foundations

Psalm 11:3 says   ...
If the foundations are destroyed
What can the righteous do?

The foundations are what we
build upon ... the early years
that we teach our young

The foundations are what we
live upon ... the word of God
being number one.

The foundations must not be destroyed
teach upon ... your little ones.

God intrusted to you
Moms and Dads ... you are the ones
and God will equip you to teach
your little ones.

11/11/08
Linda / Mom / Grandma-Nana-Chacha
I remember when I was a little girl,
being taught the foundations of the
Bible, God's Living Words...The Lord's
Prayer, The Ten Commandments, Psalms
23 and 100, I memorized all of these.

she felt alone

She saw the house standing in an unusually rundown way, and
she felt worried, so she cried out to God.

She checked the paper to make sure that she was at the right house, and
she felt the need to close her eyes to pray.

She walked around to the back of the house with no hope, and
she felt her heart skip a beat as she took a deep breath.

She walked up 

the rickety back stairs, and 

she felt her knees tremble.

She was lead to sit down 

on the living room couch to wait, and
she felt God say...

Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

She felt God's strength as
she got up off of the couch and 

walked out of the living room.

She felt her knees sturdy as
she walked down the rickety back stairs.

She felt her heart beating strong as she took a deep breath, and
she walked around to the front of the house with new hope.

She felt the need to close her eyes to pray, and
she crumbled up the paper that had taken her to the house.

She felt relieved after crying out to God, and she now saw the house standing 

in a totally different way, because...

She felt me, and she was not alone.

You created my inmost being; you knit me toether in my mother's womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.  Psalm 139:23-24

Out of the blue, my mother told me this story, how she had gone to an illegal abortionist in 1948 to take my life and how
she sat on a couch in someone's living room and her mind was miraculously changed by God; she then got up off of the couch and left. She wanted me to know this, that God loved me, and He wanted me to live, and that she loved me too.  I took care of my Mom in the later years of her life.  She passed away at the age of ninety-three.  If out of the blue you read her story, then hopefully you will see as my mother did, that God has a purpose for your life and the life of your little one too.  Close your eyes as my mother did, and pray to God, asking Him to lead you, and to give you new hope, because you are not alone!

~Written by Linda Lee Lance Hester January 2009, Mother of four children and thirteen grandchildren.~

a hole in my soul

I feel a hole in my soul,

Now that my son beholds.

God and Jesus and Holy Spirit are in his sight.

I grieve, but I know that he is allright.

When the hole in my soul is whole again,

I will beholding Jesus.

And I won't feel that hole in my soul.

LLLbH
10/22/2010

filled with kisses

My cousins drew pictures
and put them in their balloons.
And my Momma ask me...
"What are you gonna put in
your balloon, Honey?" and I said...

I'm gonna fill my balloon with kisses
for my Daddy who's in Heaven.
Will you take my kisses to Daddy
and tell him I love YOU!

My cousins were there with me
on that memorial weekend day.
The balloons were blue, my Daddy's
favorite color and sometimes the
way we feel inside when we miss him.

I'll see you again, Daddy,
because I believe in Jesus.
Just like you prayed for me to do.
When you and Momma dedicated me
on that February morn.

And my Daddy said...
Chunky Monkey,
Thank you for your kisses that you
flew up to me today!
It's OK, Gracie, everything is OK!
I'll see you again one Day!
I love you too!

deeds

Deeds

Your heart is full

from God's

"Well Done Indeed"

Not from the

response of

the one to whom

the deed was done.

For what if the

one to whom the deed

was done,

did not exclaim

"well done indeed"!

And if you

counted on them

to make your

heart full,

from your thoughts of

their misdeed

of no response,

you will

indeed fall

into the trap

called,

"Self-Pit-Deed"

(self pity)

7.13.11

LLLH

my daddy's shoes

My Daddy's Shoes

I walked with my Daddy

till I didn't see him one day.

Hand in hand we use to play.

An angel took him away.

He was only forty-two and

I had just started walking.

I'll walk in my Daddy's shoes,

cause my Mommy wants me to.

He ask her to train me up,

to believe in God's promises.

My Daddy believed that

Jesus gave His life for me!

I'll walk in my Daddy's memories,

cause they're kept alive for me,

through lots of pictures and

funny videos to see.

Everybody loved him and they want me

to remember how much he loved me.

I'll walk with my Daddy again,

when I see him on that Day.

We will walk hand and hand to play,

nothing will take us away

from God's promised land,

cause we just started walking.
lllbh
7.8.11

God is Everywhere

God is Everywhere