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Joni Parsley commented...

02-26-2014 @ 2:19 PM

You've been requesting it so I hope you enjoy somew random thoughts! It's been a busy time as the book launch approaches. Without you, there would be no book! I'll be writing about this expereince, in my next post, which will be soon. I want you to know what a huge blessing you've been in this process!
May your day be filled with peace and joy as you keep in mind that God has a purpose that always has blessing attached to it!

Love and Prayers,
Joni

LaRetha commented...

02-26-2014 @ 3:31 PM

Hi Mrs. Joni

I agree I am so done with this winter! In my state we have had a couple of mild days and now it is forecasted for the weekend back to the snow. Yeah! Not!
I just want my favorite season summer you can wear your summer shoes! No coats, hats gloves etc. I remember a couple of summers ago I got my hair braided and payed 180.00 for the style 50.00 something for the hair to be used! So it was a all day appt. when the stylist got done it was 11:00pm I'm tired and sleepy he is tired and sleepy. So I had him cut it because it was a little to long. Why in the next couple of days LaRetha gets a bright idea to cut it some more. I messed it up not really bad because when I returned to work on Monday some ladies gave me some good compliments but they should have seen it before I got my hands into it! So finally I had to go back and have the stylist try to fix my mess up! mrs. Joni he had the nerve to get mad at me because I cut my hair. So I'm thinking hey wait a minute mister I paid you to do the job how are you going to get angry with me for messing up my money which is was stupid I admit. But he did not do it for free. I guess his feeling were a little bruised because of all the time he put into his work! Was I missing something? Maybe so.

Those type of styles are expensive but it helps me not worry about my hair fixing for a couple of months. I might get one again this summer. Now a regular style is 50.00 which is a lot better but they don't last long for my hair only 2 or 3 days then back to where I started looking well let's just say needing to go right back to the stylist chair! Lol! I told my self in 2014 I was going to wear my make-up everyday well sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I probably should! Lol! But some days I really can care less. I do like my make-up I wear mainly mary Kay which can be a little expensive but it's not the most expensive! To me make-up is a thing with me that the times I absolutely want to look nice I will wear it and other times I don't. I get compliments on it when I wear it sometimes. I guess because I don't wear it everyday that people notice the difference it makes! We ladies definitely need it! Every so often you will see a lady that has such a beautiful skin where if they never wanted to wear it they would not have too lucky them. Lol! Well God bless you I have to try to wash the dishes and get ready for work. Love you!

Sincerely
LaRetha

Dawn commented...

02-26-2014 @ 8:02 PM

Oh....this is just what I needed after a long and exhausting day! So very funny, light-hearted, witty, just plain and simply DOWN to earth! I love it! We all need this :) And on a side note - I don't get the sleeveless shirts in the winter either! This winter has been so cold, you won't see me in short-sleeves let along sleeveless ;) That was a pretty funny point!!

Always enjoy all your posts, but this one was one of my favs!! :)

Dawn xo

Nagy commented...

