Restorer!

You are my Restorer. My God, You are my Restorer! You restore years; You restore relationships. You restore life to all of us who call on Your name. You take great pleasure in snatching up what others have written off as hopeless, and making its greatness shine forth as a testament of who You are. Bless You, Lord. You Restore.

Quieter

You are my quieter. My God, You are my quieter. With a sweet whisper You quiet my soul. When life and circumstances would threaten to overcome me with worry, Your steadfast love prevents my spirit from stepping into fear. Thank You for quieting my soul. Hallelujah!

Protector

You are my Protector. My God, You are my Protector. When I declare that You are my refuge and my fortress, I don't say it out of tradition, I say it because You have proven it true over and over in my life. Thank you for always being here to protect me. Thank you for giving your angels charge over me. Thank You for the peace I find in your presense. I love you for being my protector.

Omnipotent!

You are omnipotent. My God, You are omnipotent. Omni-potent. All powerful. You have power over all. Only You set one on a hill and bring down another. You are so powerful that you open doors that no man can shut. You shut doors that no man can open. Through Your might power you raised my Savior from the dead, and gave all dominion to Him. Your power has healed me! Your power has redeemed me; Your power keeps me. Glory to God. I rejoice that you are Omnipotent.

Nissi!

You are my Nissi! My God, You are my Jehovah Nissi! You are my banner of victory. And I thank You because I know that as long as I continue to trust Your guidance, victory is always mine. Thank you for being my all! Thank you for being my banner! Thank you for being Jehovah Nissi!

MENDER!

You are my mender! My God, You are my Mender! Everytime something or someone breaks my heart, You are faithful to mend it. Thank you, God! You are an awesome Mender!

Limitless-Love

You are Limitless-Love! My God You are Limitless-Love! Patient, kind, everlasting, Love, that's You! Your Word Declares that You are Love! Your actions declare that You Are Love! Thank you for Your Limitless, love.

King!

You are my King! My God, You are my King! You put Your kingdom in my Spirit, and wrote Your laws on my heart. You lead me with grace,
Guidance, justice, and peace. You are my King, but not the kind that
lives on a hill far away from his people. You allow me to come and lay at Your throne. I'm grateful that You are my King!

Justifier!

You are a Justifier! My God, You are a Justifier! When you call me righteous
despite all my flaws, sins, and imperfections, no devil in Hell can argue- and win! You vouch for me simply because I accepted the priceless gift
Of Your love. I am covered under Your blood! Bless You for Justifying me!

Inspiring!

You are Inspiring! My God, You are Inspiring!You Inspire me with Your poetry,You Inspire me with Your prose! Your artwork is more beautiful Than any painter could capture! When You speak, my heart races! Your thoughts fuel my creativity. I crave Your inspiration!

Holy!

You are Holy! My God, you are Holy! Holy as in set apart, above all! Holy as in like no other! Holy as in eternity is not long enough to discover every aspect of Your glory! I must call You holy!

Gregarious!

You are Gregarious! My God, You are gregarious! You delight in the Praises of Your children so much that you can't help but join us as we lift Your name. I love the way You meet me when I praise. You delight me with Your presence, as I cry holy,Worthy, glory to Your name! I'm glad Your gregarious!

Faithful

FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL! My God You are Faithful! You are faithful when I praise You,And You are faithful when I don't! Your faithfulness has saved me more Times than I can count. I have never and will never have to worry aboutYou not being here. You are the one constant person that I can always turn to.Always! Hallelujah! You are Faithful.

Exceeding!

You are Exceeding! My God, You are Exceeding! Anything I think You are, You prove that You are more! Over and over again, You go above and beyond my understanding of Your greatness, your mercy, Your love! Thank You for exceeding!

Designer!

You're a Designer!My God, what a Designer!Your precision is perfect in everything YouMake. From the position of the planets toThe number of cells in my body, You have A purpose and a plan for everything and everyoneThat is manifested at Your word.I love You, my Designer!

Covenant-Conscious!

You are Covenant-Conscious!
My God, You are Covenant-Conscious!
You who do not have to be bound by anything
Choose to stick to Your Word and keep Your promises,
And though Your Word alone seals any deal,
You've signed Your Covenant with Blood.
I salute You for Your Covenant!

Boundless

You are boundless! My God, You are boundless! Worthy of honor, You stand outside of time,Knowing all, being everywhere,Filling all the heavens and the earthWith You. I honor You for being boundless.

Awesome

You are AWESOME! My God, You are awesome! Worthy of awe, You amaze me With everything from Your kindness to Your infinite wisdom, To Your wonderful creation. I am in awe of You.

Are You Sleeping?

Obviously, I am not. :) I just finished another issue of The Encourager, and I wrote an article in it about the importance of proper rest. It seems that not getting enough rest, even when you are young, (I'm still young, right?) can cause problems. Thank God for grace! Still, I am going to have to decide to do better, and take myself to bed. Did I mention that I have to be up at about five thirty to go out of town in the morning. :( I really did not want to stay up this late. Hmmm.... is that hard to believe considering the fact that I am blogging right now instead of getting ready for bed? Well, I just wanted to write a quick note. Rejoice with me. Are you rejoicing? That's better. Well, the rejoicing is because my shots are all done as of Monday this week. Well, for two to four months anyway. :) After that I have to get the third Hep B. After that I am hopefully done for a long time. I did not realize I should be rubbing alchohol on my shoulders after all those shots, and consequently both my arms are sore. Well, I must make haste unto my chambers now to layeth down mine head. I canst tarry here any longer. Much ado, to you and you and you. Auf Wiedersehen, Goodnight! La chica es muy loca, pero no quiero duerme mas.

My Imagination Betrayed Me!!

Oh my goodness. Have you ever been tricked by your own imagination? It happened to me this morning, and I was so annoyed. You see when I took my morning nap, I had a dream. It seemed that I was at my church, but we must have been in a new church building because it seemed the bigger. Anyway, something was going on, not unusal at all, and I was rushing around helping out and doing various things. Then I heard my name, it startled me at first, but then I realized that the voice was coming from my phone. It was a guy with an Ausie or NZ accent, and I knew him. It was a friend of mine that I had met online. This was not the first time that we had talked. So I tried to talk to him, but he was breaking up. So I say, "Hey, I am trying to get some things done and you are breaking up, so I need to call you back later." Then he says, "No wait! Are you in a building?" And I said, "Yeah,", and he asked if I could go outside so that we could talk. He really needed to talk to me for a minute. So he sounded like he had something he really needed to talk about, so I walked outside the church. Then I said, "So what's up?" And he said, "Let's go." The next thing I know the thick black guy (dark skinned, kinda short) and this thin white guy (blonde hair a little taller than the black guy but still short) kidnapped me. What is up with that! How am I going to fall for a kidknapping in my own dream concocted from my own imagination. It was rather weird. It might even be weird that I was so annoyed by it. I mean when the shorter guy came toward me with the rope, in my dream, I said, "Oh, you've got to be kidding me." Then I look over and see the blonde dude. I instantly woke myself up, thinking, I refuse to find out what happens next in this one. Now I am curious though. Maybe the next time I go to sleep I can pick up where I left off. (Sometimes I can, if I want to.)

