Counting my blessings..

Hello again, on this cool, rainy Friday...70 beautiful degrees in Lilburn!

We had an exciting day in our family yesterday!  We gained another member!!  Evie Michelle Massey, 6 lbs 5 oz of pure joy!  We are thankful to God for His protection over the mother and the baby.   How many times do we really think about their safety????

As we left out of Stephanie's room, so she could rest some before the big event, we heard a code blue for labor and delivery.   We felt so afraid for someone, someone we didn't even know.  We prayed right then and there....a few moments later, we hear terrible sobbing, and someone coming out of the ward, having to be helped to walk by a nurse.  The nurse went back into the ward,  my friend and I( the other Nana to Evie), walked over to the sobbing lady.  It is her daughter.  She is in labor with her third child.  She began to have a seizure, then stopped breathing.  They rushed her to the OR, where they did an emergency c section on the baby. 

I went over and just held this lady, as she cried for her only child, not knowing if she was dead or alive.  I prayed with her, we stayed with her until the Dr came out and called the family back.  Not good news.  

Sadly, this young mother did not live to see her new son.   This is almost non existent in todays world.  The baby sometimes doesn't make it, but the mothers almost never die during childbirth anymore.  Sad...

Sadly, the little baby boy was transported to another hospital, because he began to have seizures.  I have no idea what was or is going on today, but I know that I had the opportunity to share Gods love with two hurting, grieving people.   

We never know when it is our appointed time to leave this world.  My prayer is, that this young mother knew the Lord, that she is now in Heaven awaiting the rest of her family.  This makes me realize more than ever, that we have to share Jesus with everyone we meet.  We NEVER know when our last breath is coming.  WE have to be ready, to know that we know that we know that we will be with Jesus when our last breath comes.

I pray today, for each one of you.  That if you do not know without a doubt that when you die, you will be with Jesus in Heaven, that you will do so today, right now.  We are not promised out next breath, and once its gone, there are no more chances.  We are shown over and over that age is not a factor in when we will die.  Please please make that decision today.  If I can help you, I want to.  I am here for all of you.    

Until the next time, God Bless us all! :)

OK! Lets try this again....

Was I gone long?  Seems like forever!  Lets see, where were we??

Obedience....what does it mean?  As I mentioned in a previous post, one of our salon clients mentioned obedience, Gods will.....That spoke volumes to me....I knew I wasn't being obedient...I was getting better, but I wasn't where I needed to be with my relationship with God.

One day, out of the blue, I found myself in an almost empty salon.  Some of the girls had retired, some had moved on, and one, well, she just left without notice, without saying a word.  The last thing she said was on Friday afternoon as I was leaving work, "Have a good weekend".  I had no idea she would be packing up and moving out as soon as my tail lights were out of sight.  

There had been many years with this person...who I always thought was my friend.  I guess you find out who your true friends are at some point.  We worked together for along time, but for the previous few months before she left, there was tension.  It made it hard to come to work each day, and hard to be in the mood to make women feel good about themselves, but I did it, with the help of God of course!  I kept thinking to myself, "I can't say anything to her, she will leave, and I need her money to keep the salon open, I have to just deal with it"..........................................

So, that next morning, I walk into an empty station where she once was.  My first thought was, How am I going to do this??????  Within seconds, my next thought was, Whew!  The tension is no longer in this building, it felt so different!  Then it was just like I heard God say, "Now, WHO do you NEED??"  I immediately realized that God was using this to show me that I need HIM...not her money, not anyone elses money....just HIM.  This is the day that my eyes saw things so much more clearly.  From that point on, I began to trust God for everything.  

Then next Tuesday, the first day open since she left, I was at the salon before anyone else came in, I had the radio on, and I had my paper, pen and calculator, trying to figure how this was going to work.   Then.....on the radio, the song "while I'm waiting" came on.....I had never heard it before....and in that song, it says, I will move ahead bold and confident, taking every step in OBEDIENCE!!  God also used that to speak to me...I had a long talk with my Heavenly Father after that song, and I knew that everything was going to be ok.  I didn't know if the salon would stay open or close, but I knew that it was going to be ok.....

Sometimes He has to knock us down to make us look up.  For this, I am thankful.  For this "storm" in my life, I thank Him.  There is so much more He did from this point on, and tomorrow, I will fill you in on more.  :)

I am still praying for everyone that reads these words...If there is ever anyway I can help you, please don't hesitate to contact me.  I am here for you!  Until tomorrow, God Bless us all!  :)



 

 

Is it still Tuesday??

Whoa!  Its 5:25 already???  Its been a busy day!  But here I am!  :)

Ok, I just erased twice, so I think I need to go ask God just what it is He has for me to post today....Don't go away, I will be back, as soon as HE gives me the words......:)