02-27-2014 @ 8:34 AM

Dear Joni,
I really enjoyed reading your latest post. Just what I needed today!
I can hardly wait for spring to arrive . This winter was quite challenging.
I think I got “slightly addicted” to blankets , I stocked up on blankets like winter would never end. The bigger the softer the blankets , I just had to buy it. After long nights of work I wanted nothing else but cuddle under a big warm blanket and forgot about everything else around me and just sleep.
Winter came with some benefits for me, I learned to use my crock -pot more often, rearranged my furniture’s several times , started using up my tea collections , had some mother-daughter time more often . I think I watched every Fear-Factor episode on You tube (my daughter loves to watch that show) keeping me awake before work at nights ,because I’m telling you that show can wind you up !!
I was amazed by my dog’s acrobatic capability to manage to walk on icy snow and try to run in the house but instead ended up walking in slow motion thinking which paw she should put down first. I felt sorry for her but I have to admit it was quite hilarious . Our cat was watching her struggle through our door and I’m sure if she could speak she would say :”You deserve it after chasing me through the house every day “.
I’m definitely getting old because I caught myself scared of falling, and grabbing my husbands arm -“like holding onto dear life “ begging him not to slip on the parking lot.
I was listening to my daughter complaining that in Florida she had to wear a sweater because its 55 degrees there. I just wanted to tell her, just come home child and shovel the snow -would you please !?
I know it was a long winter when my Father-in -Law and my Mother-in-Law let us know - “ that’s enough we are moving to Florida “! They are there in this moment looking for a house ! If I wouldn't like the four seasons so much I would consider moving as well.
I can’t hardly wait to see my spring flowers blooming , smell spring in the air and hear the birds chirping. Isn't that amazing that even in -15 degree birds are still chirping . That just reminds me what someone told me the other night : “If you cant praise God in the sunshine don’t seek him in the rain “. Hmmm, I think it is a very powerful thought.
As you said everyday is a gift and we might not like every gift what we get but we accept it anyway. We might not like everyday ,as some days are definitely challenging but we have to learn to accept it from God’s hand and make the best out of it. We cannot trade it, or give it to someone else if we don’t like it (like we would do with a gift) but we have to face it ,make it through ,learn from it and wait for the next day with anticipation . So one day we might praise Him in the sunshine and an other day we might seek Him in the rain !! He is there waiting on us every single time ! What an assurance ,we are never alone !:)
Love as always, Gabriella

Dina commented...

02-28-2014 @ 11:29 AM

Hi Miss Joni!
I do love this post! Stay home more often! We need your wit! Looks like we may be getting more snow this weakened and I am so praying against it. We do need a hand with our weather committee! Miss Joni, your pictures are beautiful and you look more beautiful in person! You humbleness just brings out your beauty the more. I can’t wait to get your new book! You did it Miss Joni…YOU DID IT! I believe this year will be a year for dreams to come true! The weather is just trying to discourage us from seeing what is in front of us, but I know this too shall pass!
I believe that the many people that have complained about the summer months will now have a different attitude! Ya think? I do love your new post and your new pictures! You’ve said a whole lot here and I can’t stop giggling. One day I believe I will finally come out of my basement and get some sunshine, but for now, I think I’ma stay snuggled in my blankets! Awesome post!
p.s…Everybody must go see the movie “SON OF GOD!”

dawn commented...

03-01-2014 @ 1:56 PM

What a wonderful time at the brunch today. Congratulations!!!!! So happy for you. Thanks for sharing.

Anita commented...

03-01-2014 @ 9:21 PM

Miss Joni, I enjoyed the brunch so much and am so happy for you. Your book is beautiful, I love the tapestry analogy, I've had several knots and loose threads in my life over the years and I love the thought they've resulted in the weaving of a tapestry along the way. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life and thoughts with us.

Mark commented...

03-02-2014 @ 9:55 AM

Wish I could be there to celebrate this wonderful blessing and the launch of "Tapestry of Faith", but your journal has always celebrated the importance of family, and for my family, all four of us are blessed to be together this week. So proud of you, overflowingly thankful for your witness, challenged by your gifting, and blessed to be laborers together for Christ. Looking forward to a book signing to get my copy!

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:52 PM

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Hi Miss Joni!
Just got dun reading the Bible in the O.T. and boy did it ever blow me away! Though we read it twice before, I really didn’t read it like this. As we can see how things are getting pretty bad and how Obama is trying to make a communist Nation out of our Country…reading this passage just seems to make sense. It’s time to "Cry loud and spare not and show the people their sin!"

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:53 PM

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Most people generally know who God is and they’ve heard about Him here and there, but they really haven’t seen the churches come out and boldly proclaim and confess that “HE IS LORD!” We have sat and allowed people to continue to sin and sin against God and just say nothing. The word “Repent” has become obsolete because we really don’t wanna hurt nobodies feelings less they stop giving their tithes! I don’t know about anybody else, but when I read Leviticus 26 today, it was like REALITY hit! Badda- bang-badda boom!

