A Time And A Season For Relationships

These past few weeks have been a time of rejuvenation for me. I took a step back and stood still to get myself in check and to straighten out some things that needed to get in order in my life. For those of you who know me and my story you know that a year ago my relationship w/my boyfriend of 6 yrs ended. Since we broke up we have tried to put things back together and it just didn't work. I made my mind up a 4 months ago, but because of not wanting to hurt his feelings and to keep from my feelings from overtaking me I backed off slowly. Its been a painful journey for me, but a necessary one. I have finally put that relationship behind me and have moved on. It hasn't been an easy road. I remain friends with him but at a distance for a while. Its never easy to close the door on relationships of any kind but there is a time and season for all relationships. The season has ended on this one. I am okay with being single and for the first time in a very long time I have true peace in my life. I would have moments of peace, but none that ever lasted for more than days at a time. I now sleep good at night where before I couldnt sleep through the night without waking up several times in the night. I know it doesn't sound like much to some people, but that is a big thing for me. I was so tired all the time and my body was breaking down from the stress and anxiety of the whole situation. I am not saying at all the he is a bad person he and I just needed to end a relationship that started off wrong from the beginning. I am not sad about it I have never been happier and I give god all the praise for that. I am a very emotional person, you can ask the ladies of W.O.W. they will tell you I cry all the time....lol!, and for me to be happy coming out of this is a miracle in itself. That is how I know that I made the right decision. I don't know what the future holds for me as far as a relationship w/him or any other man, but I do know god wanted to move me, but I was being held down by the weights of my hurt and pain and it was time to be rid of that and to be able to move on. If there is one thing that I have learned through this whole experience its that I am stronger than I thought I was through the strength that god has given me.

Wonderful Christmas

I hope everyone has had a wonderful christmas. I know I have been quiet on blogging lately, but I have been taking some time for myself which has been much needed. I will still continue to blog, but for now it may only be short messages for a while. I am going through some necessary changes in my life and I am letting god do the work.

Today my family and I did christmas dinner different than we usually do. We decided to do spaghetti and meatballs, w/salad, and breadsticks. I made homemade pecan pies and my mom made her flan cakes (yum) and chocolate cupcakes for the kids. My sister had quite a few teeth pulled and could not eat anything hard so we decided to do our christmas dinner different this year for her. She apprecited that we did cause its still hard for her to chew. The kids loved their gifts and wanted to play with all of it at once, typical. I always enjoy spending time with my family and we are very close. I hope that your christmas was as wonderful as mine and I will talk to you all soon.

I was so excited about the dance we did yesterday at church. I always look forward to ministering whether it be at our church or out somewhere. Curtis, the praise team, and the choir were awesome yesterday. They help usher me into the presence of god. I don't ususally get to stand by and just worship without being up front, but second service yesterday I did and I soaked myself in him. I didn't have to worry about anyone watching me, please don't misunderstand I love doing what I do with wings of worship and its an awesome privelege that the lord would choose me to be apart of that, but sometimes you just want it to be you and god. I wanted to worship and I did and it was just what I needed. I was watching the ladies as they were doing their flags while I was on the side worshiping and I was moved to tears watching their faces and seeing them worship in their own way. We don't get to see ourselves, not that I care to, but you don't know what people see when your up there. I got to see first hand yesterday. I was saying god thank you for letting you shine through them. That is always my prayer that they see him shine through. I can't wait to see what god will do next and look forward to whatever he has us do. We are all growing in him and together as a group. We are going to see powerful and miraculous things happen as we move forward into what he has called us to do. We all long for that and to be used in whatever way he leads.

My daughter Natalie is growing herself in the lord. He has given her a talent for music and writing and he has been revealing things to her and she has shared a few of them with me. I don't tell her enough how proud I am of her and to see her maturing in the lord more everyday. I am a blessed woman to have two wonderful girls who love god with all their heart. They can't stand to miss church cause they don't want to miss a thing. Natalie has been chosen to be apart of G-Force which is a greeting ministry for the teens. There is alot more involved with it than greeting, but that is the best way to describe it. She is excited to be apart of it. She remembers the first time she came to NVMC, protesting the whole time, and Paul Howell was the person who talked to her and made her feel welcome there. Its funny that he is the one who is head of G-Force. Well I expect that you will be hearing things about Natalie before long. I really believe that god is going to use her in a big way that she doesn't even know yet.

