Tuesday

 

 

“Let no man despise thy youth;

but be thou an example of the believers,

in word,

in conversation,

in charity,

in spirit,

in faith,

in purity.”

~1 Timothy 4:12, HCSB~

 

 

From Mrs. Annette Hano

Please include Jim and Judy Alford in your prayers. Jim has had a set back from a recent surgury and is back in the hospital. Thank you!

 

Adrian Phillips continues to improve.  Please keep him in your prayers.

 

Tom Brister is now home.  He did not require blood while at the hospital and does not require home health care.  Keep the Brister family in your prayers as Tom continues to recover from surgery.

Heart to Heart with Holley: You’ve got the strength you need for a new week….

You’ve got the strength you need for a new week…

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT

I look at the days ahead and wonder.

Don’t we all?

And then these words:

“Go in the strength you have…am I not sending you?” Judges 6:14

We don’t have to…

wait to overcome our weaknesses,

complete the ten point improvement plan,

figure everything out.

The strength we already have is all the strength we need.

Because we have a limitless God within us who loves us.

As is.

And He promises to stick by us.

All the way.

 

Make a memory today!

Anna Lee

Monday

Every word of God is flawless;

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

~Proverbs 30:5 (NIV)~

 

 

Pray for Mrs. Shirley Frazier as she officially gets the results of the MRI.  Pray for relief from the back pain.

 

CaringBridge: KathyJoThompson

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathyjothompson

 

Heart to Heart with Holley

You’re seen

 

My family has a favorite phrase: “We’ll see…”

We add it at the end of stories. Grab onto it to describe the future. Toss it into the middle of decisions.

It works pretty well.

And yet lately I’ve found myself wondering what it might mean to add more to the end of that phrase–to not simply stop at “We’ll see.” What if I finished the sentence?

We’ll see…God come through in amazing ways.

We’ll see…how He’ll work all of this out.

We’ll see…His goodness in the middle of the happy and hard places.

Yes, He knows all our circumstances, every hair on our heads, every care in our hearts.

He’ll see…always has, always will.

And somehow that’s enough to make me close my eyes and smile for awhile.

 

Your turn: We’ll see…{how would you finish that sentence?}

 

 

Have a wonderful Monday!

Anna Lee

Sunday Afternoon

From Victoria Nielsen

hey yall! im back home, i’ve been home but havent gotten to get on facebook! i wanted to thank yall for all the prayers! i also wanted to tell yall another update! 😀 674 people said they prayed to recieve Christ! God is sooooo good! and im so humbled that He let me share Him! yall please continue to pray for Romania!

 

Tom Brister may need some blood today, but is getting up and about more.  Continue to pray for Tom, Gail, and the family.  Thank God for hospitals such as the one at Lacombe where patients are given such quality care.

 

Caroline Cutrer is six.  She is at Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS for treatment of her leukemia.  Please keep all the family in your prayers.

 

Shawn Paul Edwards family received a more position report from the doctor this morning.  Pray for the family who have been on a “roller coaster ride”.

 

Robbie Lynn Callihan has come through pneumonia and a dental problem lately.  Pray for some days of good health for her.

 

Pray for Jamie Schwartz and others in the military as they are serving around the world to provide freedom for us and others.  Pray for their families at home. Deployment are long and seem longer to those who are separated from those they love.

Sunday

Eventually that entire generation died and was buried.

Then another generation grew up

that didn’t know anything of GOD or the work he had done for Israel.

~Judges 2:10 (MSG)~

 

 

Adrian Phillips continues to improve at the hospital.  Keep him in your prayers.

 

Caroline Cutrer, daughter of Sherman, Jr. and Treva Harrell Curter, is sick.  Pray for the family as they seek treatment for Caroline.

 

Heart to Heart with Holley: Plant your seeds.

Plant your seeds…

I dig through the bottom of my purse. A couple of wrappers, a few receipts, and other stray items find their way to my fingertips. Then I brush against a small, square envelope.

“What’s that?” I wonder.

I pull it out and realize it’s a packet of Rosemary seeds. Stephanie Bryant gave them to me at the first planting for The Farm.

I headed home with good intentions of putting them in a pot that same day.

And then life got busy.

I pause and think of how I do that so often with other kinds of seeds–intentions, ideas, words I could write.

I carry them home to my heart and think, “Yes! I will plant my seeds.”

And then life gets busy.

Can anyone relate?

The good news is–it’s not too late.

We can still plant our seeds.

We can still say “yes” to what God is asking of us.

We can still see new growth in our lives.

Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. Ecclesiastes 11:6

{Did you catch that? We don’t even have to be sure how it will turn out to go for it.}

I think I’ve got a pretty pot in the garage that’s calling my name today…

You too?

