What Happend To The Respect Of Gods House?

Today I was talking with a some friends on what happened to the respect of Gods house. No respect. I remember when I first got saved, & I really didn't have to get taught how to respect Gods house, that was natural. Not nowadays, people break into churches to steal or vandalize. No fear of God whatsoever. @ my first Baptist church we would come in early Sunday morning, & there would be a broken beer bottle right on front of the steps. On the other hand buses would get vandalized, with bricks thrown through windows, Just boils my blood. I can't stand it when kids are jumping up and down on the pews. If you see my kids doing this please tell me, I will correct it right away. It is like they have gotten so comfortable in the church, that it is like any other building. Maybe I am making to much of it, I feel like I am too old fashion for some reason, but whatever. Then when the adults do it, man they prop their feet on the pew in front of them where the beloved hymnal are, putting their dirty feet on that. Hey but some kids don't know they were probably not brought up in church or the adults don't know I guess. Now eating in church, Man, while the preaching is going on , come on. OK I chew gum, but I put it away correctly not under the pew. Next time I will get mints OK. What has happened or is this normal. Preaching taking to long, I think not, if you would be listening it wouldn't seem so boring. Got that off my chest Sorry, wait I don't apologize that is how I feel. Feel Free to comment, bring it I am ready, I dare you, & if I am not too bad. Sounds anrgy don't it oh well.

Psalms 119:165

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Quick Prayer Request

If you could just pray for Juan Bravo he is having problems looking for a church & Steve Caldwell , he said he was coming to, but he never showed up just pray for the they might come.

What to do?

This is a picture of Lenoir, NC, I don't know if you ever heard of it, This place looks really nice. Well I am confused about my vacation time, I really don't know what to do with my days off. I wanted to go to Resaca, Georgia for a camp meeting with Bro. Sammy Allen. But I don't think that is going to happen, I have 10 days of vacation each year, but I don't know what to do with them. I am a workaholic, but I guess that is good, as long as doesn't interfere with my family or Jesus, like going to church. I have already asked for 5 days off in November for thanksgiving, but I also want to remodel my dining room. I can also get those 5 days paid, & just work straight thru. They pay me 8 HRS for each day. Any Suggestions. I like to travel , but we got no money to do so. I am thinking of getting paid those 40 hrs extra on one check, & taking that week of to work on my house. I need to fix my house that way my wife could invite people over for dinner. Any input on the situation. Laters.

Bad Dream

I had a bad dream Wednesday morning, First I got up @ about 3 AM, because David woke me up. He woke me up to tell me he couldn't find his Lion, which he has had from his first Easter. Well there is about 20 lions going around, but we call it one lion. Some day I will blog about his Lion, & the search party we had once. Any way he woke me up, so I turned on the light found his Lion. I am the great Lion finder j/k. I went back to bed & started dreaming, I was dreaming about traveling, I love traveling. In my dream we had stopped @ a truck stop or something like that. All the men went to the bathroom together & we were with some friends don't remember who really. We were in the restroom when I told David to go outside with the people we were with, so he went. I washed my hands started looking for David asking for him no one had seen him. My heart is beating so fast my chest hurts my heart is breaking. Everyone spreads out looking for him, then I run outside the store, & I see him in the front seat of this old looking car. I am so mad @ my self for sending him out the restroom. I get even more mad @ myself , cause I can't describe the car all I know that it was brown. Old looking car like an 80 kind Plymouth that is what it was. I see him look @ me, we make eye contact, but I don't yell @ him. I see a lady driving the car, David is in the front seat buckled up an all. There is another kid in the back seat, but I don't get a look at him. I start running after the car just kept running, yes this fat man can run. I ran & ran Didn't care about anyone I left behind @ the store. The car was out of my sight I start crying so hard, & my heart is beating so hard in disbelief. "This can't be happening", I tell myself. I start hitchhiking to the next town trying to find my baby, as I am sticking out my hand with my thumb up, a truck stop. It had to be a Ford, I told the driver nah I'll get the next Chevy truck that comes by. j/k. I got on told the driver what was happening he dropped me off @ the next town, @ a gas station. He left said good luck, I looked around & said to myself, Where do I start? It is a small town with a little gs station those you see in the movies, with the no carport over the gas pumps, screen doors as the entrance way. There are 2 gas pumps, those single gas pumps with like globes on top of them. I start walking down the road looking for this brown car, then I wake up with mt heart pounding almost in tears. I had to go check up on the baby, to touch him feel his face and apologize. I know it was a dream , but it felt so real. Then I started praying, God got my attention to start praying for all my boys. This was Davids' Birthday by the way, I had to wake him up before I left to work to hug him & kiss him , & to tell him happy birthday. Don't you just hate those dreams that are so real, that you wake up crying or your heart is racing.

