Life Happens....

and we must be prepared! We may not know what tomorrow holds but we must, by faith, trust in the ONE who holds it. When we are least expecting it, life can come at us fast!


1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

The devils goal is to destroy families & lives. He thrives on it! That's his game. It's our FAMILIES that make up the local church and if he can destroy the home, he can hinder God's work from moving forward. He has attacked my family time and time again! That's when I have to go back and claim God's word over and over again!

Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

I'm not competitive by nature. However, I do not like losing either! If you sign up for a race, I'm sure there's the hope and anticipation of winning! I started a race many years ago and sometimes I get weary along the way but I don't want to faint! I don't want to quit! As my Pastor says: "There's a difference between getting weary in the way and getting weary of the way!" May I never get to weary that I GIVE UP! In this passage of scripture I am reminded that I serve the one that is GREAT! None other is greater and through Him and His power I can overcome!!

 1Jo 4:4  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Jas 1:17a  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above... Billy, Blake, Casey, Brooke and Karter and Brandon (for now...)

There are rare moments in life when you are touched with so much love that you begin to realize how beautiful life really is! I have been blessed with a wonderful family. We aren't perfect but GOD thought us perfect for each other. We can choose our friends but God chooses our family! I have a husband that adores me, provides for me each and every day and does his best to make sure that all of my needs are met. I have three beautiful healthy children that love me, in spite of my many faults and failures! I have a precious son-in-law, Casey, that adores my daughter and loves God with all his heart! I have a grandbaby, Karter, due to make his arrival in October who is going to fall in love with his Gigi! :) Above all this, I have a HEAVENLY FATHER who loves me unconditionally! He loves me ALWAYS! He has blessed my life in ways that I never imagined possible! I know there are areas in my life and in the lives of my family that God will FIX in His timing, not mine! Only the God of Heaven can take our Goof-ups and turn them into His Glory!

Thank you, Lord, for the most precious gift of all...THE GIFT OF SALVATION! My life verse has always been Ps 18:2 It serves as my constant reminder that I am in Christ and He is in me!!!

Ps 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.



I OWE IT ALL TO HIM!!
Gwen

It's been a while....

When you feel the MOST alone, forgotten, or abandoned- when you feel like no one is there or cares- that is when God is closest to you. He promised to never leave nor forsake us. Just reach up and you'll find His outstretched arms waiting to take you into His tender embrace! God is good ALWAYS!

I MISS YOU DADDY!
I haven't been keeping up with my blog for  a while now but today I'm inspired to resume my blogging! :) I pray everyone has been doing well. Since my last update my Daddy has went home to be with the Lord. He left his earthly home and moved into his new mansion on February 18th 2011. I miss him ALOT and some days are harder than others but God's grace has NEVER failed and NEVER will in being sufficient!

Also, Brooke is doing very well with her pregnancy. She's into her last trimester and we are getting more and more excited as the delivery date draws nearer.

I hope to stay more faithful in the future, as time allows, to keep you updated through my blog. May God Bless each and everyone who reads....

NEWS FLASH................

Billy and I are SuPeR excited! Casey and Brooke gave us the most wonderful Valentine's gift a parent could ask for.... We are going to be grandparents!!! Can you believe it? I can't!  I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it! I can't wait to love this little person (he/she) with all my heart! I'm so grateful that they will allow us the honor of being a part of this child's life. This is exactly what dreams are made of!!! I can't wait to be a Gigi :)
I know they will make great parents and they will raise this child up for the Lord. It's SO exciting! I hope I can contain myself these next 7.5 months and not cause myself to go bankrupt wanting to buy everything I see!!!!
Well, I'll keep y'all posted!
Until Then,
Gigi

Our Dad's ~ William P. Benedict Sr. & James David Yearwood

WOW! Where to begin. This year has been FULL and BUSY with Dr's appointments and Hospital visits. As many of you that keep up with me through facebook are already aware of what it's been like with our dads...

In October of 2009 my FIL was diagnosed with lung cancer. This picture was taken on November 12, 2009  as we sat in  Northside Hospital waiting room, awaiting Papaws lung surgery. While the removal of the cancer was a success, he has never been the same. He's been on oxygen 24/7 and at times has severe difficulty breathing. This has been an on going thing. 911 has been called upon many times, following a trip to the ER which has lead to hospitalization numerous times...I think I've lost count. It's so very hard watching him suffer. He has severe emphysema and hardening of the lungs, as well as Pulmonary Hypertension. This is a disease that will not get better but will continue to worsen. This breaks my heart!

And...then there's my daddy...My sweet, precious daddy who is at Eastside Medical Hospital in Snellville, Georgia, as I write this, fighting for life. He may still have quantity of life, just not sure of the quality. He's always been a fighter. Personally and as a family we've been calling upon the ONLY name that can make a difference, The Lord, Jesus Christ. My daddy has lived a testimony before others that assures us that to be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord. He's a winner either way!  I'm not ready to give him up!!!! However, in saying all that, I do want the Lords will for what is best for him. God knows all, sees all, and controls all! His way is ALWAYS best! I love my daddy with every beat of my heart and NO MATTER WHAT I'm comforted that I have all of eternity with him.

I LOVE YOU PAPAW BEN....
I LOVE YOU DADDY aka PAPAW YEARWOOD...

I ask that you help me pray for both of these fine men that God has so richly blessed my life with! I'll  try to be more faithful updating, but I make NO promises! :)

Love to all who read!

Gwen

p.s. Also, could you please say a prayer for my sweet, loving and beautiful mother, Diana Weatherby. God has miraclously healed her this year from breast cancer but she's facing some other health issues that need Gods healing touch. He did it once and He'll do it again! Thanks!

Valentine's "SWEETHEART" Banquet

Hello Friends.... It has once again been a while since I've wrote to my blog. I've had alot going on.... But, I did want to take a few minutes and say that I hope everyone had a special Valentine's Day. One of the reasons that I chose this holiday as my personal favorite is because it represents love.  I'm so thankful for the day that I fell in love with my husband  nearly 21 years ago but even greater  than that love was the day I fell in love with Jesus! I love HIM because He first LOVED me! I'm so grateful that He loved sinful man (woman) and gave us the Greatest display of love when He gave his life for us, willingly.

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


I sure hope you've experience this love. If not, you can!

Remember: GOD IS LOVE!!!

Love,
Gwen