I Learned A Valuable Piece Of Information Today From Pastor, A Tidbit On How To Keep Your Marriage Glued Together.

Let me pose this question to you, "Do you have passwords on your computer, cellphone, twitter, etc?
If you are a married person or in a serious relationship with someone you should not have them. That is right. A good marriage with trust firmly in place would have no need for passwords. A spouse should have freedom to check their spouse's e-mail, cellphone, twitter, etc any time to see who they are conversing with. What Internet sites they view etc. If you have nothing to hide then this would be welcome in your life and marriage or serious relationship that you are in.
I would trust that you would welcome the opportunity to share with them. If you have nothing to hide or you are not participating in anything that is shameful then why not freely hand over your cellphone, e-mails, etc. Those that are addicted to things that are not good or are having secret conversations with others that may be married should not be going on. Stop and repent and then change your ways. Be honorable and hand over that cellphone email or chats and you should also have the freedom to reciprocate too. I think this is a good policy for a serious relationship. It is not spying or anything like that. It is protecting yourself and your marriage and your spouse. There are many out there that are set out to break up marriages so they can have a relationship with someone. I am not saying that everyone is like that, just use wisdom and do not let your guard down.
When you let your guard down that is when the enemy sneaks in. He does it subtle at first and once he has his foot in the door he slams the door shut tightly so it seems impossible for you to break away from the sin. Keep away from those that choose to walk in sin and then flaunt it right before you. That is just a tactic of the enemy to get you off track. You are stronger than you think. Trust in Holy Spirit and He will guide your footsteps and place those on your path to help you when prayer is needed. Do not be afraid to ask for assistance when it comes to prayer. There are situations that you can pray yourself out of and then there are others that need help from the prayer of the power prayer people. Fasting also helps too.
Guard your marriage and then train the younger generation how to guard their future marriage.
You know, as a parent, you can pray for your child/children's spouse from infant to adulthood. Pray the prayers of protection over them and your children. That God will keep both of them safe until the time is right for them to meet. Pray that the wrong influences or even people they may want to date or are dating leave their life so they can be ready when the right person that God sends into their life appears. Pray that they have the wisdom to recognize them as their mate also.
Above all else, trust in God and He does and will continue to direct your footsteps.

God Is FAITHFUL. He Spoke To My Heart That I Would Arrive Safely Home This Evening. I DID just That.

I was in rush hour traffic this evening heading out from a major metropolitan area. I was miles away from home on a major highway and I still needed to connect to another highway that would lead me home. My engine light would come on and when that would happen and I acellerated while driving my car it would feel like it would not go beyond 57-60+ mph and it felt like it would vibrate and then I would pull back and ease up on the accelerator pedal and it would be fine and then I would have to feed it gas again and the engine light would come on again and the vibration would happen again. When this first started I heard words ever so soft spoken to my spirit that I would get home safely. I know it was God letting me know not to worry and I would be fine.
Each time that engine light went on I just kept hanging onto those words spoken to me earlier and kept on driving. Another important factor was this, I had a certain praise song playing on "repeat" and I would focus on the words of praise to Yahweh that were part of the song. A song by August Rain called "We Praise You." Thank God I was past the major traffic area on the highway where it seems to be that all the people come together at one point and feed into the highway to get to where they need to go. I was beyond the stop and go portion of traffic. The next phase was then getting off of the highway and making it home safely when my exit approached. I did just that. All I can say is thawnk you Holy Spirit for directing me and letting me know not to worry for I would arrive home safely.
God is good all of the time and all of the time He truly is good and FAITHFUL too.
Another thought about billboards. I wrote about 3 great billboards that capture my attention while driving on the highway. I also observed this...the really good billboards tend to be on the major highways heading toward a major metropolitan area and the same quality of billboards you do not see when you are heading away from the city. Why is that? I would think that the same audience that sees those billboards in the morning would benefit to see them twice a day instead of just once a day. The more you keep those really good billboards in front of them would cause them to want to a part of that advertisement. Billboard sales rep.'s why not try to convince your clients to capture the audience not just heading to work but also heading home from work. Think about it. The billboard they see heading home from work would stay fresher in their mind than the morning one because their day is not filled with work but their evening allows them to ponder a bit more on the visual billboard they just saw while driving home. Does that make sense to you? It is not fair that we get to see the good billboards heading in one direction and it is as though they do not think they are just as important heading away from the metropolitan area. Those are just my thoughts and observations in regard to billboards.

Women Do Not Settle For A Weasel In Your Life, Wait Upon The Lord To Bring Forth A True Man. Settle For Nothing Less Than That.