Bursting Inside

Pastor Cha was awesome sunday at church. That song fall like rain was so powerful as she sang it. I could feel the presence of god so strong while we were doing flags. At one point I was lost in my worship and it was me and god and no one else was there. I felt him wrap his loving arms around me. I was saying god let your presence fall like rain on me so I can be drenched. I was so thirsty that day cause I had let myself get in a dry place for a short time and I needed that.



I wonder sometimes what people think about us doing flags up there in front of church. If they think we are doing it for a show or do they see the worship on our faces and feel his presence with each movement of our flag. That is my prayer that they feel and see us worshiping. I lay all of my cares at that altar when I am up there worshiping. Sometimes I put my flags down cause I feel a song wanting to come out of me. Sometimes it maybe moves that we already came up with or sometimes I put my own into it. I can't contain my worship anymore nor do I want to. I don't do what I do for recognition I do it because he said will you move for me. My answer was and always will be yes.

Falling In Love

The lord had been dealing with me in the past year about falling in love. I thought I was in love with some of the guys I have dated, but truly only in love with one of them. I had to give him up. God has been showing me how to fall in love with him all over again. Not the guy but god. I have been so wrapped up in my lifetime with the guys that I have dated that I seem to substitute them for his love. Don't misunderstand me I do want to be married and I am in love with someone, but that took too much of my focus off of god and somehow I fell out of love with god. Is that possible? I didn't think so until he started dealing with me a year ago. Like in any other relationship you have to work at it. You have to spend time with that person and get to know them and you do thinigs for that person that shows the how much you love them. When you are in love with someone you want to shout it to the whole world. . I wasn't doing much of that. I told myself I was too busy with work, kids, W.O.W., church to spend the time with him like I should. I only talked to him when I needed something or was going through something. I wanted him to do things for me while I did nothing in return for him. Doesn't sound much like love does it. Don't let yourself get so wrapped up in yourself that you forget to show god love how much you love him. We show him our love by spending time in prayer with him, singing, dancing, and praising him, reading his word, listening to him when he speaks to us, sharing our thoughts, hopes, and dreams with him, and being obedient. I don't ever want to find myself at that place where I fall out of love with god again. Its great to have someone to share your life with here, but nothing can take the place of our heavenly father. He loves us like no one else can. I want to shout it to the whole world how much I love him.

I'm Still Alive And Kicking

Bet you thought I fell off the face of the earth.....lol! Just kidding. I just came off a week of overtime, 60 hrs I worked last week. It was an answer to prayer. Those of you that have read my blog know that I have to pay a $500 fine by the end of January. I wasn't sure how I was going to pay it, but I knew god did. He provided an opportunity for me to get as much ovetime as I wanted to be able to get a good start on paying that. I won't lie I complained halfway through the week and was cranky. I still thanked god the whole way through it, cause if it wasn't for him providing me the o/t I don't know how I would have come up with the money.

I have been sick this week with a sinus infection and battling fatigue from last weeks o/t. For those of you who don't know where I work I sit in front of a computer all day and process claims. I work for SHPS. I have been there since February. I enjoy the job most of the time and the people I work with. Its the first time I have had a job that I can keep to myself if I want to. I know that sounds like a someone wanting to hide, but that's not what I mean. I needed a job where I could get focused and not be pulled in a million different directions, where I could slow down from the fast paced businesses that I worked for before.

God has been dealing with me lately on somethings and I will be sharing some of them over the next week or two. I miss blogging. I am not eloquent with my words and don't have some powerful words for people. I am just me and I told god that I would expose myself for him and share with people in hopes that it will touch their lives and hopefully help people who are where I have been.

Well god bless and I will be writing more in the next couple of days to catch up. I promise I won't overload you......well.....just kidding.

My Vision For Your Life

The first time I heard this song was in the christian bookstore when Tammy and I were looking for new music for the group to do some dances to. I asked her where have I seen this song danced to before? I thought maybe it was one she had done but she said no. I went home and forgot about for a while then a couple of weeks later I figured out where I had seen it before. It was a dream that the lord had given me of me doing this song. The things I see myself doing in this dance is not what I would ever picture myself doing. I am the one in the group who is clumsy and awkward when it comes to dances. I don't feel graceful at all. Then the lord spoke to me and reminded me of what he told me on March 19 of this year. I was driving home from work and I was sitting at the light at bluegrass pkwy and hurstbourne lane getting ready to turn and the lord starting speaking to me. He was speaking in my spirit so strong. I had a notebook in the car and I started to write down what he was speaking to me as I was driving. Yeah I know your not supposed to do that, but I didn't want to forget a word he was speaking to me. I have never heard him speak audibly to me, but it roared in my spirit so strong I was shaking. It went like this:

