I can’t even begin to explain how good God is to me!  I am in tears right now, knowing the He is working behind the scenes.  I got a letter from my lawyer last week saying he needed to talk to me.  So I called him today after an intense prayer session with God.  And he informs me that the government’s appeal was denied.  “What appeal?”  I didn’t know of any appeal.  And he says, “They didn’t think they gave me enough time, so they appealed it.”  He thought  he sent me the paperwork, but I never got it.  Probably for the best, because I would have had more worries.  So then he goes on to tell me that the City of New Orleans also wanted to charge me, but agured that I had already plead out, so they dropped that as well. I had no idea any of that was even going on.

God has been looking out for me!  I am so blessed with the time I did get sentenced to and God is still working in my favor.  Even though I have been praying everyday “Please send me home early.”  God is answering:  “I am child, I Am.”    WOW!!!!

There sure is a lot going on in prison these days.  I am so thankful that I don’t have to sit around all day and do nothing.  I think I will start with today, which is Sunday and tell you all the activities I go to.  This morning I watched church on TV – Kenneth Copeland & Creflo Dollar.  Then we worked out for an hour.  Then we have church at 6 pm.  Monday night we have a Bible study called “A Woman After God’s Own Heart” by Elizabeth George.  It is a video series.  Tuesday I get to leave work early and go to the “Intro to Religion” Class.  It is taught by the Chaplain.  He wants to teach us about different relgions and different faiths and beliefs.  ThanTuesday night, I was having a college class through Tarrant County Community College, but they cancelled it.  So now I can go to the “Battlefield of the Mind” Bible Study.  Wednesday night we have Skip Bo tournaments.  Thursday afternoon I usually have dog training with volunteers that come and teach us.  And Friday is my day off work.  So I sleep in and then spend the whole day with God.  Then they show a movie every Friday, so we usually go to the movies on Friday nights.  Saturday is the day for Rummy  and Uno tournaments.  There is just so much to do in prison!  Not to mention work every day – Okay not every day … just 4 days a week.  And I try to work out a few times a week.  I am a busy girl here in prison!

“At evening let not your hands be idle”  Ecclesiastges 11:16

“Let this old life crumble, let it fade”  I haven’t heard this song in a long time.  But I have  a very vivid memory of it.  I heard it the first week I was at West Baton Rouge.  I think I wrote my first blog listening to this song.  A year and a half ago I only had a glimpse of what letting my old life crumble meant.  Back then it meant me getting off drugs, finding God, and meeting some good fiends in jail.  But now it means giving my whole life to God… My past, present and future.  It means that I have a calling on my life now to be a light for women around me.  It meant I no longer living for myself anymore.  I live for Christ and He lives in me.  And that means I can no longer say the things I used to say, think the thoughts I used to entertain, or do things I used to do.  My new life means I have daily communion with my Lord.  The most amazing relationship I’ve ever had.  Now I see beauty all around me.  I look for good in every situation.  I smile and laugh until my face hurts.  It means I have a place heaven and it means I am blessed in so many ways.  It means that when I get out of prison, I know I will have a lot of friends and lot of accountability, cause that’s the beauty of being a Christian.  We have this common bond between us and even if you don’t know each other personally Christians are always ready to be supportive and be a needed friend.

The end of the song days, “Have you been standing on your own feet for too long? Are you looking for a place where you belong?”  I have found my place and the rest of my life will be spent letting Jesus put the peices back together.