A PENNY

I was sent this little story from someone at work and I felt I needed to share it.Its amazing what one little phrase can do to impact someone and make you examine what you are trusting in to help you deal with people, finances, health, or just your everyday little bumps in the road.


A PENNY

You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think about.

Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.

The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely.

As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband.
He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.

Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and a few cigarette butts. Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny.

He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?

Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her. Finally, she could stand it no longer. She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

A smile crept a cross the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?

"Look at it." He said. "Read what it says." She read the words

" United States of America "
"No, not that; read further."
"One cent?"
"No, keep reading."
"In God we Trust?"
"Yes!"
"And?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin, I see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him? Who am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!

When I was out shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change. I read the words, "In God We Trust," and had to laugh. Yes, God, I get the message.

It seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies in the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful! And, God is patient..





Thought for the day !

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.




Carre

Parker's messy foto.

I just got this from Parker's teacher. I tried to get in time to post for messy foto day. And if you know Parker when he is around his mom and dad he is quiet shy and will not talk to anyone. But... when he is at school he is a completely different little boy. This was taken after they came in from recess on the playground. The schools playground is old shredded rubber tires and everyday he comes home black from head to toe.






Carre

Funny Monday !

I have posted some cute jokes i found on a website.


3-year-old Reese:

"Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen."

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A little boy was overheard praying:

"Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am."

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A Sunday school teacher asked her children as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"

One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."

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A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, and Ryan 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake.

Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson.

"If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.'

Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus!"


I hope everyone has a good week! Carre

What a Mess !

Messy Foto Friday is here . I have posted a couple of my favs.



Snow Day





Got love those orange stained cheeks!






Carre

WHY AM I HERE??

We are coming upon the time at DSCC when the real fun begins. At first it was REAL easy. Homework was easy,test were easy,teachers were easy. Now things have changed. At first they were trying to get to know you and you were trying to get to know them. THAT'S OVER!!! Now it's time for harder and longer homework and also harder and longer test. Do these people know I have three kids and no time left for homework?? Not to mention Langdon is playing fall baseball and we are still playing softball. These people just don't get it. I sound like I'm in still high school.
I must tell you about my sociology class. It's a little different. You have to think opposite of what a normal person would think. I have already caused alot of problems in that class because I don't fall for all that JUNK. She thinks we all come from 'apes'. Including me!!! She gave us a scenario and asked us what we would do.I'll give you the same scenario and you tell me what you would do.
You are across the street from the Health Department and you see you sisters daughter(your neice)coming out with a brown paper bag. I think we all know what is in that brown paper bag. Do you tell your sister or mind your own business? Now, I might be wrong but if I see a family member coming out of there I'm TELLING. I thinks that is the only right thing to do. Out of 30 college students, I'm the only one that said they would tell. Is something wrong with me? Then I asked her, "What if in three months your sister calls and says you will never guess who is pregenant?" Then she tells you it is the same neice you saw coming out of the Health Department with that brown paper bag!!! Then you tell her "I seen her three months ago coming out of the Health Department but I didn't want to get involved because it was none of my business" I couldnt live with myself. If I saw one of my couisins, who is still living at home ,leaving Wal-Mart with a twelve pack,you can guarentee I'm telling!!! I owe it to them and their parents to let them know what their kids are doing. Now thats a little different but the same principle. These are the people that are getting paid good money to teach me. Thats not the only class I've caused trouble in but we will save that for another time. Let me know what you would do in that situation or am I just dead wrong!!!

Oh how i long to be skinny !

As I have said before,Jeff & I are doing the dreadful diet thing. Well just a little update, we are doing very good and I'm very proud of us both. I try not to weight everyday but I think that I have lost about 9 or 10 pds.I have not asked jeff recently but the last time I did he was at around 12 pds lost. We are on the right track . This diet thing is not easy at all. I'm one of those that is lazy and does not want to stick with something and quit. It's just so much easier and when you see others that are skinny and eating whatever they want, it really puts you down.I think that now that I'm actually losing weight it is helping me get over my discouragement. Oh, and I'm really looking forward to funny foto friday . I cant wait to see all of those messy fotos.

Carre

Put me in coach im ready to play !

As the summer ends and fall begins, baseball is back at the House of Gordon . We have signed Langdon up for fall ball and we are EXCITED. All the boys played this summer and i would like to share the few pics we did take. I will post some from the fall when our games start.

