HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!

I am proud to be an American.

Now that I"m a mom, EVERYTHING affects me more deeply than it used to, because it's not about me anymore.

I am so grateful that my son Dallas is going to grow up in the greatest country in the world.

That he will be able to freely learn about God, and worship Him.

That he has freedom of speech.

That the American Dream is still alive, and that with hard work and perseverance he can be anything he wants to be.  Although probably not a dancer, if genetics have anything to do with it.  :-)

I have started reading an incredible series of books by Bodie Thoene.  The first book is called Vienna Prelude, and it's all about Hitler's rise to power, and the fall of Austria.  I am ashamed to say that I was not a very good student for most of my life.  I LOVED reading and studying as a kid, but as I got older, the taunts of "nerd" and "bookworm" really got to me, and popularity became my goal.  That didn't work out so well...another story for another time.  :-)  Anyway, this book is not just an amazing story, it is PACKED with historical information, and I'm at a point in my life where it's time to educate myself.  One of the things that really got me in this book is how, when Hitler was coming to power, so many people just kind of stood on the sidelines, hoping that things would blow over.  Or they just didn't want to get involved.  And I bet many of these folks were what we would consider "good" people, and didn't realize the poison that was spreading until it was too late. 

I'm going to paraphrase a famous quote here:  For evil to prosper, the only requirement is that good men do nothing.
Let that sink in.

My prayer today is that all of us would remember the true cost of freedom, and those who decided that "doing nothing" was not and is not an option.  That we would remember and thank those who made the ultimate sacrific.  That we would pray for our amazing troops.  That we would pray for the families that have suffered terrible loss.  That we would do what we can to support them.  And that we truly understand how amazing our country is, and do what we can in our own lives to protect freedom and stand for what we know is right, no matter the consequences. 

I was telling my hubby that our troops should be the superstars of today.  Not actors, or singers, or politicians.  I am seriously thinking of no tv and no unsupervised internet for my son for a long, long time as he grows up, because I do not want his education to come from our culture.

I hope that you are having a joyous Memorial Day!  I am so sorry for rambling.  I'd like to share some final thoughts with you that I think sum up the heart of today...

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.  John 15:13
This Memorial Day we remember those brave men and women who gave their lives in defense of our most precious freedoms.

And we would do well to pray for the members of our armed forces who are placing their lives on the line even as I speak. They long to accomplish their mission and return home to their loved ones. Above all, they yearn for peace.
So do we all—especially since our nation has been at war for six years now. So I think it's important to think about how our longing for permanent peace—unattainable though it is in this world—points us toward a world in which it is possible.  Chuck Colson

The Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

(There are actually five (or more) versions of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. This is the version that appears on the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D. C. and contains the words "under God." This term appears to be the most notable difference among the five versions. According to popular accounts Lincoln spoke those words.)

IT IS WELL

Check out this email from Bill:

Ms. Lara,

Good Afternoon.  I've been listening to The Fish for about 3 months now.  I
found the station one day while flipping through the radio channels.  I
really like the music that is played, always before I didn't like the
Christian station music.  Guess things do change when you really ask Jesus
to take over your life.

I'm at work right now on lunch and I heard you say that we could e-mail any
prayer requests that we may have to you.  Well here is my prayer request:
I'm currently looking for permanent housing and I think I found a place.
Please pray that it is the place that God wants me to be at.  Also, I just
want to send a thank you prayer to God for the job that He has blessed me
with.
And here's my response:

BILL!!!!

WELCOME!!!

And thank you so much for your kind email.

I discovered Christian music a few years ago.  I had gotten a satellite
radio to hear a certain raunchy talk show host who was going to Sirius, and
ended up listening to the channel that played Contemporary Christian music.
Soon after, I rededicated my life to the Lord, and found out about The Fish.
:-)

And yes, it is a dangerous thing to let Jesus take over your life!  And I
mean that in the best way--when you truly trust Him, things might get shaken
up, and even a little scary, but you will be able to look back and see His
hand at work, growing you and shaping you into the person God created you to
be.  I am so happy and excited for you!

That is wonderful news about your job!  CONGRATS!!!  And yes, we will be
lifting you up in prayer regarding your housing.

