Jackie's Journey "Gratefully Disillusioned!"

Since my mother’s passing in June, I, along with my three sisters, have had the privilege of walking through her thoughts, getting her Estate in order.  I am finding a wealth of information about her “seasoned” heart and my heart has responded to the love expressed in her times of trial, rejection and failure!

 C. S. Lewis once defined history as “the long terrible story of man trying to find happiness apart from God”.  The secret of a satisfied heart is NOT the pursuit of satisfaction or happiness…they are the by-products.  Discovering God, HIS path of obedience and HIS love in actual practice is the basis of genuine growth, absolute gratefulness and joy in life.

 Discouragement often accompanies times of trial, rejection and failure. “For you have tried us, O God; you have refined us as silver is refined.  You brought us into the net; you laid an oppressive burden on us, you made men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water, yet YOU brought us out into a place of abundance.” Psa. 66:10-12

 I am reminded of the way God works to bring new release,

greater fulfillment, abundance and growth.  It is usually wrapped in the package of truth…

The more desperate the trial, the greater the growth!

 A while back, my life was completely disillusioned by a person very close to me that had always demonstrated loyalty and trust.  My attention was instantly drawn to the distress and directness of the accusations against me. I felt that “ person riding over my head”! 

 I kept hearing the words…God is not interested in helping us maintain 

a sense of worth  independent of HIM.

 I accepted temporarily an “oppressive burden” and knew the “fire and water” was surely inevitable. God “arranges” circumstances…(even, and especially in our failures), to break through our resistance until we honestly acknowledge and accept our need for HIM alone! Every other love, than God’s, is limited by some degree of distance, hesitation or distrust.

 I was then, and am still now, daily challenged to focus on how HE sees me and the treasure chest of truths on what delights HIS heart and NOT on the disillusionments and disappointments of life.  

Greater growth…greater trial.

 Trials come to help me reach my chosen goal, even though it sometimes frustrates my surface desires…therefore, I’m going on record to say…I welcome it!  Tribulation is God’s fastest road to patience, character, hope, confidence, genuine love…etc.!  In these days of confusion, riots and unrest, I continue to rest in a simple quiet purpose of heart…asking God for a celebration in the form of exuberance! (Antselvania)

 God continues to answer my prayer…I am not too old to serve, too seasoned to teach, too stubborn to learn, too weak to lead, too confounded to be productive…etc.  

 I am in perfect position for growth!!

 Will you grow with me?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Are You a Traumatized Citizen?"

I’ve been thinking about what it means to be an American citizen.  Just the title screams privilege and responsibility.  I was born an American citizen.  With it came all the parts that make this country so great.  To experience the privilege, its integrity must be preserved.  I have certain unalienable rights that come wrapped in responsibility. I have lived in a third world country and believe me, when I say, I am an American through and through, with pride of ownership!

  There is a description of another citizenship that I am a part of, that also, comes with privilege and responsibility.   I guess you could say I have dual-citizenship, like my daughter, Kim, who was born in Panama.  I was reading the responsibilities of that citizenship and those who “will live in the tent of the Lord” and “live on His holy hill”!  

 I’m no slacker, but this list in (Psalm 15 and Psalm 24:3-5) was an eye-opener, because it came with such promise!  The person who:

1.     Walks in integrity

2.     Works righteousness

3.     Speaks truth in his heart

4.     Does not slander with his tongue

5.     Does not do evil to his neighbor

6.     Does not take up a reproach against his friend

7.     Honors those who fear the Lord

8.     Swears to his own hurt and does not change

9.     Does not put out his money at interest

10.  Does not take a bribe against the innocent

 The promise for obedience is that

“he who does these things will NEVER be shaken!

 Sounds good to me!  In these days of world turmoil, we don’t need an earthquake to be shaken. There’s certainly enough going on around us, in just the unknowns, “to keep the pot stirred”!  

 This is a promise, given with love, provision and conditions…

I’m, earnestly, taking it seriously…

 How about you?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Living an Illusion?"

‘Take My yoke upon you and learn of me…!” Matt. 11:29

How would you describe your Christian walk?  Up and down, peaks and valleys?  Good days and bad days?   Would you characterize your spiritual life as vibrant and free or continually battling your self-life (your personal rights, depression, unresolved relationships, entitlement…)?                                        

 Are you living a “Christian” illusion?

