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I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

2012-01-28T22:45:00.000-05:00

Sure seems like this little girl just can't take it anymore eh folks?

I want to share something with all of you today that I truly believe will be a blessing to your heart.

Especially if your in a place where you are also saying "I Just Can't Take It Anymore".

I have all of Anthony DeStefano's books.

This is his newest release.

What a blessing it was to my heart.

Since it came in just the day after I wrote this very ~~depressing~~ 'deep' post...EVERYTHING IS COMING UP ROSES

Talk about God's timing.

He IS so amazing.

His timing is always perfect.

blessings and be blessed!

FEARLESS FRIDAY

2012-01-27T00:00:00.000-05:00

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

Welcome to Fearless Fridays!

A day where I commit to pray for you.

Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you.

To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment sharing your prayer request.

Also, please feel free to grab my button above to place on your blog, letting others know you are praying for them.

You may reach me at free_spirit103@hotmail. com.

I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your life and others.

IT'S A NEW DAY

2012-01-26T05:36:00.000-05:00

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song. Psalm 28:7

My very first blog post on October 30, 2008.

I took some excerpts from it.

Ok, ok, Lord, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for limiting Your power and Your provisions in our lives. Forgive me for wanting things done my way. Forgive me for realizing that Your ways are so much better than my ways. You have allowed this circumstance to come our way, not to harm us but to show forth Your power upon our lives.

I read a post from ginny in her December 2007 entry that really spoke to me. I wrote it out on paper because I plan on writing it in my journal this morning.

It states: "My brokeness can be an instrument to mend what else is broken in my life. This is an opportunity for me to grow through this suffering and heal broken relalationships, attitudes, old hurts and wounds, and other adversities that plague me daily".

In a devotional that I read this morning from Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman, there is a prayer written by George Matheson "Make me, in my cloud, a rainbow bringing the ministry of joy to others. My patience will only be perfect when it works in Your vineyard."

"When all our hopes are gone,

It is best our hands keep toiling on

For others' sake.

For strength to bear is found in duty done;

And he is best who learns to make

The joy of others cure his own heartache."

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews 12:12-15

When trials come into my life, my flesh wants to scream, be angry, throw a fit and just give up. I can't count the times I would throw HUGE temper tantrums because of what I was dealing with. God tells me to strengthen my feeble arms and weak knees. I think by praising God, raising my hands in worship to Him through these dark times does strengthen my arms. Getting on my knees in prayer and petition to God Almighty does strengthen my knees.

Making the effort to keep on keeping on instead of giving up in depression, despair and anger encourages others around me to stand up and walk like wise, and they too are healed from their pain. Without walking in holiness (I think about walking in joy, peace, contentment) no one will see God working in my life.

If I'm going about my day murmuring and complaining, being angry because of the injustice that has been done in my family because of my husband losing his job(Randy is working now, but laid off and waiting for the call back..), being angry because there is pain in broken relationships, sickness of body that has come, and just the every day irritations of life, I will miss the grace of God. His unmerited favor upon our lives.

Walking that way will cause bitter root to grow, which causes trouble in my life and defiles everyone around me.

It takes courage to fight the good fight of faith. It takes strength to walk in love, hope, trust and patience.

Let us run with patience. Hebrews 12:1

Running is not my forte. Walking, yes..lol. I think about this scripture though and think how they go together. Running and in patience!~ It brings to my mind about 'running' with patience throughout my day in the activities that are before me. Having a gentle and calm spirit. Being patient as I go about my day, EVEN though the storms are RAGING around me, and even trying to pentrate my spirit.

Run in patience.

Sigh.

I encourage you dear one who is reading this. Run..RUN IN PATIENCE. Don't meditate upon what's wrong in your life. Don't believe this will be forever. This too shall pass. Whatever is going on in your life right now, will NOT destroy you, but it will strengthen you, build you up and refine you into a beautiful vessel of God's power and glory.!~ Don't miss out on the graces of God that He has for you today because of bitter root trying to attach itself to you.

Rest in His love. Find comfort in Him alone. Watch, look, His mercies are new every morning. He will come to your aid. He will not leave you in this state. HE WON'T!!!!

amen amen amen

EVERYTHING IS COMING UP ROSES

2012-01-25T11:11:00.000-05:00

Blessings everyone!

I've been very quiet these days haven't I?

Well my co workers would disagree.

lol....

I've been busy pitter pattering around the home these days.

Getting my craft room organized.

Putting up some Valentine decorations.

Simplifying.

Organizing.

Decluttering.

Randy had the entire back seat of his truck FILLED with items to give away to Redeemed Goods.

I've been having a hard time keeping my eyes on the Cross.

My eyes on Jesus.

It's been quite self centered on myself.

On the 'old man' ways.

This is something I wrote in my journal the other day:

"I get mixed up a lot. I see so much of my errors. In raising them (my children). Not only in my parenting but my entire life. Not before You came and made Your home with me but afterwards. When I KNEW better. Choosing instead to walk in the flesh sometimes. I get so angry with myself. Angry with life. Hating it. Life is so precious, a beautiful gift from God and I've thrown it away numerous times."

later I went back to the journal and wrote this:

"After this big pour out of the heart, Asher and I had a blow up. Him swearing because I accused him of freezing the computer up from XBox, me swearing back.(so much for yesterday's post folks:TALK ABOUT CURSING

Him swearing and screaming "kick me out". I tell him he swears at me again, he's out.

Randy complains about moved furniture in the rec room. Doesn't like it. I tell him it's not just his room. I go to bed.

Cry.

Cry and want to die.

Crazy messed up thoughts flowing. A jumbled mess. I sleep."

"I get up and everything is calm. I think of those that take their life. After sleeping instead, they would find..."

In my journal on that page at the very bottom folks, was the inspirational word I had cut out back in September 2011 when I began writing in the journal...

SURPRISES.

Four months after putting it in my journal, here I was sitting in my chair pouring out my heart again to the Lord and I get to the bottom of the page to find this word.

SURPRISES.

Reason why I just wrote:"I get up and everything is calm. I think of those that take their life. After sleeping instead, they would find..." let the inspirational word be part of my sentence!

I finish off with:

"Jesus, I truly need Your help because my mind, the mind of Christ is battling with the flesh of Angie. I am weak but You are strong."

"Please help me."

I shared with the ladies at The Sacrificial Diet Face book group that God IS bringing healing in our lives. It reminded me of someone who has Cancer. Your cut open. Disease is taken out. Sometimes parts of you are taken out. You go through Radiation and Chemotherapy.

