Hope From Your Mama!

Many who know me, know that I enjoy Social Networking quite a bit. (I love it so much, I wrote a blog about it! Ha!!) http://hopeanchorssoul.blogspot.com/2011/11/hope-in-social-network-world.html I have so enjoyed meeting people whom I never would have had a chance to meet in real life!  I have a friend, Lisa, who goes by the handle, "Sisterlisa", on-line. She is one of my favorite people to check in on and I consider her a dear friend!  She is NOT afraid to tackle controversial issues and DISCUSS them. She focuses on Spiritual Abuse and came out of the IFB religion and faced MANY ramifications for speaking her mind on what she felt about her experiences there. Here is just a little bit about this denomination's "fruit"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJTTqfnNDZk She has MANY types of people weigh in on her facebook posts. This is her blog. http://thehomespunlife.com/hope-for-the-journey/   Anyway, I was looking at her posts on facebook one night a...

I just read an article that a friend of mine shared. It's about a town where people who are homosexuals have been bullied... while people who could help... turn a blind eye. This article broke my heart!!! This is just one of many I have read.  Of course we ALL KNOW this is the "Radical Left Wing media" putting these stories out... or DO WE??  I have gay friends who could tell you stories EXACTLY like this one! http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/one-towns-war-on-gay-teens-20120202 You know...  I KNOW that it's not JUST the "Evangelicals" that have a hard time with and are cruel to people who are GLBT... and I ALSO know that it's not ALL "Evangelicals"...   Heck... I still actually consider myself an "Evangelical" type!  (see definitions #1  #2 and #5 ... skip the rest) Evangelical e·van·gel·i·cal   [ ee-van- jel -i-k uh l , ev- uh n- ] Show IPA adjective 1. Also, e·van·gel·ic. pertaining...

There's a story from the bible of a woman who was caught in the act of adultery.  She was brought before Jesus by the Pharisees who were always trying to trap Him so that they could have a reason to accuse Him.  The story is found in John Chapter 8  Let it first be said that these men who brought this woman before Jesus had NO interest in the woman's well being nor in True Justice. The law that the Pharisees were to follow was that BOTH the man and the woman were actually supposed to be brought to be stoned. Since the woman was "caught in the act"... where was the man? I do believe also by that time, stoning was outlawed without a trial because of "Roman Law"... According to Old Testament Law:   Leviticus 20:10   10 “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—BOTH the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.   Right here the Pharisees manipulate their religious law to make it say what the...

 "Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?  Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered!  Don't be afraid; YOU are worth MORE than many sparrows!" ~Jesus I had a horrendous day.  There were just too many sad things going on around me and I wasn't very happy with who I was and my inability to fix all the sad things. It was one of those days where everything went wrong. Things came to a head and I had a melt down. I cried myself to sleep that night wondering if I would ever feel right again, or would I just sink lower and lower?   I awoke the next morning with my eyes swollen from the tears of the night before and barely having the ability to get out of bed.  But I did, and went to work at my housecleaning job with my sweet daughter and her schoolwork in tow. I clean at a house that has many windows.  My daughter usually sits at the kitchen tabl...

In proper society, we're not supposed to discuss Politics and Religion.  Well, don't worry, I won't talk about politics here at all. (wink wink) I hope you will know that this blog is in NO WAY intended to offend my brothers and sisters in Christ who belong to the Catholic Church.  I was actually baptized Catholic. Whenever I have asked for prayer for things, it is ALWAYS my faithful Catholic friends who pray for me and I KNOW that Father hears them and honors those prayers. Last Fall I went to Holy Hill Retreat Center and very much enjoyed the homily/sermon I experienced when I attended Mass.  I was delighted by the Grace and Truth of Jesus the Priest expressed in his message. I am actually repenting of my past negative thoughts of my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ!     I am using the Catholic religion only as one of many examples of how religion has not changed since Adam and Eve bit into the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  Assuming...

Facebook/Social Networking/Blogging has certainly been an interesting phenomenon hasn't it? Possibly as relevant as the invention of the printing press! It is the ability to publicly express your thoughts and opinions without control or qualification given from a "higher up"... Well, unless of course someone in a "leadership position" reads your thoughts and moves to get you "kicked out" of some club or fired from a job! This really happens to people you know. I know a few personally. Most who know me, know that I very much enjoy social networking. I have taken heat about it on occasion. It is hands down one of my favorite hobbies.  It's funny that people have other hobbies that THEY don't get picked on for... working out, sports, reading... But, there it is. My sisters and brother used to call me "Chrissy Face" when I was little... then, when I was in High School, they shortened it to "Face"... So, I guess it...

One of the things I really like about myself is that I really don't have one "type" of friend that I enjoy being with.  I am thankful that I have a vast array of friends with different... every-things! I learn from people and have constantly been humbled whenever I'm foolish enough to start to make a stereotype.   I have a newer friend I met a little over a year ago who has been such a blessing in my life. She is a VERY spiritual person. Her roots in her faith have come from a more Charismatic/Pentecostal experience.  Things like, speaking in "tongues", visions, dreams, prophesying to one another.. are things that she is more comfortable with. My experience tends to be more of a "that just does not exist, so we don't talk about it" type of background. Even though I have always appreciated the mysticism that is God working all around us, all the time!   I love how she sees almost every situation in her life as a message from God. She is N...

I am approaching my 25th Class Reunion! That to me is unbelievable. I have spent a longer time OUT OF school than I have IN school.  There is no time to lose that 30 lbs I wanted to lose... so I'm just going to have to go with my head held high and my girdle on tight! Truthfully, even though it's been that long since I've been there, I still struggle to this day with the feelings my school experience has left me with.  I was the baby of five kids. When I was about three, My Dad became a "Hippy".  He left the Rat-Race of the city of Milwaukee grew out his hair and his  beard and moved out to the sticks to make a go of becoming a grocery store owner. We moved into an extremely small town and were not welcomed with open arms to say the least. The irony of that, is that today, the little town I grew up in is one of the biggest "Hippy Towns" around! It's in "style" now! There was one family who lived in town that had a bunch of kids who wer...