I guess I should explain a little bit about myself. My imagination is truly enormous. It's a blessing, and it's...well, truly it is just a blessing. Thank You, Father. ;) See I dream movies, not dreams. Sometimes I dream action packed blockbusters. I really enjoy dreaming, usually. I have never dreamed a dream with such a twist as that one though. Being kidnapped by an online friend really shocked me. lol Anyway, as I think about it some more, I am thinking, if developed it might turn into a good novel or screen play. :)Okay, I am happy with my imagination again. Sometimes it is just good to blog things out, I guess. :) Hmm...I am kind of looking forward to bedtime tonight.

In other news, I am not going to be able to get all of the financial aid offered to me, so I am going to be short. Hopefully enough scholarships will come through to cover the rest. I know I am going one way or another.

Oh and for a sinus update. Last week was completely awful for me. Every night my head hurt so bad that I woke up every thirty minutes or so because of the pain. It was horrible. So I finally broke down and paid the 58.98 for the decongestant. It is much better now. My sinus are actually draining. Which is much better than being stuck in my head. I get all excited about it. The more they drain the less they hurt me. :)

I still, unfortunately, have two shots to take before I can send off my immunizations. I wanted to get them today. I am waiting for a check for the paper, though, so I don't know if I will make it or not.

Oh, in about two weeks, I am getting my digi cam. I am excited about that. I think I may have it in time to enter a video contest. (school money) Even if I don't get it in time for that, I already have plans for it.

Well, that is about all I have to blog about at the moment.

Much Love,

Roz

I speak English! :)

I'm posting this mainly to have something to blog about. But I think the results are pretty self explanatory. :)

Roz

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

15% Yankee

10% Dixie

5% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

WhatKind of American English Do You Speak?

Should I have to work so hard?...

Well, I would have been here sooner...Really I would have. I tried to blog yesterday, but I could not get in. Today the only way I got in was by signing in through the post comment page. I could not sign in from the main page.

Anyway, I am here now. Time for some "Road to Oklahoma" information. I finally started my immunizations. I only have the Hep B left, and I hope to take my first one next week. Then I will have to wait a month. Which would put me at early May for my second shot. My third one will probably be in July, right before school starts, but I think I am going to send over my immunization records after the May shot, and just let them know that there is another on the way. That is if I take any Hep B. shots. For some reason, I can't get one here because I am over 18. If the other clinic says the same thing, I am going to ask the people at the school if a person over 18 is required to have them. It may be that because of my age I don't need one. Anyway, I will have to wait until Monday to find out.

I have started a new thing, that is working well for me so far. It is a "To Do" Book. I am using it to keep track with the ten million things that I need to be doing, and so far I am getting a lot more accomplished since I started using it. I also use the book to keep track of which scholarships I am applying for. I am doing quite a few with essays, so I need to sit down and plan a time to write them. I started one, and I like the way I started it, but now I need to go and research the topic. :) I did recieve my entire student financial packet. There were four loans on it, and it still did not cover my total expenses. There is another 1000 or so unaccounted for. So I a hoping to get some of these scholarships.

This may seem totally random to you, but I am very excited about school. :) Most of the time anyway. I did not realize how excited I was until I recieved my schedule. :) If this tells you anything, I immediately typed it up by day, so I could get a good look at what my days will be like. Then I got on google earth, and accessed my route to classes everyday. It seems that even though for part of the day I have a nice break, it would be better for me to plan to hangout somewhere near the buildings where my classes will be. I will explain when I post the schedule. I would post it here today, but I don't have it handy right now. I may later though. :) I also went on Myspace and checked out the grades on some of my professors. Most of mine had pretty decent grades. I did notice something about some of the PE teachers (I looked at all of them becuase I am not sure who I will have yet.). A student complained about recieving a failing grade because they had a breathing problem and could not pass the field test. This seems unfair to me. But I don't know all the details either. I looked at the Spring 07 (they have not posted fall yet) sylabus for the HPEP class and they said the field test is worth 40% of the grade. That is a large percentage. I think when I took it in high school, I passed though. I always walked it, which is allowed. And with my age, I get more time to walk it than some. :) lol :) Anyway, I will just take some benedryl and walk on. lol More later, gotta run.

DFW and other tidbits

Saturday we took Daja to the airport. I made a vow to write about the sadistic designers of the DFW. Oh my goodness, I was so annoyed. You see I had to "tinkle". So I went into the air port and was excited to see a sign pointing ahead that read Restrooms. However, I was a little jaded when I found that there were twenty such signs. I had to walk about a mile to get to the actual restroom. Is that mean or what? It would seem that they would put rest rooms ever so often, instead of having that long stretch of arrows promising relief soon. Anyway, thank God I made it.

I finally broke down and went to the doctor. It seems that I weigh an astronomical amount now. Thank God I am joining a gym. That is not why I went though. I went because I had taken about 58 IB Profien the week before (From Tuesday to Wednesday). I was in serious pain (sinus pain). They gave me an antibiotic for the infection and some pain meds for the pain, and a decongestant. Since then I have been much better. I have not had to take the pain pills much, because the anti-biotic and the decongestant are working much better than Tylonel Sinus. :)

Anyway, that is all for now. I think I am going to write my (future) honey tonight. No, you can't read what I write my honey. I made that blog private, only he can read it. :)

Much love,

Roz

She's back :)

Hey everyone out there. Long time between 41 and 42. :) I wanted to make sure I got some in this month. If I can post a few times each month that would be a big improvement. :) So what has been going on with me? Well, I have been busy beyond busy. This weekend for example: Overall I have to finish putting the newsletter together. Friday night: I am reading my children's book and speaking about my experiences as a writer. Then when I leave there, I have to go to singles meeting. Saturday: I am going to a "Abraham Lincoln Dinner" at the country club. Sunday I have church, I probably have children's church. Not sure about that, but it is highly likely. Sunday night I am on program as Maya Angelou. I have been practicing getting into character, so I am talking with a deep voice these days. :) So you see, I am splurging with my time to even sit here and ramble about my time. lol :)

Right now I am reading a Perry Stone book called Unleashing the Beast. It is pretty interesting. I have not had a chance to work on the play. I am still recovering from week before last's three days of no sleep marrathon, and now I think it is time to do it again. On a positive note, I was told by a new member to our journalism team that he did not notice one error in the last issue (that's what I was working on for those three days.) That blessed me. :) Oh, and I am doing the church website again. That is fun. Things are going pretty smoothly for the most part. I should be done in a few more weeks, I think.

