Thanksgiving has come and gone

Well thanksgiving has come and gone, and now we are back to semi-normal life. The holiday season in full swing, it is easy to lose sight of what is most important. Praising our Creator YHWH, and Christ, and celebrating the birth of our savior, and spending time with family and friends.

I don't know, but it seems as though this coming year will be a pretty one that this past. When I say that, I speak for the world as a whole. Maybe peace will find it way to those fighting, and maybe love will be spread a little more.

I know for my family and I, we have had a good year. And I am very thankful for each day that is giving. I look forward to each day, and I am glad that I realize that I need YHWH God, and Christ in my life. I need our Creator in every second, and I hope to always realize that and keep that with me where ever I may go! I hope that everyone had a blessed and safe thanksgiving and is looking forward to a blessed and good Christmas!

Rest in Peace Dorthy Howard

My great grandmother, Dorthy Howard, died early this morning around 1:00 AM CST. My mom and dad where there, and so was her last survining daughter (my mom's mom.). I am glad that she is with YHWH, our heavenly father.

She was a wonderful women, who is for sure now able to dance, and sing, and laugh and play. All things she has not been able to do for some years now. No more pain, no more hurting, no more tears, no more fear. For all that is gone from her now, and she has returned home.

Death, just like birth is a part of everyone's life. What we who are left behind have to realize is that this place we are at now is only temporary. We are here, but for a blink of an eye. I take comfort in knowing that our Creator is loving, and wants to best of us and is 100% in control of all things. I take refuge, in his arms, and in his love. Yes I will always miss my great grandmother, known to everyone as Big-mama. I am just thankful to have been giving another day myself, and hope that I can mke the best of it, for I have no assurance that I will have another. The assurance I have though, is not with this world, but with the creator of it. And so, with a heavy heart, and mixed thoughts and wish my great grandmother a happy Heavenly birthday. Today she took her last breathe on earth, and her first in heaven. Today she was born again, to her heavenly self, her true self.

Meaning of life

You know, here recently I have been hearing a lot of different approachs that try to explain the meaning of life. They are all good, deep insights, filled with very thoughful words. What strikes me most is this, they are left for interpration.

Like most of these things, it comes down to this. Life is what you make of it. You are given the moment and what is within that momment. What you do with it is what is yours. Then that is stored in your memory, for better or for worse, and if so by the grace of our creator you are giving another momment.

So life is really a string, or wave of momments, each tied together at the axis and end points sometimes heading in all directions at once. It kinda relates to that glass is half empty or full. I mean you can stop there, or you can focus on what type of glass, or the quailty of water, or who hand made the glass, or who filled the glass, or where in the world the glass particles where made. Are you can say the glass is half full.

Either way there is a glass, and there is some water. Whatever lables, and perceptions come from it, are based on your own shaped thoughts developed and matured throughout your momments of life. So if you where mad at the time of seeing the glass it could be a filty, piece of half empty crap. If you where happy, then it could be a fullfiling glass or water tasting, half full or water.

Again the glass and some water still remain. It's whatever you make of it, given the momment that the glass is in your reach. When the glass is out of reach, then the momment has passed and you are left with what you did with it.

Life is like a tree

Life is like a tree.

I heard this once before somewhere, but it finally makes sense to me now. Take the roots, grounded, firm. This is your past, the days gone by. In which the current days are grounded end. The trunk, steady and straight for the most part. Heading in one direction. This is the present time. What is currently happening, what current direction you are in. The branches and leaves, limbs, and stims. This is the future. What could come, the many different possible ways you can go from where you are.

So you see life is like a tree. :-)

May YHWH God bless us all, and bring his Joy into our lifes.

Some more updates...

Well, my Great Grandmother has had a bad turn. She was doing better, and now they say she is not responding to anyone, and her eye's where fixed.

She is still alive by all measures, but seems to be out of it at least for right now. My mom is going to see her tonight and let us know if we need to come up this weekend in order to do whatever we need to do.

So all prayers welcome, and thanks in advance.

As for everything else, well work is going great, and I am learning C#. I have to say I am sold on it, and I am totally converting from VB.Net to C#.Net. Sure I will always keep my VB.Net skills, but with C#, well being Object Oriented seems so easy with it.

My wife and kids are doing great and we are truly blessed and very thankful for our new place and my new work. I really think we will like here!

Well off to spend time with the family, but please leave comments, and feedback, and most of all tell everyone you know that you love them! It may be the last time you ever get too!

May YHWH God bless us all!

An update on things

Well my family and I have moved in. We have finally gotten cable internet back! We moved to the LaGrange GA. Area. So I guess I will have to take off my al.com blogs link and find a GA one.

My Great Grandmother is doing a whole lot better and they will be sending her home soon! This is great! :-)

Anyway I don't have much time, but I must say we love it here so far and I look forward to writing more.

Dorthy Howard

My Great grandmother, her name: Dorthy Howard is very sick in the CCU unit at Regional Hosiptal. She only has one lung, and she about died yesterday. Last night my wife and I where there and my great grandmother is so scared and shocked, and tired that everytime she breathes her eyes roll in the back of her head, and then she wakes herself up.

She does not want to go to sleep because of the fear she will not wake up. So they gave her some pain killer that was making it easier for her to rest. Anyway, they are not sure if they will have to put a breathing tube in or not. It really tears at me to see her in such a way.

You see she was always one of those hard working women, gardening, cookings, cleaning, fixing, talking, doing. Now in here last years and days, she can't hardly even breathe on her own. I will always recall her as the strong willed, loving person that she was, and I pray that YHWH God would take away her suffering. Of course I would love to have my great grandmother around for as long as possible, we all love to live! But I also realize that this world is a temporary thing, and she would be going on to a better place. I realize this, and so I pray that whatever YHWH God's will be done, but I ask that whatever it is, it be painless for her.

So if you happen to read this, even just at a glance, I would ask that you would pray for Dorthy Howard. If you ever knew her, then you would know that she was the typical Grandmother type, love, cookies, smiles, sterness when needed, coke floats, and more.

I love her and I truly hurt to see her in such a way...