I'm Taking A Stand

I will forewarn you this blog might be long.

If you are not in the mood, stop now and read someone else.

I've got a lot on my chest and I need to get it off.

I appologize for any of you who have sent me emails this week. I have found myself unusually tired this last week and have even cheated this week with blogging. Done mostly over the weekend and set up to post at certain times. This also means I didn't read any of my emails until today. Was I oh so surprised at two of them I received. They were from two of the 3 people who decided to quit following my blog this week.

I wasn't was going to blog about this. It frustrated me so that I actually talked to DH about it, and HE insisted I post it.  I don't know how many times I've come across peoples post that are whining complaining because people "don't comment" on their blogs, when they have 46 comments, don't even get me started on that  or people just randomly quit following them and they are losing their masses.  I know it must be horrible when you are losing 1 or 2 people and already have 657 followers. 

What I don't understand is what gives someone who, by their own choice, chose to follow you also gives them the right to be nasty about why they quit following you.  Don't get me wrong, I totally get I am not the funniest or most entertaining person at times, but this blog is for my personal relief, not everyone else.  PLEASE do not get me wrong, I love the people who follow and comment on my blog, (Thank You) but it doesn't give you the right to put me on the chopping block.

Email #1 was in regards to some re-arranging I did to my blog.  Most people wouldn't even notice that in the right hand corner I have listed "The Girls I Can't Live Without", but this particular person did.  Please know that EVERY blog I follow I do read, and try to post a comment EVERY time I go to their page.  I just find that common curtesy.  These particular 6 on my "Can't Live Without" list are ones that I have some kind of communication with weekly.  I read them everyday, no matter how crappy I feel.  I feel like I have more in common with their views, personalities, or sense of humor.  It doesn't make anyone else's blog that much less special.  They were polite by damning me to hell letting me know they weren't following me anymore.   I was disappointed, but I understand and accept she doesn't want to "follow me" now.

Email #2 REALLY upset me.  I am already shaking just getting furious about it all over again. 

This person was upset by my personal beliefs in God.  They were upset because I have been blogging too much Wordless Wednesday was too much for them and thought I was out of line with the picture about religion lately.  They did not appreciate me trying to push my cult like "religious" views on them.  I have too much on my blog with the pictures, quotes, and music.

I enjoy the blogs I follow.  Maybe I don't always agree with everything they say, see eye to eye on it or believe the same ways.  There are people that I follow that have totally different religious views than me and I love their blogs just as much.  I don't feel the need to go out and tell them I don't agree because that is not what it's about.

I still have this precious thing my parents instilled in me while raising me to have for people, it's called RESPECT yes, I know it has become a foreign trait, but I still have it and give it!

Seriously, this was the very last thing I needed this week on top of everything else.

So here it is,

I'm Taking A Stand On My Views, On MY Blog.

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  I believe in God and in His Holy Word is the Bible.  There is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4). He is the creator of heaven and earth, and of all living beings. He has revealed Himself to humanity as the Father (Creator), in the son (Savior), and as the Holy Ghost (indwelling Spirit)."All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (II Timothy 3:16).
  
  
  
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  I believe in Baptism in Jesus Name.  Water baptism is an essential part of New Testament salvation and not merely a symbolic ritual. It is part of entering into the kingdom of God (God's church, the bride of Christ), and therefore, it is not merely a part of local church membership. (See John 3:5; Galatians 3:27)(Romans 6:4; see Colossians 2:12), (Mark 1:10),(Acts 8:38-39).
  Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection are applied to our lives when we experience New Testament salvation: "Repent [death to sin], and be baptized [burial] every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost [resurrection]." (See Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-7; 8:2).
  
  
  
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  I also believe in Holiness, Divine Healing, The Second Coming of Christ,Resurrecton & Judgement.
  
  
  

If you don't agree with me, I am fine with that.  I won't condemn you, or critize or send you a nasty email.

I won't quit following your blog.  Unless you send me a nasty email, lol.

There was no email from #3, I guess I just bored them to death :)  That's ok too. 

