Storms, Storms

Storms, Storms, that is all we have thought about the last few days. And rightly so. We all remember the Storms from the last 3 years. We are preparing our homes, in case of a tornado this time, but it could be a hurricane or ice storm that we are preparing for, the kind really doesn't matter. That is great it pays to have a plan and know what you will do and be prepared in case we get slammed again by a tornado. Please be prepared. Please take it seriously, it could save your earthly life.
Everything I wrote in the first paragraph is true. But truth can be relative to the person. There is only one true truth. Jesus died on the cross and arose from death and the grave, for my sins and for your sins. And you have to accept him into your heart as your Savior. He's patiently waiting on you, and me.
That is the truth.
So now we know to be prepared for the storms of this world. We need to start our preparation to go to Heaven. God will keep us safe in what ever storm we are living in today. He just has to say peace be still. Be still and know I'm God. Much easier said than done. I know this from personal storms. Is there a tornado in your life tossing you to and fro. Jesus can fix it where you can have the strength and faith and love to get through. He never promised we wouldn't have storms, he just promised to never leave us, never forsake us, to never stop loving us.
So as we think of the scary storms on this earth (tornadoes, hurricanes, ice, snow,) and prepare the best we can to be ready, remember you also need to be preparing your life for death.
I slept like a baby last night never heard any of the storms that came through all night long. I did know when we lost power, but not when it came back on. I guess I felt safe in the arms of Jesus, and he rocked me like a baby. Let Jesus into your heart so you will be prepared for the all kinds of lifes, storms.

Isaiah 4:6 It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
Job 38:1 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said
:2“Who is this that obscures my plans
    with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
    or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,
    for days of war and battle?
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
    or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,
26 to water a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?
28 Does the rain have a father?
    Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen?
Proverbs 10:25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
Isaiah 32:2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. NIV
Psalms 107:23 Some went out on the sea in ships;
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the Lord,
his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards;
they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
the waves of the sea[b] were hushed.
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
Psalms 55:8
"I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." NIV — feeling blessed.

Rehab Why doe pain get rid of pain?

Ok had rehab yesterday and he put weights on my ankle. That's a unfair thing when your not expecting it. And then he had the audacity to add 2 new exercises. I know I want my knee not to hurt, but my goodness why is pain how you get rid of pain. The weight was probably just a pound. But it felt like a 100 bounds. This surgery is nothing like I the one I had 3 years ago. I am ready tired of this, but God has put me in this position for a reason. I want to do all of this in a way that is pleasing to God. I'm no better than anyone else to have to endure trials, to all my friends out there who needs a little encouragement about there physical pain. My illness doesn't exempt me from SHARING JESUS.. It’s not awesome to live with this. I have learned if I find  the pain is more endurable.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10(NIV)
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18(KJV)

16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)
0 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Good Friday....Not very good for Jesus. I have posted this in the past, It is very graphic not for the faint of Heart. It is long. But it is very very good if you want to know what physically happened to our Jesus during the CRUCIFIXION. He did this for you. He did it for me. Please take the time sometime over the next couple of days to read this. And remember one very important thing. HE IS RISEN.

HOLY WEEK
A Physician's View of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
By Dr. C. Truman Davis
Guest Writer
CBN.com - WARNING: MATERIAL IN THIS ARTICLE MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

About a decade ago, reading Jim Bishop’s The Day Christ Died, I realized that I had for years taken the Crucifixion more or less for granted — that I had grown callous to its horror by a too easy familiarity with the grim details and a too distant friendship with our Lord. It finally occurred to me that, though a physician, I didn’t even know the actual immediate cause of death. The Gospel writers don’t help us much on this point, because crucifixion and scourging were so common during their lifetime that they apparently considered a detailed description unnecessary.

So we have only the concise words of the Evangelists: “Pilate, having scourged Jesus, delivered Him to them to be crucified — and they crucified Him.” I have no competence to discuss the infinite psychic and spiritual suffering of the Incarnate God atoning for the sins of fallen man. But it seemed to me that as a physician I might pursue the physiological and anatomical aspects of our Lord’s passion in some detail.

What did the body of Jesus of Nazareth actually endure during those hours of torture?

