Pastorette's Progress

  I just wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts and memories, as well as some lessons I’ve learned from being blessed enough to grow up with Mrs. Joyce in my life. Mrs. Joyce came to GSBC when Jay was in elementary school.  Her and mom became instant  friends and so began the knitting of our families together.  I am thankful for Jay for lots of reasons but one main reason is because he was a boy! That  left an opportunity for me to get to be the daughter Mrs. Joyce never had. Since Jay and I were both only children, we got to grow up as pretend brothers and sisters. As soon as I got my driver’s license, my goal in life was of course to drive around and go places. Jay was a good excuse to do that. Every chance I got, I’d take him to the movies. Do y'all remember the old bon marche theater off of Lobdell??  It had four lanes 2 going one way and 2 going the other. You had to cross over one to get to the one we needed. Unfortunately, being a new driver,...

  Friendship is one of the greatest blessing the Lord gives us. It is a blessing when we have people to celebrate with us as well as cry with us. It is a blessing to have folks to fellowship with, raise our kids with, get advice from….it is an amazing gift to have friends who can pray for us ...friends who point us to Christ, friends who tell us and remind us of the promises of God...friends who get in the trenches with us…..but this doesn't happen automatically ...things have to happen and a couple of things that have to happen have to do with tying those all important heart strings….we have to tie them first and foremost with our Christ and then with each other… Tying heart strings with Christ will be the only way we can effectively tie heart strings with each other. And we tie heartstrings with Him the same way we do each other ...by spending time with Him, investing in His Word, talking to Him ...by looking to Him as our example...cause let’s be for real ...friendships can be h...

                                           Raising Someone with Autism... By His Grace      I have often wondered how hard it must be for parents and family members to raise their autistic (or any special needs) kids apart from Christ and the hope we find in a personal relationship with Him. For that matter, how do we raise our “normal” kids without Christ?! When I think about what we need on a daily basis to deal with what we deal with ...things like compassion, kindness, humility, patience, ect,  I know for me personally, most of that does not come naturally, and what does come more naturally, can quickly run out.      Just a little background on my story. I have two kids...well now, young adults, but they will always be my kiddos.  I have an amazing daughter who is married, in college, and who is the mom to my precio...