So it’s fall and the leaves are turning.  I have already scheduled some photo sessions.  I love fall photos.  Here is one of my granddaughter.  Enjoy!

This past week I heard someone say that you need to KNOW how you will react before you are put into situations where you will have to react.  You should know yourself and plan how you WILL react not how you should or how you wish you would.  So here’s some questions to ask yourself:    If confronted by a person with a gun, what WILL you do?  If an authority figure asks you to do something immoral what WILL you do?  If our country demands we give up our right to bear arms, what WILL you do?  You must know where you stand BEFORE you are asked to take a stand for or against an issue. And ultimately, if our government demands we denounce our true God or our Savior, Jesus Christ?  Will you deny him or will you TAKE A STAND?

From the first Democratic debate……   On Monday, Hillary gave a speech saying a president needs to be the president for ALL the American people, however when asked in the debate who are the enemies she has made that she is most proud of, her answer was the Republicans.  So my question is…… are Republicans not American citizens to be represented by the president?  Just one of the many questions that the debate left in my mind.  In all my life, all the Presidents before this one (OBAMA), I never heard them call the people who are members of the other party, enemies.  It would certainly be more helpful for Hillary to call out our real enemies, such as ISIS the Islamic terrorists.

An update on my 49 in 49.  One of my 49 goals is to workout this year on a consistent basis.  Eric and I joined Chesterfield/ Doling Family Centers.  I finally got over the horrible cold I had and started walking this week. What a great time I have had walking and worshiping.  Thank God for His strength to fulfill the goals He put in my heart.

Ok, so one last thought… Our responsibility as a Christian is to spread the message of God.  Matthew 28:19-20.  Go ye therefore teaching all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.  We are to be fishers of men.  We can have all the “ministries” we want, but the most important is to love others and tell them about salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ.  I hear a lot of Christians that complain about others who say bad things about them or in some way hurt their feelings, or attack them because of their ministry.  Well, I am not sure why they complain about it, that is what we are told  will happen.  If you are just wanting others to praise YOUR ministry and proclaim how wonderful YOU are then you have the wrong idea.  The ministry is to bring Glory to God, not you or any man.  It is not for us to worry about who likes us or what they say about us.  Our mission is to do what God tells us to do and He will handle the rest.  Believe me, He is far more capable than we are to deal with the naysayers.  And we don’t need to continually be threatening that God will take care of the ones who speak bad about us if we are in His will.  Just rest in the knowledge that He is taking care of everything and remember the verse in Matthew 5:11, Blessed are ye, when me shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.  God has it covered.

Have a great week and find a way to Take A Stand!