I received a DVD of a person preaching to young adult men/women. I was up bright and early today and Holy Spirit prompted me to view it today. WOW what a word for not just others but it encouraged me also. My electronic dictionary states a weasel is this: "any of various carnivorous mammals with a long, slender body, short legs, and a long tail. A sneaky, deceitful person. To be evasive; equivocate." Equivocate means to use ambiguous language; hedge.
Are you dating someone currently that fits this description? RUN, RUN, RUN and do not look back. Why would you settle for something less than the person your Heavenly Father has just for you. You are beautiful and to rule and reign with Jesus. If that be the case then you should hold out for someone that respects you, will defend you and protect you also. Someone that sees your beauty and admires the way you compose yourself and take the time to make yourself not only look beautiful but smell sweet with the fragrance you use, to allow him to stand up and declare that he is blessed, very blessed indeed to have you as the woman/wife in his life. Women just because you choose to not date and wait for God to bring forth this union in your life does not give you an excuse to not take care of yourself  and dress as though he is not out there. For the very day you choose to not tidy up just may be the day he walks into your life and you will not be happy with yourself if you should have unkempt nails/toenails (meaning not polished or wearing chipped nail polish) hair that is not combed etc. I do not mean to harp on you because I am guilty of that at times too. I may just get up on a morning and go walking, I do brush my teeth and comb my hair. I do not plan on meeting him while walking though because that is my time with the Lord and it is in those moments that He speaks to my heart and I get direction for the day and even the very ideas that I sit at the computer to write about.
You should be dressing not to please a future man though as your only reason. You should dress to just dress for yourself. When one is dressed up with hair, nails done, make-up, matching accessories etc. you say that you are all put together and others perceive it as that also. When you are comfortable with yourself then a man can walk into your life. Why would you want it any other way? Work on yourself  and let God work on him OK.
A man that is truly a good man will look out for your best interest and will truly want to protect you for you are a gift given to him to lift him up and encourage him in his daily walk. Do not mock him, compliment him; do not belittle him but build him up; do not dress frumpy for him dress as though you were before royalty for that is exactly what you are before. When God sets up a marriage He does it right and does not hold back for either the woman or the man. Celebrate this union and never take it for granted. A good woman is truly a blessing for the man and a helpmate to him. If you are one that loves to serve others than you will be an excellent wife. There is not greater pleasure to a wife than serving her husband. Go shopping with him he may love your input in putting together an ensemble for his wardrobe. Or better yet he may be very good at putting together his own outfits and maybe he would be a blessing to you to help you put together a great outfit for yourself. It is not all about changing your style of dressing there just may be a certain look that he enjoys in a woman and do not be afraid to dress like that on occasion to please him. Remember, a man is visual and it is OK to dress for his eyes and at times for his eyes only.
Wait for him do not settle for the weasels in your life wait for royalty and when he enters your life do not treat him as though his is just some object. Treat him with the respect and love that you would extend to royalty. God loves you and trust in Him and you will be glad that you did.

Billboards Capture My Attention. Great Advertising Tool While Sitting In Traffic On Major Highways. Let Me Share 3 That I Like.

When you are sitting in traffic on a major highway it is a great marketing tool to capture the attention of those on the same road while waiting for traffic to move along. You can even notice them while slowly crawling along on the highway. I am not particularly fond of the electronic one's that keep changing the advertisement. There is not enough time to allow one to think about the ad. It is there and then changes to another ad by the time you are starting to absorb the current ad.

Three ads have captured my attention lately. Lexus has a new car and the picture of it (the side profile) it is really a sleek, nice looking car. I think it is an ad for a hybrid car. Very nice looking car that has a sporty look to it too. It would cause me to look at this car in person if I were seeking a new car just by the picture of the car placed on the billboard. I do apologize for the language this man chooses to use to describe this car. I do not condone his choice of words at times, I have no control of another person's choice of words. I thought this was the best video ( of the choices out there) to describe this car.

Have you seen the updated billboard signs for Cracker Barrel lately? I am not sure if this is a national or regional campaign advertisement. They changed the look of their advertisement and there is something about it that is warm and inviting. This softer, warm, advertising just may cause one to think about going to their restaurant. Very good advertisement Cracker Barrel. Your marketing director should get applause for painting the highways with such nice signage. Here's an example of this new advertisement, not the best picture but you get the idea right.

It says Hand Rolled Biscuits and a picture of just that, biscuits.

The third sign that captures my attention is by Audi. They are the one's that have 4 rings connected together as part of their logo/symbol right? This sign causes me to strain to see the name of the car I think it is A8 or something like that. The ad actually shows the bright lights that come on, the lights below the headlights. It is a great sign but the small print is a bit too small. It causes one to have to really concentrate on looking to see what it is in reference to. What captures your attention is the bright light that actually does just that on the sign. I will tell you this, since I saw that sign I look for Audi cars now to see those bright lights below the headlights because it is such a sleek looking light that distinguishes their cars from other cars, This must be something newer, not all Audi's have this feature when I pass one by.