This led me first to a study of the practice of crucifixion itself; that is, torture and execution by fixation to a cross. I am indebted to many who have studied this subject in the past, and especially to a contemporary colleague, Dr. Pierre Barbet, a French surgeon who has done exhaustive historical and experimental research and has written extensively on the subject.

Apparently, the first known practice of crucifixion was by the Persians. Alexander and his generals brought it back to the Mediterranean world — to Egypt and to Carthage. The Romans apparently learned the practice from the Carthaginians and (as with almost everything the Romans did) rapidly developed a very high degree of efficiency and skill at it. A number of Roman authors (Livy, Cicer, Tacitus) comment on crucifixion, and several innovations, modifications, and variations are described in the ancient literature. For instance, the upright portion of the cross (or stipes) could have the cross-arm (or patibulum) attached two or three feet below its top in what we commonly think of as the Latin cross. The most common form used in our Lord’s day, however, was the Tau cross, shaped like our T.

In this cross, the patibulum was placed in a notch at the top of the stipes. There is archeological evidence that it was on this type of cross that Jesus was crucified. Without any historical or biblical proof, Medieval and Renaissance painters have given us our picture of Christ carrying the entire cross. But the upright post, or stipes, was generally fixed permanently in the ground at the site of execution and the condemned man was forced to carry the patibulum, weighing about 110 pounds, from the prison to the place of execution.

Many of the painters and most of the sculptors of crucifixion, also show the nails through the palms. Historical Roman accounts and experimental work have established that the nails were driven between the small bones of the wrists (radial and ulna) and not through the palms. Nails driven through the palms will strip out between the fingers when made to support the weight of the human body. The misconception may have come about through a misunderstanding of Jesus’ words to Thomas, “Observe my hands.” Anatomists, both modern and ancient, have always considered the wrist as part of the hand.

A titulus, or small sign, stating the victim’s crime was usually placed on a staff, carried at the front of the procession from the prison, and later nailed to the cross so that it extended above the head. This sign with its staff nailed to the top of the cross would have given it somewhat the characteristic form of the Latin cross.

But, of course, the physical passion of the Christ began in Gethsemane. Of the many aspects of this initial suffering, the one of greatest physiological interest is the bloody sweat. It is interesting that St. Luke, the physician, is the only one to mention this. He says, “And being in agony, He prayed the longer. And His sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.” Every ruse (trick) imaginable has been used by modern scholars to explain away this description, apparently under the mistaken impression that this just doesn’t happen. A great deal of effort could have been saved had the doubters consulted the medical literature. Though very rare, the phenomenon of Hematidrosis, or bloody sweat, is well documented. Under great emotional stress of the kind our Lord suffered, tiny capillaries in the sweat glands can break, thus mixing blood with sweat. This process might well have produced marked weakness and possible shock.

After the arrest in the middle of the night, Jesus was next brought before the Sanhedrin and Caiphus, the High Priest; it is here that the first physical trauma was inflicted. A soldier struck Jesus across the face for remaining silent when questioned by Caiphus. The palace guards then blind-folded Him and mockingly taunted Him to identify them as they each passed by, spat upon Him, and struck Him in the face.

In the early morning, battered and bruised, dehydrated, and exhausted from a sleepless night, Jesus is taken across the Praetorium of the Fortress Antonia, the seat of government of the Procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate. You are, of course, familiar with Pilate’s action in attempting to pass responsibility to Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Judea. Jesus apparently suffered no physical mistreatment at the hands of Herod and was returned to Pilate.

It was then, in response to the cries of the mob, that Pilate ordered Bar-Abbas released and condemned Jesus to scourging and crucifixion. There is much disagreement among authorities about the unusual scourging as a prelude to crucifixion. Most Roman writers from this period do not associate the two. Many scholars believe that Pilate originally ordered Jesus scourged as his full punishment and that the death sentence by crucifixion came only in response to the taunt by the mob that the Procurator was not properly defending Caesar against this pretender who allegedly claimed to be the King of the Jews. Preparations for the scourging were carried out when the Prisoner was stripped of His clothing and His hands tied to a post above His head. It is doubtful the Romans would have made any attempt to follow the Jewish law in this matter, but the Jews had an ancient law prohibiting more than forty lashes. The Roman legionnaire steps forward with the flagrum (or flagellum) in his hand. This is a short whip consisting of several heavy, leather thongs with two small balls of lead attached near the ends of each. The heavy whip is brought down with full force again and again across Jesus’ shoulders, back, and legs.

