Oh be careful little mouth

Proverbs 15:1 NIV

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Galations 6 NIV

6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.


I am seeing so many people who confess to be Christian continually doing and saying things that are not done with love.  How can you do such a thing!  God commands us to love. 

When you see the members of Westboro church showing signs saying that God hates fags, please remember that is not how a Christian is called to act.  Even when we believe that being gay is a sin.  If God hated homosexuals for their sin, then He would hate us all because we all sin!  God cannot be where there is sin as shown when he had to turn His back on Jesus when he took our sins on himself while on the cross. I am so ready for the elections to be over as a lot of things that are aggrivating me are due to things being said out on the campaign trail.

If you have someone being a "Christian" bully to you, please let me know and I will have a good heart to heart with them.  When they say they are Christians and act like they do, they are as good as taking the Lord's name in vain. 

Ok, soapbox done for now. 

FYI,  Steven has been doing pretty good since staying home.  He ripped one shirt last night when I was gone, but went 2 days without doing that.  We are planning on taking him to the Gulf Coast soon to see if that will help his school issues, but who knows.  We took him "camping" twice over the summer. 

As always take care and God bless.

Sherri

No thank you, God will send help

Psalm 57:3 NIV

He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; Selah God sends his love and his faithfulness.


I try so hard to make sure and not be like the old joke I have heard so many times.  And please my dear friends that are facing Sandy right now, this is not a poke at you.  It talks  about a guy who is stuck on his roof during a flood.  A boat, a helicopter and others come to help him and he refuses saying that God will save him.  Of course he dies and when he gets to heaven he questions God on why he didn't help him.  God promptly says he tried to but the man refused the sent help. 

I feel like I am drowning in life so many times.  I try to keep it inside and not bother others, but then I remember that is how God helps us.  It is with our friends and family.  Not letting them pray for us or give words of encouragement I am stealing blessings and joy from them.  I am so eager to try and pray and help all I can, I need to give the opportunity to others.  I thank God so much for the friends and family I have in these trying times.  It is through their help sent by God that we get through.  I am overwhelmed at the amount of people who are truly moved by the life of my son.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I ended up crying tears of joy yesterday and not frustration after seeing how many people responded to my post about keeping Steven home.  You each are truly a blessing to this family.  There are plenty more out there that didn't respond, but read and kept us in prayer that blessed us as well.  Again, thank you , thank you, thank you.  May God bless and keep each and everyone of you.  BTW, Steven had a very good day at home yesterday.  Today, we are going to try and go up to The Master's Hands with him.  Get him out a little and interact with others.  Take care and God bless.

Sherri

The mind

1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.



My mind is so out of it lately.  I have been sick, stressed and tired.  Steven is driving this mind into lala land quite a bit.  It just wants to shut down and do nothing.  I just keep repeating so many sayings from Dr Seuss it isn't funny.  Mice on ice, ice on mice.  Of course then there is the things we talk about morning noon and night.  The mind can't focus on anything else.  He rips his shirts out of no where when no one is asking anything from him. Such as tonight we got home and he was watching his videos in his room and next thing we know he is ripping his shirt.    I need to get my brain thinking without overwhelming it.   Maybe I should have people ask me questions on facebook throughout the day to make my brain concentrate.  I am thinking I need to find a Bible study group over by his school to give me alittle extra thought material.  It has been a long day yet again with arguing with my child, listening to him scream and grunt, being hit and kicked by him and just listening to him gripe.  I love the quiet, I really do.  To all of you out there who deal with what I have, better than I have it and worse than I have it take care and God bless.

Sherri

A quiet and resting Steven from this summer when he wore clothes without ripping them.

