Support Hickory Cove Bible Camp

I don't usually post things of this nature.....but I felt as if I had to.....

Hickory Cove Bible Camp has been host to our children's summer camp Camp Sonseeker for many years. Not only that, they have also hosted Youth camps, retreats, etc for our church family.

This is such a special place that is near & dear to our hearts. Hickory Cove accommodates our need for a weekend camp, and provides the facilities and anything else we need. I wish that I could write a check for the funds to help with their dining room. Our children fill that dining room to overflowing each year, and it would be wonderful to be able to help them raise the funds needed. Since, I can't write that check, I can spread the word about Hickory Cove and the Auction that has gone live.....

I know a couple of you that read my blog don't live in this area, so, if you could I would appreciate your prayers that God would work in a MIGHTY way and bless Hickory Cove Bible Camp as they have blessed us for years!

If you would like to check out Hickory Cove Bible Camp and this endeavor -  See this email from Hickory Cove -

Just a heads up that Hickory Cove's 3-day online auction has officially begun as of 10:00 AM EDT TODAY!

The 3-day online auction scheduled from Monday, March 17, 2014, at 10:00 AM EDT to Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at 10:00 PM EDT features select items from our upcoming 3/22 in-person silent auction. All proceeds go toward upgrading and expanding our 50+ year-old dining room so we can continue to feed our hungry campers for years and years to come.

To participate in the online auction, just go to http://www.32auctions.com/hickorycoveauction.

**IMPORTANT**
Highest bids from this online auction will serve as the starting bids for the same items at the in-person silent auction this Sat, 3/22 at Hickory Cove Bible Camp. So, if you're the highest bidder on an item when this online auction ends at 10PM EDT on Wed, 3/19, you'll win that item IF (and only if) no one outbids you at the 3/22 in-person silent auction.

What are the 2 ways to give yourself the best shot at winning an item you want from this online auction?

1. Bid high enough during this online auction so no one will outbid you at the online auction and at the in-person silent auction.
2. Join us this Sat, March 22 from 6-8pm at Hickory Cove for our in-person silent auction so you can make sure no one outbids you on these same items. We'll even give you some tasty BBQ, live bluegrass by Dixie Moon (Charlotte Music Award’s 2013 Bluegrass/Americana Band of the Year), and lots more unique auction items to bid on!

Please let us know if you have any questions. Otherwise, happy bidding!

 Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and to pray! 

Worship Wednesday - Speak Life

Our Spring Bible Study is 

The book of James is one that I have visited, yet never studied. There is something about going thru a study, pretty much verse by verse. James is a straight-forward character. NO beating around the bush. He says exactly what he means....and means what he says. 

With my children, they tend to nag, pick and put each other down from time to time. I tell them all the time, we need to encourage each other. Not tear one another down. Life & death is in words we speak to one another. With Chapter 3 James makes no bones about it ....our tongue can set a fire! 

True....huh? Harsh words can rip your heart out....or they can make you so angry that you can't see straight. (Well, maybe not you.....but that happens to me sometimes) The verse below is one that I use a lot with my children...but not until I used it on myself. I was convicted of my words over a year ago and I still have to repeat this to myself A LOT!

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proverbs 21:23

Well, once again I have been convicted of my words through this study. Below is words from The Message..... as I dug deeper into this passage of scripture the words in the message just penetrated my mind and my heart. 

A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can’t tame a tongue—it’s never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! James 3: 3-10(msg)

Father, please help me to chose my words carefully, and to speak life!

Ahhh Another Taste of Spring - I'LL TAKE IT!!

Just Friday morning, we had two inches of snow on the ground and by Friday afternoon it was long gone!! (Can you see me doing the happy dance?)

On Saturday, the weather was beautiful and temps were in the 60s!! On Sunday, it was so warm, so beautiful.....way to nice to stay inside!! We headed to the park for some sunshine & fun!!!

This boy loves to swing!!!

Pop, I wanna go high!!

Even Am was with us...we missed M (he was working!)

Not the best pictures....but it sure was fun!!

I think there are a few cold days headed our way later in the week....so we will take whatever we can!!

Thank you Lord for your blessings on me!!