Truth??

Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?
Pro 19:22 What a man desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar.
Pro 17:4 A wicked man listens to evil lips;
a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.
1Jo 2:4 The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Lies come from the father of lies...Satan!


Truth
Psa 40:11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth always protect me.
Psa 43:3 Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
Psa 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.
Rom 2:8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
1Cr 13:6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Eph 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
1Jo 2:21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
1Jo 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
3Jo 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

It seems to be politically incorrect to stand for what is right! The Truth. As society seems to be in a moral decline, we wonder why. People don't understand why the younger generation is changing, yet we have given them no solid truth to stand on. We make everything gray. God did not.

This is an old poem that I read again, and you may have read it before, it kind of shows one thing that could happen when parents don't set clear boundaries.
WENT TO A PARTY, MoM

I went to a party,
And remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mom
So I had a sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would, That I didn't drink and drive,
Though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right, The party finally ended,
And the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece, I never knew what was coming,
Mom something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say, The kid that caused this wreck was drunk, Mom, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry. I can hear the paramedic say,
This girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high, Because he chose to drink and
drive, Now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mom
Knowing that it ruins lives? And now the pain is cutting me,
Like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom
Tell daddy to be brave, And when I go to heaven, Put
" Mommy's Girl" on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive. Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mom
I'm getting really scared. These are my final moments,
And I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mom,
As I lie here and die. I wish that I could say, "I love you,
Mom!" So I love you and good-bye.



Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me.



Our interim pastor, Dr. Preston Nix, is wonderful. He preaches straight from The Word. If you are coming for a service to just tickle your ears you won't find it from him. He preaches like a teacher, which he is, and I love it! Right now at First Baptist we are also having a production called Last Chance every night at 6:30pm. It is a sequel to Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames. It is a very compelling drama. This Halloween season seems to be a very appropriate time for it to be here also. Please continue to pray for our Pastor Search Committee as they now focus on finding a full time Pastor for our church.



Our Hope is growing and growing! She misses us. I can tell when I hear her in the background on the phone!

Our friend Hoppa is such a blessing! He is still undergoing chemotherapy for his brain tumor. He is so uplifting! Whenever you get a chance to talk to him, you, walk away feeling good. I would have to say he is my favorite Cajun!

Please continue to pray for my Mom as she is back on her way to MD Anderson today to meet with her chemotherapist. Pray for her and Dad at this point in their lives.

My nephew, Lou, is in Anaheim Hills California, working for an insurance adjustment company. Please pray for his safety as well as all of the people effected by the fires.

Please pray for my grandson's asthma, granddaughter's eczema, and for all of those that are ill. Also pray for Rose Roberts a missionary in Milan who is flying back to the states to attend her father's funeral.

My aunt sent this to me in an email and it really made me laugh. As you know Al and I have had 2 pregnant daughters, 1 is pregnant now, we have heard how it is done now, but we remember how it was.....

Those Born 1930-1979
TO ALL THE KIDS

WHO SURVIVED the

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention,
the risks we took hitchhiking.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and
NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.
And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times,
we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell< /FONT>
phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.< /SPAN>

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that! !

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO

! DEAL WITH IT ALL!

If YOU are one of them . . CONGRATULATIONS!


Just a thought.....
Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?

Welcome Hope Elisabeth

Our newest grandchild Hope Elisabeth was born on Wednesday, October 10 at 7:47 am. She was 19 inches long and weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces. She is gorgeous! Her Mom and Dad are doing well also. She is such a calm, good, baby. I really think she will do a great job raising her parents.

She has already met her brother:



they seem to get along well.

Her Aunt and Uncle went to meet her, (we kept the family entertainment, the 3 cousins!) and she had so many visitors at the hospital that it was unreal!! She is loved!





I think she knows it! All she does is eat and sleep and you know...the other stuff. She is a sweety and will sit contentedly and look at you while you tell her the ways of the world.

We thank God for his goodness!

The South

We had a wonderful supply Pastor at our church. It was Dr. Preston Nix. He spoke in absolute Biblical truths and did not apologize for being politically incorrect. I was inspired and will write more on him later.

The 'Rules of the South' are as follows!!!

1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.

2. Turn your cap right, your head isn't crooked.

3. Let's get this straight; it's called a "gravel road." I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.

4. They are cattle. That's why they smell to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-10 goes east and west, I-55 goes north and south. Pick one.

5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $250,000 cotton strippers that are driven only 3 weeks a year.

6. So every person in the south waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.

7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of doves are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

8. Yeah, we eat catfish &; crawfish. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.

9. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.

10. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.

11. No, there's no "vegetarian special" on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.

12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah.... We don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat... IT AIN'T REAL CHILI!!

13. You bring "coke" into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring "Mary Jane" into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.

14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.

15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards -- it spooks the fish.

16. Colleges? We have them all over. We have State Universities , Universities, and Vo-techs. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come for the holidays.

17. We have more folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. So don't mess with us. If you do, you will get whipped by the best.

18. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump junk ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!

I received this via email and really liked it. I hope you enjoy it.

Steven Curtis Chapman (Cinderella)

We heard Stephen Curtis Chapman sing and explain this song "Cinderella" when we were at his concert in Orlando. I think every Mom, Dad, and grandparent should hear this song! No do-overs.

To: Alanna and Matt

Preparation for parenthood...

It's not just a matter of reading books and decorating the nursery. Here are 12 simple tests for expectant parents to take to prepare themselves for the real-life experience of being a mother or father.

