ALMOST HEAVEN - MOUNTAINEER FOOTBALL!

Oh What a beautiful sight! #3 in the Nation! The pictures say it all "ALMOST HEAVEN."

I'm Back! After A Long Week : (

I can say we have had a long week. But yet our problems are little compared to others. We had to get our floor in our kitchen replaced because of a defective ice-maker hose that leaked around January. It ruined the part of the floor around the fridge and leaked into our living room. Ruining the sub-flooring underneath the ceramic tile and a small portion of our hardwood floor. Originally we had the builder come in and look at it and he was going to fix it. The whole entire floor was cracking. The grout between the tile was crumbling all over the entire kitchen and we couldn't figure out why. So our builder said it was the vinegar water we use to mop the floor with. Uh..... That was what the floor people told us to use, so we knew that wasn't the reason. Then he said it was maybe a bad batch of grout. Okay, maybe?
So we brought in a tile layer who knew everything about flooring. He looked at it and in one minute he said the builder didn't put backer board under the tile. So when the house settles the tile cracks with it. Okay now I am angry!!!!!!!!!!! So the one picture is the actual evidence of no backer board. He glued it straight to the wood floor.
I've learned alot. When you build a house watch what your builder is doing. Anyhow the floor is done it looks great and now we have to do something about the tile cracking in our other two bathrooms. Obviously there must not be any backer board either. Luckily it was all paid for by the insurance company which he has been a pain in the neck too! Like my Dad would always say, "At least we got our good health." That is still not satisfying enough for me. I'm going to get some straight up answers from my builder soon.
I ask that you continue to pray for Mrs. Hatcher Braydens teacher, we haven't heard any news yet. And my friend Tammy Pickens she is going through Chemo right now and very sick from it. Plus she has no health insurance and the bills are stacking up. Be grateful for your good health and pray that God will bless those who don't. Have a good week!

Spiders- Not A Big FAN!

If there is one thing that "FRIGHTENS" this

'6-3" 240 lb human named - Clint is these little CREEPY monsters. I could stand next to a snake or a large elephant and be less scared of them than these things. "I HATE SPIDERS!"

I opened my mailbox the other day and two of these Black Widow SUCKERS were in there. They both quickly suffered my Wrath.

So getting ready for Church this morning Shannon found one in our house and she killed it before I told her what it was. I'm very proud of her bravery and glad she didn't pass out after she found out it was a Black Widow.

If anybody has seen the movie "Evan Almighty" that is what I feel like. Our house is Noah's ark! It attracts every animal and insect you can imagine. Wasps, spiders, hummingbirds in the garage, cats drinking in the kids pool, raccoons, foxes and I saved the best for last "SKUNKS!"

We were laying in bed the other night and all of sudden this horrible smell filled our room. Of course Shannon asked if I made the smell, LOL ! A lousy Skunk decided to get irritated directly outside our bedroom window. It was horrible! I griped all night long, swearing if I saw that stinkin skunk I would personally de-fume him. Our room wreaked of Skunk all day! God must have been irritated with me that day. The SKUNK thing has happened twice the first time it wasn't as bad.

As I write this I keep checking to make sure nothing is climbing on me! Have a good week!

A Special Prayer For A Christian Teacher : )

Monday Brayden entered the first grade with hope and nerves. He has a new teacher this year which we didn't know much about her and neither did he. His first day went good he said he was excited about his new teacher and was ready to go back the next day.

On Tuesday his teacher Mrs. Hatcher had a pain in her side that would not go away through out the day so she went to the hospital and they sent her home with some medicine. The next day the pain was still there and she went to the doctor again they ran test and come to find out she might have cancer.

They found some spots on her liver, stomach and her lung. We were just flat out devastated! So I ask that you might say many prayers for Mrs. Hatcher and pray that God will move in a mysterious way and give her some good news. And pray that God will bless the children in this class that they might have her back as a teacher.

Sometimes life can move as gentle as water in a stream and sometimes that stream can become a huge flood. Be prepared every day for the good and the bad. Stay right with God and uphold his love and then you will be able to face anything.

I won't be blogging for awhile our kitchen floor is being dismantled on Monday and new tile is being laid. We had a leak from our ice maker hose and ruined our floor plus it has been cracking because of the lousy job the builder did. Will be in motel for about 8 days. Have a good week.

Pictures Of Crosses.

There are so many pictures of crosses that they all seem to say the same thing "Glorious Victory." As we view our world and try to fathom why some people would completely ignore such a beautiful scene and not try to gather the meaning of these pictures it blows our minds.


I try to comprehend why a non-believer could not see our view of the importance of Calvary's crosses. I look at these in amazement and with great relief, to know that one man came and loved me so much that he has freed me from all the guilt of my sins. He bore what I couldn't and I am thankful and confident because of Him.

A lot of times we think it was just physical pain that Christ went through, but we sometimes forget what He went through mentally. To take on every sin of every man past, present and future is something none us could ever imagine and yet Love every man, woman and child at the same time is beyond belief for us.
The toughest part for Jesus is when His Heavenly Father turned away from him. You can hear it in His words. "Father why have you forsaken me." What would it feel like if God turned His back on us, I cringe in Fear, it would be pain beyond what we could ever handle. Creation would stop and it would be a definition of Fear that could never be defined by human words.
"HELL" is what it will be like when God says "I never knew You." Words to ponder on, even as I write those words I get scared to think the The Lord will say that to many in the last days. "I never knew you."
Look at these pictures and define your meaning of them. See in your mind what was done upon them and take a deep breath and be grateful for what Christ came to this earth to do and be humble for what we didn't have to do.
I want God to say to everyone on the day of judgement "Well done my good and faithful servant." I pray we all hear those words and let's tell everybody our meaning of these pictures, and lets feed his sheep.

Focus On Jesus!

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1

Today was a very good Lord's day. It's always good to be at worship and be able to bring your troubles in life and leave them at the door. It's always good to be able to go to a place and feel renewed and bring glory to the God of the Universe.

Worship is a special place for all of us to be. I worry all week long about petty things yet when I go to Church I never seem to fret about anything. As many people feel that worship is boring and not upbeat enough and doesn't fulfill their needs, they have the wrong interpretation of it.

Worship is a renewing of the mind a place where we get together and worship The God above. We meet with others to get strengthening, to be with others who face the same fears as we do. It's not a rock concert or a place where the preacher runs around hitting people in the head and pretends he can rid you of your demons or make you cured of a handicap or illness, that is the Lord's job. It is a place of thanksgiving, a place to bring praise and renew our minds of Christ and prepare us for the week ahead.

Worship prepares us for what exactly this verse above states. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses that helps us throw off our sin and prepares us with perseverance and strength so that we can run the race marked out for us. As soon as we leave the worship scene and walk out those doors Satan is right there ready to sink his teeth in us.

Make going to worship services a habit and see how it can change your life today and for the future. I hope we all make time for The Lord this week. Make time to read His Word and pray all the time. You'll feel much better if you do. Have a good week and I pray for your safety and well being - Clint