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TIP OF THE DAY (& SOME UPDATES)

January 22, 2011

ATTENTION!!!

THE-BOOK-OF-ROO READERS

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FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL’S SCHEMES. FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS. THEREFORE PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND, AND AFTER YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING, STAND FIRM THEN, WITH THE BELT OF TRUTH BUCKLED AROUND YOUR WAIST, WITH THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE, AND WITH YOUR FEET FITTED WITH THE READINESS THAT COMES FROM THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL THE FLAMING ARROWS OF THE EVIL ONE. TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND REQUESTS. WITH THIS IN MIND, BE ALERT AND ALWAYS KEEP ON PRAYING FOR ALL THE LORD’S PEOPLE.

 

Ewa Smeja

1978-2011

Hi all. Well today I have many things to talk about and update you on.  Lets start with the good news first 🙂 the good news is, THE-BOOK-OF-ROO is going amazingly well, in fact, it is going so well, that I just got in contact with 2 pretty popular sites, that are willing to help advertise THE-BOOK-OF-ROO.  The one site is a facebook site, it is a foundation that helps disabled artists get their names known, that means no matter if you draw, paint, write, sing, whatever it is, if your disabled they will help you.  The 2ND site is a Christian site that’s centered around updating people on anything and everything new that’s going on in the Christian world, especially the Christian music world.  The site is called New Release Tuesday (NRT) this (NRT) site is a pretty big step for THE-BOOK-OF-ROO, because this site has over 30,000 members, that’s not including their facebook or twitter pages, (NRT) has agreed to not only advertise THE-BOOK-OF-ROO on their website and facebook and twitter pages, but they also have agreed to mention THE-BOOK-OF-ROO, and mention me, Jackie Yafanaro, in a upcoming news letter, and their newsletters reach about 20,000 to 30,000 people, so again this is a big step for THE-BOOK-OF-ROO.  I am asking that anyone and everyone who reads THE-BOOK-OF-ROO and is supportive of what I am doing, please keep me and the site in prayer, and please pray that GOD continues opening doors for me.  OK so here’s the, sad, heartbreaking news.  Another woman who has Osteogenisis Imperfecta, has went home to be with the LORD, her name was Ewa Smeja, she was about 33 years old, and she also was a mother to a young girl, I think the daughters name is Anna, her daughter also has Osteogenisis Imperfecta. I had met Ewa in a Osteogenisis Imperfecta support group, on the Osteogenisis foundation website. I also had got to know her even better on facebook.  The picture above is of Ewa, Ewa was always so positive, and she had helped me and many others with Osteogenisis Imperfecta, if you ever needed to talk, or if you ever had a question about the disease, Ewa was your girl, she was like the wikapedia of Osteogenisis Imperfecta lol, she was a great friend to all, in the many Osteogenisis Imperfecta support groups and she will be missed by many, including me.  You know, when I first joined all these Osteogenisis Imperfecta support groups, I joined them because, like I said in a previous blog, I had joined them, because I was hoping to be able to help encourage and teach others with Osteogenisis Imperfecta, and help encourage their parents, but never did I think I would learn so much myself, never did I think they would be the ones encouraging and teaching me, but they have and for that I am very grateful and thankful, and you all will always have a special place in my heart.  Beckah Shae the Christian singer, wrote something on her facebook page yesterday that I loved, she said, It’s not things that make people special, it’s the people that make things special, wow she is so right.  Thats exactly how I feel about all my Osteogenisis Imperfecta friends and all my friends I met doing THE-BOOK-OF-ROO site. Beckah Shae is just so inspiring to me, every time I need a word of wisdom, I always go looking on her page, and boom there’s always something there that touches my heart, GOD uses this woman even more than I think she realizes, GOD bless you Beckah Shae, and thanks for the encouragement once again. In the middle of writing this blog, this song came on the NRT Radio station called Everything Falls, its by a group called Fee, and wow, that song spoke to me so much.  