In Memory of Boomer

I just read at my mother in laws blog Country Pleasures about Boomer. He's a 3 year old boy who drowned sometime this past week. His parents are the new youth pastors at Brin's church. Visit her blog http://www.messythrillinglife.blogspot.com/ for more on Boomer. The family just had a baby girl and with hospital bills and funeral expenses they need all the financial help they can get. If you feel led to help, please donate $5. Brin has a paypal account set up to do that. The details are on her blog. Let's keep this family in our prayers. I have a daughter who will be 3 in July-I'd be completely devestated if something ever happened to her. She's my life-my world. I will be keeping this family in my prayers. Sometimes, we don't understand why things happen and might even question God, but somewhere down the road someone who is not saved will come to know Christ as their Savior because of Boomer. We also have to realize he's in a better place now and we should celebrate with him bc he's with Jesus! I wish I were there now. God bless you all and may peace and comfort rest with Boomer's family.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Christ the Lord is Risen today!!!! Hallelujah! Keep the TRUE meaning of Easter in your heart, now and always!

Happy Good Friday & Happy Easter!

Happy Good Friday! Though, the name is kind of an oxymoron b/c it wasn't a good Friday for Jesus all those years ago. As we get in the excitement of Easter this weekend-hunting eggs with our kids and grand kids and having dinner with our family-let's not forget what this holiday is really about. As it is with every holiday-it's commercialized.
Today is the day we honor the day Jesus was crucified-he died on the cross to pay for our sins b/c it was the only way that we could be forgiven of our sins and our debts paid so that when we die we can spend eternal life in Heaven with Christ. Easter is celebrated b/c that is the day he arose from the tomb.
Our church is having a sunrise service that morning (though with a two year old-I'm not sure if we'll make it but we'll be there for the rest of it!), then the church cooks breakfast and eats, then has a praise and worship service. My children's church kids are singing some Easter songs. They've been working hard, so they will do good I'm sure!
Tonight our church is having a foot washing service.
Well-I hope everyone enjoys this weekend and keep the true meaning of Easter in your heart-not just today but always.
Have a blessed weekend and Happy Easter!

Ulitmate Blog Party Winner and Easter Egg Swap

Wow-2 posts in one day! lol
If you read my blog on Mama's Angel then you know about the Ultimate Blog Party going on last week. Well, I had a giveaway sign up and I am now going to announce the winner.
And the winner is......
Tori's Mimi!
I have left you a comment on your blog so I hope you get this! If I don't hear from you in a couple of days I will have to redraw a name. Thanks to all those who left comments and all of the nice new people I met through the party. I hope to get the party started sooner next year.
Also...I am hosting a Easter Egg swap. You just decorate a plastic egg with paper, material, stickers, ribbon-whatever you want and swap with any of the others signed up on the list. So far, I've got 5 already signed up so if you're interested please let me know ASAP as Easter is Sunday so we can get those out in the mail soon! Just leave me a post on here and email me your address (craftychic82@yahoo.com).
Thanks, and happy blogging!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day! Are any of you wearing green? I'm not other than I do have on my shamrock socks but that's it! Chloe is wearing her St Patrick's Day shirt. It's cute. It says "Kiss Me I'm American" lol. I remember the big thing in school was if you didn't have green on you got pinched. I was big in the holidays so I always wore green for St Patty's Day. I'd always dress for each holiday.
I bet most of you don't know the story behind St Patrick's day or the shamrock? I didn't until I taught the lesson yesterday in Children's Church. I have a lesson book for different holidays so I did the one for SPD.
Well here is the story behind SPD and the real way it is celebrated (in Ireland-not here).
Patrick is a guy who believe it or not is not Irish. He's not from Ireland. He's from England and he was sold as a child slave and sent to Ireland. As he grew up, he went to seminary school and lived his life serving God and telling others about Jesus, how he loves them and how they can be saved. He felt that God led him to Ireland to tell the Irish people about Jesus and who he really was.
He used the Shamrock to teach them about the Trinity: God as one and 3 persons: God the Father, The Son, and the Holy Ghost. If you notice-the shamrock is one, but has 3 points and that is what it represents. It's God but also the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Today, in Ireland-SPD is not celebrated as it is here. They go to church for worship. I'm not sure about the whole wearing green, getting pinched and all that goes with it but SPD was not originally celebrated to wear green, get pinched, have parties and so on-it was intended to honor a man who spent his life telling others about Jesus Christ so that they could be saved. Isn't that our duty as Christians?
So-today-if you're wearing green and you happen to have on a shamrock-you should share the story of what the TRUE meaning of the shamrock and St Patrick's Day is really about.

EASTER EGG SWAP

I would like to do an Easter egg swap. If you are interested sign up here or on the forum at Mary Janes Farm (look for topic Easter Egg Hunt in the General Forums posted by Crafty Chic). All you have to do is decorate a plastic egg with stickers, paper, material, ribbons-however you see fit! Use your uniqueness and have fun with it! I will give it a few days for those interested to sign up so we can get them mailed out soon, seeing that Easter is a week away. Well-hope everyone has a great weekend and sign up for my swap!

Blog Party '08

There is a blog party going on on the internet. I'm new to this. I have posted more about it on my blog myblessedworld so go there from my link on this blog. Also-go to www.5mintuesformoms.com that is where the blog party is being hosted from. Enjoy the party!