The Brick

A friend sent this to me and I thought it was worth sharing.... God Bless.

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit to fast
in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed , no children appeared. Instead,
a brick smashed into the Jags side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to
the spot where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against
a parked car shouting, " What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do
it?" The young boy was apologetic . " Please, mister.... please, I 'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. " I threw the brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked card.'It's
my brother, he said , He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.
Now sobbing , the boy asked the stunned executive," Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me..'

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat.. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. " Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy, push his wheelchair -bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long , slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: " Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to
get your attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts.. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen , He has to throw a brick at us.. It's our choice to listen or not.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did
promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you many be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Remember to Smile, when you do you are dressed the most beautiful you can be...
God Bless, your day today.... In Christ Jesus, billiemae

Looking Glass

Hello Beloved,

Tonight I am writing to a new friend... I think that she needs this advice my mom once gave to my son.... So this is for you and I hope you read it..

Back in 1993, my youngest boy left to go into the service and my older boy was still home.
Now , when the young one left the old one was very sad and he decided to go fishing...
He did and a friend of his came down to the fishing hole he was at. Now this friend of his was only 20 years old and he had been drinking.... My older boy was 21 years old..and he was taking the friend back to town and he was stopped by a policeman because he had a taillight out... anyway the policeman smelled alcohol in the front seat... So my boy was arrested for giving drink to the under aged friend..( this was one time he truly had not done anything) ( but at some point I am sure he had done it!) Anyway he had to go and serve some time in jail for this offense
he had not committed. Now , he spent 30 days in lockup and that was a terrible time for us.
Anyway the day I went to get him out he ask if I would take him to see his grandma. So I did.

I took him and he went in and sat at her feet and he ask , Grandma , would you forgive me?
She just looked at him and then she reached over and picked up a compact mirror and said to him. "NO" I will not.. pause the look on his face was crushed...

" Honey, you have not done anything to me that I need to forgive you for, but there is a man who you should ask forgiveness from... and that is when she held the mirror up in front of his
face and told him that when the man looking back at him could forgive him then his life would start fresh."
I tell you that day my boy grew up right in front of my eyes more than any other day he has been alive... Moral : When something bad happens to you and you think so little of yourself that you get depressed and angry and start feeling sorry for yourself go and look into the mirror
and really look and tell the person looking back at you that you have a choice to make and then make it.... The choice will be up to you.... You can continue in self pity or you can grow up in that moment.
I as the parent was so proud that my boy decided that day to grow up. He changed that day and I must tell you it really was for the better.... So please look in the mirror and see who is looking back at you.
Smile: when you do you are dressed the most beautiful you can be.. God Bless,
Friend , I love you but more importantly GOD LOVES YOU! Now learn to love yourself...
your friend in Christ Jesus , billiemae

Reminder

Hi Beloved,

I just wanted to remind you if this is your first time to the blog that I just started it in
December, 2009 , so my beginning is there... My Testimony and all about getting to
know about the blog. So please go back and check it out.... I will remind you from time to time
as what I wrote is stuff about what God has done for me and brought me through and I really want to share it with you.. I' m old so I will no doubt repeat myself a few times too. ( smile)
I really do wish I could write as well as some of the ones I read on here, but , again that is ok.. I do write from my heart .. I love ya , all of ya...

Now, for your EYES listening pleasure, and your fun bone too! Please visit this new and exciting blog :

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Remember to smile, you are dressed the most beautiful you can be when you do....
God Bless Your friend in Christ Jesus, billiemae

Prayer String

Hello Beloved,

Well it is Super Bowl Sunday for you footballers.. Me, I would rather watch grass grow!!!!

I am not a sporty person... sorry..

The reason I write tonight is to tell you about my friend from Chicago... She is the one who is

called " THE YELLOW ROAD WARRIOR". Well, she just had another surgery on her mouth this time.... anyway she is doing better,, thank you.. Please continue to lift her up in prayer.

Well , in prayer group last week she came up with an idea of a " prayer string" . It is a rather neat idea.... She has ask the group to write down their prayer requests and tie them to the string. Then when we all get together for the next prayer meeting we will put our strings into

something and draw out ( like names at Christmas) and then for the next 30 days we are to

pray for that persons prayer requests ... Sometimes it is easier to pray for others then to pray for yourself... The ladies in group thought this was a neat idea too... so as you can see from the

picture above this is what I am talking about.. pretty cool idea, eh?

It does not matter what you write down... it will be prayed for with love by the one who gets it..

