~When God Ran~

I have heard this song many times over the past year or so but it has never meant as much to me as it does right now. As I have written several times, I have a son who is strayed far away from the Lord and has become very defiant over the past 4 years where the Lord is concerned.

We have been praying and believing that my prodigal will come home. I know it is just a matter of time...God's time before Brandon returns to the Lord where he belongs.

As part of our corporate 21 day Daniel Fast this year, one of the specific things that we, as a church are praying and believing for the return of our prodigals.

Yesterday was a very busy day for both Roger and I...mine went smoothly and he's didn't. He worked his full time job, left there for the police department, was able to leave early (10 PM), come home, eat dinner, get a shower, get his stuff loaded, get in the truck and leave for Jackson, MS (4 hr. drive) to be there for a 8 AM training session (8 hr. class) and test today. He was tired, getting stressed and dreading the long drive after a very long day.

The last thing that I asked him while standing on the driveway at 11 PM was..."did you get your medicine?" (blood pressure) and he said "yes". I told him how much I loved him, please be careful and call me at any hour if you get tired, sleepy and want to talk...I will wake up and talk to you!

I came back inside to finish cleaning my house since I was having friend that I hired over this morning to train her in another area to help me with my job. I finished my house work and went to take a bath at 11:40 PM. I walked into the bathroom, looked around, called Roger (took 4 times before he answered) and asked him which medicine did he take with him. I was praying it was the bottle and not the little "daily" container that we use at home. He said "my little box" and I asked "the green one?" and he replied "yes". I said "no, you didn't, it is laying on the bathroom counter!"

After much discussion and me getting upset because he was choosing to do without his blood pressure medicine for nearly two days...he agreed to turn around and meet me. I had to wake Tyler up to tell him where I was going, put the dog in the bed with him (protection), get dressed and set the alarm before leaving at 11:45 PM.

Roger called me on my cell phone and apologized for forgetting to get his medicine. I told him that I would rather sacrifice my sleep than his life. I told him to find a place that was safe, park and take a nap...I was coming to him. He was over 45 minutes away.

I knew he was tired, stressed and had a lot on his mind...so I used the entire trip down to meet him to pray...praying for him and for my family. I arrived safely, gave him his medicine, told him that I loved him, please be careful and call me when you get there.

On my way back home...I turned on the radio. I listened to K-Love for awhile and then to Enlighten...Southern Gospel station. It was on my drive back home that I really began to pray hard for Brandon. I have envisioned his homecoming for several years now and what the Lord wants to do in his life. I know in my heart how the Lord wants to use him to reach other young people who have been where he is right now.

Then...this song came on the radio. I know it is also sung my Phillips, Craig and Dean but I love this version by the Kingsmen...When God Ran.

This is my pray and vision for each of our prodigals today. It is not only for those who are going to return to the Lord but for all of us who already have returned to Him. His reaction is the same...yesterday, today and forever. He has and will continue to welcome us back into His arms with love and forgiveness.

I pray this ministers to you if you were once a prodigal son or daughter or if you have one in your family.

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Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Then Sings My Soul Saturday~O Holy Night

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This is one of my favorite Christmas songs...it tells the beautiful story of Jesus birth and oh, what a story.

As a child, I thought these songs were for "old folks"...well, I guess, I was right because now as an "old folk"...I love this song and so many more like these.

If it weren't for that wonderful night over 2000 years ago...I would not be able to come to my Savior~Jesus Christ and repent of my sins, ask Him to come into my heart and immediately become royalty.

No other man or god can do that for me...He is the way, the truth and the life. Oh, how I love my Lord and Savior!

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (KJ)

Matthew 1:20,21
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. (21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins (KJ)

Luke 2:7
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. (KJ)

O Holy Night by Celion Dion...I love her angelic voice in this song along with pictures that represent the birth of Jesus Christ.

~Sometimes CHRISTmas Makes Me Cry~

I saw this video for the first time over at Samantha's blog...Mama's aMusings and I was so "blown away" that I had to share it here on my blog. This is by Mandisa and Matthew West.

I love CHRISTmas time of the year with all the laughter, decorations, holiday cheer, reflecting on CHRISTmas past, the true meaning of CHRISTmas and wonderful childhood memories.

My daddy died 19 years ago this past August 4th and CHRISTmas was his favorite time of the year. He loved to surprise my mom with wonderful gifts and he did the same thing for his children. He played Santa, shook jingle bells outside our bedroom window so we would hurry up go to sleep and made reindeer tracks in the snow once when we were lucky enough to have a white Christmas. Oh, I have such wonderful CHRISTmas memories with my family!

Every year at the beginning of the CHRISTmas holiday season, when I start playing the CHRISTmas music, burning the scented candles, the house is all decorated and I begin to wrap the presents...I have a hard, long, sobbing cry because I miss my daddy so much. I miss him as much now as I did 19 years ago. This has become a "tradition" for me but it is therapeutic.


I'm dedicating this song to my daddy...Billy Wood. I know you are in the arms of Jesus right now, healed and very happy but...Daddy, I miss you so much and can't wait to see you again. I love you, Daddy!

I am blessed to still have my wonderful, loving and beautiful mother...inside and out...alive and living close by. Mom...you mean the world to me and I love you more than words can ever express. You are truly the picture of a godly mother. Thank you for loving me and my family (in spite of our faults), raising me in a strong Christian home and always being there for us. I love you, Mom. (yes, she reads my blog:)

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