Some sermons I have appreciated a great deal are:

Pst. Mark Powell, Easley, SC, Cov. RBC. "Luther's Hymn", Ps. 46: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=121310143483

Dr. Joseph Bartosch, Easley, SC, Cov. RBC, "Sorrow is Better Than Laughter for by the Saddeness of the Countenance the Heart is Made Better", Ecc. 7:2-3: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=61007223237

Pst. Bill Hughes, Coconut Creek, FL, Imm. RBC. "Biography of Selena Shirley": http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=122101342360#comments

Pst. Stu Johnston, "Elisha and the Shunammite Woman": http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=7510146151

I didn't have the benefit of going to church when I was young so I praise God for the eight year old neighbor girl who invited me to her Vacation Bible School. The woman who shared the gospel with me was a former 1st grade teacher at my public school. Seeing someone there who already cared for me was the first thing God used to make me receptive to His word. She read the word of God and it was as though God Himself were talking to this 8 year old. The full truth of how deeply I needed Christ and still desperately need Him wasn't there right away but the Spirit of God definitely turned the light on.

How is my walk these days? I'm very confidant that God is doing something! I'm very confident He's not a God I've made up in my mind. I'm confident that for no reason I can figure out, I'm on the winning side, despite how things might seem right now. I'm just grateful.

I pray. He answers and it still blows me away!

Calvin was right. Our hearts are indeed idol making factories.

"Thine eye diffused a quickening ray—
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

...Still the small inward voice I hear,
That whispers all my sins forgiven;
Still the atoning blood is near,
That quenched the wrath of hostile Heaven.
I feel the life His wounds impart;
I feel the Savior in my heart." - Wesley

Do I have a quiet time? Oh yes.

I read an Old Testament passage, a New Testament passage, two Psalms, a section of Proverbs (to match the date), and a portion of the Gospels in the mornings. I appreciate Spurgeon's writings and Henry Scudder as well.

http://books.google.com/books?id=mOsOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Jesus is my favorite character. "Character"? Really?! (made me laugh)

Ruth has meant a lot to me as have Esther and Nehemiah.

I see Ruth as being noble and brave not for just leaving her country, for embracing the Lord and for going home with Naomi but also for lying at the feet of Boaz, declaring to her kinsman, "I am in need".

I see Esther as being divinely placed and that encourages me for I know God has placed me here where I am right now. I may have a very high calling teaching already but there's more to it than that as a Christian who works in the public schools. I cannot openly speak about the mysteries of God that I see in the public schools. I learned as a child at home with unconverted family not to indiscriminately "cast my pearls before swine", but little children are not swine. I pray for Biblical discernment and an "instructed tongue" daily. My little charges might be young sinners but they are precious and pliable. Jesus loves them, as do I. Therefore, I am a missionary, a Harriet Tubman and every secret prayer shared with a needy mommy or a curious little boy who asks honest questions truly emboldens me. I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of God. This is indeed war, gentlemen. I don't have time for boys here on this site. I want a soldier. If you know what it is to live in a spiritual china and be fully alive in this war, Brother, I might be your Molly Pitcher.

Another favorite "character" is Nehemiah. When I was working for a rescue mission during one of my summer breaks, I designed a program for women in transition and while I was doing that I was reading through Nehemiah. The Holy Spirit made sure that what I was reading seemed to perfectly connect to all that was going on around me during each day. I look back and marvel, "How did I do set up that program?" I don't know. God did it. It was out of my power to find the right curriculum, to establish the right parameters, make the right contacts and yet the Spirit of God brought each detail into place right when I needed it and it totally seemed to match what I was reading. In fact, all the while He was building this program through me He was working on me, too.

That happens to me all the time actually.

All the time!

I'm humbled and amazed that God would ever draw so near to me let alone use me for His glory.

I have struggled with being content but my work keeps me so busy that I have to focus on the task at hand. God's given me much to do. I'm grateful for that. It keeps me out of trouble.

I think they'd say I'm:

• Self controlled
• Hospitable
• Compassionate
• Patient

1. knowing Christ

2.loving others

3. honoring God

1. The Word of God and all it contains (the promises, the truths, the lessons, who and what it reveals on every page);

2. Family and brethren;

3. My work, while I have it.

I admire people who know God's word well ... it's not so much what one thinks. It's what God thinks that really matters to me.

A sense of humor is important.

If you can see the face of the Lord in the poor, you'll be more attractive to me. At the same time, I do want to be with an educated man who loves to learn.