You see billboards are not a dying medium for advertisement. I would guess that major metropolitan  areas really do benefit from this form of advertisement.

While in traffic the other day Holy Spirit gave me a little gold nugget:

Healing

Others

Pleases

Emmanuel

I received this one at home:

Taking

Rest

Under

Someone else's

Teaching

Great Praise Group, August Rain, "Show Me Your Light" & "Let It Rain"

I love praise music and there is a local Christian radio station that plays a variety of praise music. One day this group was live in the studio and guess what? They had a contest and I was the winner and the prize was the CD by this group. It is called "Time" and I received it in the mail the other day and today was the day I listened to it. I really like this song I enjoy the banjo playing and the beat of this song. Here's another song that I think you just may enjoy from this CD.

Let It Rain

Let Me Wish You Happy Autumn, I Am A Little Early But That Is OK. My Thoughts On How To Free Up Huge Traffic Jams In Major Metropolitan Cities.

Happy early Autumn, in the USA we will celebrate it September 22, 2012. Autumn is by far my favorite season and I can actually start to smell the fragrance of Fall in the air even though it may still be the end of Summer on certain days. I do not know, there is just something about the smell of Fall in the air, I cannot pin point it there is a certain smell that when you breathe it in you just know that it is that.
Where I live I am starting to see a few trees start to get the seasonal change in color on the leaves. I am not too far away from a drive in which I would be able to see the splendor of all the leave changes by getting in the car and taking a drive to take in this magnificent sight. It is all about timing and getting the right day to go and explore what Autumn has waiting for me. How about you? Are you excited about Fall and the season change? You do know that the harvest also coincides with Autumn right. There is just something spectacular about taking a bite into a locally harvested apple that you can hear the crisp sound of that apple as you bite into it. I already made a batch of homemade applesauce. The secret to my applesauce, as the apples are cooking on the stove you take a handful or so of the cinnamon heart candies (you know the kind that are popular around Valentine's Day) and add them to the sauce while it is cooking on the stove and they actually melt and add a beautiful reddish color to the applesauce and then the cinnamon flavor is then released into it. The liquid I like to use when I start out making the sauce is apple cider but if there is none available I will then use a bit of orange juice so the apples do not burn in the pan they need a bit of liquid with them while they cook and begin to break down and soften. I also like to add freshly ground cinnamon too. The way I make applesauce you would like it because it is like eating apple pie without the crust and if you serve it warm it is delicious over freshly made homemade frozen vanilla custard. In the Summer when I make applesauce it is most delicious if you add fresh rhubarb to it.
 I have had the occasion of more than once of sitting in traffic on main highways were massive amounts of people need to connect to get to their destination. What happens is everyone needs to get connected and at times you sit or creep along slowly to get to that connector or destination. Forget about it if there happens to be an accident that really slows down the traffic flow even more. While sitting in this traffic my mind begins to think of ways to alleviate this traffic mess. Remember, I am a Mom and I also like to solve problems too. So I began to think like a Mom solving a problem and this is what I came up with. Some may like this idea and others may just hate it but I am not afraid to share my ideas with you for someone may read this and use this as a spring board to come up with a solution.
During peak rush hour times in the morning and the afternoon I propose that all 53 foot and larger and 18 wheel trucks are not to be on the highways in major metropolitan areas to alleviate the traffic tie up. I believe the 6 wheel trucks and smaller are fine. I have observed them and they do not take up that much space. While sitting in my car I look and observe and to me it looks like those huge trucks seem to be taking up the space of 2, possibly 3 car lengths. Imagine if that truck space was now allowed to let cars flow in traffic to get to where they need to be. Most people are travelling to work or school in the morning and then heading home in the evening or some may be heading to school or work in the evening also. My point being, if all the huge trucks were not allowed on the main highways during peak rush hour times that would be posted then the flow of traffic would do just that it would flow with hardly any bottlenecks. Now, if one of those huge trucks wanted to participate during times when it is posted to not they would have to pay a hefty fee to grant them that opportunity or if they just did not want to follow the posted times then a hefty fine should be given to them to be paid. I am not saying keep huge trucks off of highways I am just suggesting that times be regulated to allow main traffic to run smoothly and then they are allowed to get back on the highways after the posted times.
These are just the observations of one that has had the distinct pleasure of sitting in this traffic and the answer is not paying road taxes to widen roads or add more connectors just to deal with what is already there and make it work. Maybe the times when trucks that are huge should be off of the highways that could be their rest times, I do not have all the answers I am just sharing my thoughts on how to alleviate bad rush hour traffic problems. Another option is to only allow these huge trucks to drive in one designated lane and that is it during these peak times. If you have any ideas out there I would love to hear about them.

Eileen Fisher: "I Am About to Move in the Mighty, Mighty Breeze"

Eileen Fisher: "I Am About to Move in the Mighty, Mighty Breeze"