It makes you sick.

It brings healing though.

So this process of healing I'm going through is making me 'sick', but it is bringing God's healing.

I'm being emptied of 'self'.

And folks, I'm REALLY full of myself so God has a lot of work to do.

Praise be to God that the good work He started in me, He WILL complete.

Glory to God, He will not leave me in this state forever...

Hallelujah!!

TALK ABOUT CURSING

2012-01-24T07:54:00.000-05:00

It's funny how just last night I was talking to a co worker about my mouth and how I used to throw the f bombs around and I was positive I had Tourettes.

It's funny also how I spoke to another co worker earlier last night about 'what you speak will come to fruition'.

So this morning I go and look up an 'oldie', a post from way back when.

Dated the beginning of October.

2008.

Not even one comment was left!!

lol

(The servant of the God says) The Lord has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple (as one who is taught). Isaiah 50:4

This was my devotional reading from last night when I went to bed. God showed me through His Word that we have the power to bless people with our words.

The power of life and death is in the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). We also have the power to curse people with our words.

I've started a Bible Study with the ladies that meet at my house on Monday nights that is about fasting from foreboding thoughts (assumptions and premonitions of evil tidings).

This Bible Study was brought to me at my internet Ministry, The Blessings of Free Spirit Haven (msn group) awhile back and I thought it would be perfect to share with the ladies that come to my home.

Thoughts meditated upon long enough become actions. Either positive or negative. There really is no getting around to that fact!~

Being from an Italian background, worry just seemed to go hand in hand with that. My father used to say, 'when I worry it shows you that I love you'. I have learned that it doesn't. Worry can steal your joy, your trust, your hopes, your faith.

For so many years my mouth was filled with curses. Cursing when I didn't get my way, cursing whem my husband or children were frustrating me. Cursing when I had problems in my life. My goodness, I sure did alot of cursing.

Sigh.

Praise God,,praise and glory to God Almighty that He didn't leave me in that state of mess. Praise God He also makes everything beautiful in His time. Praise God that my words have become filled with the fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Praise God for His forgiveness and for healing upon my family, relationships, circumstances brought on from all those curses that I spoke out loud.

I share with the ladies in the bible study, "your tongue has the power of life and death, what are you speaking?'.

What are we speaking into our daily lives? What words are we speaking on our family's lives? Do we murmur and complain? Do we become easily frustrated, bitter, angry, disappointed? Does depression set in quickly?

He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a dsiciple (as one who is taught).

I cannot count the tears (God can though) of hurt, pain, depression, and anger that I had about myself for the failings I caused because of my mouth. I can't count the prayers that were sent up (God can) asking God to change me, not leave me this way, set me free, save me from myself.

During dark times I've even prayed for Him to just take me, for I truly believed I was destroying everyone around me because of my own behavior.

Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, "Here I am". Isaiah 58:9

I did call, and kept calling and calling..The Lord God did answer. I cried and cried, and God said "Here I am".

I encourage anyone that is reading this today that is having such a difficult time in their life right now. Feelings of despair, hopelessness, rejection, fear, anxiety, depression.

Keep calling out to God. DON'T stop. Keep crying out to God. DON'T stop. Don't give in. Don't miss out on the blessings that God has in store for you.

I have a saying,,'the bigger the attack, the bigger the blessings. Don't become offended and miss the blessings that God has in store for you.

Don't get caught up in the attack, but look for the blessings that are just around the corner'.

I've been in the pit of hell, I've seen Satan face to face. I used to be his.

Praise and glory to God Almighty. I am a child of a King. Not only a king,,but the King of kings and the Lord of lords..Jesus Christ came and lifted me up, picked me up from that pit of hell and drew me to Himself.

No matter if there is a thousand at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, they will not come near me, for I have made the Lord God, my God!~

No matter what trial your facing, no matter how big the mountain is for you , no matter how deep that hole is that your in,,GOD IS BIGGER. You and God are the majority.

amen amen amen

FEARLESS FRIDAY

2012-01-20T00:00:00.000-05:00

I am a warrior, here me roar!

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

Today I thought I would share my first Fearless Friday with you.

Back than I had no Fearless Friday button.

Not even any pictures.

Hadn't figured that one out yet.

Aren't you glad I did..lol

Just my words came folks...So here ya go...

November 28, 2008!

When morning dawns and evening fades You call forth songs of joy. Psalm 65:8

Taken from Streams in the Desert:

In the holy hush of the early dawn I hear a Voice

"I am with you all the day,

Rejoice! Rejoice!"

Fell asleep at 9:30 last night. 2:00 a.m. I'm up. Roll over, plump the pillows One for my head, and one between my legs to protect and ease my back pain. Pray. "Lord, let me sleep a little more?"

Roll over. Get up and go to the bathroom.

Back to bed. Plump the pillows. Close eyes.

Thoughts whirling in my mind. For a devotional. One that God has been calling me to write about for quite a few weeks. "Ok, Lord, what name should I call it?" "How is Faithful Friday's?"

"hmmm,well You will give me the right wording. Ok, I'm going back to sleep".

Eyes still closed.

Eyes opened.

Ok, get on my knees to pray. Randy stirs and looks at me. This time I haven't scared him,,LOL. Last week he woke up in the middle of the night when I was praying on my knees by the side of the bed and said, 'WHAT THE HECK" (trying to figure out what that dark form is by the bed)lol.."OH" "What are you doing?" I'm praying so I don't answer him..lol. He rolls over and goes back to sleep.

Back to bed. Close my eyes.

"Ok Lord, I'm up".

2:30 a.m. I'm at my Prayer Corner, reading His Word, and reading my devotionals.

"OK, Lord, I'm going back to bed now".

3:00 a.m. back to bed. Close my eyes.

3:15: "Ok, Lord, I'm up".

Downstairs, push coffee maker to on. Back to Prayer Corner. Pray from Prayer Book (Prayers That Avail Much). 'FEARLESS FRIDAYS'..."Ok, Lord, that sounds really good".

Finish praying and go to Computer/Prayer Room and on my knees by wicker chair. Grasp onto blanket, imagining it is the hem of Jesus's robe. Start to pray.

Get on the computer. Read from ~~His Living Sacrifice~~ (she closed her blog..sigh). Bawl, and bawl. Leave a comment. Have to stop while writing so I can wipe my tears and blow my nose. Continue to write, than stop to cover my face with my eyes and bawl.

Go to Bring The Rain. Bawl again, and again. Leave a comment and prayer.

