Faith's Findings

Ok, dearies, I found this journal entry today and while it’s a few of months old, I really just wonder do these things happen to other people. And I am beginning to wonder if candid camera is following me around to see how much I can take of odd life experiences. Nonetheless, I LOVE my life…and its moments like these that make it all the more enjoyable. So, I am at lunch and I run to dollar tree to pick up a birthday card for a coworker, while looking over the surprisingly good selection of cards that are 2 for a dollar, this lady comes up to me. I do not know why these people find me; maybe I look like the most naïve person in the store. She is holding a set of 4 red Christmas Jingle Bells and she starts mumbling something but all I hear are flower girl and wedding. At this point, I say “now, ma’am what is it you are using these for?” and she says “I’m getting married soon, and my flower girl is going to shake the bells and yell THE BRIDE IS COMING!!! Do you think these will work?” ...

(The beginning of this is an old blog, this post is new along with the blog as a whole) In the spring fever mood I "suffered" from today due to the beautiful weather, I decided to start on the flower bed in front of my house. I had the fresh dirt and the flowers all ready, but when I looked at the flower bed it was not ready. The once fresh and fertile soil was now covered with weeds, rocks, a mossy like blanket and leaves. The top soil was dry and cracked. I knew my flowers would never survive nor would they be admired for their true beauty with all the ugly surrounding them. So, I started pulling weeds. The more I pulled up, the deeper they got. I pulled up weeds, rocks and leaves all by hand. Yet, the more I removed the exterior, the more I saw what was beneath, which was that fresh and fertile soil. I stopped. I sat on my knees, with the sun beating my brow and the fresh breeze caressing my skin. I pondered how this "gardening" was so much like what God has to d...

So, maybe I haven’t lost any more pounds but I’m pretty sure an inch or so fell off somewhere because I was able to go down a dress size and even two sizes in one style!!!! I got sick a couple of weeks ago…so sick that I was praying for God to just take me…it was a violent bug that left me 3 pounds lighter in 2 days!!!! However, I got REALLY dehydrated and frankly did not care anymore about calories or healthy food that is, once I was able to even be around food!!! So, to date I have lost 15 pounds! I am still happy about that and if this weather would ever NOT be rainy and cold I would start walking! In the meantime, though, my sister and I did buy a shake weight! Yes, AS SEEN ON TV, where the woman is shaking a weight and smiling the whole time! Let me clarify, that she is crazy because I do NOT smile the whole time I am shaking it!!! I am in a wedding at the end of April and I don’t want my flabby arms to be what I see when I look at pictures, so I’m shaking it off! As much as you...

I am sure everyone is posting some magical post about the Superbowl and the Snow and I'm sure they are including the phrase I've heard 100 times "Saints won the Superbowl AND we get snow...Hell really is freezing over!!" So forgive me for choosing another "lovely" topic....Valentine’s Day! It is Sunday this year. Feb 14, like it is every year when thousands of flowers are sent, false "I love you's" are said and OH don't let me forget those Valentine's Day proposals! (Sorry, no offense, if you were proposed to on said holiday, I am sure it was the most romantic cheeseless moment ever….. no really) I have never in my 25 years of walking this planet had an official significant other on this day, some of you might stop reading and say that’s why such the bitter tone; frankly I’m not sure of why this blog is sounding bitter unless it’s just my deep dislike for holiday boiling over into this. As kids, Valentine’s Day meant a party with expone...

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A friend of mine was going through the beattitudes with his church a few months ago and asked if I would pray about writing something on the "Blessed are those who mourn..." verse. It may seem jumbled but for whatever reason this was brought back to my mind this week and I thought I would share. Matthew 5:4"You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. (the Message) Matthew 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (KJV) In today’s technology we would never fathom the thought of a hurricane striking land as a surprise. We are far too advanced for that nonsense. We usually have a couple of weeks to prepare ourselves for the hurricanes that brew in the warm seas off the African Coast and make their way to us. We rely on batteries, water and spam to survive for however long we need. What if, bear with me here, what if one hurricane season we did not break out our hurri...

So here we are, 2010, who would have thought 10 years ago when people were getting there y2k gear ready that 10 years later here we would be chugging along, even in this global warming state. Did I mention its snowed in Louisiana TWICE in a month?!?! I can not believe 2009 is already gone, and if you think this is going to be one of those typical New Year’s posts, you may be right but you may not…you can decide AFTER you read it! [no pressure ;)] I told myself that this year I really was not going to write one. I was going to rebel…resist that temptation, if you will, however on the way to Dallas a particular song came on and I was moved. I am very familiar with this song and it is certainly NOT the first time I have heard it but maybe because it was New Year’s Day is why it struck such a thought process. The lyrics are “525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches,...