This group of women pray like no one I have ever seen before!!! They PRAY!!

I think this is a neat idea because my sister, Lois, sent to me last year an idea about praying

for 29 days and waiting to see when God would answer.... I tell you folks this idea works!!!

If any of you have any neat ideas please feel free to let me know...

I hope and pray that each one of you will have a great day today. there is no tomorrow because when it gets here it is today! So for today I pray you have all that God wants for you...

Remember to Smile: you are then dressed the most beautiful you can be .

God loves you and so do I..... Your friend in Christ Jesus, billiemae

Song to you

Hello Beloved,

I just wanted to tell you that I have a song I want to " sing" to you... Just remember I can't sing
real well!

My God , is a good God , He is a great God.
He can do everything but fail..
He can move every mountain that stand in your way,
My God , is a wonderful God.

When you are having moments of doubt let this little song come into your mind, sing it often and watch as God does all sorts of miracles in your life.
Something to think about..

A smile is less effort then a frown and use less muscles..
Your smile may be what keeps someone from feeling so lonely today.
Something that is very catching is your smile.
What do you have to give away that is absolutely free? Yep, your smile.

Smile, when you do you are dressed the most beautiful you can be...
I love you all and I am smiling at each one of you.

Yes, most days I think that life is this simple,,, smile,,, God Loves You.
your friend in Christ Jesus, billiemae

Angel Unaware

Hello Beloved,

I woke this morning with a heavy heart. I just felt like things had come crashing down on me..
I got down to pray and just cried out to Jesus about all the things that were bottled up inside of me... I had such a heavy heart for things I thought I was over and done with... But, are we ever over and done? I am still in the learning process here. I cried out loud at how much I missed my Mama. I could always talk to her and she would just listen ., but Mama is gone and now I am learning how to talk to my Father. Yes, my Father in Heaven... He is really the one I should have been talking to all along.... Like I said I am in the process of learning here...
As the day has progressed I had something come across my thoughts I found interesting... I want to share that with you now.... and by the way Thanks for listening.

This happened several years ago before I had my fall in the tub. Maybe a month before or so...
I was on my day off from work, I was feeling really low this day.. ( I suffered from depression very badly) I thought that if I just sat and didn't breath I would die.... ( The thoughts one has when in the midst of depression). I just wanted to will myself to die... I had no energy in my body, mind, or my spirit. I was just in a very dark, dismal, abyss. I was at the point of no return. I was so cold inwardly as well as on the outside physically. I tried to bring myself out of it by sitting in a hot tub of water and laying under mountains of blankets but nothing helped.
This went on all day long, somewhere in the day something stood up inside of me and said,
go to the grocery store.... I went. I went inside the door at the store and a woman spoke to me... I spoke back rather short to her. I went to the next aisle and she was there too and spoke again, again I was rather short with her, this happened again in the third aisle of the store... She spoke and said to me " Hi, How are you? I told her well, and she responded I think we should pray. You know what she did then? She prayed! yes right there in that aisle she prayed.. People all around us and she prayed.. I don't know how long it lasted for sure but it was a while.
After she prayed and we talked for a bit I left to get something or other. After the checkout line I went to get in my car and there she was again... She talked some more and said she would keep me in her prayers.. I said thank you and she left... Now what is so funny ( not laughable, but strange) is I had NEVER seen this woman before in my life! I worked in the public and saw all kinds of folks everyday.... I had NEVER seen this woman before NOR have I seen her since that day...... I believe that in my darkest moment that God sent me an angel to help get me over a large hump in my road that day... I made it through that day and the next but if God had not sent an angel to talk to me would I have made it through that day?? I don't think so...

In scripture it says:
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares.. Hebrews 13: 2
I still have days where the darkness comes back BUT it doesn't stick around too long... I know now how to get rid of it ..... PRAISE GOD! I am thankful that God is so personal . He has surrounded me all of my life and I just became aware of it recently... Please won't you pay closer attention then I did.... God Bless You.... remember:
Smile, when you do , you are dressed the most beautiful you can be....
your friend in Christ Jesus. billiemae

Receive and Give , Part 2

Hello Beloved,

Please forgive me... I forgot to put in the last post what I really wanted to say....
The widow woman DID NOT run out of oil or meal because she was obedient to what she was asked to do....
You will NOT run out of your blessing either if you will do what is asked of you .. God Blesses those who obey Him....
Thank you and I am very sorry for the mix up. God Bless Billiemae