Sacrificing for The Lord!

I decided a while back to ban Pepsi and all of its products, which includes, Quaker, Gatorade, and Frito Lay! Believe me Pepsi and Lays Chips were two of my favorite foods. My reason for the boycott is that Pepsi Co. has been donating lots of money to gay rights as well as promoting the gay lifestyle on their television commercials. Do I not like gay people? It has nothing to do with LIKING or DISLIKING a person, but instead has everything to do with obeying my Lord. The Scriptures tell us, James 1:22 “don’t just listen to the scriptures, do what IT says”. If you are truly living for the Lord and living by the scriptures as the Lord directs us to do, then are you not ignoring and defying as well as choosing not to sacrifice for the Lord when you continue to enjoy these products as long as they support ANTI-CHRISTIAN agendas? Sacrifice for HIM is not something HE wants, it is something HE expects from HIS dedicated believers.
Mark 8:34-36
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after ME, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow ME. for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for ME and the Gospel, will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world yet forfeit his soul?"

Have a prayer filled day,
Regina

God in the Texas Pledge

I am so pleased and proud that a supreme court judge ruled on Friday that the word GOD was to remain in the Texas Pledge Of Allegiance. I know God is smiling down on this decision!

xoxoxo,
Regina

hey everyoneee

okayyyy so this is Peyton!
i have been trying to do this for a long time and i just figured out that i had to be "accepted" first??
anyway im not so great with technology which is sort of unbelievable because im a teenager..
well, i just wanted to let everyone know that Ryan did awesome at his OCU audition and the judges were AWED by his talent. We should hear from them by mail in about two weeks. Also, Mamaw is so so nice to mail me her phone and because she has an upgrade she is letting me have it so i will be getting a new phone in place of this months allowance and then I will mail Mamaw's phone back to her!!! YAY ME!! More news: My friends Holly, Katelyn, Katarina, and I are tring out for JV Cheerleaders at Lakeview! So we have been working very hard! Besides last night.... we had a break and went to Chili's with Aunt Regina, my Mom, and Ashton.
Well, ttyl!


Love ya<33333

Peyton!!

Stevee's new home

Well Stevee Marie called me from Sam Houston today and...... She signed her first apartment lease. Is she really old enough to do that... hmmmm. The apartment will be for next year. She will be sharing it with a friend named Nadia. I have met Nadia and she seems very sweet. I am so excited for Stevee.

xoxoxo,
Regina

Tyler and Rob Golfing.....

As you all know, Rob and Tyler are both in Boy Scouts....
Well there is a golfing badge that Tyler needed. So, Rob and I took him Golfing last Wednesday (a week ago yesterday). We had a wonderful time. I was thrilled to watch Tyler learn this sport from his dad as Rob is a sports nut and a natural born teacher. I thank God daily for this new family to add to my existing wonderful family.

As usual the pics are posted on my web album at:
www.picasaweb.google.com/franksregina

xoxoxo, Regina

God is SO GOOD!!!

I just came home from a Mary Kay Career Conference and man am I on FIRE for my business! I saw so many Godly women working to support their families and staying home with their families all at the same time. It was awesome to see the BIG picture.
Then yesterday at church my Pastor that was diagnosed with Mass Cell Leukemia about 2 and 1/2 months ago came to church yesterday morning. He addressed the congregation and read some scripture to us from 1 Corn. 13 about LOVE! He endured a chemo "blast" which was continual chemo for 1 week. He spent a month in the hospital, one week for the blast and then 3 weeks to recover. He said that although his faith did waver a bit during the tough times, he has his foot on THE ROCK! It was sad to see him with no hair and very thin, but it was a great reminder of how God is not outdone and we are at HIS mercy, thank you Lord!
Our guest preacher delivered a message about discipleship and how we have to fully surrender to the Lord and die daily to the flesh! It was GREAT!
Thanks for reading... : D

Update on Fonda???

Anyone have an update on how Fonda is doing?

Fonda's Surgery

Please pray for Fonda.... Her surgery is Friday afternoon.
Also.... wish daddy a happy Birthday... Big 69 years old Friday.

Fond

Still cold in Ohio... burrrr!

Hello everyone! Due to Regina's begging and pleading I'm on here now... : D
Just wanted to fill you in on what's going on with me and mine. My hubby, Damion and I have been married for almost 4 years now. We bought a house a little over 2 years ago in Carlisle, Ohio. It's between Middletown and Dayton, it's a great little town. We have 3 kids! I think you all knew I had twin girls way back when, they are 7 now going on 25! Their names are Maile (pronounced Miley) and Paige. And we have a little boy, Tucker that just turned 3! So we are pretty busy most of the time. The girl's take ballet lessons and we just signed them up for coach-pitch baseball and Tucker is signed up for rag-ball! So we are about to get really busy!!! We have 3 pets as well, a boxer pup named Max, a beta fish named Shark Bait, and a snail named Scooby-Doo! 3 must be our number... : D
Damion drives a school bus for a living, so he has the best schedule. OFF in the summer! He is also the director for our church's puppet ministry, and one of the director's for our Vacation Bible School, and he is an usher at our church. Not to mention he is a wonderful husband and father. He is a great God-fearing man that the Lord knew needed to be in my life!
I am a Mary Kay beauty consultant, working my way to that FREE car, and I love it. It's my dream job that doesn't even feel like work. It is an awesome opportunity. I also have a 9 to 5 that I enjoy. It's at our local Steel Mill, so things are really slow right now and I'm thankful to have my Mary Kay business! I work in our church's nursery and children's church. Of course I help with the puppet ministry and VBS too. I also do our church's weekly bulletin - I really enjoy working for the Lord! He is the BEST boss... : D
Want to know something else... just ask!

