Doin a little craftin.

Been doing a little crafting around here.  I made these for my sister and her children.  So easy to do.  Found the pumps online last summer at a craft supply place.  Sorry don't remember where.  Not hard to find.  Any jar will do.  My daughter wants a round one that she can keep in her trucks cup holder, that has had sanitizer in (good idea very handy when you don't want to keep digging it out I have a small one in my purse usually).   I just happened to empty a jelly jar this morning.  Of course I will have to paint the lid pink.  She has pink and mossy oak camo in there so it will have to match.  It is all about the bling bling.   But any jar will do.  I use a knife to start the hole in the top.  Then needle nose pliers to peel back the hole till it is the right size.  Be sure to run hot glue around the inside and outside of the pump and lid (where the meet) I didn't on the one I made for myself first and it rusted (yuk I had to waist good soap) I usually use ivory dish soap I like the smell and it is clear.  But you could have different color lids or soap.  What ever you desire.

Something else I have done, I got both of these plates at goodwill.  I thought they were so cute.  I already had the candle sticks.  I think I got at goodwill or a garage sale along time ago and decided to marry them together.  Hot glue is all I used.  Cute stuff I believe I am going to put candles on them.

Well off to find some more to do.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: 
I have put my trust in the Lord God, 
that I may declare all thy works.


Psalms 73:28


And I have to admit that I am totally and completely in Love with Jesus Christ, my savior.

Love and Prayers always, 

Angie.

Hello yall, Haven't been here in a while.

Quick note.  Sold our house in February 2011after a week it was on the market, hadn't found another.  We rented a home for 3 months.  Ended up buying land that we had been looking at for a long time.  Bought it put a double wide on it.  Pond went dry last summer and now after all the rain it is full again (actually our pond runneth over, literally).  Still clearing property.  Got 2nd daughter graduated.  One came home from college.  Both looking for jobs.  All is good and it was a very busy  2011.  But our lives seem to be in a holding place.  We all are just content and at peace, but it seems we are ready for GOD to take the next step in our lives.  It is just funny we all feel that way.  So I guess in faith we will just see what that is.  We don't attend the same church we had for years in process of looking for another.  So my husband and I get up on Sunday morning and watch a couple of churches on television.  Actually we do that all the time.  There are just a few we like to watch.  So until God leads us where he wants us we will continue this.   Just wanted to share an analogy I heard this morning.  I have been pondering it all morning though.  It was about sin in our lives.  He used a rake as an analogy.  The first time you use a rake after a while,  you may get a blister.  Sin when you do it, you should feel it in your spirit.  But after you have raked a few times your hands will grow calasses (harden or unfeeling).  Same with sin, after a few times your spirit becomes numb to it.  I am guilty and some times I will ask my self why doesn't that bother me any more.  One place I have to confess is the balance of my time and energy.  I am a stay at home mom.  Get my son up ready for school, my husband off to work and then I clean, wash clothes any other daily chore.  Then I get on this computer and stay there.  I will leave it on all day, it is in my kitchen where I seem to do alot of my work.  At one time GOD was letting me know I spend to much time there.  After that I just wanted to keep on so really I ignored HIM.  I caught my self asking again why that doesn't bother me any more.  Now I know it is because I didn't listen.  I became numb to HIS prompting.   So here I go trying to get more balance and not stay here to long.  GOD forgive me for being stubborn and I pray that HE shows me in other places that I didn't listen and now my spirit is numb to it.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: 

though hast redeemed me; O LORD GOD of truth.

Psalm 31:5

Love and Prayers always,

Angie

You have to understand what he is saying.

I was shown this by my daughter, it touched my heart.  But so many people are offended.  This young man is not bashing religion all he is saying is there is a difference.  Go to any GOD fearing, JESUS loving church you want.  Just don't hold their rules and regulations above your love for CHRIST.  It is about a relationship with HIM not a religion (def. belief in GOD to be worshiped usually expressed in conduct or ritual).  It is about one on one with HIM.  "For ye are all the children of GOD by faith in CHRIST JESUS." Galatians 3:26.  That makes us kin. Relationship (def. a connection by origin or marriage: kinship)  To many people walk around bearing the name of their religion and not bearing the name of CHRIST.  Remember the pharisees wanted to do CHRIST in.  (def. a pharisee is a member of an ancient Jewish sect that rigidly observed the written and oral law. A self righteous person.)  As a result they did not know HIM when He came.

Spiritual Starvation

Pretty, this was taken from our back porch.

   


     I got up this morning in a not so good mood.  I know without a doubt to take it to God, otherwise the saying "If momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy" will take over.  I have walked with God long enough to know I have to give what ever it may be to Him.  I know it could be mental, physical (age will do that to you) or just spiritual.  I am not going to accept the bad mood.  My job is to seek His kingdom.  Joy, Peace and Righteousness.  So I will not settle for less.  I sat down to spend time with Him and just started talking to Him.  I never come to any conclusion what was wrong with me except I just need to spend some time with God.  I instantly felt my peace come back.  I kinda think it must be like if we were thirsty we would have to get a drink of water.  Our Spiritual body is the same, we can't starve it by not spending time with Him.  I find the more time I spend with Him the more I need.  Another lesson that sunk in, is that no matter what life may throw at us we have to keep our focus or it would be so easy to faint (to feel weak, to become timid or my favorite to become temporary unconsciousness) to me that means to check out and forget what the word tells us.  If we can completely keep our eyes on Him (the prize)  He say's He will take care of the rest.  I am guilty more than anyone of trying to handle all my self.  I can't do it I admit I am not that strong.  Well just a thought or two I thought I would share in Love of course.

Love and prayers always,

Angie

These things I have spoken unto you, 

that in me ye might have peace.

  In the world ye shall have tribulation:

 but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

Good Morning to all.

This would be my center piece, but since my table is setting against
a window it is my end piece. Haha.  Cant get my table into my dinning room just yet.

Cute little chair, I made some tiny pillows to sit in it.
This lamp needs some life.
Have to do something about that.  Maybe new shade or some fall garland.

     Hello, Just thought I would drop by.  I am still decorating a little, besides what I feel like is fall cleaning trying to get my home in order for the upcoming holidays.  Not being very successful, at least at times I am not feeling like it.  Some stuff still in boxes taking up my dinning room space.  I don't have carpet in my sewing/office/girls tanning room/ storage closet quite yet.  Small room, but it has got to serve a lot of purpose.  Organization I can do that.

This little stand was left in the mobile home when we bought it.
It is red my most fav color.
I haven't known where to put it.
It looks fine where it is at now.

     I have a confession to make, in my last post I talked about forgiveness.  You know God knows when to get you.  I had an incident where someone in my life and I did not agree.  But I came out so aggressively and
was so upset.  But I couldn't understand why this would upset me so.  It wasn't that big a deal.  But I acted like it was.  I wonder now how many times I have done that.  Well here is the stalemate we didn't talk.  We were just froze up.  As I am trying to pray through my anger (because I know that is the only way I can get over this).  God told my I have unforgiveness and some pinned up anger toward this person.  Unforgiveness (yuk, spiritual poison).  So I don't want to be a hypocrite and say I don't have unforgiveness in my own life.
As God has showed me I obviously do.  So I have to work on this.  And as I am pondering it it also may be a little painful.  So keep me in your prayers.  I also realized there is still some fear in my life, but that one is between me and God.  I asked him why He said because I don't trust Him.  Ouch.  Well hugs to all.  Back to getting this house in some kind of order.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: 

for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

(Please Lord, I don't want to be a fool)

Love and Prayers always,

Angie