At first the thongs cut through the skin only. Then, as the blows continue, they cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues, producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin, and finally spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles. The small balls of lead first produce large, deep bruises which are broken open by subsequent blows. Finally the skin of the back is hanging in long ribbons and the entire area is an unrecognizable mass of torn, bleeding tissue. When it is determined by the centurion in charge that the prisoner is near death, the beating is finally stopped. The half-fainting Jesus is then untied and allowed to slump to the stone pavement, wet with His own blood.

The Roman soldiers see a great joke in this provincial Jew claiming to be king. They throw a robe across His shoulders and place a stick in His hand for a scepter. They still need a crown to make their travesty complete. Flexible branches covered with long thorns (commonly used in bundles for firewood) are plaited into the shape of a crown and this is pressed into His scalp. Again there is copious bleeding, the scalp being one of the most vascular areas of the body.

After mocking Him and striking Him across the face, the soldiers take the stick from His hand and strike Him across the head, driving the thorns deeper into His scalp. Finally, they tire of their sadistic sport and the robe is torn from His back. Already having adhered to the clots of blood and serum in the wounds, its removal causes excruciating pain just as in the careless removal of a surgical bandage, and almost as though He were again being whipped the wounds once more begin to bleed. In deference to Jewish custom, the Romans return His garments. The heavy patibulum of the cross is tied across His shoulders, and the procession of the condemned Christ, two thieves, and the execution detail of Roman soldiers headed by a centurion begins its slow journey along the Via Dolorosa.

In spite of His efforts to walk erect, the weight of the heavy wooden beam, together with the shock produced by copious blood loss, is too much. He stumbles and falls. The rough wood of the beam gouges into the lacerated skin and muscles of the shoulders. He tries to rise, but human muscles have been pushed beyond their endurance. The centurion, anxious to get on with the crucifixion, selects a stalwart North African onlooker, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross. Jesus follows, still bleeding and sweating the cold, clammy sweat of shock, until the 650 yard journey from the fortress Antonia to Golgotha is finally completed. Jesus is offered wine mixed with myrrh, a mild analgesic mixture. He refuses to drink. Simon is ordered to place the patibulum on the ground and Jesus quickly thrown backward with His shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. Quickly, he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms to tightly, but to allow some flexion and movement. The patibulum is then lifted in place at the top of the stipes and the titulus reading, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews,” is nailed in place.

The left foot is now pressed backward against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. The Victim is now crucified. As He slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain — the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves.

As He pushes Himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, He places His full weight on the nail through His feet. Again there is the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the metatarsal bones of the feet. At this point, as the arms fatigue, great waves of cramps sweep over the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push Himself upward. Hanging by his arms, the pectoral muscles are paralyzed and the intercostal muscles are unable to act. Air can be drawn into the lungs, but cannot be exhaled. Jesus fights to raise Himself in order to get even one short breath. Finally, carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically, he is able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen.

It was undoubtedly during these periods that He uttered the seven short sentences recorded:

The first, looking down at the Roman soldiers throwing dice for His seamless garment, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”

The second, to the penitent thief, “Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.”

The third, looking down at the terrified, grief-stricken adolescent John — the beloved Apostle — he said, “Behold thy mother.” Then, looking to His mother Mary, “Woman behold thy son.”

The fourth cry is from the beginning of the 22nd Psalm, “My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?”

Jesus experienced hours of limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermittent partial asphyxiation, searing pain where tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber. Then another agony begins -- a terrible crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart. One remembers again the 22nd Psalm, the 14th verse: “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.”

It is now almost over. The loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level; the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissue; the tortured lungs are making a frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air. The markedly dehydrated tissues send their flood of stimuli to the brain. Jesus gasps His fifth cry, “I thirst.” One remembers another verse from the prophetic 22nd Psalm: “My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou has brought me into the dust of death.” A sponge soaked in posca, the cheap, sour wine which is the staple drink of the Roman legionaries, is lifted to His lips. He apparently doesn’t take any of the liquid.

