMERS OR DEMENTIA, ALL OUR POLICE MEN AND

WOMAN, FIRE MEN AND WOMAN, ALL THOSE MILITARY WHO HAVE AND ARE

SERVING THIS COUNTRY, OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES,

AGAINST VIOLENCE IN THE WORK PLACE, FOR JOBS THAT ARE NEEDED

HOPE......HOPE......HOPE......HOPE

WISHING YOU A JOYOUS EASTER

I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME AND WISH YOU A HAPPY EASTER. EASTER IS SUCH A SPECIAL HOLIDAY TO ME, MORE THAN ANY OTHER

HOLIDAY. IT IS ALMOST A PRIVATE HOLIDAY TO ME BECAUSE OF MY RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS CHRIST. I GUESS IT IS REALLY MORE PERSONAL THAN PRIVATE.

I CANNOT REMEMBER A TIME I DID NOT TALK TO JESUS. I SURRENDERED

MY HEART TO HIM AT AGE 15 BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL MY 40'S THAT I

GAVE MYSELF TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY TO THE LORD. I WAS DRIVING

HOME FROM A BUSINESS MEETING AND THE SUN WAS BEGINNING TO SET

AND MY LIFE WAS SOOOOOO VERY FULL OF PAIN AND ANGER AND THERE

JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH HOPE. AS I LOOKED AT THE SUNSET, I

GLANCED OVER AND SAW A TELEPHONE POLE AND IT LOOKED LIKE A CROSS

AND I JUST PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND EXPLODED INTO TEARS AND I FELT

LIKE A BEGGAR, A BUM THAT NEEDED THE LOVE AND FORGIVENESS OF

THE LORD. EVEN TO THIS DAY IT MAKES ME CRY. IT MAKES ME SO VERY

GRIEVED TO SEE A PERSON LOST, WITHOUT JESUS. THE BIBLE DESCRIBES A

LOST SOUL AS A "DEAD MAN WALKING". THE PHRASE "A DEAD MAN WALKING"

IS WHAT THEY YELL OUT WHEN SOMEONE ON DEATH ROW IS WALKING

TO THE GAS CHAMBER OR THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. THAT IS A VERY BAD PLACE

TO BE. JESUS SAID THAT IF YOU ARE ASHAMED OF ME BEFORE MEN, I WILL NOT

ACKNOWLEDGE YOU TO MY FATHER. I DON'T BELIEVE IN CRAMMING JESUS

DOWN ANY ONE'S THROAT. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A GENTLEMAN AND HE WILL

DRAW YOU BUT IT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS

AND LIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THE LORD. I NEVER TRY TO PASS UP AN

OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHEN I FEEL THE LORD HAS IMPRESSED

UPON ME TO SPEAK TO THEM. MY LIFE IS NOT ABOUT ME...IT IS ABOUT JESUS

AND HOW I CAN BE HIS HAND EXTENDED.

MY PROBLEM IS, AS THE KIDS WERE GROWING UP, I TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY

TO TEACH THEM ABOUT EVERYTHING...I DIDN'T WANT FRIENDS OR SCHOOL

TEACHING THEM THEIR VIEWS. IF THEIR IS A PROBLEM, I DON'T DANCE AROUND, I

KICK THE DOOR IN WITH BLATANT TRUTH....LET'S CALL THIS WHAT IT IS.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO GET TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE WITH MY CHILDREN

"IMMEDIATELY", LIKE YESTERDAY.

I OFTEN STICK MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH. I YELL, IF I TAKE THE URGE TOO.

I FALL SHORT OFTEN...IT IS SAD BECAUSE PEOPLE WAIT FOR

CHRISTIANS TO FAIL...THEY THINK WE THINK WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM.

THIS IS NOT SO. I STAND AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY, ANYTHING THAT EXPLOITS

WOMEN IS A RISK TO CHILDREN...ANYTHING THAT EXPLOITS CHILDREN

DRUGS OF ANY KIND...REALLY THIS ISN'T ABOUT ALL THIS.....I'M GETTING OFF

ON A BUNNY TRAIL.....BUT CHILDREN ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS LIVES WE HAVE

BEEN ENTRUSTED TO RAISE IN THE LOVE OF THE LORD...TO PROTECT, TO CHERISH,

TO HELP SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE GIFTS THAT ARE WITHIN THEM...

