Revelation Song

I love this song by Philips, Craig and Dean and just had to post the lyrics:

Revelation Song


Worthy is the,
Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to Him who sits on
Heaven's Mercy Seat
[Repeat 2x]

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And I will adore You!
Yeah!

Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and
Glory and power be
To You the Only Wise King,
Yeah

(Chorus)

Filled with wonder,
Awestruck wonder
At the mention of Your Name
Jesus, Your Name is Power
Breath, and Living Water
Such a marvelous mystery
Yeah...

(Chorus)

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come,
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And I will adore YOU

(Chorus) (Repeat)

Come up lift up His Name
To the King of Kings
We will adore YOU Lord!
King of heaven and earth
King Jesus, King Jesus
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Majesty, awestruck Honor
And Power and Strength and Dominion
To You Lord,
To the King, to King
To the King of Glory

Chorus (Repeats)

Praying for Chaplain "Tommy" Watson

Several years ago my sister got married in Las Vegas...and I attended at the time was supporting a church planter in Vegas...Tommy Watson and his wife Jackie. Well I got to meet them the weekend I was in Vegas.

They have since moved back to NC...and I knew they moved to Charlotte..but I had lost touch with them.

I have just found out that Tommy joined the Army National Guard and is going back to Iraq...TODAY! He and his family was feature on the news in Charlotte.

Here is Tommy's blog Please pray for him and follow his blog!

Thanks Tommy for serving the Lord and our country like you do!

2nd Chance Prom...well almost...

A local radio station has an event called 2nd Chance Prom....a chance for adults to go to prom again...a 2nd chance to do things the way you want to. Last year my sister is like "We so have to go to this" Well okay maybe we can.

We found out that Salt n Peppa were going to be performing at this years event...well if that just doesn't take us back to the ole high school days I don't know what will. Back in April we purchased our tickets for the August 22nd event..and I quickly called a bunch of friends and recruited them to go as well. How fun was this going to be!!!

As the summer moved on by we all were getting excited (well the girls that is...the guys were still trying to figure out how we talked them into this:)...and what was cool about this 2nd chance we were all going with our husbands so the pressure of trying to impress your date that you had in high school was gone...ahh a 2nd chance not to FREAK OUT about everything you say and do worrying if the guy will think you are a freak or not:)

We planned to go to dinner...we talked about a limo...I mean let's go all out right?? But a limo large enough for all of us was going to be $125/hour which would be like $125/couple...but then there is tax and tip...more like $150/couple . Ummm again a 2nd chance moment here...as a high schooler we would be saying "BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A LIMO"...as an adult we are saying "Wow $150 could be used in a much better way than a ride"

I was SO excited to have found a dress on sale for. Orginally it was $50...on sale for $24.99...but rang up with the special they were running for $14.40......YES!!!! Then I found accessories on sale too!!! This is fun....and I mean in high school I don't think we would have ever told anyone we were wearing a dress for $14...we would have moved the decimal point over and said "oh my dress was $140"

My husband went to this huge flea market they have every weekend at the NC state fairgrounds...there is a used formal wear. He was looking for the classic powder blue tux....that would have been fun. But found a nice tux jacket....for $15...love it! And a tux shirt for...$3. He went back the following week and got a vest and tie for $12. NICE JOB HONEY!!!

Now my husband always wears shorts...hardly ever wears long pants. So we wanted to wear black shorts with his tux jacket, shirt, vest and tie. I said "Go for it babe that totally describes you...in fact why not black flip flops!!!" Oh this was going to be a good time!!!

Now I had my dress and accessories....I was off to find some shoes. Let me pause right here...I am really not a girly girl...I mean I can dress up as needed...but I rarely wear heels...umm not my comfort zone. So I looked for heels...I tried a few one...but to spend $50, $60 or $70 on a pair of shoes I really won't wear much didn't make sense to me.

I went to another store that was selling converse....I had been wanting a pair of low top purple converse for a while and there they were!!! YES!!! Sooo it got me thinking....umm black and white dress...sure would look good and look so much like me if I wore black and white converse with it!!! So that is what I did...in fact my husband changed his mind from flip flops to black and white vans!!! NICE!!!

Here is my husband the day before the Prom with his whole outfit on....



How awesome does he look!!!

So on Saturday morning...I got up and did a 10 mile training walk with some other ladies....I am training for the Avon Breast Cancer walk in Charlotte in October.

Now my friends Dawn and Kim are going to the prom with us with their husbands. We decided to get manicures and pedicures....I gave Dawn the assignment of scheduling our appointments. Again I am not a girly girl.....I have only had one mani in my life, the day before my wedding...and never had a pedicure. So Dawn made us appointments for 10 am Saturday morning. I finished my 10 mile walk...took a quick shower and off to the salon (umm the walk is so me but heading off to the salon...not so much...but I was looking forward to a little pampering).

Here are a few pictures of this fun time!


Alright so we are all set...nails are done, toes are done. And if you notice my face is SHINY (I am the one in the pink) because the little women as the salon attacked me and said she wanted to wax my eye brows...the put that baby oil on...I am looking awfully shiny!!!

Anyway...we went out to lunch...were getting excited about the evening!!

I head home...Sean as already sent two of our kids (P and K) to our friends house for the night. Our oldest T was in Florida with his soccer team.

Dawn wanted to do my makeup and with it being 2nd Chance Prom...I said okay. Sorry no photo of that event (well her husband did take some but I don't have them yet).

I was back at my house a little after 4pm....and Sean and I were getting into our formal wear...looking mighty "Fly" I might say...everyone was to come to our house at 5pm for pictures and we had 5:45 dinner reservations!

