Emerald Valley Prayers

Prayers for our Nation and World

2009-02-09T11:25:00.000-08:00

Dear God, I pray that you will bring about a sense of Peace in the house and the senate. I pray you will cover the minds of all involved and give them peace in following the presidents lead. I pray that you will give Obama great wisdom and insight into our countries needs and that the decision making will be swift and the positive results will be many and bring great hope throughout the world. I pray that the president will continue to turn to you dear sweet God of Love.. Help him to trust in, confide in and submit to you. I love you God! I also pray that you will guide me into ways of using my talents to glorify you and God I pray that the blessings will flow to a place of over flowing so that I can bless others. I pray that you will provide for my family and bring about prosperity and good health. I pray that my husband will find work that he enjoys deeply. Healthy work and peace. I pray that I will be able to love him and forgive him completely and deeply.. Love Shell also I want to pray your protection over my children and my family. I pray that wisdom will spread along with patience and Love! And good health!! Love Shell

January 26th 2009 Devotions.. Exodus and Acts

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Amazing Grace video in Cherokee

2008-12-15T20:26:00.000-08:00

Reflections on the letter written for the free home

2008-11-21T13:15:00.000-08:00

I wrote somethings that were on my heart this morning, affirmations of what God's word says about his people. That we are wonderfully and fearfully made, that he has adopted us as sons and daughters into his kingdom. That He is love. That in Him we are one. When I posted it on the site to win the Veneta home.. it sounded conceited and I felt sad. The other sad part was the double posting. I reflected on my positives which is a rare thing. I so desperately struggle to beat the deep depression that threatens to swallow me up. I so desperately want a home that my husband can come to once he is well. I want a place to build on the ambitions hopes, plans and visions that God has given me. I am a visionary with a very inventive mind. I need a solid home base and workshop to flourish. All of my visions are about establishing resources and events that will help our community and world. I want to open my home to those in need. I want to succeed and give back to the world meaningful things. I want to be generous from my fruitfulness. The hope has been greatly lacking until last night when I heard about the house on the news. I had just been talking to my mom about Veneta being a place to consider for a home should she move. Financially a miracle would be the only way I could own a home.. but then again I believe in miracles so I invested the $19.95. I have been praying for a miracle but I cant say that my needs are greater than anyone elses. I feel blessed even though my needs are great and my challenges are many! I don't care to list or dwell on them because my potential is so much greater than my circumstances. Blessings to all of you! Love Shell

2008-11-21T13:13:00.000-08:00

Can't Sell house, I'm giving it away on Digg

2008-11-21T11:49:00.001-08:00

Faced with a sluggish economy and waiting 11 months or more to sell the house, I am giving the house away via Digg. People tell us why they should deserve the house, and let people on Digg vote to see who is the most eligible.

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Misty Meadows Homestead

2008-11-04T07:23:00.000-08:00

By the time I was 9 I had attended over six schools and moved over 10 times. My parents had been in love but through the brokenness of their pasts they managed to tear one another apart.. Separations, reunions, separate homes.. nights together.. country rides.. explorations for the dream home.. searching and dreaming.. times when my mother, father and me were happy to be. Then one new years day we drove along a winding road out past a lake and a round barn.. and saw it there... lonesome and longing for us.. empty and alone by the roadside. Two window eyes looking out for us upstairs.. The soul of the house reaching out to have a family again to make it whole. It was a foggy gray day and the meadows were misty. I believe that a deer lay dead below the apple trees. It looked as though a transient had made a nest in the hay on the porch.. His sleeping bag still lay there. The windows were boarded up.. the house sat crooked on its four boulder foundation. It was a historic house.. one of the first built in the valley. The year 1904.. Oh that I could visit back to the days in the beginning when all was new.. A doctors office I believe.. and now it had the potential to heal my broken family. There was hope planted in our hearts.. It was the home with acreage and a creek and apple trees.. A place away from the constrictions of an interwoven life with in laws.. A place to start a new.. A little trailer in front said "For sale Misty Meadows" There were 30 acres total and a river lay along the base below the mountains of fir and lamb creek ran along the side... It didn't matter that the house was rickety.. My dad was wired to be a woodworker and he could handle that.. and all I could see were horses in the fields and me being able to ride... Oh.. the dream come true.. We explored then headed home.. fragmented and cold in the emerald valley of death. My gerbil had died. My turtle was lost.. "Call them dad, Call them~ See how much that place is.. " "We don't have a job or money".." so call anyway... you don't want an old broken down place.. oh dad cant you see the potential... call them dad.. call." and call he did. 30 acres for 30,000 or 10 for $10,000... $500 down.. Wow! can you imagine..!! 1973? Was it..

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Retired firefighter is losing his home in 4 days

2008-10-10T21:34:00.000-07:00

How can it be Lord.. that a man who gives his life to save others can be losing his home? Why Lord are the ones, who encourage the refinancing, winning, while my step dad stammers about trying to sell his car so he can afford a storage unit or an apartment to get his things out in time. Why must people lose their homes? Why must a man who poked his finger with a contaminated needle while doing his job get Hepatitis c and lose his liver.. why must he suffer monthly blood transfusions as a homeless man.. He gave his life saving people from fires and horrible wrecks.. why can't someone save him right now?? I have tried all week to sell his car.. not one bite that took... why God? Why have I not been successful in helping him..? why will no one buy his car so he can move his things before they lock the doors to his home and chain the gates to the property where the deer run.. Why God? God could you come in and humble my step dad.. could you get him on his knees for you Lord.. could you help him to realize that you are all he really needs.. Life isn't just about material things.. I know Lord that you will help those who humble themselves and call on You.. God may we all turn to you and be lifted up.. I love you God and I pray that you will bless us all as we turn to you!! I love you God!! Love Shell