Do Single Moms Contribute to Abuse & Neglect?
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Posted:Mar 6, 2012 7:17 am
Last Updated:Mar 7, 2012 11:17 am 29014 Views
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I just read about a new Senate bill in Wisconsin that claims that single moms contribute to abuse and neglect by being... SINGLE!!
Here is a tidbit of the story I found online...
In Wisconsin, a state senator has introduced a bill aimed at penalizing single mothers by calling their unmarried status a contributing factor in abuse and neglect.
Senate Bill 507, introduced by Republican Senator Glenn Grothman, moves to amend existing state law by "requiring the Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to abuse and neglect."
The bill would require educational and public awareness campaigns held by the board to emphasize that not being married is abusive and neglectful of , and to underscore "the role of fathers in the primary prevention of abuse and neglect."
Now for the record, I fully admit that single parenthood is not what God had in mind for the family unit. And I am all for the traditional family unit! In perfect world, I would be happily married. But I can tell you firsthand that I do not believe my or I would be alive today if I had stayed in an abusive marriage.
I know I am not alone in this. Here are a few of the statistics regarding domestic violence that I found online.
Everyday in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.
Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone—the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.
Men who as witnessed their parents’ domestic violence were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.
Studies suggest that up to 10 million witness some form of domestic violence annually.
Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.
Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.
So in other words, several women here in the US have been beaten or assaulted in some way just while you were reading my post!
The more I read about this Wisconsin state senator, the more I could see how this guy would love to cut off single moms from all state and federal services. And I wouldn't be surprise if he would like to see single parenthood a punishable offense.
By the way, the state senator is unmarried and childless. I think I know why.
So what do you think? Do single moms contribute to abuse and neglect? Or perhaps someone needs to wallop this guy with a baseball bat a couple of times and then tell him he has to come back for more every day for the rest of his life! I bet that would change his outlook.
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Do I Know You?
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Posted:Mar 5, 2012 6:38 am
Last Updated:Mar 7, 2012 9:08 am 28096 Views
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I think there are some really nice people on Big Church. People who make me smile and laugh, inspire and even perspire. (That could actually be caused by the hot flashes but I digress.) Some that make me think and some that even make me look within myself and my relationship with God.
However, there are only a few people here at BC now who I truly know well because of a real life connection other than what I have personally encountered through their persona on the screen.
Most of my close BC friends have found greener pastures elsewhere. A couple I really stay in contact with. I have personally met a few Big Church members in person. There are others I have spoken to on the telephone. There are even a few that I know from other Christian sites and have subsequently spoken to them via phone or met in real life.
I have made a close handful of friends from Big Church that I know I could tell them exactly everything that is going on my life no matter what it was or how embarrassing or shameful, trusting them totally to never betray me. I am so blessed for that.
But those are a very special few that I have kept in contact with outside of BC or could reach if I wanted to from outside of these confines. There are a few guys that I just wouldn't probably contact just because I find it so very hard to ask for help. But I know I could in any horrible situation if I was to swallow my pride. I know they would help me, somehow, someway.
However, for the most part, while I may try to talk to everyone I come across here, I really don't know too many of you personally and a lot of you I don't know at all.
There are of course standouts that I can honestly say something like, "So & So is probably a really nice person in real life," or "That person really has a lot on their plate and so I am definitely praying for His will, compassion, healing and mercy be done in their lives." And there are several that I can say, "That So & So is a real hoot and I laugh like a lunatic when I can banter with him/her."
Of course, the lunatic thing sometimes hits too close at home with me sometimes, but I digress.
I really don't know who uses what handle when and where for the most part. If someone wants to let me know what their other handles are, that's cool. I don't want to use the same jokes over and over on ya!
Of course, some of the various handle users you can see a mile coming! They are obvious to let you know who they are so I don't take it as a bad thing. People end up with multiple handles for various reasons. Sometimes they were banned. Usually that's their issue and not mine. I do not know or care in many cases who got who banned and why.
I have frequented enough Christian chat rooms on the net to know that there are so many reasons why someone may get banned. I was banned from a Christian chat room once because I used the word, "Fudge"! I happened to be talking about making Fudge at Christmas at the time but the room had a very strict, no tolerance policy and Fudge was listed in their banned word list. I never came back there because I figured I'd probably be banned for some other stupid word I might use like "Mocha."
If I personally see something that I do not agree with, I will often ask the person later privately why they said that. Often, I try to steer the conversation away from attacking one another.