4:35...the phone rings (now if I could insert tires coming to a screeching halt...it would be right here)

I recognize the number as Jackie's number...she is the friend who has P and K for the night. She is crying and says that there was an accident with K, that she fell off a boat at the boat show and that the ambulance was there and they were going to take her to the Emergency Room.

Sean and I were already dressed in our formal wear...and plus it was K that helped us pick out our outfits...so we jump in the car and head to the ER. During the phone call I could hear K crying and asking questions...so I knew she was "ok" at that moment....and I was worried about Jackie because I know she felt so bad....and it was a complete accident and we were not upset with her at all!

So here we are in the ER with K...


Now please don't misunderstand...S and I are smiling and it looks like we are having a good time. This was AFTER we made sure K was okay...which she looked good and was acting good. I assumed it was just a concussion.

She went off to CT scan which revealed that she had 4 fractures in her skull...WHAT!!! Are you kidding me??? So she and I spent the night in the Pediatric ICU. Thankfully there was no bleeding on her brain...and she showed no signs of neurological problems. THANK YOU LORD!

A quick text to my dear friend Becca from church...she was close by the hospital and came over...she also alerted the prayer team at church to pray for K.

WOW....you I remember doing a Bible study one time and a phrase that has stuck with me was "God has the right to interrupt our lives at anytime"

This was a moment for me to "Be still and know that I am God!" Psalm 46:10

As I laid in the recliner in the PICU and looked at K sleeping I was overwhelmed by God's presence. I know things could have turned out differently (one of her fractures was very close to where her carotid artery enters her brain) and was so thankful to God that K was alright. I know that there are others that have lost children and loved ones, and I am so not making light of that...God is still God...He is still in control, and I pray that my relationship with God is strong enough that if things had turned out differently I could have still said "Yes God you are God and are in control".

God is the God of 2nd chances....as several of my friends and I were planning to do this silly prom thing over again...that night I sat and reflect on how many 2nd chances God has given me in life overall. How many times I have blown it and because of God's grace He gave me a 2nd chance. And just as my husband and I rushed to be at our daughter's side....God NEVER takes his eyes off of any of us and when we are hurt He rushes to be at our side our well!

So thank you God for slowing me down that night...for the time I had in the PICU reflecting with you...thank you for being the God of 2nd, 3rd...umpteen chances! Thank you for watching over K!

If you want to know more about God of 2nd chances....click on the red "Ready" button on the left had side of my blog!


(by the way K is doing great...she was released from the hospital the very next day...she was able to start her new school year just two days later...and her follow up appointments have all been great as well!

God sings over us!

The Lord your God in your midst,

The Mighty One, will save;

He will rejoice over you with gladness,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

Not a book that is often read in the Bible...but I think this verse is so cool...God in your midst...He is rejoicing over you...and will quiet you with His love....His love is enough for us, enough to quiet all the craziness around us, enough to quiet all the distractions and all that is pulling at us....and He rejoices over us with singing....very very cool to think of God singing over us. As mother we often sing TO our kids...but when do we sing OVER them...it is usually when they are resting comfortably in our arms, maybe even sleeping that we sing over them....how cool to think and experience a relationship like that with God..the Mighty One!

Have a great day...look for the God moments today....He has them out there for you to show you more of Himself and His great love for you!

2 X 4

Several years ago I was in a Bible study with several couples. We were talking about how God sometimes gets our attention...it may be a verse you come across in the Bible that really speaks to you and causes you to stop dead in your tracks and say WOW, it may be when you are sitting in church and the sermon is speaking DIRECTLY to you as if no one else is there, or it may be a struggle that you are going through that has you shaking in your boots and all you can do is look UP at God and say HELP...and there are many more examples.

My friend and I came up with a name for these times...

And I know you know what we are talking about...those times where it seems like God has taken a 2x4 and smacked you upside your head!!! And I think He does that because we have missed those little subtle hints He has thrown our way and He really needs to get our attention.

So we just call them now "2x4 moments"

So my friend was sharing with me about her 2x4 moment just yesterday and it was like the board that hit her upside the head then swung back and hit me too as she was sharing. God got my attention too!

I think that was a DOUBLE 2x4 moment:)

Listen and hear my voice;
pay attention and hear what I say. Isaiah 28:23

God thank you for loving us so much that you will not let us wander too far without pulling us back...and when we don't hear your voice you pull out that 2x4....yes it hurts but you sure do get our attention. Forgive us for trying to figure this life out on our own!

4am wake up call

So I was WIDE awake at 4am today. I mean WIDE AWAKE...there was no rolling over and trying to get that last hour of sleep in.

So I got up...got the coffee...got the computer. Okay I have to say I first answered a few emails that I have been needing to get too...I paid a few bills...I donated to a few fundraisers that my friends are involved in...I was able to write a "praying for you card" for my friend recently diagnosed with breast cancer...all by 4:30.

But then I sat there and just felt God's presence. Yes there is a lot I need to talk to God about...but I just didn't know where to start...and I find that when I have so much on my mind I just don't know where to start and the problem is I then don't start talking to Him. I have always said that when you are awaken in the middle of the night or very early in the morning God has something to talk to you about or someone for you to pray for.

Well I guess since I was struggling with SO MUCH TO TALK TO GOD ABOUT that I wasn't talking at all...God decided to give me a wake up call!

So I guess I better get off here and get to talking...or just listen and feel His presence...well God knows what He is doing:)

Does God really exist?

(this was sent to me in an email...just had to post it...)

This is one of the best explanations on the nature of God that I have ever seen...

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: 'I don't believe that God exists.'

'Why do you say that?' asked the customer. 'Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.

Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children?

If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.

I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.'

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.

He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:

'You know what? Barbers do not exist.'
'How can you say that?' asked the surprised barber.
'I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!'
'No!' the customer exclaimed. 'Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.'

'Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me.'

'Exactly!' affirmed the customer. 'That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.'