Today: The Whole Woman online radio program: Part 2 Prayer...

Good morning blog friends and visitors,

Last week on The Whole Woman online radio program we shared part 1 of Walking the Word on Prayer. If you missed it you can listen to the "on demand" archived version HERE.   Today is part 2 were we will talk about our faith and how our faith affects our prayer life. If you'd like to listen in please join me at 11:00 a.m. eastern time at this link: Part 2 Walking the Word on Prayer.

I pray you're blessed by it! For those who know me, prayer is VITAL to me. It's not just what I talk about but it's how I live and it's an honor and privilege God has given to us through Christ--to come boldly and reverently before His Throne to receive the grace and mercy we need. How awesome is our GOD!!!!

Love and blessings to all.

I stand for LIFE

This is a very tender message that Jill from Reflections on Becoming shared on her blog. It is worth the read and then, prayer and action as God leads you. Please read: I stand for LIFE.

I am thankful for the forgiveness, grace and healing that I found in Christ 21 years ago when I had an abortion. Wounded, clueless and afraid BUT still my heart will forever hurt for not having made the decision to bring my second child into this world. While healed by God's grace from the pain and depression of the decision that I made, the hurt never completely ends because the void of your baby in your arms never ends. I'm thankful that the day will come when I will hold my child in Heaven.

I stand for LIFE and I support the women (young and old) who are in a crisis situation and afraid and unsure what to do. I pray resources to adopt or parent their child combined with compassion and TRUTH to be shared with each one. I also pray for every women (young and old) who has had an abortion and is living in this secret--afraid of judgement by others. I pray compassion and God's grace and healing for them. For more of my story you can view My Life.

Before you pop over to Jill's blog or read my life link, please view this very precious brief video of life in the womb.  Thank you for visiting and for listening to my story as well. Stay tuned for my online radio program: The Whole Woman hosted on Christian Women Affiliate on blog talk radio, on June 21st where Tammy and Tiffany will share their stories along with me.

Honoring you this Memorial Day

I want to first pay a special tribute to my three brothers who each served in the Armed Forces -- one in the Army and two in the Navy. I love you all and I appreciate the years you gave. My baby brother is no longer with us and I miss him very much.

I want to also acknowledge all the men and women who paid the heavy price of their lives to serve this great country. I honor them and I pray God's comfort for their families.   I acknowledge all the men and women who have served and are still among us and those who are currently serving--I honor and salute you. Thank you and your families for the sacrifices you continue to make for the freedoms we enjoy here in the United States of America.  May God's blessings be with all of you and your families!

I am especially thankful to the LORD for His ultimate sacrifice that we would be free from the bondage of sin and have been given everlasting life through Him!!  Praise the LORD!!

I want to share a message from Charles Swindoll that I think is very appropriate for today....God bless all of you!

A Memorial Day Prayer
by Charles R. Swindoll

There are certain scenes that when I come across I always pause and let the wonder in. When our children were very small and we were traveling back from a camp up in northern California, along the side of the road they saw something they didn't understand. On a windswept hillside there were literally thousands of white crosses in perfect rank and file. One of my little children said to me, "Daddy, what is that?" And it occurred to me that the younger generations can come and grow up and never even understand how they could have the freedom to drive along a highway or to sit without their home being invaded or to worship at a church we love . . . because those men and women under those crosses paid the ultimate price for our liberty. And so I took time to explain to them the significance of that hillside. I said, "All around the world there are places like that. None more beautiful than this one." And I quoted them from the British poet, "In Flanders field the poppies grow, / Between the crosses, row on row, / . . . And those birds still singing fly." And I couldn't even finish the work as I was moved to tears.

Today we honor those who are no longer among us. And we are grateful for each one and for you who have served your country and have survived them. I want you again, if you will, military veterans to please stand. (Long audience applause.) Remain standing please. You men and women have known the hardship and the responsibilities connected with serving in places that are lonely and often terribly uncomfortable. I'm confident some of you have known battle. And though others around you may never know your story, God never missed one minute of it. By His grace you made it through, having survived all those dangers. All of us today are in your debt. Thank you for saying "yes" to sacrifice. Thank you for being willing to do what you considered simply your duty, never expecting ever in your life to be applauded for it. But today we respect you and we honor you.

However, today the greater respect and honor go to those who have died in battle, in places around the world, having lived their self-forgetful lives in such a brave manner.

