Enjoying life one cup at a time

Has it really been almost FOUR years since any of us have posted to this place. This place we used to come together to share our life journeys. Yet somehow, God is still using this place to reach people. We had nearly 1,700 page views last month despite no post in almost four years. My Great-Grandmother passed away two days ago, and I'm really struggling with the fact that I thought when I went 'home' this coming up weekend that I would have time with her. But I didn't. I didn't get to say 'Good-Bye'.  And that's REALLY hard.  To know I was a week too late. This song came on the radio earlier and it hit me.  HARD. Will you guys pray for my family this week as we ready ourselves to say 'Good-Bye' to a woman who was such an integral part of my family?

I've been going through some trials in my life the past few days and I came across this song and thought I would share. Praise HIM for always being there for us when we call upon His name!! Amanda

I found these videos on another blog that I like to read.  Their story of HOPE and love is absolutely uplifting.  I don't know how some people do it, but they are an inspiration. The Story of Zac Smith (New Score) from NewSpring Media on Vimeo . A Story | Tears of Hope from NewSpring Media on Vimeo .

I know we have a prayer log for requests but no one can actually read them until the blog page is opened up and we don't normally open up the page if we don't see a new post...so here it is. A cousin of two of the women in the local MOPS circle was recently in a tragic car accident. Her 4 month old son was killed and her 4 year old daughter is in the local children's hospital with bleeding on the brain. The mother had a broken pelvis, internal bleeding and bruising in her lungs. She was unaware of the death of her son and the condition of her daughter until days after the accident. The funeral for the baby will be held tomorrow. I'm sure they can use all the prayers we can provide! A memorial fund has been set up to help with funeral expenses. To donate please visit this link . A young friend of mine delivered a baby that was born with water on his brain. The doctors only give him a few months to live. This can't be easy to accept for anyone involved. Also, a friend...

max lucado tweets. thank goodness. a nugget from this weekend was " There is more love in God's heart than there is sin in yours. Always." how simple how amazing how profound and how thankful i am that it's true. make 2011 the year you stop beating yourself up for past mistakes for current shortcomings and start living your life simply to spread His Love you'll be amazed at the shift in your life when you start living like you can't possibly love enough it's radical, yes but it's what we are called to! go. be love. and please report back :0) So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. - john 13:34, NLT  

I've mentioned Katie before on my other blog. Actually...she's a follower here at 'Enjoying Life One Cup at a Time'.  I absolutely ADORE her blog (www.imperfectpeople.net)....and today's post was no exception.  I wanted to share it with you guys. (and I hope she doesn't mind) but it was just too powerful NOT to share! God doesn’t work by Karma. Good for good, evil for evil. And I’m thankful because I certainly don’t deserve how good he has been. Everything that happens, good or bad isn’t always just about us. We all search for meaning in life’s circumstances but the real (sometimes hard) truth is... IT’S NOT ABOUT US. God is a lot more important than us .  He loves us no doubt.  But I think he gets a little chuckle watching us trying to make it all about us.  I can’t think of anyone else who was raised from the dead, for whom the calendar changed from BC to AD, or for whom people centuries before his birth (even outside of the bible) predicted hu...

I first watched this video just a few minutes ago, heard the song on the radio for the first time driving home this morning, also just a few minutes ago. I thought this song is a good example of why this blog is in existence. To uplift one another, to give hope and inspire each other.

Please say a prayer or whatever it is that you guys do for my cousin. They found a spot on his head at the doctor and he has to go in for a biopsy on Monday. He's only 8.

Cool!! I love this!

What an amazing little girl!

I love this!  I think all coaches should be this good.

