I Am A Winner!

The rules of the award:

1) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.

2) Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap." Well, there's no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon.

3)List at least 10 honest things about yourself.

Thank you Mrs. Hinson for the lovely recognition.

I would like to give the honest scrap award to:

1. Joan @http://cablecarr.blogspot.com/

2. Nikki@http://chadandnikki.blogspot.com/

3. Heather@http://lilredmomma.blogspot.com/
4. Phil@http://philcrump.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-years-resolutions.html
5. Jaime@http://jamielynn-carswell.blogspot.com/
6. I love all the blogs that I follow.

Now the honest things about me:

1. I love cartoons. Only the good ones, like Spongebob and Jimmy Neutron.

2. My favorite sport is football and I love Brett Favre, Greenbay or the Jetts. I do own a Cheese head hat.

3. I worry alot, I even worry about worrying. I know that it is a sin, but I cannot help it. Pray for me.

4. I fear that I am a bad Pastor's wife.

5. I secretly want to be a police officer when I grow up.

6. I want to steal my niece and nephew and keep them for my own.

7. I love true crime shows. Dr. G is awesome. Snapped also makes me happy.

8. I am a major daddy's girl.

9. My cats are my kids. Strange I know.

10. I am having a really hard time with gaining weight and having an even harder time with losing the weight that I have put on. It makes me sad that I have put on weight!

Our New President

Ok, let me be honest with you. I have been all caught up in the inauguration this week. I watched what I could of the ceremony at work and then I watched the balls and celebrations when I got home. I know that may sound strange for someone who did not vote for him (no Mr. Carr I did not vote for him). I am caught up in the romance of the moment, the history of the ceremony, the thought that this is something that has gone on since the beginning of our country, the dresses and the elegance, and the fact that Obama is our first African American President. It is all something that is so important to our nation and the foundation for freedom. It excites me to see a man that seems so in love with his family. It is like a trip back to Camelot. I pray without the tragic end.
Though all these things are fun to the think about it is not the most important thing. Even though I do not agree with his stand on many things, at the top of my list is abortion and gay rights, it is still my job as a citizen to support him in the decisions that I can, and still honor God. People making ugly comments and racist jokes, in my opinion, it is just that person showing their intelligence. No matter what may come it is God's Perfect Will that Obama is our President, and it is our job as Christians to pray for him, his family and his Presidency. Most importantly of all I feel like if Christians would stop criticizing and running rabbits and spend that time in prayer about the salvation on our new President and his family then we may see a change in our country that we did not expect. There are definitely things that need to be said, we should speak out against things that defy God, such as the murder of babies and same sex marriage, but things such as race and certain things that will not matter in eternity let it go and go to Him in Prayer about it all.
It breaks my heart to think that we still live in a country where the color of a man's skin matters. I thank my mom and daddy for teaching me to love everyone. Thank God for compassion and love.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (King James Version)
17Pray without ceasing.

Another Blessed Sunday

Hi all from beautiful CMH. I hope all is well where ever you are. Yesterday was a wonderful day in God's house. Jesse preached a powerful message about witnessing, God is working on me in this area of my life I must say. We had a good morning in Sunday school as well, we learned about God's House and why it is so special to us and how even Jesus went to God's House. Then out to eat with our wonderful friends, Billy, Heather, Mallory, and Makenna. Jesse ate pretty healthy and stayed true to the New Years Resolution, me not so much. I struggle so much with eating like I should, I LOVE FOOD! After dinner we went to a birthday party for my cousin and I got to see my Wesley and Krista. I love those kids so much. I pray everyday that God will use Jesse and I to be a light in their lives. I want them to have everything in life that they deserve and pray that God will Save them at a young age and keep them all the days of their life in a close relationship with Him.

After the birthday event of the day. It was off to Calvary. Service was such a blessing there as always. It still feels like going home for Jesse and I when we get the chance to fellowship with our friends there. They have all been such a blessing to us in so many ways. When we were starting our new lives together, when we got our house, and when Jesse got the church they have helped us, supported us, and love us. We can never thank them enough for their love.

Saturday was also a big day at the Carr house, Super Clayton made his very much anticipated arrival. He is so much fun and we love having him around all the time. We are blessed so much that Nikki and Chad give us the chance to spend time with him. He played and played and fought sleep. We ate at Pancho, which we all love. I got to spend time with Clayton and my momma and daddy, and my Jesse it was wonderful.