I am still looking for more scholarships and grants. I have not heard from my school yet, so I am not sure what else they are offering.

Anyway, that is all for now.

Love ya bunches,

Roz

41 and climbling!

This is my 41st post on ROR! That is how I will be abreviating the blog name. :) Yes, clever, I know. :) lol Anyway, I am really getting excited about seeing the number of blogs I've written rise. I see progress! :) Today was a good day for the most part, but I have some more work to do at Ms. Cherry's office after church tonight, weather permitting.

I saw some sleet today on my way home from work, but it did not last long. It is cold enough to stick if we do get any accumilation. It is pretty chilly! I wish I could tell you the temp, but my KLSA weather thingy is not working anymore, and I refuse to put weather bug on my computer. So I have no current temp to relay to you at this time. I doubt if we have gotten above 40 today, if that helps any. :)

I wish I had some exciting tid-bit to share today, but I really don't. Except for the fact that this is my 41st blog. :) I don't guess I should hit you with too much excitment. The 41st blog alone is probably plenty to shout about! lol I have a lot of work to do, and not enough time to do it. I am tempted to skip church tonight; but nope, God first. I will go tonight, if the roads permit. Well, I better get off of here for now.

Love ya bunches!

Roz

Saturday

I know you are wondering how I ever came up with such a brilliant title as the day of the week that I am posting. lol Yeah, I know...Anyway, today has been pretty good. I have been able to actually get back to writing on the play, which really blesses me. I have some things to finish for the church newsletter though, and I have not worked on those at all. I have to pray alot about it, because all the inspiration I had for the stories seems to have gone elsewhere. I am sure the stories are there, I just need to spend some extra time with Daddy God to prime the pump, so to speak. There is a little girl standing beside me, asking me if I am almost finished every few minutes. Now she is asking me to erase the sentence eluding to her. lol Now she is threatening not to be my friend. She is a really cute kid though. I know she loves me. I love her too. :) So anyway, as you can tell, I am feeling the pressure not to be longwinded with this entry. I quess I will write more later.

God Bless and Goodnight!

Everyone have a great time at church tomorrow!

Good Word!

This is from The Message Bible.


Heb 12:1:
Do you see what this means--all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running--and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.

Heb 12:2:
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed--that exhilarating finish in and with God--he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.

Heb 12:3:
When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

Heb 12:4:
In this all-out match against sin, others have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Jesus went through--all that bloodshed!

Heb 12:5:
So don't feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children? My dear child, don't shrug off God's discipline, but don't be crushed by it either.

Heb 12:6:
It's the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects.

Heb 12:7:
God is educating you; that's why you must never drop out. He's treating you as dear children. This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training,

Heb 12:8:
the normal experience of children. Only irresponsible parents leave children to fend for themselves. Would you prefer an irresponsible God?

Heb 12:9:
We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why not embrace God's training so we can truly live?

Heb 12:10:
While we were children, our parents did what seemed best to them. But God is doing what is best for us, training us to live God's holy best.

Heb 12:11:
At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.

Heb 12:12:
So don't sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet!

Heb 12:13:
Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it!

Heb 12:14:
Work at getting along with each other and with God. Otherwise you'll never get so much as a glimpse of God.

Heb 12:15:
Make sure no one gets left out of God's generosity. Keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent. A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time.

Heb 12:16:
Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away God's lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite.

Heb 12:17:
You well know how Esau later regretted that impulsive act and wanted God's blessing--but by then it was too late, tears or no tears.

Heb 12:18:
Unlike your ancestors, you didn't come to Mount Sinai--all that volcanic blaze and earthshaking rumble--

Heb 12:19:
to hear God speak. The earsplitting words and soul-shaking message terrified them and they begged him to stop.
Heb 12:20:
When they heard the words--"If an animal touches the Mountain, it's as good as dead"--they were afraid to move.

Heb 12:21:
Even Moses was terrified.

Heb 12:22:
No, that's not your experience at all. You've come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels

Heb 12:23:
and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just.

Heb 12:24:
You've come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel's--a homicide that cried out for vengeance--became a proclamation of grace.

Heb 12:25:
So don't turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn't get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings?

Powerful stuff. :)



Love ya,

Roz

The Late Night Posting...

Sounds like the title of a scary story, huh? lol Anyway, it is really late, and I am blogging just because I wanna. I watch Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea tonight. We started watching around 5:30 and stopped around 1:30 AM. Needless to say, I did not get any writing done so far today. Unless you count this. Actually this can't count for two good reasons. One the today I was referring to was Sunday, and at 2:28 AM, it is now Monday. Two, this writing is just for the benefit of me and the people who enjoy reading my ramblings. Real writing would constitute finishing another article for the paper or another scene of the play. No I am not finished, which is laughable because I have all but written the rest of the play in my head. I simply have not found the time to stop and write it down. Yeah... I know... I really should have finished it by now. I will do better.

In other news, one of my dearest friends just wrote me that she is about to have a baby. :) I am so excited. I want to write her back, but I won't until tomorrow night probably. :)

Anyway, church was awesome today. It seemed like every song during praise and worship ministered to me. It was like God spent the whole morning kissing me and telling me over and over again that He is mightier than any fiery dart of the enemy. :) The sermon was awesome too. I can tell that God is working in me, because I went through the majority of the day not dwelling on the thing that happened last night. The upset...yeah I know...but that is about all that I am willing to say about it. Anyway, it did not consume my thoughts today. Instead the thoughts that consumed me were: I love God and I love. I am serious, during church today the enemy tried to get me to thinking negatively again about this current ordeal, and before I knew it, I stopped the thoughts with a simple whisper: I love. I want to write more about this, but not tonight. I need to be sensible. :) I really need to get some sleep.


Goodnight and God bless

In Christ,

Roz

He surely goes before me...

Believe it or not, I tried hard to get this entry in on Friday night, but I wanted to include a mp3 of the new song that God gave me. It took me forever to get that done, so I did not get it posted. I do think it is funny that this song is the very thing that I need to hear right now. I had a bit of a upset earlier tonight (yesterday really, it is almost 4 AM. Lord help me at church in the morning. Anyway, as I was sitting and listening to Pastor on Wednesday night this song came up in my spirit.