The body of Jesus is now in extremes, and He can feel the chill of death creeping through His tissues. This realization brings out His sixth words, possibly little more than a tortured whisper, “It is finished.” His mission of atonement has completed. Finally He can allow his body to die.

With one last surge of strength, he once again presses His torn feet against the nail, straightens His legs, takes a deeper breath, and utters His seventh and last cry, “Father! Into thy hands I commit my spirit.”

The rest you know. In order that the Sabbath not be profaned, the Jews asked that the condemned men be dispatched and removed from the crosses. The common method of ending a crucifixion was by crurifracture, the breaking of the bones of the legs. This prevented the victim from pushing himself upward; thus the tension could not be relieved from the muscles of the chest and rapid suffocation occurred. The legs of the two thieves were broken, but when the soldiers came to Jesus they saw that this was unnecessary.

Apparently, to make doubly sure of death, the legionnaire drove his lance through the fifth interspace between the ribs, upward through the pericardium and into the heart. The 34th verse of the 19th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John reports: “And immediately there came out blood and water.” That is, there was an escape of water fluid from the sac surrounding the heart, giving postmortem evidence that Our Lord died not the usual crucifixion death by suffocation, but of heart failure (a broken heart) due to shock and constriction of the heart by fluid in the pericardium.

Thus we have had our glimpse — including the medical evidence — of that epitome of evil which man has exhibited toward Man and toward God. It has been a terrible sight, and more than enough to leave us despondent and depressed. How grateful we can be that we have the great sequel in the infinite mercy of God toward man — at once the miracle of the atonement (at one ment) and the expectation of the triumphant Easter morning.

Are you moved by what Jesus did for you on the cross? Do you want to receive the salvation Jesus purchased for you at Calvary with His own blood?

You are my sunshine my only sunshine( well maybe not my only sunshine but definitely in the top 7) you make me happy when sky's are gray, you will never know dears how much I love you please don't take my sunshine away.Chelsea Freeman and Anna Freeman this is how I think of y'all a lot. Be careful, be safe, have fun, I hope this is the best trip ever. (daddy and I will see you on the 26th at the beach since i now have the address...lol) And please make them kill you in the parking lot so I will know what happened to you. And Jolie Wildinger i made sure they took their duct tape. Because as we know duct tape will fix anything expect stupid. Love you my sunshine girls, you will never know dears how much I love you. And Karen Umphrey I love the sun beams in this one. Woooooooohooooooo Baton Rouge her they come.

With Chelsea Freeman and Anna Freeman.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands:
one Nation under God, indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all.

The first Flag is our country, The 2nd Flag is how we need to up keep our Flag. The 3rd Flag is what will happen to our Country when we completely turn our back on God, Jesus, and our Holy Bible. Be ready it's coming, we are already more than half way there. It makes me sad to know so many people have given there lives to make mine free. And we are just throwing it away. Freedom is not Free it comes with a price and usually that means the death of our wonderful solders. The only thing that will ever be completely free, priced paid is Salvation. Jesus gave his life for our sins and it never has to be paid for again. Unlike the Freedom we enjoy in our country that is slowly being taken form us every day. Look at the last Flag, I hope it makes you as sad as it does me. Thank you to everyone who has fought for our Country. You have paid your part of our Freedom, lets hope more young people begin to understand, and are willing to lay down their lives for Freedom. Happy Memorial Day to all our Solders and Veterans.

