No words

Did you ever have something you wanted to express, or describe, or tell about, but it was so profound you just couldn't find adequate words? That is where I find myself tonight. I have been watching General Conference services live online this week (our church General Conference is in Tampa, FL this year). Tonight's service was a home missions service. I know... sounds boring. BUT.... and I don't have words to explain this, so you may not follow what I am about to say... they did everything VERY different in this service this year. They had a minister from a small home missions church pray before the main speaker came up... and they had his little bitty home missions choir sing (MAN can they sing with anointing and power!). General Conference has always been about the BIG NAME preachers and the MEGA CHURCH choirs. NOT this year. And the preacher for the home missions service was.... A HOME MISSIONS PASTOR! He pastors a church of less than 200. He's not concerned with what any of the big name preachers think of him... he is concerned with what JESUS thinks of him. He is not concerned about leaving General Conference and going home to reach hundreds of lost souls... he's concerned with going home to win the couple down the street in his neighborhood. THAT was the amazing part of his message... when he talked about his neighbors! I was cut to the heart, and weeping as he preached! I know this doesn't make much sense if you didn't hear the message. You can watch it online if you want.... just go to www.upci.org, and click on the box that says, watch online. The 56K feed is free. Faster bands require a donation. But it's fine. The free feed works fine. And you will be challenged and cut to the heart as were ALL the people who heard this message! At the end, he simply put the microphone down and walked away, and every person on the platform (including the musicians) hit the floor, faces to the ground. And the congregation flooded the altar, again, faces to the floor. No music, no sound, then as the Spirit began to get ahold of people, the sound of ferverent prayer began to go up. It was amazing! See? I told ya. No words can adequately describe what I heard and saw and experienced tonight. That is how big and amazing my God is! He is more than words can describe. He is beyond comprehension at times. I love him so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RED SOX RULE!!!!!!!!!!!

I have just 4 words for y'all...

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah baby!

But enough bragging.... Here is a recap of my day.

1. Difficult child at school today pushed my limits but I was successful in surviving the school day.

2. My crock pot that I ordered for my birthday (thanks Dad and Win) came today... it's HUGE!

3. General Conference online is just totally amazing!!!!! Bro. Jerry Dean preached tonight with powerful anointing.

4. Ben and Stacy are back in town in their new place (loaded to the hilt with boxes and stuff) and I am so excited!!! Meghan will be coming to MY SCHOOL on Monday... how totally neat is that???

5. Did I mention that the RED SOX clinched the AL East title tonight???

6. Adam will be testing for his orange belt in Moo Gong Do in just three weeks! Wow!

7. I'm falling asleep at the computer and desperately need to go to bed....

Sorry about that, but it's true. I'm so tired. Beddy bye time! Lata!

PS.... How 'bout them Red Sox??? :D *grin*

The best husband in the world!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I must let you know that I consider myself the luckiest woman on earth! My husband treats me like a princess, and I feel very loved! He brought me flowers to my school in the middle of the day (for my birthday), then he took me to dinner (which would NOT have been possible without the great and awesome Sandini watching our boys for us... yay! Thanks Sandy!). We went to the Outback. We had $40 in gift cards from his uncle Peter, and when we got the bill, it was $40.50! Cool! Dinner for $0.50 plus tip! Can't beat that! Then he took me to Williston to the beach at Lake Iriquois. It was where he first told me he loved me almost 15 years ago. It was GORGEOUS out last night... clear sky with lots of stars, warm gentle breeze, ALMOST full moon, shimmering down on the water, peaceful...... I could have stayed there all night! Birthdays just don't get much better than that. Thanks, honey! I love you so much! You're the best!!!!

