If God is for you....

Whether you believe it or not, everyone has at least one hater! Do I even have to mention the name?!? The enemy will constantly use people, things, and situations to keep us from receiving the blessings that God has for us. But the good news is...only we can get in the way of our blessings. AND the enemy can only do what God allows him to do. There are many ways in which the enemy will try to kill, steal, and destroy. Fortunately, what he uses for our destruction, God will use to build us up. I have learned that not everyone who smiles in my face is my friend. There are some who will dislike me simply because they can. Some will dislike me because of my love for God. There are people who will hate me and want me to fail for no apparent reason at all. Although I may never realize who those people are, or be aware of the mental and emotional harm they mean to cause me, they are still out there. Which is why I'm so glad that 1 John 4:4 says..."greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world." God can see what I cannot see and that fact gives me great comfort! If God is for me, anyone who chooses to be against me will NOT prevail.

In short...make sure you're playing for the right team because one side is guaranteed victory, and the other side will be defeated!

Just Have To...

Okay...Let me first start by saying I have never been in any way, shape, or form a fan of ANYTHING vampire. It's just not me! Or rather, it just wasn't me. But whenever there's a so-called phenomenon, my interest is usually peaked and I (being the nosey person that I am) just have to see what all the fuss is about. This Twilight Saga left me pretty much speechless and (like everyone else who has read) wanting more. Because of the author, Stephanie Meyer, I've found myself wanting to do nothing else but read. Oh, I finished the four big hefty books in like a week, but now I'm just wanting something, ANYTHING good to read. However, since I have finished the Twilight Saga nothing else I pick up seems to capture my attention and suck me in quite the same way. Still, I'm determined to find some great reads! Now that I live at the beach, I'm pretty sure that a good book (beach side) will be my favorite pastime. I also want to point out that the Twilight movie doesn't come close to doing the book justice. So I think it's safe to assume (although the movie trailer for New Moon, in theaters 11-20-09, looks very enticing)that none of the movies will measure up. If you're a true reader this will not surprise you because 99 percent of the time, the books are better than the movies. I'm so glad I fell victim to these books...they're the best fiction books I have ever read. So of course I strongly recommend them to everyone (although they are geared to a younger audience). I have yet to meet someone who has read the books and didn't like them. Now the only thing left for me to do is wait in full anticipation for the movies to come out...AND I also need to say...My name is Ebony Alexander and I am a Twilight addict! *smile*

Church Hoppin...

I know God didn't bring me this far to leave me, so I'm hopeful that I will eventually find a new church home. It doesn't seem possible for me to find a church that is just as good as Friendship Baptist Church in Johnson City, TN but I know all things are possible with God. I will remain faithful that I soon will find a church that suits me and my family perfectly. I must say that it has been very interesting to visits different churches to see how they operate. And my discernment tells me that not every church that I have visited was being led by God. Nevertheless, I have been to a couple of good ones that I liked. Yet still, I will continue to search and church hop until God leads me to where I'm suppose to be.

~Crazy Summer Fun~

I have had one heck of a summer so far!! It's been very eventful, to say the least. I've went to the beach and had a blast on numerous occasions, I've went bowling, me and my fam set off enough fireworks to get us put under the jail, and my latest adventure was deep sea fishing, which I absolutely loved!! It was scary, dangerous, exciting and fun all balled up into one. Oh, let me not forget exhausting! Reeling those humongous fish in was difficult for a physically weak gal like me. I'm proud to say that I caught the biggest fish of the day...a 14lb king mackerel. I wasn't strong enough to reel him all the way in and needed a little help from the deck man, but I caught him on my first try of putting the line in (the hook never even reach the bottom). In total I caught 49lbs of fish and the rest of my group caught 48lbs which gave us 87lbs in total. Do I need to tell you that we're having a fish fry?!? I thank God for the Dramamine that saved me from sea sickness. Our boat went 15 miles off the coast of Pensacola, FL, which took 2 hours on a charter boat. We spent 4 hours fishing and close to 4 just riding. The successful fishing definitely made up for the draining and time-consuming ride out. It was an experience I will remember forever! Deep sea fishing is a VERY nice thing to add to my resume of life and I hope to go again real soon.