Margo is Smiling

Margo is Smiling http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/ Hey there!!! Welcome to my site! I am glad that I have a place where I can write down good thought's and experiences from the Lord, share pictures of my family, etc. I hope that you will get to know me a little better, and that my experiences may help someone else. Enjoy!!! ;-) Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:36:24 -0000 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:25:19 -0000 Margo is Smiling http://images.margoissmiling.multiply.com/logo http://margoissmiling.multiply.com 100 100 What a gathering! 6/28/08 & 6/29/08 Here are some pictures from our trip to be with some of the saints in NC. Bro John Alston and some of the saints in his congregation came to visit our Sunday prayer meeting. Boy! What a good time that was. Even the trip home was wonderful. Tony had the best time taking pictures on the way home. I think our giggling and giddiness is what happens when you listen to good cd's all the way home, good company, happiness, and sleepiness all wrapped up in one. :-) Enjoy! http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/album/11/What_a_gathering_62808_62908_ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:25:19 -0000 Oh that city!!! Here is a small video clip of a prayer meeting gathering with some of the saints on 6/29/08. http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/video/item/12/Oh_that_city_ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:18:50 -0000 I Will Praise You! I was feeling sorta discouraged this morning. I kinda had something this week that didn't work out and I felt disappointed in my heart. I got really excited hoping that it was time for this to happen in our little life, and everything was pointing toward that way. But, in the end it didn't work out this time. I was sitting here at my desk thinking about it and wondering what went wrong, etc. The Spirit brought back something to my mind. One day about a week ago I was in the bathroom and I looked over and could see myself in the mirror and I said to the Lord, "Jesus, if it doesn't happen this time, I will still praise you." It came out of nowhere that day, it was just what I felt in my heart. I couldn't help but feel encouraged after the Spirit reminded me of that day. I sat here and thought, "You are right Lord, that is what I told you, and I will do it. Thank you!" Jesus always knows the right things to say to encourage our hearts. I want to keep my word to Jesus because He ... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/22/I_Will_Praise_You Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:59:06 -0000 A few dreams from the Lord The Lord gave me two dreams recently that I wanted to share. I have held on to them to wait and see where they fit and it seems to fit with everything going on now. I don't want them to rot. One of them was a dream that I had the week of our first NT class.   First Dream First week of June 2008   In the dream a younger person was talking to me. They were offering for Tony and I to go on a trip with them. I told them no thanks. They then began to ask me about going out, hanging out, having fun, etc. I told them that I am not interested in those things. They asked me something like, "You, don't even think about those things?" I said, "No, those things aren't even an issue anymore! Those things are gone, they aren't in there (my heart). I don't even think about them!" I could see myself in the dream taking my hands as I was talking and rubbing my chest as I was telling them that those things weren't apart of me. The young person was just standing there looking at me w... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/21/A_few_dreams_from_the_Lord Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:09:02 -0000 Giver of Life Jesus taught me a few things when Tony was sick a few weeks ago. I was really afraid the night that I had to take Tony to the ER. We were both really scared that the Cat-Scan or MRI were going to show up something serious. As I stood there watching Tony lie there in the hospital bed completely helpless and in pain, I began to think about how as a younger person I have always spent my life thinking we will be these little old people one day with gray hair sitting enjoying each other. I realized at that moment our lives could change forever. Our whole life could have been flipped around in that instant. It was very fearful, and all I could do was talk to Jesus and try to comfort Tony while he was in pain and sick. At that moment you realize what really matters most. Nothing in this world mattered, and when it really comes down to it........ all that is really important is Jesus and LIFE in Him! All the other stuff doesn't really mean anything. We should be thankful for our materiel... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/20/Giver_of_Life Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:03:38 -0000 Coming down the mountain on the tram Here is a quick video of us coming down off the mountain on this enclosed tram. It was beautiful, yet interesting. http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/video/item/10/Coming_down_the_mountain_on_the_tram Sun, 11 May 2008 23:59:37 -0000 Deer Playing There were some deer playing in a field up in the mountains. This was in an 11 mile scenic loop called Cade's Cove. It was really sweet watching the deer just having http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/video/item/9/Deer_Playing Sun, 11 May 2008 02:45:01 -0000 Exactly where you need to be <A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SB@5xgoKCp4AACwgsLc1"><IMG class=alignright style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 177px" height=204 src="http://images.margoissmiling.multiply.com/image/2/photos/upload/300x300/SB@5xgoKCp4AACwgsLc1/IMG_3396.JPG?et=%2BcktIiWeHyqw9%2CHJeMOsCg&nmid=" width=136 