Attitude

Hi there, Diamond Glamour Girls,

Viet Nam War

I hope you are ready for Memorial Day! For those of you who follow my tweets yesterdays tweets were KISSES. When I was a child my sisters friends were drafted to fight the war that no one wanted to call war, "Viet Nam". It was after the 60's riots and it always felt like something terrible was about to happen. Where some choose to battle others choose to stay away from. I used the (GNB) Good News Bible. Some argue about the choice of bible, I figured if Billy Graham was about the good news I wanted to know. There was a thing called POW bracelets. You purchased the bracelets and were able to write to soldiers to encourage them. My thoughts were I was a child (under the age of 12) and didn't really know what to write adult men fighting a war they didn't want to. I would read the newspaper and listen to the news, to young to understand the ramifications the "war" "non-war" would have in the lives of these men (forgive me, back then the wars only had men or at least that is what was mainly written about. Anyway, I got to experience how encouraging the word of God is to men.



During these times my dad would help me with attitude and the importance of it:

• Philippians 4:5 (GNB) Show a gentle attitude towards everyone. The Lord is coming soon.

• Teaching me also about the beatitudes. I enjoyed learning what was appropriate and pleasing to God and for a child it was knowing it was a way to have standards, guidelines, measures in her life. It was learning what you can control and what you can't. I could control what I wrote in letters I couldn't control what these men experienced, saw or had to do. They were called to something I was not old enough to understand. 

Convalescent Woman

A few years ago, my aunt was sick in the hospital. I grabbed my bible and sat at her bedside reading Psalms. The love I felt for my aunt at childhood was great. As an adult I read the Psalms in the hope that she would hear me. That she would know love.  I have the best memories of my aunt. Like I said in another blog she was my encourager as a child. She was a nurse, by profession and as an signal mom raising her two children (signal mom) she went back to school to see if she could become a doctor. What a powerful role model for my youth. I watched her and tried to think like her. "All things are possible." One of the things she would ask me is: " What would you attempt to do if you know you couldn't fail." "Faith in God includes Faith in His timing." Hab 2:3  The pain of seeing her there void of herself, was enough to pain myself and cry out for God's grace and mercy in her life. Little did I know that those cries would call a priest to her bedside to give her last communion known to Catholics as Eucharist (last rites). Psalm 6:9. My uncle should up as well. I handed him my bible in the hopes we would pray for my aunt. He read a few verses. When the priest arrived he left. For what reason I do not know, I just knew I couldn't leave her alone without family. I stayed and the priest allowed me the honor of feeding her the communion (the Eucharist). I remember saying out loud I didn't want her to choke, he assured me she could still swallow. He laughed. Assuring me she could still swallow. We both prayed over her. I stayed a while longer after the Priest had left. They moved her back to the convalescent home and she died much later. Later I met my cousin and spoke with her. I confess, I am not sure if I signed in that day, at the hospital. All I know is I sat their praying and loving my aunt the best I could.

Why do I share this story with you? Honestly, I am not sure. My truth is not anyone elses or is it? I believe in the goodness of God. One of those knowing God knew I didn't have to carry my aunts sadness or seeing her die in front of me. Like the men I prayed for. Some got to come back and tell me what the letters meant. Others never returned or if they did I didn't get to hear from them. Those I still remember by name. Those I still carry a remembrance of. Knowing that all things work for the good of those that love Him.

What do you want at your beside when your old?  Attitude of Gratitude (Psalm 90:1). The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters. Psalm 29:3  He promises that we will never have more than we are capable of dealing with. I know my Lord is a Good Lord.  Shout! Thank you!

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More Than One Way To Starve a Woman

Hi there, Diamond Glamour Girls;

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On this cloudy day, where the sky is grey what a blessing for those who have lost their home in the May 15 th (fifteenth) fires. I awoke thinking of many topics to write about something I haven't done in a long time. Most of the time I like keeping my thoughts to myself. Somehow, the shallow topics I write about are the things that keep me sane. Events, weddings, meetings planning is my thing. I do love the word of God, like many after their children prove faith, finding a church as a family became difficult. It isn't the same. You each have different needs.

I use to be the one in the family that would find a church for our family to attend. The goal to stay together was the focus, rather than the mission of the church. It was a deep inner need for this mom to be just that the mom of my children. I no longer had the "call" to serve. I did have the call to attend and worship.