In chat, I try to be the peacemaker as much as I can by using my sense of humor. Sometimes it doesn't work. Sometimes I tire so I just have to go get a mocha and ask God how to try to handle something in a way that people start to smile and laugh again together as His . Some times, I just shut up and pray. I actually do that a lot more than people know.
I have heard a lot of people say they are searching for truth here on BC. Some feel that this is their mission field. That's not my personal calling here at all or anywhere for that matter. I think He has other things for me to do. After all, we are all part of His body but we're not all called for the same things. Someone has to be a little toe. That would be me.
Praying to Him and reading His word reveals so much to me. Now if only my actions could stand up to His truth. But I am trying!
I try not to involve myself in any personal drama here at BC but at the same time I'm saddened that so many of my brothers and sisters in Christ have been hurt here. But since most of the squabbles here are none of my business, occurring before my return and involving parties I really do not know, I cannot possibly make a decision on which side to take so I choose to take none.
This may or may not be the right decision for everyone but I just come here every few years to blog a bit and chat a bit with adults who do not necessarily want to discuss skateboarding, X-Box or why I never buy Flaming Hot Cheetos at the grocery store!
So I try to be polite and welcoming to all I meet here at BC.
Because it is what I believe Jesus would want me to do. He welcomed me as a sinner in filthy rags into His arms, making me whole, cleansing my soul and truly loving me despite of myself.
Truly, I have enough personal drama in my own life and I am very menopausal. Half the time here I am breaking out in a heat rash. Someone in chat recently called my hot flashes power surges!! I liked that!
The fact that this 48 year old very hormonal menopausal woman (that would be me!) with a bipolar special needs young man (my ) at home under extreme financial stress and neither of us have personally killed each other or anyone else yet is proof positive that there is indeed a God.
My ways may seem unreasonable to you and my actions bizarre but even though we may differ, we are still of God and most loved by Him despite of ourselves. Whatever good you see in me if that which is Him and whatever bad you see in me, well that's all on me. I am doing the best I can folks!
If you want to get to know me better, feel free to talk to me in chat or add a post here. I like getting to know others even if they have different views and ideas. I often learn the most from people who are not anything like me.
If you don't want to get to know me, that's fine as well but do not expect me to jump on your bandwagon right away because truly, do I know you?
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The Professor did it in the shop with a Tesla Coil
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Posted:Mar 2, 2012 5:00 pm
Last Updated:Mar 3, 2012 4:15 pm 27802 Views
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I recently acquired Netflix service as a way to supplement our no-frills satellite tv subscription. Because of this, I have been able to see some tv programming that I didn't catch when it first aired. One of these programs has been The Colony which has aired on the Discovery Channel. I am watching the first season right now and it's been extremely interesting.
The premise is take six people from all walks of life, have them go without food or sleep for 24 hours and then tell them that the world has suffered some sort of catastrophic disaster before letting them go out into a corded off section of Los Angeles to see if they can survive. The six are sent walking with a few canned goods and other items to an abandoned 80,000 square foot warehouse about 10 miles which will be their sanctuary during this social experiment.
Two days later, four more sleep deprived hungry people join the mix. The group must work together to gather water from the very dirty Los Angeles river, forage for food, provide electricity, sanitation and come up with some semblance of life as they know it.
This group is extremely blessed because they have a rocket scientist, a professor of computer & electrical engineering, a doctor, nurse, contractor and handyman as part of their "colony." The handyman is a bitter angry man, frequent to loud outbursts but, boy, is he handy.
The professor is a genius! This guy makes the professor on Gilligan's Island look like amateur. He comes up with ways to get electricity with stolen solar panels, water filtration and sterilization and radio communication while the handyman and contractor are able to piece meal together spare and broken items to make it work.
When the supply of proteins runs out and the malnutrition starts to take it's toll mentally, emotionally and physically, even the vegetarian professor takes to eating his first red meat in over 30 years...rats!
Nomads of all kinds are sent their way... some friendly, some violent. Some steal food and destroy items at the colony while others beg for a hand out from the colony's continually dwindling resources.
It was easy to turn away the vicious biker thugs and such but when women, and the disabled bang at the colony's door, the decision to give or not to give really shakes many to their core. The colonists faith and moral standards are questioned daily. For instance, what exactly is the definition of stealing in this new world when you don't know if something has been abandoned or if the owner is dead or perhaps the owners are merely away trying to forage for more items themselves?
