OK, OK, getting rid of the spider!

I have been getting a lot of comments on how alarming the spider is so this post is for the sole purpose of getting that spider off your screens.

Kim said to make it a REALLY LONG post so to be sure the spider moves way down the screen.

I always have a cute picture of Daniel to share and I'd much rather look at him any time!

Sorry if I scared anyone. (Gabby - I'm extra sorry I really, really scared you!)

EEEEEK!!!

Jim found this on the wall in our bedroom last Saturday night. He didn't call me in to look at it. He only showed me the photos once it was good and DEAD! I am SOOOO AFRAID of SPIDERS!! I slept in the family room at the opposite end of the house for fear he'd brought his friends with him!

So You Think You Can Dance?

I realize that my favorite competitive show is not up there with "American Idol" but I absolutely LOVE "So You Think You Can Dance." I was really not seeing a front-runner in the beginning but once the final four was determined, I was for Sabra. Guess what? Sabra WON!!!!

I love Dance! I am so facinated by movement in general. I love to watch how people walk, gesture, run, play sports, and yes - dance. I think God wired me that way.

I have always been extremely comfortable in my own skin once I'm allowed to move. It makes no sense, I know, because of my insecurities about my weight and such, but I really feel much better about myself when I can move. Sometimes that takes the form of dance but it could just be getting out on the softball field or gesturing toward a sign.

I recently went with a girlfriend to see "Hairspray" and she was seeing it for the second time. She raved about it! She explained that it wasn't really her style to see movies over and over but she planned on watching "Hairspray" often, it was that good to her. She suddenly realized that in her zeal, she had never asked my thoughts on "Hairspray." She turned to me and asked, "Are you into this? I mean, do you really want to see this movie? Is this your kind of thing?"

My response - "What do you think!? It's about an overweight girl that dances more like her black peers and proves to the greater Baltimore area that a fat girl can dance!? Oh yes, I'm into this!"

I'm not certain you all really are wanting to ask, but just in case - YES, I think I can dance!

Rotten Fruit

The fruits of the Spirit have been getting a little rotten in my life lately. Not a pretty sight!
Galatians 5:22 says: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."
I have been doing a lot of reading, praying and quite frankly, crying these past few weeks. But God has met me there. He has shown me much and continues to open up some those dark areas of my heart that need His light.
I have needed to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. The process is well underway but will be just that, a process.
Christ died for the sins of the world - the sins of my offenders as well as my offenses. If I do not let the blood of Christ cover my sin, I deny His work and my faith is false - so, in faith, I am allowing God to forgive me. This is not always been easy for me but He is "renewing my mind" and giving me a new way to think. Pray for me if you will. I need it.
Anxious to be growing some new fruit!