Landgon at the batting cages!



Cam getting ready to bat!



Parker playing 3rd base!


Langdon practicing on his pitching!

LABORS OF LOVE

Today is my grandmothers 86th birthday. And she is as witty and funny as if she were 30 years old. I can not begin to think of what all she has seen and experienced in her life. Can you imagine living 86 years? I for sure can not. She is the only living grandmother I have and probably out of all my grandparents I have I’m the closest with her. When you are young you think that parents and grandparents are old and don’t know anything. But as you get older you seem to realize that they have some truth in what they say and do. I cherish every moment that I spend with my grandmother. I know that as she gets older and as her health ails that she will not always be here. She will not always be here to cook my lunch or to call me my sister or to hear the T.V. on with her favorite show The Price is Right. But she is leaving her mark. For has long as I can remember she has always had some type of sowing project that she works on. She loves to do embroidery. She even taught me a little bit. My mom calls it my grandmothers therapy. I guess to her it is but to me it is memories . I have pillow cases and quilts and little pillows that she has made for me. What a labor of love. The picture above is a pillow case that she did for me. And every time I look at it I for sure think of her . I may be young but I love old things and antiques . And hand embroidery is something that you don’t see anymore . It is a dying art. So to you grandmother I thank you for you labors of love and happy birthday may you have many more. I LOVE YOU ! Carre

As many of the wives probably already know "ITS FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE". This is my favorite time of the year. The weather is cooling and it is time for some college and high school football. We have already been to one Dyersburg Trojan game. We usually go to all of them,even away games. So whoever keeps scheduling all this Friday night stuff at church,STOP IT!!! You know who you are!!! Langdon has really gotten into the sport of football. Carre says she don't want him to play because he will get hurt. That's moms for you. He will stand with me at the games and we will yell the whole game. Cam and Parker could care less. They just keep asking when can we get some popcorn. They got that from their dad!!! NO LAUGHING!!! Last night the Vols played and got beat in overtime. I woke the whole family up screaming at the TV. Have you ever noticed with men,no matter what sport is on,they thinking they can play and coach better than whoever is out there!!! Oh by the way,Dyersburg Trojans won 65-14 against Frayser. GO TROJANS!!! So here is to many more weekends full of the Tennessee Volunteers and the Dyersburg Trojans.

This past Saturday we celebrated our youngest son, Parker’s 5th birthday. He is the youngest of 3, all boys. Needless to say The House of Gordon is loud and crazy. My has the time flown by. He is growing up so fast. I can remember the day he was born the first thing Jeff said was “is that red hair ?“ I was so excited. I have always wanted red hair or wanted a child with red hair.


We also went to Reelfoot Lake to celebrate my husbands birthday with my mom, grandmother and sister. Want it guess his age .….well…. He is the big 30. I love rubbing it in his face. Ok, so this was the last meal before he starts THE DIET! Sunday he starts the high protein , low carb diet. We cant eat anything good. I have been on it for 1 week and I must say I think that I have done pretty good. I don’t have very high will power to resist the bad things to eat. I’m ready to change my life and health and be skinny.
Until next time,
Carre B Gordon

Where did the rest of your clothes go? That is a question you ask yourself as your walking through the campus of DSCC. It makes you wonder if people have a mirror at home. I must admit that mostly I’m talking about the “ladies”. And I use that term lightly. You know you have seen them. They walk around tugging on the top of their ‘V’ neck shirt so no one can see. Did the shirt shrink between home and school? Then there is the other group. The group that tugs on the bottom of their shirt so you cant see their butterfly tattoo. And what’s up with the tattoo anyway? Can you imagine how that tattoo is going to look in 60 years. NOT PRETTY!!!!!! This doesn’t just go on at school, it happens everywhere. Even church!!! I was raised with an Independent Baptist Preacher for a grandfather. He probably is opposed to me wearing shorts. He said to me one time, ”Jeff, that girl is only wearing a handkerchief!!!” Now mind you she had on much more than that, but not much more than that. It makes you think about what “ladies” wore 50 years ago. They were completely covered up almost. Now look what we have. Now imagine what we will have 20 years from now!!!!! It will be just like in the garden of Eden. Genesis 3:9 .And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10.And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Let me be the first to tell you, a lot of folks should be hiding because THEY ARE NAKED!!!!!!!