I can't help but to think that if a group of BC'ers were thrown into a similar situation, some may even kill their fellow man and eat them for lunch!
Personally, I would hope that some of my loved ones would survive to be with me but then again, perhaps they would be in heaven which is a far better place. But I would definitely want the professor to be in my colony, that's for sure! And I think I could even bear the obnoxious brash handyman long enough to find a softer side of the guy.
I look forward to seeing the last 2 episodes and then Season 2 to see how a new group of colonists fare. So far, this show has really got me thinking! I do know this that without God, there is no way I would survive at all.
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Annoying, Obnoxious, Ego Centric, Offensive, Vicious, Rude Jerks!
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Posted:Feb 26, 2012 4:27 pm
Last Updated:Mar 3, 2012 6:43 am 30245 Views
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People are jerks! No doubt about it. We have vicious tongues. We can be devious, manipulative, ego centric, bitter, offensive, obnoxious, rude and crude. Not exactly fruits of the spirit!
And yet, I can be all of that and more! Does it make me any lesser of a human being, a of God created in His image before a God who is a respecter of no persons? Does it mean He loves me less?
I find it somewhat strange that I seem to actually get along with so many people who not only not get along with each other at BC that other really nice people find to be ummm somewhat troublesome in nature. Okay, I tried to tip toe there...Please understand I mean no disrespect to anyone here but these are the ones every thinks are jerks. But I have always been somewhat of a jerk magnet, hence the ex-husband! I guess it might be because I still have many rough edges myself. (Not to mention my elbows!)
And I have witnessed some of the most unlikely people do some very Christ like things behind the scenes that no one else sees. But because some how we only see them for a few minutes on a blog or in a chatroom and we take them at their worst so we figure, hey this guy/gal is a total jerk and sometimes that grows into a hostility between His .
And yes, there are people I certainly do not get along with. I know many of you take me with a grain of salt and rightfully so at times! And there are actions by many that I don't condone in the least but their actions are their issue and not mine. I know that I am supposed to focus on my relationship with Jesus and not someone else's who is on a different path that I.
I can tell you this, Jesus loved me when I at my worst... when I was devious, manipulative, ego centric, bitter, offensive, obnoxious, rude and crude. And I have read of God using a donkey for His will to be done... and isn't that truly what it's all about... His will be done!
I hear a lot of talk about His amazing unconditional love and truly it is... and as followers of Christ, we are to emulate Him in multiplying that amazing unconditional love toward others.
Who did Jesus show His love to during His days here on earth? Who did He break bread with? Who did He have true relationships with? Who did He hang out with?
Jesus loved the unloveable and hung out with scum just like me, or at least I used to be before I knew Him. Let's be truthful, tax collectors were the jerks of the day back when Jesus was walking the earth in the flesh.
And, if I am to say I am indeed a follower of Jesus Christ and want His will be done then I must try harder to love the unloveable and look beyond petty differences.
I know a lot of people like to witness to others in some form or another. They like going out and planting seeds to the unsaved. And truly that's a good thing. Well, here in the Bible belt with a church on every corner, you are not going to find someone who will respond with, "Jesus who?" Most of the folks in my neighborhood will respond that they have a home church and know Jesus rather well.
You can go door to door in the safe neighborhoods and talk to folks about Jesus and you may end up leading someone to God. But truly, how many of us are going to go out alone and talk to street people about Jesus? I'm talking going up to a group of tough gang members in the street, a group of bikers, a bruised cover dirty in cheap tattered clothing!?! Even if you have the balls, are they going to listen to you or rob you?
Maybe that's why some of us still have some rough edges. We all weren't saved into sameness! I believe each of us was created uniquely and perfectly imperfect for a reason. After all, if we are all so perfect then we could have lived up to the Law of the OT and not need Jesus so very much! I know I sure do need Him!!!
Maybe, just maybe God uses people with some rough edges to reach others with rough edges.
All I truly know is that He loves each of us despite ourselves, even when we are jerks!
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Living on the Edge
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Posted:Feb 25, 2012 7:48 pm
Last Updated:Mar 7, 2012 1:46 pm 28389 Views
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A lot of people believe that miracles are simply a part of the Bible but don't happen today. I, however, believe that just because Jesus isn't standing in front of me in the flesh doesn't mean that God doesn't, can't or won't still perform miracles in this day and age.
Perhaps the miracles I have seen in my own life that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt are from His Hand are not of a "biblical" proportion, so to speak. But that doesn't mean they are any less miracles or lack having a major effect on my life and those around me. In fact, His continued provision is overwhelming to me in many ways.