Excitement

Let it be known this day that the Ziters do NOT lead a boring life! In fact, we have a pretty exciting and fun life! First and foremost, being a Christian is fun. But secondly, just living in general is fun! Life is a gift! This evening, we got caught up in some out-of-the-ordinary fun. We got home from church, and the boys were undressed and ready for bed. Sandy was here, and Jason was taking Lonnie home. Suddenly, Jason calls us and says, "Hurry! Get in the car and head to the park! DHART (medical helicopter) is getting ready to land in the field at the park!" SO.... we took the bait and ran out the door to the park. It was fun! We got to see their $10,000 night vision goggles (which they were using for this training landing), their $18,000 helmets with little $8,000 antennas on them (Ronny King would have a stroke if anyone dared TOUCH an $8,000 ANYTHING!). Then they got a call to go to Concord, NH, so they took off. It was neat. Home and tuck the boys in bed. There is more to the story, but I don't think I will share that right now. I have my dignity to think about! But suffice it to say, that not everyone lives in the moment like that... they are too "scheduled" and "preplanned". Yes, my boys probably should have been in bed on a school night. They usually are. But this one time, they had a ball and learned a lot! There is something to be said for living in the moment! My boys will remember this night and smile when they are grown up. So will Sandy... of course she's already grown up, but she still laughs about the night last month when she and I were hiding out on my porch at 3am watching the police with their police dogs searching for a bad guy in my back yard! She likes our exciting life, too! LOL!

By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!! I am 41 today (it's after midnight, so I can say that... even though I began this post well before midnight). So....

There is so much more I could write... but it's 12:30 am on a school night. I need to turn in! Be blessed!

Birthday /baseball /children's church

First of all... this is for my sweet sweet sister in Maine!!

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I love you Bean!

Second of all (great grammer, eh?), I just want to say that the Yankees are bugging me. They are in extra innings for the second night in a row. I hope Toronto has the stamina to hold them off again tonight.

Third of all, I must tell you that my children are excited about children's church tomorrow morning. The teen class is helping out with the worship, and the teens are excited about ministering to the younger ones. My husband just came home from rehearsal and told the boys what a great time they will be having tomorrow. Cool!

The evil empire (aka NYY) just won the game. *sigh* Oh well. As long as Boston wins tonight we'll be okay. Time for me to go anyway, I just got a call from a friend at church and she needs prayer. So off I go. Thank you Lord that we can come boldy before your throne, carrying the needs of others to you on the wings of prayer! You are awesome, God!

Christianity and baseball

I have come to the conclusion that the all-American sport of baseball is contrary to my Christianity. It's ridiculous! I sat here at the computer this evening (because I don't have a TV) and YELLED at the screen (like the pitcher could hear me) and displayed MUCH carnality! I was so frustrated with the Toronto relief pitcher for HANDING the game over to the Yankees at the bottom of the 9th inning. Grrrr.... This game is NOT good for my Christianity. At least the Red Sox won, although it isn't much to brag about as they played the worst team in the league......



Anyway, baseball playoff season is generally an ugly time here in our house, as we are a divided house... 2 Yankees, and 2 Red Sox fans. It is this way in homes all across New England. It is just the way life is here. Just like we can count on the leaves to turn gorgeous colors here in the fall, we can also expect family members to turn on one another and get in emotional conflicts... over BASEBALL!! Ridiculous, but true nonetheless.



In other news in my life (yes, I have a life), my son Adam brought home a new thing yesterday.... a trumpet. Yes, if the drums weren't enough to convince our landlord we need to be evicted, this just might do it. Just kidding. We have about a dozen rules in place about when and where the trumpet can be played in this 6 unit apartment building. God have mercy... it's a good thing we have a good relationship with our neighbors! Adam is pretty excited about learning the trumpet. He's also doing really well with his Moo Gong Do training, and will be testing for his orange belt the end of October.



And now, a picture my mother-in-law sent me... which pretty much describes my reason for NOT blogging here lately...

I am honestly trying not to be so addicted to this blasted computer! I am afraid that I have a long way to go....

Anyway, that is all for now. The Yankees/Toronto game is now in the bottom of the 13th inning, when in fact it never should have gotten past the 9th! Argh! I need to go to bed. Pray for our family during playoff season! LOL!

Fire Station

Hello world. I just want to take this moment to inform you that indeed, I do still exist. I have not evaporated from the face of planet Earth. I just haven't felt much like blogging lately... lots of personal issues going on, consuming my brain power.

I am currently sitting at the computer in the dispatch office of our local fire dept. while the boys watch the Red Sox / Yankees game (btw.. Sox are ahead 5-1... hee hee hee)! We are here because we had a cub scout meeting this evening here.

Currently, my husband is telling me it's time to go now that I am blogging... we've only been here for 3 1/2 hours...... *sigh* Oh well. Guess this is all you are getting from me tonight. Time to go! Bye!