Would you join us in prayer for Bill?  And isn't it amazing to see that God is already working in his life?  Please know that you can email a prayer request anytime to lara@thefish959.com.  Just let me know if it's one that stays between us, or one I can share with our listener family.  I want you to know that this is a safe place...there is no judgment, just a community that wants to support you and love on you.

I know that holidays can be tough, and how hard it is to be alone when it seems like everyone else in the world is laughing and enjoying a home-cooked meal with their family.  I hope that you will spend some time with us this weekend, and let this positive music comfort you and uplift you.  And I wanted to share the lyrics to one of my favorite hymns, one that you may have sung in church many times.  I always thought that it was just a nice, pretty song until I heard the story behind it.

The song “It Is Well” was written by Horatio Spafford, a man whose four daughters had just drowned after their boat collided with another. He received a telegram from his wife, who had also been on the ship, and it said only two words.

“Saved. Alone.”

As he sailed to be with his wife, he paced the decks of the ship. He asked the captain to tell him when they were passing over the bodies of his daughters, and when he was notified, he said, "When sorrows like sea billows roll...whatever my lot, though hath taught me to say, It is Well, it is well with my soul." 
What happens to your heart in a moment like that?

There are just no answers to a tragedy like that. 

Could I respond to losing my son with the words, "It is well with my soul?"

I pray that I could.   I know that I want faith that allows me to.  I want to trust God so completely that I am at peace no matter what happens, whether that is a day that goes badly or a loss so unimaginable that you don't know how you will ever recover.

Maybe this Memorial Day Weekend will be the best weekend of your life, or maybe the worst.  Chances are it will be somewhere in between.

Know that God will meet you where you are.  And that sometimes we might sing the words to this song and be experiencing peace like a river.   The next day not so much.  Through all of it, hold on to the fact (and it is a fact, not some fairytale) that Christ has shed His own blood for YOUR soul.  That as He was being beaten, as His beard was being pulled out by the roots, as He breathed that final breath on the cross, it was YOUR face that He saw.  And my face. And Bill's face.  And it was Horatio Spafford's face, which was why Mr. Spafford was able to write this after his whole world came apart:

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, 
 when sorrows like sea billows roll; 
 whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, 
 It is well, it is well with my soul. 
Refrain:
 It is well with my soul, 
 it is well, it is well with my soul. 

2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, 
 let this blest assurance control, 
 that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, 
 and hath shed his own blood for my soul. 
 (Refrain) 

3. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! 
 My sin, not in part but the whole, 
 is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, 
 praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! 
 (Refrain) 

4. And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, 
 the clouds be rolled back as a scroll; 
 the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, 
 even so, it is well with my soul. 
 (Refrain) 

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CONNECT WITH US!!!

Whether you are a brand new Fish listener or have been listening for almost 10 years now, we are so grateful for you!  We are so excited that you are a part of our community, and we hope that you'll reach out and connect with us.  There are so many ways to do that now, and for us to get to know each other a little better.

You could email me at lara@thefish959.com and tell me how you found us, when you listen, and who your favorite artists are.

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Thank you so much for spending part of your day with us, and for allowing us into your life.  We don't take that lightly, and we do our best to play the best music, put on events that you want to come to, and speak encouraging words to you.  When you connect with us, you help The Fish truly become your station.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT GOD FROM A SIX-MONTH-OLD

It seems like it was just a week ago that my son Dallas weighed less than ten pounds and couldn't lift his head.  He also couldn't be awake without crying.

Now, he is a chubby six-month-old (is there anything better than chubby baby wrists and arms?) that can sit by himself, almost crawl, babble nonstop, and smile.  He has also learned to lunge for things that he thinks are interesting, and his two faves are the tv remote and mommy's cell phone.

He could be peacefully chilling in my arms, and then launch himself toward the counter or the couch or wherever it is he sees what he wants.  He has no idea of the consequences of jumping out of the safety of my arms...there is only one thought:  I want the shiny, pretty object.  And I want to chew on it.

When I move him away from it, or take it away from him, that's when it happens.

The quivering chin.

The red face.

The REAL tears!!! 

The real tears are the hardest for me to take. 

When I see his frustration and pain, I want to immediately give him the object of his desire and say, "Have at it!"  But I know that that is not what's best for him, even if he doesn't know it, so I hold him while the real tears stream down his cheeks (and sometimes down mine).

