Video - On My Father's Side

Jesus - On My Father's Side

An awesome video about Jesus, a bit late for Easter but still excellent.

Jesus is My Lord & Savior

Felt this was perfect for a Sunday afternoon. I prefer to think and blog about spiritual things on Sunday. I have been a born-again Christians since 1976. I am proud to say Jesus is My Lord and Savior. Is He yours?

Enjoy your day and be sure to think on Jesus.

Charyl aka Mom8isme

A New Year Dawns

This is a new day.  A new beginning. And things will change.

Taylor Swift

It is a new day and a new year.  OK, I am a bit behind the times but then somethings just can't be helped.  Had spinal neck surgery 2 weeks ago and have had the stomach flu since the end of last year.  Who would have thought a person could crave jello and chicken noodle soup.  Well, I sure have.  And it is nice to be able to keep it down.  Progress.  I am on the road to recovery.

Well, I discovered a couple days ago that I have a serious character flaw.  I have over the years allowed my passion muscle to shrivel up into nothingness.  Not good.  Discovered that I was just pretty much existing day to day with no passion or excitement.  I realized I need to get my life out of neutral and into gear.  Actually if you want to read the longer version of this lack of passion odyssey you can click and see the whole post. Anyways, I need to have a life filled with beautiful colors not drab grey.

But the bottom line is that my desire for 2013 is to learn to be "on fire" and passionate for Jesus and for the new venture that Dennis and I have embarked on.  Over the years I have allowed too much bad juju to get in the way of my dreams and desires.  I have allowed myself to feel like I was stuck in a hole with no way out.  The the truth is that the golden ring has always been there for me to grab.  No one or thing has kept me down.  I have chosen to stay down and take the easy, default path.  No longer.  I am going to choose the golden ring and have a life that shines. 

Dennis and I have 15 beautiful impressionable grandchildren.  I want to have a life and be a person that they can learn from.  Looking back I see that our 12 kids pretty much saw a bleak nothingness life in us.  Why would they want to emulate that?  We have pretty much lost our chance to make an impact on them but if we change things and do things right from now on, we might, just might have the chance to  make a positive influence on the grandkids.  And they are so worth it.  I want my grandchildren to grow up being on fire for Jesus and for life in general.  I want them to have that passion that makes a person sparkle and succeed in whatever they attempt in life.

Life is short.  You only have one chance to leave a legacy.  I am a bit late getting out of the starting gate but as long as I have breath, I have an opportunity to make an impact.

Have a wonderful day,

Charyl

52 Pieces of Me Part 4

January 15, 1976 is a day that I will always remember. It was my Birthday as a Born Again Christian. Sure I had gone to church all my life – even joined the church, made a profession of faith and been baptized when I was 12 – but it was never anything more than just words to me.

Back in 1975 I was working for a CPA firm and one of my co-workers, Gary kept telling me about Jesus. I politely listened and even thought at one point – what are you talking about – I was born a Christian. Yeah right. Let me back up a bit farther to the how and why I was working at this CPA firm. I can even see God’s hand in getting me into that job. I was just finishing up my degree in Accounting and had applied to take the CPA exam in November. But I was a DAY late turning in my application and was turned down for the November exam. I did everything I could to get them to accept me but the final answer was NO. My day told me that every cloud had a silver lining but I sure couldn’t see it at the time. I knew I needed to do something to fill the time until the next exam in May. The next day I was up at the local convenience store crying about my situation and the store keeper told me he had heard that the company that did his bookkeeping was looking for another accountant. He referred me to them and I had a job the next week. This was where I meet Gary, who eventually led me to Christ.

Back to January 1976 - I had always “tried” to live a good life but I had slipped quite a bit around that time. I was drinking a lot and my life was a bit out of control. Jeff, my oldest, was in grade school at that time and one day he and another boy collided on the playground and Jeff bounced his head pretty hard on the cement. The Dr told me to watch him all night, wake him up often, check his eyes, etc. Needless to say it made for a long night. But around midnight or 1am, I got bored and ended up picking up my Bible and the Bridge illustration that Gary had written down for me over lunch one day. I got to thinking about my life and all that Gary had been saying. It finally made sense to me. I WAS a sinner and only Jesus could do anything about it. (6 months before I was still “trying” to live the good life. So I can definitely see God’s timing.) At this point I knew what sin was. I could totally identify. So sometime in the early morning of January 15, 1976, I prayed the prayer of salvation and asked Jesus to come into my life and heart. THAT was the turning point in my life. From then on I have never been alone. I have always had Jesus with me. Heck, even the Bible finally made sense. Thank you Gary for sharing Jesus with me. I will be forever grateful!!!!!!!!!!!