Getting To Know More About Me !!

This posting will be different from the others, I wanted to share some personal things that I like to do, outside of my ministry. Let you see what I do when I am not being a Goodlistener and Sharing Jesus. What I do in the natural to relax, to use the gifts and talents that God has given me,

that not only bring pleasure to my life but to those around me. I believe it is important to utilize every gift and talent God gives us. It has only been in the last 10 years I have had time to give to my creative side,

this is one of the great advantages to growing older, children grown,

no high stress job to go to, no debt hanging over me, I always say,

"This is the best time on my life and I would not Go Back, even if Icould Been there, did not always do as I should have. So no looking back, only going forward with Jesus, living life to the fullest for Him !!

I have just finished reading a Christian Fiction Book, "The Shack" by Wm. Paul Young.

It is unlike any Christian novel I have read and I have read many as I do not usually read secular books. Winter will soon be here, if you are a reader and do not have a good book, I recommend you get this book from your library or buy it at Walmart as I did. It will give you

a new perspective of God's unconditional love for mankind, those who choose to follow Him and those who don't. It was an eye opener for me. I was still hanging onto some of my "Religion".

I do hate that word, especially since I learned what true Relationship with Jesus is.

My next book is, "23 Minutes in Hell" by Bill Wiese, "One man's story about what he saw, heard,

and felt in that place of torment" to quote the book cover. Both of these books have been on the New York Times best seller list, this is rare for Christian Fiction.

If you are a reader and have some suggestions for winter time reading, let me know.

I always have more time to read in the winter as I do not have to mow my LARGE yard.

I also do stamped cross stitch and embroidery, I am now doing coffee table runners for my adult grandchildren for Christmas. For High School graduation I gave each of them a Wall Hanging.

I hope to be able to finish one for each of the 15 and still counting, I do 2 a year and am working on # 12 now. Praying they do not have many more babies. I hope they enjoy my hand work as much as I enjoy the pieces I have from my Great Grandma, Grandma, and my Mom.

My Mom does Crochet and I have many dollies, rugs, dish clothes, afghans made by her.

Hand work of most any kind is becoming a lost art as most everything is done by machines run by computers. My work may have a crooked or mismatched stitch, but as my daughter says they are made with love. The last 2 winters I also made some knotted comforters, these I did on my 1941 White sewing machine. They will not take a prize at the county fair, but they are warm

and pretty and I am proud to carry on the family traditions of my Mom and Grandma.

I also love to cook and bake, though I do not bake as much now, I tend to eat too much, sugar

is my weakness. So if it not in the kitchen, well you get the idea !!

I have many houseplants and also flower beds around my house. I often wonder WHY I made myself so much work ? What was not so hard 10 years age, now seems to be a chore, this year we did cut back by not planting a garden, I did miss the fresh veggies and I have no home canned goodies for winter.

So I guess you could say I am one of the last of the true homemakers. You might say a dying breed. My friends are always asking me, "Where do you find the time to do it all?".

We all have the same 24 hours a day, it is what we do with it that makes the difference.

I often think, maybe because I give so much of my time to Sharing Jesus with others, God multiples my time and enables me to have time for those things I enjoy.

After all He did say, "Give and it shall be given, pressed down shaken together and running over." Well there you have it, a peek into the life of a very busy lady, who at one time could not or would not carry on a conversation out side of her job.

Who by God's Mercy and Grace, leads women from a victim mentality to that of a survivor, teaching them WHO He is and WHOSE they are.

Speaking to Women's Groups and Ministering in Churches to the saving Power of Jesus Christ, how He took the broken pieces of my life and put me back together for His Honor and Glory.

IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM !!!

Till next time, "Keep Your Eyes On Jesus"