I passed the concealed weapons course! Scored 100 %!!!!!

Merry Christmas! Please remember Jesus today! It's ok to open lots of gifts and have a huge amount of fun but just do give The Lord His rightful place!

I took a Strawberry pecan cake to a friend last night! It looked so good until I may make one today for my family in addition to all of the rest that I will cook tomorrow! So glad to have my family alive! So glad that I can cook for them! I hope they enjoy every bite! Wish SO MUCH that my son was here for Christmas! Maybe next year!

My 8 1/2 ft flocked Christmas tree that has been ladened with fruit has shrunk down to a 3 feet table top tree with just a few lights and bulbs this year. We are not going for presents either! We ARE going, however, for a whole lot of singing around the piano, peace, celebration of life and joy of The Lord! I am sure that I will slide in some of my family's most favorite dishes too ..... Starting today! They have been through so much this year and I want to treat them like the royalty that they are!

If Jesus is not Lord of all in your heart, then he is not Lord at all in your heart! Even though it may be hard sometimes to turn your complete heart to Him, do it for Christmas because He wants all of you so badly! Give Him the gift of you !

How can we expect to hear from God when He does not hear from us?

Health Clips and Q-Tips:

You know that if you get one extra hour of sleep per night that you may knock off 10 extra pounds next year.....!!!!!

Next year... I am bound and determined to sit in my swing in the garden AND to sit in my swing on my deck and watch the lake. Life MUST be balanced with some relaxation!

Hospital NO! Home YES! Hubby is home!

Tonight, there is such a sense of God being close.....Maybe it is because of the events of the weekend.....Sometimes we really do not know how near death is until we come so close to it.....Makes us THINK about God and THANK God in a different kind of way...Thank God for life, family and friends that care so much and show it....How much more or what more does a person need here on this earth? Too bad that folks cannot be satisfied with the things that they have been given....Be thankful and satisfied today with God's provision even if it may be meager materialistically...because really true gifts are born inside and flow to the outside.

So far everything looks normal regarding his heart . The doctor thinks that it is a reaction to a new medication that he started about 3 weeks ago. That medicine will cause his heart rate to drop and even more so when there are serious pain issues. Last night, his knee popped out of joint and he WAS in excruciating pain for 2 hours while he attempted to get it back in place. SO, they are still running heart tests but I pray that it is ONLY a result of that med. of which they have taken him off. Thank you for your prayers and concerns! ! Prayer makes a difference! Will keep an update..

Hubby passed out last night and is in NE hospital. They think he may have a heart block. I performed CPR on him; he recovered enough to get to the hospital....Please remember him in prayer today! Thank you!

Through all of your "busyness", don't forget to quietly be preparing for the ministry that lies ahead of you. That is the real priority! God has called and many have answered... So be getting yourself ready to do the tasks that is ahead! It WILL come...

I PASSED!!!!!! So, SO happy!

On my way to Greensboro to do my clinicals for the sexually assault nurse examiner class. Pray for me because I had a crash course Last week. Need to remember all that information today. i am excited about helping people that are in their Darkest hour of desperation!

FYI-Dad is recovering well. He walked 250 ft at rehab yesterday! ...... Thanking our Lord! After all, he is 88.....he has got gumption! Nothing can keep him down... 3 surgeries this year, Congestive Heart Failure, low sodium, diabetes, and anemic and he is still going! That generation is amazing! They go after whatever they want! AND THEY GET IT!!!!

If you are going to wait in others to motivate you to get going or keep on going, well you just might end up sitting there! You MUST encourage your own self in the Lord! .... Soooo, get UP and get moving!

Speaking tonight....The Fervent Prayer...!

I am loving this Faith Community Nursing thing!

Working on a website today for my new up & coming business. Maybe it, coupled w/ my new job as a Faith Community Nurse, will soon change a few things....Life has been tough since my business of 23 years had to close.... God will make this more successful than anything before. He knows the plan and He is bound to bless in spite of it all! YES AND AMEN!

Enjoyed campmeeting so much last night! I saw many old friends and enjoyed the fellowship. Also, I slept in a motel that was beside a Babbling brook! The sounds of nature was peaceful. Oh, my...., so peaceful! Too bad I have to go home today…

My dad, Mac Berry, said for me to tell the world to "Go on and be brave and do what the Lord wants you to do!" ... He remains in the hospital and still needs your prayers. Thank you!

Dad has done well through the night and will be moved to a regular room today. He will be 88 in 2 months....This man is a trooper and God is good!

Was concerned for a while....Dads surgery was 2 hours longer than expected. BUT, he has came through and I will get to see him in about an hour....please keep praying as the next hours are critical...Thank you so much!

Enjoying a day with my mother!

Ok... So a couple of weeks ago, all tests for Dad was supposedly normal except for the one that was called to me later. That one was that Dad had a carotid artery blockage. He will be in surgery tomorrow at noon. He wanted me to share so that you may pray for him. Thank you all in advance! He will be in ICU for 2 days minimum.

I thank the church ladies in advance for honoring the graduates today. This includes me, Graduating from the Faith community nurse class. I had no idea they would be honoring with a dinner! Thank you! They are the very best!

Dad has been having some health issues lately. Thank you all for your prayers. His MRI AND ALL TESTS WERE NORMAL and he is going home! Praise the Lord!

I am an official FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE! Graduated just a few minutes ago with Carolina's Healthcare System! Yeah!!!!!!!

Choir won 1st place!!!!! Hubby and I won 2nd place! To God be the Glory and A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE CHOIR FOR ALL OF YHE HARD WORK! You deserved to win!

Working on 20 Outreach programs for the church! Praying for God's grace to motivate others for the mobilization of those programs.....Kicking them off soon! SO EXCITED!!!!!

Anyone feeling alone, ugly, unloved, unworthy or useless today.....WELL, forget that....because "You are SO BEAUTIFUL to me!"....for YOU are fearfully and wonderfully made! Look in that mirror and see who you REALLY ARE in Christ! Beautiful...just beautiful! Worthy....for He has made you worthy!

Singing tonight in Marshville....

I have came WAY too far to turn back now.....My feet have walked through the valley; I have crossed mountains and rivers....desert places I've known. But, I'm nearing the home shore; the redeemed are rejoicing; Heaven's angels are singing; I've come too far to look back!

Praise the Lord! We saw the doctor today & my husband DOES NOT need surgery on his shoulder. The x-rays from before showed a terrible tear in a tendon that was just hanging down. His shoulder seemed to barely hold together. BUT...GOD.....Yes, our GOD....did a work on his shoulder. After 15 years of suffering w/ pain that was getting harder to bear, the tendon today was in place; only some inflammation remained. An injection was given & the pain instantly began to subside. Is that a miracle after all these years???? GOD STILL ANSWERS!

There are only 51 1/2 weeks left in this year! I hope each of those weeks are weeks of victory for you with everyone you see, everywhere you go and in everything you do!....Let Jesus reign in your life and you WILL have the victory that you have longed for......