You need to step out of your comfort zone. I am sending you into places where you need to be able to minister to the lost and get their attention. Quit worrying if you look foolish or if you mess up. It's not about you, its all about obedience. All they see is me. Glorify me and I'll take you to places and people you would never have had a chance to minister to. I am not looking for perfection, but obedience. I'll provide everything you need and then some. What you have seen in visions is nothing compared to what I'll show you and take you through. Stay faithful in your tithing and giving, be obedient to my word, and have a willing heart and spirit for me to use you. This is not about you, its about bringing the lost and hurting to me. I'm going to use you in more than just dance. That is just the door way I opened for you to do what I have called you to do, which is to minister but not in the typical way. I have paved the way for you all you have to do is walk the path I've laid for you. I'm there with you every step you take. It reminded me that it doesn't matter what I think other people think. Its about being obedient to what he has shown me and he will take care of the rest. So if he is calling you to step out of that comfort zone of yours to do something then step out and trust him. He has walked that path out before you and he knows what is ahead and where you are going. Don't worry about what other people say or think about what he has called you to do. All they will really see is him shining through you.

Black Friday.......Yikes!!!!!!!!

I have not been shopping on black friday in years and now I remember why I hate to go. I love to shop don't get me wrong, but its difficult to shop with so many people crowding you and the stores are a wreck and full of cranky people, stuff all over the place except where its supposed to be, kids running around amuck, long lines everywhere.....whew! I went out shopping for two reasons only yesterday. The first being that I had to go get a belt for my vaccuum cleaner. My floors were a mess and I was tired of looking at them. The second being a promise I made to my daughter. We went to the Jefferson Mall. Yeah I know that is not the place you want to be on Black Friday, but it was for Olivia and who could resist that face. I know I can't. The first place they always want to go to is Claires. Both of my girls love jewelry and don't care if they don't have anywhere to put it. They get that from their momma. We get into Claires and we look for a minute or two and then I asked Olivia if she wanted to get her ears pierced. Her face lite up like a christmas tree. She was so excited she couldn't contain herself. She yelled to her sister over the whole store "Natalie I'm gettin my ears pierced". The lady asked her to pick out what earrings she wanted. She wanted her birthstone, but I told her it was best to start off w/gold balls. She sat up in the chair and she was talking the ladies head off about how she has wanted to get her ears pierced her whole life, all ten years of it...lol, but she was always too scared to do it. The lady smiled and asked her if she preferred to have one ear at a time done or both at the same time. She thought for a second and said "both cause it won't hurt so bad if you do both of them. Mom said its gonna hurt, but only for a minute". She said "Mom can I squeeze your hand while I'm sitting her like I do when I get shots?". I told her yes she could. Both of the ladies put dots on her ears to make them even and then counted to three. Olivia squeezed my hand and it was over with. She said "That only stung for a second. You mean I was afraid of getting my ears pierced for a sting?". I went and paid for it and we walked out of Claire's and she looked up at me smiling really big and said thanks mom I love my earrings. It made getting out on Black Friday all worth it for that. So when you see her at church make sure you come up to her and tell her how beautiful her earrings look.

Today Was A Good Day

Today was a wonderful day with my family. We are close anyway, but we enjoy just getting together to talk and spend time with each other. I only have one sister and we are very close. I don't have a large family. Both of my granny's have passed away and I don't ever see my dad's side of the family unless there is a funeral and my mom only has one relative left living. So I am very close with my family and we have fun and crack each other up. My mom and dad are funny anyway, but as they have gotten older they are even funnier. I grew up in a home where my dad put the toilet seat down, yes ladies he always did that even before my mom and him were married, she didn't have to train him...lol. He cooked, cleaned, bought my sisters and my feminine products at the store, took care of us when we were sick, carted us around when we wanted to go somewhere. You know when I get remarried that poor guy has alot to live up too, just kidding, not really. My mom was the one who punished us all the time, my dad was too much of a softy to do it. I don't mean that in a bad way, but he was just so easy going it took alot for my dad to want to spank you. My mom has always been a hard worker and raised my sister and I to do the same. She kept a clean house and taught both of us to cook, do laundry, and to be self sufficient. I grew up in a house where it was just fun growing up. The neighborhood were we grew up in the neighbors didn't really care for us. You see we had fun and we were ourselves and didn't try to be something that we weren't. I remember one summer day in particular just to give you an example. I don't remember who started it, but someone had a water gun and squirted somebody and we went all over the house throwing water on each other then it carried to outside where we ran around the house chasing each other. Picture my dad, my mom, my sister and me running around the house screaming and laughing squirting each other. Then my dad pulled out the water hose and hosed everybody. Well if that wasn't enough he took the hose and sprayed my mom from outside into the kitchen window and got the kitchen all wet. The whole time all this is going on the whole neighborhood is out on their front lawns watching us. You see we lived on the corner between two other streets and everybody could see our house. They always thought we were wierd, but we didn't care. I love them so much and I am thankful that god gave me the family that I do. We all serve the lord and encourage each other in our walk. That is truly a wonder gift that god has given me.