Than upstairs to get dressed, straighten hair. I'm NOT putting make up on right now. I look like Rudolph the Reindeer's sister. I will wait to see if there is any more tears to be shed before I put on my make up.

So, now to start my devotional..LOL.

FEARLESS FRIDAYS....God has put upon my heart for quite a few weeks to start a weekly 'whatever you call it'. Sigh. I'm so illiterate to blogland terminology...UPDATE:they are called Meme's..lol..( I think..lol)

My spirit has been pressing my heart to start a weekly Prayer Request thread. Anyone that knows me personally and for those that have been following along in this blog, knows I pray,,pray and pray and pray. I pray pretty much about everything.

I feel the Lord asking me to start this FEARLESS FRIDAY'S to give each of you the opportunity to join me in prayer. To leave your prayer requests with me, either through an email and or through the comments page. I have opened up "anonymous" in the comment box for those that want to join in but are not ready yet to reveal themselves at this time.

Whoever joins in, I will be writing out your prayer requests in my Prayer Journal.UPDATE: I still do this from time to time. Write in my journal about all of you..asking the Lord to help you, and/or just thanking Him for you I will be praying over the prayers, each and every day. When there is an answer to prayer, I would ask that you let me know so that I can than go back to the Prayer Journal and write in Red pen,,PBG (praise be to God, the date and the answer to the request).UPDATE:..I don't do that anymore. I just journal...

I would love to have a link or 'whatever you call it', lol, that could be displayed each Friday to show who is participating. Right now I don't know how to do that,,so it's in God's hands. I also would love to have a little 'whatever you call it', those little banner thingies(?) that can be displayed each Fearless Friday. I don't know how to do that either...UPDATE AGAIN:..LOL. For awhile I was doing that link up but I couldn't justify paying for it while financially we are struggling. As for my 'lion button', a woman emailed me and offered to make me one. FOR FREE! I can't remember who she is (I actually think she was an angel sent from God because He knew how much I wanted a button).After she made the button for me, I never saw her again.

GUESS WHAT?????

I don't care! God says " now, do this now. Don't wait till you figure out 'whatever you call it' Angela"

I will also be leaving my Prayer Requests for everyone to read. I ask that you would join me in prayer.

Now that MSN Groups are closing, the Prayer Warriors that have been with me for 8 years, praying over my family and I, the members at one time 180 in total, now 144, will not be able to see my prayers requests on the Prayer Request Board because on February 21,2009 The Blessings of Free Spirit Haven's journey will be completed.

I have found SO MUCH comfort in my days KNOWING someone was praying for me. God knows I NEED this. I need to ask for prayer. I need someone to stand in the gap for me. To help me carry my cross. To allow me to cry out for help.

I'm glad I didn't put make up on,,I'm crying..lol.

Hang on, kleenex time and the box is empty here, have to go into the kitchen.

"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you lose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My Name, there I am with them". Matthew 18:18-20

Prayer Requests:

*Randy is phoning Elmwood Kitchens this morning to see about the position with the Company.

Could you please pray for us. Pray for God's will to be done. His will and not our's. Pray for His blessings and favor. ..hang on...ok,,sorry I was bawling and listening "holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty"...I just DESIRE for God to be honored, praised and glorified in our lives. So I cry out,",WHATEVER LORD, WHATEVER YOU SEE FIT TO DO"UPDATE: Randy never got that job, plus he was unemployed for a complete 2 years looking for works folks~!

*for my Aunt Tina who was told a few weeks back that the Cancer is back and has gone to her stomache and liver. Please pray for her salvation, for comfort, for strength upon her and her family. Pray that God will lead me to and DO IT, whatever He has for me to do (write a letter, visit, phone, whatever He tells me to do).UPDATE: March of this year will mark 3 years of her passing.

*could you also pray for the members of The Blessings of Free Spirit Haven. So many are hurting, not knowing where to go now and wanting me to start another group, please pray that God will lead them to a safe haven, where they will once again be fed the Word of God, find encouragement and prayers.UPDATE: I'm still in contact with a few of the members from my msn group. Some are followers here, some have their own blogs, some have subscribed through email, and some have passed away. SIGH.At one time we were 256 strong members. It's sad how you lose touch, but I've learned...'seasons'...everything is for a season.

ok,,I will leave it to only three..Be prepared though beloved...lol.

Jesus, thank You for this morning dawns and evening fades You call forth songs of joy.

"In the holy hush of the early dawn I hear a Voice - Jesus, thank You for calling me this early morning. Thank You for allowing me to hear Your voice. Thank You for not allowing me to roll over and go back to sleep but to finally sit down in obedience and write FEARLESS FRIDAY'S out as You have been putting upon my heart for awhile now.

"I am with you all the day,

Rejoice! Rejoice!" Thank You for being with me ALL DAY Jesus. I am rejoicing,,I am rejoicing..

amen amen amen

BLESSING YOUR CHILDREN, an oldie!

2012-01-19T14:54:00.001-05:00

This post was done three years ago..

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Proverbs 31:27

I love starting my week with My Walk Mondays and ending my week with Fearless Friday's. I thank God for His leading me to participate with Scrapping Servant on her Meme, and for God's leading me to start my own with Fearless Friday Meme's.

I will be sharing a YouTube video later of how I blessed my daugther Shaneah yesterday.

I love the Proverbs 31 Woman. She is a wealth of wisdom, encouragement, vision, focus, dedication, blessing and love. Some may find her very overwhelming, something that is too far above their reach. She has become my heart's cry, my inspiration of the woman I desire to be in God's hands.

I was like the Proverbs 31 Woman, watching the affairs of my household. The only difference between her and I though was I DID eat the bread of idleness.

There was a time, not too long ago I may add, that my laundry would be spilling out onto the floor from the laundry basket that was in the hallway. That was about 12 to 15 loads of laundry right there that I allowed to accumulate.

Yesterday I cleaned Shaneah's room. It took me about an hour and a half. I was OVERWHELMED. I wanted to give up so many times. I wanted to break down and cry. I wanted to go back to bed and lay around. I wanted to cut corners, just do a surface cleaning (who would know right?). I wanted to give up. I wanted to spend my day being idle.

My spirit would well up within me, reminding me that I am blessing my daugther, that I was not only watching over the affairs of my household but I was not being idle either. I went through her clothes, her toys, her drawers and cleaned out items that were too small, broken, not being used. I found two pieces of clothing that STILL had price tags on them! I added these items into a gift bag for a birthday party Shaneah attended yesterday.

