I have to admit, this Thanksgiving is bittersweet. I'm so very happy to have my wonderful husband... he is definitely at the top of my "thankful list".
But its a little sad too, cause this is my first holiday without my mom, dad, brothers, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle and cousins and all my friends, including my best one, Sylver. And I miss them so much. We sadly couldn't go to Florida with my parents due to Josh working. I'm not mad, and I definitely am so thankful that it's because I have a husband and he has a job. But I'm homesick and have been fighting tears all day.
I just received a Thanksgiving card from my grandmother, and that ruined me. I'm now a teary mess. I would give up chocolate for a year for a hug from my mom right now.
I'm thankful.
Edit!My mom, not knowing about this post, sent me this picture after I sent her a text saying "I miss you.
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"Me hugging you"
So I had other stuff to blog about... but I don't remember what it is. I'm just going to tell you a story, that I do remember, instead.
One of the very first things that Josh and I noticed about each other is how very alike we are. I would guess it to be 85-95% of the questions we asked each other, the other liked exactly the same thing. Well the more you are together, the more you noticed what is different. Yes, we are very much alike, but we have differences of course. But, that said, I love it when we come across another similarity.
Josh and I made a deal a while back to put aside 10% of every paycheck/cash we get into savings just for us. We haven't always been able too, but we each had a little. Recently, it's been Christmas and our dream of having an Xbox 360. He had $25 stored away somewhere and I had $20. We each had about $5 to add to our "hiding places". I have an old gun. It doesn't work, but looks really cool and pirate-y. (Actually its type of gun that is crossed on the National Guard's symbol.) Anywho, the gun has a cool wooden box case. So I have just been putting little memory things in it and the money. Thus, I shut the bedroom door, reached up on the bookshelf and hid it in the box. Then I left the room and Josh had his turn. He came out a few minutes later and said "well we should have seen this coming. You're a pirate... I'm a pirate, of course this would happen." I laughed, seeing where it was going. Yep! My husband and I, with our alike pirate-mindedness, had both chosen the same hiding place. I never noticed because I didn't take it down off the bookshelf, but instead just opened the lid of the box and put it in there.
So there you go... Josh and I are alike. :-p
I love him.
Hush little baby, don't say a word
Mommas gonna buy you a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird won't sing
Mommas gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring turns brass
Mommas gonna buy you a looking glass
And if that looking glass gets broke
Mommas gonna buy you a billygoat
And if that billy goat won't pull
Mommas gonna buy you a cart and bull
And if that cart and bull turn over
Mommas gonna buy you a dog named Rover
And if that dog named Rover won't bark
Mommas gonna buy you a horse and cart
And if that horse and cart fall down
You'll still be the sweetest baby in town
I loved that song.. are those really the words?!
I'm taking a break from cleaning. Lala asked me to post some pictures of our "home sweet home". I've been wanting to get the house to the point that I wanted to show it off in pictures. It's close, but not quite there. So I'm taking the day cleaning and "decorating". Its kinda fun. But its pizza time now.
So update on the interview.... didn't go well. I mean it didn't go terribly bad I guess, I could just tell she wasn't impressed. And another major bummer, the lady at Bath and Body decided she didn't need me. I pretty much cried over that one.
Buuuttttt...
A grocery store I applied at called me for an interview. So that's excited. Its the first call I've gotten. I got the first interview by going in frequently and asking if anyone had gotten the chance to look over my application. I'm also thinking of applying at a shop that has a huge downstairs Christmas section. It's so pretty and pleasant. Its not that I won't work any job I can get. I would. I just really want a positive environment that's safe and products that I feel good selling to people. Maybe I should just sell Pampered Chef.
Well that's it for now. I'll post pictures soon!
Why I Can't Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown
Dear Friends, A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, so I sent out an e-mail with a few points. With the election just around the corner, I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it's worth repeating...
First, I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.
Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads - I follow. I can't dictate the terms, He does because He is the leader.
I can't vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that's who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won't be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.
In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong- then economic concerns will soon not matter.
We need to follow Martin Luther King's words, don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I don't know Obama so all I can go on is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.
NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (1/31/2008).
To beat Ted Kenn edy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.
There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas, etc., love him. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted "No" on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. There is a reason he voted "No" on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted "No" on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.
Let's take a look at the practice he wanted to continue -
The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:
A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby.)
B. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.
God help him. There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.
Think about this: You can't give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.
There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.
Obama tells us he has good judgment, but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright's sermons. I wonder why now?
Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19-20, "Go and make disciples of all nations." This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you; walk like you; talk like you; believe what you believe, etc. The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?
Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a ...
1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions .
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System.
7. Personal commitmen t to embracement of the White Value System.
Would you support a President who went to a church like that?
Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama's former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside. This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.
A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if it is a white church or a black church, it's still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.
Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him."
Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?
So what does all this mean for the nation? In the past, when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing - judgment.
Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 "Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."
Then God says -
1 Samuel 1:18- "When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." 19- But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. 20- Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles." 21- When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22- The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king."
Here is what we know for sure. God is not schizophrenic. He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, "a city divided against itself cannot stand," so obviously many people are not hearing from God. Maybe I am the one not hearing, but I know that God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture, so I doubt it.
For all my friends who are voting for Obama-- can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this. But I know I can look the other way because of the economy.
I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama's positions. Finally, I have two questions for all my liberal friends. Since we know someone's value system has to be placed on the nation,
1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation?
2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?
Blessings,
(Note: While he wrote this just to his friends, the sad part is that now he has been getting
hate mail and his family is being harrassed.)
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