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I have been pretty quiet the last couple of weeks. First I was just whipped. My bones felt like melted butter. I have had so much trouble getting back to my new 100%, I hope none of you every have to have pneumonia followed by pleurisy, it is horrible. The only thing that had made me feel better was 2 little boys. Oh my our Logan and Carter are such joys to our hearts. God really knew what he was doing when he decided to give us babies to raise. You look at the joy in there eyes and you can't help but feel better. I wish I had a funny story to tell but I don't. I had my treatment last week and it was actually the best one I've had in a long time, no fever during and very little headache. ( Yea!!!!! Kerry Quinn after nearly 8 years we have the recipe right. or there were no bad druggies in those bags, not really sure which.) All of that came in the 3 days after. But during those days we were gifted with those precious boys. And Carter (now three months old, wow where did that time go) gave me a good talking to and made me feel so much better. Yesterday I felt the best I have felt since before Christmas, so I'm hopeful I am back on my IVIG plateau. And I will be able to stay there this go around. My flower bed are so sad looking. My house needs a good scrubbing from top to bottom ( you know wiping the base boards like we did every Saturday while growing up) If you come to visit please for my sake leave your white gloves at home. I will not pass that test ever again. Now I've said all of that to say this. There comes moments in each of our lives when we need to sit back, be still and know God. And let him tell us the reality of the life he has chosen for us. This is not the life I would have chosen, but it is the life he chose for me. And during this time we have to be completely honest with our selves, while we hide under the protection of his wings. We have to make our life mean something to him. Not to me but to God. We have to abide in his will for our lives. We are tasked with Loving our neighbor as our Self, so that means If I love my self enough to accept Jesus in my heart I should love everyone around me enough to want the same for them. And what time I have left on this earth should be used to show Jesus in my life. I fail at that every day, but GOD is always there to HELP me. So I really am trying to be Thankful for my life and I'm trying hard to make it count with God. If we are overwhelmed we do have a safe haven to rest and get our bearings and to evaluate what were supposed to be doing at this moment in time. And remember we are not promised the next moment. Have a good day, and see where you refuge should be in the scripture below, and know you don't have to fear the terror of the night or the arrows of the day.

Psalm 91:1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”(NIV)