It hit me the other day how I am not so different from my little boy.  I see something that I think looks pretty good, and decide that I must have it.  Many times I pray that God would let such and such happen, or allow such and such into my life.  And when the answer is no, and the thing doesn't appear, I can get frustrated.  Did I not ask properly?  Surely this is meant for me.

But perhaps God knows more than we do.  (You THINK?!)

He sees the big picture, and knows that sometimes the cell phone with the pretty pink cover would harm us.  That it might not be a good idea to chew on the batteries in the remote control, even though it looks like fun and might even make us feel smarter/prettier/funnier/more complete (momentarily, at least).  He wants me (and you) to trust Him when He says no, and to rest in the safety of His arms. 

I think it was Max Lucado who said that we see one page, while God sees the entire novel.  We must trust that the way our life is unfolding is no surprise to God, and hold off on making a judgment until we know the whole story.

I have learned so much from reading My Utmost For His Highest, and I feel like I could quote Oswald Chambers every day.  Please allow me, in closing, to share something from today's selection at www.myutmost.org. 

Jesus never mentioned unanswered prayer, He had the boundless certainty that prayer is always answered. Have we by the Spirit the unspeakable certainty that Jesus had about prayer, or do we think of the times when God does not seem to have answered prayer? "Every one that asketh receiveth." We say - "But . . . , but . . ." God answers prayer in the best way, not sometimes, but every time, although the immediate manifestation of the answer in the domain in which we want it may not always follow.

HAPPY MONDAY FROM DALLAS!

WHO SHALL SEPARATE US?

I want to share a passage from My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers with you:

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Romans 8:35
"Shall tribulation . . . ?" Tribulation is never a noble thing; but let tribulation be what it may - exhausting, galling, fatiguing, it is not able to separate us from the love of God. Never let cares or tribulations separate you from the fact that God loves you.
"Shall anguish . . . ?" - can God's love hold when everything says that His love is a lie, and that there is no such thing as justice?
"Shall famine . . . ?" - can we not only believe in the love of God but be more than conquerors, even while we are being starved?
Either Jesus Christ is a deceiver and Paul is deluded, or some extraordinary thing happens to a man who holds on to the love of God when the odds are all against God's character. Logic is silenced in the face of every one of these things. Only one thing can account for it - the love of God in Christ Jesus. "Out of the wreck I rise" every time.

This passage touches my heart in ways I can't even quite explain.  "Some extraordinary thing happens to a man who holds on to the love of God when the odds are all against God's character."

What are you walking through right now that is making you doubt that God is who He says He is?  Have you been asking, "Where IS He? Why me?  How could a loving God allow this?"

You may have heard me encouraging you to stand strong when you are going through a hard time, and playing songs like "What Faith Can Do" by Kutless.

And you may have thought that it's easy for me to say, that maybe they are just happy words tossed out over the intro of a song.  I struggle, just like you, and there are days when my faith is shaky and I wonder if God has forgotten me.  I wish you could have seen me last night.  Dallas and I sang and said our evening prayers, and then I sat beside him as he went to sleep, still praying.  I am coming out of postpartum depression, just found out my husband will be away from us for at least three months throughout the rest of the year, and discovered two new lumps in my breast (I was treated for one, which thankfully turned out to not be serious, a few months ago).  I came to a point, though, where I didn't even know what to say to God, because my heart was hurting so much, and I just cried into Dallas's hair, which smelled like Fresh Baby (can we find a way to bottle that, please?).

I trust that God can take my pain.  That He can handle it, and that He has allowed it for a reason that I do not know at this point.  What I do know is that I want to find out what this extraordinary thing is that will happen to me when I trust God's heart when I am scared, lonely, vulnerable, or in pain.

I want YOU to know...really KNOW...that God is real. 

And that He understands what you are going through, because He went through it, too. 

And that He has allowed whatever it is into your life to bring Glory to Himself.

And that He loves you beyond what you can even imagine.

And that He can handle your questions, and even your anger.

I love the lyrics to Better Than A Hallelujah by Amy Grant, because they are so very honest:

God loves a lullaby
In a mothers tears in the dead of night
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.
God loves the drunkards cry,
The soldiers plea not to let him die
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah.