So for now, I have no "Follow Me" list.  If you choose to, that's great!  If not, that's great too!  You still have that right with me, and it won't hurt my feelings.

I'm not perfect and don't claim to be.  I make mistakes.  I fall down.  But I do get back up and dust myself off and say "Thank You Lord for keeping me in spite of my messes".   

Disclaimer: If you don't like it, quit following it, but I won't back down from what I believe, ever.

Fabulous Friday

UCLA STUDY

A study worth sharing with friends both male and female:

A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that
The kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending
On where she is in her menstrual cycle.

For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged
And masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal,
She tends to be more attracted to a man with duct tape over his mouth
And a spear lodged in his chest while he is on fire.

No further studies are expected.

Have A Great Weekend!!

What I Want To Be A Part Of

Two for Tuesday

It's "Two For Tuesday"

My brain is still a little fried. I am on overload at the moment.
So for Tuesday, I want to share two other bloggers blogs that I enjoy.
Please check them out, and give them a shout letting them know who sent ya!

1. Marilyn, from over at "The Parks Farm" has started a new blog.
She is still cracking me up a sentence at a time.  If you haven't heard about "mrsnevergetting marriedagain" please check her out.

2. Missy over at Is It Just Me? has a couple other blogs.  I personally like the Dear God.  She ask honest questions that we all have to wonder at sometime or another. 

Have a great Tuesday!  

What the Heck Am I Doing with My Life???

Ever have one of those mornings you wake up wondering what in the heck you are doing with your life?
Then you roll on over and you're like oh my, what is it I'm doing??
Is it what I'm suppose to be doing?
Am I where I am suppose to be?
Is this what I "dreamed" of doing?
What happened to ME?!?!

This morning I woke up asking myself those questions, and then I rolled over, pried myself from under the covers, got ready for work, and rode for an hour there.
Today was one of "those days". 
It was a Monday.
If I could get behind, I was.
Nothing went right.
There was a full moon. 
The people proved there was.
Then on the ride home I received confirmation from the Man in the Moon.

All evening I have wondered how I got here.  This is not what I "dreamed" of. 
This is not the life I had planned. 
Or the people who are in it for that matter.
 
As a kid you have these big ideas and dreams that you will marry the boy you grew up with and had your first crush on.  You're going to live next door to your best friend for the rest of your life.  You'll have tea every day, cookouts together, and raise your children so that they will be "best friends" too. 
 
Here I am many years later, my best friend doesn't live next door (across town, and states/cities away). 
No sounds of pitter patter of the feet at my house.  I'm not married to the boy I swore in grade school would be my husband.  I never became a beautician, a pharmacist, a childrens physical therapist or the 1st NASCAR woman driver (come on now I was young didn't you want to be something extreme?).

However, I moved to a big city with a brand new husband and lived in the burbs and we survived. 
I was blessed with the opportunity to be a pharmaceutical rep which had become my dream job as an adult.  I married a man who was picked for me by God, not by me, just especially for me.
I know without a doubt he will be at home with me every night, and right there when I fall asleep.  
We are not wealthy but we are some of the riches people around.  We are truly blessed by not only a "best friend" but several "best friends".             
Even though I may wake up again tomorrow asking the same questions, and question my sanity when I arrive at work.  I know I am there for a purpose. 
But for now, could you please pray for me to come into a large sum of $$ where I don't have to work????


Just my thoughts for today.

Babies & Birthday

Here are the little rascals!!

Joseph Nathaniel 6lbs 4oz

Thomas Arlie 6lbs 7oz

They arrived Friday evening after 6:30.

They are doing great, and so are Mommy & Daddy!

Congrats to the Family!!

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Today is my good friend Amanda's Birthday!!

Everyone please wish Amanda a

HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!

For Amanda's Birthday I fixed up a little surprise for her last night.

She and Hubby came over to this

and a little R&R without the little ones.

Today DH and I are on our way to Church.

Afterwards we are going to look for my "birthday shoes" I haven't had a chance to pick out from my Momma & Daddy. 

I can't wait to just be outside!!

It looks like this here today