Davids 4th B-Day

This is Davids' 4Th birthday, & I got him this truck from a catalog from work. My wife got him a Game boy, & Melinda send him some really cool picture frames of sports. She also sent him some candy & an outfit, she spoils him.
I can't believe the baby of my family is 4. My, does time fly, where did the time go? I remember when he was born, seeing those really big round eyes brought tears to my eyes. I love kids. I would of had a dozen by now, but hey, I'm not the one giving birth to them. I am satisfied with my 3 boys, and I'm proud to be their daddy. Soon, it will be "dad", & the phrase "daddy," grows away.
My boys are getting so big, they are growing up to fast. I don't want to miss a thing, that is the main reason I got off the road, driving long distance. My David loves the trucks I have @ work, & is always asking if I am going to bring the truck home. David always tells me the story when we moved the Yanez family to loua(Louisiana). He is always telling me, "It would be wonderful if you take me to the Louisiana" those are his exact words.
Today, I came home for lunch so we could eat cake, and David could open his presents. Then after work, we went to church, and had cake and ice cream and brownies. Then we went Mi Rancho, our usual Wednesday night routine with the church. Of course, Jay went to Rudy's, "NONINVITER."
This was Davids' day, and I think that he enjoyed it. (IT WAS HIS REAL BIRTHDAY!!! anonymous)

Friend

Friend I don't know how to say this , but here it goes OK. I have this friend who has become what I consider my best friend part 2. I don't know how you are feeling, and I respect your decision not to talk, Wanting to be left alone to your thoughts and prayers. All I can say is call on Him the One who saved you, you need him. I know your hurting, & don't want to talk even if you did wanted to talk I wouldn't know where to begin. I think I would start by praying ,& praying hard with you. I want to be there for you to be a friend, & to lend you an ear. Jesus will not give you anything you can't handle. You will be tested brother as you start to grow in the Lord, just trust Him. I will pray for your situation that Our Yes Our Lord & Saviour give you the strength you need. Also the comfort in your heart, I pray for God to give you peace. If you need me or any of our church family we are here with you bro. We all take it with you, & we are here if you need us. Get with God you will probably start questioning stuff in you life, but God has a plan brother. Now is not the time to start getting away from God Cleave to him. Just give me a buzz , & I'll be there. Praying for you,

Your Brother in Christ.

Awkward

Tonight we went to Whataburger after church, we got there before the preacher did so we placed our order. Then we went to sit down, & the preacher & his family got there to place their order. My wife & I were sitting down with Sis Kim, while the Pastor was ordering. My wife decides to go wash her hands, & she leaves me there w/Sis Kim. I have nothing against her we always joke around when everyone is around. Sis Kim & I were just sitting there looking around not talking looking @ the kids. Then I told her ,"man this is awkward" & she said ,"what is". Then I told her, "just sitting here not talking". Then the pastor got there & my wife, & I told them about the awkward moment & how I was going to blog about it. I hate it when that happens when you are left in a room you usually don't talk too. Their is that awkward silence or the weird no subject conversation. I just thought it was funny, seemed like a Seinfeld episode or something like that. Then we laughed about it they told me I was weird I thought it would be a cool blog subject. Any of you have those awkward moments of silence. Laters too funny. Love Your Comments.

Real Baptist

This is Bro. Jay @ Harvest Baptist Church in Edingburg, TX. We went over there , because my preacher Pastor Mark Laiklam was going to preach later. We got there in time for food & fellowship just like a real baptist would hehe. Then some girl, lets call her anonymous asked if she could put her plate down while she said hi to some one. Jay decides to act like if he was eating from it & she turn around really quick asking if he was eating her food. I don't really remember what he said, but he said something about leaving your food unattended. Then she went back to fellowshipping with her friend, & Jay tells me,"Dude take a picture". So I did. Then anonymous turned around again asking if he is eating her food. We just started laughing it was funny even the preacher was laughing. We have Good times @ church. Who says you can't have fun when your saved.

Gargoyle

Grotesque, I think that is how it is spelled, this is one of the building in San Antonio. That is what they call these figures. The owners built it with these sculptures to ward away evil spirits, weird. This building also has gargoyles on the rooftop. Well the owners went broke it was only open for a couple of years, when the great depression hit. Pretty sad. Perched like a gargoyle. For got about this blog it was a draft but never posted it .

Glad

Today I heard from my best friend in Louisiana, he called me when I was @ work before lunch today. I had just been thinking about him and then he calls weird huh. I kind of messed up @ work today I sent a crew out without proper equipment , that they needed for the job @ UTPA in Edinburg. I was feeling kind of low was about to call my wife to tell her to pray for me when John called it was so cool. We go way back when I got saved , he went off to serve Jesus in Louisiana as a pastor. He has a full time job so it is hard for him to keep in contact with me, if I am not busy he is always something going on in the ministry. Got to love it. He usually comes down here we make a weekend out of it, or I go up there it is a 10 hour drive. Just pray for him to be on Lords will. Pray for his feet he is having really bad foot problems. I miss the cookouts we used to have like every weekend, but hey life goes on huh. I knew the day was coming when he would be leaving when he surrendered to preach, but I didn't think it would be tough saying goodbye to friends. Today was a good day @ church also preaching was good & sis Pat Mendez showed up for services tonight. I pray she keeps coming she needs a church to go to regularly. After church we did the Baptist thing went over to Mi Rancho Restaurant to fellowship & eat of course. My Pastor needs friends too and I hang out sometimes with J which is cool he has a Foosball table. J is my best friends brother & we kind of have a cool friendship yes J you are my friend. Inside Joke. Well that is how my day went today pretty cool huh. Got to go to bed it is past midnight & I have to get up @ 5am, too bad I am not on salary & go in @ the time I want. Got to go. Laters.

Sauceda Family

This is my sister Carolina with her husband Beto, & kids Nathaniel, Nevieha. Beto just got home from Iraq my Lord Jesus answers prayers. There was a stand in front of the Screamer with some Marines and if you did a certain # of pull ups you would get a marines squeeze bottle. So Beto went to try I don't remember how many he did , but I know he didn't do enough. Yet he still took the squeeze bottle and told them he just got back into the states that he did his time. Then he patted them on the back & said," you guys are doing a good job". Took the squeeze bottle & walked away, they just stayed looking @ him. That is the story behind the squeeze bottle that my wife wanted.