I don't have to worry

'bout what tomorrow will bring.

I won't have anxiety

'cause I know Christ is King

You see my father sees me

And He knows what I need

His provision is perfect

And from His table I'll feed.

All I have is the chorus so far, although I think after tonight, I will surely be hearing a verse or two shortly. :) I love God! I love people too. I hate principalities with a passion, but if its war they want I am more than ready to fight. :) Anyway, if you click on the first line you can hear the tune of the song. That is how I heard it in spirit. I really need to finish ironing so that I can go to sleep. So I will write more later.

Yeah, I know. :)

Love in Christ

Roz

PS. Jen you made me smile tonight (your message on the myspace blog) when I really needed it. You are an awesome friend. :) Love ya, bunches!

First Post of the New Year

Okay, this is my first 2007 post, and only 11 days into the New Year. Not so bad, huh? Anyway, tonight I have a meeting at the church. I don't think it will last all that long though. After the meeting, I will be going over to my friend, Ms. Cherry's house. I am helping her with her hair tonight. What? Of course I think you are interested in my schedule, why else would I bother enlightening you. lol :)

Anyway, here is a scholarship update. I found three more that I want to apply for. One of them is a "pay everything and pay you to study" scholarship. I really want that one. This is the year of total prosperity and the open door! So I say it's mine. :)

A happy Note: I tried on one of my favorite suits, and I can still wear it. (applause pause)I think it is too short for my church's current dress code though. Ironically, I think it is long enough for ORU's current dress code (1 1/4 inch above the middle of the knee). (So long as I sit down very carefully.) So I think I will be saving that one for college. Hopefully I will loose some more weight before August.

Which brings me to another thing to mention. I am going to join a gym. I am excited about it. I want to take some toning and Karate classes. That will be fun. :) I don't think I can wear my karate suit anymore though. I think I will do the toning and maybe some kick boxing until I can. Kickboxing sounds like fun to me. :) I would do pilates, but they said pilates/yoga, and I am not interested in Yoga.

I finished reading one of my Christmas novels a couple of weeks ago. It was Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's novel: House. There has already been a movie made about the book. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Overall it had the same premise as The Oath by Frank Peretti, but I liked The Oath a lot better than this book. It was very well done though. I was sufficiently suspensified. lol I made that up all by myself.

I should be able to come very close to actually finishing the play this weekend. I am really excited about that. I am going to get it typed up as soon as possible, I still may be able to cast before the month is out. The first half of the play is awesome. I love the last scene a whole lot. It is cool :) I can't wait to get it cast so that I can see it performed. :)

This weekend I hope to get a chance to record the first episode of my web show: The Paper Mouth Twins. :) I wrote it a while ago, but I have not had a chance to record it. When I do this one is definately going on You Tube! :) I may post it from You Tube to hear too. For my interested fans who don't go to You Tube. :)

That is all for now. More later. Yeah I know...

Much Love,

Roz

Personality

Below is a personality test that I just took. I think I am more than 50% romantic though. :) And the female cliche thing is way off, I mean I can be kind of prissy in some aspects, but I am not like the lady they described in that link. :) Anyway, here are the results:

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion 66% Stability 63% Orderliness 46% Accommodation 70% Interdependence 70% Intellectual 76% Mystical 43% Artistic 90% Religious 90% Hedonism 10% Materialism 36% Narcissism 76% Adventurousness 56% Work ethic 36% Self absorbed 43% Conflict seeking 56% Need to dominate 23% Romantic 50% Avoidant 23% Anti-authority 56% Wealth 43% Dependency 23% Change averse 63% Cautiousness 50% Individuality 43% Sexuality 36% Peter pan complex 36% Physical security 76% Physical Fitness 17% Histrionic 30% Paranoia 10% Vanity 43% Hypersensitivity 36% Female cliche 90%

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True to the Title: Ramblings of Roz

Hello out there. My name is Rosalind Morris, and I am a sporadic blogger. It has been five days since my last blog. :) lol :) Kind of a reverse AA thing. Anyway, I am blogging right now, just because I want to get the habit of doing this more often. I think journaling is an excellent use of one's time. Really I do. I just choose not to use my time in that way often. :) So what is going on in the life of Roz today. I am working to finish the December issue of The Encourager, or church newsletter. I am hoping to get an email out about it today. There are other things that I need to do, too. I need to choose a Christmas card and start sending them out. The Christmas poem I wrote this year is really good. I like it anyway. I am expanding my list this year to include all of my friends from the new communities that I have joined. I still want to send to my friends from Rozplace: The Creative Christian Forum and The Way City, too. Infact I want to try to at least get Rozplace hopping again. We shall see.

I made some serious progress on the play the other day. I hope to make some more today. I want to get this thing finished. I want to cast next month. Oh, I forgot that I wasn't going to talk about it until after things were more definate. (I have not even talked to my pastor yet.) I can't go into great detail, but I have ambitious plans for the play that I am working on now. More later on that.

Okay, I have decided to go ahead and start chronicling scholarship/grant money. I have been offered one scholarship for $2000, renewable for four years. It is a great start, but I have a long way to go. I applied for a $300o dollar one last night. I am going to apply to some more today too probably. There is a $50,000.00 Scholarship contest that I plan to enter, so I will likely get to that one today. That would pay for my first year easy, and give me plenty of spending money besides. I really don't want to work this time around. I just want to go to school. I want to make straight A's. Yeah, I know. Plenty of people work and make straight A's, but I am not any of those people. I am Roz, and I really don't need to work while I study. Not much anyway, I am thinking a little work study might be good. I am planning on getting a car, so I will need gas and such. It would be easier to come home and such if I had a car. If I am right, and OK is only three hours away from here, I may come home on the weekends. Probably not though. Not every weekend anyway.

Last night I was hungry, so I went to Wal-Mart, and I did not buy cookies. I will pause while you appluad me. However, I did buy some pancake mix, eggs, and syrup. Yeah, I know. But I ate some before I went to bed last night, and I ate some this afternoon. I am full now. And I am not craving anything. :) Yeah, I know. I will work on it. :)

Well, I am really running out of things to say here, so I might as well stop procrastin...um..I mean elaborating on the current goings on in Roz Land. :)

Hi ho, Hi ho, it's back to work I go!

Yeah, I know...Much love

Roz

What a Difference a Day Makes!

