It has been awhile....

     Early December while tying my shoes, my back decided to do its "thing" again. It put me on the couch for sometime. When I do this "thing" to my back it causes much pain and I find myself getting frustrated. It does allow me more quiet time, to pray, to think, to spend quality time with the kids, but it does put more responsibility on Jack and Janelle. During this time I prayed for a miracle, "Lord heal my back once and for all".
    A dear friend called and told me about his chiropractor. I HATE chiropractors in general due to a bad experience 10 years ago. I listened and decided that this might be good. I was able to get in a few days after my injury and walked out of their office saying, "their is my miracle". This chiropractor uses the "Activator Method", something I have never heard of. It has been a bit over a month, I still need to go every 1-2 weeks, but with exercise, stretching and my visits to their office, I am healing. Praise The Lord!!!
    In other news, Janelle and I are going to Jamaica for a Bible Quiz Missions Trip. We are excited at this opportunity to work with third-sixth graders in a few local schools in Jamaica. We will have the opportunity to share the Gospel through rope illustration, wordless bracelet, and by sharing what Jesus is doing in our lives. I have been on missions trips before but this is the first for Janelle. I am blessed to be able to share this experience with my daughter. I will share upon our return how the Lord uses us on this journey.
    Until then, "Go Bless" as  you go about your day serving.

I agree with this one!!

To Those of  Us  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-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,

we had baseball caps

not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight..   WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

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 OKAY.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps

and then ride them 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 Play stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's,

no surround-sound or CD's,

no cell phones,

no personal computers,

no Internet and no 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 would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms and mud pies

made from dirt, and

the worms did not live in us forever.

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 poke 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! 

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.

 

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.

 

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?

~ 

The quote of the month is by

Jay Leno:

 

'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

 

For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this. 

For the rest of us...pass this on.