Tonight was a good night. The ladies and I did our new dance. It was unlike any other dance we have done. It was an upbeat dance with moves that we have never done before. In practice we goof around and have fun with this dance, but it was a hard one for us to get right. When we were standing on the stage tonight waiting for Pastor Randy to finish praying for the offering I remember thinking to myself god please let them see us having fun and worshiping you in this dance. We do worship dances flowing and graceful and this one was just fun and energetic. The one that suprised everyone tonight was Ms. Donna. She is a firecracker anyway, but she blew everyone away tonight by her dancing. In practice she is always the one that makes everyone laugh and have fun and it carried over into tonight. She is such a blessing and she enjoyed herself and made everyone else enjoy it as well. Sometimes we get too churchy with things and it was good to just have fun and worship god and show that being a christian is not always so serious. We do have fun and cut up with each other. I pray that it touched some people tonight by showing that yes there is a time to be serious, but you can have fun being a christian and be yourself and not be something that the church world thinks you have to be.

I am sure Pastor Curtis will have us do it again soon. I know the ladies and I had a blast doing it and can't wait to do it again.

With Thanksgiving fast approaching I was talking to god about how thankful I am for what he has done in my life. I started to reflect on the people that god has brought into my life. I sit in awe sometimes of the people that god has surrounded me with. Not that they are perfect, but to see their imperfections and see how god is working in their lives and how much it impacts my life. I am a very blessed woman to have such a wonderful family and great friends who love god. Today when I was at dance practice I was just observing everyone and thinking to myself, thank you god for surrounding me with such a great group of ladies. I am so thankful that he has brought each of them into my life. They allow me to be myself around despite my goofiness and imperfections in dance. Each of them have taught me something along the way. We should not just be thankful only at thanksgiving it should be all year long. We just need to take a step back and look at what god has done for us, what he has brought us out of, and where he is taking us to. We need to say thank you god for bringing me out of that pit I was in. Thank you for the blood of Jesus that washes all of our dirty sins clean. Thank you for my family, my pastor, my church family, my job, my friends, for the freedom I have to worship you in this country.

I Will Spend Time With You

This week has been an especially hard week at work. My body is tired, my brain is spinning constently looking at documents all day, trying to make decisions, coming home and dealing with kids, trying to find time to clean my apartment, just trying to keep things in order in general. By the time my day ends I really don't feel like spending time with god. Let's be honest we have all been there and I am in the midst of it. I don't get up at 5 in the morning and spend my time in prayer. I am not the kind of person who likes to get up that early in the morning. I usually sleep until I have to get up and then its get the kids up and start the busy day. I have my morning prayer time on the way to work. Some people may not agree with that, but that is my time with him and its just me and him in that moment. I spend 40 to 45 minutes every morning driving to work and that is the time I use to spend with him in the morning. There have been many mornings that I am not sure how I got to work cause I was lost in my moment with god. Today was one of those mornings. The song by casting crowns came on "East to West" and I was just singing and praying god I want more of you and less of me. I have had a week like the songs says "I feel like I'm just one mistake away from you leaving me this way". I cried and said god even when I don't feel like it I will spend time with you, when I am stressed out from the day and feel like screaming I will spend time with you, when I am quiet and alone with all of the racing thoughts in my head that I am trying not to deal with cause they are painful I will spend time with you. I would rather fall asleep spending time with god than not attempting to at all. I am at a point where I want more of him and less of me. It comes with a price, you have to shove that old self down daily and let him refine you. You have to chose to die to self daily. It's not always easy either, at least not for me sometimes. So if you have had a week like mine just say god refine me so others can see you through me.

Will I Ever See The End, And When Will It Get There?

We live in a microwave age now. We want to know why we don't have something that we prayed for and we want to know when we will get it. Let's be honest we have all been there......guilty as charged! I was reminded of that today as I sat in a courtroom awaiting my punishment. Yes I said courtroom, don't be so shocked.

