Bye Bye Best Buy

In reading Sunday's ads for the upcoming Black Friday sales, I took note of one that has my husband and I saying, "Bye Bye Best Buy".

They have decided in their ad, to wish all a "Happy Eid al-Adha", which is an Islamic holiday, but yet they will not allow anything that says "Christmas" in their ads, or for their employees to say "Merry Christmas".
And WHAT happened to Thanksgiving? A holiday that was started by our forefathers who came here to worship God Almighty, and gave HIM thanks for the opportunity to do so in a new land - free from the iron hand of government dictating to them.

According to Wikipedia:
Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ‘Īdu l-’Aḍḥā) "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is a holiday celebrated by Muslims (including the Druze) worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God.

To SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT - Abraham fathered two sons - Ishamael, who is the father of the Arab(Muslim) world, and Isaac, who is the father of the Jews.
The Koran's teachings are FALSE when they say that Abraham offered up Ishmael in an act of obedience to the Lord. It was Isaac, who was the chosen son to which the Messiah would come through. It was Isaac, whom the Lord told Moses to sacrifice, and because of his obedience to the Lord, and His faithfulness, Isaac was spared.

Any company that shuns the Lord and His birth, but will allow their ads to give praise to Islam, no longer has my respect or another penny of our money!

Am I Politcally Correct? NOPE! Am I going to sit back quietly? NOPE!

Thanksgiving Blessings

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Oh how I love Thanksgiving Day - I grew up in a large family, and treasure the memories of all of us getting together to enjoy all the wonderful food my mother prepared for us.
My goal as a young girl, was to learn to cook "dressin" like my mother's; she had to make the best I'd ever eaten, and she would always call me into the kitchen to "taste test" the dressin before serving it. She knew it was perfect, but she also knew how much I loved doing that. Before she died, I did learn to make her dressin, and as I sit here, I can smell my onions and celery browing in butter and my mouth starts watering as I think about tasting that first bite in just a little bit!
We are having my oldest sister over; the others have their extended families to share the day with. I just would like one year, for the whole lot of us to get together again.
May the Lord grace you with his presence today, and remember to thank Him for all the blessings in your life..

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Janelle

New Dolls for the TDIPT Mercantile

Here are a couple of preview pics of the two Pilgrim Dolls I'll be putting on the TDIPT Mercantile for October 1. This is a set - they will not be sold seperately.

New Pilgrim Dolls for the Mercantile

Today I started working on two new Pilgrim dolls I'll be putting on the TDIPT Mercantile on October 1.
They are made from coffee stained muslin, and have needle sculpted noses; I've drawn their facial features free-hand with artists' pencils and did the detailing of their eyes with acrylics. Shading is done with brown eye shadow to give more definition to their faces. She has beautiful emerald green eyes and he has steel grey eyes.

They both have needle felted sheeps wool for hair - hers a warm chestnut brown, and his, grey with white tips. I've left him a bald spot on the top of his head. She wears a bonnet from stained muslin that rests atop her head.

I've ordered some wonderful fabric that I'm hoping will be here in a day or so to dress her in. I think he's going to be wearing a suit made of brown wool. We'll see.....sometimes what I picture in my head isn't what ends up on the doll - they seem to take on a life of their own!

I'm excited about how they are turning out thus far, and can't wait to finish them!

Be sure to check my website for other OoAK dolls, and take advantage of the FREE SHIPPING offer I have running through the end of September. Details are on the homepage of my website:

http://www.littlesistersdolls.com/

Thankfulness

Oh how I love the book of Psalms! The one I read today (Chapter 118) is a psalm of thanksgiving. I have little musical notes drawn in several places throughout these verses because they are reminders of certain songs, and it keeps the melody fresh in my mind.

The first place I noted was verse 1 - it says:"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever". That was a song done by a current Contemporary Christian artist named Chris Tomlin. It's a constant reminder that no matter what - God's love towards us is forever - without end.

Reading down, the next note is at verse 24 which says:" This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it". Sometimes it's hard to rejoice when we don't feel good, when people are ugly to us, when our finances are stretched, when we lose someone we love, when we have health issues - the endless list of things that I call "rocks in the road" that try to trip us up. If we stand up and face all those issues with the attitude of "I'm going to rejoice in the LORD to get me through this", He will make sure that He walks through the day with us. Think about the popular poem called "Footsteps".

"Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,
“You promised me Lord,that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”
The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”

No matter what life throws you today - carry an attitude of REJOICING in the LORD, and although it might not change the situation you're in, He sure will be right there with you and carry you through it.

Have a wonderful Friday!