As I stated above, I will share the video that I made after I cleaned her room.

God has really been ministering to my spirit to love my family passionately, to do them good all the days of their lives.

I remember when I would find something that, say my husband didn't put away properly, I would leave it there, either waiting to see how long it would take for him to finally put it away, or start nagging him to put it away. We would have HUGE stinkin fights over this I may add. I the martyr, would be so justified by my actions, who did my family think I was, their slave, their maid, a door matttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!! I DON'T THINK SO!! bla bla bla bla bla!

Same with my own children. My thoughts were, "I have to teach them to clean up after themselves, they need to have discipline, they can't be growing up to be slobs", etc. Well I sure was not teaching in love, I will tell you that. My household was run in martrydom!

Thank God He hasn't left me this way!! Thank God for the Holy Spirit working in my life and helping me, intereceding on my behalf, counselling me and strengthening me to be a godly woman, one that believes the best and does the best for her family (or aspires too, instead of the crumbs I would hand out).

Jesus came to serve.

Oh how my flesh has a hard time with that one. Serve..come one,,I was born to BE SERVED!! That's what I thought for a long time..lol. Blush!!

So I begin praying, "Father God, give me a servant's heart, help me to have a love that believes the best of those around her and to bless them with the best I can offer".

Thy Kingdom come on earth Father God as it is in Heaven.

amen amen amen

Part one

PART TWO:

TALK ABOUT PERFECT TIMING, let's talk Diet!

2012-01-17T16:47:00.001-05:00

I'm blown away folks.

Thought I would share another 'oldie' from the past.

The one I'm about to share is from August 2009.

Well as I start to read it, I'm like 'WHAT?"

You see, I 'randomly' picked one and the one I pick is one where I had started a 40 day journey!

Well guess what?

Today is Day One of a 40 Day Journey that a group of ladies that have joined The Sacrificial Diet Facebook page has started with me.

This is what I wrote for Day One:

DAY ONE:

Consecration: To declare or set apart as sacred:

Sanctification: means "to set apart" for God or special purpose, figuratively "to make holy or sacred."...

These 40 days ladies are becoming a time of being set apart for God's purpose, a time that is made holy and sacred. A time set apart from all other times where we will learn much...Just today, the very first day this is what I received from the Holy Spirit with an hour of me getting out of bed..(blew me away that it started this quickly..lol)

1. What Cheryl Terry wrote: ."but God spoke to my heart through your post here..."the enemy of our souls is skillful at using those we are close to, to try and sabotage". As soon as I read this I felt the Holy Spirit speak..'Angela, remember you do not fight against flesh and blood'....I am the first to believe in everything being 'spiritual' but lost sight on this."

2.Sharon Rose Smith asked a question and this is what came to me while I was busy typing out a post to her (see how I said post and not comment..aren't they always long girls!! lol) ".You know what just came to me as I was typing this...why do we have to say such and such when NO THANK YOU should be 'good enough'..eh? No thank you. No thank you. "

So this is the day, day one that the Lord has made my sisters and we will rejoice and be glad in it. Heal us oh Lord these 40 days of fasting and we will be healed. Oh Lord save us these 40 days of fasting and we will be saved. Grant us success Lord.For You are the One we praise. (Psalm 118). amen amen amen

Dated August 2009

I am with you always to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20

I am on my a journey for 40 days!

I am on my third day of the journey.

A journey of being completely released from the stronghold that gluttony had upon my body.

What is gluttony?

Gluttony:one who eats to excess. On who has a great appetite or capacity for something.

This dictionary meaning sure pegged me correctly when it came to food.

I got to a point in my life that food was literally killing me.

As of February 25, 2007, I have been released from 85lbs.(update...130 lbs. folks and STILL counting!)

I did not take diet pills.

I did not count calories.

I did not weigh my food.

I did not join a weight loss program.

I did not have surgery.

I sacrificed two meals a day.

Intermittent fasting.

If you have never heard of this just google Intermittent Fasting and you will find quite a bit of information on this.

Now I NEVER heard of Intermittent Fasting when I started sacrificing two meals a day. I didn't even know there were others out there that were living this lifestyle.

One thing that I do differently than what many others do through Intermittent Fasting is that this has become a DAILY lifestyle for me.

I do not change days where I am eating three meals a day, than fast two meals a day on other days.

The first question I ALWAYS get from others when asked how I lost all this weight was...

"You don't eat breakfast?"

Than I get bombarded with...

"I heard this is very unhealthy."

"Your not supposed to skip breakfast."

"Your making yourself sick."

I have been living this lifestyle for two years now.

I have not been sick once in these two years.UPDATE: I've been living this life style now for 5 years now!

I run a home daycare.UPDATE: I "Walmart Diva girl"

Do you know how much sickness comes into this house?

I am healthier than I have ever been.

I have more energy than ever.

Depression is no longer something I deal with on a daily basis.

I was on Prozac (the highest dose possible) PLUS Welbrutien for 5 years.
I suffered from depression, social phobia, panic attacks and OCD.

I have been off the medication, with my Doctor's supervision of course!!

That is a MUST for ANYONE that is thinking of going off their medication.

The Sacrificial Diet ~~blog~~ Facebook group is going to be a place where I share my journey of weight release.

My prayer is that others that have been in bondage to food will find a 'safe haven' here, finding encouragement, hope, love and to be set free from this stronghold that has been over you.

I am looking forward to this 40 day journey I am on. I am looking forward to sharing with all of you what I'm learning, what I'm dealing with and the changes that will be happening.

After the 40 days, I will share EXACTLY what it has been all about.UPDATE: During these 40 days, some days I will update at The Sacrificial Diet group what I'm learning, what's being revealed to me about certain things. Other days I will just say Day? and give God praise..

Blessings to you this day!

AN OLDIE,MOST POPULAR POST

2012-01-16T21:56:00.002-05:00

I was busy reading a post from Dan's blog at ~Yesterday Once More~

He was talking about the most popular posts from his blog and that got me thinking.By the way, he is having an AWESOME giving away!!!! Go and check it out!!!!

I've been actually thinking about doing this for awhile, but never got around to doing it...until now!

This post I'm sharing was called Following the Star? It's from 2009!

As I was busy reading it, at first I started to get all depressed and boo hooing. Thinking to myself that nothing has changed in my life. I'm still going through the same 'issues'.

Than I continued to read and I can't tell you how ministered I was by it.

Like God literally sitting across from me and showing me some amazing truths that I had missed.

I want to share this with all of you.