Having a missionary's heart is the KEY to mine.

God gave me my very own Edith and Francis Schaeffer and they are now living in Owensboro, Kentucky. I miss them but we visit one another every now again. I strive to be my own version of an Edith, I suppose: art, beauty, hospitality, meeting people right where they are, loving them as they are, believing great things, expecting great things, trusting in God's provision, answering honest questions with Biblical answers, the Gospel, KNOWING Christ personally.

Hymn #101 (from the Trinity Hymnal Baptist version)

“My song forever shall record

The tender mercies of the Lord;

Thy faithfulness will I proclaim,

And every age shall know Thy Name.”

3. “Behold God’s truth and grace displayed,

For He has faithful covenant made,

And He has sworn that David’s Son

Shall ever sit upon his throne.”

4. “For him My mercy shall endure,

My covenant made with him is sure;

His throne and race I will maintain

Forever, while the heavens remain.”

"Oh the deep, deep, love of Jesus..."

"Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above, Would drain the ocean dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky."

"The plan in th heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out."

"Those who, when they are full, enjoy God in all,
When they are empty and impoverished, enjoy all in God."
- Matthew Henry

"'Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,' says the LORD."

I"m a public school teacher as I mentioned in a rainbow coalition, flag waving, small town without a Reformed Baptist Church. I have children with "two mommies" amd those who can't read (even though they are nearly teenagers). I have had many children who speak very little English over the years and many, many more who are so poor they barely have food to eat. I've seen "homes" where black mold has eaten the floor all the way through so that snow comes in and surrounds a baby's crib. I've been here for 21 years. These are my "people". If Lottie Moon can establish churches all over China, why can't I here in my town?

My life long goals are to honor God and love others well.

I enjoy making jewelry.

My work as a school teacher is already more than a full time job.

I like to write.

I'm a home-town missions-minded kind of woman so I don't think of my time as leisure time.

I'd love to see a solidly biblical church started here in South Haven!!! Does your church train men? Do you have any extra men prepared to preach, families equipped to teach... given to hospitality? Send us your worst man. We'll take him.

I was born in Michigan. I went to California once for my one and only singles conference. My brother lives in San Diego so I visited him that month. Course, I went to Mexico while I was there. In college, I did something that enabled me to fly all over the country on someone else's dime. D.C., Miami and Kanas City stick out in my mind. I went to Owensboro for a Missions Conference and met a dear couple from Mexico whom I dream of helping one day and other than that I went to Ohio once, maybe twice.

I'm not very well traveled, huh? I'd like to be. Who wouldn't? Then again, the needs here at home are so great and that's where my heart is. I'm a homebody. If I didn't have to work and could stay at home all day ... well ... how marvelous. I'd fill my home with kids. I'd adopt. I've considered starting a boarding school for girls actually. A foster care, maybe.

cleaning the church

getting to know the families of my students

having company over on the Lord's Day

sharing books, sermons and various writings with whomever, wherever

giving rides to local women without transportation

finding resources and free stuff for folks in need: I'm a "master of finding free stuff"

Ice Skating ... I'm not known for being the Ice Princess on account of my skating, though

Must see movies on Netflix for friends on this site:

Luther (2003)

One Night with the King (2006)

The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Book_of_Ruth_Journey_of_Faith/70130309?trkid=2361637 (I love that Ruth doesn't look like she's 22).

"John Wycliffe: The Morning Star" (1984)

"John Hus" (1977) *I haven't seen this one personally but I've heard it's excellent - it came in the mail but it wasn't the right time to watch it - the idea of burning at the stake seemed so real ... well ... I'm a little nuts, so... anyway, I couldn't watch it

"Martin Luther" (1953) - there are other versions on Netflix about Luther, too

"The Radicals" (1990) *my favorite at the moment ... except the end, of course

"God's Outlaw" (1986)

"Candle in the Dark" (1998) *I'm not so sure I love what happened to his wife, though ...

"The Inn of Sixth Happiness" (1958)

"China Cry" (1990)

*Someone suggested I add WHY I recommended those movies thinking it would help you get to know me better. Briefly, I recommend them because they've inspired me. I need inspiration throughout the week. Don't you? There are times when I feel like the world, the flesh and the devil are closer to me than anyone else (except God). Genesis 3 feels like a close personal friend named "Jenny". Life is hard and I'm grateful for works like those listed above (even when they are poorly made) because they inspire me to see that fighting the good fight, right here, right now is a great work that honors God.