border=0></A>Have you ever had the feeling that you are exactly where God wants you, and doing the exact thing you are supposed to be doing? That was the feeling I had this past weekend. Tony and I took a short weekend trip to Gatlinburg, TN, and the Great Smokey Mountains. I have to say that it was one of the best trip's of my life. For some reason for weeks now we just kept feeling that this trip was truly planned by God. We didn't know what was in store. It seems like everywhere I looked there was God teaching me something. I learned a lot about the Love of God for His people this weekend, as well as many other valuable lessons. Seeing creation was one of my main highlight's. The beauty I was being allowed to behold was amazing. When you see nature you must believe that there is a power that is way bigger than any of us. I learned that I LOVE life this weekend. All the "man made" things on this earth could not satisfy my soul this weekend. I loved learning more about my Creator. Another on... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/19/Exactly_where_you_need_to_be Tue, 6 May 2008 01:58:37 -0000 Grandma and Me! <A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R-As9QoKCp4AAAeFD1M1"></A><A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R-AtVAoKCp4AABhRY3Q1"></A><A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R-AusQoKCp4AADTyO6o1"><IMG class=alignright style="WIDTH: 142px; HEIGHT: 180px" height=300 src="http://images.margoissmiling.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-AusQoKCp4AADTyO6o1/IMG_1026.JPG?et=lryEGxY5OvwgHKAYxjMKUQ&nmid=" width=142 border=0></A>I know a lot of people here me talk about my grandma quite often. I was sitting here wondering how many people know to history as to why I am so crazy about mam-ma. So, I decided to write about it. Grandma was the shining star in my life when I was little. I just loved to go see grandpa and grandma every opportunity I could. I spent countless nights in their home (even though I would get homesick, <A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R-As9QoKCp4AAAeFD1M1"></A><A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R-AtVAoKCp4AABhRY3Q1"></A>hehe!). We laughed and played..... When I cried and pouted I sometimes got mam-mas tough love. I would wash dishes and was so excited to get a whole dollar! :-) We would eat bologna sandwiches, or ballpark hot dogs. Those were the days!!! Sometimes grandma would come and get me on Fridays when I got a little older. We would go get her hair done, go to the grocery, and get a hamburger. Seasons change and life moves on...... I quickly became a teenager, and the things that used to mean the most to me just slowly didn't fit into my world any longer. My priorities changed, and I found myse... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/18/Grandma_and_Me Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:27:05 -0000 Things Not Seen Tony and I were talking tonight at dinner. He was telling me about a man on the news that was released from prison after 3 decades. Because of new technology it was found that he was not guilty. I could not imagine spending that many years in prison for something that deep inside my heart I knew 100% I did not do. But, all the evidence points that you are guilty. It is the perfect scenario and no matter what you say or do, you are guilty. We live in a world that is nothing but temporal things. We need the holy Ghost to tell us what is right. To tell us what and who is honest and upright. Without the Spirit of God all we can do is believe a lie. If we follow after anything that is true it is only because of Jesus. This scripture comes to mind: 2nd Cr 4:18: While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal. I am so glad that Jesus looks at the heart, and j... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/16/Things_Not_Seen Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:25:47 -0000 The Virtuous Women <A href="http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/7/13"><IMG class=alignright style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 151px" height=225 src="http://images.margoissmiling.multiply.com/image/15/photos/7/300x300/13/n584090525_1205096_2093.jpg?et=guVJNsDQHoDv2ZcbTlf2uQ&nmid=57304840" width=229 border=0></A>This week in our bible study we read the story of Ruth. Bro Billy asked us the question, "What is a virtuous women?" We had previously read the story of Ester so virtue had already been on my mind. To me a virtuous women is beyond being godly. It seems like it is almost a reward or gift from God. Something that you cannot do yourself. A gift that only God gives. A reward for wholey (sp?) submitting yourself to the masters hand. It just seems like being virtuous goes above and beyond. It becomes you. No thought of self. No pride, no envy, just happy to serve others. Ester and Ruth both were completely submissive to the Will of God for them. They were completely happy with whatever God gave them. They sure found a lot of favor in God's eyes. I pray that Jesus makes me as virtuous as possible. We read this passage in Proverbs. It was so good to me!!!  Proverbs 31:10-31 [10] Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. [11... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/14/The_Virtuous_Women Tue, 5 Feb 2008 01:26:50 -0000 Sweetness!!! Here is my sweet family being blessed by the Lord. http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/photos/album/8/Sweetness Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:36:40 -0000 The Voice Sometimes I marvel at why we do not listen to the Spirits still small voice. We know it is always right. Always leading us the right way. I had a small experience with this today. It was 5pm and I was logging out of my PC to go home. I normally have one particular way that I walk out of the building, however there are several ways to get to my exit out of the building. I heard that still small thought (sounded just the way it always does) saying..... "Walk out going toward entrance B." Me, being stubborn I say something like, "Why would I wanna go that way? I always go the other way. I don't need to go that way." The Spirit gave me the thought again to go that way. Again, I said, "I wanna go the other way because I always say goodnight to Stephanie (she is a really sweet friend of mine at work)." Well, the Spirit won..... I began to walk that way and to my surprise I turn to corner and there is guess who?!?! Stephanie standing at the copier. Well, what do you know? ha! The copier was... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/13/The_Voice Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:05:46 -0000 God's Love Have you ever been hurt by people and without really realizing it you just bury the memory of that person, and bury the hurt? I am sure you have. I have been doing this, and did not even know it until God showed me this week. I also realized with the help of Jesus this week, that I can still love those people who have hurt me. I can love them in the love of God. This week the Lord let me feel so much compassion toward someone who is no longer in my life. He allowed me to pray for them. It broke my heart to see them in the situation and condition that they are in. I know that without Jesus being long suffering and still having mercy on my life, I would be just as helpless as they are. The only difference between me and anyone is the mercy from God. I really felt that this week. Today I was driving to a doctor's appointment and I seen someone who is no longer in my life. I was sitting at a red light and the person in the car in front of me kept waving. After some time had went by I rea... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Gods_Love Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:39:24 -0000 Thanksgiving I wanted to write out some of what I learned from the Spirit this past Thanksgiving. Before we went on our trip to NC, I was just thinking about different things and talking to the Lord. I got to thinking about fellowship and how much my heart missed everyone there. What is fellowship, where is fellowship? I thought about how our fellowship isn't with a meeting. We can have fellowship in a meeting, but where is true fellowship? Fellowship is in the heart's of God's people. It is something you share with one another, something you can feel. Sure you can see the brethren breaking bread in a gathering, but a gathering is not what makes us who we are in the Lord. So, the more Jesus gave me those sweet thought's, the more I wanted to see everyone. I am very glad that I got to spend Thanksgiving with my family in Carolina. We left for our trip on Tuesday, and by the time we got there we found out that some folks were going to L'ville to visit Sheila, who was doing very poorly health wise. O... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/11/Thanksgiving Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:44:30 -0000 Jesus you brought us out of doubt! This is just one little short piece of my testimony. Tony and I got to talking about it tonight, and I wanted to write it. It was 2001 and we were still attending the Baptist church. We attended a Sunday service where some young folks were being water baptized. Tony wanted to play a song for the ones being water baptized, but the "pastor" said it wasn't a good idea. This was the day when the Spirit of God told Tony to leave it all behind. You can read more of his testimony regarding this at: <A href="http://www.pastorjohnshouse.com/ellis.htm">http://www.pastorjohnshouse.com/ellis.htm</A>. I look back and I can remember Tony telling me after that experience with the pastor that we were leaving the Baptist church. I remember feeling confused and saying, "But, where will we go?" He reassured me that it was OK, and that we would find somewhere to go. Somewhere in this time frame Tony meet Bro Billy who told him about the holy Ghost and gave him Bro Darren's CD. For some reason we went back to the Baptist church that Wed night. If my memory s... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/10/Jesus_you_brought_us_out_of_doubt Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:10:18 -0000 Words to Tony's new song-When My Anointing Came Down Since Tony doesn't have a site, he said I could post his new song on my blog. YAY! Hopefully we can post the testimony behind it. When my Anointing Came Down Tony Ellis 10-14-07   Verse 1 Do you remember all the times, you thought differently in your mind You could not enjoy the things sinners could You knew you did not belong, in all those places that felt wrong I put it in your heart to sing a different song   Chorus When my Anointing comes down On My precious little child And you feel all the love I have for you In your heart you heard My call, above them all Then I took up My abode in your soul When my Anointing came down   Verse 2 I heard every word that you said from the first day I heard every prayer that you prayed I saw every tear you cried, you didn’t know I was close by I took care of you every time, because you were always mine I could not stand by   Chorus   Verse 3 All the time that’s passing by, you feel closer, so do I The more control you giv... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Words_to_Tonys_new_song-When_My_Anointing_Came_Down Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:04:21 -0000 TFE 02-02-Everything The Father Gives This is a TFE that I was working on for Damien today. It was too good to my soul for me not to share.   