Well, this fall has been pretty good for me...how about for everyone else?
I'm almost finished with my first semester of college at JCC. WOOHOO!!
I'm going to be changing my major to Pet Grooming whenever I can find a school that I want to attend. They're all so far!
Phillip and I have been house searching (right now we're living w/ his parents on the farm). It's been fun/exhausting/aggravating/ and exciting. I can't wait to get our own house, where we can decorate it, and fix it up, and live in it!! :D We have looked at several houses, and made an offer on one...but there was no negotiating with the owner. Now we are looking at another house, and are going to make an offer on it this afternoon.
Whatever God decides will be best. :)
Our 3 month anniversary is coming up this Sunday. It doesn't seem like it's been that long. :)
I hope everyone's having a good November this month!
Time sure flies. In 5 weeks Logan Michael will be here! I can't wait to have a nephew and to love him. Well I love him already, what a blessing from God !!
Hope you find a nice house that you like. :-)
What a beautiful picture! Good luck with the house hunting! I am sure that when the time is right, a really good place is going to come along for you! Maybe you will be celebrating the holidays in your own space! :)
I have a question. For myself and everyone who calls themselves a Christian.
Do we (Christians, brethren) depend on our brothers and sisters in Christ as much as we should? Do I, as a child of God depend on my spiritual family as much as my physical family? Am I as willing to tell one of the elders at my church family the struggles I am facing as I am to tell my mother or sister?
Recently, I have been involved in a conversation where a Christian woman, who is having some difficulties in her life, did not want to "burden" her brothers and sisters at the congregation she attends when she is obviously overwhelmed with a situation which she could not control.
I believe that part of the reason our great Lord has created His church is for this very situation. We, as human beings need help on a regular basis. Things happen in our lives that we have absolutely no control over. Cars break down, people loose their jobs, accidents happen...so how do we get through these tragedies?
God has blessed us with a way to communicate with Him through prayer. We can go to Him for anything. He is our provider and nothing that is good happens without Him. But when we ask Him to help us because we are weak, we need to recognize how He is helping. We cannot just sit idle and tell God, "Whenever You're ready to help me...I'll be right here on the sofa." We need to go to the other helpers God has put in our lives. Our Brethren. God knows that we are weak, and vulnerable. So, He has given us a support group on earth. People who love Him, just as we do. People who are willing to listen, willing to get up and do something, anything that will get us through these trials.
I am just as guilty of ignoring the support group that my God has put right in front of me. People are not faultless...but God's people are trying to become such. God's people are here. Now. It is good to let people help us. So, let's get up off the sofa...and find our Family.
Very good thoughts Heather. I know personaly I don't depend on my brother's and sister's in Christ like I should. But I hope to let them know that they can depend on me. I wonder how people of the world get through hard times when they don't have such a big family in Christ as we do? Seems like it would be awful lonely.
Such good thoughts. I feel the same way. Eastside is a special congregation in that many of the brethren are close and are very open with each other. It truly is a blessing.
Great thoughts Heather-I very much agree-we too often don't reply on one another and we should be able to. We all have to work at being people who can be relied on and also on opening up and letting ourselves be a little vulnerable. The benefits are endless!
In a perfect world, Heather, going to one's brethren would be the perfect solution when life was just overwhelming. Sadly, in our day, many churches are not what they should be, because the individual members are not what they should be. People are less inclined these days to want to help with anything, much less someone's personal or financial problems. It can be a beautiful thing when you have Christians willing to help you with ANYTHING you need help with in your life--especially the spiritual needs. However, too many people have reached out and been burned by uncaring people calling themselves Christians. It is very sad. Those who have great congregations of the Lord's people, where the individual members care for one another, are indeed very blessed. I think, though, that we have to realize that not everyone has that support. I wish it were different.
Heather, I hope your doing well. This is a very good post.Good thoughts. It's hard to go to brothers and sisters in Christ about our personal issues that go on in our life. It is one thingI have a hard time with. I know a lot of people have a hard time with it as well, not only me. It's hard to ask for help in life sometimes when we really should .It's nice to have people here that can help us if we need it.I think we all have a hard with this sometimes but, it's not just up to others that you worship with to put their hands out there.We all should help in someway to help others with something. Of course I'm talking to myself as well. Great thoughts, though. Hope you have a great weekend!
There have been a numerous amount of changes in my life since my last post. I want to apologize for not keeping everyone updated during the last couple of months.
To start off, I'll begin with the greatest change in my life.
Phillip and I got married Aug. 9th. It was wonderful, exciting, exhausting, stressful, and all around one of the best experiences of my life. We had a beautiful wedding, which came together with alot of hard work and alot of help. I cannot thank the ladies that helped us enough.
I will post some pictures up here soon.
So, Phillip and I went to Gatlinburg for our honeymoon! That was really awesome! We got to go to the Comedy Barn, the Dixie Stampede, the Ripley's Aquarium, and we also saw a black bear! If I can figure out how to put videos up, I'll put the video of the bear on here as well.