TOO MANY CHILDREN, AND ESPECIALLY PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRLS ARE

BEING KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED. LITTLE 8 YEAR OLD SANDRA CANTO IN

CALIFORNIA WON'T HAVE AN EASTER BASKET...HER MOTHER WILL NEVER SEE

HER GO TO THE PROM OR BE MARRIED BUT HER MURDERER WILL ENJOY EASTER....

LITTLE HALEIGH, LITTLE STACEY, LITTLE JESSICA LUNSFORD, LITTLE DANIELLE,

THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON....FAMILIES CHANGED FOREVER...A PRECIOUS

LIFE GONE...........

THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE

GOING A LITTLE FARTHER, HE FELL WITH HIS FACE TO THE GROUND AND

PRAYED, "MY FATHER, IF IT IS POSSIBLE, MAY THIS CUP BE TAKEN FROM ME.

YET NOT AS I WILL, BUT AS YOU WILL."

~MATTHEW 26:39

DURING THE DAYS OF JESUS' LIFE ON EARTH, HE OFFERED UP PRAYERS AND

PETITIONS WITH LOUD CRIES AND TEARS TO BE ONE WHO COULD SAVE HIM

FROM DEATH, AND HE WAS HEARD BECAUSE OF HIS REVERENT SUBMISSION.

ALTHOUGH HE WAS A SON, HE LEARNED OBEDIENCE FROM WHAT HE SUFFERED

AND, ONCE MADE PERFECT, HE BECAME THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL SALVATION

FOR ALL WHO OBEY HIM AND WAS DESIGNATED BY GOD TO BE HIGH PRIEST IN

THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.

~HEBREWS 5: 7-10




IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSMANE, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS HAD PRAYED

SO HARD TO HIS FATHER, OVER WHAT HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO ENDUR HE

SWEAT DROPS OF BLOOD. THAT WAS A MAN THAT EVEN KNOWING HE WAS THE

SON OF GOD, HE FELT EVERY EMOTION WE WOULD EVER FEEL TO PROBABLY

THE THOUSANDTH POWER.

WHEN HIS WORD STATES THAT HE IS CLOSE THE BROKENHEARTED, HE MEANS

IT. WHEN WE FEEL ALL ALONE, HE KNOWS...THE DISCIPLES COULD NOT

EVEN STAY AWAKE AND WATCH AS HE CRIED OUT IN AGONY WHILE HE WAS

HOPING THE CUP WOULD PASS BUT HE KNEW HE HAD TO DO IT.

WHEN WE FEEL BETRAYED, JESUS KNOWS...HE WAS BETRAYED BY JUDAS.

WHEN WE ARE IN TERRIBLE PAIN, HE KNOWS PAIN...HE WAS BEATEN AND

HUNG ON A CROSS BETWEEN TWO THIEVES....AND THEY GAMBLED OVER

THE CLOTH THAT COVERED HIM.........

FRIDAY LOOKED HOPELESS...THERE WAS SUCH GRIEVING AMONG THOSE

THAT LOVED HIM...........

BUT

SUNDAY WAS COMING...THE GROUND TREMBLED...IT GREW DARK......AND

A NEW DAY DAWNED...JESUS AROSE...OH GLORY TO GOD.

NO MATTER HOW DARK OUR DAYS MAY SEEM...OUR HOPE, MY HOPE IS IN

JESUS.

THIS EASTER SEASON WHILE WE ARE WATCHING OUR CHILDREN HUNT

EGGS AND WE ARE SO JOYOUS, SHARE JESUS WITH SOMEONE.

BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THIS EASTER SEASON.

WE MAY NEVER MEET IN PERSON IN THIS LIFETIME BUT WE WILL IN HEAVEN.

I WANT TO TALK TO JONAH AND ASK HOW HE HANDLED ALL THOSE PEOPLE

THAT MADE FUN OF HIM. I WANT TO TALK TO MARY AND ASK HER HOW

LONG IT TOOK HER TO CONVINCE JOSEPH SHE WAS HAVING A VIRGIN

BIRTH.....TODAY OF COURSE YOU WOULD BE IN RESTRAINTS IN A PSYCH

WARD.

THE BIBLE IS NOT A FAIRY TALE...IT IS OUR BLUEPRINT FOR LIVING.

LOVE

HUGS

debbie