Maybe your in a place similar to me, and have missed some truths about what your going through right now.

When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Matthew 2:10

Is it beginning to look a lot more like Christmas in our hearts?

I'm thinking about the one that has taken all her Christmas decorations down except for the tree.

The same one whose 4 year old daughter proceeded to tell me:

"Mommy is getting rocks in her stocking. She has been bad. Her and Daddy have been fighting."

I'm thinking about the one who I met up with at the grocery store.

"Next year I'm NOT doing Christmas. I'm going away. I've already opened up an account to start saving money for a trip."

She proceeded to tell me how her brother is still drinking, her mother has started drinking all day, and that she can't handle being around them.

"I hate this time of year."

She than said sorry for ranting and cursing so much and thanking us (Randy and I) for listening to her unload).

I'm thinking about the one that called me yesterday to inform me she picked up her young adult son from the Police Station yesterday. They found him walking along side the highway. Intoxicated, belligerent and in mental distress.

"He told the police he wants to hang himself."

For so many, and YES, even believers of the Son of God, are dealing with a lot of pain, hurt, strongholds, bondage's, and brokenness.

I myself can still remember a few years back on Boxing Day (day after Christmas in Canada), standing in the bathroom and screaming up at the ceiling:

"This is the best You have for me?"

Yes, screaming out to God.

In hurt. In pain. In anguish. Just broken.

When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Matthew 2:10

She's not looking at the star is she?

Last night as I was sitting in my prayer corner chair, writing out a Christmas card letter to my neighbor, filling it with God's Word, my husband was busy putting up the ceiling in the hallway.

Curse!

More cursing.

EVEN more cursing!

I'm talking LOUD!

Shaneah was on the computer and started to giggle to herself as she listened to her father.

Asher came down stairs and started to laugh also.

You know the kind of laugh?

Nervous. A laugh that is questioning what will happen next?

As I am busy trying to write out this Christmas card, I started to pray. Binding the spirit of strife off my family in the Name of Jesus Christ.

I continued to rest my spirit in the Lord. Calling out to Him.

"Blessed are you who run to Him." Psalm 34:8

Cursing continued on.

With each cut to the soffit, another mistake. Than a wound to his hand.

More cursing.

Asher asks if Randy needs help.

Randy's answer: "As if."

Upstairs Asher goes to his room, laughing (his name DOES mean laughter, Issac).

"I was serious when I asked to help," he comments to me.

My flesh starts:

Your praying isn't helping at all. This spirit is still here in your household.

"Blessed are you who run to Him." Psalm 34:8

I continued to run to the Lord mentally.

Than the Holy Spirit began speaking to my spirit:

Angela, Randy still doesn't realize he can run to the Lord IN everything. He doesn't know Angela that during difficult times, he can find his comfort in the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

Angela, think back sweet child.

You cannot say you haven't cursed in frustration when difficulties are faced.

"The dogs? "

Yes, the dogs have been urinating around the house Angela.You have not experienced the frustration in a few weeks have you, since you put diapers on them. What happened the other day though when one didn't have his on? What was the first thing that came out of your mouth when you saw the mess on the floor?

Pray for Randy.

"Yes, Father."

Angela, do you remember what it used to be like when Randy would behave like this? Do you remember your behavior?

Oh did I remember.

Asher had some friends over while Randy was cursing up a storm.

Well there was a time I would be filled with such self righteous pride, I would go storming down those stairs.....

"Do you have to be so rude?"

"What is your (curse) problem?"

"Don't you know our children have friends over (curse, curse)?"

"How embarrassing for them."

"What (curse) example are you of a father."

"You make me sick."

"Do you act like this at work? No wonder you have no friends."

This is the vision the Holy Spirit brought back to me.

Not to condemn precious one, but to show me

I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I have learned the secret of living in every situation. Philippians 4:11-12

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21

When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Matthew 2:10

Precious one, yes you!

I sit here with tears in my eyes because God keeps calling you to my heart.

I've been praying for you. I've been crying tears unto the Lord for you.

Open your mouth beloved one and taste, open your eyes,,OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE....how GOOD God is! Blessed will you be as your run to Him...

Run to Him.

He is waiting with open arms for your return.....

Thy Kingdom come Father God on earth as it is in heaven.

FEARLESS FRIDAY

2012-01-13T00:00:00.002-05:00

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

Welcome to Fearless Fridays!

A day where I commit to pray for you.

Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you.

To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment sharing your prayer request.

Thought I would share what's been going on in our family.

Our trip to London, Ontario, not England (Linda you weren't the only one that thought that) was a beautiful two and a half hour drive.

My mother decided to sit in the back of the car. Slept all the way. Praise God.

The weather was just glorious.

Praise God for GPS.

Praise God for my dad not listening to me tell him what the GPS 'lady' told him to go.

I was wrong....lol.

So the storm my mother has been facing concerning her eyes was solved in a matter of a ten minute visit with the Specialist.

What my father diagnosed was correct.

Yes, you read correctly.

What everyone else couldn't figure out, my dad did.

Inflammation of the eyes.

A condition that can effect people that have ulcer-active colitis.

So medication should do the trick.

Once home, that night my dad received the call from my aunt.

My uncle also had an appointment to see a Specialist.

What we had thought was the onslaught of dementia (coming full force), was a mild stroke.

Talk about praising God!

I called my aunt and just started to cry.

I reminded her of the conversation we had just a few days before.

"Zizi, you stated that Mom could get better, but with dementia, you don't get better. Praise God. Uncle Mario can get better."

We were just in awe of God's goodness.

"We do not fear any bad news. We confidently trust in the Lord to take care of us."

"We face our foes triumphantly."

As for myself, well I'm doing ok.

"Why don't you take your own advice that you give to everyone else Angela."

My mother has stated this a few times before.

Honestly folks, what I believe for you, well I struggling with believing for myself.

You see me as this "Wonderwoman" and well since I don't take my own advice, I see...

Yes, I struggle with an identity crisis.

A fight of the 'old man' and the 'new man'.

And it has definitely been a fight folks.

I'm dealing with a whole lotta...

I keep reminding myself that this wonderful 'fertilizer' in my life is going to bring such a harvest of healthy bountiful fruit.

The 'stench' at times though makes me sick.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22

Though the 'stench' at times can be unbearable, my time is in God's hands.

Which means that no matter how difficult it can be, no matter how hard it is...