Case in point: I have been unemployed for over a year now. If you take how much I was bringing in through unemployment and what is going out by way of payments for housing, bills, my 's medical, food, yada yada yada, there is no way that what I have coming in is enough to cover what is going out! The numbers just don't add up!
And yet, here I am a year later. I still have my home. My has his meds. We have a small stockpile of food which is more than most families. I have been able to substantially donate to charities close to my heart during the past year. The electricity, satellite tv, internet and water is still turned on. Of course, any of those could be turned off next week but I am trusting my Lord and Savior to make a way where there seems to be none.
His word promises it!
Now, is His continued provision month after month for myself and my any less of a miracle than turning a five loaves of bread and a couple of fish into enough food for five thousand? Not in my book!! I know He has fed my and I at least 5,000 times, if not more!
I can't say it is easy, being totally dependent on Him. Sometimes I want to listen to those little whispers in my ear near the end of the month when the bills are coming due. The whispers that say I am not going to make all the payments but deep down I know those are the whispers of the enemy. He is just trying to take my focus off Jesus by having me play the "What If" game.
Certainly y'all know the "What If" game... It's the one that wastes all your time and stresses you out and yet has absolutely no bearing on the future!
This is when I really like to bathe in His word. Shower myself and surround myself with all things regarding Him.
For instance, as I type I am listening to Flood by Jars of Clay right now!
"But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again!"
And I know He will!!
It's somewhat surreal being totally dependent on Him especially now that my unemployment payments have ended. It can be a bit scary but fear is from the enemy so I continue to pray on His armor each day so I can suited up against the enemy.
I believe often what happens here on earth is mirrored somehow with what is going on in the heavenlies. And I know I wouldn't go play tackle football without the proper gear so why go into a spiritual battle without your armor on?
By mentally picturing myself wearing each piece and what it represents, I can feel His strength fill me. Believe me, I can get all Xena on the enemy in a spiritual battle with His strength! Maybe that's even a miracle in itself!
Quite frankly, the fact that I am even alive at this point is a miracle to me. And He was watching over my sorry backside long before I knew Him. Of course the Bible says He knew me long before I was born. Personally, I only remember back to kindergarten.
I never thought I would live to be this old. I truly thought I wouldn't make it to 30 and here I am, nearly 20 years later still alive and kicking. He has saved me so very many times in this life. I can't even begin to list them all.
Living on the edge like this... waiting for Him to catch you is a lot like bungee jumping. (And, yes I have, 180 ft, feet only attached, over 3 feet of water from a crane, I have even have a video) There are these few fleeting moments when you are just free falling. Your heart beats rapidly and it can be hard to breathe. But then slowly you feel the tether of the bungee and you know He is there. You bounce back to Him like a yo-yo and that's when it gets real fun!
With every bill that gets paid, every bag of groceries, I can feel that tether and am overjoyed to bounce back to Him. He isn't going to let me just crash and burn!
Why He does what He does... well I am not worthy by any means but His miracles in my life continues to blow me away.
Side Note: The attached receipt shows proof of how God continue to work in my life. You will see a purchase of 10 jackets which I donated to help local wild fire victims, a pkg of steaks, 12pk of soda, a 3 DVD set for the kiddo and I paid a whopping $0.57 cents for it all. If that's not God, I don't know what is!
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Wait until Luke finds out about this!!
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Posted:Feb 22, 2012 2:18 pm
Last Updated:Feb 28, 2012 10:11 pm 28375 Views
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Color me bad folks... I just couldn't resist!
You may wish to view a bigger version of the pic by going to the homepage for my blog.
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Where's the Beef?
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Posted:Feb 20, 2012 10:36 pm
Last Updated:Feb 24, 2012 6:57 pm 28307 Views
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I read two different stories online today dealing with fake meat. One is a new vegan meat substitute that supposedly tastes like real meat and the other is test tube meat which is still years away from being fully developed.
I can't imagine myself eating either! In fact, I am pretty sure that if you don't eat red meat here in Texas, the cattleman's association comes to your house and beats you until you look like a very rare piece of meat. Or maybe that's the beef association!
I am pretty much one of those meat & potatoes girls who just wants you to slice off the tail and get it to stop mooing before the steak is placed on my plate.