Challenge makes it sound like a contest- and it's not... it's about giving. We're doing it for HIM... to further the kingdom. If you guys want to participate go to this blog and get more information. We are all so blessed and I know that sometimes I get stuck in my own little world... Do you know that some mom's worry about putting clean diapers on their babies? I literally cannot imagine... that's here in America that babies are going all day in dirty diapers. It breaks my heart. I can't imagine worrying about feeding my kids or putting diapers on them. There are lots of ways to give... it doesn't have to be monetary- you could volunteer your time to help an elderly person who doesn't have family to help them or you could even just pick up a piece of trash that blew in your neighbors yard. It doesn't have to be big and the recipient doesn't even have to know about your giving, it's just going out of our own little comfort zone and doing for...

If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believeth.

Hey guys, I promise you I have NOT forgot about the book club (I can't wait to start it actually), or getting the books sent out for that matter.  They are still sitting in plain sight in my computer room.  If any of you come to my area to grocery shop, please, feel free to pick up yours and anyone else's in our book club who you see on a regular basis.  For those of you far away, I promise as soon as I am able to lift Breanna out of her carseat to go to the post office, I WILL get them mailed out.  Thanks for patience with me!!! Casondra

wow...I feel like it's been forever since I've been on here.  My energy level has been pretty non-existent since my surgery, and what little energy I've had, has been spent going to doctor appointments and spending time with my kids and husband. Recovery is going well....thank you prayer warriors!  you've definitely helped carry me through this time in my life!  It is appreciated beyond words. I do have a few prayer request for you this week...I'm getting two of the four drain tubes I have out this Thursday.  I'm pretty nervous about it as I've heard it is pretty painful! Also, on Thursday, my friend Kristin is having surgery on her wrist to have a cyst removed.  Three years ago, she broke her wrist and the doctor didn't cast it long enough, so come to find out the bones didn't heal properly and are still actually broke, so she will also have to wear a cast afterwards.

No one has posted here for awhile so I figured I'd share what I read this morning. I'm not going to copy it but you can read it by following this link. Are you keeping busy? Or are you allowing God to keep busy in your life by transforming you into the person He wants you to be? This was a reminder to me to open up and allow God to work inside me more. 

My children, who are elementary school aged have, of course, never read the whole Bible.  For one, without a LOT of help they wouldn't understand the wording in most of it or what was going on. While at the book store one day I found a Bible that had the title Extreme Teen on the front.  I opened it up and found that while the parts of the Bible are in there, it actually explains things as it goes in a way that a teen would understand.  I believe that my kids will be able to understand this too as they are older elementary school aged kids, or I am hoping so anyway.  I am hoping that if a part is confusing that my 20+ years of the Bible would be able to help them too, although I don't know ALL about it either, but I do know how they learn things. I've had this Bible sitting here for a year now on my bookshelf and probably only cracked it open twice. I have decided that as of October 1st I am going to start reading this to them, hopefully a little each night. ...

I just wanted to say: Casondra, we miss you! Can't wait to see you back on here! Thinking about you and praying for you girl!

I was in a friend's car today and she has this posted on her dash: Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. God never said life would be easy. He just promised it would be worth it. I thought that summed up a lot of what is expected of us in this life. I struggle to love those who anger me, slight me, or do wrong by me, and so I would add into this passage that I should also love those who don't treat me right. I love this song by Leeland! As with most of their songs, it puts me in the place I should be, and in the right frame of mind to do my best in honoring God and showing His love to others.....

this morning i have spent approximately an hour cleaning out one (1!) of my email inboxes i'm one of those people that's really bad about hanging onto emails that don't necessarily matter anymore.  blog comments and replies from months ago.  dusty receipts, photos that have long been on my hard drive, nutrition secrets that i should probably just READ and apply instead of letting them sit there. and so, the email cleanup has taken awhile. and as usual, i begin wondering what other dusty corners of my life need a little clean up. how about that resentment from an offense that was slighter than i remember? and the envy i felt for those moving forward in the life path i thought *i* was supposed to be walking? and those moments when i wondered if i could even make it another step. i am happy to say that i had a little "clean-up" of those life things a couple of months ago when i went on an encounter weekend   (and had a little revelation about my life in general ...