Jordan Lori Taylor

Hello, I am new to this Christian social networking site.

Be a soldier for God's Army and do not fear what you are being asked to do by God!

While Facebook is the go to social media for most people, I have found that it is really not very healthy from a spiritual perspective. It has it's good points, but the bad almost outweighs the good now. This is why I started to look for alternatives for those of faith, and I have found a few. This article from the Christian Post lists 10 such sites. I'm not saying to do away with Facebook, Twitter and the like...I'm just looking for other places that are less caustic and a lot more inspirational for those of faith in Jesus. I hope this can help other Christians looking for alternatives to typical social media outlets.

I would love to see my friends who love Jesus come and join me here. It's not 100% like Facebook...but then again, is Facebook really helping anyone of faith for real?

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It is hard to stay positive when all seems to turn to chaos. When one let down after another occurs, and when circumstances seem so far beyond your control that you struggle to find God in it all. When innocent people are murdered in an airport by some whackjob. When a young man is tortured and beaten by four other people because he is whiter than they are, and others are murdered by an evil fool at church for no other reason than being black. When people seek to strip Christians and Jews from the world, calling them hateful and bigoted while allowing the true hate of radical Islam to flourish for the sake of "being fair." When it becomes a crime to have hope in the future of a president-elect who is not a typical politician and you are considered ignorant or racist because you dared to even cast your vote for him. When you lie down in bed to try to recover from illness and repeatedly get eaten alive by bugs who crawl in through the many broken parts of your home...and there is NOTHING anyone will do to help you because they are afraid your bugs will become their bugs. When you feel so worthless, weak, and weary that you almost wish for death to take you so you do not have to deal with it all anymore. When you wonder where God really is during it all, and berate yourself for even daring to be upset at Him for everything that is going on because you know He is a loving God but one that allows misfortune and pain for reasons that are so beyond your understanding. I know God loves me and I know that all things work together for our good, but as much as I am trying to understand this I cannot understand what it is that we have done so wrong to deserve what we are enduring right now. I'm not Job...I was never born to be that patient. I do not know how much more we can continue to endure, because I know for a fact I can feel the ice beginning to collect in my heart and I am doing everything I know how to not let it overtake it completely.

I'm still alive, though I have wished I wasn't a couple times over the last few days. Depression and illness along with looking at the clutter pile that is our house just makes me wonder why I have let my life spiral so badly out of control. Why I have no energy or desire to do anything else but cry and sleep. I feel worthless, weak, and frustrated. I'm tired of being broke all the time, tired of feeling like I'm defective. It is no one else's problem but my own, nor will I ever expect anyone else to help because as I have come to realize over the years very few people I know actually can or will. People see posts like this as me just trying to get sympathy or attention. They don't know a thing about what is really going on, and even if they did there is nothing they would be able to do. I do not feel I can lean on anyone except for God, and sometimes I feel like he's ignoring me, too, even though I know very well He isn't. Trying to talk on the phone or face to face with people is very hard for me right now, because putting a smile on my face right now is very hard. I know I will improve and start to feel better because Depression is like ocean waves that ebb and flow. It's just right now I am in a difficult place and wishing I was anywhere else other than where I am now.

Still dealing with pneumonia, though the virus that started it all has tapered off. One good thing I can say for it is that it has made me lose some weight and I appear slimmer, but when you lose weight due to illnesses like flu you usually end up gaining it right back. I still feel really weak and feel like I have a chest full of water, but I am hoping by the end of the week that will improve. I have so much that needs to be done but absolutely no energy to do most of it. Our house needs de-cluttering so badly and with me down and both parents unable to do much, that project is on hold for a little bit. We still need to have the bug guys come to address our home's buggy problems, but they can't until we get the place a lot less crowded. How in the world we have managed to accumulate this much stuff is beyond me, but both Dad and I are prolific pack-rats by nature so that probably explains it, huh? We spent NYE just like we do any other night...watching TV. Mom & Dad watched the NYE celebration on Fox News and drank Martinelli's at 9pm. They went to bed after that because they had to get up early for church. I watched Netflix until I heard the celebratory war zone (neighborhood fireworks) and then I went to sleep after all the noise ceased (it lasted about 20 minutes). 2017 is going to be a good year. It may be starting off a little ragged, but there's more year coming. I'm optimistic and believing God for increase and prosperity.