 If you want to learn of me, put your head in the yoke!

 What?!  No way!  Who does that?

 WHY… I’D HAVE TO GIVE UP MY FREEDOM AND SUBMIT

TO THE OTHER PERSON IN THE YOKE!  

 ARE YOU CRAZY???

 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and

I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn

from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you

will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and

my burden light”!  Matt. 11:28-30

The Church will instruct us

The Bible will inform us

Prayer will empower and direct us.

But only…The Yoke will teach us how to live

 and respond “in the Spirit” to life situations

on a continual basis.

 Ezekiel 37:1-6 is a lesson on a “valley of dry bones”.  What does that have to do with my spiritual walk, you ask?  Lots!  Spiritual deadness is a permeating and engulfing phenomenon in our culture, churches, relationships, homes and hearts.  It sort of swallows us up like a tsunami!  Biblical Christianity is defined by our consistent attitudes in life practice.

 We carry seeds of decay through disobedience and rebellion toward God (i.e. anger, jealousy, self-love…).  We have adopted patterns through wrong influences and teachings (friends, music, ungodly worldviews, Hollywood, social media...).  Maybe we have been a believer, since we cannot remember, BUT there are places where we really do NOT know our own need.  Our life has become an illusion of biblical Christianity.  There is a measure of self-confidence and pride built on our bones…

 God says, “I will make breath enter you and you will come to life”.  God works out of Death!   Death to self!  His desire is to breathe life into our dead bones, moment by moment.     No illusion here…

 An illusion is a lie; it is not real.  Disillusionment with our daily walk is a gift of God… a challenge to enter into the yoke with Him and His rest... learning from His gentle and humble heart.

 There are two yokes:

                                1) The yoke with Christ and righteous purposes

 2) The yoke with Satan and his kill, steal and destroy 

 purposes Jn.10: 10

We choose who is in the yoke with us with every choice we make!

 My husband asked me if every choice I make is a spiritual one?  For the life of me, I could not think of a single one that is not!  Can you think of one that is not a deliberate choosing of one kingdom or the other?  

 By taking Christ’s yoke upon us, we yield our right to do as we please, and we learn the wishes and commands of Christ our leader.

 God is not nearly concerned with what we are going through as He is with our response to what we go through.  His chief concern is that our attitude becomes consistent with His Son.  The question is:  

Who do you choose to be in the yoke with you today?  

 There are only two choices!  

 Choose wisely, young mothers, little ones are

watching and stepping into the same yoke with you!

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free:

therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again

to a yoke of slavery (law/sin).”   Galatians 5: 1

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"

God designed fear for our benefit.  Its designed purpose is to keep us from harm.  It is a warning system that we are about to try something that is beyond our known ability.  Our civilization would not be able to survive without fear.

 How do you view fear?  As a friend?

How much control does fear have over your life?

 Like everything good that was created for us to use and enjoy, fear was perverted at the fall of Adam, along with everything else.  “God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of Power, Love and Discipline!” II Tim. 1: 7   In its perversion, fear is used by Satan to control.  Fear of what people may think, fear to share our faith, fear of rejection, fear of old age, fear of the unknown, fear of the devil…all are responses to this control.  Fear eventually becomes a wall that leads to indifference. We become insensitive to its influence.  Parents use threats and fear to discipline their children into obedience.  Fear of rejection leads young people into bad social behavior (drugs, sex, pornography, alcohol…).  

 Fear has made a mockery of us!  It has left us in the prison of our imagination…the “what ifs” and “I give up” of life.  Rebellion and suicides are rampant in our society.  Anger is a common response to life’s situations.  We see it everywhere…in our homes, relationships, while driving…you know… there is always the angry person who attempts to control the crowd through fear. This ongoing virus is a good example of how fear is used to control the crowd…

 People fear responsibility.  My paratrooper husband tells me that the first step of training a soldier is knowledge of the enemy he has to overcome.  For our purposes, the question is:

 How do we learn to take control and use the enemy (Satan) for God’s glory?

(Satan’s only purpose is to exalt God!)

 Our job is to understand that everything in creation was intended for the purpose of using our hopes, dreams, talents, futures and abilities to extol God.  Any temptation to do otherwise, for whatever reason will end in defeat.  Satan, the created being, is no exception to this rule!  

 We are to fear two things ONLY…God and the consequence of sin. 

 Who we fear, will control us!

