Welcome ~ May this blog be a reflection of my heart. .~~~ "The Best part of Beauty is that which no picture can express…." Sir Francis Bacon ~~~"The face of beauty can take many forms ~ an encouraging word of kindness, a smile that breaks forth like morning light, a tender act of compassionate love. The most winsome of all women seem to have in common some timeless qualities of beauty ~ grace, wisdom, thoughtfulness, kindness, compassion ~ and they carry these with a certain sense of confidence. The truest kind of beauty is cultivated over time, perfected in the heart. And it is a loviliness that lasts long after all else has faded." ~~~ A Heart Where Beauty Lives ~ I so long to fill my life with gems of grace, kindness, and confidence. I pray that the Lord will continue to fashion my heart after His, for it is the place where beauty lives and flourishes.
PRAISE THE LORD!
My placenta has went back above the baby. Thanks to everyone that has been praying for us. I felt your many prayers. God has truly answered them.
My midwife says that more than likely the placenta will stay there. So I am sooo sooo happy.
Thought I would share the GREAT and AWESOME news.
Thank you
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Tina’s Priceless Treasures ~ Tuesday’s Tea Time Ladies.
~~~Tina’s Priceless Treasures is a group of Ladies who get together every Tuesday, we get a chance to sit down, sip a cup of tea, relax and reflect on God. It’s a time of "TBF". "Tea, Bible study and Fellowship."
Our goal is to encourage each other in our callings: 1) As women of God, 2) As wives to our husbands and 3) As mothers to our children 4) As grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts and 5) As women in our community.
~~~ We are women helping other women embrace their current situations and circumstances, by equipping them with the truth of God’s Word! ~ A place where women who have the same passion to be women who live to please God and to raise their children in the Word of God.
~~~ A vision of a family that is different from this world. ~ Women who want to remain pure before the Lord, in speech, deed and dress. ~ We want a standard for our family and our cities. ~ Women who want to learn from one another.
~ Thanks to all of you who are sharing from your heart to all of us. I hope that I can be as much of an inspiration as you have been to me.
Many of you know that I am currently Placenta Previa and I am 23 weeks. I went into the hospital this weekend for spotting. I am fine and haven’t had anymore bleeding. Please keep me in your prayers.
I want to have this baby naturally and without a c-section. I pray that my placenta will go back above the baby and that everything will go smoothly.
I want to thank my dear friend Karen for lifting me up in prayer this weekend and for posting a prayer need on my c-box for me.
Thank you!
"Trials are not enemies of our faith, but opportunities for our Heavenly Father to show His faithfulness."
I hope that the quote above was of some deep encouragement to anyone who is going through any trials. I have rescently been diagnosed, complete placenta previa. I am 5 months pregnant. I need to request prayer that my placenta will go back to it’s original place above the baby. Right now my placenta is covering my cervix. Many of you know this is my 8th child. I have delivered all of my children naturally and with no problems. I would like to be able to do that with this one as well. Please keep me in your prayers. Thank you so much.
I am currently having to be very careful, no walking for exercise, no sex, drink lots of fluids, and get plenty of rest. Thank you all for your love and support and your prayers. I know I can count on you all to lift me up in prayer. I will keep you posted as I find out more.
National Day of Prayer ~
http://www.ndptf.org/home/home.html
2008 Prayer for Our Nation
Dr. Ravi Zacharias
2008 Honorary Chairman, National Day of Prayer Task Force
Holy Father, in a world where so many are hungry,
You have given us food in abundance;
In a world where so many are hurting,
You offer to bind up our wounds;
In a world where so many are lonely,
You offer friendship to every heart;
In a world longing for peace,
You offer hope.
Yet, we are so stubborn and resistant.
Have mercy upon us, Lord.
Our nation is at a crossroads this year;
we look to you to be our strength and shield.
Please give us the guidance to elect one who will honor you
and to respond to the wisdom from above
so that our hope may be renewed and our blessings be treasured.
In God’s holy name.
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What to Pray for?
Through this prayer guide, you will have an opportunity to petition God on behalf of our leaders and those who are in authority over us, as we are instructed to do in 1 Timothy 2:1-2: As you humbly come before the Lord and seek His face, please pray that these men and women will be granted divine wisdom, guidance and strength to fulfill their important roles.
Who to Pray for?
For Federal Leaders~
President: George W. Bush
Vice President: Dick Cheney
Secretary of State: Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of Defense: Robert Gates
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry M. Paulson
Attorney General: Michael B. Mukasey
National Security Advisor: Stephen J. Hadley
Director of National Intelligence: Mike McConnell
Secretary of the Interior: Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture: Ed Schafer
Secretary of Commerce: Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao
Secretary of Transportation: Mary E. Peters
Secretary of Energy: Samuel W. Bodman
Secretary of Education: Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: James B. Peake
Secretary of Health & Human Services: Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Homeland Security: Michael Chertoff
All Branches of the Armed Forces
U.S. Supreme Court
Pray for Your State Leaders~
U.S. Senator: ________________________________
U.S. Senator: ________________________________
U.S. Representative: __________________________
Governor: __________________________________
Lt. Governor: _______________________________
State Senator: _______________________________
State Representative: __________________________
State Supreme Court Justices: __________________
Pray for Your Local Leaders~
County Officials: __________________________________
Court Officials: ___________________________________
City Officials: ____________________________________
Judges: ________________________________________
Mayor: _________________________________________
Police Department: _______________________________
Fire Department: _________________________________
School Authorities (public & private): __________________
Why we Pray?
As American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, President Franklin Roosevelt called for our nation to unite in prayer. He also offered a prayer to prepare each citizen for the road ahead. "Let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee." The victory that followed on June 6, 1944-also known as D-Day-began the march to Berlin. Eighteen months later, WWII was over and one of the world’s greatest evils had been defeated. The prayers of a nation had been a powerful force.
Prayer has always been used in this country for guidance, protection and strength-even before we were a nation or a handful of colonies. The Pilgrims at Plymouth relied on prayer during their first and darkest winter. Our founding fathers also called for prayer during the Constitutional Congress. In their eyes, our recently created nation and freedoms were a direct gift from God. And being a gift from God, there was only one way to insure protection-through prayer.
President Abraham Lincoln knew this well. It was his belief that, "it is the duty of nations as well as men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God." When it came to the fate of the nation, he practiced what he preached. Before the battle of Gettysburg, he turned to God in prayer. "I went to my room one day and I locked the door and got down on my knees before Almighty God and prayed to him mightily for victory at Gettysburg." Won by the Union, Gettysburg was one of the turning points in the war that ended slavery and kept the states united. Today the need for prayer is as great as ever. Our nation again faces battlefields, along with an epidemic of broken homes, violence, sexual immorality and social strife. As the heroes of our nation did in the past, we must again bow our heads in prayer. We must ask the Lord to bless our leaders with wisdom and protection, and that we will have the fortitude to overcome the challenges at hand. If Roosevelt, the Pilgrims and Lincoln never underestimated the power of prayer, neither should we.
It is our goal that you, your family and friends would participate in the National Day of Prayer. We pray that the event impacts your life, and that praying for our nation moves from a one-day event to a lifetime endeavor. So join us on the first Thursday in May and pray with conviction that God would continue to shed His grace on thee.
Blessed Beyond Measure