I pray that our music wraps around you like a warm blanket (a snuggie, even) today as you deal with the stuff of life.  And please let us know how we can pray for you, okay?

On a lighter note...I was looking through a parenting magazine, and even though Dallas is only six months old, I about had a panic attack wondering what summer camp I will send him to one day.  Cooking!  Theatre! Spanish and Mandarin Immersion! Sports! Math! Can too many choices ever be a bad thing?  And what are you doing with your kids this summer?

LET FAITH REPLACE FEAR!

Our sermon yesterday was about Jesus walking on the water. 

When you look at these verses in John, Jesus says 2 things to the disciples when He comes to them on the stormy lake.

I've been trying to really picture what was happening as I read my Bible lately, whether that is someone's dusty feet or the hair whipping around a running woman.

Let me digress for a moment:  Here are the disciples, out on a lake, where it's pitch black (no glow from city lights to even give a hint of safety), the wind is howling, and the waters are rough.  (I get seasick on the ride to Catalina, so thinking of their little boat being tossed around makes me queasy).  The last they saw of Jesus, He had retreated to a mountain for some quiet time.  Surprise!

So, back to what Jesus said.  He approached the boat, walking on the water, and calmly said:  "It is I; don't be afraid."

Are you in a storm today?  Even if you are not, there could be one in the forecast soon.  I just found out that my hubby is going to be doing TONS of work that will take him away from Dallas and me for a long, long, time.  What are you struggling with?  I believe that God says the same thing to us now, in the midst of our pain, loneliness, sickness, fear, anger, and uncertainty:  "It is I; don't be afraid."

He is here with you. He is here with me.  Now. 

I know that maybe just hearing that doesn't make everything suddenly better, but I pray that it does give you the courage to stand.  And to maybe do the next thing, which could be as simple as making a phone call or fixing something to eat. 

I hope that the  music here on The Fish reminds you of this truth.  God is here...He is who He says He is...dont be scared. 

And please let us know how we can pray for you.  lara@thefish959.com. 

HAPPY HALF-BIRTHDAY!!!

Char, and Kathi, and everyone who has sent Happy Six Months wishes to Dallas....thank you so very much.  It seems like he has always been here, but at the same time it feels like he just got here.  Being a mom is the greatest thing I have ever done, and I thank God every day for blessing me with this little boy.  I wanted to share 2 of his new skills with you, since you've been on this journey with me! 

Here he is massaging his gums with his new "toothbrush!"

And here he is with his sippy cup!  This was about 2 seconds before he fell apart--he was like, "What is this strange colorless, tasteless liquid you call water?  I want my milk!"

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

If you're a mom....have you ever "taken a bath" with your child's baby wipes?!  Is it only me? There are some days where, as a working mom, that's as good as it's going to get, lol.  :-)  What do you do to save time?

CONGRATS to MercyMe!  Their new CD, The Generous Mr. Lovewell, just debuted at #3 on the album chart!  The overall album chart, so they are #3 out of everything in the whole country.  Whoo!!!!

I am challenged every time I read Oswald Chambers.  I wanted to share today's entry from My Utmost For His Highest with you, as it really spoke to me.  I have a tendency to be cynical and to complain and to feel sorry for myself when things go wrong (or even when they are going right--sometimes I feel like this is my default setting!), and this was the wake up call that I needed today.  I pray that it will speak to you, and help start your weekend off on a happy note, even if you are going through some disagreeable things.  When you go through those dark places...know that they can change you and transform you, if you will let them.

"That life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh." 2 Corinthians 4:10
We have to form habits to express what God's grace has done in us. It is not a question of being saved from hell, but of being saved in order to manifest the life of the Son of God in our mortal flesh, and it is the disagreeable things which make us exhibit whether or not we are manifesting His life. Do I manifest the essential sweetness of the Son of God, or the essential irritation of "myself" apart from Him? The only thing that will enable me to enjoy the disagreeable is the keen enthusiasm of letting the life of the Son of God manifest itself in me. No matter how disagreeable a thing may be, say - "Lord, I am delighted to obey Thee in this matter," and instantly the Son of God will press to the front, and there will be manifested in my human life that which glorifies Jesus.
There must be no debate. The moment you obey the light, the Son of God presses through you in that particular; but if you debate you grieve the Spirit of God. You must keep yourself fit to let the life of the Son of God be manifested, and you cannot keep yourself fit if you give way to self-pity. Our circumstances are the means of manifesting how wonderfully perfect and extraordinarily pure the Son of God is. The thing that ought to make the heart beat is a new way of manifesting the Son of God. It is one thing to choose the disagreeable, and another thing to go into the disagreeable by God's engineering. If God puts you there, He is amply sufficient.
Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the word of God be always living and active in you.

