THESE SOCCER PARENTS NEED TO BE RED CARDED!!!!

FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THE POST PRIOR TO THIS ON TITHING. I DO BELIEVE IN TITHING! THE WORD TITHE MEANS 10%, SO GOD ONLY ASKS FOR THE FIRST 10%, THAT'S IT. WE PERSONALLY TITHE ON THE 10% OF OUR NET NOT GROSS BECAUSE HONESTLY THAT'S OUR FAULT. ONE REASON WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT NOW AND TWO, WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY TRUSTING IN GOD. I'M JUST KEEPING IT REAL, BUT FOR US TO GIVE 10% ON OUR NET IS HUGE! I MEAN HUGE! FOR US. AND YOU KNOW WHAT...IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE THE MONEY CONTINUES TO ROLL INTO OUR HOUSE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, WELL I DO IT'S GOD, BUT HE NEVER LETS US DOWN OR GO WITHOUT, AND HE WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF US. I JUST NEEDED TO CLEAR THAT UP FROM BEFORE, OK ONTO SOCCER PARENTS. HAHA
MALACHI 3:8 "Begin by being honest. Do honest people rob God? But you rob me day after day. "You ask, 'How have we robbed you?' "The tithe and the offering - that's how!'
MALACHI 3:10 10 Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don't open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams.

MY YOUNGEST SON STARTED HIS FIRST JOB AS A REFEREE AT A LOCAL SOCCER LEAGUE IN OUR AREA. I LIVE IN A VERY AFFLUENT AREA CALLED JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS, LOOK IT UP THERE IS LOTS OF MONEY OUT HERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN LOTS OF HAPPINESS. SO I DECIDED TO WATCH HIM REF HIS LAST GAME AND WAS GOING TO STAND IN THE BACKGROUND, IN THE SHADE, AND JUST BASK IN APPRECIATION THAT MY SON IS WANTING TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK IN THE SPORT INDUSTRY EVEN THOUGH DUE TO A GENETIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY ANY KIND OF SPORTS. SEE HE HAS MARFAN SYNDROME AND HE IS A FLUKE THAT HE EVEN HAS IT BECAUSE NO ONE IN OUT FAMILY HAS IT.  HE IS AN AMAZING PERSON!! AND I AM SO PROUD OF HIM.

BUT THIS ONE MOTHER, IF YOU WANT TO CALL HER THAT, STARTED YELLING AT AT MY SON. AND THAT'S WHEN MY CLAWS COME OUT. DON'T EVER EVER EVER TALK SIDEWAYS TO ANY OF MY CHILDREN...EVER!!! SO I WALKED UP TO THE SIDELINES AND STOOD BETWEEN MY SON AND HER. AND SHE WAS YELLING FOR HER TEAM AND SHE WAS LOUD, NEVER ONCE DID SHE CHEER ON THE OTHER TEAM. OH DID I MENTION THESE WERE 10 YEAR OLD BOYS!!! YEAH! LITTLE BOYS! WE WONDER WHY OUR CHILDREN ARE SHOOTING EACH OTHER IN SCHOOLS OR DISRESPECTING POLICE OFFICERS? WELL LET'S LOOK AT THE SIDELINES OF A SOCCER GAME! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN?!?!

I WENT TO ON ASK MY SON DURING THE GAME IF HE WAS SURE HE WANTED TO DO THIS JOB BECAUSE THESE PARENTS ARE CRAZY, WELL THAT GOT ALL THESE CRAZY PARENTS EVEN MORE CRAZY! THEY DECIDED TO GO AFTER ME, BUT I CAN HOLD MY OWN BECAUSE I HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH ME ALWAYS. I WENT ON TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THESE ARE 10 YEAR OLD BOYS, AND HOW THEY NEVER CHEERED ON THE OTHER TEAM, AND  YELLING AT THE REF (ON HIS FIRST DAY) WAS UNACCEPTABLE, AND THEN AGAIN REMINDING THEM THEY ARE 10 YEAR OLD BOYS!!! THEY BLAMED MY SON FOR ONE OF THE PLAYERS GETTING HURT, SO I WAS LIKE DID MY SON GO ON THE FIELD AND KICK HIM?? THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL. HAHAHA

ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE. WHY DON'T THEY DO THE HAND "HIGH FIVE" THING ANYMORE. YOU KNOW HOW THE TEAMS WALK ACROSS THE FIELDS TELLING EACH OTHER "GOOD JOB". NONE OF THAT HAPPENING, I WAS APPALLED! THIS IS WHY THERE IS BULLYING AND FIGHTING IN SCHOOL! BUT THE BEST WAS WHEN I  WALKED AWAY, THE "MOM" WITH THE LEGGINGS, TIGHT PINK SHIRT, AND BLEACH BLONDE SPIKY HAIR GOES, "BYE FELICIA"! HAHAHA! WHO SAYS THAT ANYMORE???? I JUST TURNED AN LOOKED AT HER IN CONFUSION. REALLY?

IF YOU ARE A SOCCER PARENT AND READING THIS, IT STARTS WITH YOU! PLEASE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND INSPIRE YOUR CHILDREN AND THE OTHER CHILDREN. EVEN TRY TO INSPIRE THE COACHES AND ENCOURAGE THE TEENAGER REFEREES.

SHALL WE PICK APART ROMANS 3:23?

I HAVE SO MANY CRAZY THEORIES ABOUT CHURCH, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO BURNED IN THE PAST. BUT EVEN GOD SAYS NOT TO PUT YOUR TRUST IN MAN. WE ARE TO PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD. GOD WILL NEVER LET US DOWN, BUT MAN WILL ALWAYS LET US DOWN.  I THINK ROMANS 3:23 IS THE PERFECT VERSE THAT FITS THIS THINKING,
"FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD".
IT DOESN'T SAY FOR ONE OR TWO HAVE SINNED, IT SAYS ALL OF US HAVE SINNED.

OUR PRIDE HOLDS US BACK FROM ADMITTING THAT WE ARE SINNERS. WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE FAULTS??? I CAN NAME A FEW MEN IN MY LIFE AND IN THE PUBLIC EYE THAT DON'T WANT TO OWN THEIR FLAWS. BUT THE MINUTE WE OWN THEM AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS IT'S DONE!!! HE FORGIVES!!! HOW COOL IS THAT???  I TRY SO HARD TO DO THAT WITH MY CHILDREN AND OTHERS IN MY LIFE, THE MINUTE THEY SAY THEY'RE SORRY...BOOM! I FORGIVE THEM! BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M A DOORSTEP, JUST THE OPPOSITE. I'LL FORGIVE, BUT LEARN FROM IT AND DON'T DO IT AGAIN, YOU FEEL ME?!?!

AND THEN WE ALL FALL SHORT OF GOD. NO ONE, NOT ONE PERSON ON THIS PLANET HOLDS A CANDLE TO GOD. FALLING SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD MEANS GOD IS ALL MIGHTY, HE IS IT!!! THE BIG KAHUNA!!! THE END ALL THAT ENDS ALL!!! WE USED TO GO TO A CHURCH IN THIS VERY AFFLUENT AREA AND THIS CHURCH WAS A "MEGA-CHURCH".  PASTOR JERRY JOHNSTON WAS HIS NAME AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HE LOVED THE LORD, BUT! BUT! HE LOVED HIMSELF A LOT MORE!!! AND HE LOVED HIS/OUR MONEY SO MUCH MORE! AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT MY HUSBAND AND I DIDN'T SEE THIS AND WE RAISED OUR CHILDREN IN THIS MEGA-CHURCH. OUR OLDER CHILDREN WOULD GO KICKING AND SCREAMING. NEVER ONCE DID WE EVER SHOW OUR CHILDREN ANY GRACE AND REALLY STOP TO HEAR THEM OUT, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE DEVIL, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT "PASTOR JERRY" SAID. ALONG WITH JERRY SAYING WE MUST DO A "MAKE UP TITHE", ONE BIG TITHE A YEAR ON ANY INCOME THAT WE NEVER TITHED ON BEFORE...IN OUR ENTIRE WORKING HISTORY! WE WERE TO GO THROUGH OUR TAX RECORDS AND LOOK OVER THEM AND THEN THE NEXT SUNDAY BRING IN OUR MONEY. REALLY?? WAS IT TO PAY OFF YOUR OR YOUR SON'S MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOMES OR THAT NEW HEATED OUTDOOR POOL YOU JUST INSTALLED, PASTOR JERRY AND JEREMY JOHNSTON??? WHAT WAS CRAZY WAS I THINK WE WERE IN A CULT AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!!! SEE THIS IS WHY ROMANS 3:23 IS SO IMPORTANT, EVEN PASTORS WILL LET YOU DOWN. DON'T PUT YOUR TRUST IN MAN, PUT IT IN JESUS. IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.

