Don't Give Up

Riddle me this batman. How can a teenage boy sleep through an alarm clock that is alarming so loudly that I can hear it all the way downstairs across the house in my room with the door shut?  Also how can my son sleep through me yelling at him to wake up and turn the alarm off but when his text message notification on his smart phone goes off he jumps up like a jack in the box?  I cannot be the only mother that is perplexed by this seemingly selective hearing that teenagers seem to have. I remember when my husband and I were dating and I would call him at work and they would say he had not come in yet and that he was late so if I heard from him would I please tell him to call them.  I would call his cell phone and he would not answer and then I would call his house phone and he still would not answer. After trying several times to reach him I would begin to worry. He only lived a few minutes from me so I would drive over to his house and there I would find him fast asleep with the a

It is only the beginning of November and I am already overwhelmed and confused by the rudeness, lack of respect and the seemingly non-existent love for one another approaching one of the most beautiful times of year. My head is spinning with thoughts surrounding Thanksgiving, Christmas, family, red cups, snowflakes, trees, angels, stars, political debates and what I am going to fix for dinner tonight.  The red cup deal at Starbucks really has me baffled.  I am especially concerned for my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ that have taken to the extreme of showing their anger in such barbaric behavior all over Social Media and in the Starbuck’s Coffee Houses.  I am embarrassed that my adopted family is blinded by the attempts of the enemy to distract us from our true purpose this time of year and all year long for that matter and that is to show the love of Jesus to everyone everywhere all the time. It is our job to rise above this type of petty nonsense and be a light that shines

I am going to take a side bar from my normal blogging style for just a minute. I made a vow to myself a long time ago that I would not put my personal or family drama out on Social Media. I made this decision for many reasons. One is for the simple fact that I used to be a drama queen and I loved it but now that I am a born again Christian, grounded in the Word of God, I detest drama. When I see it on Social Media I have very mean thoughts pop up in my head, so I refrain from responding. “Blessed are the peacekeepers” I tell myself and boy does it take Jesus to keep my peace. In case you are curious as to what little naughty things pop in my head I will indulge you this once, but pay close attention because you will not hear or see this again. Thoughts that pop in my head when I see “drama” on Social Media is as follows; 1. No one cares. 2. I don’t care. 3. Get a life. 4. Get a job. 5. Another selfie? 6. Not a good look for you. 7. I want to unfriend you. 8. Are you bipolar? 9. Stop d