FUR KIDS

How beautiful are Char's babies?  I love seeing pics of your kids....both human and fur alike.  :-)  Here's what Char said:

Sicily was supposed to be a foster cat but she was so cute and very sick at the beginning. The one of the three cats are the cats in age order (Sparky, Scampi and Sicily).... Sicily now is 3.5 years old and the size of a 7-8 MONTH old kitty.

TEETH!

Here's a pic of the big news around our house:  Dallas, 25 weeks, has 2 bottom teeth!  And I think more are on the way--he is drooling like crazy and trying to gnaw on anything and everything.  We got him one of those little teethers with the brush on one end, which he's become quite good at handling.  :-)  He also has a new game:  My hubby turns his bib around and makes him "fly" like a superhero.

Focus On The Family's Celebrate Family Tour is tomorrow night at the Hilton in Costa Mesa!  You could be part of a live taping of a Focus show with President Jim Daly, and there's a special focus on teen parenting.  Plus, Phil Joel (who used to be with the Newsboys) is going to perform!  AND it's all free--just bring $ for parking.  You can get details and register in our Station Events section.

Fishfest is only ONE month away!  On June 12th, we'll be rocking out at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre to TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, OC Supertones and more!  Do you have tix yet?  Visit www.transparentproductions.com.  We just released some VIP tix yesterday, and I think there are still some left. 

We would love to hear about the most caring person you know!  Who knows exactly when to call with an encouraging word, or to show up and give you a hug (and perhaps bring chocolate)?  Tell us about them at lara@thefish959.com so we can give 'em a shout out on the air!

LETTERS TO GOD

I was fortunate enough to see Letters To God over the weekend, and I want to encourage you to see it as soon as you can.  Don't be scared to read my review!  I won't give anything away, I promise.  :-)

My son Dallas and I pray every night, and my prayer is always that he would grow up to be a kind boy who loves God with all his heart. 

Tyler, the main character in Letters To God, is a child who is fearless in sharing his faith and loving others.  In fact, he is the kind of person that I would like to be. 

The thing that  makes Tyler even more amazing is that he has cancer, but he faces each day with hope. 

If you are a parent, you will sob your way through Letters To God, but leave feeling uplifted and encouraged.  And this is a wonderful movie for children, too--there are some really funny scenes, and I can totally see showing it to Dallas in a few years (he is six months now) and having a conversation about faith, caring for others, and cancer.  Maybe he will even decide on his own to do something to help sick children?  I truly think that so many hearts and lives will be changed by this movie.  And to take back the arts for Christ...to use moviemaking to reach folks with a message of faith, hope, and love....well, that is just awesome, and I hope there are more movies like this.

And if you are battling cancer, please know you are in our prayers.  If you go to http://www.letterstogodthemovie.com/, you can find support.  And please let us know exactly how we can pray for you here at The Fish by emailing me at lara@thefish959.com. 

I hope you had a wonderful Mama's Day Weekend!  My hubby made french toast yesterday, and then I went to church, the gym, and a massage.  We also took Dallas to his first movie, and he did great!!!  He slept a bit in his carseat, and then had a bottle, and bounced on our legs.  There was one quiet moment where he let out a huge burp, which was a little awkward, lol.  :-)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

I understand more than ever now that I"m a mom how amazing every mom is!  And if you are a single mom, I want to tell you that I admire you so much.  Moms are beautiful, special, giving, loving, kind, and STRONG, and I hope that you are celebrated this weekend for everything  you do.  I used to think it was strange when I would ask a mom what she wanted for Mom's Day, and she would tell me that she wanted a quiet day to herself where she didn't have to do anything for anyone.  I was always like, don't you want to be with your family?  Now I"m like, give me a few hours to nap and read and Mama will be good, lol.  :-)  Btw...check out this new pic of Dallas at 24 weeks.  Tell me he doesn't look like he is going to be into EVERYTHING very soon!!!!

