That Lady From Church

  For several years now I've been dabbling in a podcast I call "That Lady From Church."  TLFC was born when I fell in love with podcasts and wondered about doing one of my own about Catholic parenting.  I wanted it to be lighthearted and short, just something simple to listen to, some advice, some humor and fun and always include an 'encouraging word.'  I didn't want to sound overly preachy, so I picked a moniker some of the grade school kids labeled me with a few years ago when I was walking across the church parking lot during recess time.  I used to teach several of the grades choir and have also done Communion Services in  church with them so they would kind of recognize me but not necessarily know my name. So what I heard that day as I waved to them was, "Hey! It's that lady from church!"
  A title for my podcast was born!
  So, if you would like to listen to a little bit of humor, a little something to learn, and to just remember that God always loves you, go visit my podcast on itunes or podbean.  
  They are short and sweet and hopefully something that helps brighten your day with encouragement. Because we all need encouragement these days; not anger, not screaming at each other and taking sides.  We need to meet in the middle and make the devil our enemy; not each other.
  This is Lisa Simmons, That Lady From Church, wishing you blessings!

When Praises Go Up, Blessings Come Down

  We all have those dark days, days when we are down, feeling negative and maybe even like God doesn't hear us or answer our prayers, pleas and calls for help.  It's easy to just stop asking Him for help, to think we're all alone in the world.  But I just read a story about a young woman's faith in the middle of her despair.  She wrote a note to God asking for help with going to college and sent it up with three balloons.
  Her prayer was answered when another person found the balloons and helped her out.  He said when praises go up, blessings come down. And it is an important thing to remember that even when we don't get answers right away to our prayers, that we hang in there. 
  Today's reading was about Job. Poor old Job...mylanta that man had a right to complain. And he did complain, but he didn't give up believing in God.  And eventually things in his life improved.
  So when you feel like complaining it's okay to do go ahead and complain, ask for help. Just remember never give up. Don't give up on yourself, or on God or other people.  We have heaven on our side...it will be waiting for us when the time is right.