TBC Higher Ground Joy

I'mmmmmm off to see Lufkin, the wonderful Lufkin of T'xas..... LOL

Really I am off to Higher Ground music conference in Lufkin, Texas for the rest of this week, March 7-10!!!! I am going with my friend, Tiffany Martin, and we are going to have a blast!!!! I was born in Lufkin and grew up only 30 miles or so away from there in Nacogdoches. I lived in Nacogdoches until I was 14. So this will be old home week for me.

We are meeting my mom and dad at the airport (they are flying in from San Francisco) and then driving together to the conference. My parents are going to stay with our cousin and her husband, Mildred and Eldon Benton. Tiff and I are staying with their daughter and her family, Tracie and Jubal Cannon. Tracie and I haven't seen each other since 1997 and we both LOVE music and are the Music Directors for our local assemblies. SOOO, we have a lot to catch up on and lots of common interests to share!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

I will be back LATE Saturday so it will be Monday before I can get on here and let you know how much fun I had and what I learn from the conference!!! Dedie Cooley is teaching there and I LOVE her enthusiasm and verv!!! There are a TON of good instructors teaching and I know I am going to have a hard time choosing which classes to take! Perhaps, between Tiff, Mom, Tracie and I we can all cover some good classes and share what we learned!!!!

Until then, keep singing HIS praises!!!

"Sing unto the Lord a new song! Sing unto the Lord all the earth! Sing unto the Lord a new song! Sing unto the Lord all the earth! For GOD is GREAT and greatly to be praised!!!"

Am I My Brother's or Sister's Keeper?

Hello, everyone, I have a request for your opinion on something that I have been thinking about.

When someone tells you that they have done something that is spiritually detrimental, how do you handle it? Do you immediately call them on it or do you let them know you love them and aren't judging them and leave it to them to deal with? For sake of discussion, we will say this person is an adult and not used in the ministry of their local assembly. Should you get into a discussion with them and try to make them see the error of their way? How far do you push?

I don't want this person to continue making the same choices and reap the repercussions of their actions. I also want to know how responsible I am for my brothers and sisters in the Lord. I know that it is important for me to hold them up in prayer and I am doing that, but is that enough?

Not much joy

This week has been a killer for me!! I thought I was having a heart attack or pleurisy but wanted to be sure which and spent MANY hours in the ER Monday night. Then I get a raging, hippo stomping, burning infection in my bladder. TOO many glasses of cranberry juice later and I am still in pain. Probably will have to give in and actually go and see the doctor this time. Self medicating isn't working! I guess my pastor's message Wednesday night about going to God, asking for healing, and having faith yet also using the physician to help that healing to become a reality is being played out in my life!

I didn't want to let too much time pass before I blogged again since I let it go WAY too long recently. Sorry I didn't have much joy to share!!! I hope to recover quickly as I have school and am attending the Ladies Conference and Higher Ground Music Conference in the very near future. Please pray for my healing! I thank you for those prayers.

Thank God for His mercy and grace and for the stripes He took upon His back that I may be healed. I plead the blood of Jesus upon my life and my poor, pitiful person. (Had to add that little bit alliteration since I helped Justin tonight with his language arts homework and that was part of it! LOL)