Bucket List

Bucket List

I know everyone has heard the term bucket list. That is a list of things in this life we would like today before death takes us home to Jesus. Well yesterday I got to mark something off my bucket list...lol.... My children and when I use the term my children that includes Joshua, Justin, Chelsea, Anna, Leslie, and Amy. this is the order they joined the Freeman family. So, to get back to my thought, all of my children love to go kayaking. They call it a float, or Joshua says I just need to put my feet in the water. I have always wanted to go with them. But as everyone knows the Myastenia weakens my body, and this numbness in arms and hands scares me. But the other day when they were getting their trip up, I said I want to go float. Joshua was supportive, Chelsea and Anna both showed extreme shock on their faces when they found out I was going. The only thing that would have made it better for me is if Rodney, Justin and Leslie could have gone. But they all had previous plans. Rodney's was a hay field waiting on him. So the plan is made, we are to be ready at 7 am, ( I didn't tell them then that I had taken 120 mg of Mestion, that helps with the Myasthenia but I use it sparingly because it is what cause my heart attack in 2005, so I just take it if I really need my strength, and I took another dose when we arrived.) Joshua and Amy got here to load up the girl’s kayaks. So about 7:30 am we are on our way, Dry clothes packed. (guess who forgot her towel), My hat had to be changed because Anna give me the I can't believe you have that on look and said, " Mama you need a real hat", so she got me one. Sun was screen applied. (Rodney wouldn't let me leave without spraying my whole body even places the sun don't shine. (I don't know who told him this was at nudist camp, but you can't be to careful. Oh yeah, the sunscreen was 115 protection) So off we go, one stop to pick up snacks, and then off to Terrapin Creek. So, I'm excited (really, really excited) and the girls and I sing all the way there. (I am a tiger hear me roar...lol.) Joshua had planned to rent a canoe for me and him, the thought that would be the best option for me. Of course, the lady at the desk talked us out of that said the water was down and we would just keep getting stuck on the rocks. (which turned out to be not true) I made sure everyone knew if I drowned while on this trip it was because the kids had killed me, a very real possibility.  That was the only reason I could figure out the why they let me go. So, they load up the kayaks we all get in the back of a truck and off we go for a nice peaceful float. They take us i the getting in spot and the guy said now enjoy your 8 Mile ride. 8 miles how had that escaped my notice. Ok so in for an ounce in for a pound. Anna became the official Rodney Freeman of the group, which is what I called her a lot during the day. Mama hold my hand to get out of the back of the truck, mama these leaves are slippery, mama look there is a step down. I know she was being a great daughter. But sometimes you just want to be an adult and let the chips fall where they may. So, it's time to get into the kayak, down a semi steep sloop to the water, kayak already in the water. So, Joshua and Anna are trying to hold on to me while I got into the kayak and I landed in the kayak with a loud thump. But I didn't turn over. Yea me!!! And then they handed me my paddle. Now everyone was loaded, and we were on our way. I'm feeling pretty proud, because I got in without flipping into the water. We are paddling, (I thought this was a float) so glad I took that Mestion and had another dose tucked away). and they all kept telling me to turn paddle around 180 degrees, that I wasn't holding it right, I keep saying that I'm paddling with the scoop side. (not floating) What they didn't tell me was that the paddle was shaped different on each side and that was why I needed to turn it around. That little piece of info would have saved them a lot of breath, because I finally figured it out when we had done about 7 1/2 miles. They would say paddle to the left side mama and if I knew my right from my left this would have been no problem, but they would say left and I would go right. Really frustrated them…lol….  And like a 2-year-old I I just told them I could do it myself. So, I struggled to stay off the bank and in the middle of the water. I thought we were going to float, not have to drive this thing with a paddle. Who knew you had to paddle to keep from getting stuck on the rocks. So, we were making it pretty good. Joshua had only had to get out of his Kayak to get me unstuck once. It was so beautiful paddling down this creek, it was so peaceful. And the time spent with my children was priceless. So now we're a little over half way of the 8 miles, and one of those pop-up thunder storms hit and hit hard, we paddled a little way getting soaked to the bone. The we saw people on the right side of the bank in some shelter from the trees. Yes, we all knew not to stand under a tree in a lightning storm, but the other choice was the water. They all got out of their kayaks and kept calling me to pull up they would help me out. I really would have rather staid put and took my chances with the lightening. So, Joshua jumped back into the water to steady my kayak so I could get out in the water. Well there was a big log under the water and when I stepped out, I landed on it and pulled me and Joshua down into the water, and he lost his shoe. (but he found it) I get to the bank and think I will crawl up and don't forget we are in a down pour of rain. Joshua had one arm and Anna kept saying mama given me your hand I kept say it will hurt you back and I can do it myself. Finally, Anna said " GET MY HAND!!!!!!!!!!" …lol so I got her hand and they pulled me up. We waited out the rain, and then had to get back in those kayaks, but I really made it in better than the first time. We were all loaded up and one our way, about 100 feet out I turned to wave that the people we had been stranded with and to say we enjoyed the company. And I flipped my kayak Ok kids I know how to swim been doing it all my life, lol. And I can stand up and the water at this spot is a little lower than breast high. So, I was just going to try to pull myself back in the boat. Joshua kept saying let’s just pull back to where we were, and you get back in but of course "I can do it myself" so looking like a beached whale and Anna holding the other side of my kayak so it wouldn't flip. It flipped, so Joshua said hold on the kayak, and I will pull you back over. I let go and started to swim back, I thought this would be easier on him. Then Joshua looked back and said, "MAMA I TOLD YOU TO HOLD ON TO THE KAYAK AND I WOULD PULL YOU, YOU ARE SO STUBBORN, AT LEAST NOW I KNOW WHERE I GET IT". So, they got me loaded without incident. We were paddling along, and I got stuck on the rocks, "I can do it myself". and I did, finally. "STUBBORN" I heard this a lot. We finally make it to where you unload, and it was nicely concreted. I got out easily and then had to climb mount " kill-a-man-garo" Joshua helped me up by this time I was glad I had a hand to hold. I went on to get my dry clothes on while thy carried 5 kayaks up mount "kill-a-man-garo". got in there to change my clothes and I had not packed a towel. I dried off with paper towels...lol.... not good but the best I could do. In one of the pictures you can see me napping on the way home, I'm not dead as some people thought. I want to Thank God for this great adventure, we laughed and laughed. I want to Thank God for keeping us safe in the storm. I want to Thank God for the precious time I got to spend with my children, that was wonderful. And I want to Thank God for not letting the kids kill me because I know I was a trial to their patience. Thank God for the beautiful day and giving me the strength to go. I'm very tired today but I know that would be the way it is. I have no regret because I will probably have to spend the day sleeping. God is good and he lets me know the consequence to my actions. And I would not trade my day yesterday on a float with my kids for anything on earth. There is a time for everything, yesterday it was to laugh and dance. (Oh, by the way the float wasn't at a nudist camp, I was so relieved)