I deleted everything I had started to originally write, and started all over, that’s also why this blogs coming out so late hehehehe 🙂 anyways, this song talks about, no matter what your going through, even if you feel your life’s fallen apart, GOD is there holding you together.  Ewa’s husband, when he wrote to us all announcing Ewa’s death, you could tell by his words, that he was at a total loss, and really didn’t know what to do or where to turn, even though he only wrote a short sentence explaining what had happened, you could still feel the huge amount of pain that this man was in, and you really could see that he truly was heartbroken and that he truly did feel like his world fell apart. I am here to tell him and anyone out there, that if you feel lost, sad, confused, disappointed, destroyed, heartbroken, or as the song says, feels like your world has fallen apart, please know GOD is there holding you together.  As I tell all my friends, he is there holding you in the palm of his hands.  A friend contacted me tonight asking for prayer and advice, she asked me how do I go through all that I go through and yet have such a positive out look on life, and she had asked me how does she her self get through a struggle, I had told her that the only way to get through things, the only way to stay, positive, strong, patient, kind, joyful, and hopeful, is to have a true relationship with our LORD JESUS CHRIST.  As part of Ephesians 6, it says, be strong, put on the full armor of GOD pray against evil, pray in the spirit, have a positive mind people, speak faith in your life, speak the word of GOD in your life.  Psalm 84:11 says For the LORD GOD is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.  It has been about 5 months since I started this blog, and around the time I started this blog, was the same time I joined all the Osteogenisis Imperfecta groups, and since I joined the groups about 4, maybe even 5 people have died, that is so sad, that means from the Osteogenisis Imperfecta group at least 1 person with Osteogenisis Imperfecta, has died a month.  By the way, if the group has 500 people that’s saying a lot 😦 it is very sad, but I do know everyone of these people no matter how long they lived, they lived life to the fullest, all of us with Osteogenisis Imperfecta, have one of the worse disease there is, one of the most painful disease’s there is, one of the most life threatening disease’s there is, but even though we have a life threatening disease, we know how to truly live.  In a disease that has tried to take our strength, our joy, our hope, our life, it still has not won and never will win.  Please keep all my Osteogenisis Imperfecta friends in prayer, and remember everyone, be strong, be positive, be joyful, be hopeful, and remember, there is power in the name of Jesus.  So be strong and hold on tightly to him, because he said he’d never leave us or forsake us, even if our world gets shaken and we feel like every things fallen apart, our GOD IS MIGHTY AND STRONG.  Most importantly, remember, there is POWER IN THE BLOOD. STAY STRONG ALL, KEEP HOLDING ON TO OUR LORDS HAND, AND REMEMBER OUR GOD IS A AWESOME GOD, HE IS THE RULER OF ALL THINGS (including evil) SO PUT ON HIS ARMOR AND FIGHT BACK. That’s all I have for today. JESUS IS FIGHTING WITH YOU, HE IS FIGHTING FOR YOU, AND HE LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF ANYONE FEELS HOPELESS OR WEAK.  I PRAY THAT THE LORD TOUCHES YOU, THAT HE STRENGTHENS YOUR MIND, YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR HEART, AND THAT YOU REALIZE THESE ARE NOT JUST WORDS, BUT THAT THERE TRULY IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. LORD STRENGTHEN THESE PEOPLE NO MATTER IF ITS MENTAL OR PHYSICAL.  LET THEM FEEL STRONG AGAIN, FEEL JOY AGAIN, FEEL HAPPINESS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FEEL LOVED BY YOU FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY AMEN.

