Jesus Freak

Anne Askew was imprisoned and greatly torchured for her faith. Placed on a cruel rack, her joints and bones were pulled out of place. She fainted from the pain, but when she regained conciousness, she preached for two hours to her tormentors.
On the day of her execution, she was carried to the stake in a chair because her bones were dislocated and she couldn't walk. At the last moment, she was offered the king's pardon if she would recant. She said: "I did not come here today to deny my Lord and Master." She died praying for her murderers in the midst of the flames.

This was taken from the book 'Jesus Freaks'.

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

Mark 8:34-38

Its been a while

Wow, its been a while. Lots has changed since my last blog. I got engaged, found out my store is closing, got new roomates, and as it turns out blogger has changed as well.
Turns out planning a wedding sucks. its a costly little affair. Just trying to afford everything. I spent over 600 bucks on a single dress. Just to inform you, I havent spent that much money on dresses combined in the past 25 years!!! It s all very stressful. The whole sleeping thing has gone out the window, which by the way makes me cranky. oh, and I bought a dress that doesnt quite fit me, so I am forced to loose weight.
I always told myself I would not be one of those insane stressed brides, turns out I am!!! Its not so bad, my only real concern is that I cant afford a wedding. I guess it will all work out in the end, and at the end of the day I will be married no matter what(unless I cant afford a marriage liscence!).
I am very excited that my whole family will be hoome for the big even. It will be three years this august since I seen my big brother. His daughter Dryden will be two and it will be the first time that I meet her. Plus Dave and Denise and Paul and Heather will both have new babies come august, so I will be quite happy to see them. So I will have three nieces/nephews to meet for the first time. Which brings me to my next point. If one of those two have a girl, there better be a middle name Lisa. I have 5 nieces and none of them have been named after me!! What is with that, Im only the llike the best aunt ever!!!!!

Anyway, have a great day all