Mr. Brigadare J.Manradge

Let me tell you about this man maybe I shouldn't...I meet in in Skegee and his name is Briggy Suga. Ha, Ha just joking but I did want to use my blogging time to exhort my husband of 20 months nine days, three hours and about twenty minutes Mr. Brigadare J. Manradge. A name that strikes you with the tone of strong leader, and that he is. His mother must have had an inclination of what his character would encompass. Brigdare, really knows how to take ownership of a situation and follow thru. He always takes time to think things thru. He often walks around the house repeated things to see if he really understands them. In his display of godly leadership he is very much so teachable. He does think he knows everything when it comes down to the things of God. He accepts criticism well and continues on the beating path. Without a inch of reservation. Which leads me to my next point. He isn't shy when it comes down to anything. He gives suggestion whither they are received or not. He shares God's truth without being afraid of the response of others. Brigadare is very practical. He takes every idea and makes the most practical decision. Giver..that's Brigadare's middle name. He is constantly looking for ways to be a blessing to others. I see Mr. Manradge's growth everyday and I thank God for the work he is doing in him. Brigadare on a daily basis is seeking God's face on how he can be a godly husband, a loving friend, a gospel witness. For he is striving to obey the Lord. He is a great husbands and I look forward to growing with him in the years to come. Mr. Brigadare J. Manradge....My foreva boo *husband*

Eph 5:23-30 23 For (AY)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the (AZ)head of the church, He Himself (BA)being the Savior of the body.

24But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

25(BB)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (BC)gave Himself up for her,

26(BD)so that He might sanctify her, having (BE)cleansed her by the (BF)washing of water with (BG)the word,

27that He might (BH)present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be (BI)holy and blameless.

28So husbands ought also to (BJ)love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

29for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

30because we are (BK)members of His (BL)body.

So Many things So Little Time

So the other day I had entirely to many things going on in my head.Just too many. Like all the things I want to do. So I wrote a list. SEE: Learn more of God's Word,read lots of books, serve the elderly (like my mommy), learn to sew, sign language,master scrapbooking, become a nurse and a certified hair dresser, learn to play the piano and drums, sing publicly, cook chef like, sketch, draw, master calligraphy,master crocheting,learn more history, travel , internationally, serve college girls, teach children and medical research. Yeah now you the list goes on and on. So a few days later I told General B what I was thinking. So he said write a list. I'm like check! Ask God Lord allow me to do what ever on this list that I can do for your sake. So I thought of it again and remember the verses below. Hey my life is but a vapor. But like piper said in the Book don't' waste your life" Only one life, 'twill soon be past; Only what's done for Christ will last.

Isaiah 40:7-8
The grass withers, the flower fades,When the breath of the LORD blows upon it;Surely the people are grass.The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
1 Peter 1:24
For," ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS,AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS.THE GRASS WITHERS,AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF,

Humble Beginnings

The deer in the desert panting at the water brook:
To me this was a great image to start blogging. My life has change dramatically over the past year and many times before I couldn't describe it at all until now. The Psalmist most often can express my heart like no other.

Explore in Psalms 42:1-11

1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and 6 my God.
My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8 By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?"
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

This passage is an expression of thirsting for God in trouble and exile.
I can't say its been exile but trouble to the least bit of my experience. For this currently is the state that I find myself in {As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God] My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
Prior to now my tears have been my food both day and night. While I sit back a question "Where is my God?" These things I remember as I pour out my soul. Back in Tuskegee I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the wavering college students. Why now do I find myself downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Is it really the change in geographical location that has ignited this pain in me. I had be shown through the book of Job how to put my hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and 6 my God. I remember my soul is again downcast within. I reflect back to th days on the campus of Tuskegee. I had deep calls, to deep of anguish due to the weight of the world reign over me. By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life. If I cried out then and it made a permanent eternal change in me. Why do I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
For I have come to the conclusion from here on out I must put my hope in God.
I must praise him,
my Savior and my God,No matter the circumstance and or condition...even here in the Desert