These are some of my favorite pic's

These pic's were taken at South Padre Island It is really nice there. It is a little prettier there and the water is a little clearer .

Under Construction

"IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE." 1 JOHN 3:2


YOU say, "My life is so messed up at the moment." John replies: "Now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be." Have you ever been to a construction site? It looks like anything but a building, doesn't it? That's because "it doth not yet appear what it shall be." But bit-by-bit under the architect's supervision, bricks, beams and piles of sand start taking shape.
You may be a mess right now. Indeed if the church is doing its job there should be lots of messy people in it: people being pulled out of rough situations, people in the process of being restored. No baby comes out of the womb clean and dressed up; birth is painful and messy. But the good news is you have been spiritually reborn. You are under construction. There is a plan and purpose behind what's going on in your life. Things will come together. You see, when Christ comes into your life your spirit is immediately changed, but your emotions, appetites and attitudes still need work -lots of it. In each of us there are areas that need to be corrected and redirected. And until they are we struggle to handle them in dysfunctional and carnal ways.
Those who say, "If you were really a Christian you wouldn't act like that," tend to forget that falling down is just part of learning to walk. You can know what to do yet struggle to do it.
Relax! God is at work in your life. He won't give up on you!

Most change is incremental. Celebrate the baby steps and know that with time, prayer and steadfastness, what you are seeking you will find.

Beach pic's

This is the fishing peir where we always go swimming or just to walk down the beach. Listening to the waves is quite peaceful and we always pick up sea shells to take home with us.














These are some beach taken a few weeks ago. We went with some people Doug works with. We usually end up going with them. The pic below is of Doug and Tom paddling out into the surf you can barely see them. The other people is Tom's girlfriend DeeDee and her family. We also go out to eat quite often with them also.

I can't believe all the encouragement I have recieved the past few days. It is just awesome. So thanks to everyone for all your prayers for me.

This is what I read yesterday and it also hit home with me.

Come back to the Lord your God, because he is kind and shows mercy. He doesn't become angry quickly, and he has great love. Joel 2:13

How far do you want God to go in getting your attention? If God has to choose between your eternal safety and your earthly comfort, which do you hope he chooses? What if he moved you to another land? (As he did Abraham)
What if he called you out of retirement? (Remember Moses?)...God does what it takes to get our attention. Isn't that the message of the Bible? The relentless pursuit of God.

This is a picture that was sent to me by my cousin. It is the Caddo River which is where we spent many of our summers as kids growing up with our cousins. We would go here with my grandparents all the time. My Dad would always take us her to swim. It is just a wonderful place. We still occasionally go here still even as adults and bring our neice's and nephew now when we are home. There use to be a low water brigde but they eventually built a new bridge which is just not the same. The top pic is the bridge that is no longer there I think. My brother still floats the river. The water is always clear. This is not far from where my grandmother lived and now my aunt and uncle live there. It is just peaceful and just dirt roads still to get there. My cousin said this pic would make me homesick and it does.

Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado

Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; Do not be afraid."
Matthew 14:27

When the disciples saw Jesus in the middle of their stormy night, they called him a ghost...To them, the glow was anything but God...We often have the same reaction. We dimiss occasional kindness as apparitions, accidents, or anomalies. Anything but God...And because we look for the bonfire, we miss the candle. because we listen for the shout, we miss the whisper. But it is in burnished candles that God comes, and through whispered promises he speaks.

More pic's of Italy

This is the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy

This is Venice below and the leaning tower of pisa to the right.

This is another one of my favorite pictures of me at the top of the Vatican in Italy writing a post card. The top pic is the Vactican from a distance. This was a good place to take black and white pictures. I did not have a digital camera then. I took two 35mm camera's one for black and white the other for color. I had 13 rolls of film and it cost me a small fortune to develop them. The pic of me writing at the top of the vatican is so me. We are going to Germany in October can't wait!

My Cat Socks

Time spent with cats is never wasted.
A cat has absolute emotional honesty.
Human beings, for one reason or another,
may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.

This is one of my favorite pictures. It is of the ballpark with the bridge in the back.

John Lennon: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." -- Joseph Addison

Stormy Weekend

I enjoy taking sepia tone and black and white pictures. This is the Bay Area and the fishing peir.

Stormy Weekend

It has rained here for four days. It never rains like that here. So we are having a very soggy 4th of July. This pic is of the Downtown bay area fishing peir. We often go down there to walk around take pictures and gives us a chance to just talk. It is nice to just get away from everything for a while. We will probably go watch some fireworks tonight if it is not raining. They are suppose to be shooting the fireworks of one of the ships in the bay.