Ecclesiastes 3
3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

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God is good. Kerry is in Africa following the call of the Holy Spirit to minister to the sick. But it fell on my IVIG week. Panic came over me and then I heard a little voice for Karen Umphrey "it's not about you" So I chilled about it. And God sent me 6'2" big boy of 28 Lucas. Such a precious young man. We need to have faith in God. He will take care of us and give us what we need in his blessed time. Thank you Lord today for seeing to my needs. God is good every day, every day God is good. Why do we for get this scripture when we are struggling. I do. But Jesus has got this, we should not worry. Love y'all
Luke 12: 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.e 12:

Hey everyone, I haven't posted this week. It was IG week. And of course my head is trying to split open, right now, but such is my life and I thank God that I am still able thru insurance to get the IG. I dread the day I can no longer get it, but that's another story, and we will cross that bridge when we come to it. I mainly wanted to say that while Kerry Quinn is in Africa on her medical mission. ( and please continue for her, Jack and the rest of the team, that they stay safe, well, and the strength for the long days, and that their trip home be safe) When she first found out that she and Jack could go on the mission trip she called me to talk about it. We decided if it was Gods will it would happen. And God laid it out so perfect for her and Jack. I knew they had to go. I knew she would be gone on my treatment week, but I knew if God wanted her there, he would take care of what was going on here. I kept asking her had she bought my ticket yet so that she could give me my IG in Africa...lol...I even threatened to stow away in the wheel well....Because even thought I knew this was Gods plan for her, I was scared. ( And yes my dear dear sweet Karen Umphrey, I know this was not about me...lol and thank you for always reminding me about that, I do need to hear it often ♥) I didn't know who would be coming to my home 4 days in a row and spend around 6 hours with me each day. So last month I had to make a choice of moving my treatment to the next week, which would have probably caused all kinds of problems with the insurance, they would say if you can go 5 weeks this time then we will only pay for every 5 weeks instead of 4. I try to keep my head down and not rock the boat where my insurance is concerned. They bill the insurance between$ 48,000.00 to $52,000.00 for each treatment. And no I didn't make a mistake and put too many 0's. Or my other choice was to have a young man come and do my infusion. So I choose the young man. Lucas, He is 28 years old, so I thought that would be ok, because he is around the same age as my boys, so I thought we would have things to talk about. He a big boy over six feet and the weight to go with it. I found out the last day he was as afraid of me as I was of him...lol.. I was his first IG patient and a nurse to boot. Lucas did a great job, we had many things in common and he was very easy to talk to. And I know God sent him here because I got to share my Salvation with him. A seed is planted pray that it is watered and fertilized by other people in his life. He is a real sweetie. I know God is in control and this visit with Lucas shows me that I need to work on my faith, trust, and obedience to God. God is good everyday, everyday God is good. Thank you Lord for putting Lucas in my life so I could share Jesus with him and my dear friend Judy Phillips Bowlin your life is what opened the door for this, I had a good cry one afternoon and that is what opened the door for the SHARING OF GOD. So Judy keep Lucas in your prayers, you helped plant the seed. I have let the people in charge know that any time Kerry can't be here I would like Lucas to come. I hope this isn't often, because I have been lost with out my Kerry wisdom. But I just want to praise God for taking care of me, oh ye of little faith , that's me,I and I can do all thing thru Christ which strengthens me. I keep all of you in my prayers and thank your for lifting me up to God in prayer. I will stay in the boat (God's Boat) when the storms of life come, it's the safest place to be.

Matthew 8: 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! 28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

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Trials and Temptations
James 1: 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Well I get to go hear from my MRI on my knee today. The shot helped about 2 days and then Sunday morning while I was hurrying to get a shower to go to Church and was by my self. My stupid foot caught on the tub and it threw me out and guess where I hit. Yes my right knee. If he says I need it scoped I want it done today. This is grating on my nerves. Oh and my crocheters elbow hit some way too, i have no Idea what I hit is one. Little Rascal here I come, anyone have a cheap one.  I found this article with these scriptures and quotes about pain. They are really good and have lifted me up this morning. Maybe they will help you no matter what type of pain you are going thru, physical or emotional. Love ya Lisa

What a comfort the word of God is to someone experiencing pain. Whether it be physical pain or emotional pain, the word of God is a comfort for those that truly seek wisdom. Are you experiencing some type of pain in your life today? I encourage you to read through these Bible verses after praying and asking God to use them to give you peace.

