Moving a little...

OK...I have started a myspace account and I am hooked. I blog over there alot more than here. I think on this blog I will do my "sermons" lol and my everyday thoughts over on myspace.

So, if you check here and I don't have anything posted new go to http://myspace.com/singingwvgirl Be sure to sign up and leave comments!! It's a cool place to connect with people! But I will warn you, it is HIGHLY addictive!!

Love you guys and I hope you had an awesome Easter!

Look for changes in the website in the next couple of months...we will be renovating! (lol)

Jamie

Assuming.....

Ok, now after feeling sorry for myself last week, I somehow have a renewal of strength here. I guess it's you guys praying for me. I just want to say I appreciate that and all the wonderful emails. I guess I was just having a moment there. (sorry)

But now on to other things....
I was on www.sogospelnews.com messageboard. They have a thread going over there about myspace and southern gospel artist. Apparently, an artist (I won't say their name) had place the word "hell" in a sentence that was not the most appropiate way to get their point across. Well, it is a free-fall over there. People making judgments on those that sit in judgment and ones that are liberal or not so traditional in their beliefs are being accused of not calling sin and sin. Here is my thing. When did it become our place to police everyone in the universe on the levels of man made religious law? Personally, I don't want that job. I tried that once and God really spanked me hard. So....I have decided that when I get allt he sin out of my life and have no issues to deal with of my own..I'll help someone else out but until then, I have NO BUSINESS passing judgment on anyone. Sure there are sins that are cut and dry in the bible but on the majority it is an interpretion of the bible. For instance, some believe if you took one sip of alcohol you are damned to hell for eternity. While others think that moderation is the key. Which one does the bible back?? Well hold on to your shorts....it backs the moderation of alcohol. But in the area we live in, if you were seen taking a sip of a cosmopolitan at a restaurant well...it would be back to your church before you could attend the next service that you have "backslidden!" I know that is somewhat funny...but I'm being serious. I sometimes wish I could wear a shirt that reads, "you gotta a problem with me..then talk to GOD about it!" Unless you are in a leadership row of the church you attend (aka Pastor) then it's not your place to correct your fellow Christian. Some of us aren't mature enough to do it in a spiritual lead way and it could cause more damage than good...and we all know the scripture of what will happen if you offend a child of God. Yes, you do....it involves a stone around the neck and a body of water....speaking of stones! Don't ya think we ought to drop ours...being is next time around you might be on the receiving end of the stone throwing?? Yep, that sounds like a winner to me...I dropped my stone and I ain't picking it back up! Try it...it might even make you a happier Christian!!

Well that is my sermon for the day!

Until next time
I LOVE YOU ALL BIG!!!!!!!!!
Jamie

Thinking.....

I have seriously been thinking about closing the site down. I don't know..I have been through so much lately and I just don't know what direction I want to go. I thought about stopping the traveling and just sing at my home church and a few here and there things. Thought about just quit trying to get my first "break". Honestly my heart just isn't in it right now......I don't know. I guess I need to have a one on one conversation with God and see which direction he wants me to go in. You guys just keep on prayin'!

Until next time
Love ya BIG
JAMIE

Life gets tough

Life gets tough, situations and circumstances change and you feel like your totally out of control of everything. But you know, I have found that God brings stability to every situation we face. He said he is the same yesterday, today and forever more..he changes not. Right now, my life is in disarray from a family crisis. Everything I have ever known is changing but I'm holding on to God with both hands in hope that in the mist of this hurricane he will shelter me in the eye of the storm.

It's times like this that you really learn to trust and depend on God for you solutions. It is only thing that really makes sense.

So, I guess what I am trying to say is....My family and I need your prayers like never before. If you could just take a moment and whisper a prayer for us. I would be overwhelmingly grateful

Until next time
Jamie

I'm sitting here with nothing really to write about...but I get jumped onto by Justin if I don't update this blog....let me think....OK here is something...Be sure to leave your opinion on this and you can remain anonymous.

I heard a sermon the other night on being "friendly" and having unity. Which I think is awesome if we actually could have unity within a church. But I'm not that naive. Like my dad would say, "Do I look like I just fell off the turnip truck?" Never did really get that saying but I know what he was trying to say but anyway....The sermon went on to be about showing your spiritual gifts or "fruits of the spirit" by being friendly etc....Here is my take. First of all...you can not judge someone's "spiritual well-being" by if they are "friendly or not"~ period. That is just ludicrous! All of us have different personalities. God made us this way! We all have bad days! Does that mean my spiritual well-being is in trouble? Heck no! It means I have 1. my own personality traits 2. I have emotions 3. I might be more friendly tomorrow (lol) Why try to be something you are not? I just don't get that?! Isn't that the same as lying? Of course it is. Sure, I think it is well and good for us to say hi and make conversation and be polite. Nothing wrong with that, but don't try to tell me the amount of words I say and if I come to a woman's meeting determines how my spiruality is. That is just crazy!

