Spring in Williamstown

Flowers in my garden

Shawn David Lemon is 3 months old

This is my grandson, Shawn David Lemon. Today April 21,2011 he is 3 months old. Happy Birthday, with love from Grandma

I could never find the time

I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work for bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer and jumped up from my knees. My Christian duty was now done, my soul could rest at ease. All day long I had no time to spread a word of cheer, no time to speak of Christ to friends. They would laugh at me I'd fear. No time, no time, too much to do, that was my constant cry. No time to give to souls in need but at last the time to die. I went before the Lord. I came, I stood with downcast eyes, for in his hands God held held a book; It was the Book of Life. God looked into his book and said" Your name I can not find, I once was going to write it down but never found the time." This poem was sent to me from my brother Dean and he asked me to post it on the Blog for him. With love from Dean to his family.

The Prodigal Son

The Parable of the Lost Son Luke 15:11

¹¹ Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

¹³ “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. ¹⁴ After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶ He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

¹⁷ “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! ¹⁸ I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ ²⁰ So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

²¹ “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³ Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. ²⁴ For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

Have you ever stopped to think what this passage means in your life? It is more than a man with two sons.

The father of the house is our heavenly Father and the sons are each of us. We are the Prodigal (dead and lost) son when we walk away, squandering our wealth( time and energy), wastefulness ( wasting all that is given to us on lavish living). You may say that you dwell in the Father's house but when you leave the church is your heart with the Father or is it in a far away place? Do you take for granted the blessings that the Father have blessed you with? Count the blessings that the Father has given you. The Father wants us to be free to do what is good and right. God will never force you to stay close to Him. God forces no one to stay in His protective care. He wants you to love Him because you desire to love Him. Do not become a slave to your own desires and your need for material possessions. The further you walk away from God to increase your freedom the more you become enslaved to sin. The blessings my Father had given me made me dependent on other people. I became a slave to strangers because I had nothing without my Father. Then I realized I needed the love and protection of my heavenly Father. You can only have one master, your heavenly Father or the sin that has made you a slave. The lost son wisely turned from sin and was returned to his Father's house and was warmly welcomed. Are you more like the lost son and restored or the brother that stayed that never accepts a brother that has sinned. If the Father can accept us then as a brother in Christ we must accept and rejoice the return of the lost brother. When will you be coming home to your Father's house?

More on Reunion

Kids get your money gatherd up we will have a fish pond at the reunion pay your money and fish for a prize we will be playing lucky duck buy a duck win a prize we will be having a sack race and a 3 legged race so grab a partner and win a prize we have a lot of fun planed for the day hope everyone comes to join us for CHURCH a lot of food and a lot of fun games lots of LOVE and FELLOWSHIP I cant wait how about you sending lots of LOVE to everyone Remember this will be SATURDAY JULY the 9 starting at 10:oclock remember CHURCH first and then FOOD and FUN come one and all

Matthews Party and Meeting

Hi everyone had a wonderful time at Moms saturday got to spend time with my wonderful Mom and my sweet little nephew he loved the little guitar that i got him for his birthday that Boy can play love spending time with my sister Ann my brothers Shurdon and Johnie my daughters Pam and Shellie my niece Bula sister-in -law Marian my aunt May love that woman we all had a wonderful time good food and lots of love we did share we had a good meeting about our renunion we have alot of fun planned for the adults and children we are going to aution off Baskets any family that wants to fix a basket let me know so far we will have a fishing basket made by Johnies family.a car cleaning and a handymans basket made by the Gibsons-Osbornes _Hatfields and Hornsby family because there is so many of us we are fixing 2 baskets so if you are going to fix a basket let me know what your theme is hope everyone will make one I am so excited about the reunion Mom and Aunt May they are looking foward to the reunion and the most important part will be the church service i invite everyone come and worship our great LORD with us want to let everyone know that our Grandson Michael and his Wife Natasha got saved on wensday April the 6th in a revival so always keep them in your prayers thers will be more up dates on the reunion so keep checking back to our blog i love all of you and my prayer is GOD will bless you all

Worlds Worst Prison

The worlds worst prison is the prison of a unforgiving heart.If we refuse to forgive others then we are only imprisoning our selves and causing our own torment some of the most miserable people have been people who would not forgive others and by doing so they were only hurting themselves they have received forgiveness not really experience forgiveness and they are unable to share forgiveness so dont let your self into this kind of prison