 

Don’t leave God out of the Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday Afternoon

Linda Hyde Travis
(June 28, 1951 – June 24, 2011)

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A resident of Kentwood, she died at 11:07 p.m. on Friday, June 24, 2011 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. She was born June 28, 1951 in Magnolia, MS and was 59 years of age. She was a teacher in Tangipahoa Parish and Washington Parish for over 34 years and a member of Tangipahoa Baptist Church. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday and at Tangipahoa Baptist Church from 8:30 a.m. until Religious Services at 10 a.m. Monday. Services conducted by Rev. Greg Stewart. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Survived by husband, James “J.B.” Travis, Kentwood, 4 children, Charles Patrick Alford and his wife, Kathy, Baton Rouge, Michael C. Alford, Sunny Hill, Tressie Alford Phelps and her husband, Joseph, Hattiesburg, MS, and Sally Alford Sherman and her husband, Carter, Sunny Hill, 3 grandchildren, Chelsey Harrison Cutrer and her husband, Bret, Kentwood, Morgan Phelps, Hattiesburg, MS, and Andilyn Sherman, Sunny Hill, 1 great-granddaughter, Kassidy Cutrer, Kentwood, mother, Lorese “Sally” McDaniel Hyde Higgins, Line Creek, 2 sisters, Barbara Hyde Duncan, Denham springs, and Donnis Hyde Byrne, Denham Springs, numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by, father, Charles Ellis Hyde, step-father, Woodrow Higgins. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or Tangipahoa Baptist Church.

Saturday

Eventually that entire generation died and was buried.

Then another generation grew up that didn’t know anything of GOD

or the work he had done for Israel.

~Judges 2:10 (MSG)~

 

CaringBridge: LoganWatts

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/loganwatts

 

Jadon’sStory

Jadon has been having a lot of seizures.  They are looking forward to going to Boston to see a doctor there.

 

Tom Brister was doing well yesterday.  I’ll post an update on him later.

 

Have a fantastic Saturday.

Anna Lee

 

Friday Afternoon

From Tammy Toney

shirley blades passed away june 23. services at mckneely vaughn in amite on sat. from 11-2. burial at lewisten baptist church.

 

 

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Mrs. Shirley P. Blades
(September 30, 1931 – June 23, 2011)

Mrs. Shirley P. Blades was born on September 30, 1931 and passed away at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home, Kentwood. She was 79, a native of Tangipahoa Parish and a resident of Kentwood.

Mrs. Shirley is survived by 3 daughters, Patricia Smith “Punkin” and husband Donnie, Gulfport, MS, Bonnie McDaniel and husband Buford, Kentwood and Cheryl Guthrie and husband Clem, Kentwood; 2 sons, Jimmie D. “Jim” Brant and wife Dulce, Kentwood and Dickie Roy Blades and wife Trudy, Kentwood; 10 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild.

Preceded in death by husband, Chevis Blades; parents, Ashford and Linnie Pierce; 2 brothers, A. B. Pierce, Jr. and Walter “Buddy” Pierce; 2 grandchildren, Cory Guthrie and Lane Bryant.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. Russell Kirkland officiating. Interment in Lewiston Cemetery, Kentwood.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N and Hwy 16W (Exit 46) next to Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express. .

Friday

“But as for me, my prayer is to You,

O LORD, in the acceptable time;

O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,

Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.”

~Psalm 69:13, NKJV~

Bertie Hano (Yesterday)

Today would have been Mamma’s 98th birthday. I would like to wish her a Happy Birthday and just want her to know how much she is missed.

With Love,
Your Family

Wendall Rhodus has been undergoing some medical tests.  He has learned he has a problem that can be treated.  Thank-you, God!

CaringBrigde: LoganWatts

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/loganwatts

Pray for Susie Eads, wife of Rev. Bobby Eads, as she begins a medical mission trip to Africa today.  Thank-God for the opportunities she will have.

Mr. Philip Harrel is still wearing his wrist brace because he broke his wrist again.  Pray for his wrist to heal and stay strong.

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell continues to be about the same physically.  Life as she knew it has changed so much.  She still has her sweet, encouraging, loving spirit.

Mrs. Shirley Frazier continues to have back issues.  Pray for her as she sees her doctor Monday to officially get the results of her MRI.  Pray for relief from the constant pain.

Adrian Phillips’ surgery went well.  Continue to keep him and his family in your prayers.

Tom Brister had a good day yesterday.  He was able to sit in a chair and to walk around some.  Pray he has another good day today.  As you pray for him, pray for Gail, his wife.

I taught Cindy Knight of Amite.  She is now Cindy Edwards and has a step-son, Shawn Paul Edwards, who is very ill.  Join Cindy in praying for God’s will in Shawn Paul’s young life.

Heart to Heart with Holley: What are you created to do?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Hands and Flowers photo by Man & His Cam {flickr creative commons}I can just picture her, fingers intent on the keyboard, eyes fixed on the screen, sending a question across the miles that so many of us only dare to ask within our hearts…

How do I know what I’m created to do? It’s not a question with an easy answer. But I do believe there are ways to do some investigating.

Of course, all of us are first intended to LOVE the One who made us and those He places in our lives. But we each do that in unique, specific ways.

To discover more about yours, ask yourself these questions:

* When do I feel most alive? Think of the moments when you lose track of time, when you’re fully engaged, when you feel the strongest.

* When do I bless others? There are things you do that create a response in others. You encourage, comfort, nurture, organize and those around you are better for it.

* When do I feel closest to God? There may be odd moments in your life that seem like they’re not even spiritual–you’re cooking or talking with a friend or preparing a report–but somehow you still sense God’s presence with you.

Were there words or themes repeated in your answers? If so, they’re probably closely connected to what you’re created to do.

If you didn’t find anything, that’s okay too. Just start paying close attention as you go through your day and ask God to show you more about who you are and how He wants you to live that out.

It’s a process that takes time–and it may even change depending on what season of life you’re in too.

What was your answer to one of the questions above? I’d love to know!

 

Did you come up with an answer?  What are you created to do?  I think I have my answer.

Anna Lee