1. Women: To prepare for maternity, put on a dressing gown and stick a pillowcase filled with beans down the front. Leave it there for 9 months. After 9 months, take out 10% of the beans.
Men: To prepare for paternity, go to the local drug store, tip the contents of your wallet on the counter, and tell the pharmacist to help himself. Then go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office. Go home. Pick up the paper. Read it for the last time.

2. Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who are already parents and berate them about their methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance levels, and how they have allowed their children to run wild. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's sleeping habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior. Enjoy it -- it'll be the last time in your life that you will have all the answers.

3. To discover how the nights will feel, walk around the living room from 5 pm to 10 pm carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious noise) playing loudly. At 10 pm, put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1 am. Put the alarm on for 3 am. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2 am and make a drink. Go to bed at 2:45 am. Get up again at 3 am when the alarm goes off. Sing songs in the dark until 4 am. Put the alarm on for 5 am. Get up. Make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.

4. Can you stand the mess children make? To find out, first smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. Stick your fingers in the flower beds, then rub them on the clean walls. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?

5. Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems: first buy an octopus and a bag made out of loose mesh. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this: all morning.

6. Take an egg carton, using a pair of scissors and a pot of paint, turn it into an alligator. Now take the tube from a roll of toilet paper. Using only Scotch tape and a piece of foil, turn it into an attractive Christmas candle. Last, take a milk carton, a ping pong ball, and an empty packet of Cocoa Pops and make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower. Congratulations! You have just qualified for a place on the play group committee.

7. Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. Get a dime. Stick it in the cd player. Take a family-size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seats. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There. Perfect.

8. Get ready to go out. Wait outside the bathroom for half an hour. Go out the front door. Come in again. Go out. Come back in. Go out again. Walk down the front path. Walk back up it. Walk down it again. Walk very slowly down the road for 5 minutes. Stop to inspect minutely every piece of used chewing gum, dirty tissue, and dead insect along the way. Retrace your steps. Scream that you've had as much as you can stand until the neighbors come out and stare at you. Give up and go back into the house. You are now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk.

9. Always repeat everything you say at least five times.

10. Go to your local supermarket. Take with you the nearest thing you can find to a preschool child -- a fully-grown goat is excellent. If you intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goats eat or destroy. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.

11. Hollow out a melon. Make a small hole in the side. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure a lot of it falls on the floor. You are now ready to feed a 12-month-old baby.

12. Learn the names of every character from Thomas the Train, Dora the Explorer, and the Wiggles. When you find yourself singing "I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map" at work, you finally qualify as a parent.

Our newest granddaughter who is nameless is scheduled to be born Wednesday. Please pray for her and her family at this momentous occasion.

I know the Stephen Curtis Chapman video is long but I promise if you listen to it it will touch your heart, especially fathers of daughters.

Blogs and emails

I came across this email and thought it was very funny. I think the chain email is the 2000 version of the chain letter of old days except now we don't have to pay postage. I have received some scary emails that are in today's terminology "urban myths and legends." Some websites to check out these rumors are:
http://www.snopes.com
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
You will be surprised at the stuff that is passed around by email and believed.

It is especially disturbing when you get the emails detailing crime in your area. If you go to these sites you will be able to see that these are sent out and changed to fit a bunch of different areas. I try not to forward disturbing emails and sometimes I check those sites to make sure they are urban myth.

Subject: Chain E Mails
I want to thank all of you who have taken the time and trouble to send me your chain letters over the past two years. Thank you for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy. Because of your concern...
I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.
I no longer drink anything out of a can because I will get sick from the rat feces and urine.
I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could get pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaida in disguise.
I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a stupid number for which I will get the phone bill from hell with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
I no longer eat prepackaged foods because the estrogens they contain will turn me gay.
I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no
eyes or feathers.
I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl who is about to die in the hospital (for the 1,387,258th time).
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.
Yes, I want to thank all of you soooooooo much for looking out for me! I will now return the favor.

If you DON'T send this e-mail to at least 1200 people in the next 60 seconds, a large bird with diarrhea will find your head at 5:00 PM tomorrow afternoon (hopefully you won't be in Mexico wearing a peach shirt...which has happened). I know this will occur
because it actually happened to a friend of a friend of a friend.



I received a phone call from my sister yesterday morning. My Mom had been rushed to the ER Thursday night. She "coded" in the emergency room. My Mom doesn't have an advanced directive so my sister told them to revive her. My Dad was in a state of shock. I don't know what the next step is. They are supposed to receive the results from her Pet scan Monday. Please continue to keep them in your prayers. She is still in the hospital and they are trying to get her o2 saturation to come up. I just spoke with my Dad and they still do not have Pet scan results and my Mom's o2 level is now 80, better than it was but not good enough.


Our newest granddaughter is scheduled to arrive Wednesday, October 10 at 7:30 am. We cannot wait to meet her! This picture was taken near their home in Florida. It is a special feeling that a mother gets when she sees her daughter becoming a mother. We know our granddaughter is coming to a loving christian couple and we pray God's blessings on their family. As soon as Alanna and Matt decide to name this little girl, I will let you all know her name!

To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle.
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children.
After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit?
Hey Eve...we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"
"No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why?"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked!
"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it
would be a piece of cake for you?

I don't know if any of you are watching Dancing With the Stars, but I am. Right now my favorites are the Cheetah Girl "Sabrina Bryan" and the race car driver "Helio." To me though, most of the contestants this season are good. I did not think Albert should have been voted off. It was strictly a fanbase reason. He did much better than Wayne Newton.

Remember to celebrate tomorrow! It is Sunday....Our Lord's Day. Give Him Honor and Glory and have a great Sabbath!