Wow, I am so excited about my day that I don't know where to begin. First of all, it did not hurt all that much, and I am grateful for any pain that leads to this type of freedom. I guess I will begin with last night. A lot has happened since my last post. God has been really working on my heart problem. lol I have had a "tune up" if you will. :) He started last night, but He did most of His work today. Today we had an ongoing conversation about the bitterness situation. I honestly started out combatting His reminders, with a lot of "yeah, but..." statements, but He knows how to shut that up. I cannot tell you all of the things Father reminded me of, but overall, He explained to me that this problem has little to do with the other person, and a whole lot to do with me and Him. He told me that I had forgotten who I was. That I had forgotten that first and foremost, I am His.

Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

And because I am His, my life is no longer my own.

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

He reminded me to humble myself before Him, to do everything as unto Him, and to serve Him with my whole heart. And in the process of remembering who I am, somehow my heart has completely changed. Yeah, I know... that was quick, but you see this was all stuff that I used to know. I am not sure how I got so far away, but I am so glad to be back where He wants me.

I wrote a very nice response letter to the person that I was talking about earlier, and in the letter, I made the comment that we were here to serve. My mentor suggested that I remove the comment, less it be taken the wrong way. I did remove it, but honestly I meant exactly that. I have no agenda other than to do His will. Any authority that is in place, especially in a church, is there because He has allowed it. While I have no problem with voicing my opinions, I also have no agenda other than to serve and be a blessing. I am totally free.

Tonight at prayer, I spent some time apologizing to God, for my lapse in Rozness (lol, see You, Me, and Dupree), and telling Him that I am gratefull for bringing me back to a place of total peace. God began to talk to me about how He has not been able to bless me, like He has wanted to, because of the things that have been going on with me lately. (It has not been just the thing with the person. I did not tell anybody, but on Wednesday night, I barely wanted to even go to church. When I got there, and knew that my Pastor was going to preach something that I needed to hear, I was pretty annoyed to have to go to Children's Church. That is a whole other issue. For some reason, I have been fighting an aversion to working with children. We talked about that today too, among other things. The aversion is no more. :) )

Anyway, He said that now, He can move in my life in a greater way. I don't write about what He does for me enough, but all I can say is WOW! God has blessed me so much this year, and to think that He has wanted to bless me more! That is pretty exciting. God is so good, even when we are so bad. :) Well, I just wanted to update. As for the other person, I love her, and I can honestly say, my heart is pure toward her. It is amazing what Love can do. Speaking of which, I was in line at the grocery store after prayer, and this came up in my spirit:

I love the Lord with all my heart
I love the Lord wiht all my strength
I love the Lord with all my soul
The Power of Love has made me whole.

I am filled with the Power of Love.

It was one of those things that just snuck up on me. Oh, God asked me to do something on the 31st. I had planned on doing nothing, but I guess I will call tomorrow and ask them to put me down for something. I am not sure what. :)

That is all for now.

Yeah, I know...two days in a row. I am going for a record.

Peace, Love, and Blessings from Above,

Roz

Nip it in the Bud!!

Hi there :)

I don't know who out there is familiar with Dennis Swanberg, but he is a really funny guy. He is a Christian comedian that does several amusing impressions. One impression of his that I always enjoy is Barney from the Andy Griffith show. (Yes, this is going somewhere. I am explaining my title.) He has this joke where Barney is asked what to do about sin. His answer was to, "Nip it in the bud!" :) See there that explanation did not take terribly long now did it? Yeah, I know.

So that is what I am blogging about tonight. There is something that I need to nip in the bud. Well, maybe yank from the root; I think it may have grown a flower by now. My mentor told me this afternoon that I have a root of bitterness. Sounds like a terribly ugly thing, huh? Well it is indeed quite grotesque. In my defense, I pointed out that I have been making an effort to make sure to walk in love and be kind and patient with the person that we were referring too. (I know a little bit, a lot actually about the importance of staying away from strife and contention.) But she pointed out that while I have not come out and said anything ugly about the person, I have not really shouted their praises either.

My first thought was I don't really have to be buddies with a person to walk in love toward them. Honestly, I really don't like this person. There I said it. It is rare that I don't like people, actually. I like most people. Actually it is not just a random don't like that person kind of thing. I have very specific reasons, and they are justified. This person has been deceitful, and just not very nice. But justified or not, like the person or not, I ultimately answer to God. And He clearly has told me to love.

Bitterness, from the first thought, is a fiery dart of the enemy. Oh and He has plenty of reason to aim it at me. God is doing great things in my life, and I am stepping out on faith in several areas. I do not have time for strife. That is why I have been just praying for this person, and trying to walk in love toward them to the best of my ability. Unfortunately, by the conversation I had tonight with my mentor, I can tell that my ability is abundantly inadequate.

Tonight I had to do children's church. (Yes, this is related, I promise.) I was the one that was taking the kids out to the bathroom. Every time I went out, I could hear my pastor preaching. Guess what he was preaching on? Staying away from strife, how it is a trick of the enemy sent to keep us from the blessings, God has for us. YES LORD, I HEAR YOU.

So what do I do now? The only thing I can do is ask God to change my heart. Do I think I am wrong about the person, not at all. But this is not about her. This is about me. This is about Him. So I must allow Him to fix the thing that has gone wrong in me, so that I can be the Rosalind that He would have me be. I am not sure what all that entails, but somehow I think it might hurt. I will probably do an update on this when I find out. lol :) But anyway, that is what is on my mind tonight, and that is what I wanted to blog about.


Yeah I know...Pray for me

God bless and Goodnight,

Roz

I updated!

I finally updated my blog to the new Beta version. Has anybody else noticed that everything is going beta these days. New Beta this and new Beta that...Oh well, often change is a good thing. I probably will hardly miss the old version, I hope.

You know, God is my source, and with His help I am going to completely conquer this change allergy that I seem to have. Believe it or not, my aversion to change is barely a whisper when it comes to the big move next year. Honestly, the day I knew it was really official, I cried for about an hour or two. Since then it's been smooth sailing. I am in "get her done" mode right now. Ever once and a while the enemy will come at me with something like, "Do you really think you can just pick up and go to college like this at your age?" or "It just keeps getting more and more expensive, how are you going to be able to afford this? And what if you do all of this, and nothing comes of it?", yet I am ignoring all of his comments. My steps are ordered, and my God is a good shepherd.

The other project:

I have not written anything about this, but I am working on something that for the moment is even bigger than the move, but I can't really post about this until I talk to my pastor about it. Which I won't do until I am finished with the first step. Your interest is peaked, huh? Well hopefully I can say more fairly soon. To be honest though, this other project is 1000 times scarier than the big move. Good thing it was His idea.

Speaking of Daddy God, we are working on a new song right now. I love the words that I have to it so far. I started singing this one while cleaning the church one Tuesday.