I'm up. Wide awake since 5:30 am, doing the cough and hack chest exercises and reading up on news. So much has happened in this year. While it has been a very rough one for me and my family, I also know how hard it has been for so many others and for America especially. 2016 sucked. I started this year laid off but hopeful, but as the year progressed things just started getting worse. It is actually not all that surprising that I would get pneumonia and the flu in the last week of 2016. With all the stress we have had on us, from our battles with bugs in our cozy little tin lizzy (every season change it was some crawly critter we had to battle), to Dad's battles with his feet and legs, to Mom's difficulties with her hearing, sight, and memory, to all the financial woes due to lack of income or poor decision making, my jewelry business not taking off well, to leadership changes at DCC and me becoming a worship leader, to issues with my own health on both a physical and emotional level, to the loss of both my sweet baby kitties...it has almost been too much. But, trials are something that you have to go through. If you never have trouble in your life, you never learn or grow enough to move forward. It's like the metal art clay I use to make jewelry pieces. You spend a lot of time pulling out the clay and working it into the shape of the piece, allowing it to dry, then sanding down the rough edges until it looks good. Then it goes into the kiln to fire until all the binders and other impurities are burned off, and once it cools off you polish it to a beautiful finish. That is what we all are..a beautiful creation that God forms to wear close to His heart. He is the designer and we are the clay. Isaiah 54:17 says, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,? Says the Lord. I am standing strong on this verse right now. I have hope for 2017, but it is a different kind of hope than I had for this year. Because of everything I have experienced this year, I think God's got something awesome planned for our family. There will still be troubles, because problems are a fact of life. I choose to hold onto that belief of Increase will happen for us. To everyone who reads what I write here on Facebook, thanks for putting up with my rants during and after the election. If I offended anyone I apologize in part because I never mean to offend, but I am entitled to my views like anyone else. I may be considered hateful, stupid, racist, deplorable, homophobic, or any of the other ridiculous things people on the left call Trump supporters, but at least I am willing to give the man the chance to bring our country back from the free fall it has been in since before 2008. I have hope for ACTUAL change now. I wish you all a very happy and safe New Year, and if you are celebrating, please celebrate smart. Take a cab or stay home if you plan to do a lot of drinking. If you don't drink, just be someone's driver and save some lives tonight, ya know? God bless everyone and I'll see you next year! :-*

I have the flu. I also have walking pneumonia, too. Bleh. 103 temp, can't keep anything down. My teeth are chattering so badly one moment and then I am boiling hot once I wrap up in a blanket. constant muscle aches and I think I have thrown up more in the last 24 hours than I ever have in my whole life. Went to the doctor today and he prescribed a couple things, an antibiotic and an anti-nausea pill. I can't even keep water down at times. This is what I get for forgetting to ask for a flu shot this year. When I was still at Capital One they used to have free flu shots for everyone every November. Well, at least now that I have the flu I at least will have some protection from this same strain. All I know is that I feel like I have been hit by a Mack truck and I am worried about not being able to be there for church. We'll see how I feel and if I still have a fever by then.

Merry Christmas to you all! Much love and may God bless all of you richly! Hope everyone has been having a wonderful Christmas filled with love and family. We spent Christmas after church with Clarence and Norma, as well as their son Don and his wife, Susan. We all had a wonderful Christmas lunch and spent time in fellowship. About 2 hours ago I cooked our Christmas Ham and yams and now am kicking back and enjoying Christmas movies. I missed having Christmas with my brother and sister and their families, but this Christmas was still very special. Because my computer is acting up a little, I cannot get Skype to work, otherwise I would now be pestering my sister. :) God bless all my friends and family, and I hope this Christmas has been a special one for all of you! Love to everyone!

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