Good Job Guys!

Well the Crimson Tide just finished their season with a great win over Auburn, 36-0. They finished 12-0. It feels soo good! Good job, John Parker! (And good job to all the seniors. It's been a great year!) Good Job, guys! (Even though Nick did better...no offense, Tommy.)

All that there is left to say is...ROLL TIDE!

Happy (Early) Thanksgiving

I know this is a day early but I'm not sure if I'll have time to get on the computer so.... Happy (early) Thanksgiving everybody!!

I'm going to list 5 things I'm thankful for in honor of this holiday.

I'm thankful for....

-My Salvation

-A mom that is always there for me when I need her.

-A dad that cares.

-Our (kind of new) home

-Good friends

-Having the chance to have my grandmother live with me (even if we don't always get along).

-The future blessing of waiting on God's timing. (I'm speaking in faith!)

-God's great mercy that He so faithfully shows His child.

-The opportunity to be homeschooled.

-My future and all that God has planned for me to do for Him.
-Good turkey (Hey, I had to throw that one in there. It's Thanksgiving!)

I told you mine, now tell me your. What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

Nation's Repentance

Tonight I attended a presentation at a local church on God and government that was extremely fascinating. The man that was leading the presentation referred to this prayer and I thought that you might like to read it.

The original prayer was delivered on January 23, 1996 by the Reverend Joe Wright to the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka, Kansas.

"Heavenly Father, We come before you today to ask your forgiveness and seek your direction and guidance. We know your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we've done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.

We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word and called it moral pluralism.

We have worshipped other gods and called it multi-culturalism.

We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem. We have abused power and called it political savvy.

We have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us O God and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by you, to govern this great state.Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of your will. I ask it in the name of your son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen."

My Daybook 3

Outside my window...
The darkness clothes the house like a blanket...the temperature is cooler tonight than the night before...only light jackets are needed tonight.

I am thinking...
That my eyelids are not going to stay open long enough for me to go to Kohl's with my parents so that they can shop for a winter coat for Mother.
From the kitchen...

Mother made the "Family Buffet", consisting of the weeks leftover meats and vegetables. I picked out hamburger steak with gravy, baby Lima beans (I prefer to call them butter beans), and carrots and potatoes in a butter sauce with seasoning salt. Simply delicious! I know... they were just leftovers but when your hungry... anything taste good!

I am going...

After our trip to Kohl's...hopefully bed...I'm sooo tired!

I am wearing...

My favorite pair of dark washed Levi's, a hot pink, knit, long sleeve t-shirt, and cute black ballet flats with a silver buckle on the top.

I am reading...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. (Good... but soo sad!)

I am hoping...

That my aunt and cousins will be safe traveling...that my cousin will get better.

I am hearing...

The sound of my grandmother and my mom talking...the television...news I think...my father getting seconds on supper...typing keyboard (oh that's me).

One of my favorite things...

A cell phone that holds a charge! YAY!

My picture thought...

A good place to be...ROLL TIDE! (I hope we win tomorrow!)

After The Election...

Well... the election is over. I have to admit, when I first saw the words on the TV screen "Breaking News: Obama Wins The Presidency", I was a little shocked. OK, little is an understatement. I was befuzzeled! (And that isn't even a real word!) I was thinking, 'OK God. What are You up to? I know You're in control and you're going to take care of us, but I don't understand your plan.' Then the thought popped into my head: "Anna, My thoughts are not your thoughts. My ways are not your ways; My ways are higher than your ways."

Please continue to pray for our leaders, even if you don't agree with what they stand for. "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:44, ISV) I don't know about you, but when I hear about people who believe in everything that I'm totally against, I view them as my enemy. Well, Jesus said that we are supposed to pray for them, and not only that, but we're supposed to love them too! I have to admit, I haven't done either as often as I should! (Lord, forgive me.)

This is the time for the children of the most high God to stand up and speak out for Christ. He has given us an opportunity and we should be obedient to whatever He asks us to do.

Next time you pray, just remember our leaders and our country after the election.

CD Spotlight- Dying For A Heart

CD Title: Dying For A Heart

Artist: Krystal Myers

Genre: Rock/Christian

(Note: Since this CD was released, the artist has released a CD that is strictly Pop.)

CD Release Date: 2006

My Favorite Songs: ALL of them, but my number one favorite is "Beauty Of Grace"

My Rate On This CD (on a scale of 1-10): 9

Pray The Vote- Day 28-30

Day 28- November 2- Matthew 21:21-22
Ask, believing, for God's leaders to be elected. Trust Him now.

Day 29- November 3- Psalm 25:4-5
Thank God for your salvation and that He has led you in to His truth during these days of prayer.

Day 30- November 4- Amos 7:7
Vote Today! Consider fasting today also. Read the following quote by Matthew Henry:

"God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with god for the forgiveness of sin. Sin will soon make a great people small. What will become of Israel, if the hand that should raise him be stretched out against him? See the power of prayer. See what a blessing praying people are to a land. See how ready, how swift God is to show mercy; how he waits to be gracious. Israel was a wall, a strong wall, which God himself reared as a defense to His sanctuary. The Lord now seems to stand upon this wall. He measures it; it appears to be a bowing, bulging wall. Thus god would bring the people of Israel to the trial, would discover their wickedness; and the time will come, when those who have been spared often, shall be spared no longer. But the Lord still calls Israel His people. The repeated prayer and success of the prophet should lead us to seek the Saviour."