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:54 PM

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The problem really is “lack of knowledge”. People have represented God in a way that they only knew God to be and therefore, we have put God’s Word in a cubbard because after no one was telling us that reading the Bible was in order. Thank God for Pastor who is bringing the Word Life alive! I have had so many questions answered and have been set free from confusion, doubt and the peace that flows through me is just so unbelievable! But I wudden’t have this if it wasn’t for the knowledge of my God.

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:54 PM

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The remedy is so simply, yet people don’t know it. Well, God is pretty plain here when He speaks to Moses. I so crack up every time I heard and the Lord spake to Moses…and the Lord spake to Moses…and the Lord spake…though I must admit I get a little jealous cuz I don’t quite talk to God like Moses did, but I am so excited to have Him speak to me through His Word and He speaks plain as day in it. As we continue to read and study the Word, we can see that God is still speaking out loud!

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:54 PM

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The remedy is so simply, yet people don’t know it. Well, God is pretty plain here when He speaks to Moses. I so crack up every time I heard and the Lord spake to Moses…and the Lord spake to Moses…and the Lord spake…though I must admit I get a little jealous cuz I don’t quite talk to God like Moses did, but I am so excited to have Him speak to me through His Word and He speaks plain as day in it. As we continue to read and study the Word, we can see that God is still speaking out loud!

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:55 PM

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It’s time for the church to quit being so shy about God specially cuza the things that are taking place today. It’s time to warn the people of God’s wrath and let them know that this God can be soothe if we humble ourselves and turn from our wicked ways and just do right by one another. But greed is the ingredient that has set in our Nation and people just can’t seem to have enough these days and therefore we forget about everything that truly matters…God, our families and people.

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:55 PM

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God uses real harsh Words here for those who do not obey His commands and seems like His punishment here in this passage well… are here! I watched the other day on the news, I think it was in Korea, where a woman was boiling her daughter and well…we don’t ever think that cud be, but I saw it with my own’t eyes and then I read it today. How many parents today wudden’t mind boiling their kids, wives, husbands? Not trynna be funny, but just to say that we’ve lost that loving feeling! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Baby baby I’d get down on my knees for you…doo-doo doo-doo, doo--dooooh! See anyone like that now-a-days? “Whatever!” “Talk to the hand cuz the face don’t care nothing… about YOU!” That has become the norm today and that’s why we are where we are today.

Dina commented...

03-02-2014 @ 1:56 PM

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Well, we know that God is love but God is Judge also and as we love our children, we also must bring correction and even punishment upon them in order to teach them that they will be taught responsibility and we must train them in the way of the Lord so they can live good and prosperous days. We have been living so backwards and it’s time to turn our Nation right-side-up once and for all by proclaiming who God really is and what the consequences will be if we make Him mad. We really shud not fear people as long as we are doing right by the people, but we must continue to proclaim that God is the only one that we need to fear and reverence because after all…HE’S GOD and He does hold the whole world in His hand!

Dina commented...

03-03-2014 @ 9:16 AM

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HI Miss Joni!
I can’t stop thinking about Obamanation and his hilarious actions against Russia. You better not do that or I’ll send an unbelievably small attack with my unbelievably small military! I mean it now. And you better believe that I got more hot air where that came from and I got a cell phone and an ink-pen too!… I’ll really use it this time…Ha! It’s like he’s got nothing to do but see what others are doing cuz after all, our Nation is not his responsibility, nor does he seem to have any! Get ridda all the soldiers so I can have their money too cuz I need another vacation after all, I can do whatever I want…I am the president! I agree with Judge Jeanine…They all have bipolar! One minute they are happy because they get money and the next minute, they are angry cuz they spent it all and they cain’t get no more! We’re gonna shut the government down if we don’t get our way!!! Here’s a thought Shut them down and don’t pay them no more of our hard working money! All they do is lie about everything and they just don’t get it that they are fighting the Great America.