Loss for words

Romans 8:26 NIV

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

The last several months have been hard and exhausting.  Between Steven's behaviors, not feeling the best, trying to keep life in general going and losing my sweet Stumpy, I am spent.  Steven is still ripping his shirts and underwear and it is driving us nuts.  The last few days have been a little better, but we still have a long way to go.  This is the worst time of year for my allergies and they are through the roof with all the leaves changing.  Life in general can wear me down and it has some, but not as bad as it has before.  I wasn't ready to lose Stumpy, she was at the vet on Saturday and he said she didn't need to be put down since she still had a good quality of life.  She did until about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning.  I thought I would have time to prepare me and Steven, but didn't.  I keep telling him Stumpy had to go live with the doctor because she is sick.  Which may come back and bite me in the butt next time he is sick and has to go to the doctor.  I guess I need to quit feeling sorry for myself and go out and walk here at this beautiful park. 

Take Care and God bless,

Sherri

Meremec Greenway/Wabash Frisco and Pacific Railhead area

Windy

Proverbs 3:5-6

5Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

I know that I cannot understand God and that I need to lean on Him, but can't he let me have my way occassionally.  Steven is driving us nuts with wanting to go camping.  If he could just understand why we can't go camping it would be easier for all involved.  I would also love for him to understand that the Bugs Bunny movie he keeps asking about isn't on DVD.  I would love for him to understand that he will be picked up by mom and dad after school and not be so anxious.  I wish he could understand that Grandma's kitty Calvin has died and we can't see her anymore.  She passed away several months ago.  I am thankful though that he does continue to learn more and understand more.  He has talked to me for quite some time about the light in the sky (lightning), thunder and rain.  Today, he was able to listen to the wind blowing outside the window and tell me windy.  This was the first time this has happened.  We talked about it several times today.  I thank God so much for that.  It is wonderful when I have more things to discuss with my son.   I pray that God gets a way for me to explain to Steven about Stumpy when it is time to put her to sleep.  He worries about that girl and it isn't going to be easy.  I think that is about it now.  I am going to go and take my place leaning on God and get some stress relief. 

God bless
Sherri


Pretty Stumpy, I tried to find a picture of Calvin, but obviously only Steven knows where that is on my computer.

Christ united

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

¹⁰ I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,^[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. ¹¹ My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. ¹² What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas^[b]”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

¹³ Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, ¹⁵ so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶ (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) ¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.



I know I am going to sound like a broken record, but with the upcoming election I feel that I need to stress how much we need unity among Christians.  No matter who our preacher is and whose books we read.  It doesn't matter what podcasts we listen to and the tv programs we watch.  We are responsible for ourselves to know Christ.  They can bring the word to us, but we have to get into the Bible and read it.  We have to pray to God for guidance.  False prophets have been on my mind a lot as well.  Not sure why.  But, we have to make sure all who teach and preach are true in their teaching of God.  We cannot blindly follow anyone!  Please take time to learn the candidates and their stances.  But most of all take time to pray and study your Bible to know where God stands.  Pray for the candidates that they lead the country in accordance with God's will.  No matter who is president, senator, congressman or mayor among others, we MUST pray for them.  Whether you voted for them or not.

God Bless,
Sherri

 

CANCER SUCKS!!!!

Psalm 55:17 NIV

Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

Three years ago today I lost my mother to cancer.  It was a very sad day for me.  Relief that she was no longer in pain, but sadness that I no longer had her to talk to.  I remember standing out the back door talking to Jeff when they came and told us.  It has been a little over six years that we lost Bryan’s dad to cancer.  Again, cancer sucks!  I remember the pain I felt when he passed away as well.  Steven has lost two important people from his life due to it.  He still talks about Grandpapa and Granny quite a bit.  I don’t know that he will ever 100% understand why he no longer sees them.  Of course today has the happy side too.  My nephew Cory turns 21 today!  (Really, 21?)  It seems like yesterday Karen and I loaded into my little Ford with Seth and went to Arkansas to visit Jeff and Karen so we could see Cory not long after he was born.  It was a quick trip, but I loved being able to hold little Cory!  There are ups and downs almost every day.  Just look for them and if you can’t find the ups, God will hold you through it until you do.

 

God Bless,

Sherri

 

This was taken at my mom's house.  Steven had a hard time going there after mom passed.