adding to the last blog..you who know me well know I SAVE EVERTHING that's IMPORTANT..

..............IT'S ME GOD....IT'S JUST TOMMY AND I AND LUCY UP IN THE HOUSE....EMILY ANNE...KALEB, BRADY AND JAKE ARE IN THE GUEST ROOM....WELL........ABOUT THE PLAYROOM..LET'S JUST SAY IT HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE EMILY ANNE LEFT LAST FRIDAY AND LEAVE IT AT THAT....ALL WE THREE KNOW TONIGHT IS THAT SHE IS SAFELY ON THE GROUND ONCE AGAIN IN LUBBOCK, TX....THOMAS SCOTT IS " PROBABLY" UP PREPARING FOR SUNDAY AT LAKERIDGE UMC....HE IS HIS OWN MAN AND GOD AND TOMMY GENE KEENER'S AND MARTHA CATHEY KEENER'S SON....MARY LYNN IS SAFE SOME WHERE......TUCKER IS HOME SOMEWHERE ASLEEP....HADLEY GRACE IS "PROBABLY" AT CELE'S...JOE BEN IS IN KANSAS............STEPHEN IS IN FRONT ROYAL, VA.... AND I AM RAMBLING...TIRED.....TOMMY GENE KEENER IS STILL AWAKE....HE STAY'S UP UNTIL HE HEAR'S FROM ALL HIS CHILDREN...OUR ANGEL IS IN HEAVEN IN GOD'S ARMS...MALLORY KATE IS SAFE...SHE IS WITH HER MOTHER...KENNEDY LANE IS SAFE..SHE IS WITH HER MOTHER...

THAT'S ALL WE KNOW...OH, I KNOW GOD KNOWS ...AND NOW TOMMY AND I AND LUCY DOG... AKA..LUCY ANNE...IS EAGERLY AWAITING HER NEW SISTER....WHO WAS BORN 5 DAYS AGO AND IS A SURPRISE FOR TOMMY GENE....WHO WILL BE 65 ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2012....SSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....I DON'T TELL SUPRISES...TOMMY DOESN'T TELL SUPRISES.........LUCY DOES TELL SURPRISES................AND GOD NEVER FAILS...

THAT'S ALL WE THREE KNOW TONIGHT..

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO  SLEEP ... I PRAY THE LORD, MY SOULD TO KEEP....IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE....I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE..

ONCE THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD A CURL..RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD..AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD SHE WAS VERY VERY GOOD AND SHE WAS BAD........SHE WAS HORRID...GOOD NIGHT, THOMAS MERLE NELSON CATHEY...AKA...MOTHER, MOM............I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND ALWAYS MISS YOU AT  SPECIAL TIMES IN MY LIFE AND EACH MOMENT IS SPECIAL...........................

BLESSINGS.............................MARTHA..

I LAY DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES...
THOMAS MERLE'S NAME TO ME ANYWAY...THAT SHE WISHED THE PLACE WAS NAMED IN STONEWALL, LOUISIANA   ROUTE ONE BOX ONE  ....STONEWALL FRIERSON ROAD......

SOME MORE RAMBLINGS
ALWAYS
YOUR DAUGHTER
MARTHA MERLE CATHEY KEENER
THE ONE AND ONLY
AND ALL THE CHILDREN SAID AMEN.....



it's me God,   I'm back again...it's Sunday, August 19, 2012....Tommy is ready for some TV...and a nap in his recliner....Lucy is asleep in her/ours king-size bed.....I am blogging...OF Course.....My twin, Tom, probably had to listen to me talk in the womb....God knows when I began to write...so does Tommy and Mary Lynn and Emily Anne and Thomas Scott.....THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS TODAY..RIGHT NOW...THIS MOMENT  THIS SECOND....HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT ..and gotten that silly notion out of the way.....I am planning on going to the movie with Emily, Kaleb, Brady and Jake at this afternoon..only thing that will keep me away is "hail" on my new to us since March..TERRAIN..but wait...it's just a car..a chunk of metal.....it's fully insured....WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS  GOD, FAMILY......THAT'S ALL FOLKS....

BLESSINGS.................MARTHA.......JEREMIAH 29:11

AND ALL GOD 'S CHILDREN...SAID AMEN.............

.......from sir with love......

Here is that word LOVE again....I LOVE:

GOD THE FATHER
GOD THE SON
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
TOMMY GENE KEENER
MARY LYNN KEENER CHOTE DELEON
EMILY ANNE KEENER CRUMP
THOMAS SCOTT KEENER
OUR ANGEL IN HEAVEN

THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS...SO LITTLE TIME LEFT BEFORE BEDTIME.....

BUT THE GREATEST IS LOVE

BLESSINGS..........MARTHA

JOHN 3:16

..........decisions

..................Decisions..........

.........easy................TRUST THE LORD GOD IN ALL YOU DO................................BLESSINGS...........MARTHA CATHEY KEENER..............

We are so different

Trips around the loop and Interstate 27
Churches
Hair Color
Hair or no hair
Tall or short
Deep or Wide
We are all precious in HIS sight....are you listening with spiritual ears?

GOD ALMIGHTY IS............


Blessings....Martha ...............insert alot of scripture and alot of pictgures......

Move over.........................

