Today, I woke feeling pretty good. I had a great ride to work, (without praying), and dropped Dalila off. When I arrived at work, there was a producer there waiting for me. That immediately made me irritated. He, however, had done nothing wrong. We open at 7:30 and it was 7:40 and I had told him the day before to be at the office first thing in the morning, so he did not do anything wrong. I just wasn’t ready for a producer. So for the remainder of his appointment, I had a chip on my shoulder. Everything he did or said would make me that much more angry. He was not going against any rules; I simply had the chip and was letting it get worse and worse. By the time he left, I was so frustrated that I ended up breaking into tears and tried to blame it all on him. The people I work with were all chipper and joyful and getting along with one another. I had let myself boil so much that at this point, I was letting everything my co-workers did get to me too. I ended up ruining my day over something that was brought on by myself. Now, I have lost control of my attitude and it is affecting everyone around me. The ladies I work with have not said much to me today and I can tell they are baffled by my actions. I really regret acting that way but have let it get to far and it is hard to reel it back in.

So, the question I was just posed with is in the following e-mail messaged I received:

--- On Fri, 7/15/11, lovelady.mike@att.net wrote:

From: lovelady.mike@att.net
Subject: A Word For Today
To: Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 5:09 AM
He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Luke 3:3

This verse refers to John the Baptist who boldly called people to repentance.

How important was your baptism?

We place far too much importance on baptism by water. Of greater importance is baptism of repentance. Water baptism cleanses only the exterior and is an outward expression of an inner change. The baptism of repentance is that inner change and cleanses the interior.

You may not be able to remember your baptism by water. What you can recall is whether you are living a life of repentance, worthy of the Lord.

Is your lifestyle free from sin? I know we all sin upon occasion, but are we living a lifestyle that honors God, or have we compromised our Christian values and morality?

Perhaps it is time for you and me to hear once again the voice of John the Baptist, “Repent! Repent of your sins! Stop sinning and do what is right! Turn your hearts to the Lord. Ask for His forgiveness.”

Let’s think about this before we pray.

Holy Spirit, help me see myself for who I really am. Show me what changes I need to make in my life. Amen.

“Is your lifestyle free from sin? I know we all sin upon occasion, but are we living a lifestyle that honors God, or have we compromised our Christian values and morality?”

To answer this question right now does my lifestyle honor God, no. Not today. I have done absolutely nothing today to honor God. How do I fix this? Prayer.

So I have shared these thoughts and now I am going to spend the rest of my day talking with God. Not just the rythmatic, “dear Lord, help me…” but an actual conversation. This will include listening too.

So I ask you to pray for me to get my attitude in check and I pray that if ever you have this happen to you, you will be able to find God in the situation.

Circus / Seaworld Fun

For Memorial day weekend, I took Dalila to the Circus and then the next day we went to San Antonio to spend a few days at Sea world. We had so much fun. It was a great family trip.





















I will post more pictures of our time at seaworld as soon as I get them off the camera.

The View

Logan built us a nice new deck on the back of the house. This is our view. It has been nice to sit out there in the evenings and on Sat mornings.

Too Much Independence is not always a good thing

Dalila was being very bossy the other day and demanding all my attention. I told her she need to go and play on her own in the living room because I had to cook dinner. So she did (with a mad face). Well, I heard her in there saying, "choo choo, choo, choo" I was curious what she was doing and looked up and this is what I found. The little tot.

A fun Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend. Here are some pictures of the Easter Egg Hunt and "our new Swimsuit." I tried to get some pics pf Dalila playing in the water but she was cold and didn't play for long. Maybe nextime.

A Day with Wyatt

Dalila got a new swing set and some other outside toys so we invited Wyatt over to play last Monday. We had so much fun. Here are some pitures of their day

Here are some fun pictures of Miss Dalila. The one of her on the cabinet has a story. There is a chair in the corner and she climbs on that chair and is able to get on the cabinet. I am always telling ehr not to climb up there but she tends to push the boundaries with me right now. So she got up there and asked me to get her down. I told her that she got up there and would have to figure out how to get back down. Well, She got scared and so she just laid down and Of course, I had to grab the camera. She has not been back on the cabinet since.