My day at the courthouse started off differently than you might expect. As soon as I arrived a lady asked where were was the list that showed what courtroom you were in and what time. I showed her where it was and she said they will probably lock me up today. I told her she shouldn't worry that things would be okay no matter what happened. She smiled and walked on. One of the deputy sheriffs was walking around and asked some people sitting across from me something and they shook their heads no and then he walked over to me and asked if I wanted to join them for morning prayer in the courtroom, I told him yes I would. I joined him and some other deputy sheriffs as well as some lawyers and two ladies that walked in after I did. The sheriff leading the prayer asked if anyone had any prayer requests and a one of the ladies spoke up and said yes I do. She told him she needed a new place to live. She had no where to go. I saw the desparing look on her face as she was telling us that she had to find somewhere to live soon. The other lady said she needed a job. The sheriff looked at me and smiled and began to pray. Even as I stood there praying I couldn't think of myself then because of those two ladies and what they were facing. I kept praying in the spirit and thinking god bless them and watch over them and provide a place for her to live and the other lady a job. It was the perfect way to start off a day that could potentially be a bad one, but I felt at that moment that no matter what the outcome that god was in control and that he was there to help me through it. After that I went out into the lobby and waited til time to go in the courtroom where I was to sit for 2 1/2 hours. I kept sitting there watching people and listening to what the judge was saying to them. She was not in a happy mood at all when she found out that she had 347 cases to do before lunch time. Case after case she did and she was not lienient on them at all. Did I mention that I was in traffic court. No I guess I didn't. You see back in April I was pulled over for not having insurance and I went to court after that and they put me on what they call the diversion program. Which is basically that you agree to keep insurance on your car for two years without being even a day late on your payment and they won't fine you. If you let your insurance lapse then you will have to pay a fine, loose your license, or maybe even get jail time. Well due to the financial state that I have been in lately I didn't have the money to pay my insurance and I was terminated from the program. I have prayed and prayed that god would help me get caught up on my bills and that I would be able to just have enough money to pay my bills and to be able to bless others as well. You know how sometimes when you pray you expect to get the answer you want, but sometimes god has something else for you to learn in the process, well that is where I am at. I was getting a little anxious sitting there, because I didn't know what was going to happen. There were several people ahead of me that had done the same thing that I had and were fined 1,000 dollars and some that got 90 days jail time. The judge was not in a sparing mood today at all and neither was the prosecutor. He had been arguing with people that kept giving him excuse after excuse as to why they didn't comply and why they wanted favor. It was finally my turn to speak to the prosecutor and he was to say the least irritated. He didn't smile at all and was clearly uncomfortable sitting in that chair. I sat down and he asked me if I had let my insurance lapse I said yes I couldn't pay it. He sat there waiting for me to give him and excuse and I just sat there waiting to hear what he had to say. He looked at me funny and shook his head and said that there would only be a $1,000 fine with 90 days jail time on the shelf with the condition that I pay court cost and only $500 by january 29. I was relieved to say the least. I said okay and he smiled at me and said just go take your seat and the judge will call you shortly. It was embarrassing to have to stand up there in front of the judge and her to repeat what he told me in front of the whole courtroom. She said just don't let it happen again and you will be fine and make sure you get insurance on your car. Two things came out of that. One I didn't have to be monitored by the court system anymore and two I was given favor by not having to pay 1,000 or get any jail time. Yes I have to pay 500 which is what I should have to do because I didn't obey the law, but god gave me favor with them today.

We always want to see what we pray for happen the way we want it and we want to know when we will get it. I believe that god allows us to go through difficult times so that he can see how we handle things and to see what he can trust us with. I believe that god is going to bless me beyond what I can comprehend financially, but he has to first see what he can trust me with. I have been paying my tithe and it has been financially difficult and I am not able to pay all the bills all the time, but I know that god is getting me ready for something and I have to be prepared. I know I have a simple way of looking at things and I don't have alot of eloquent words to use, but I have a heart that seeks after him and I will do whatever it takes and go in places where others probably won't to do what it is he would have me do. What do you do when god says move? I move.

Who Are You Accountable To?

Pastor hit it right on today. He was talking about accountability. I know myself I have to have someone to hold myself accountable. I told god if I had to air my dirty laundry to be able to do what he has called me to do then I would, so here goes.