• John 4:22 (NKJV)

  You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

• • John 4:24 (NKJV)

    God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

  • • John 4:20 (NKJV)

      Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
    • The fourth book  "New Testament" I was taught to apply them for practical living. It is the fourth book of the gospels. Mark, Matthew, Luke, John. It is interesting how every time I have tried to study this book, life happens. I have through CBS (Community Bible Study) or BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) studied every book in the bible. This last time my Aunt died. It was a sorrow that left me devastated. How I loved this aunt her name like mine, Maria. No, I wasn't named after her I was named after my father's mother. One might ask why she was so important to me. Because of her and my dad's family I graduated from college, learned to draw and thought of becoming an attorney. In my second or third year of college I changed to wanting to become a teacher. She is also the aunt that taught me how to draw, paint, and write poetry. She believed women could live a life without being depend on a mom, dad or man. Woman should have their own voice and express it. Now how does this lead to starvation? 
    • starve
      verb

      1. 1.

         (of a person or animal) suffer severely or die from hunger.

         "she left her animals to starve"

         synonyms:

         dying of hunger, deprived of food, undernourished, malnourished,starved, half-starved; More
      2. 2.

         archaic

         be freezing cold.

         "pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here"

      
      

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      SD firefighters May 15

      Do you consider the word of "God" food?  Do you consider the word of "God" truth? Even if you look at it as a history book it is true.  Nonetheless, would you blame it for the starvation in the world? 

    • Proverbs 6:30 (NKJV)

      People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
    • There is physical starvation, emotional starvation, loss of home starvation, loss of employment starvation,loss of clothing, loss of income starvation and the literal loss of healthy food to eat starvation.  Can a person starve because their home was burned by fire? Can a person Starve because they were forced to move someplace they didn't want to. What a thought. Look at all the homeless people we have in San Diego. How many of those will be displaced North County residence who had no place or no one to help them? 
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KISS is it (Keep it Simple Sweetie)?

Hi there, Diamond Glamour Girls,

When I was a teenager I was one of those girls....  No, not those girls.... those girls. The girl that the boy wanted. You know they want. They have needs. The girl that they wanted because of my and forgive me for speaking so bluntly, back then there wasn't any way of knowing I was naive, innocent. The stereotype. I was grouped with Maria on "West Side Story" or Maria on a Musical. How many times was Natalie Wood questioned about being a Maria?  Did they want her to be like the person she portrayed?

What happens when someone doesn't fall into the "stereotype"? I was watching the Bachelorette last night thinking about the silliest of things, something her sister and her were talking about. Kiss! A kiss between a man and a woman made public on national TV versus a real kiss between a man and a woman.

The definition of KISS:   (First Three Definitions)

Bible:

1. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 1Thess.5:26
2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Song of Solomon 1:2
3. Greet one another with an holy kiss. 

 Merriam ^{Webster defined:}
    kiss
      1: to touch with the lips especially as a mark of affection or greeting <kissed his wife good-bye>
      2:  to touch gently or lightly <wind gently kissing the trees>

Urban Dictionary defined: (Today's Youth)

kiss
   1. The sweetest thing a guy can do without bein an ass.
   2. May I kiss you instead of grabbing your ass?
       an upper persuasion for lower INVASION
       kkkkkkk iiiiiii ssssss
   3. the meeting of two pairs of lips
       He looked into my eyes, and we kissed

If the third definition is the truth, where did the second definition go? There are many definitions describing a kiss in the bible. However, I can't help myself thinking about the bachelorette. How naive is this woman that she would think that the standards are equal for men and woman? Even the military is looking into this. 

Even in the most modern world, a woman is still physically not as strong as a man. Woman are made differently. The anatomy of a woman is different. This is not a statement saying they are not strong. Woman are physically strong, they also have gifts men don't have. Men have gifts woman don't have. That is what makes a couple balanced if chosen correctly. Even the military is looking into this. The military is looking at ways to modify its training for women to help them qualify for direct ground combat roles in the infantry, tank units and special operations.

Now, back to the kiss. Why would a woman want to kiss so many men. Part of her power is in her ability to have self control. "gentleness and self control. Against such there is no law." Gal 5:23. Let me ask you this question...after kissing so many men will she be looked at as
beautiful
  honest
    a wife that is worthy of his respect
        a woman with power
           love
             trustworthy
               a woman he would want to have children with
                  the love of his life
                    worthy of putting a wedding ring...
                        the list goes on.....

Have these things changed in her from his view point. From the urban dictionary they change in the heart of our teens, children they are the ones writing the definitions. This is troublesome for parents today. How can you help a young adult that no longer looks at a kiss as what it should be?

In a Moment of Panic or is it A Cry for Help?

Hi there, Diamond Glamour Girls;

I awoke this morning to different noises. Rooster crowing, dogs barking, birds tweeting and neighbors warming up their cars, trucks for the long morning commute to work. It is country here. I am so not here, yet I am here. Do you understand? I am physically here, however my thought are on the home I lost. My life! My mom can't relate, she has never experienced this type of devastation. Her husband, was an immediate 911 call. To old and frie. What am I doing?