Dina commented...

03-03-2014 @ 9:16 AM

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When I heard Harry Reid calling the American people a buncha liars, boy did my blood boil over! So many American people are suffering because of losing their health insurance and yet, they deny that it's true! Here’s a thought why don’t you go ask all the American people who lost their insurance and ask them? And why don’t you tell the American people why Obamanation was trying to get them their insurance back after he was caught in another big fat lie! If you like your insurance…if you like your doctor…What difference does it make? Its funny how he’s going around and his buddy Eric Holder running around doing nothing but defending homosexuals and yet he calls himself a Christian and yet when it comes to the Christians, he doesn’t lift a finger to help…or a cell phone for that matter!

Dina commented...

03-03-2014 @ 9:16 AM

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The only reason they are defending the homosexuals is because they know that homosexuals will come against Christians and that’s their plot! They are trying to take away the Christians rights and therefore tell IRS people to plead the fifth and everyone else that Obama gave our hard working money to like Solyndra and the many failing companies that he was warned against investing. We have been silent too long and somebody needs to point their finger at this maniac of a President like John the Baptist and tell him that he is wrong and expose him instead of looking the other way before it’s too late for your family and your families family to ever have a life!

Dina commented...

03-03-2014 @ 9:17 AM

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I say this to Obamanation as you sit there and try to get your friend Putin, I mean your enemy, I mean…which one is he now? And you are trying to get him to allow homosexuals in his Country, why don’t you try to get your real allies, you know the Muslim Nations to accept homosexuals in their land? Matter of fact why don’t you make the Muslims marry them homosexuals in their Mosque? Let’s see how they will react? We know what your radical brothers in the hood will do, don’t we? Just read the Sharia law! Homosexual are just being set up and they don’t even know it! The radical Muslims want them dead! Come out…Come out so everyone will know who you are…We are so very proud of you and what you do! Really? What's to be proud of? The way they have sex? Or did they accomplish something great?

Dina commented...

03-03-2014 @ 9:17 AM

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We need jobs Obama!!! O’ yeah, who cares! What difference does it make? You got yur trips and you got yur people to speak on your behalf who do absolutely nothing but sit there and do what you do best…LIE!!! But I say all those who will serve God get on God’s side and all those will serve Obama…get on his side and watch what God’s about to do! God is hearing the prayers of the Saints and God is getting ready to do a thing! As I read my Psalms today…God says we are not to fear so I just better obey Him! LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED!

Dina commented...

03-03-2014 @ 9:18 AM

Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Cindy commented...

03-04-2014 @ 11:04 AM

Ms. Joni,

Just what I needed to read. I was sitting here having a pity party..lol. Your comments always make me smile. I can not express how blessed I am that I sit under your ministry. You have blessed me beyond words. I love how you can put in writing what I am thinking. Sometimes I tell you to get out of my head..lol.

Dina commented...

03-04-2014 @ 11:50 AM

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Hi Miss Joni!
Whew I had a great prayer today! I haven’t been able to pray too much in the morning’s cuz lately God wants me to write a lot! “Yes Boss!” But today…
Yesterday I started weeping as I was cooking because I just thought of all the goodness of God. As my mom and I watched on the news about the rain storms and the snow storms going on just about everywhere and we saw all kindsa accidents and how many roads were overflowing with ice and sleet, I just had to weep as I looked outside and saw the sun shining and the snow melting, and I had to let God know how much I appreciate Him for taking cara me. I ran to my mom’s room and I told her 100 million lives were affected and I kept saying 100 million lives were affected by these storms and I told her that we do have so much to be thankful for! 100 million people suffering and…

Dina commented...