Comfort in the Lord
Bible verses about pain
The LORD is my rock and my fortress
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Jesus Felt Pain
Hebrews 2:18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Pain Leads to Repentance
2 Corinthians 7:9-10 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Hope in the Future
Revelation 22:4-5 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lampor sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Biblical Example of Pain in Job
Job 1:21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job 6:10 This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Strength Comes from God to Overcome Pain
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Peter 5:9-10 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace,who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
I pray these Bible verses about pain were helpful to you today. Please feel free to use them as a topical Bible study or for a devotional. Add any of your favorite comforting Bible verses about pain to the comments.
Christian Quotes About Pain
Pain is a kindly, hopeful thing, a certain proof of life, a clear assurance that all is not yet over, that there is still a chance. But if your heart has no pain — well, that may betoken health, as you suppose: but are you certain that it does not mean that your soul is dead? ~ A.J. Gossip
Though poor in this world’s goods, though grieving the loss of loved ones, though suffering pain of body, though harassed by sin and Satan, though hated and persecuted by worldlings, whatever be the case and lot of the Christian, it is both his privilege and duty to rejoice in the Lord. ~ A.W. Pink
In spite of sorrow, loss, and pain, Our course be onward still; We sow on Burmah’s barren plain, We reap on Zion’s hill. ~ Adoniram Judson
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. ~ Augustine
Pain removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of a rebel soul. ~ C.S. Lewis
Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us. ~ Charles Kingsley
I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain. ~ Charles Spurgeon
As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises. ~ David Wilkerson
I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all of us. In my own life, I think I can honestly say that out of the deepest pain has come the strongest conviction of the presence of God and the love of God. ~ Elizabeth Elliot
God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor any ill-intending person to afflict us unless He uses that affliction for our good. God never wastes pain. He always causes it to work together for our ultimate good, the good of conforming us more to the likeness of His Son (see Romans 8:28-29). ~ Jerry Bridges.

My get up and go has gotten up and left.

"My get and go has gotten up and left" how many times have we used that saying. I know I have used it and am using it more and more as the days and the years go buy. Myasthenia Gravis, Depression, Atrial Tachycardia, torn Meniscus in my right knee, and oh arthritis is in there too...wooooooohooooo... "My get up and go has got up and left". I sit in my chair and crochet and quilt. At a very slow pace. I'm just tired in my bones. The things that use to brighten my day are gone. Now the thing that helps me get up are my babies. All the pictures below have my babies in them...lol...I'm sure some wouldn't think being called a baby is a complement, but to me it is. I can feel down and blue and the little ones walk thru the door and I soon find my self in the floor playing horse with Logan or playing with sweet Carter who thinks i'm one of the funniest person on earth...lol...Or the girls come home from work and tell me about their day. Joshua calls and checks on me all the time and makes sure some time while is his off to come and sit with me and we talk of many things. When Justin pops in unexpectedly. Leslie's imaginations and creativity amaze me, I love seeing things she comes up with, such a talented woman. Amy's laughter any time, playing marbles with her is so much fun, because you just laugh and laugh. Or when she is feeling a little off and comes to me for a little help, and curls up on my couch for a nap. I'm glad she is that comfortable in my home. I am about to start to quilt the girls jellyroll quilts been working on these for nearly a year. This is something I used to be able to do in a couple of weeks. It is has taken me just a week to get them basted, the binding sewn own and to trim the excess off so we can hem them. Thanks to my sweet girls, I would have never completed this task without them. I wonder sometimes if I have taught my children correctly as the bible says. Have I taught my girls how to be a virtuous women. Before I married Mrs. Laura Speegle sat down with me and had me read this scripture. That has stayed with me through all of these years. I read this scripture in Proverbs and I fall so short these days. When I first married my wonderful husband and started having my wonderful children I was full of energy and vigor. And I tried to be all this scripture says. Now I sit and think " My get up and go has got up and left". So as you read this scripture think about your ever day journey. and ask your self if "Your get up and go has got up and left" We need to pray together to lift each other up to God, so that when our "Go had left" that someone is praying for each of us so the getting up is a little easier.
Proverbs 31:
10 A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

 — with Joshua A. Freemanand Rodney Freeman. (9 photos)

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