Your Joy is my strength
Your strength is my joy
When you smile on me
Nothing can destroy,
my dreams.

A light to my path,
A lamp to my feet
When You lead the way,
Nothing can deplete,
my joy.


Aren't those a few happy thoughts for your day! :) For your life even. :) Anyway, I think that I this will be all for now.

Goodbye and Godbless. Yes, I know.

Love ya bunches,

Roz

Poll Cheating 101

Okay, I usually post my observatory/political posts on Xanga, but I thought I would post this one here. I had to get my physical for school this morning, and while I was in the waiting room, CNN Headline News was on the tv. They did a story about how new voting machines could allow voters to vote more than once. Then they go on to tell the people exactly how to go about cheating in this way. Then after the "How to vote more than once" lesson, they explained how people could not get away with doing it becuase of poll watchers and the beeps that it would make. My thought is, how many people would even think to do that had you not explained the process so thuroughly. Sometimes I wonder about the wisdom of our American media. Rant over. :)

God bless and Goodnight!

Love ya and of course I know,

Roz

This time next year...

Hey everyone,

This time next year, I will not be sitting where I am now. (This is what I was referring to in the bubbling post). I will more than likely be in my dorm room. Yes, that is my big news. I am going back to school. I am finishing my degree. Well, actually my original degree would have been a BS in Biology, but now my degree will be a BS in Drama/Television/Film Performance and (yes, I am going for a double major) Mass Media Communication with a Emphasis in Multi media production. Basically, I am going to get a degree in having fun. Lol I am not sure whether I will be doing dual degrees or just dual majors. I will have to find out which one is better.

So anyway, right now my goal is to prepare for leaving for Tulsa. I have a lot to do in the next ten months, and I am working on getting it all done. The first things I need to do is finish registering. I hit a snag today, in that I realized I don't remember my ACT scores. I also don't remember when I took the ACT test. That was over ten years ago, you understand. I mean that is quite a few sleeps ago. So anyway, I guess I will have to wait until Monday to do that.

That is okay though. God has really been showing me that He is indeed being my shepherd and leading me into this venture. He has even gotten me a job. Yeah, I know. But I am going to have to take a regular job for a little while because I need some money to prepare to leave home. I need a laptop and two printers (One for here, and one for there). I don't officially have the job yet, but the chances of me not getting it are pretty slim as I understand it. So that is cool I guess. The only thing is, I am going out of town next weekend. And if things work out, I am likely going to Tulsa on the 2-4 of November. Hopefully, the people at the new job will understand that. I mean it is college. That is pretty important. The trip this weekend is business too. It is a Xooma trip. I am excited about that too. If there is one thing I love, it is to travel. Lol

In other news, I did indeed to a really good video blog, but unfortunately I could not get the thing to upload correctly. I don't know what happened, but that really annoyed me. I will try to do better next week. lol Well, I am going to stop this post, so that I can try to do a little work before I turn in for the night.

Much Love to You,

Roz

Clean Christian Comedy

This is funny :) Just sharing.

Bubbling and Trembling, at the same time...

Okay, so I still have things to say about the list I made in my last post, but I want to talk about right now, right now. Right now I am excited, kid at Christmas kind of excited becuase I know that a new adventure is coming. This is not one of those know in my spirit kind of things. This is a already moving toward it, preparing to get it done kind of thing. I want to explain my title; I am not scared. I mean I know God does not start something that He is not going to finish. So I know that everything will be okay. I also know that I cannot do this without complete and total reliance on Him. I have to stay humble, stay focused, stay in love, and stay humble. Did I say that before? lol By humble I mean I have to know that I am not to under any circumstances to look to anybody, including and especially myself, to get this done. Not that I can just sit around and twiddle my thumbs while success magically unfolds around me. Of course not! It all comes down to acknowleding Him, not depending on my natural understanding, and allowing Him to direct my path. AND giving Him glory when He does. :) Anyway, I can't really go into great detail about this new thing until I have made it official. I have to wait until November. So more later on that subject. I will say this. My pastor told us that we are about to wake up one morning to a whole new world. :) How right he is!

In other news, I am enjoying my video camera/webcam/digital camera. It is all kinds of fun. I need to download a bunch (or burnch, if you prefer) of pics from it. Also, I need to do a video blog. I did one already, but I don't want to put that one online. I know all you people who actually read my blog, are wondering what I look like. Actually it is not that hard to find out. My pics are on my Myspace profile. :)

Tomorrow is Sunday. So I better start preparing for it. God bless. Yeah, I know...


Goodnight!

Things I want to blog about...

Okay, I am having a whole influx of subjects run through my mind that I want to "blog". So I am going to make a list. I need to actually sleep, so I can't possibly post anything that will give the subjects their just due right now. So I am going to list them here. Think of them as the Ramblings of Roz fall line up. lol

1. In Jesus' Name...
2. Altars, Songs, and other Moment Markers
3. Numbering vs. Trusting (This one is really a continuation of the last post.)
4. Saturation (This is either going to end up being a song or a poem (which may tie in with number 2. I can feel it coming...)

Yeah, I know...He knows too

Probably Random

I entitled this entry probably random because I am not sure what I am going to talk about right now. There have been times when I have been itching to write something here, and yet I have not made it to the computer with enough free time to do so. I am always working, or studying, or writing (although, lately not enough). Which is not a bad thing, but it is nice to just take a moment to spill every once in a while. :) I want to just throw some things out there that I have been meditating on since the last time I wrote something here.

I think I will start with belief. :) Hmmm...Think I will throw in some Word here.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Heb 11:6)

For a while now, I have been completely disastisfied with telling God how awesome He is. I have been worshiping God and at a loss for a more adequate thing to call Him. He is sooo much more than awesome. Anyway, as the word felt highly overused and totally inadequate to me, I started to seek God for other ways to express my wonder of His greatness. I tried majestic, magnificant, etc. etc. But for some reason no adjective worked for me. Most of the time, I just end up switching over to tongues. One evening at church we were worshiping God and a word came forth about believing God. Now, keep in mind, any time I get intimate with God, one of the most consistent cries of my heart is that I may worship Him wholly in spirit and in truth. That my life should praise Him, not just my hands and my mouth. That I should glorify Him in every aspect of my existence.

When that Word went forth, I whispered, "I believe you, Lord." In that instant, He said back to me: "That is the best way you can worship me." This really blessed me, and I totally understand what God was saying to me. God wants above all to be trusted, to be believed.

When we trust Him completely in an area He always shows up in a big way. Ever notice that? When we think on His Word until it becomes alive in our hearts it never fails to yeild bountifully.