Have you ever felt like a child. Not in the normal way, or adult way, as the child that was hurt and needed you mom? That's a feeling that is indescribable as an adult woman. The pain so intense it would make even the strongest of adults cry for their mom. The pain described best by Job 30:16-23. No, I am not Jesus (I know Him) or Job (I am not Job, I have read about him and I once was a Job's Daughter even became Honored Queen), I am a woman from my birth, however I can relate to this type of pain. A pain so intense You just pick up the belongings you have and run to the what you think is safety. It is safety?

Great lead in for a blog don't you think. Intense! How else can one describe the pain one feels when they have to leave everything behind and move in with a mom that is re-married and has a life with her husband and their own way of being. It is a mom who is no longer the mom of your youth, yet you need the mom of your youth to talk to, to share your life with and what just happen.  It is a time when you both don't understand each other. Communication is no longer there in the same way. She can't relate to your experience and you can't relate to hers. She is now older than what you thought and her husband is even older. Instead of allowing us time, he tries to help (by trying to fix things.) There are some things that can't be fixed.
                                                                                                                                      Broken Marriages
                                                                                                                                Broken Hearts
                                                                                                                        Broken Homes
                                                                                                                 Destroyed Lives
                                                                                                        Employment Lost
                                                                                                 Financial Loss
                                                                                          Hurt Children
                                                                                     Burden Lives
                                                                                 Stolen Lives
 I ask myself...
      Would it have been easier if I would of just asked a neighbor for help?
             Would it have been better if I would have gone to a hotel?
                     Would it have been better if I would have asked my local church if I could sleep in their                                       building, so I could have shelter?
                          Would it have been easier if I would have would it have been better if I would have gone to                                my young man's dorm room and asked if I could sleep there?
                              Would it have been better if I would have gone to my ex-husband's home and humbled                                      myself again and asked to sleep there?
                                 Would it have been better if I would have run to the Doctors and gotten medication for                                     the pain?
                             
What is the right decision when that pain is greater than your ability to cope? That is something that even the bible doesn't talk about. Job lost everything. Job 14:22 "But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over it." I mourn! I mourn! I SHOUT! Thank You!  

"If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving,unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil. " Lev 7:12   Is this communion? Does he take even my right to have communion? Fellowship?What does the Lord want, that he doesn't already have? That he hasn't already done? Taken?

I like you am trying to figure it all out. In the wink of an eye my life changed. "Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies: Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause." Psalm 35:19

What will I do today that will make a difference? In my life? In the life of another? Did you hear my cry?

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A Way of Escape...Do I need one from the past Fires

Hi there, Diamond Glamour Girls;

How many San Diegans are feeling the pressures today of the past. The past that will be in their lives for sometime until they can recover from it. Will the past come back to haunt them in the future? If so, why? Can the past hold you trapped without a future?

I have thought about many things, the thing that I have thought of most is how we get trapped in the past in the first place? Loving water my entire life, I love San Diego. Being able to walk along the coast and give thanks to the God of bigness that lives on the horizon. It doesn't matter where you look there is a horizon and you can't really see the edge of what is about to come your way. Somehow, that has always comfort my soul in knowing that no matter what happens in life, God will remain constant and bigger than my human body allows me to be.  At 5'5" approximately between 120 lbs and 140 lbs. when I look out at the ocean I see what I know to be true. I am so much smaller than the horizon. I enjoy this thought. Why?  It gives me a sense of wonder, excitement and the reality that whatever happens in my life it is small compared to the horizon. No I am not talking about the church. I am talking about perceptive. God's perspective. A clear perspective on my life. What I have to do to be right with my God, Jesus and how I was designed to life my life. Not my mom's life, or my sisters, or her children's or her husband life, or any of my families life.  Not even my ex-husband's life. I am thankful. That my ex-husband and I are friends and we help each other whenever possible, that both our children understand and help us whenever possible. Both of them know the truth and help us stay as a family. They are even looking for my new place to live while I am helping mom. Maybe she's helping me? Last night we had to call 911 her husband fell down and we couldn't pick him up. Shout! Thank you! He is okay. Either way I will eventually have God's perspective eventually again. That's God's perspective. Thats SHOUT! Thank You!

Footprints

It has to do with the life God gave me. How to take care of myself. My dad taught me what was right from wrong for the goals I have have before me. It is a way of escape from the everyday burdens. It is the way I stay! Maybe it is even a form of Judges 3:26. What it is to you is not what it is to me. It is a door, an opening a passage, into self perspective. At a time when I am in Riverside County, while I rebuild my loss of home in Encinitas, while taking care of my aging mom and her husband. It is the one thing I miss the most.