I do have one story that I think is pretty funny. It was the last night we were staying in Gatlinburg, and Phillip and I had been asleep for a couple of hours. Phillip woke up to me telling him that I had caught something. He asked me several times, "What did you catch?" After about 5 minutes of sleep talking, he finally realized that I had been saying, "I caught a bird". He jumped out of the bed, turned the light on, and said, "You caught a bird?!" When his eyes had adjusted to the light, he saw me laying there, holding a clump of covers with apparently, a very emmbarassed/sheepish expression on my face as I said..."I don't have it." I had apparently had a dream that I caught a bird, and needed to tell Phillip. When I woke up enough to know what I was saying, and that he was really hearing me, I realized, to my horror, that the little bird I was holding.....was not real. We got a good laugh out of it.
I have also started college. YAY! I like my classes so far, and I think this will be a good semester.
Well, more pictures to come soon!
I hope everyone is having a good end-of-summer, and I will talk to you all later!
Love,
Heather COLBERT!
P.S. Don't forget to change it on your friend's list!! :)
I can't believe you are married! Congrats!!! I wish you all the best in the world.
I'm glad you had a good time in Gatlinburg. It's a fun place :)
I love it here at FC.. I really hope you can make it to lectures!
Wow! Heather, seeing those wedding pictures made me realize just how long I've been away from all my Kentucky friends! I look forward to meeting Phillip and giving you a big hug! Louisville will definitely be one of my stops when I come up that way to visit!
Heather, you just looked so pretty! Wish I could see a bunch more of those gorgeous photos! Wedding pics are so fun! Congratulations, and may you and your new husband have many, many wonderful loving years together!
Today, I had the great honor of meeting Dr. Ron Paul. There was a book signing for his new book:
This is a grea book on Liberty. Ron Paul was so kind. He shook everyone's hand and gave them each a work of encouragement.
He was All smiles from the time he came in the room, til after we left.
I'm excited that I got to be up there to meet him!!
There were alot of people with Ron Paul bumper stickers...and some even painted their cars!!
After the signing, we went to a rally where we were able to hear him speak! He has such great views on how to govern this country, and no one will let him be heard. Fox "News" had a debate a few months back with all the candidates...but they left out Ron Paul. They want to snuff him out, smother the things that he stands for, brush him under the rug. That is completely and totally unfair and dishonest! Well, the media got their way that night...but a few nights after, talk show host, Jay Leno invited Ron Paul to his show so that what he had to say would be heard. That night, my respect for Jay Leno rose a notch.
Well, Ron Paul has big ideas for what needs to happen with this country. To help the United States of America...unlike the majority of the candidates that are running. He doesn't want to waste the United States' money like so many others, he wants to protect OUR borders, instead of Iraq's, Europe's, Japan's. He wants to get the United States OUT of debt, instead of printing off billions of worthless bills. He is about all these things and more...without waivering like some other candidates. He's not just another polititian...he's a real man...a doctor...a veteran...an American citizan...an HONEST man.
Well, I suggest you read his book. THE REVOLUTION. You won't be sorry you did.
That looks like it would have been an interesting meeting! This political season has just been crazy! Somehow, I don't think it will get any less crazy as we go along! :)
I was just wondering, and this is going to sound kinda vain but, could you get rid of that picture of me on your friendslist? It's really bugging me, lol. If you want one, I'd be glad to give you one. Thanks!
Congratulations about getting married! I hope you two share a wonderful and happy life! And I read the Ron Paul book a little while ago, it was great! :D
Hey everyone!
Sorry that it has been so long since I last posted. I've been so busy, but I'm having a hard time sitting down and writing about it.
I've been getting alot of wedding plans finished. Phillip and I are going to have our Engagement pictures taken at his house later this month! I'm really excited about that! Mom and I are going to taste some cake next week. I've picked out the design, and we're going to decide which flavors.
Things are going really well with plans for classes at JCC. I've signed up for classes, and my major is Office Technologies.
Well, things aren't going so well with my fish, though. As you all know, I have one male betta fish, Rebel. I have had Rebel since February. About a month and a half ago, I got some Molly fish. They're really cute and pretty, but they are about the same size (only in body) as Rebel. I noticed that one of them had been nipping at Rebel's fins, which I had been warned about more aggresive fish, but these weren't supposed to be aggresive at all! So, I had Phillip flush that fish, and the problem was resolved...until yesterday. I now have only one molly, a knight goby and an algae eater. I woke up yesterday morning and noticed that Rebel's fins looked like they had been nibbled on a little. I thought that maybe one of the fish had been nipping at him again, and I was thinking that I should probably put him in his old tank by himself, but I didn't. I didn't think he would be hurt anymore...but when I got home last night, all of his fins were gone!!!! I grabbed a plastic container, scooped up some water, scooped him up and took him downstairs. Well, he's the strongest fish I've ever had...and he does seem to be having a little bit of a hard time with his left side...but he's been swimming around and flaring out his little beard. I changed the water that he was in, and put some medicine in for him. I hope he gets better. I feel so bad for not getting him out right when I saw him that morning!
I hope he'll be ok.
Well, I just took a look at him, and he seems stronger. His "showy fins" may be missing for now, but the salesperson at the pet store said they would grow back...right?
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