To the end of our lives, our Father, we will be grateful for those who have taken liberty seriously. For those who stepped away from family and home and the love of a mom and dad, a spouse and children, and stepped into the fight. Who wore the uniform proudly and to this day live grateful for the privilege of serving. We thank You for our training, for those strong-hearted men who got us into shape and prepared us for battle. Who with unswerving devotion determined that they had our good at heart and helped us understand what it means to live for others and if necessary, to die. Today we remember those who carry on the fight, whose presence would eclipse any one of ours. They are in those hard places today and they serve You in the air, on the land and at sea, and under the sea. Thank You for each one. Thank You for a country that lives in the legacy of such heroism.

Today, our Father, we acknowledge that there is evil in this world, but this world is still Yours. This is our Father's world. And You have privileged us to be born into this land, the greatest land in the world. We would fight for it and defend its liberty to our last day. We honor You, our Father, for giving us those of whom this world was not worthy. And we pray that You will encourage these who stand and many like them. May this Memorial Day be more than just a celebration of eating and relaxing with family and friends. May we on occasion come aside, pause, and reflect.

Thank You, our Father, for Your presence, Your sovereign hand, whether in war or in peace. Help us, Dear Lord, to survive these times in which we live.

Now we give You our lives and we do so with gratitude, because You have been so faithful to us. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.



Copyright © 2010, 2012 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights are reserved worldwide. Duplication of copyrighted material for commercial use is strictly prohibited.

Marriage: I'm not wrong you are!

“Love is responsible—Can your spouse say that you have wronged or wounded them in any way and never made it right? Part of taking responsibility is admitting when you’ve failed and asking for forgiveness. God wants there to be no unresolved issues between the two of you”. Love Dare

I love this rich quote from the Love Dare calendar sitting on the bookshelf in my home-office. I looked over at it as I prepared to write a message for the Café on Marriage and this quote leaped off of the page and confirmed the message to be shared on forgiveness in a marriage.

Is there a wound within your marriage that has not been dealt with? Is unforgiveness fueling the distance within your marriage? Have hurtful words been spoken that no one refuses to own (take responsibility for), and each person is waiting for the other to apologize? If so, please resolve the issue now before it becomes bigger than your marriage. There are some wounds that when left unresolved, can create strife, separation and even lead to divorce and broken families. (For the rest of the message please visit with me on the Cafe HERE.

Happy Mother's Day to all!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you precious women!

I love being a Mother and a Grandma. I count it an honor and a joy to be both. I also know the challenges that some times come but I know even better the blessings that abound in this most precious role. As I share this time with the love of my adult children and grandchildren, I pray a blessed, peaceful and love to the full, Mother's Day for all the women who pour out into children of all ages and stages of their lives. I honor you as Mother's. There are many women who have not birthed or adopted a child but they are pouring into the lives of children in so many ways--I salute and acknowledge you as well and pray a blessed Mother's Day for you too!!

You are all significant to the lives of those whom God has privileged you to touch for His glory. May we walk with reverential fear (awe) of GOD realizing our need for Him in the roles He's given to us. 

I want to also pray peace and comfort for all of you who may have lost your Mother or Grandma or never had someone in either of those roles pouring into your life in a loving, healthy way. May this day you feel the love of our Heavenly Father in a very comforting way. I miss my Grandma terribly so I understand that feeling. She's been with the Lord since 1990.

My love and prayers are with you all. Blessings and peace!

Jesus, His name is enough!

Every Sunday for a while I will share some re-posts of messages I shared in 2009 and 2010 that I believe are worth sharing again. I pray the messages bless you!
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John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Earlier in the school year the project at the public school was to share online something that represents your life and culture with students in other countries that would also view and share online.  I was so proud of our Teen daughter when we saw what the students would see online:

This is the part of her "life and culture" (which was the class assignment) that she wanted to share with the world of students out there.  JESUS with a heart shape representing HIS love for them.

What I most love is that she shared JESUS and excluded her face. She said, "Mommy, His name is enough!" While her name and school info was shared with the other students online she wanted the focus to be on JESUS and that made my heart so full I was in tears.  She is SO right, His name is enough! More than enough.  While she has Christian friends I am often moved when I over-hear her counseling her non-Christian friends on the phone who share their concerns with her about their lives and she consistently points them back to JESUS. While they may not "listen" to her now seeds are being planted.

I pray the world would know that JESUS -- His Name, His Word, His Will and His Way is enough--more than enough! Thank you for visiting with me today and if I can pray for you please let me know.

Lovingly in Christ,