He’s crazy about you!

My sweet blogging sisters-

It's been crazy busy the past 10 days; traveling 4 states - flying, driving, speaking, training, ect!

God has been doing awesome things in my life! I just haven't had time to place any new Posts!

You sisters are still always on my mind, and I have a ton of new things I want to share..........imagine that (tee-hee)!!!!!

I will need a few more days before I have the time to place my thoughts in print, but I did want to give you just ONE thought for the day!

"HE'S CRAZY ABOUT YOU!"




If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring, and a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.

He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.

What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem; not to mention that Friday at Calvary.

Face it, He's crazy about you!!!!!!

I LOVE YA SISTA'!!! :-)

Hi sweet friends-

Today I’m thanking God for YOU in my life!

What would most of us do without our sisters, confidants and shopping, lunching, and traveling girls?

Let's celebrate each other for each other's sake!

What Does the Future Hold?

Pam’s Page 23 – “Finances”None of us knows for sure what the future holds! This lack of knowledge often opens the door of fear. It affects our business, but more importantly....it affects every area of our life!

Two of my business associates shared fears with me last week. You would have thought they had read each others scripts, because their concerns were identical. Both of these gals felt burdened by all the Presidential Election stuff and the latest scare with the U.S. Economy. They were dreading the out come and fearfully thought it could affect their business and family income! These concerns were almost paralyzing them, from moving forward.
I shared with them that I too had felt a few heavy days because of these issues. Then I made a choice to reeducate my mind. The Bible refers to this process as renewing the mind. Instead of fighting a fear or merely putting up with it - I flush the negative out and replace it with a LOT of Praise & Worship Music, time in God’s Word and long conversations with Him (Prayer).
Clarification - I take a LOT of time doing these three activities, when I need to renew my mind! I take as much time as necessary, to get my flesh out of the way (tee-hee)!!!!!!!!
Wondering about things we don’t have answers to - opens the door to fear. Instead of wondering, we can trust God that whatever our future holds He will enable us to handle it when the time comes.

Wherever you are going, God has already been there and paved the way for you!
I look at some of the things my friends have gone through, like most recently – the Iowa Tornado & Flood Victims (Leslie); my dear friends Jeanne & Rickee with health issues, Arvilla with a husband so very ill…..just to name a few!

I think to myself, “I am afraid I could never go through that with the graciousness and courage I have seen them display.” Then I remind myself that when we must go through something, God gives us the strength to do so.

When we merely fear going through something, we do it without any help from God at all. When I look back over my life and remember some of the things God has brought me through I think, “how did I do that?”

It was because of God’s grace and power! He enabled me to do what I needed to do at the time and He will always do the same thing for you if you ask Him to.

We may not know the future (Elections, Economy, Health, etc), but if we know the One who holds the future in His hands, we can look forward to it with joy and without fear.
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it……my sweet girlfriends! Let's walk victoriously into our future! Celebrate each day full out!

None of us know what the future holds, my friend!

The Pink Ribbon symbol means even more to me after this week!

Pam’s Page 24 – “Friendship”

Dearest Blogging Sisters-It’s amazing how an adversity in our life can grab our attention, and almost stop our world! From that tuff event forward – our lives are never the same! Our sustaining faith is what gets us through those dark times in life - when we don’t know where to go or what to do, and it seems that you can’t last another day…..but because of your faith in God, you do. You know He can bring victory out of any circumstance and “make all things work together for good.”

I HAD TWO TUFF EVENTS THIS WEEK-One of the events is very personal and I’m holding off….to share that with you next.This week I want to tell you about a very special lady, my dear friend Rickee. She is an incredible woman who I respect and admire. I’m inspired every time we are together! She loves the Lord and shows passionate love for His people, truly a woman of excellence!
We took this picture two months ago and Rickee is wearing a pink top, just a random outfit choice for her day. As of 4:00pm last Friday I think the color pink will have a different meaning in her life, since it is the symbol for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Friday afternoon Rickee said, “The doctors have come to the conclusion that I have Stage 4 breast cancer in my left breast and right lung!” (The lump was only discovered a week ago, no warning signs!)

The National Breast Cancer Foundation says, “Each year over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 40,000 die. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime! If detected early, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer exceeds 96%. Mammograms are among the best early detection methods, yet 13 million U.S. women 40 years of age or older have never had a mammogram.” Click on this link and support FREE mammograms! – Breast Cancer Site.Com

The Scriptures say, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Heb.11:1 (Things beyond a medical report!)


SO LET US STAND IN FAITH TOGETHER:Father I pray health over Rickee right now. You are the God of healing, of miracles, and we claim that healing for Rickee. It is not in your will for your children to suffer. So please give wisdom to every Doctor and Nurse that comes in contact with Rickee. We claim a healing miracle for Rickee’s body - in Jesus name, and for Your glory. You know Rickee will give you the credit and the glory for her improvement in health. Yours is all the glory in this situation, Lord. Thank you Father for health, and for answered prayer. AMEN!

OTHER PRAYER & PRAISE REPORTS?
Please leave a comment with a prayer request and/or tell us about any Breast Cancer Survivor you know! Let us all pray together! Let us all celebrate the victories and praise God together!

33 Years Old and I'm still learning!

Pam’s Page 24 – “Family Life”

OK, I’m not the age of 33 years (tee-hee) as this title suggests. However - I’ve been "Married" that long and I am still learning. Still learning how to be a better Wife!

Scott and I just celebrated our 33rd Anniversary on Oct.4th. We had dinner at an awesome Italian Restaurant - with special new friends, Drew & Anna.

We had an awesome evening - as the four of us talked about our lives and the direction God is leading us. It was exciting to spend the evening with a young couple that is passionate about fulfilling God’s purpose for their life and for their marriage!!!!!

Our conversation reminded me of an incredible book called - "Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren, who is the pastor of Saddleback Church in California. It is one of those books that Scott and I continue to revisit, underline and really study! This book has even impacted our marriage! (You can view this book on my Blog Book Shelf)
In part of an interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said..........
People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God- is more interested in your character than your comfort.
God is more interested- in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year- has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think- that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather- than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter- how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter- how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus- on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.
If you focus- on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness," which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly- that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.
It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn- to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
God's Blessings on you today!!!