HOPE FOR EMMA

January 13, 2011

MOTHER&DAUGHTER

(Hannah&Emma)

MATTHEW 21:21-22

JESUS REPLIED, “TRULY I TELL YOU, IF YOU HAVE FAITH AND DO NOT DOUBT, NOT ONLY CAN YOU DO WHAT WAS DONE TO THE FIG TREE, BUT ALSO YOU CAN SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, GO, THROW YOURSELF INTO THE SEA, ‘AND IT WILL BE DONE. IF YOU BELIEVE, YOU WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR IN PRAYER.”

HI all. Well today I have someone special I want to talk about. Years ago, I was at a Kim Clement meeting, remember Kim Clement is a prophet, I introduced you all to him, and what he does, on new years, anyways one day when I was at one of his meetings, I met a woman that travels with Kim Clement, and she sings with him, and basically, I guess you could say, she is a part of his team. This woman’s name is Hannah, this woman was so nice, she sat and talked with me, my mom, my dad and pastor, and even though she travels the world, and does such great, important, mighty, wonderful, powerful things, she still took time to talk to us, I remember she seen me in my wheelchair, holding my little tambourine, waiting for the service to start, and she ran right up to us and when we started talking, I remember thinking to myself, and I remember asking GOD, why do I feel so connected to this woman? what is it about her, that I feel so strong about? now that day like I said, I didn’t know why I felt such a connection to her. After that day, I never seen her (Hannah) again, and for years, I had been trying to get in contact with her online, I looked on Kim Clements web site a few times, I did a search for her name online, but I never found anything, than about 4 or 5 months ago, I found out that this woman, “Hannah”, gave birth to a little girl, her name is Emma Jewel, and during the birth there were many complications, and basically, the bottom line to it all is, because of all the complications at birth, she (Emma) was left with many medical issues, at this moment in time, she cannot walk, or speak, but her mom and dad are believing in faith, that this little girl (Emma) will be healed. Now like I said before, I met Hannah years ago, I met her before Emma was even born, by the way Emma is about 3 years old now. I believe that all this with Emma, is why I met Hannah, I believe even years ago, the LORD knew all this was coming, and that is why he made it so me and Hannah would meet. After finding out about Emma, it just so happened, that my mom got a email from Kim Clement ministries, and it was about a website, that Hannah had started for her Emma, and it gave the whole story about everything they went through, and how Emma was born sick, and again me and my mom both, felt such a connection to the story, because it was very similar to my story, the Doctors didn’t know anything was wrong with Emma, they assumed that Hannah, was going to have a normal delivery. Once Emma was born, and the Doctors seen her condition, they kept telling Hannah and her husband, and still tell them to this day, that basically, there is no hope, but Emma’s parents, did what my parents did, they believed in faith, that GOD would carry Emma through all this. The reason they built a website for Emma, is because there is a special center, its called Napa Center, that does intense rehabilitation therapy for kids mostly, to try to give them a better, more independent quality of life, Emma’s parents believe, that this place can help their daughter, and so I am asking that you all believe with them, and please help this family, their insurance, will not cover the cost of the therapy center, so I am asking that you all go to this website, www.hopeforemma.com and donate money to this family, if you all cannot afford to donate money, than at least buy Hannah’s Christmas CD, I know Christmas is over, but that’s OK, this is for a good cause, there’s a song on the CD, called, “GODS gift”, and wow, this song is amazing, and it will bring tears to your eyes, every time you hear it, Hannah, also made a youtube video, that shows pictures of Emma, and it has Hannah’s song “GODS gift” playing in the video, I uploaded this video into this blog, it is not a long video, I ask that you all please watch the video, I promise you wont regret it, its beautiful, it truly shows a mothers heart for their daughter. This website www.hopeforemma.com was such a blessing to me, because not only was I able to hear more about Emma’s story, but I also was able to get in contact with Hannah again, and that has been a huge blessing to me already, if you want to hear a more detailed version of Emma’s story and about the disability she struggles with, than go to the hope for Emma website. Emma’s full name, Emma JEWEL, boy does it fit her, because she is a jewel, I know one day the LORDS going to do great things for this little girl, she is so beautiful, she truly is a gift from GOD and she shines just like a jewel, and its funny, because for some reason, when I went to write this blog, I kept hearing the LORD say, go do research, about what the name jewel means? so I went, and did a search online, and I came across this one website, where in french, it says, that the name jewel means JOY, and that’s so awesome to me, because I am always speaking about JOY in my blogs, and on new years, I don’t know if you all seen my new years blog, but if you didn’t, I said, my mission this year, is to make sure, everyone hears about JOY, not just JOY, but the JOY of the LORD, remember, the JOY of the LORD is your strength. Emma may look weak to you all, but if you look in her eyes, you can see the strength in her, and I not only believe, but I know, that Emma, will not only survive, and get through all this, but