I "Reckon it nothing but joy...whenever I find myself hedged in by the various trials, for I am assured that the testing of my faith leads to power of endurance."( Jamesc1:2-3.Weymouth)

"Abba Father, I'm scared. My eyes have been so busy looking around at the 'giants' that have come against my family and I. I'm tired of fighting against them. Thank You for sending me refreshment through the prayers of the saints that cover my family and I. Like one that takes my hand and encourages me to keep fighting on.Thank You for tears. Thank You making me fearless in my fears. Thank You for this precious Fearless Friday. Thank You for hearing not only my cries Father God, but those that have come here and those that You have brought to my path.

We do not fear bad news Father God, for we confidently trust in You to care for us. We are confident and fearless Almighty God and can face our foes triumphantly....amen amen amen..

With a warrior's cry I call out to You and give You glory, honor and praise."

I battle on....

ADDING SOD TO RESOLUTIONS

2012-01-10T07:36:00.000-05:00

As of right now I have 30 resolutions for 2012.

Yes, you read correctly!

lol....

I may have more...will see how the Spirit leads.

SOD for resolutions?

Yes, you can simplify, organize and declutter resolutions folks.

For instance...

One of my resolutions is to light a candle each and every day!

Yepper.

That's a resolution.

I love candles.

I love the smell of candles.

I love how they make me feel.

Candles brighten my day.

Brighten my heart, bring me comfort and joy.

Since they do all that for me, then it's only ~~super~~ natural I should make a point of doing this on a daily basis.

Even if it's one candle I light up.

Usually the top shelf has my Bible and prayer book beside the globe of Jesus praying (at Gethsemane).

They are packed though.

I'm heading off in a few hours to London with my parents to see the eye specialist.

Sure could use some prayers folks.

Also pray for my own family too.

"Life" can sure wear you down.

As a woman being a wife, mother, daughter, employee, friend and a diva to boot (lol)...living is hard work.

I thank God for my faith.

It helps me get through all life's disappointments.

The failures, the inadequacies, the loss.

Last night I was busy posting away on my Facebook group The Sacrificial Diet.

I was just surrounded by so much failure last night.

It was one of those nights that I was 'eating' Satan's lies.

Instead of looking to the Light of Christ Jesus, I was looking at all the 'rotten fruit' around me and also within me.

So I poured out my heart there.

Pressed comment.

Gone.

Didn't work.

What's a ~~deranged~~ woman on the roll to bla bla bla about her miserable situation to do?

Start all over.

Press comment.

Gone!

So what's the ~~emotional~~ woman to do now?

"Ok Lord. I get it."

I got it!

Who cares that I'm surrounded by so much.

I am confident and fearless and can face my foes triumphantly. (Psalm 112:8)

So take that rotten fruit~!!!

Stay tuned for the series of Adding SOD to Resolutions folks.

Blessings!

FEARLESS FRIDAY

2012-01-06T00:00:00.002-05:00

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

Welcome to Fearless Fridays!

A day where I commit to pray for you.

Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you.

To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment sharing your prayer request.

Our first 2012 Fearless Friday folks.

I thought I would start off 2012 how I ended 2011's Fearless Friday.

I am fearless and will face my foes triumphantly. I am confident that the good work that the Lord has started, He WILL complete!

I am a warrior.

I battle.

I fight the good fight of faith.

Be brave my comrades.

Be brave!!

Battle on.

Fight the good fight of faith.

Armor up!

amen amen amen!

EVERYTHING CHANGES

2012-01-05T13:21:00.000-05:00

So for those of you that read BLESSINGS FROM AFAR know I mentioned about the mantel.

You also read that I probably would change it up.

Well a total of a few hours after writing that post, I did.

LOL

All the Christmas decorations have been put away.

A few stragglers have been found lying around.

Also a few decorations bought at 75% have to be added to the multitude of Christmas bins.

I started to clean the house.

I got 5 feet done out of 1500 square feet of home.

Not bad eh?

lol

When I lit all the candles the other day, it felt like an altar.

A little place of holiness.

It's been a rough ending for 2011 for many of us.

An even more rougher 2012 beginning.

I read this to my mother last night in the hospital room that is from Streams in the Desert:

"The type of prayer that empties us of faith frequently arises from focusing our thoughts on the difficulty rather than on God's promises. Abraham, 'without weakening in his faith....faced the fact that his body was as good as dead....Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God" (Romans 4:19-20)"

"Mom, his body as good as dead! Yet he did not waver."

I shared with her that I have been wavering for a few weeks.

"You will never learn faith in comfortable surroundings. God gives us His promises in a quiet hour, seals our covenant with great and gracious words, and then steps back, waiting to see how much we believe. He then allows the Tempter to come and the ensuing test seems to contradict all the He has spoken. This is when faith wins its crown. this is the time to look up through the storm, and among the trembling, frightened sailors declare, "I have faith in God that it will happen just as He told me. " Acts 27:25

amen amen amen

CONFIDENT AND FEARLESS,THAT'S ME!

2012-01-04T00:00:00.000-05:00

Sometimes you just got to call things that are not as though they are!

Romans 4:17

Sometimes when there is no hope, you just have to hope and believe.

Romans 4:18

Sometimes you just got to believe.

Mark 9:23

BLESSINGS FROM AFAR

2012-01-03T14:02:00.000-05:00

A parcel came in the mail a few weeks back from Ginny at Faith Hope and Tea Therapy

I love sitting my prayer corner chair and looking through this book.

She also sent me a beautiful white and yellow crocheted doily. I didn't take a pic because I have already 'decorated' with it and forgot to take a pic of that,lol.

I just love these. I'm going to place them on my fireplace mantel.

I'm quite sure though that by the time I finish, I will have placed them all over the house.

That's the way it goes when your busy 'tweaking'.

Move items from one place to another.

Than move it again.

Well, that is how it is for me.

lol

I just adore the little bag that the recipe cards came in.

Loving my little tag also.

Thank you Ginny for your thoughtfulness and love.

If you folks haven't 'met' Ginny before, stop on by.

Faith Hope and Tea Therapy

Its definitely does the heart good!

Blessings everyone.

CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR, GOOD BYE 2011 AND PRAYER

2012-01-01T17:31:00.000-05:00

Blessings everyone.

From my family to yours:

amen amen amen

Good bye 2011 and hello 2012.

Christmas decorations have started to get packed away.

Visited with my mother today and spend some time with her while she is in the hospital.

Praising God that she is in the hospital and that a Doctor is 'going to get to the bottom of this'..

My mother's eye condition (which we have no idea what is causing such pain and redness) has gotten extremely worse.

God is good all the time. All the time God is good.

