The Shenanigans of Sherry

Last night, as dinner time rolled around, I stood with the door to my refrigerator wide open looking at the empty shelves, wondering what on earth I was going to pull out of the hat to make a meal with.  Then, I remembered something a friend of mine once told me.  She lives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and she has the most amazing thing going on in her life, grocery delivery!  I thought to myself, if only I had this service I would never have to look at another empty refrigerator again.  I could do a meal plan for the week, call it in, and voila!  Dinner is served.  No more forgetting to stop for milk, or being too busy to stand in line at the meat counter.  Wow, how nice would life be then? If only I had this wonderful service available to me here in Podunkville. I decided to share this revelation with my youngest son, who is almost sixteen. I knew he would be just as amazed as I am that first, such a thing exists, and second, that it doesn't exist here...

I am constantly going through life on the look out for great sermon and ministry illustrations to use in youth group or on Sunday mornings.  It must be similar to those who cross stitch and find themselves counting everything. Its just wired in my brain somehow.  Anyway.... On the center of my dining room table sits a large hurricane (which I found for a steal at TJ Maxx), and I fill it with random things depending on the time of the year.  Right now it holds dried white beans and a large sienna colored pillar candle.  Walking past it one day, all of a sudden an illustration blinks on in my brain and I got the bright idea to pull out these beans, take them to youth group and have the kids plant them.  We were starting a series called "Getting Rooted".  So, hey, this is going to be GREAT!  What a brilliant idea!!  Sherry, you have truly outdone yourself!  The youth can tend to the roots of these new little plants while learning about their o...

As the evening of Thursday April 28, 2011 rolled around, I looked at my husband Mike, who had already tucked himself into bed, and said " I just cannot get my head around the fact, that tomorrow we are taking a group of hoot'en, holler'en teens to Acquire the Fire"  He replied without moving a muscle under his covers..."me either". I am going to be real, and say, it was probably one of the last things on my "Things I Want To Do" list.  Sorry Amp!. Although I love you guys crazy, I just wasn't feeling it.  BUT GOD!  He shows up in spite of our feelings, and emotions, our wants or our selfishness, and He gave me the strength to go. I knew something was going to happen on the weekend that the enemy was trying to stop, when our transportation for the trip was being sabotaged.  The fifteen passenger van we were going to take was broke down and we were looking at putting together a plan B.  That plan included my car, Mike's truck, and the truc...