With the hurts from the fires many misplaced from their homes. You might be staying in someones house. You might be feeling uncomfortable. Maybe they won't want you to leave the bedroom after a while of staying there. There annoyed you there, yet you need finances to move and you haven't saved that up.  I know how you feel. I understand how much anger,
                                                    frustration,
                                                                    sadness,
                                                      brokenness,
                                                                     sorrow,                                                                                                                                      bitterness.    

  I thought I would share with you how I let go. All of those things stop the lessons to be learned, the joy to be gain in having perspective and a just measure.  Deut 24:15  I jog and/or walk my 3 miles. It gets all the negative feelings out.

Get this there is no easy fix to the fires and the devastation it left behind, other than to trust yourself and do one thing at a time. For today all I can do is......  One thing at a time.  In sharing this I hope you find peace. Peace to heal from the things that happened
that you had no control over. Love to talk you through it. Prayer to help you believe that God really is a Good God.

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Fire, Water, Salt

Hi there, Diamond Glamour Girls;

For most of my life I have been consistent in one thing and one thing only. Praying! I do not take credit for this, I give credit to my earthly dad who taught me the importance of prayer in life! To my heavenly Father who knows that I am only human and lack the ability to fend for myself without Him.

I like you have lost. I have lost my home, had to move in with my mom. Who would have thought at this age I would have such a great loss. No one including my dad. It is times like this I miss talking with him the most. His counsel over my life was always one of wisdom.  Don't misunderstand he had his faults, his sin, he was an alcoholic at times in his life. This made him human not perfect. (Rom 6:19) A sinner saved by grace. Why do I like to think of him this way? Why do I miss him the most at these times, he was the one I shared my life with. He had a family of daughters. The hardest gift given to a man by God. He would listen and not say a word. Get up from his seat, walk to his bedroom pick up the bible that sat on his dresser and find the scripture to give me. I would then go into my room and look up the verses. It was always the best when we would pick up the bible together and minister to one another. We would then discuss what the scripture meant. He loved the Psalms and Proverbs. It was always with him that I solved the biggest of life problems. He would always tell me there is an answer for everything in the bible. A way that is righteous to men. I learn the word man in biblical terms meant men and woman. I didn't have a sexist or raciest father. Although he taught me what they both meant. My youth was in the 60's where we (my family and I got to see a lot of violence). Ps. 11:5

Why did these things happen to me? Too you? We don't always know why. We can ask all the hard questions we want, not always getting an answer. Force can overtake even the most prayerful person. Pro 30:33 If fire force, it is a force that can not be fought by the normal human hands. It takes water! There are many verses that talk about the importance of water. For the body, for the soul, for health, for life.  Water puts out fire. Thank God we have a wonderful fire department that labors for God. He provides many things, including the people that would choose that employment. The news described the fires as a heavenly fire can't. Scripture explains this too.

 Some people look to their preachers for answers. Others to prayerful people. Yet, others think the answer is to find one prayerful person and burden them with the burdens of all His people to teach them what prayerful person should be like. Let me tell you this, there is nothing biblical about this. It is clearly stated that each person should pray for their own life. I ask you to pray, pray for others, however pray for yourself as well. It is with personal prayer that we accomplish the most for your own life. That is what this blog is about. You are the salt of the earth. You are the good that comes and heals those in your life. You are responsible, your are capable, able and you are the one that all this happened to. Pick yourself up, dust off all that is not yours. That you didn't choose, that you didn't create, that you are not responsible for, dig in begin the clean-up process. I to am doing that in my own life. Cleaning up the mess others though was mine.

Prayerfully, together maybe we will succeed in our own lives.

My Prayer list:
1. Health, Home, Friends, Family all safe SHOUT! Thank You!
2. Food, Water, Clothing
3. Employment to pay for the clean up mess and / or Understanding employers who knows I need time to get my life in order.
4. Time to heal all that hurts within. Love that heals, supports and helps.

All that our human body needs. I close with a verse that is important to me, maybe it will speak to your heart. Mark 9:48

God Bless!

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Persian Proverbs

He who knows not, 

and knows not that he knows not, 

is a fool; shun him.

He who knows not, 

and knows that he knows not, 

is a child; teach him.

He who knows, 

and knows not that he knows, 

is asleep; wake him.

He who knows, 

and knows that he knows, 

is wise; follow him.

Thank you to the one who taught me this, thank you to The Lord that gave him this, and thank you to the God who gave him to the mother/ woman, father/husband that taught him to believe!