Enjoy the video.

FEARLESS FRIDAY

2011-12-30T00:00:00.002-05:00

Our last Fearless Friday for 2011 folks!

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

I was wondering the other day which scripture would be my 2012 scripture for the year.

The scripture that would carry me through for the year.

Reminding me of God's goodness.

His faithfulness.

His power.

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

I'm not saying that 2012 is going to easy.

Nor that storms will seize from coming my way.

I'm saying what Paula Slayton stated awhile back:

"To believe the best, not denying the existence of the negative, but refusing to live there. Love believes the best."

I am fearless and will face my foes triumphantly. I am confident that the good work that the Lord has started, He WILL complete!

I am a warrior.

I battle.

I fight the good fight of faith.

Be brave my comrades.

Be brave!!

Battle on.

Fight the good fight of faith.

Armor up!

Know I am praying for each and everyone of you.

Thank you for standing in the gap for my family and I.

Thank you for being with me on the front lines this past year.

BE BRAVE, BE BRAVE, BE BRAVE

2011-12-27T15:29:00.000-05:00

DreamWorks Pictures' "War Horse," by director Steven Spielberg's brought tears to my eyes by just watching the Official War Horse Trailer on You Tube.

It's out in theaters right now.

I'm thinking this may be one our family will be going to on New Year's Eve.

I've replayed it a few times folks.

"Tested by battle"

"Never look down, always look forward or you will never get home."

"Hope survives."

This is what makes me start to cry...

"Be brave. Be brave. Be brave."

So I speak to those right now that are in the midst of burying their loved one, those that are making arrangements for the funeral of their loved one, those that have received the prognosis of cancer, for those that are on this side of the world while their child is on the other side of the world in intensive care...

Be brave. Be brave. Be brave!

THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVE EVAAAA@!

2011-12-25T00:00:00.001-05:00

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God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you may have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8

This pic above is me coming to my parents after working a full day at Walmart.

Grace abounding.

An abundance for every good work.

God showing favor.

God giving me the strength to persevere.

Those of you that prayed for my co workers and I on

FEARLESS FRIDAY

well God heard and God answered more than you will ever know.

It was a REALLY hard time for me.

God IS good and did more than I could have ever asked, imagined or prayed for.

I didn't know what I would find when I came home from work Christmas Eve.

My mother was and is in excruciating pain with her eyes. We don't know what is happening. Specialists will see her in London on January 10th but the pain is just breaking her, and breaking us watching her and not being able to do anything to help her.

She was at Emergency for three hours on Christmas Eve but the wait was far too much for her (three hours and three people still ahead of her). My dad brought her home.

Here she is resting in their 'new' TV room (that I'm still working on) with Shaneah. She cried watching the video of Julia on JULIA'S PRAYER... Please continue to pray for the Turner family and for the friends. Especially for the young ones that were so close and dear to Julia...

My mother is in a lot of pain folks. My heart breaks at times.

I don't know what's harder.

Being the one in pain.

Or the one watching the loved one in pain and not being able to do anything to help them.

It's really hard on my dad and I.

Harder on my dad. He's been doing this for most of their married life. My mother has been through hell and back more times than anyone I know. My dad has had the journey with her, going to hell and back with her and standing by her side the entire time.

I haven't.

It was just too hard when I was younger.

Still is.

I'm just willing to go to hell and back with her now...

So while my mother rested, the guys and I sat around the table and listened to stories of the mafia (yes, we do know a few actually...just ask my dad!)

My dad is an amazing story teller and so is my brother.

"Just wait"..is what Peter by brother tells my dad when he's telling the story and my dad is trying to help him out.

LOL.

Randan and Asher (Shaneah joined us later so my mom could have a little snooze) told stories about their times as youngsters at my parents house (that would probably scare most children but hey...we are not 'NORMAL'...isn't that just a setting on the dryer by the way?

lol

I shared with Randy later on that this was the most conversation our family has ever had during any other Christmas evaaaaaaaaaaaa..and it was awesome!!

"Look like a loving family" is my comment.

Notice the finger Randy gave ever so slyly?

As if I would not notice!

Soooooooooooooo much better!!!

We all laughed our buns of steel off.

Yes, my entire family have buns of steel you know.

LOL..

some bigger, some smaller...

The flash hurt my mom's eyes.

Not only can you tell by her eyes but can you hear her..

"ohhhhhhhhhhhhh"...

sigh

So we continued to take pictures trying to see if it would hurt her anymore..

LOL....

Randan kept trying to set the settings and I kinda stuck my fingers a little too close to her eyes at one time which than the children went on and on about...

I didn't think I did.

I guess the camera showed the evidence.

I deleted that pic.

Gave you this one instead.

LOL

Later on my dad and I were in my mom's room because he wanted to show Shaneah how my mom can notice anything.

I guess he had put the bed sheet the 'wrong' way.

She noticed when she got into bed.

LOL.

So Asher came into the room. Jumped onto the new 4000 dollar bed.

We had to get it going.

Up and down it went. Vibrating.

Shaneah jumped on.

I hollered for Randan to come in the room so I could get a pic of the three grandchildren to put into the frame my mother has had for a few years with some children that are not her own...lol

The above pic is the first one.

Oh, are they just not angelic?

I kept screaming...

"I don't want no Satanic signs!" "You know I'm putting this on my blog~!" ( I have no problem with my child giving the finger, but no way are they going to give satanic signs, thank you very much!! lol)

Peter my brother came in by this time and kept saying something about 'Metallica signs' (band?..what the heckeroni do I know,LOL).

Randan and Asher kept telling me it wasn't Satanic and that I need to relax!

Folks, I'm still trying to figure out which picture I should use?

This one?

Or this one?

So wherever there is any kind of action going on, my mother will be coming!

Enters the room...

"Move over" she says...

Asher proceeds to tell her how the heck does she ever get into the bed each night.

Folks, it's high.

She's not that mobile!

I tell the kids...

"Just watch her."

Up she goes.

Finally she says once on the bed...

"Push me over."

LOL

There..

Perfect!

Well of course till I see her making a sign.

"Mom, your saying your a loser."

LOL...

Than I told the kids they better not try to teach her any satanic signs..lol

Of course they had to tell me to stop being so weird.

Better...

LOVE.

And Randan made sure he shielded her from the flash!

"Ok, get off. You come here," my mom tells the boys.

She tells the boys to leave and me jump on!

It's the girls turn now!

Randan decided it was the 'boys' turn but stated..

"Not on the bed, that is just not cool".