 Who controls you?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Lockdown Lesson!"

I don’t know about you, but I am having a very profitable journey during these months of slowing my pace and listening more fervently.  I have had the opportunity to read a few books that I have wanted to pull off the shelf for years!  Time seems to turn to liquid when I am not scheduled by the hour.  I do miss the personal contact with others, but He has pulled me under his wing and decided I would listen and learn better “locked-down”. 

 A few observations…I have never realized that the angels are listening to the words I speak.  Acts 7: 53 says that the law was given by disposition of the angels.  “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation.”  Hebrews 1: 13, 14  If I am an heir of salvation then they are here to minister for me!  Angels are our “fellow servants, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book.” Rev. 22: 8,9 

 Angels are listening to what I say, because what I say has a tremendous effect on what they do!  

 If you give voice (pray) to that word of promise, prayer for the lost or a God-given command, the angels are listening to what you say and they will hearken to your voice. This, of course, is conditional…if you are in total agreement with God and His will, then the angel’s assignment is to make sure that what you are saying from His Word is completed.       

 KEY:   When we Pray – we are seeking an answer; we do not need to rehearse the problem!  

Praying for the salvation of other’s is always in God’s will!

 “So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth:

it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish

that which I please and it will prosper the thing where I sent it.” 

 Isa. 55:11

 Why we should pray biblically?

It’s important because:

 GOD’S DESIRE WILL LEAD TO OUR PURPOSE.

HIS PURPOSE WILL LEAD US TO HIS WILL.

HIS WILL LEAD US TO HIS WISDOM.

HIS WISDOM WILL LEAD US INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS ABUNDANT SUPPLY AND PROTECTION.

HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT AND KEEP US FROM THE DEPTH OF SIN AND RUINATION.

HIS SPIRIT WILL PRODUCE ALL OF THIS IN US AND ENABLE US TO PLEASE HIM.

 WHATEVER WE SOW…WE REAP!

LISTEN, MOM’S…PRAYING BIBLICALLY IS SOWING GOD’S PURPOSE 

INTO WHAT THE 

NEXT GENERATION WILL REAP! 

I! PETER 1: 3

BUT, YOU ASK…WHY DOES IT SEEM PRAYER IS SELDOM ANSWERED?

 WE WANT GOD TO CHANGE HIS DESIRES AND BLESS OURS!

WE WANT GOD TO CONSIDER OUR PURPOSE AND MAKE IT WORK!

WE WANT GOD TO BLESS OUR WILL!

WE WANT GOD TO USE OUR WORLDLY WISDOM!

WE WANT GOD TO GIVE UP HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR OUR SELFISHNESS!

 GOD REQUIRES AN INITIAL DENIAL OF SELF, DEATH DAILY TO SELFISH DESIRES AND A DETERMINATION TO FOLLOW THE INVISIBLE GOD. LUKE 9:23

 IF THIS IS NOT OUR DAILY PRACTICE 

THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO PRAY 

FOR OUR DESIRES, WANTS AND LONGINGS.

 IT IS GOD’S RIGHT TO RULE OVER HIS PEOPLE AND HIS UNIVERSE!

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "The Trials of Covid-19!"

Just the word “trial” is troublesome and challenging! When I think of the difficulties, sufferings, distresses, worries, anxieties that we are experiencing as a nation, in our homes, on the streets and globally, I am reminded that “afflictions are but the shadow of God’s wings.” George MacDonald “  God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.” Peter Marshall

Why God Allows Trials? (to create a greater purpose for the benefit of others.)  Daniel of the Old Testament yielded what he could not change, to be free to be used in a dynamic way:

·      Saw his family killed in Jerusalem

·      Taken captive

·      Became a eunuch

·      Submitted his pain to God

Result:  He influenced two worldwide Empires!

 Responding to Trials:

 We benefit from them or we react to them and “lock down” emotionally with:

·      Impatience

·      Fretfulness

·      Why me? Attitudes

·      Complaining

·      Rebelliouness

·       Bitterness

 We benefit if we learn to respond to trials with:

 ACCEPTANCE WITH JOY

AND THANKSGIVING = GROWTH/MATURITY

 There are Three basic Biblical Principles regarding Trials:

Ø  Trials are common; no one escapes unscathed 1 Cor. 10:13

Ø  Trials will pass I Peter 1: 6

Ø  Trials are lessons NOT to be wasted!  James 1:4 (Let endurance come to accomplish His greater purpose) Remember the biblical account of Joseph, the treasurer of Egypt?

