Finding Jesus

Our Band

The home town high school band has been invited to play in London, England.  This is quite a fete considering the expense they will incur to do such a wonderful thing.  They will need to have all their instruments in tip top shape, along with their accessories.  I'm sure they can obtain these things by finding the  music instrument store near me and our town.  They can click on the link in this post and look for the closest one to shop.

Musical Instruments

If you've ever played in a band then you are accustomed with the woodwind section.  It takes many instruments to make up beautiful music and woodwinds are a very nice part.  Look into the  wwbw woodwinds brasswinds  link and find what is new in this category.  I can remember metal clarinets, back in my days, and maybe they are finding a need of such instruments once again?

Guitars

 There are many online stores where you can search for sales or just compare quality and prices.  It's no different when you need good musical equipment in certain local areas.  The  guitar center tacoma  offers a wide range of musical instruments and accessories, to shop for.   Take the time to click on the link in this post to open the vast supply of equipment at this online store.

Oh Promise Me

Remember the times, back in high school when you had a crush on someone?  Even today, you find teens going through the time of affection toward another.  These are the times they learn about life, love and the pursuit of happiness.  Finding a special person to have affection for, is a big thing when you are a teen.
It's been a few years since I was a teen, but times haven't changed much, when it comes to showing that special person, that you care for them in a loving way.  I never received a promise ring, back then, but I;m sure it would ave felt special.  If you are searching for promise rings here  while reading my post then you are looking in the right direction.  Click on the link above to see what that inline store has for you to purchase.  It's time to get the perfect promise to the special one.

All Things

Living daily by the seat of your pants is becoming a way of life.  Learning to believe and trust in things to happen according to the way their supposed to is a test.  Humans aren't as able to do this in the world where we exist.  We find ourselves wanting to hurry things along a bit in order to take off some stress.  Many times all we do is cause ourselves more worry and stress, by taking matters in our own hands.  When I stay back and wait for God's help.  Things fall right into place just as they were meant to.  I hope that I can do this more often and keep as much stress out of my life as possible.

Back to School

It's that time again, and all the parents have geared up to get all the different supplies their children to make this school year a great one.  The football season comes along during this time and there is the school bands that perform during and at halftime.  A beginner instrument can be found for your new band student at  wwwmusicianfriend.com to aide your student with his/her goals in the music world.  Strike up the band to some soul stirring music when you hear the march songs of the past or the new world version of how school bands perform today.

Christie Cavender Needs Your Vote

 My grand daughter needs you to click on this and vote for her so she can win $1000 scholarship in her journey to become a nurse or doctor.  All you have to do is click on the blue link in this post and go to the website.  Put the code in and click on the vote button.  It will give her credit towards winning the scholarship.
Many thanks,

Nita .....her grandmother!

Scary

I hate to say it, but we are living in a very scary world, today!  If you don't go to God, for help during these terrible times, then you don't know him.  We are going around in this everyday world with killers on the loose, in all shapes, races and sizes.  It's hard to know where the street your driving down will be safe a few minutes after you get on it.  People, are involved in road rage, drive by shootings, random terror attacks in large crowds, school shootings, by the students who go there.  Believe me, it's perilous times and we are just getting started.
America's Christan's need to get on their knees like never before!  The battle has begun and without God's help, we are in some bad trouble.

ROSE

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old.
Can I give you a hug?'
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.

'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.
She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...'

'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.
We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would
leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.'
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ' We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do
anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.'

She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our
daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had
begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute
to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.
These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. We make
a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we give. God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

'Good friends are like stars.......You don't always see them, but you
know they are always there.'

Recent Events?

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your
neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities
would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know
what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny Isn't It?

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start
sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace,
but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet?
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Insurance?

 So, now it's come to this in America?  The colleges are buying insurance against sexual misconduct?  It's become a big epidemic and colleges are doing something else about the problem of campus rape.  The sexual misconduct policies designed specifically for the tangle of costs colleges face from sexual assault accusations and their fallout are being offered by certain insurance companies.  What else can you expect when the lack of decency has all but left our world?  Nothing seems to be sacred anymore and the fun of attack has been escalated in all the horror movies.  There's more to this subject than we really know.  It's for sure, God is no where to be found in these situations.

Under God?

Is this right?

Lessons

This will help you tone your body and give you a new way to interact with others.  The salsa lessons in los angeles   helps individuals acquire skills to be proficient in certain dance moves.  Since California is so close to the border of Mexico, it's a known subject that is common to that area.  Trying to learn on your own, is a challenge.  Get the help you need and earn approving glances from others who can't get those steps down.

3rd Grade

I  remember these days with the innocence that a young child has during those times.  I thought the world was full of good things and that the future was going to be wonderful.
In this picture I was wearing a dress made for me by my grandmother.  It looks as though my hair was pulled back and secured with a barrette.  On the right is Michael Green and on the left is Earl Smith, wow, I can remember them after all these years.

Under God?

Lost Children

I find it hard to write this and wish it were not needful.  Here I am alive when a few states away families mourn the loss a their loved one.  It is my hope that somehow these sweet little one's who have gone back to be with their creator, were happy during their short lives.  I also pray that the families can move through this and build strength with each other during the coming days, weeks and months.  Pain will wreak their hearts for many years.  Closure will take it's own time depending on the people enduring the losses. 
To the teacher's and principal who also lost their lives I have no words to express the feelings in my heart.  You were there, doing a job.  This job you loved and looked forward to molding the minds of these students in your care.  I pray for peace that passes all understanding, for all.

America Sad

Heavy hearts abound while people try to understand how and why this could happen?  Children are dead along with the School Principal and several teachers.  Grief stricken families now have the task of moving through a holiday without a family member they held dear.
 I have seen our America go through this type of disaster several times in the last few years.  My feelings about how and why these things have and are occurring stems from my beliefs and the way our laws have handled our controls over our children's training systems.  We parents are no longer able to correct and lead our children in the correctness of life.  There is no sacred thing these young people hold dear and apart from this type of action.  We have lost what is important and our nation's people are hurting.  Where there is no God, there is no peace.

Pins

 Very often you see people with lapel pins that associate them with certain organizations or creeds.  Some have a  lapel pin  to show affiliation with state, government or religious beliefs.  You can get a pin made for almost anything, should you desire to have the mold made and provide the expense.  You may decide to make personal logo's and wear them to social occasions.