A New Year

There is so much anxiety about the world we live in, about the good ol' US of A. What future will there be not only for our children and their children, but for us babyboomers? Our country is moving farther and farther away from One Nation Under God, and I believe that spells disaster. And we do it in the name of freedom. Which comes from God! I want to be intentional this year. I want to be healthier - not dieting, just eating local foods, not processed. Moving my body more. I want to be intentional in my faith walk, my bible study time, my prayer time, what I pray for. I don't want to be 'spiritual' - I want to be faithful. I want to help my daughter, those I love to know Christ more, to have a desire to know Him. I want to be intentional about honoring Him in my home, making it a home Christ would be proud to dwell in. I want to stand for my faith and truly live it out. 
I am sad to not be with Tom anymore, after 6 years, but I want to be with someone who is a strong, faithful man. Who will be an encourager to me in my walk.
This new year finds Erin in Greensboro because her dad has a job in Maryland and guilted her in to staying at his house and taking care of his dogs. That forced us to start working on getting her license back which is costing me a small fortune, not to menion time. But she is in school again at FTCC and staying on track. I pray that her car makes it! I am proud of her staying focused. And she is working part time. She would much prefer to be in Winston and I think she will get to the point where she lays down the law. But for now I pray for safety for her daily.
And starting this blog again - what do I want it to be? What will it grow into?

Is Texas really drying up?

I think no matter where you are from, or if you still are there!, your home state is always close to your heart. It seems that is especially true if you are from Texas. I love NC and can't imagine living anywhere else but I am very proud of Texas, and proud to be from Texas. And so the news of the severity of the drought and the devastation caused by it and the wildfires hurts my heart. I received an email from my brother yesterday and almost cried. It seems unbelievable that it is this bad! There is flooding up and down the East Coast and yet Texas is drying up! It is so hard to understand. But we have messed up this old earth for such a long time and been so careless and wasteful, she is really wearing out. Someone asked me the other day 'where was God when children are starving in Somalia?' and I said the same place He was when He gave us this beautiful world He created and asked us to take care of it and each other. The government in Somalia has prevented any humanitaria aid to come through and yet somehow that is God's fault. How He must continually weep over us. Droughts in Texas. floods in New York, we are unbalanced. http://photoblog.statesman.com/dry-season-the-Texas-drought-of-2011