Heart Breaking Conversations

I had a conversation today with a friend and she told me of the hurts that she has in her heart. She lost a brother, whom she was very close too, last year and she is still suffering through the pain. She feels the pain daily and some how she blames herself for it. Maybe she should have done this or that or changed the way she did that, and if she did not go to work and stayed with him maybe he would still be here. She drags herself through the mud daily and it hurts my heart.

I have thought about that alot today and the things that I could have said and didn't, the comfort that I could have given and didn't. I told her that I loved her and would pray for her, but it seems like I failed her, and more importantly failed Him. I let a chance to tell someone about Jesus pass me by. I invite her to church and encourage her to come, but I had the chance to tell her about the wonderful Peace that only Jesus can give.

That sweet Peace that Jesus gave me on the day of her brother's funeral. We left the service and I was feeling so unsettled in my heart. The service was Catholic, the religion that they were raised, and it was different and sad. I talked to Jesse about her brothers Salvation and how I prayed that dead religion had not kept him from Heaven. I wept for a person who had a broken body in this life, and thought what if he was lost, he will never have a new body, he will never run and praise God, and fall at the feet of Jesus and worship Him.

I wept for a soul that I can no longer reach but I do not weep enough for the ones that I can witness too everyday. Please pray that I will be a light for Him in a lost and dying world, I want so badly to shine for Jesus, but fears and anxiety keep me from being the Christian I could be. Pray Pray Pray for me!



Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Do You Ever Wonder.......

As I was laying in bed last night listening to all the things in my house, Jesse sleeping next to me, the cats running a marathon, and cars going by, I started thinking. Am I the only one who ever wonders about things?
Like, how does my husband always know how to make me laugh?
How does my mom always know when I am sad, just by the sound of my voice?
How does my daddy always know when to show up at the right time, just when I need a smile?
How do children know the exact right time to sit on your lap or hold you hand?
How do your friends know that you need to talk without you saying a word?
How does my mother-in-law know when I need to be Amy instead of the Preacher's Wife?
How do Fudge and Pru always know where the food is?
How do people know that they are going to be sick like a week in advance, when they know they have to work?
How do those same people manage to make you feel very angry most of the time?
How do older people know when their time to make the crossing is near?
Why is it that all those that seem so smart, or think they are, have no wisdom?
Why do we lose child like faith? If we had it then why do we forget? Jesus is still the same.
Why do people make love a game where no one wins?
Why can those people not just trust the Lord to lead them to the one person that is right for them?
Why do people complain about having one child but then have another ten?
What happened to people to make them think that children are anything less than a gift from God?
Why am I still kinda scared of the dark?
Why does the cat drink form the bath tub?
The list could go on for days.................
Alas, the most important thing I ponder is why did God pick me, why did He Save me and not all the others that I know that are lost? I am a wretched sinner and He picked me! I am not sure why but, Praise God I am Saved, Saved, Saved!

Romans 8:28 (King James Version)
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

My very first blog!

Hi all,

So here I am doing this blog thing, thank you Nikki, well trying to anyway. This is all kinda of new to me but I am going to go for it. To introduce myself, I am Amy, the Preachers wife, also known as Jesse's wife, Lee and Cheryl's daughter, Aunt Amy, Alan Carr's son's wife, and most importantly I am a Child of God. No matter what I am called I know one thing and that is the fact that I am blessed beyond measure. Romans 4:7

Our life gets out of control sometimes but one thing is for sure and that is the fact that it is always interesting. There is never a dull moment with Preacher Jesse in the house. Whether it is chasing the poor cats around, wearing pajamas and wing tips, being dramatic about everything, did I mention that there is a car door in his study right now, Preaching like a mad man, or just being my loving husband. I love him and I love our life.

Then there is my wonderful family, we are uncle and aunt to Alana, Wesley, Krista, Clayton, and adopted uncle and aunt to Lindsey and Natalie. We have wonderful parents who love us and still take care of us no matter how old we get. Then there is Nikki and Chad who we love to hang out with, I do not consider Nikki just to be a sister- in- law but one of my dearest friends. Though I do not get to see my sister very often I love her and pray for her everyday. We cannot forget all the G's we love you guys and are blessed to have you in our lives in such a big way.

I am so blessed to have all of these things and I promise my next post will not be this long!