THANK YOU so much for your amazing response yesterday!  You called and gave online to World Concern, and because of that:

75,112 Children will receive the 44cent Cure

110 wells will be dug
385 latrines

PRAISE GOD!!!  That is not a typo...over 75 THOUSAND children will be changed forever by what YOU did yesterday.  We rejoice over one life changed...this is truly a miracle.  And if you weren't able to give yesterday because the site went down, it should be all good now.   You can find that link in yesterday's blog, or on our homepage at http://www.fishi959.com/. 

Have a GLORIOUS weekend!  Happy Mother's Day!

PASTOR GREG LAURIE!!!

He has written the most beautiful blog about the National Day Of Prayer, which is tomorrow.  You can read the whole thing here:  http://blog.greglaurie.com/, and I've posted the last part of it below.  And remember, you can see Pastor Greg at Fishfest on June 12th.  :-)

Let’s pray . . .
Lord, we pray for America today.
We pray that you would heal our land. We pray for a mighty revival that would sweep our country.
Yet we also understand that Revival must begin with us.
Revival has been defined as your finger pointing at us.
Lord, search us today and see if there be any wicked way in us and lead us in the way everlasting.
Shine the spotlight of your Holy Spirit in our hearts and may your searing light expose any area of our lives that may be displeasing to you. Whether it be a sin of commission or omission, we want to confess it to you now.
We don’t want to make excuses for it or blame it on someone else. Like that sinner we heard about, we say, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”
You have told us in Scripture that if we would confess our sin, You are faithful and just to forgive us our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
So Father, we confess our sin. We know it is offensive to you. We repent of it. We “turn from our wicked ways.”
And Lord, we thank You that because of Jesus’ death on the cross and our complete trust in and surrender to Him, we are forgiven.
In Jesus’ name, we pray,
Amen.

WHAT SONGS INSPIRE YOU?

What songs inspire, encourage and comfort YOU?  Let us know at lara@thefish959.com.  We love to hear how God has used music to touch you, and will try to play your song for you.  We heard from a gal who got in the car after getting some bad news from the doctor, and when she turned on The Fish she heard "What Faith Can Do" from Kutless, which was exactly what she needed at that moment.

Fish Artist Lincoln Brewster's 5-year-old son, Liam, told him the cutest thing.  He said, I love you and mommy more than anything in the whole world, except God.  That's in the Ten Commandments.  :-)

What do you say to a child who feels that their life has no value?  What do you say to a child who thinks that going hungry is normal, drinking dirty water is normal, has never had a pair of shoes or a visit to the doctor and will most likely never learn how to read or write?  I"m not sure there is much we can say, but we can do something!  There is hope for children like Royd in Zambia, and that hope comes in the form of a World Vision sponsorship.  Is changing his life worth $1/day to you?  You can see Royd's pic and read his bio when you click the World Vision banner at http://www.fish959.com/ (he is 8 years old).  I know that sponsoring is not for everyone, so if it's not for you, please pray that the right sponsor will find their way to this precious little boy.  Thank you so much!

GROWING UP FAST!!!

My little baby Dallas can stand with help!  And he now has two bottom teeth that are in.  AND...there are two more coming!!!   I thought we might get a small break, but...perhaps that will happen in another few months, lol.  He has actually been in a pretty great mood and experimenting with all of his new sounds.  And did I mention he likes to hold hands?  :-)  So there's that.  I love to hear YOUR stories of your kids!  Please email me at lara@thefish959.com.  And let me know about the amazing Mom in your life--I want to give lots of Mom shout outs this week in honor of Mama's Day.

Crystal wanted to say how AWESOME  a certain lady is:  My sister Moriah is the awesome lady in my life! She's my little sister but she's my biggest cheerleader. She's wise and FUNNY!

Did you hear that we are "Packing The Pit" for Fishfest this week?  If you win these tix, you will be in the pit area right in front of the stage!  Close enough that you will feel like you are practically part of the band.  :-)  BWD and our Morning Show will have 95.9 Tix to give away this week!  And you can still buy tix at http://www.fish959.com/ or http://www.transparentproductions.com/.  Just a few weeks to go 'til June 12th!!!