Flashing booze and money and looking like a gangsta is!@

So every one had to grab a bottle of booze out of my parents booze cabinet(which is filled by the way...my parents don't drink..'for guests' they say..well we were the guests that night, LOL)

All the phone camera's had to come out.

Randan's. Asher's. Peter's. My camera.

Everyone knew it was going on the blog.

Everyone would be posting on their face book page!

The Tomanio/Redekop's best Christmas Eve evaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Blessings to you and yours this Christmas Day.

JULIA'S PRAYER...

2011-12-24T23:18:00.000-05:00

I wrote to all of you on FEARLESS FRIDAY, asking you to pray for Julia Turner and her family.

It was around 12 a.m. I wrote that post.

Early that morning this precious beautiful girl went onto be with the Lord, going to the Promised Land, arriving to the destination, a place prepared for her before time even began, a time that God predestined.A place where Jesus Christ stated that He had gone to prepare for her.

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. John 14:2

I wrote in my journal just hours before her passing this:

I lift up Julia Turner to God's throne. I lift up her family to God's throne. Jesus, I pray for God's angels that He has commanded concerning the Turner family to be placed standing guard in the hosptial room. Lifting this family up who are carrying their cross of suffering and sorrow. I pray this hosptial room become a holy place, an anointed time of God's peace, comfort, strength, hope and love reigning. Jesus, Messiah, King of kings and Lord of Lord's, come oh Immanuel. Come and rule Your kingdom.
amen amen amen

For all my subscribers here at blog land and those that follow along on You Tube who have prayed for this precious one and her family...I would like you to 'meet' her...

Please continue to pray for her family as they begin the preparation of funeral arrangements and mourning the loss of this amazing beautiful and inspiring young woman!

FEARLESS FRIDAY

2011-12-23T00:24:00.001-05:00

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

Welcome to Fearless Fridays!

A day where I commit to pray for you.

Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you.

To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment sharing your prayer request.

Also, please feel free to grab my button above to place on your blog, letting others know you are praying for them.

You may reach me at free_spirit103@hotmail. com.

I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your life and others.

I know this may sound like a silly prayer but could you all pray for my co workers at Walmart and I over the next few days.

Hedge of protection (some people are mean, nasty and prone to violence).

For peace in a STRESSED FILLED shift!

For strength.

For joy in the midst of the Scrooges we face.

Just got home from my shift this evening and I'm tired emotionally and mentally.

I just want to scream at some people.

It's Christmas.

Yes there are long line ups.

Yes, not every cash register is open.

We are doing our best.

Praise God you are able to stand in line for 15 to 20 minutes.

I know of a family that would LOVE to be standing in line at the check out instead of standing by their dying daughter's bedside.

UPDATE: My son has informed me that Julia has passed away.

I'm just so hurting right now thinking of Julia Turner and her family.

Please pray for them.

Julia is back in the hospital.

Fighting for her life from a cancer that is destroying her body.

Please pray for those that are struggling during this Holy Season.

There are A LOT of hurting people all around us.

Having hope will give you courage. you will be protected and will rest in safety. Job 11:18

Blessings everyone.

CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR, PART 3, SOD

2011-12-20T11:59:00.000-05:00

A Christmas from the past. Asher's gift to me many moons ago..sigh. Isn't he so adorable!

You will notice once you view the video that I was a little busy Canadian Beaver.

Big change from the video.

Of course it's only a quarter of the room.

Not showing what the other three quarters looks like.

LOL

"The tree looks worse than before Ang."

Randy's comment after I moved the tree to put the CD cabinet by the wall that my parents gave us.

Whatever! lol

Last night when I got home I had to call my mother.

"I'm buying a new entertainment unit."

Off I trot into Asher's room when I got off the phone and started to look around his room.

Wondering if I can put the entertainment center into his room.

He won't go for it.

"No, we are not keeping that unit Ang."

Cripe!

"We are getting rid of the couch. We have no room for it. We are seriously becoming hoarders Ang."

Cripe!

Tomorrow we are getting my mother's leather couch.

Getting rid of the larger couch.

Was hoping to put the love seat in my craft room and keep the larger one in the rec room with the leather couch.

As if I got room!

sigh....

I cannot tell you the struggle I was going through with wanting to bring that entertainment center and keeping the couch.

I can't believe how much I want to hang onto 'things'.

Thank God for SOD.

Simplify.

Organize.

Declutter.

I'm learning so much about myself through SOD.

Learning how difficult it is to let go.

Learning to let go of 'things'.

Learning!

One of my vintage items I found at the yard sale on Thanksgiving. Got about five of them.

I don't think they were ever used.

Just gloriously beautiful!

Enjoy the 'tour' and blessings everyone.

By the way, I'm already looking around my home's Christmas decoratings and seeing what else I am going to be giving away.

How about all of you?

How's your SOD coming along?

OPENING SOON

2011-12-20T09:07:00.000-05:00

I will be sharing this group within the next few weeks for those that are interested in learning more about The Sacrificial Diet. I truly believe this is a God thing. Totally lead and guided by the Lord. I believe this 'diet' is all about faith and fasting. I believe that God will lead those that need to 'hear' this 'message' of transformation, deliverance, freedom, renewal and restoration for their lives.

This is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in my eyes. This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. Oh Lord, save us and we will be saved. Oh Lord grant us success. amen amen amen

The Sacrificial Diet is becoming a place where others can come and be set freed from the bondage and addiction to food by the anointing of God Almighty. The Sacrificial Diet is a place where others can come to be set free from anything and everything that is taking control over their lives and mind, causing them to lose their peace and joy that Christ Jesus has promised. This face book group is a place where others will find encouragement, prayed for and to be set free to be all that God Almighty has called them to be!!

Blessings.

IT'S COMING...

2011-12-19T11:44:00.001-05:00

"Your dad and I cried."

That was the comment my mom said to me a few weeks back when she and my dad went to the movies to see Dolphin Tale while she was still in the Shaver Hospital, recovery from her stroke that she had September 15th of this year.

Well as of tomorrow it will be out on Blue-Ray combo pack.

A perfect gift for under the tree!

Got mine!

Sharing the link with those of you that haven't seen what it's about.

Blessings.
http://dolphintalemovie.warnerbros.com/dvd/index.html

ADVENT SEASON

2011-12-18T06:47:00.000-05:00

OPENING PRAYER:

Lord, fill our hearts with Your love, and as You revealed to us by an angel the coming of Your Son as man, so lead us through His suffering and death to the glory of His resurrection.