Now, I know there are those who are more than happy to tell me about all the health dangers of red meat. I have also heard about how livestock production is depleting our resources but there are even arguments within the scientific community that even test tube meat could harm the environment so I am not going to go on about that.
Personally, I don't think the consumption of red meat is all that bad.
Now green meat... that'll kill ya!
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If you are going to Hell, can I have your chocolates?
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Posted:Feb 13, 2012 8:11 pm
Last Updated:Feb 16, 2012 2:29 pm 28802 Views
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The 20th anniversary of my divorce is this Valentine's Day. I still believe it was the best money I ever spent. But just because I do not celebrate it traditionally doesn't mean that I don't believe in love or doing something special for the one you love. In fact. I so believe in love that I think we should celebrate those we love all the time.
I also believe we should celebrate His love for us each day as well as we honor Him with all we do and how we do it, but that's a given!
There are those who believe no one should celebrate Valentine's Day due to it's pagan past. There are about 101 various stories on who St. Valentine might have been or is believed to have been as well as a virtual cornucopia of variations of how the day was originally started. As one of my favorite Irish proverbs states, "There are two sides to every story and 12 versions of every song."
One of such these stories of Valentine's Day early beginnings is that it was some sort of lottery so to speak where participants drew names of the females in the village that would be their partner between the sheets for the coming year. I can't imagine that being very romantic especially if the village dung salesman draws your name. This was medievil times. I imagine the men being harrier and smellier and no Febreze!!
Supposedly, the church came along and was, of course, appalled and changed the holiday to one where the male participants now drew the names of saints within the church to immulate for the coming year. Yes, that went over like a lead balloon... and fast forward to today where it has become a commercialized smorgesboard of diamond sales, waxy chocolate hearts, carnations, roses and all things with pink or red hearts on them.
A local radio station really promotes the romantic part of Valentine's Day by encouraging its male listeners to go all out with a romantic night for the special ladies in their life. Of course that same radio station promotes something called Steak-N-BJ Day for March 14th in which the men get pay back.
Between consenting adults, preferably married ones, I don't have a problem with this either. Because quite frankly if you are going to be legalistic enough to think that you aren't a real Christian if you celebrate Valentine's Day, then you pretty much shouldn't celebrate any holidays except for Thanksgiving which is the only holiday that I know of that doesn't have any ties to anything other than being thankful to God.
And I bet PETA members still will say you are going to Hell for the slaughter of all those poor turkeys.
I don't know why we put God in a box. He can make good out of anything. If you don't know what I mean, take a look around here... Are you aware this site is owned by Penthouse?? Would a "real" Christian even come here?
"Who is this man who dines with tax collectors and thieves?"
If you want to celebrate Valentine's Day, go for it. Do it with gusto. Just as we do our best in all things for His glory!
Personally, I don't need stale chocolates that have been on the shelf since January 2 to know that I am loved. I know He loves me. At this time in my life, His grace and love is all I need. I totally get the His grace is sufficient thing because it REALLY is!!
I can't even see myself married again now. I guess I am truly comfortable in my own skin and where I am in my life. And I am truly good with getting some of those chocolates for less than 1/2 the price on February 15th! Heck, I might even buy myself some flowers on the cheap too!
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Ladies, Gentlemen & The Weirdo in the Corner: A Re - Introduction
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Posted:Feb 9, 2012 7:47 pm
Last Updated:Feb 20, 2012 10:39 pm 29053 Views
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I can't believe I am at a loss for words to start out this post but for those who have been around a bit and know me... "I'm back like a bad dream!"
For those who don't... be afraid, be very afraid... or you can grab a mocha or your favorite brew (whip cream optional) and perhaps I can add some levity to your day.
It's been over two years since I have blogged here and just recently started coming into chat. It's good to see familiar names. I tend to go through BC cycles where I am a fairly active member in chat and/or the blogs and then life gets busy and I disappear behind the scenes for a while... or in the latest case, a couple of years.
Chances are if you do not have a sense of humor, you will probably disagree or be offended with what I write or take it way more seriously than I have. To some of you, I probably will not be "a real Christian" or perhaps seriously Christian enough for you. That's okay because I not only know who my Savior is and what He has done for me but I also know His word says a cheerful heart is good meds.
I don't believe I have to jump up and down and scream what a good Christian I am. Either you see Jesus in me which is Him or you see just me... and well I am just a regular of God who screws up from time to time but goes to Him for forgiveness. So when you don't see Him, then you are seeing me... perfectly imperfect.