Since I'm on this soapbox already, I guess I should go on to say this.....
I have found the more things you become involved in the more junk or baggage you have to carry around. for instance...I go to a shower (like a baby shower or household shower etc..) and I leave knowing more gossip about my fellow church members than I should. it makes me upset and fustrated and it henders me. What good is that doing??

Here is a better one...I'm sitting at a table where two or three people are "discussing" the lives of fellow members of the church. I just nod my head and or say "uh hun" and by the end of it when it all gets out..they point and say, "well, Jamie was there and she said it too"

Here is my point. God didn't leave me a commandment that I have to be a socialite at my church. He never said that I had to be Mrs. Popularity. He did say to love your brother and esteem your brother higher than yourself. I would be Johnny on the spot if someone called and said "Hey I'm in trouble and I need help" or if they called and said, "I just need to talk" I would help my fellow brother and sisters anyway I could but forgive me for not wanting to get involved in the politics of religion. I come to church to spend time with God and rejuvenate my spirit not to be a social diva.

Does this make me a bad Christian?? I don't think so. I think this makes me a smart one. I would rather focus on God than any other aspect of the whole church thing. Isn't that what it is about? Maybe I'm wrong? I'm curious to see what you have to say! So POST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and if I haven't said Hi to you lately~ then HOWDY (lol)

A little harsh..I know but it's the truth!!

OK...I think I'll just have a grip session...lol

Why do we always sit in judgment of people...I mean all the time. We sit in judgment and make assumptions about people. It may be from the simplest thing to the largest thing. Before I go any further, I will go ahead and say it, "I DO THIS TOO!!!" so don't post any comments on how I'm a being hypocritical. I know I am (lol)

No..Really...we sit and weigh in on other people's lives and we have no idea what that person is going through, or been through, or is facing. For instance, I heard a woman raking a woman's name over the coals so to speak over an alleged affair. First of all, it's a rumor. Did you see this for yourself? Do you know for a fact?? Ok..then. LEAVE IT ALONE ALREADY! I don't condone extra-marital affairs. That would go against everything I believe in. But how often we forget that the great men and women in the bible struggled against the same things as we do. Look at King David...what he done to have the woman that he loved and would share in the lineage of Jesus! How about Thomas...how he doubted. He couldn't believe that Jesus was alive and that his resurrection was real. Get this, he walked with Jesus and seen the miracles but yet he didn't believe! So, the next time we sit and look at someone's ministry and put them down for doubting the movement of God in their lives or feeling like their sacrifice is in vain...think of Thomas! Then point your finger!

I have also came to realize that most of the time, when you feel like your bigger than the person with the problem standing beside you..watch out...your getting ready to get it!!

I know this all seems harsh coming from me. I'm just a tad bit fed up with everyone looking at Christians steps and not looking at the one they should be looking at..the flawless one...Jesus Christ. I will fail you. I'm only flesh and bone. I'm not sinless nor without fault and I never will be until I'm changed into that glorified body. That's just the bottom line. So, how about lifting your sister and brother UP instead of wiping you feet on them!! That would make everyone feel a lot better!

Love ya BIG
Jamie

Stolen from Little John's blog (lol)

Type your FIRST REACTION when you hear these 40 words:


1. I need : more time
2. Relationships: weird
3. Power: Evil
4. Marijuana: makes your hair fall out
5. Crack: the plummer (ROFLOL)
6. Food: This diet thing is starting to control my life (lol)
7. The President: Try it and I bet you quit complaining!
8. War: Hard times
9. Cars: 2006 Ford Mustang..wish I had one
10. Gas Prices: 40 bucks to fill up my SUV
11. Halloween: DRESS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12. Politics: Oh lord...I try not to get started on that one.
13. Religion: Very important in life
14. Cats: Smokey...my first cat after I got married
15. MySpace: ain't got one
16. Worst Fear: Getting old...man I hate to even think about it! I have an anxiety attack!
17. Marriage: Almost 11 years of marriage!!
18. Fashion: I'm learning!
19. Brunettes: We have more fun!
20. Redheads: my cousin
21: Work: I need a vacation!!!
22: Pass the time: Watching TV
23: Football: Gilbert, Lions!
24: Pet Peeve: lying
25: Pixie Stix: candy!!
26: Vanilla Ice: Ice Ice BABY~
27: Porta Potties: YUCK!!!!!!!!!
28: High school: Wish I could be back there!
29. College: Not that bad
30. Pajamas: Flannel
31. Wood: A nice fire
32. Surfers: Cool to watch
33. Pictures: Memories
34. Family: your real "true" friends
35. Friends: Only a few
36. Day: Another chance
37. Play: Basketball
38. Dance: Footloose
39. Sex: Female
40: Alphabet: Kendergarden