Quotes

Chasing happiness will send it flying ahead, always just out of reach. Try sitting quietly and, like a butterfly, it may alight upon you.

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

...and I associate it with 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

(this was posted by a friend on Facebook and I had to repost)

update on Terry

Terry made it home to Texas!

CHECK OUT the giveaway!!!

I follow Michael Hyatt's blog and he has written an excellent post on Leadership and Forgiveness Part I.  He is also giving away 100 copies of The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances. I am not familiar with this author, but would love to win the book and read it. 

CHECK OUT the giveaway!!!

two Rachel Ashwell books, autographed!  this is a giveaway I really want...really hope I win...but since I don't win things, I probably will just have to be content with having the opportunity to enter and browse online blogs like this one for ideas & inspiriation!

update on Terry

I spoke with Terry this morning on my drive to work.  He was on the road, having left at 5am leaving Flagstaff, AZ today.  He was cheery, quite chatty and hopeful he wouldn't get sleepy as he tries to make it all the way to Texas today.

Quotes

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.
― Harold Kushner

wednesdays bible verse

Romans 12:12

be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer
TNLT

Rejoice in our confident hope.  be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
NLT

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer
NASB

2nd Quarter progress on 2010 Resolutions

...results on personal goals
#1 begin each day in prayer that God direct me in my path & integrity of my heart; remember Sunday is renew your spirit day, no business work stuff - doing
#2 create and implement Balance in all areas of the wheel of life (spiritual, physical, intellectual, family, social, career, and financial - each of these have goals within them) - in process of achieving this
#3 organize, cull, condense, minimize, sell or use up things in & around the casa - attack a section of a room each week for 30minutes - doing
#4 lead a quiet life, one that creates peace; remove anything that doesn't contribute to this - this is a process
#5 read 2 &/or listen to 2 audio books a month, at minimum - doing
#6 make a list of things that need to be fixed, completed, or started on my house with regards to repairs/maintenance improvements - get two done a month - still in progress to achieve this, have some months, haven't some months
#7 resume monthly piano lessons & establish a schedule for piano practicing - started & quit...no plan to resume at the moment
#8 health: commit to a workout schedule 3-4 times weekly; log into sparkpeople.com daily; resume diet with no wheat, sugar or tans fats; take all vitamins & supplements daily; get 8hrs or more of sleep - still trying to achieve this
#9 email my friends weekly - not done very well at 
      write my friend in prison once a month - done
      entertain company once a month - done
#10 pay off 2nd mortgage by the end of 2010 - on schedule so far




...results on business goals
#1 www.medicalaccountsolutions.com website - completed today (June 30th, 2010)
#2 create P&P Manual  - still in progress of creating
#3 review EntreLeadership materials quarterly - doing
#4 enroll in accounting courses - have not reached this or enrolled
#5 quarterly check in with EntreLeadership friends - doing
#6 help employer achieve financial goals - doing to the best of my ability for the areas I can control
#7 complete all back filing for employer - still in progress
#8 encourage positive thinking, support and morale - doing
#9 review & define motivation, delegation, responsibility, accountability, and authority in my position so that I have a clear picture in view to stay focused on what I expect of me - still in progress
#10 as a leader, I must be different - realizing this and attempting to do

Terry is on his way back

...to Texas.  He left this morning sometime before 9am.  I have called him to check progress, the last time was about 2pm our time he was in Kingman having lunch with Uncle Truman. He is not sure if he will drive straight thru or stop at a motel later. He was very thankful for Uncle Truman giving him a tank of gas.  Please feel free to call him and check in.

CHECK OUT the giveaway!!!

go visit My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia and the giveaway that she is doing with CSN!

a prayer from a little girl...for me

I received this email yesterday and thought I would share it with you all...

Misty, I thought you’d enjoy hearing this. I was just putting Marcail to bed Sunday night and she was praying and thanking the Lord for all the things she normally says…thank you for Mama & Daddy, thank you for Papa & Honey and Gramma, thank you for our family (and she names everyone, every time) thank you for dying on the cross for our sins, thank you for Mr. Modesto, and then she said, “thank you for our trials and thank you for Misty.” She went on with a few more things and then finished, but I thought it was so cute and I was amazed again of how much they are watching and listening. She must have remembered you from what you said in meeting and wanted to pray for you. Keep on in the Lord, Misty, and when you feel discouraged remember that there are little ones watching and listening and praying for you too.

