Prayers do come True!

"Action with out prayer is arrogance, Prayer without action is Hypocrisy."

--Jose Zayas

"The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered Prayer.

-- E.M. Bounds

"Prayer, "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings."

--Chrysostom

You see I feel like this because:

1st, I am a religious person, I believe in God and I pray everyday of my life.

2nd, I have been blessed in all things that I do, and continue to be blessed everyday that I wake.
3rd, have witnessed the miracles of prayer first hand.

Now don't take me for a psycho Christian follower who demands to push my believes onto others, because I don't do that and I don't believe anyone else should. But since I have learned to appreciate the not the finer, but the most important things in life, I have been blessed sometimes more than I think I deserve.

This weekend, I was blessed with a new addition to my life, my puppy, and yes they are miracles all on their own. I was given the opportunity to meet and speak and watch someone that when I hear his voice I get a feeling of comfort and peace, Tom Wopat, and I'll explain this later on. I have been connected to many friends from past times, and I live a happy and fulfilling life.

First my puppy, I have just been blessed with a puppy that is so beautiful and sweet and lovable. She is a mutt, yes, but she could not be a more beautiful dog. This dog was rescued by a friend of mine who gave her to me. She was found in the trash along with her siblings and mother that had been tossed in a trash bag and thrown away to die. This has got me more uspet than one can imagine, but someone willing to hurt such beautiful creatures is a monster. You know many people have asked where I got her, and I tell them she was given to me by a friend that I helped during her time away from home, she was an evacuee from the Houston area and this was her way of Thanking me, (although I think that she has given me more than she should have and I owe her for it.) But anyway I then go about telling them where she was found and I've heard both, "people like that should be shot", and "you know, there is a place in Hell reserved for people like that." And I agree with both.

So anyways, I had bought tickets to see Chicago the Broadway show, www.brodwayacrossamerica.com, And for more than one reason. First I've been wanting to watch a show from Broadway for a while, second, I've been wanting to watch Chicago for a while, and Third the deal breaker Tom Wopat was starring as Billy Flinn the attorney. Well The thing about Tom Wopat is that when I hear his voice I get this feeling of comfort and peace because it is the one childhood memory that I have, that is not of my oldest sister pushing me away. You see there is this one episode where Tom Wopat is singing with a woman named "Candi Dix" and it aired about the time I was a year old, and so just recently not to long ago I saw that episode and realized that, that scene was way to familiar to me. Well I never new what the Dukes of Hazzard was until the movie came out. So anyway knowing that my parents used to watch the show, the only explanation that I have is that it is a memory from when it first aired. Because up till recently I had never seen or known what the Dukes of Hazzard was. Odd I know but, either way it is a great childhood memory and something that will stay with me forever. Now don't get me wrong I had a great childhood, and have a great family but there are only maybe a handful of memories before the age of 5 and that I can remember the majority of me being pushed away and mainly by my oldest sister. But God knows I love here dearly.

So anyways these are prayers answered for many reasons, One I had been wanting a puppy for the longest time and finally got one, and yes I prayed for a puppy. Second Since realizing why it is that Mr. Wopats voice is so soothing to me, I had been wanting to meet him. Well one day I was at a friends waiting for him to get ready to take him to the airport when all of a sudden on the news comes out Tom Wopat, saying they would be performing 8 shows in Austin. Well I bought tickets. Well an individual that will remain nameless, when I told him about the tickets said that it was a waist of money and time, because I would probably not get to even meet the guy. Well after the show I went to buy a CD that I had been after for a while and when I paid for it, the gentleman at the table told me to stay and so I asked why and he said that Mr. Wopat would be out in a few mins. to sign Autographs. This made me so happy but more so when I got to see him up close and talk to him. I of course got my autograph and took a picture with him and left him to his duties. But I walked away knowing that God had answered one or many of my prayers. I to get to see him perform, to meet him. And what is even more wonderful is that even though I asked for this I later just said that I would be happy to see the show and nothing else. And I got a lot more.

Second I had been asking for a puppy for the longest time, and finally got one, and she is so smart that I have had no difficulty training her on a lot of things. This is another prayer answered. And although I have been working my bum off these last couple of months I am noticing the pay off in it all.

So as you can See I have taken action, prayed, and have been blessed with many things, and I don't regret a single thing in life.

Purplefuel

Many Things!

So to begin, I have not been keeping up to much with this "blog" simply because I have had so many things going on right now that I just feel overwhelmed at times.

First my move, I just leased out a new apt and had to pack and move in this weekend. WORK WORK WORK.

Second, just that Work and I'm talking about my "Real" job where I get paid, just so that all that money can go back into my new apt. and bills. LUCKY ME!!!

Third a baby shower, a friend of mine & co-worker is having her first baby next week and I'm rushing through preparing a baby shower for her. She didn't really want one or at least she never mentioned it, and well I feel as though she deserves it.

Fourth SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL and yeah I an only taking part time courses now but hey it is still a lot to handle when your getting off of work at 5am.

FUN!! I'm stumped here... now refresh my memory "What is fun again?"

So as you can see, busy busy busy. But I hope that things will begin to die down a little. I'm almost done setting things up in my new apt. and as far as the shower it's this Friday so almost done with that. And will Work and School, yeah it seems as though there is not end to that, but I'll keep up what I can when I can.

Laterz,
PurpleFuel

It's been a While

So Sorry it has been forever since I've been by but between work, classes, moving, and plannning a surprise shower for a friend of mine I have just been busy and then I have attempting to do what I can to help with the efforts for the victims of Katrina. What did work out was that since I am in the middle of moving I was able to take out what I did not need at home and donate that for the vitims. I got a couple of large bags full of clothing and I still have shoes and other items to drop off. Also for one of my classes we have a project and as a group we decided on helping out at the shelters here in Austin. You know what is so interesting that our government is too busy bashing each other and fighting over who did or did not do what that they are not putting as much effort as they could into helping the vicitms. You know I keep up with the news at work on the net, I don't really get to watch it at home and at work I have time to look up and see what's going on in the news but what I've gotten lately is just stories of sadness and I want to cry but I realize that everyone around me is doing everything they can to help these people. But you know what I have realized, that is how many people are putting themselves and their lives on hold to help the victims, and this I think is WONDERFUL. I think it goes back to my blog about my favorite reading in the Bible. Anyway I have to get back to homework so I'll be back soon when I set up my computer again at my new place next week.

Night.

PurpleFuel