 The Purpose of Trials

§  The pressure of trials produces faith 

§  The pressure of trials produces patience 

§  The pressure of trials produces maturity

§  The pressure of Trials produces wisdom

 How can Trials be faced with JOY?

1.     We trust God’s sovereign plan.  Rom. 8:28

2.      We know God will never give a trial too big. 1 Cor. 10:13 God carries us       with His grace.

3.     We anticipate the Eternal benefit.  Rom. 8:18; 11 Cor. 4:17

4.     We know the Holy Spirit will help us. Rom. 8: 26 The Holy Spirit will comfort and carry us.

5.     We know testing will produce Godly qualities.  Job 23:10

 How are you dealing with the trials in your life?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Covid-19...Listen to the Heros!"

My husband was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne.   He doesn’t see heights. In the many jumps he made while in the Army, there was always the moment where he made the choice to walk through the door of fear and…jump!  I am no stranger to fear and the Covid-19 pandemic initially called to mind the fact that “I am no stranger to fear”.

 “Today many people are living in the bondage of fear.  In a recent study, a psychiatrist said that the greatest problems facing his patients was fear.  Afraid of Alzheimer’s, dementia, committing suicide, being alone, or afraid of heart disease, cancer, disaster, plague or death.  We are becoming a nation of fearful people.  Down through the centuries in times of trouble, temptation, trial, bereavement and crisis, God has brought courage to the hearts of those who love Him.  The Bible is crowded with assurances of God’s help and comfort in every kind of trouble which might cause fears to arise in the human heart.  Today the Christian can come to the Scriptures with full assurance that God is going to deliver the person who puts his trust and confidence in God.  Christians can look into the future with promise, hope and joy, and without fear, discouragement or despondency.”  Billy Graham

 I am not unfamiliar with fear.  However, God has faithfully proved Himself to me over and over, and my trust in His will for my life supersedes and replaces my fear with faith.  Early on in my Christian life I was forced to walk through the door of fear repeatedly, only to see it dissipate!  The statement that “God’s sovereignty and His control is either true or it’s not true.  If it’s not true, we’d better forget about God.  But if it is true and we accept God’s revelation of Himself, our faith enables us to enjoy and rest in the certainty of His providence”. Paul Little

 God’s plan and divine purpose is always wrapped in our acknowledging His walking with us through whatever it is we are facing.  He’s got it wired and it is for our best.  “This is sane, wholesome, practical, working faith: first, that it is a person’s business to do the will of God; second, that God takes on Himself the special care of that person; and third, therefore that person ought never to be afraid of anything.” George MacDonald

 We are living in a world in which God has the last word…

 “Do not fear, for I am with you; 

Do not anxiously look about you for I am your God. 

 I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,

 Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41: 10

“Strength and Dignity are her clothing,

And she has no fear of the future.”

Proverbs 31: 25

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Forgotten Father's!"

Meet my wonderful Father…Never to be Forgotten!

“It was Grandfather’s birthday.  He was 79.  He got up early, showered, combed his hair and put on his Sunday best so he would look nice when they came.

 He skipped his daily walk to the town café where he had coffee with his cronies.  He wanted to be home when they came.

 He put his porch chair on the sidewalk so he could get a better view of the street when they drove up to help celebrate his birthday.

 At noon he got tired but decided to forgo his nap so he could be there when they came.  Most of the rest of the afternoon he spent near the telephone so he could answer it when they called.

 His has five married children, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  One son and daughter live within 10 miles of his place.  They hadn’t visited him for a long time.  But today was his birthday and they were sure to come.

 At suppertime he left the cake untouched so they could cut it and have dessert with him.

 After supper he sat on the porch waiting.

 At 8:30 he went to his room to prepare for bed.  Before retiring he left a note on the door, which read, “Be sure to wake me up when you come.”

 It was Grandfather’s birthday.  He was 79.”

 This fell out of my Dad’s bible when I picked it up to read while visiting my Mom.  My Mother had read it in Ann Lander’s daily advice column many years ago.  It so touched my heart for lonely and forgotten father’s and grandfather’s that I decided to share it with you.

 Yesterday was Father’s Day…did you remember to celebrate your father and grandfather?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "The Unpretentious Teapot!"