Love,
Lori

weekly devotion

Weekly Wisdom for the week of June 28th, 2010

The same way you're saved is how you ought to live.  Colossians 2:6 says, So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him.

This is such an awesome scripture for it says that the way we were saved is the way we must live. You didn't get saved by trying and struggling; likewise, you can't live your life on your own strength.

Every believer is saved simply by believing (and receiving) God's love, grace, and mercy. Therefore, live each day of your life by receiving God's strength and walking in His grace and mercy. Remember, the same way you're saved is how you ought to live.

Quotes

Be the change you want to see in the world.
~ Ghandi

I received a thank you...

Some of you know that I am a fan of a couple of authors, one being: Glenn Shepard. I get his weekly email newsletter called Work Is Not for Sissies.  I gave all my coworkers his book How to Be the Employee Your Company Can't Live Without, at our year end party in 2008, because I benefited from it in some areas that I needed tweaking along with basic reminders about why and how it is important to serve your boss and work with the team to accomplish the goal, making the company money.  A lot of you may be following the severe flooding that happened in Nashville, TN; but if you haven't heard about it or aren't familiar with what happened, you can get a glimpse of some of it on Glenn's blog. 


To the reason for my post about this today:
He posted a few weeks ago that he really wished he could go reread a book by Devon Dougherty titled “Crisis Communications: What Every Executive Needs to Know”. But it was one of over 2,000 books in his collection that washed away in the flood.  Well, this gave me an idea, I got online, bought the book and had it sent to directly to him.  He received it Friday, June 25th when he got back in town.  In his post, he expresses thanks to me for doing so.  Go read them both, the original on 06.05.2010 and this one on Friday...

verse to reflect on...

Galatians 5:22-26 AMP
But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].  And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.  If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]  Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another. 

Lord, help me to reflect on these things and allow your fruit to show in my life.

song ~ stand still

STAND STILL
 by: The Isaacs

The Father has a plan
Though it's hard to see it now
You feel you're walking all alone,
But He is there, no doubt
When the storm around you rages,
And you're tossed to and fro
When you're faced with life's decisions,
Not sure which way to go


Chorus:
Stand still and let God move,
Standing still is hard to do
When you feel you have reached the end,
He'll make a way for you
Stand still and let God move


Verse 2
When the enemy surrounds you,
And the walls are closing in
When the tide is swiftly rising,
And you wonder where He's been
Friend, there never was a moment,
That His arms weren't reaching out
You can rest assured and be secure,
God is moving right now
(Repeat Chorus)


When you feel you have reached the end,
He'll make a way for you
Stand still and let God move
The answer will come,
But only in His time
Stand still and let God move,
Stand still and let God move.



Thank you Crystal for thinking of me and sending this link for me to listen to, I needed it.

Quotes

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ~ Jim Rohn

reminder...Take Your Burdens to the Lord

On of my friends emailed me this last night. I thought I would share it:

Regarding your brother...someone told me many years ago, TAKE YOUR BURDENS TO THE LORD AND LEAVE THEM THERE. I replied that I had turned it over to the Lord and he said, "Yes, but in the back of your mind you don't think He can do anything about it because you have tried everything." I thought it over and realize he was right. Then, I fully turned it over to the Lord and put all my trust in Him. It wasn't two weeks later that the Lord answered my prayers. I admire you very much...you are such an inspiring loving person who loves unconditionally. I will continue to pray for you and Terry.


Thank you, my friend Veda, for this reminder...I think I needed it. 

update on Terry

Terry called me at 12.30pm today.  He said he tried to call me this morning on my drive to work but just got my voicemail. I was on the phone and am not sure why call waiting didn't work, but you know how cell phones can be.  He is at mom & dads packing and sorting through his things.  He said they won't allow him to pack his car yet.  He plans to call me later tonight. 

Please keep him in your prayers that he will be kind to them in spite of how they are treating him and that he will not get violent as has happened in the past.

New Home Gift for my cousin

Jill & her husband moved into their new place a few months ago, I really can't remember when, but I have been wanted to get her something special just for her little new abode.  Well, she is so crafty and as you know has some great inspirational ideas if you follow her blog.  So one day I was shopping at Tuesday Morning and it brought to mind this post she had on green touches to a room and also hydrangeas.  So this is what I gave her...think she will like it? 
I think she will...  

addition to...New Home Gift for a friend

If you didn't read my original post on two white pillow I made for a friend, click here. Alisha knew I wanted to put something on the square pillow because it was a little plain so she added what she thought was the perfect touch.......and I think its adorable, do you???