A friend of mine, Tim, had shared several clips from books to encourage me over the last few years written by a man named A.W Tozer. I have never officially looked at one of his books, ( though I plan to change that soon ) but I picked up a novel actually, and this paragraph was in the front… I thought it was powerful and I wanted to share it:)

Enjoy:)

“Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly set free! No one can hinder him. It is only when we introduce our own will into our relation to God that we get into trouble. When we weave into the pattern of our lives threads of our own desires we instantly become subject to hindrances from the outside”

Chew on this and eat of the word….Get into God! I can promise, if you will take of His body, you will be filled:)

Love ya!

Jess

Q: What do Baghdad and Hiroshima have in common?
A: Nothing, yet.

Q: Have you heard about the new Iraqi air force exercise program?
A: Each morning you raise your hands above your head and leave them there.

Q: What’s the five-day forecast for Baghdad? 
A: Two days.

Q: What do Miss Muffet and Saddam Hussein have in common?
A: They both have Kurds in their Whey.

Q: What is the Iraqi air force motto?
A: I came, I saw, Iran.

Q: What is the best Iraqi job?
A: Foreign ambassador.

Q: Did you hear that it is twice as easy to train Iraqi fighter pilots?
A: You only have to teach them to take off.

Q: How do you play Iraqi bingo?
A: B-52 … F-16 … B-52

Q: What is Iraq’s national bird?
A: Duck.

Q: What do Saddam Hussein and General Custer have in common?
A: They both want to know where the heck those Tomahawks are coming from!

Q: How many Iraqis does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. They can’t turn them on anyway.

Q: How is Saddam like Fred Flintstone?
A: Both may look out their windows and see Rubble.

Q: Why does the Iraqi navy have glass bottom boats?
A: So they can see their air force.

So, I was sitting here wondering why I never have any footprints….

Then my genious mind went *BANG!!!!!*

I Got it!!!!

I have No Friends Anymore!!!!!

And I never visit anyone elses unless they have way cute pics of little babies…..

Hmmmmmm…..

I need a life!!!!!!

AHHHHH!!!!!!

For starters, MOM IS CANCER FREE!!!!!!!:)

Life is good:):):):):):)……. She went yesterday for her two week appointment….( can’t believe it’s been that long already!!!) and she was able to become a woman again:) No cathaters or anything junk like that!!!! Then the Doc informed her that she is doing great and needs no more treatment!!!! What a blessing and relief!!!!

Now:) I know this sounds so puny compared to my Mom and her stuff, but if ya think about me over the next week or two, please pray I can get everything together for the trip…( taking a little time in west palm beach with my buddy Reba:) ) and I am not ready at all!!!!! So:) I would appreciate it:)

I hope God is blessing you all mightily, in the good and bad! You can learn so much through the hard times even though they are just that…hard:) Take advantage of it and keep going!!! Your Lord is just showing you once again how much you mean to Him, and you probably wouldn’t notice as much if everything was always wonderful!

Much love,

Me

ps…Finished the last JAG I had last night ….bummed til may 20th

Hey!!!!! I am updating!!!!! ( Don’t pass out!!!!)

My garden:)

Gathering InfoYa, Rach..It’s what you think it is:POur new best friend:)My “gardening” angels:)Bottoms UP!!!!

God is blessing so trememdously with this garden and in my life!!!! For all the down moments, He sends such love, you can’t whine for long:) Wednesday is the big day for Mom to find out if there was any cancer in the surrounding areas, so pray:)

Much love always,

Jess

I am so tired…

Do you ever feel like you have sand bags weighing more than you on your shoulders that you have to hold up while going thru life?  You know, after like, 5 minutes, your strength is all gone and you are just dragging????

I am just tired…

All the emotional stuff with Mom just drained me last week…..Trying to hide it from Mom some days drained me more, since I am not the best actor on the planet…And this week, no acting nessesary but I haven’t stopped with work and home life…And I am fighting off a cold:P

Ok, done whining:)

The time with the kids has been great:) The littles are so precious and make every day worth living and I love it.

Men in Plant City are like parking places….All the good ones are taken and whats left is handicapped or way far out!!!!

Ok, that was random…..

I love Josh Turner:)..Trace Atkins does an awesome concert..even in a terrential downpour!!!!

The big kids have been amazing too!!!! They actually have shown themselves so strong for me these last few days, cause when I come home from work, everything has been so nice and clean and purdy!!!!

Last random thought for the day…

Don’t go to blockbuster and get a movie just cause the cover looks good…….Thats foolish…as I am for falling for it……Read about movies before wasting money:)

Ok, thats all folks:)

Hey Ya’ll,

The Family has a website that is actually keeping up with all the Mom updates, including a recently scribed article by Mom:) Please visit and leave comments!!!!!

Thanks,

Jess

gravesfamily11.blogspot.com

Please keep praying!!! You have NO idea HOW MUCH we feel it!!!!

Dear friends,

It is with a heavy heart I must beg your prayers.

My Mom was diagnosed with invasive cervex cancer this morning. We aren’t sure to what extent it has gone yet…We should get a map and plan set out after her next appointment, monday afternoon.

Please continue to keep us all in your prayers. The little guys are realizing it much more than I thought…All the way to Zack and Libby.

We are heart broken as can be expected I suppose.

I will try to keep you all posted from here.

Please pray for complete healing and that it is staying in the one area and not spreading.

Jess

I figured you all might appreciate an update

I AM STILL ALIVE

Ok, talk to you later:P

Ok, fine……Over the past few weeks, lots have been going on!!! Lots of work, learnging new things, being with my babies, visiting with friends, crying with friends, feeling lonely, feeling elated, getting close to God, feeling so tired I can barely stand, driving, and paying way to much for gas while driving!!!!, listening to music, praying while driving( those poot people that think I have lost my mind and am talking to myself in traffic..you know it’s really gotta be confusing when you are crying while driving:P)…you all get the idea:)

Below are just some pics from my life…Civil war reenactments, civil war style balls, friends, family……Life:)

God has been showing Himself so strong to me and it is always amazing to see Him work. With Him in my life, I know for a fact that I am not the only insanely crazy being out there!!!! He keeps up with me!!!!

Drop me a line and let me know you are alive!!!

Yours,

Jess

And lastly..this picture brought me to tears….I think it explains itself!

In Christ,

Me

Hello…

Your friend is a COMPLETE AND TOTAL IDIOT!!!

Here I am feeling TERRIBLY unloved for it showed that I had NO footprints for the last several weeks…

Then tonight it hit me that it said I didn’t have any even when I had comments…*ding* something registered…*DUH* some thing was wrong!!!! But what, I ask you???…WELL…let me let you in on a little secret…your idiot friend had been doodling and set her footprints to anonoumous….BRILLIANT…I still dont remember doing that!!! BUT when you do, it will make it so you dont get footprints yourself!!!! I am such an idiot!

Then to make matters totally hysterical, after being proud of myself for figuring it all out, I look at my comments from my last post and realize …FOR THE FIRST TIME…that I had totally BUTCHERED the spelling of the word FRIENDS!!!!! ROFL!!!! *DUHNESS*!!!!

OMW!

Ok, well enough of me….

I now would like to tell you some totally exciting news!!!! My dear friends, Gabriel Pollock and Kitty Dicsher began courting on January 19th ( her birthday)!!!!!!

Be praying for them as they start their new phase of life!!!:)

And me with buddies during the big *Gaging/slightly more then mushy courtship party*

Luv Ya’ll and now I can see when you have been here so I feel loved agaiN!!!!!

YAH!!!!

LOL…

Jess