When I first came to New Vision year and a half ago I was living with a man and not married to him. He started going to NVMC a month before I did and I saw how happy he was when he was talking about church. I decided to go to church with him one Wednesday night. I remember walking in to church and feeling welcome there even though I didn't know anyone. I remember Pastor Josh was speaking that night because Pastor David was ill. He had the youth come over into the service so he could still continue with his sermon series HABITS. It just so happened that he was preaching on the "T" in habits, tithing. I knew I was right where god wanted me. I have been a christian for 28 years and I was at a point in my life where I was trying to serve god, but let myself get into a situation that I felt like I could fix. I couldn't. I won't give the details of that because it involves another individual and without his consent I will not speak of it, out of respect for his privacy. It was a few months later that I went to a Women of Vision meeting. I happened to go on the Saturday when Wings Of Worship was doing there first dance ever, because of who you are. I knew immediately that was what god was calling me to do. Now where the accountability for me comes in. I became apart of a ministry and was not lined up with the word of god like I was supposed to be. I went to Tammy and shared with her what was going on in my life and she prayed with me and helped me through some very difficult decisions. She would ask me every week the hard questions that we sometimes won't ask ourselves, because we are afraid to. She kept telling me you know being in ministry you have to do something cause it isn't right. She would ask me are you two getting married or are you moving out? She would say you have to make a decision. I knew she was right. It was the hardest decision I had to make and I gave everything to god and told him if I had to give him up then I would. It hurt and I was broken for a while, but I thank god every day that I had someone to hold myself accountable to. I am now living in my own apartment, have a good job, and lining myself up with the word of god. I encourage everyone, just like Pastor said today, find someone who isn't your best friend that will tell you the truth, ask you those hard questions, and maybe even hurt your feelings a bit so you will stop and examine yourself. I know what my weaknesses are and hold myself accountable for them and try to work on them with the help of god and my accountability partner. Don't be afraid to let your weaknesses show because in your weaknesses is he made strong in your life. I am sure in the days ahead the lord will have me share more of my story but for now I will leave you with the check list that Pastor shared with us today and maybe it will help you to hold yourself accountable.

1. Is my personal realationship with god current?
2. Are my priorities in order?
3. Are you asking yourself the hard questions?
4. Are you accountable to someone in authority?
5. Are you aware and honest about your weaknesses?
6. Do you know your call and is it constantly before you?

W.O.W.

These are my sisters. We look alot a like don't we? Just kidding! This is me, with the red hair in the back row, and the rest of the ladies of Wings of Worship or W.O.W. I love them all dearly. We have only been together as a group for year and a half. We come from all different backgrounds, but we all share one thing in common, we love to worship. We have all each been called into this ministry by god and we all play a different part in it. I know for myself I am not the most talented or coordinated person, but I am willing to do whatever it is god wants me to. I have had to pay a price for it too. You see I was in a relationship with someone I loved very much when I joined this group. We were living together, but we were not married. I knew being in a ministry that you had to line up your life in order for god to be able to use you effectively. No one in the group once ever condemned me or told me I was doing wrong they just prayed for me and let god do the rest. God brought me out of that situation and I can now say I have my life back on track. I have not arrived I am just on the way there. I still have a friendship with this man, whom out of respect will remain nameless, and we are letting god do the rest. Each of these ladies has touched my life in different ways and I call them all my sisters. They are there for me when I need a friend to cry with, laugh with, cut up with, or just to dance and worship with. We have our practices on Monday nights and I look forward to that all week long. Sometimes its all business and others its just a time of laughter at ourselves. We all love to worship and lead people into the presence of god. Each time we have went out to minister somewhere we always end up being ministered to as well. I pray that each time people see us ,whether we are in front of our church doing flags on sunday morning or ministering elsewhere that they don't really see us, but that they see his relfection shining through us. So if you are ever in Louisville, KY come by New Vision Ministry Center and worship with us. We would love to see you there.

Where did bubba come from?

I thought I should give you the background on why bubbas blurbs. Well when I was younger my mom was messing with me and she messed up my name one day and instead of saying Barbara she said bubba. It stuck! So now the whole world knows my nickname, my mother would be so proud. My sister even has my nephews calling me Auntie Bubba. I used to hate it, but now I have learned to laugh at myself and go with it. So if you see me at church or ever meet me it's okay to call me bubba, but don't make it a habit, haha! Now you know why bubbas blurbs. I journal things from time to time and thought it would be a good outlet for my thoughts and to share what god is doing in my life and what he is showing me. So if you should happen to stop by and read a bit let me know. If you have a blog let me know that as well.