03-04-2014 @ 11:51 AM

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And today I just realized the more how good God is as I stay warm in my house and have food in my working refrigerator…thank you very much I had to really weep once again because of God's Awesome goodness! I’ve been going through John 14-17 again this week cuz it just has so much information and it has so much in there that I want from God and it also has so much information as to how to get it. When we see someone’s on the beach looking for signals with their coin machine thingy and the machine begins to beep, we know that as the machine thingy gets closer to something or another, the person holding it will continue to follow the beep as it gets louder. Well let’s just say that I can I hear the beeps getting louder in these chapters….

Dina commented...

03-04-2014 @ 11:51 AM

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If I abide in you and you abide in me…you shall ask anything in my Name and I will give it to you. We know His Name is Jesus and when we ask in Jesus’ Name that means we ask in His Name which is also the Word if God, and since He is the Word manifest and we know that the Book of Revelations clearly states that His Name is “The Word of God.” So we are really asking in the Name of His Word or the Bible. So instead of saying in the Name of Jesus, we can say by the authority of your Name or your Word…which is Jesus or God of course. Beep…Beep…beep. Beeeeep…beeep. I had to let God know that what I have been reading sometimes sounds unrealistic, and it does…If I abide in you and you in Me and we become one.

Dina commented...

03-04-2014 @ 11:52 AM

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Though I can’t quite get this, I really have to let this stuff sink in my Spirit until it becomes real! And I will keep on asking questions and seeking because when I really think on this concept that God, the Holy Spirit is in me then I kinda haveta try and picture that. God is in me and greater works than these shall I do. It’s all about faith really, and we know that faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by, or through hearing the Word of God…beep…beep…beep…beep….beeeeeeeep! I thank God every time that I see something new and I know that tomorrow that I can pick up more where that came from because God is never ending to His knowledge! We can only get as far in God as we allow ourselves to get, or we can stay where we are at and remain where we are at. Some people are not content with what they have and then there are others…well…that like watching desperate housewives, I guess. Though I must admit that I’m pretty desperate right but I can also say that my desperation doesn’t come close to those desperate housewives but exeeds in multitudes!

Ben & Carla commented...

03-06-2014 @ 10:30 AM

Congratulations!!! We look forward to reading this great book!! We love you Mrs. Joni!!!

Jackie commented...

03-06-2014 @ 1:43 PM

Hi Miss Joni!

Thank you for sharing! It was wonderful to read and put a smile on my face.

Bonnie commented...

03-07-2014 @ 5:20 PM

Joni, you have come such a long way. Now everyone can enjoy your writing with your new book. When I read this post I thought - now we are starting the second book. This post is so good. Although sometimes we are annoyed by things such as snow, some people just love the white fluffy stuff.

I remember when my brother and my sisters and I were young we would build snow forts and just play in the snow for hours. Sadly my brother and one of my sisters are gone now and the family does not speak of those days.

When my father was dying of cancer all he wanted was to live just to see one more snow. I didn't ask him why he wanted that but it didn't happen for him. But since he was a Christian when he died, I know that I will see him again one day.

I think that if we ask him maybe God will let us have snow in Heaven one day. For those in Heaven who have never experience snow and wanted to he could do that. After all God invented snow. I have often heard that many bad germs can't grow in the cold.

Time goes so quickly sometimes. I realized that I have lived through your book. It was a part of my life and what was happening to me for several years. I also will never forget your ministering to Jane and many others. What happened was so life changing, one can't exactly put it into words, at least I can't. Whenever things overwhelm me, I just want to hide away and get lost in a good book.

I will again be looking in from time to time to again be moved or delighted by your Journal Joni Parsley. You are a good person to use your gift for the Body of Christ.

Bonnie Lou .....

LaRetha commented...

03-09-2014 @ 2:36 PM

Hi miss Joni

I wanted to wish mother Parsley a very Happy Birthday. All her labor down through the years certainly paid off with the flourishing WCH. Wish is truly a blessing to God people as you say it" The best church family in the world!! Amen !!I I second that.

Love and prayers for you all
Sincerely LaRetha

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