Marley and Me! I loved it.

I absolutely fell in love with this movie..... I must purchase it when it comes out. Marley reminds me of my little Elsie and Rusty's big Buddy all bundled into one dog. For example Elsie made me chase her around the game room to get onto her for chewing up the bag the cat food was in... did I ever catch her. NO. I finally started throwing clothes at her so she would know I meant business. She ran for cover under Diane's desk.

We need updates!

Nicole, Diane, and Tanya, we need updates on the kids.
Lisa, I know you have been sick.... I hope you are feeling better. Bailey is sick also. This weather is not helping I am sure. I will be praying for you.

Stevee is home for Spring Break... YEAH

Stevee is home for Spring Break... I have missed her so so much. I am amazed at how much she has matured since I last saw her. It has only been a VERY short time, but WOW! My baby is so adult now in her thinking. I will post pics soon.

Wanted to share an update!

The last blog post was 4000 views. Now it is approaching 7000, WOW. Please continue to pray, for it appears the Lord is leading a lot of people to theses postings. Pray many will come to the Saving knowledge of Jesus Christ before He Returns! I am crying with joy knowing that the Father is using me this way.

Wanted to share

I do not know how many family members read these blogs but if you do, good. I wanted to share what's going on with Bible Time. I have started posting 10 minute videos on youtube, Godtube (which is now Tangle),Myspace and facebook. This is not counting the Bible studies and sermons on stickam. I must say I am humbled at how God has used these videos. The number of hits on youtube, Godtube and myspace have reached about 4000 people. I receive threats and good comments alike. The message is getting out in the hands of people the Lord is trying to reach for His Glory.I want to thank each of you for your support. Also something that has come my way is wordpress. I started posting written devotions as well as videos and so far the results have been amazing. If you would like to follow that blog it is www.bigpreacher.wordpress.com. I have often said to the Lord if there is one person that comes to the Saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through the teaching and preaching He has called me too then I will be most humbled and give Him the Praise due His Name! Until next time, be blessed in Jesus. P.S. my profile name on youtube is bigpreacher41. Tangle profile is bigpreacher. Just in case you wanted to know.

Samantha's Birthday 2009

Rob's niece Samantha that just turned 9 had her family dinner get together last night. Guess where this sweet little 9 year old wanted to go...... Donna's Kitchen!
We had a great time and the food was really good. Samantha wanted to go their because she said "They have the best cheese sticks in the world". I think that is so cool!

The pics are posted on my web album.
http://picasaweb.google.com/franksregin

The Dallas Stars Game

Rob took Tyler and I too the Dallas Stars Game this past Saturday. We had a wonderful time. We went with Tyler's Boy Scout Troop. This would be a wonderful thing to entertain a family with...so maybe we should all go to a game?

The pics are posted on my web album.
http://picasaweb.google.com/franksregina

oh yes, I forgot some people in the family

Tyler is doing great outside of his typical teenage smart mouth....I get tickled at Rob since I have been there, done that!
Rob is doing pretty good. Have not heard anything about the new job yet. Please pray for him.
Diane is the same, running kids around.
Johnny is okay. Haven't heard any complaints. He has been working a lot and needs prayers to help him sleep and rest better.
Andy's eye surgery seems to be working great. He can see with no glasses.
James and Nicole are still working on building their house.
James and Fonda are planting a garden... a big one.
Aunt Bert is still 87 and hanging in there.
Daddy's birthday is this month on the 13th.

Pray much, it works,
xoxoxox

What is up with the NON bloggers.....?

It looks like we are all still waiting on Peyton's blog and pics from the dance... grrr
Ryan had an Orchestra concert today. He is still working on College stuff to make a final decision.
Bailey started dance and tumbling... ? I know she is learning to do cartwheels... lol ... bet that is cute to watch.
Mom is still waiting to get her biopsy results from her upper endoscopy (EGD) to try to figure out what is going on with her.
Fonda is having Gall Bladder surgery on 3/13 and still having lots of abdomen pain.
Billy is ill like Lisa with the crud. (but they both blog so I don't need to update anyone on them)
Elsie and Tucker had a bath today and got their nails clipped.... so cute in their little neck scarfs.
Callie the cat is old and feeble. She can still bat Elsie upside the head though.... lol...
Aaron, Ashton, Logan and Daddy as far as I know do not have any updating news right now.
We need to plan another family night for dinner. Anyone have any suggestions where they would like to go? Text me if you do and I will get it all set up.
Oh yeah, mom and dad will be in town for Ryan's graduation so I thought we would have a family reunion then. I am working on the plans for that now.
Love you all.
xoxoxo
p.s. Tanya and Raegan we need to know how the new pregnancy is coming along and how the boys are.

This big big world.....

Sometimes, when you sit and think about life you get a clarifying in site of just how happy and blessed you are. We should remember this daily, but I know I don't. I have less material things in life now than I have ever had in my past life, but I still feel happier and more free now. Sure, I have a few things I want to improve on in my life. But over all, less has been best for me. It took me a long time to see that. Of course I do not have two small children I am raising on my own right now either, and that makes a huge difference in the stress level. There are so so so many things regarding my children that I wish I could go back in time and redeem a "do over" on. But since I can't I have made peace with me. And that is a great thing for anyone to do!
My Father God always has me in his grasp, and I love it.