Father,

I believe You! I believe You love me. I believe You've healed me. I believe You are my strength. I believe you teach my hands to war and my fingers to fight. ( I am doing that right now.) I believe You supply all my needs!

I love you, Lord. In Jesus's name...

Roz

Technically, It is still Sunday

I am so glad that the Lord is merciful. Lord knows I need His mercy. :) Well, this can be counted as a weekend post. My weekend was okay. Nothing major occured, Sunday morning service was awesome. I played with a seven year old this evening, until I finally got her to go to sleep. Now I am just kind of hanging :) Anyway, I don't have much to say. A little too tired to be insightful right now. So this is the gist of my weekend post.

Yeah, I know, but you gotta love me.


Roz

A Quicky!

I am about to go walking with my mother this morning, so this will be a quicky. Well the big news is I heard from Charisma Kids on I Can; God will. Strang wants to co-publish the book with me through Creation House. This will still give me a major release, but I have to agree to buy a lot of books.
More Later

Road Trip!

I set my alarm clock to five AM this morning. I am going to Dallas today. What fun! Last night my pastor really blessed me, the man was like a wisdom fountain last night. He told us several things that we need to believe God for in this season: Uncommon favor, loved ones (especially children, but I am believing for some of my friends, too.), God's provision outside of our regular income, and the reentering of opportunities, to name a few.

Maybe this week...

Okay, the operative word is "trying", and I am trying to post everyday. It is just not going very well. :) Anyway, I had a good morning, in that I could not stay awake last night to watch movies, so I went to bed before midnight. At four o'clock this morning, God woke me up to spend some time with Him. I cannot tell you the last time I went to bed early enough for Him to do that. :) It was pretty cool. But I did not have any good music, and that was bothering me a little. Still it was nice to get some early morning time with the Lord. :)

I probably went back to sleep around five. Then I had to get up at seven to get ready to open the office this morning. (S. Cherry had to go to court.)

Anyway, I am about to start a study on the Fruit of the Spirit. God has been showing me some things about them, and I need to study them out. In other news, I am working on an epic story poem, that I will soon post. Probably on my myspace blog, and on the myspace bulletin. Maybe I will post it on Faithwriters, too. :)

This post must seem somewhat boring, as I am only randomly stating facts. Sorry about that. I need to listen to the news today and see what is up with all this nuclear bomb stuff. I have been hearing rumors, but I have not had a chance to check it out for myself. When I do, I believe I will blog about that. Anyway, maybe I’ll come back with something profound later today.

Love you all,

Roz

Yeah, I know :)

Believe it or not...

Believe it or not, I did plan to write on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. However, I was in a house full of people. (Three children, including a three year old). And while I did start a few entries, I was never quite able to finish one to my liking. I think I will make up for it today by trying to post something on all my blogs. lol

Today I am in a good mood. Actually I have been in a good mood for a while now. This weekend was a little stressful, just in that I wanted some alone time, and did not get much of it. Still, I did have some fun, and kids can be good to have around sometimes. You can actually learn from them. I hope I learned some patience. lol :)

I am loosing weight, and I am so excited about it. I now have a size 14 dress in my wardrobe that is no where near tight, and actually has a little room in the waist. Well, some might say 14 is nothing to get excited about, but when you were 16 heading toward 18, 14 is pretty cool. And I am not through loosing weight. :) I plan to reach my goal of regaining my 28 inch waist line. I want to get down to a size 10, I think. That will be a nice size to remain, although I may even go for a 7/8. I don't want to be any smaller than that for sure. Well, I have some more to say, but you will have to check Xanga and myspace to read it. :) I may write my honey today too. lol

Roz

A New Perspective on Change...

The Lord has introduced me to a new perspective on change. I have taken to walking with my mother in the morning. The first time we went around the track, we parked in a shaded area that was really close to the track. The next time we parked a little further from the track, and I made the comment (more an observation than a complaint really) you usually park closer. That particular morning (yesterday) I had a dificult time with itching. (Sometimes when I walk, I itch, but I want to get into that later.) So anyway, that morning when I got back into the car to wait for my mother, the super walker (proud daughter speaking), and there was such a great breeze outside that I did not need to turn on the air conditoiner. It was really nice. So anyway, today Mama parked where she usually does, and when I went to sit in the car (did not itch as much today, but like I said I want to talk about the itching thing separately) I noticed the place closer to the track had a little less shade and a little less breeze. There was still some shade so it was not unbearable by any means. But I notice the difference, and I commented on it. As soon as I did I heard the Lord say, "See what happens when you complain about your blessings." Immediately I remembered my comment about my mother usually parking closer to the track.

God was teaching me a valuable lesson. You see I am the kind of person who likes her cheese where it is, thank you very much. Change has often annoyed me, and I usually take big change like one might take liquid medicine (very reluctantly). But I made a decision today. I am going to a make a practice of looking for the blessing in the change.

I mean if I am going to move with God things are going to change. He believes in taking us from glory to glory, and with every new level of glory, there comes new changes, challenges, and responsibilities. In my determination to be all that God has called me to be, I am going to have to learn to move with Him. When I think about this, the Biblical reference that comes to my mind is Elijah. Elijah probably became pretty comfortable with the ravens bringing him his food everyday, and drinking fresh spring water. When the spring dried and the ravens stopped visiting him, he had an opportunity to complain to God. However, the Bible does not say anything about him complaining. It only says the Word of the Lord came to him. It only shows that God immediately had an instruction for his provision.

I cannot think of any account in the Word of God, or in my own life even, when God has not made provision for His people when He moves them, or even when they have to move. With the children of Isreal the fire and the cloud moved with them. When Joseph was thrown in jail, God moved the blessing on into the jailhouse with Him. Uh oh, I am going to get excited in a minute. I already am actually. lol Last night I was realeased into my call by a prophet of God. I will talk more about that later; this really is all about flowing with God, knowing that He is in control, and looking for the blessings in the changes in our lives. And that is about all I have to say for now.

Leave it to me to not post here in almost a year and then come back and post something this long, without a hello. Well, hello cyber space. I am working on posting on a blog everyday. (That is actually a goal of mine. And I am of the opinion that I can (in Christ) meet all my goals. I will talk about that later too. ) Yeah I know. I always think about readers that may stop by. Lord let this be a blessing to someone else even as it has been a blessing to me.