Thought for the Evening 2-02 Everything The Father Gives "Everything that the Father gives to me shall come to me, and the person who comes to me I will never cast out." Jesus, in John 6:37 (PJV) For many years, I read in the King James Version of the Bible the saying of Jesus in John 6:37, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." Now, that translation of Jesus' words makes it seem as if Jesus was saying, "Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and I will never cast him out." But the Lord was apparently saying far more than that. The phrase, "everything the Father gives to me" includes the people God gives to Jesus, but it goes far beyond that. "Everything" excludes nothing. In Psalms, the Father responded whenever the Son asked for anything, including deliverance from trouble (Ps. 91:15-16), authority o... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/8/TFE_02-02-Everything_The_Father_Gives Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:10:01 -0000 Food for a multitude! This past weekend Tony and I decided just to stay home, and get things done around the house. That sounded like such a great idea to me. I just wanted enjoy life and enjoy being home. On Sunday afternoon I wanted to get out my fall/winter clothes and get that all ready to go. Tony was doing his little handyman jobs that he wanted to do, and I got into one of my "purging" moods and just started reorganizing, making a GoodWill pile, etc... It felt so good, just to get rid of stuff that we didn't need. It also felt good to take care of the things that Jesus has given us. Showing Him that we value them, by keeping them clean, keeping the house neat, etc. So, during my cleaning spree I found some shoe boxes full of old cassette tapes from the gatherings. My goal was to get a lot of this stuff condensed and put into my closet, and out from under the second bedroom bed. There were soooo many tapes. I didn't really know what to do with them. Someone... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/7/Food_for_a_multitude Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:09:34 -0000 Long time no see! Hey there! Long time no here from me! :-) I haven't wrote on here in so long. I just wanted to say that I have not forgot you all!!! Things have been super busy for me lately. Work has been soooo busy. Just doing everyday things. Jesus has been doing some things for Tony & I. (More details on that to come) Pastor John was here last week. That was a really sweet time. I really enjoyed my time with he & Aunt Barbara. I love my sweet family. I am getting ready to go relax for the evening. I just wanted to write. Well, more to come! Talk to you soon. http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Long_time_no_see Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:49:05 -0000 Dream from 9-15-07- Tidal Wave I was at a beach house at the ocean. The only people that I remember seeing in the dream where Tim & little Jonathan. I wanted to see out the door at the ocean, and see where the tide was. We were on the bottom level of the house, so I couldn't see outside. All I could see were what looked to be boat's and people out there. So, I hopped up on some furniture to see outside. When I looked out toward the ocean I could see a bunch of rough waves. I have never seen so many waves in real life. They were coming really fast and were big. I looked to see where the tide was at, and it was coming all the way up to the back of the beach house. I knew that is not normal for the tide to usually so that. The next thing I remember was the tide came up so much that it took the house and we started floating down this little river type thing that the wave made. I remember some people floating past us. We weren't injured however, and I don't remember anything else that happened. When I woke up I got ... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Dream_from_9-15-07-_Tidal_Wave Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:55:35 -0000 Song, "We Need Jesus" testimony This is the testimony about how the song, "We Need Jesus" http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/video/item/7/Song_We_Need_Jesus_testimony Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:38:09 -0000 Margo singing, "We Need Jesus." This is a rare side of me that I am revealing to you all. Be brave Margo, haha! :-) This is the song that the Lord gave me while thinking on a good time with Sheila at the hospital. It was my feelings for her that day put into a song. http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/video/item/6/Margo_singing_We_Need_Jesus. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:13:35 -0000 Anything but good!!! God is faithful! When we are faithful how can He be anything but Good?!?! He is GOOD! When I first took the job that I have now, I was very nervous. While I was at work one day when I very first begun my new job, I was starting to feel overwhelmed, and went in the bathroom and started praying to Jesus. During this time I heard this thought that was sooo sweet (I believe it was the Spirit. It gently said, "In this new job I am going to teach you to overcome the world." I believed that thought. And ever since that day I don't remember questioning again whether or not I made the right choice about taking the job or not. Jesus has been very sweet to me. I have had a few experiences where He has stepped in and shown me how to do something. There also have been times when I would start to feel overwhelmed because I didn't understand, and He would send my co-worker to explain it to me. I had a really busy, yet GREAT day today! I listened to my music most of the day, and just got lost in the... http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Anything_but_good Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:13:07 -0000 Oh What a Life this is!!! This is Tony singing the "country" version of Oh What a Life this http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/video/item/3/Oh_What_a_Life_this_is Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:30:14 -0000 New Music 5 http://margoissmiling.multiply.com/music/item/9/New_Music_5 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:17:06 -0000