.....................move over....I think not.....why does one generation try and take over before the next one is ready to relinquish the reins.....why does one generation try and take over before the last one is all dead and buried.....move over...I THINK NOT......just this woman's opinion....or a "Marthaism" or maybe just my own thoughts between myself and GOD ALMIGHTY...    or maybe my mission statement says it all.....or maybe I am FINALLY listening with my spiritual ears.....really doesn't matter......I AM NOT READY to MOVE OVER or MOVE ON or MOVE THROUGH or take one step....Lest HE who is GREATER than all....HE who knew before the beginning of time..... TELLS ME....MARTHA MERLE CATHEY KEENER  To do so.....in my house it is The Trinity first....Tommy Gene Keener second....second.....all others follow after that.....May God's will be done in all the lives in HIS UNIVERSE.....Blessings.....Martha

Insert scripture and pictures

.......for Arlene.....

Today I am simply asking for prayers for my sweet friend, Arlene.
She is beautiful beyond belief Father; she loves you with all her heart mind and soul.....Her faith, her compassion and her trust in GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ...has carried her through this twenty year battle with breast cancer...Thank you Father God for walking beside her; continue to bless her with YOUR Will...give strength, courage and wisdom to Arlene, Justin, Amanda and her husband Justin...and to Arlene and Justin's precious families....Not our will, but yours Father....In the precious name of Jesus Christ....Amen

Psalm 23

The beginning and the end...part II

............Thanks God and Mary Grace...


So I stopped and put on my swim suit....played in the water..(obeying the Martha watering rules....and Mary Grace helped me with with part about city rules.. and God helped both of us..)


Here it is...tada....drum rolls everyone....


My Life....One Woman's Journey to Wholeness
by Martha Merle Cathey Keener


Oh come one................you all knew that God, Tommy and Mary Grace were the ONLY ones who REALLY knew me; who I trusted ALL my fears, hopes, dreams, secrets...etc with.......


So they were the ones who told when to play; when to focus; when to sleep; when to cry; when to scream, etc....


SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..there I am filling  up my $8 pool from the dollar store...playing in the water ..........right?...............and clear as a bell my ears and my heart heard HIM speak..with sweet quiet Mary Grace whispering with all the courage of Miss Much afraid who had finally reached the top of the mountain..the mountain of spices...(Hannah Hunyard...) in March 2009.....




Just so you know who I am...
The One and Only, Martha Merle Cathey Keener
born on September 20, 1949 at 3:54 p.m. 
Parents: Howard Jefferson Cathey, Jr...kind, loyal, hard worker, wonderful provider and could  "could fix anything with just a wrench, an inner tube and some baling wire."... well respected by everyone he met
his whole life  ..he was the best at tieing anything...especially sashes and brushing my curls with out a snag...and the one who signed the report cards when I  got a low grades in CONDUCT on my report cards...!   etc..etc    HJC was simply the best earthly father GOD chose just for me..
                  Thomas Merle Nelson Cathey....kind, loyal, a hard worker" under any circumstance"  ....loyal to her friends... loved "Literature In Life" in high school and was great at memorization...loved to sing to the Lord...in her alto voice....the most wonderful sense of humor....a wonderful cook'''......and she taught me to LOVE Clorox....and she signed the report cards when I got high grades in CONDUCT. etc, etc, etc... Tommie Merle was simply the best earthly mother  GOD chose just for me...
 Siblings:  Julia Diane Cathey McDonald
                   Howard Nelson Cathey
                   Mary Lynn Cathey Owens
                   Thomas Jefferson Cathey  (sweet Tom was born at 4:11 p.m. so I AM NOT THE BABY in the birthday order...he is...........technically speaking)

The beginning and the end.....

This one is for Mary Grace Nelson Hommell Cude....I pray that it is for  the Glory of God Almighty only.  Lord, empty me of my flesh; my sadness, my pride and my selfishness...And may YOU and YOU only be Glorifed.....


This might be a short one, a long one, a start and stop one, a sad one, a funny one, a memory laced one; both happy and sad or silly or calm or chaotic....but what ever comes from YOU to my fingers on this computer...I pray YOU and YOU alone write this and all blogs and parts of my book....


I met Mary Grace ( I am born Southern, raised Southern, short time as a proud Okie and finally transplanted to Lubbock, Texas )...when our sons, Thomas Scott and Russell were just toddlers..  A birthday party brought us together... And there we remain as friend, sister and mutual caregivers for all eternity.  


Mary Grace had come home from Jordan, where Roger was station with the USAF; after finding a lump in her breast.  So to the states she comes;  loaded with all she needed; Her God, her husband Roger and Russell and Zach her sweet sons all nestled in her heart. As usual, Mary Grace was a strong-willed; determined "Miss Much Afraid,,,) from Hinds Feet for High Places...by Hannah Hunyard.. (sp)..at least I called her that...I was a "Little Much Afraid" also... We helped each other begin a journey to the top of Miss Much Afraids' mountain..


Okay, Lord God Almighty...to you be the glory and the power..for you are the Mighty Counselor, the Mighty Physician..


This is the stop and start I mentioned earlier.... Today is Mary Grace's birthday....each year and for many more.... since March, 2002....


So I stop till the tears subside or until I can type no more...leaving; minding God ..and Mary Grace's to rest in the Lord untill he leads me back to write some more..for it was HE and Mary Grace who have walked this journey...He took you into His loving arms in March...1997.. Hope your birthday is filled with all the things you loved and  friendship, love and guidance helped me to love once again.....May you dance at HIS feet; feed at HIS table...May HE serve you the cake you loved and may it be on Mary Engelbrieght plates..............
Blessings my sweet friend, my "sister" in Christ...
EPHESIANS  1: 11
'Who worketh all things after the Cousel of His own will'




Blessings,,,,,Martha