“Even a small star shines brightly in the dark!”

 For a multitude of years, sixty or more, I observed this small dark black porcelain teapot with tiny violets that rested on a shelf in my mother’s kitchen.  It was certainly from another time period and had been carefully used, over and over again, but not by my mother.  Mother didn’t drink tea…only coffee.  So, what was that teapot doing in Mom’s kitchen?  It did not look fragile, but had obviously been someone’s friend for many seasons. When my mother moved, over the years, the teapot always found a visible place in her new home.  

 What was it about that uninviting, black teapot that was so special?  The gold embellishment below the lid had faded.   It looked almost out of place sitting next to the bouquet of violets splashed onto sparkling white plates that had been imported from England. Coupled with the crystal goblets and silver place settings that Mom was using now, it looked out of place.  But…there it sat…year after year…like the rhythm of time…all alone, in plain view. 

My maternal Grandmother Olivia’s Teapot

 In contrast, my mother’s oldest daughter, after returning from the mission field, loved delicate English floral teapots, collar boxes, portrait plates…I collected them, with teacups and saucers!  They could be found in every room of the house!  Many carried a memory of a person, place or time in my life.  

 Why had I never asked about that one solitary very old teapot 

that was cherished by my mother??  Why did she only have one?

 One afternoon this shy teapot became a source of conversation.  Mom had purchased a new beautiful English teapot for me and amidst my profuse expression of gratefulness, I remembered the abandoned black teapot and I finally asked where it had come from.  

 She began by telling me how beautiful that teapot was!

 My mother was raised in rural Missouri during the Depression of 1929.  There were five little siblings and they all worked hard gathering eggs, raising and killing chickens to sell at market, milking cows, churning butter, picking apples to sell, canning fruits, pickles and vegetables that they had grown together to store in the cold cellar, etc. etc.…they laughed and played, as they worked. 

 My Mother would watch, as my grandmother Olivia never stopped moving from one task to another, as long as there was light.  She had treasured memories of her petite, energetic, industrious and exhausted mother.  Ollie, she was called, would pause for a few moments to fill that little homely teapot to steal a twinkling nanosecond, catching her breath, before jumping up again to grab the last semblance of light to finish the day’s activities.  She was, finally, forced to quit working as the sun set and head toward the house to get dinner for everyone! 

 Totally unaware, at that time, of the loving commitment and diligence her mother was exerting to care for their family, the diminutive teapot had come to represent the tremendous sacrifice her parents had made to see them vigilantly live through the Depression, when people were standing in food lines because of hunger, there was no work and families were falling apart all around her.

 Suddenly, that little “star” teapot began to shine brightly and she had taken on a whole new personality… indeed, she was beautiful!  She carried an important piece of my grandmother in her presence!  From then on, I excitedly took every opportunity to catch a glimpse of that priceless teapot, every chance I got!  

 One day, years later, my mother, who was in her 90’s then,

 asked if I would like to have “her”! 

 I could hardly contain myself...!

 This little unpretentious teapot is no longer alone on a shelf, 

but proudly displayed in my home with her story… 

A treasure that my Mother and Grandmother had cherished, 

as I do now… 

Never underestimate the value of a baffling mystery.

 Watch for surprising generational blessings…

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Servant or Master?"

“The purpose of life is NOT to find our freedom, but our Master.”  P. T. Forsyth

 Computers, Iphones, ipads, and social media are only technologies…glass, metal, wires, connections and gadgets…until you place them in your home.  In some homes, they become a baby-sitter, for babies of all ages.  In other homes, they are a narcotic, an escape from reality.  Or it may be a thief, stealing time, thoughts, friendships, creativity, and opportunities for much needed recreation and genuine companionship.  In too few homes, they are a servant, providing information, insight, commentary on life, news, laughter, music, and worthwhile entertainment.

 What they become, depends on you, the user.  If you accept it as a tool, using them sparingly, wisely, and purposely, they can become a servant.  If you accept it as a friend, use them continuously, it will become your master. (my edit - David Augsburger)

 Is your technology your servant or your master?

 Moms, we are reproducing like kind!  They watch and copy what is permissible to us…they copy what we do more than what we say.  Children need models, not critics.  We wonder where the younger generation is headed,,,look where it came from!  What we do in moderation, our children will do in excess. 

Just saying…

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.