Besides I don't have the time to judge you because I fully believe that His word is alive and energetic, truth today, yesterday and tomorrow! His word says some day He will separate the sheep from the wolves. And I want to make sure I am in the sheep line. I want Him to know me.
Whether you know me or not is irrelevant but if you want to get to know me, well here I am for the time being. Hopefully God might use someone like me to make you smile when you visit my blog. After all, He has used a donkey in times past.
If you are one of those really extremely serious types, perhaps He can use me to help you relax those veins pulsing out from your forehead and neck!You never hear of someone having a heart attack because they cracked a smile! And maybe, just maybe I can even learn something from you. We can decide later which one of us is the donkey!
Slainte'
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Update on Urgent Prayer Request
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Posted:Oct 31, 2009 4:27 am
Last Updated:Feb 7, 2012 9:26 am 31254 Views
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Thank you everyone for praying for Roberta's Joshua. I really do appreciate it. Many of you have asked for updates and remember Roberta from her days here at Big Church. She wrote me yesterday and said I could share this with all of you:
Good Morning,
I have news regarding Josh and I also wanted to say thank you to each of you for your prayers. Your prayers, as are each of you a real blessing to us.
Things are coming along with Josh. He has been able to apply for medical help through the state. He was declined for medicare/medicaid but they approved him for 50% coverage through the county clinic.
They only provide partial services and due to the number of junkies that work the system they provide NO pain meds for any reason what so ever, so Josh will be seen there as we can and will been seen by the family Dr to manage pain and provide other services they do not offer.
Tuesday he was seen by the county dentist. They did x-rays of his mouth and determined that the bone that supports the teeth in the front of your mouth just below the nose was broken and it was pushed into the nerves of the teeth. Therefore they can not save any of the four upper front teeth. They will pull those on Thursday the 5th.
He will need to allow the bone to heal before a partial can be built and the county clinic does not provide those services so he will need to go to a denture clinic in Tyler for that approximately three weeks later. The broken teeth in the bottom of his mouth they feel can be rebuilt and saved.
He saw our family Dr yesterday and she was a blessing. She was able to give us copies of the reports from the ER and go over them with us. She informed us of results we were not aware of. Joshuas, nose is broken in three places and the bone between the sinus cavity in the forehead is broken as well, these really can not be set but will need to be watched because it can impare his breathing in the future if it heals poorly.
That being the case she had a connection to an ENT in town that saw Joshuas within 4 hours of her phone call. We had been told previously that he was booked until the end of December. He looked at Josh and told us that at this time he feels the bones will heal without doing harm.
He was willing to "set" Joshuas nose for cosmetic purposes but said that Josh was blessed in the fact that, although the breaks are numerous, none apprear to be a danger at this time.
Given the fact that everything hurts right now Josh gave a resounding NO to the offer to set his nose to make it look better. We all then sort of chuckled and agreed with Josh.
He will be monitoring Joshus progress to ensure that all heals without hampering his breathing and sinus drainage.
Also, Josh spoke with the police about the Texas victims compensation fund and he is applying for that program now. It appears from all of the documentation we have read regarding it that Josh should qualify without an issue.
This is a fund set out by the state and funded by the fines criminals pay that reimburses victims of vilolent crime for the medical care they are in need of.
I took him to the office to apply yesterday and they gave us a packet of forms and we are returning them today. They told us it is a government program so it is a very long and tedious progress BUT it will be a blessing when it all comes to fruition.
All in all its moving forward. God is watching over us and I know that Josh will be safe and ok. My job hunt is not producing much of anything right now but I feel that it is in Gods plan that it not at this time.
After all God knows what we need long before we do and if I had found something fast like I was badgering HIM to do I would not have been able to work and care for Joshua when he needs me now. God has got it under control and when this has passed I know that HE will open the right doors.
GOD obviously protected Josh in this attack for all the damage that has been done he is alive and getting the care he needs. He may be eating with some plastic teeth and wearing some scars when all is said and done.
But he is alive and not any of the other horrible things that could have come from this. That is huge and a fantastic reason to praise God and thank HIM for HIS hand on my and HIS provision.
I just ask that you thank and praise God today for HIS blessings and answered prayers. Ask HIM to continue to bless and watch over Josh in this process and minimize his pain and suffering as you feel lead.
Thank you again for your many prayers, love and concern. May God bless and keep you always.
Roberta
As you can see Roberta's faith never waivers but keep praying my friends. Josh and Roberta can really use the prayers. Thank you so much!
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