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On Thursday, June 14, Peggy Dawson, as "Maybell Jerkwater", will entertain and keep you laughing until your sides hurt! Raised in church all her life, she never recalls anyone telling her about the salvation message until she was a young adult. Taking care of her mother with Alzheimer's finally led her to a deep relationship with Jesus Christ. She later led her unsaved husband to the Lord. God uses her character, Maybell, to touch hearts with the gift of laughter, bringing down their defenses and touching them in a very special way. Peggy Dawson is from south central Pennsylvania and performs over 200 times a year. This is her first performance in the Elkton area! Don't miss it!
What others are saying...
Maybell Jerkwater (aka Peggy Dawson) of Bowlegs, Oklahoma., puts on a show for a standing-room-only crowd. Using an exaggerated southern accent and high-pitched voice, she teases the audience with hilarious stories”
- Waynesboro Record Herald, Waynesboro, PA
“The audience was captivated by Maybell Jerkwater and the Kitchen Band
Hands down, your performance was excellent.”
- Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD
“A thoroughly entertaining program was presented for us. If laughter is good for us
we got a good dose of healthy medicine from Maybell's routine.”
- National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
http://www.dawsonperformance.com/Files/Entertainment.htm
Something Pastor said this morning led my into a winding deep thought right in the middle of service. I found myself tuning out temporarily as I pondered this new train of thought. I was so intrigued by where my meanderings where taking me that I pulled out my little Bible notebook and started taking notes, not on what Pastor was saying, but rather on my winding thought process.
Pastor was talking about the Holy Spirit/Ghost/Guest and likened God's omnipresent nature to air. That was the single comment that set me off on my deep thoughts...
Perhaps God's presence, His ability to be everywhere all at once (in Elkton AND Edinburgh) is due to fact that God is the air.
Wouldn't that just be like Him, to reside within our every breath. Without each breath we would die. Without air we can't move, stand, swim, etc. Air creates boundaries for our world. It keeps this world in balance and offers us structure and sustenance.
Isn't that what God does? He is everywhere all at once. Air is everywhere all at once.
Think about this... "...The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." [Gen. 2:7]
"...But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters." [Ex. 15:10]
"...The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils." [2 Sam. 22:16]
"...In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind." [Job 12:10]
"...The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life." [Job 33:4]
'...And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." [John 20:22]
All of these references deal with breathing or a breath. And what do we breathe? What is a breath? Air, of course! God can blow His breath and divide seas. We receive the Holy "Guest" by His breath. I don't believe that it is a stretch to think that all the air we breathe is the breath of God.
Hmmm...
This is just one of a few "random deep thoughts" I had this morning. (That's what my wonderful husband called them when I tried them out on him over a slice of Hawaiian pizza this afternoon.) I love when thoughts like this creep into my mind, because it's like I knew this all along, but then suddenly it materializes from my subconscious spirit to my conscious mind. So cool.
What are your random deep thoughts? What great, simple revelations have you had lately?
God is good.
We are good, because He is good.
Last summer Scott gave me an old issue of Guideposts that he had found at the church. On the cover was Alton Brown. He knew how much I enjoy watching Alton's shows and thought I would enjoy the article in the Guideposts. But as is usually the case, it got stacked together with other magazines and catalogs and completely forgotten. I pulled it out today as I was cleaning out the magazine basket and thought it was high time I read this article so I could put it in my "read" basket. It was pretty good. Nothing I hadn't already heard him talk about until I got to the last two paragraphs of the story. It totally caught me off guard. He had been discussing his "new" Food Network special, Feasting on Asphalt." (A fun show last summer!)
"I told you this has also been a spiritual journey for me. I'm always talking about the physics of cooking, but I'm also into the metaphysics of it. A good meal should offer both physical and spiritual nourishment. That's why I believe the Last Supper is at the heart of Christianity, perhaps its central moment. When Christ broke bread with his disciples and reminded them to do it in remembrance of him, he was showing them the way to both earthly and heavenly sustenance. The simplest moment can be the most profound. Christ unites with his disciples through food that is both sacred and real.
In the end, all journeys are spiritual. So go off the main road. Be givers of hospitality and gracious takers of it too. Accept the serendipitous moments of life because, when all is said and done, you may find that they were not serendipitous at all. And know that faith is real as bread broken among friends. What you believe will take you far on your journey. If you search carefully, you'll find good food all along the way."
[Alton Brown, Guideposts, August 2006, pp. 32)
It was refreshing to hear him talk about Christ and the Last Supper as it applies to life. It my circle of friends, Christ is our daily lives. We talk about what He has done for us and make spiritual connections to life all the time. What is most refreshing is to hear an entertainer and celebrity talk about it.
This post is a little different than I normally do, but I thought it would be fun to spice things up a little. I came across this great website a couple weeks ago and have absolutely fallen in love with it. 
It's SeeJaneWork.com. It is like Staples for girls. It has the cutest office supplies. If you have to work in an office or just have a home office; this is a great way to liven up your workspace. Add punches of color and pattern everywhere. Make your space happy. (Now I must admit, I have a weakness for office supplies. I get a rush going into Staples. Watch out! I just love to be organized, or at least have an organized mess. :) There's just something about everything having its place.)
I just ordered the Vintage Wire Letter Holder for the island in my kitchen along with the red coral file folders. Hopefully this will help to corral the mess that is the mail and paper pile in my kitchen.
So anyway, I just had to share this cute site with you. I hope you like it too! And of course, if you order anything, you have to tell the rest of us what you got!
If you have favorite sites that you like to browse or shop with, do tell! We'd love to hear about it. Just leave a comment below.
Oh my dear friends!
It has been a while since I have posted and I apologize for that. Life can get so busy. I came across this tonight and my spirit lept within me with excitement. God is so very, very good. I feel like screaming it out my window. (I won't though. It's almost 1030pm. Ha!)
Click here to hear the amazing story of Sapphire.
I love how the mother goes on and on about the faithfulness of God; on Good Morning America, no less!!! I love it. I know you will too!