Much love,

Roz

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Here We Are

Again. :) It has been quite a while since I have put fingers to keyboard on this blog, but when inspiration hits...it hits. Well, where do I begin. I have been, and still am busier than normal, but I have been, and still am having a lot of fun. However, instead of listing the numerous projects I have going right now (although that is what I was just about to do), I want to talk to you my fellow cyber-spaces about some things happening under the surface. I want to talk about the subtle changes, so subtle in fact that though I have been hoping for them, I had not realized they were bubling just under the surface until I sat down to "blog a little." A renewal, revival, if you will is coming and will soon be here.

Anyone know how it is to loose your hunger? I had not lost my hunger in every area, but only in the most important area. For probably longer than I care to reflect on, I have not been truly hungry for going deeper with my Lord. Not to say that I have been particularly backslidden or irreverant, but I have not been compelled to do more than what's "normal" in our relationship. It's like I got to a certain level and said this will do, Lord. But "this will do" will never do with God. That is just not how it works with Him. He wants us to go from glory to glory.

So here I am ready to move again, to go deeper, to learn more, to embrace eagar obedience. And I was thinking that nothing was happening, until just a few moments ago. I guess sometimes you have to write to know what is going on inside of you. (Man I am dramatic. lol) Seriously though, my expectation levels are beginning to rise, and I could not be happier about it. This is not the blog I usually use when these types of self-revelations hit, but here it is nontheless. Oh the Joy to be called His Child!

I have been meditating on love for the past week or so, and I know God is about to show me something about it that I have not seen before. Maybe I will post that revelation here too, but maybe that one will be for the other Xanga blog.

Well that is all for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

Yeah, I know...

The Fire

I stayed up until 11:00 AM on Friday (from Thursday) making sure the fourth issue of Parables was published. Actually after that I only slept off and on, because there were a few upload problems. At any rate, I had already planned to sleep nice and long on Saturday. I went to bed around two or three Saturday morning, and my mother woke me up to help her with her hair and feed the sibs. After that, I put in Million Dollar Baby (rented the night before) and layed back down. I slept off and on and watched the movie. When the knocking started I was in deep sleep. At first I did not realize the knocking wasn't a part of my dream, but thanks be to God, it got louder and woke me up. So I am thinking, who in the world is banging on the door like that. I go to the door and say, "Who is it?" and someone says "Ma'am yall got to get out of the appartment, the appartment upstairs is on fire!"
So I go into speed mode, run to my brother's room throw him some pants (we were all sleeping). Then I run to my sister's room and throw her some pants. Then, since I am in my jammies, I look around for the the first decent thing to wear, and end up yanking a sundress over my head. At this point, my sister is still slowly putting on her pants. She did not understand the urgency of fire. So I hurry her along explaining that we need to get out of the house now. I did not see her shoes immeditately and had no idea how bad the fire was, so I just led her out in her socks. My sandalls were right beside my bed, so I did grab those.

When I did get back to the living room, smoke was starting to come through the vents. It smelled awful. So Bran had neither shirt nor shoes...no service for him. :) Anyway, we are all outside, and as soon as we get out there, the fire department arrives.

The smoke getting stronger, they have us back up and move away from the building. The fire was contained to the bedroom where it started. A lady and her daughter woke up with their bed aflame; I can not imagine the horror of that moment. When I first got outside, the little girl was crying, and she told me her hair was on fire. (It was not anymore. She was talking about when she awoke.) Her face was burned a little as well, so they took her to the hospital. The mother stayed there to talk to the police. Turns out another of her children, he looked like he was three or four years old, was playing with a cigarrette lighter.

I am now in a hotel room at the Courtyard Marriot. They turned off the electricity, and so we had to leave until the electrictian makes sure everything is okay. I am hoping that will be today. I want my computer back. I am on my mothers laptop right now. I took my computer out of the house for safe keeping.

At the house, the living room and kitchen smells awful, but the back rooms smell nice. For some reason the smoke never reached them. That is a good thing. :)

I feel bad for the family. I am praying for them. I bet they lost a lot, but even in this I can see God's hand, his mercy. If the baby had not started the fire in the same room where the mom and daughter were sleeping, it would have taken longer for them to figure discern it.

So I am thankful that things were not worse. :) And being in hotels is kind of fun in a way. :)

In other news, the Ted Dekker interview was cool. :) And despite the usual publishing drama the fourth issue was a hit. :) I still have some reminders, courtesy copies, and book reviews to get out, but I am going to wait until I am on my own computer to do all of that. I pray it happens today. :)

That's all for now.

Yeah, I know....

God is awesome!

Roz

PS. It is really hard to type on this laptop, so I appologizee for any mistakes.

My Trip to Houston

It has been a few weeks since I went to Houston, but I am just now getting around to writing about it. It was so much fun.

First of all, I was invited by leader of our women's ministry at church. She has her own ministry called Zoe Ministries. I will probably be doing a website for it soon, and after I do, I will post a link here.

Anyway, the workshop was called Successfou which means Mad or Extraordinary success. It was all about goal planning, and being successfull. It was really awesome.

I went to a Mac Counter at the Galeria Mall in Houston, and the lady there (Dianne) was really sweet. The make up was great too. I will definatly get some when I can. I also went to a Mall in Katty Mills, TX, called the Katy Mills mall. It was so coool! They have a book store there where I bought two hardback novels for ten dollars. WoooHOOOO! Also I bought a cute little wig (short and spiky) and I also bought some new earings.

That along with the fellowship and the ministry (This was a ministry workshop) and I think it was one of the best trips I have ever taken. (The trip to TN for the Push Press and Pursue Conference is also high on my list.)

Next post will be about the first novel, then I have got to tell about the wedding! Roz

Long Time... Yeah I know

Okay, so I have not blogged in a while. I told you I was sporadic. :) Can't ruin my reputation, now can I? lol

Since it has been a while, there has been a lot going on with me. I am happy to report that I am once again making progress on Patches. I listened to what I have written so far on Adobe, and I must admit, the story is coming along quite nicely. There were of course a few typos that made me cringe, but I will go back and fix those after I am done.

In other news, I am more than a little excited about the next issue of Parables. One of the best Christian fiction authors....ever, will be on the cover and in the mag, interviewed my none other than yep you guessed it: Me! (Wow, don't I seem excited, you'd think I was a fan or something. lol) Anyway, the stories that we have so far are awesome too. We are in need of some more contemporary stories, if there are any Christian fiction writers out there. www.parablesmag.com

Also I am excited about a new project I am starting with my journalism staff at church. We are going to write a story together (one installment each issue until the end of the year.) So far, everyone seems to be all for it. I think it will be loads of fun.

In other news I met this really awesome....yeah, right. I am just playing. lol

I want to talk about Houston now, but I think I will do it in a separate posting. There is a lot to say about it.

I also have some cool news about my first novel. So I think I will stop this and start a new post now.

...Yeah I know