she will be a true testament, to GODS strength, grace, and healing power. For everyone that reads my blogs, or is just reading it for the first time, let mine and Emma’s stories, prove to you all, that we can over come anything that comes our way. The past 4 or 5 years of my life, have been a mess, I had been so sick, and I had so many different things going on, my one cousin was diagnosed with Leukemia (cousin is free from Leukemia today), my uncle who wasn’t sick, just suddenly died one day, my grandma, who was my best friend, died and that was extremely hard on both me and my mom, because, we both basically watched her get sicker and sicker for 6 weeks, and we watched her die a slow, very painful death. Everything in life, just seemed to be getting worse and worse. Every time I tried to get my foot in the door for writing, the doors just kept slamming right back in my face lol, and it just was a awful 4 or 5 years, and like I said before, I had got to a point where, I was mad, angry and bitter, because I kept saying why is GOD allowing all this to happen to me? I had lost that JOY, that I keep talking about, and finally, one day as you all know I heard Beckah Shae’s music, and seen that video by Louie Giglio, on laminin, and that all started to bring me back to my roots, back to my FAITH, JOY, HOPE, and most importantly, back to my true love, MY LORD JESUS CHRIST. I cant answer why all these bad things happen to us, I cant answer why Hannah’s girl Emma isn’t being instantly healed, or why she, or I had to be born sick in the first place, but I can tell you, I do know GOD has a plan for us all, a purpose, a journey, that we all must travel, the most important thing about all this is, that you allow GOD to be the one guiding you through it. The one, well maybe not, the one, but one of the most important, and biggest mistakes, I had been making for 5 years, is I wasn’t willing to wait on GODS timing, when I wanted something, I wanted it now, but that was a huge mistake, because guess what, its not about when we want something to happen, its about when GOD feels were ready for things to happen, and guess what else? its not about what we want, its about what GOD wants for us, like I said in my previous blogs, its not about our dreams, its about GODS dreams, because let me tell you, anything you have imagined for your life, GOD has imagined something a billion times bigger and better, so like I said before, lets let go of our dreams, and take GODS dreams in. Here’s a little testimony, to prove to you all, that its about GODS timing, and not our own, like I said earlier, I had been trying to do so many different things for years, and was getting so discouraged, because everything I kept trying for was failing, but than on august 15Th, of 2010, my sister, had announced, that she was having her first child, and instantly, when she made that announcement, I felt the LORD say to me, this is your time, and I knew I needed to start stepping out in faith, and doing things that I know the LORD has for me to do, but at the same time, even though, I knew it was my time, I was very confused, and scared, because I didn’t know what to do, or where to go, and that’s when the LORD started leading me to build a blog site, and to contact Beckah Shae, and like I said before, when the LORD first was telling me to do all this, I said oh LORD no, this is all a waste of time, I have done all this before, its like, been there done that, kind of thing lol, but the LORD kept pushing me, so I finally started stepping out in faith, and did what he said to do, and I’m just amazed at the outcome, I just told my mom a few days ago, I don’t know what it is about this year, but everything seems to be falling in to place so easily, people that I been trying to contact for years, are finally replying, like for instance I had been trying to contact Hannah for at least 8 years, and I finally found her, or how about Beckah Shae, the same week I wrote her, she happened to be in Ohio, which is where I live!!! or how about Ty Pennington, I had been trying to meet him for well over 10 years, and on October 6Th 2010, I finally met him, this isn’t all just a bunch of coincidences, this is the hand of GOD, Matthew 6:6 says. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. I so believe that, when we pray, GOD does reward us, I see it happening every day lately. 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 says pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I thank GOD for everything hes doing, not only in my and my families life, but also in Emma and her families life. Remember faith without works is dead people, so keep believing, keep that faith strong, keep praying in the spirit, keep worshiping, the JOY of the LORD is our strength. Lets stand and believe for Emma that this year, remarkable things are going to happen for her. Keep believing, Keep believing, Keep believing, 2011, is going to be a powerful, joyful, happy, amazing, holy, year. Remember 2011 means, abundance, and I so know that’s true, because already, this year, I’m experiencing an abundance, of amazing things that are happening in my life. Well this blog is way longer than I planned, so I am shutting up for now lol. Oh one last thing, not only will the hope for Emma website be listed on this blog page, but it will also be listed on the right hand side of, THE-BOOK-OF-ROO, it is in the list of all my other sites, to be exact, hope for Emma is on the right side of the page, right below the Beckah Shae site/logo. Well that’s it for now, have an abundantly faith filled, blessed day, and remember JESUS LOVES YOU. P.S I WROTE THIS LATE AT NIGHT, SO PLEASE EXCUSE AND FORGIVE ANY TYPOS THERE MAY BE LOL