God is Good!

So, I think it's pretty obvious that God definitely is good!  But usually we emphasize it when good things happen.  Well, the reason I haven't posted in a whole while is because I have been orientating at my new job.  Yes, I finally found another job with full time hours and really good pay.  It's a bit of a drive from where I live now, but once I move, if I actually do, it will be shaved down to a twenty minute drive. Plus, wherever I may move in TN, they have facilities everywhere, so I could easily transfer if ever necessary. It is another nursing facility but I will be working the skilled unit so, I'll be able to work my skills a little more.  Don't get me wrong, I love my little patients at the other facility.  And I'm not totally leaving them, but as I said in an earlier post, sometimes it's time to move on.  So, now that time has come.  I can't bite the hand that fed me so to speak.  I got IV certified at the other facility so it would be dirty to totally leave a week after they paid for that course for me.  I most likely won't be working much less than I do now there, because I'm a workaholic.  

Now, at this point I want to thank my two besties, Tricia and JL.  They sat in just as much anticipation as I did and prayed heavily for me though this, and it worked out wonderfully.   No one truly understands the power of prayer, until they do it.  In the few months that JL and I have been friends he has been a true inspiration.  He has taught me, whether he knows it or not, that I can be just as funny and silly without having a potty mouth.  I can flirt and have fun without everything turning sexual.  He and I finally met last week.  And although it was a brief encounter, and I'm still checking my car for bugs (joke, he's an Orkin man.), I enjoyed it.  It was very nice.  And even though I had preferred my kids not be with us the first time, they were.  And seemed to like him pretty well.  That for sure doesn't mean that's how it's always going to work because I'd like to get to know him better before the kids get tied in.  That includes his little punkin, even though he's only 5 months old.  I did it right once before.  And even though J and I both have moved on, he will always be a model and a reminder.  I will always model my future relationships with men from my relationship with him. The relationship itself may not have worked, but the method did. Of course, accommodating  for an obviously different personality.

The last couple of weeks have been absolutely amazing.  I inserted God back into my life, and have began to surround myself with like-minded Christians.  Anyone who has told you that God isn't real, or God doesn't answer prayer, please don't listen to them.  God does things in HIS time.  Not ours.  It took me so long to finally grasp that concept again.  I was so hard on myself and so down that I honestly couldn't see how God could pull me out.  But I learned that once I truly just let go and let God do His thing, things finally fell into place.  Sometimes when we feel like we are as weak as we could possibly be, we have to stop and think, as silly as it may seem, that maybe we are being too strong.  We can't do things on our own.  We can't face the world by ourselves.  That's why we have to "Let go and let God."  He knows what's best for us. 

If anyone reading this is in need of prayer please feel free to shoot me a message.  You don't have to tell me what you need prayer for but that you are in need.  I have a strong team of prayer warriors that would be happy to pray for you.  Good night and God Bless!  :)

Mixed Messages...Sheesh

Over the last 2 days I have gone into Susan G Komen-Planned Parenthood overload.  It's swelled on Facebook, the news, it's everywhere, you can't avoid it.  Today Nancy Brinkler backpeddaled a bit.  They said that they weren't withdrawing funding from Planned Parenthood.  What the heck does that mean? So are they stopping giving money for pretend mammograms and boob fondling or not.  It's that simple.  Either they're going to continue giving Planned Parenthood grants, or they're not.  So, basically my hesitance to support Komen was very much warranted.  I'm curious how hard it is to just come out and say yes, we quit funding them or now we didn't.  Planned Parenthood's mass hysteria they have caused could go either way.  Now one of two things happened.  Either Komen threatened to cut funding and PP basically smeared their name for even entertaining the idea. Or they did actually cut the funding and Planned Parenthood basically released a warning to their other donors that they better not even try.  Because by what I have heard there are other organizations that have either already or are considering pulling funding.  Planned Parenthood is a down right bully.

There are a lot of people throwing around the political aspect of all this and Komen's new very conservative pro-life vice president.  And are using that as an excuse to say that is what caused Komen's decision.  Well, I think I mentioned it in my last post but Planned Parenthood has many political ties as well.  I mentioned that Cecile Richards has Nancy Pelosi's full backing, due to her being Richards' former employer.  Again, I will continue to hold off on my full support for Susan G Komen until this mess is sorted out.

A Step In the Right Direction...Susan G Komen Cuts Ties With Planned Parenthood...For Now

I'm sure in the last 24 hours the news has spread that The Susan G Komen foundation has chosen to cut ties with Planned Parenthood. At least temporarily.  I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the federal investigation Planned Parenthood is under and I'd safely say SGK doesn't want to be dragged through the mud with PP. Now, as a pro-life individual, I'd naturally be jumping for joy right?  Well, cautiously.  The reason I say cautiously is because SGK hasn't said they don't still support PP, they have only stopped donations.  I personally would like to see SGK admit that PP spent their money on abortions.  All the breast cancer screening claims are exactly that.  The news stories that I have read have reported that not one single PP has a mammogram machine.  If I recall correctly, isn't that the test that acurately diagnoses breast cancer?  Smooshing around on your boobies isn't going to diagnose anything, plus you can do that yourself.  So, basically SGK was giving PP money for doctors to fondle your breasts only to, if they actually found something suspicious, refer you to a REAL doctor that would provide you with a mammogram.  Now, I'm far from a rocket scientist but I hardly think it takes one to figure out that, if someone is so poor that they can't afford to go anywhere but Planned Parenthood, doesn't that mean they most likely can't afford to go to the doctor they just referred them to for a mammogram?  OR could that possibly mean that there actually are clinics out there that provide medical care for low-income individuals? OMG what a concept! 

This is only one topic I have touched on with that vile corporation.  Yes, I referred to them as a corporation.  They are far from any kind of non-profit organization I have ever seen..People have wanted to sling mud over the course of the last day.  Bringing up the higher ups salaries at SGK, and yes, some of them are a bit ridiculous.  Well, hello kettle, but your Butcher in Chief, Cecile Richards' salary goes way above $300,000 per year.  If she cared so much about women, why is she accepting such a big salary?  Why isn't she letting this money go back to those needy women she claims her company helps?  OH by the way, she used to work for Princess Nancy Pelosi.  Kinda tells you what kind of person she actually is. It's also funny that no matter where I look I can't figure out what kind of degree she has, only that she graduated from Brown University.  I figure it's safe to say that her degree is probably has something to do with politics.

In conclusion, I stand with Susan G Komen temporarily.  I will wait and see how all this pans out.  I'm not planning to organize any walks or planning any kind of donations at this time just yet. Although, I still wish Susan G Komen will see what kind of crappy company PP actually is, their money isn't being funneled to PP for abortions. And right now, I'm satisfied with just that.