Merry Christmas

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone out there. Hope you have a great Christmas and a fantastic new year. I am looking forward to a great year myself with lots of new adventures and endless possibilities. I can't wait to see where this journey I am on takes me to next. Thought I would just post some pictures of my tree for you all to see.I have been playing with my camera and trying some different stuff. Not perfected yet but it was definitely fun trying. Hope you enjoy.I am doing the Breaking Free Bible study by Beth Moore. Wow, talk about powerful stuff. That is one very gifted lady for the Lord. She does an awesome job with her Bible studies. I am learning a lot about family baggage and generational sins that get passed down from our parents and grandparents. It is tough to break that cycle but it only takes one generation to change the direction of the family line. Question is do we (I) have what it takes to break free from the bondage we find ourselves in.Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you have a safe and happy New Year also. I am anxious for the new year to begin. Looking forward to seeing where God takes me on this adventure I have been on.

Another funeral

Wow! I had another friend lose her battle to cancer this week. She was a good friend of the family. Two funerals, two weekends in a row is a bit much. Pray for the Hannah's family. They have lost three members of the family in four years to cancer. That is a lot for anyone to endure.

Fortunately, Hannah had come to know the Lord before she past away. She was a great lady. She will be dearly missed by many, especially my mother. She was her dearest friend.

Life is good in my world, Christmas is almost here. I love the decorating but have never enjoyed the pressure that comes with Christmas. This year has been different. I have not worried about it like in the past. Maybe, it is because my relationship to Christ has grown and I am learning to trust in Him for all my needs. He never lets me down.

God has laid it on my heart to write a letter to my children affirming them and addressing areas of my parenting where I feel I failed them. Tough to do, but I have a feeling the blessing they get from it will far outweigh the pain of reliving those tough times. Besides, God has proven to me that areas I fail in are areas that He stands in the gap and fills in for us.

Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope and pray that you have a safe and blessed New Year.

Loss of a friend.

Last week my friend Bonnye lost her fight with cancer. We buried her on Sat. She lived almost exactly 2 months after her diagnosis. The Lexington cemetary was covered with a blanket of snow. It was beautiful. She lived just long enough to see her youngest son get married. I feel for her husband Eddie. He will be lost without her. She was a such a sweetheart that it doesn't seem fair that God would choose to take her. Especially, when there are such mean and cold hearted people still wandering around this earth. But it is not for me to question God. I believe he takes us at the point in our life when we can be the most effective for him. She was an awesome lady and I feel privileged to have known her. At least now I know she is out of pain and resting in the arms of Jesus. You can't get any better than that.

My life is going good. Things are beginning to happen that are steering me in the direction I feel I need to go to fulfill my calling in life. I don't really have time to elaborate now. But lots of good things are happening.

I plan to go visit my son in Colorado the day after Christmas. Michael will finally get to meet him. My son has rented a cabin there and we are joining him with some of his girlfriends family and a couple of his friends. Should be an interested few days. Hope all is well in your world. I will write more later. Gotta go for now. Love you all. Marty