LET'S JUST KEEP THIS REAL...SHALL WE???

SO I KNOW THAT I'VE NOT BEEN BLOGGING LATELY, BUT I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I'VE BEEN "OBSERVING". AND HONESTLY, I'M JUST SO FRUSTRATED AT THE SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD! I HAVE SOME STORIES I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BUT I HAVE TO KEEP THIS SOMEWHAT SHORT. MAYBE MY NEXT BLOGS WILL BE THE ENCOUNTERS I HAVE HAD WITH THE JERK OFFS THAT WERE PUT IN MY PATH. YEAH, I THINK THAT IS WHAT I'LL DO. THIS BLOG WILL BE THE SET UP, MY RANT (IF YOU WILL) ABOUT HOW I FEEL AND MAYBE EVEN SOME SOLUTIONS FOR ALL THIS CHAOS. 

LET ME START BY SAYING TO ALL OF YOU WHOM BEEN READING MY BLOG KNOW THAT I'M A JESUS FREAK! I LOVE MY GOD, AND ASK ALMOST MINUTELY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE ME STRENGTH AND GRACE. I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE GRACE, BUT I'M WORKING ON THAT. I AM VERY QUICK WITH MY WORDS, AND THAT USED TO GET ME IN TROUBLE. BUT ASKING THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OPEN MY EYES, GIVE ME STRENGTH, AND MY WORDS I BELIEVE MY WORDS CAN BE HARSH BUT THOSE WORDS ARE WHAT SOME PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR AT THAT PRESENT TIME. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M JESUS, BUT EVEN JESUS GOT ANGRY WHEN HE WENT TO THE TEMPLE AND THERE WAS A MARKET. IN EPHESIANS 4 PAUL SAYS IT'S OK TO GET ANGRY, BUT DON'T USE IS AS REVENGE AND DON'T STAY ANGRY, THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE ALLOWING THE DEVIL INTO YOUR LIFE. 

I'M UPSET ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TREATING EACH OTHER, AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY THE MEN IN MY FAMILY TREAT THE WOMEN IN OUR FAMILY!!! LET'S JUST START THERE! I'M MARRIED TO A PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE MAN AND IN MY OPINION THAT IS A FORM OF MENTAL ABUSE. BUT NOT JUST ABUSE AGAINST ME, ABUSE AGAINST HIMSELF. HOW SAD IS IT THAT HE JUST CAN'T COME OUT AND TELL ME THAT SOMETHING OFFENDED HIM? INSTEAD HE HAS TO GO AROUND THE ISSUE AND "WORD JAB". I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THIS DOESN'T MAKE HIM FEEL GOOD ABOUT HIMSELF, AT LEAST I HOPE IT DOESN'T. I WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT WAY, IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOMEONE I GO RIGHT TO THAT SOURCE. I SEE PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE A THE START OF CANCER. IF YOU ALLOW THAT ANGER TO GROW INSIDE OF YOU IT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER. THAT CAN'T BE GOOD.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THESE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM PAUL FROM THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS 5: 22-33

  "Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.

25-28 Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.

29-33 No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband."

IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN