Long Day Today!!!

Hmmmmmmmmmm  I decided to paint my door last night, it turned out okay, needs a second coat cuz you can still see the blue paint beneath it a little bit, but I like the color :-)

I got a call from my Pastor today, he was in Oklahoma when he realized that he forgot the 2 trash bags he was going to take to the dumpster at the church on the ground next to his truck, he had loaded up Bounder, his 90 lbs Black lab (cute, old dog) and totally forgot the 2 light weight garbage bags, so he called me and asked if I had a church key, which i do not, but  he asked if I could pick up the trash and throw it away for him, we have dumpsters where I live so I told him I could, so I went over to his and his wife's house and do that, and then I came home and throw them in our dumpsters down the street.

My uncle Frank painted mom's room today, so I had to help somewhat with that :-( but yeah he's painting my ceiling for me so I better zip it ;) lol

Ummmmm that's about it for today.

Resurrection Sunday went really great!!!!  Megan and I sang Gone (with Christ Arose!) for the offertory and it went great! God really used the song.  Then Mark, Mrs Graham, and Mrs Hemmer sang Were You There When They Crucified My Lord with Crown Him With Many Crowns for the special and it was great!  We had a great attendance Sunday Morning!!  We have 1 lady who wants to join the church by baptism on Mother's Day, and we had 2 saved last week :-)  God is STILL in the SAVING Business!!!! 

God Bless!

Mandy Marie

As Long as JESUS Lives There is Hope.

There Is Hope 

Sometimes we go through trials 
That are so hard to bear 
We lift our face toward heaven 
"God, are You really there?" 
I've asked that same question 
I've been down that road 
And looking back, I now can tell you 
He's always let me know 

Chorus 
There is hope, so hold on, there is hope 
God has sent me here to tell you, there is hope 
And He knows just what you're going through 
And what the future holds 
As long as Jesus lives ... there is hope 

He was bruised for our transgressions 
Nailed upon a tree 
He cried out to the Father 
"Why have You forsaken me?" 
But through this suffering Savior 
He brought healing to our pain 
And the one who raised Him from the dead 
Can restore us all again 

(Repeat Chorus) 

He promised he would share our sorrow 
And bear our heavy load 
This road that we are traveling 
Will one day turn to gold 

(Repeat Chorus)

Purity: Learn From My Mistake.

When I was 18 I had my first kiss with a guy who was my best friend.  I regretted it a few months later, along with the friendship with the boy I had the kiss with, well I should say kisses to be truthful.  I got right with the Lord that summer at youth camp.  When I was 13 or so I decided that I would wait till my wedding day to even hold hands with a boy or kiss a boy, to save everything for that one special man God would put into my life.

Things happened my senior year of High School, yes I went to a public high school and had some questionable friends, but I had a myspace account and I had added my best girl friend on there, and then this boy named Aaron asked me to be his friend and so I did, fast forward a few months and I find out my best girl friend made up the boy and back-stabbed me in essence.  I had a best guy friend at the time as well.  I turned to him when I found out that she was lying to me the whole time.  If I have one thing important to say through all of this it's this; when something happens in your life that hurts you, don't run to your best guy friend, run to your pastor's wife or youth pastor's wife or a lady that you trust, if you run to your best guy friend you will end up with regrets 9 times out of 10, take my life as an example.  A few weeks before my best guy friend tried to kiss me when I was texting a friend, and i didn't even know it till he said something, and even by then my standards were slipping in regards to purity.  I was flirting, and I didn't even care.  This day my best guy friend and I skipped class together and went to the choir ensemble room and sat in the dark.  another thing is, don't go to dark places alone with a guy, it leads to trouble.  He tried to kiss me that day and stopped before he did and he commented about it and I told him I didn't even care that day and so he kissed me.  I look back on that day with regret.  that wasn't the only kiss he gave me, or that i gave him, though i wish it were.  I still have my purity as the world would call purity, but I don't have some of the things that I was saving for my future husband.

My biggest regret in all of this is that I didn't flee temptations, the Bible tells us to flee youthful lusts, and i didn't do that.  I put myself into a place where temptations WERE going to arise NO MATTER WHAT.  if you are alone in a dark room with a boy you better believe something will try to happen, and it may not just be a kiss.

Learn from me!  Don't skip class with a boy, don't give away your firsts.  Save them for the man God has for you.  It will be so much more special.

I have remade my commitments, and though I can never get my first kiss back, I know the only person I will ever kiss again is my husband, who ever he may be.  I want my husband and my first kiss to happen at the wedding altar when the Pastor says to my husband "You may now kiss the bride." and not a second sooner.

Purity isn't the easiest thing to keep, it is too easy to lose, but it is so worth keeping it and protecting it.  Your future spouse will thank you for keeping it.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY LOST YOUR PURITY it is NOT too late!!!!  Repent of your sins and make a commitment today to keep yourself pure till your marriage.

If I were a.......

If I were a...


If I were a gemstone, I’d be aquamarine.

If I were a scent, I’d be Cato's version of M by Mariah Carey.

If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be wedges.

If I were the weather, I'd be a spring day.

If I were a facial expression, I'd be smiley

If I were a car, I’d be a Camero

If I were a time of day, I’d be sunset.

If I were a month, I'd be March

If I were a place, I'd be a flower garden.

If I were a liquid, I’d be crystal light

If I were a taste, I’d be sweet.

If I were an animal, I'd be a dog.

If I were a sea animal, I’d be a starfish.

If I were a food, I’d be a strawberry

If I were a color, I'd be blue, pink, green, brown ( i have 4 fav colors)

If I were a dessert, I'd be Cheesecake

If I were a musical instrument, I'd be a cello.

If I were a flower, I’d be a rose.

If I were a song, I’d be "Lord, You're the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me."

If I were a planet, I’d be the Jupiter.

If I were an object, I'd be a phone.

If I were a fruit, I'd be a strawberry.

If I were a sound, I’d be a bird love song.

If I were a day of the week, I’d be Sunday.

I Just Want to Thank You, LORD!!!

There are so many things to be thankful in my life, even the times that I don't feel like being thankful God has still been good.  Even when I have bad times going along in my life God is still good.  God still gives me breath, God has given me a home that allows me to go to church whenever the doors are open, I have a great IFB church to go to one that preaches Truth from the King James Bible!!  For a wonderful Pastor and church family!  God has given me a good car that runs, food to eat, water to drink, He has given me a home to live in, there is so much to thank the Lord for.  He's given me the opportunity to teach 2-4 year olds in Sunday School for Sis Gaulden for a little while.  God is good!!!

The LAST Blood

When man sinned in the garden that sin Jehovah could not condone, 

and the blood shed of animals could not forever sin atone.  

But the Son had compassion, He said "Father, I'll be their Lamb" 

so once again blood was shed as the soldiers' nailed His hands.

It's been three days since Heaven saw their Prince of Glory die 

and His followers are in mourning for in the tomb their Saviour lies,

BUT at the grave SOMETHING is HAPPENING

 as they scream I've lost my home.

Angels RISE in ANTICIPATION for the SON is COMING HOME!

And there He comes and He's got the BLOOD that HE SHED on Calvary 

and the Father says "Well done my Child, this is the LAST blood I'll EVER need!"

And there He comes and He's got the BLOOD that HE SHED on Calvary! 

And the Father says "Well Done my Child this is the LAST blood I'll ever need!"

Make-Up or No Make-Up that is the Question

I can't get to sleep, even after reading my Bible and praying so I thought okay I have this thought running through my mind so why not blog about it lol.


For years, from maybe 7th to 12th grade, I wore makeup to hid who I was, like it could cover up my insecurities.  then over almost a year now I had stopped wearing makeup all together and became quite comfortable in my own skin.  I didn't feel the need to hide behind makeup anymore because I wasn't as insecure as I once was, and in all honesty it started out in me being lazy.  Yes, for the first week or two I felt like an awkward turtle, especially when going to church.  But over the weeks, and months, it became 2nd nature to not wear makeup anymore so I just stopped.  I no longer felt the need to wear makeup I felt like who am I trying to impress there is no guys my age and I'm not interested in anyone who is close to wear I live so why wear makeup?  That was wrong thinking I have since learned.  If you wear makeup it's not to try and impress the guys in your life, it is to make you feel pretty, makes you feel feminine.  It's not something you have to do to try and get a guy, because the real guys would think you're beautiful even without all that makeup. lol.  It's something you do because it makes you feel good.  You don't have to wear makeup every day to make sure no one catches you without it, but it's also not something you have to reserve for special occasions either.  It's just whenever you feel like wearing it wear it, but don't sweat it if someone catches you without it.


Me without makeup:

I have recently started wearing makeup again after months of not even owning makeup anymore.  You may ask why did you start wearing makeup again if you say you feel comfortable in your own skin, is there some guy in your life you're trying to impress?  And my honest answer would be it makes me feel pretty, feminine, and no I'm not trying to impress some silly guy with wearing makeup.  Because if you have to wear makeup to "catch" a guy you'll have to keep wearing makeup to keep the guy, and the guy should like you more than just for your looks.  And the other reason why I started to wear makeup again is because I got new frames (glasses) and they make me look really pale I guess you could say, my old frames were red, so i look really just white lol so the added color helps.  I wear makeup to enhance not to try to make me look like someone I am not, someone who looks like herself and doesn't wear off the wall colors of makeup to cheapen my appearance.  The correct way to wear makeup is to make it look like you have no makeup on at all, and if you can tell you're wearing makeup it is just a slight difference than when you are wearing no makeup at all, if that makes sense.


Me with makeup:

Incorrect way of wearing makeup:

Correct way of wearing makeup:

Spring time!!!

Spring time is so pretty!!!!  I live in the hill country of Texas

We have Texas' state flower on our highways

Texas has 2 seasons: Summer and Fall  We hardly have any Winters (well real winters) here in South Texas anyways, It's already been 94 one day this week and it's not getting much cooler.  It's going to be 82 degrees tomorrow, which is hot, but not to bad.

There are so many pretty flowers though here in Texas, at walmart lol.........