FULL NAME: Hope Renee Coen
NICKNAME: I have alot of them. Hoper, Hopey, Hopamis, Hopealina and my favorate... my husband calls me sweetheart.
BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, Florida
SPIRITUAL BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, FL, at Temple Hights BaptistCchurch when I was 4: then rededicated my life when I was 15 in Acworth, GA at Hillcrest Baptist.
OCCUPATION: Cashier at Harris Teeter but hopefully soon a stay at home mom.
MARITAL/FAMILY STATUS: Married no children yet
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Every Christmas morning. There's something about being a child waking up on Christmas morning to the smell of turkey and presents waiting for you....... magic.
1st JOB: Cashier at Publix in GA
WORST JOB: The one I have now....:(
FAVORITE SONG: Stand By Me
FAVORITE FOOD: Pretty much anything Italian, chicken parm!!! mmmmmmmm
MY IDEA OF A PERFECT EVENING: Sitting next to my husband and not having he's leaving soon in the back of my mind.
IF THERE'S 1 THING I CAN’T STAND IN PEOPLE:LOL there's so many things to choose from! LOL just kidding, um rudeness; people can be so rude.
IF I COULD CHANGE 1 THING ABOUT MYSELF: I'm pretty happy with the way God made me but I would make myself clean more LOL
I’VE NEVER BEEN TO: Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA andJosh wont take me!! lol he promised:(
MY FAVORITE PREACHER IS: I do love Bro Skinner but my favorate is Victor Bledsoe my preacher back home who married Josh and I.
1 THING I’D STILL LIKE TO TRY: Sky diving; maybe I'll do it when I'm 80 cause I'll have already lived long enough so it wouldnt matter so much if I died lol.
IF THERE’S 1 THING I’VE LEARNED IN LIFE: Its to be patient. God has been working with me alot on patience...especially when you have a husband whos in the military. Its easy when they are away to get so frazzeled you feel like your losing your breath cause you want them with you so bad. But you just have to be patient and hold yourself together, so he has something to come home to.
MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: When Channing Cloer ( yes I remember his name) pulled my chair out from behind me while I was going to sit down in Sunday School and I fell on my backside in front of the whole class. And i'm pretty sure my teacher saw my underwear.
THE BEST TIME IN MY LIFE: My wedding day... walking through those doors and seeing Josh standing at the end of the aisle waiting for me.
PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW: I abuse my husband; LOL and he likes it.
MY FAVORITE VERSE IS: I have a couple actually. Psalm 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
and 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weekness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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Moist Pumpkin Cookies
½ C. butter or margarine, softened
1 ¼ tsp. cinnamon
1 C. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
½ C. sugar
½ tsp. baking soda
1 ½ C. canned pumpkin
½ tsp. salt
1 egg
½ tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 ¼ C. flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl until creamy. Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg until blended. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets 8-10 minutes until set. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Frost with cream cheese frosting. Makes 6 dozen cookies.
***Sisterhood***
I am a military wife. A member of that sisterhood of women who have had the courage to watch their men go into battle, and the strength to survive until their return. Our sorority knows no rank, for we earn our membership with a marriage license, traveling over miles, or over nations to begin a new life with our military husbands.
Within days, we turn a barren, echoing building into a home, and though our quarters are inevitably white-walled and unpapered, we decorate with the treasures of our travels, for we shop the markets of the globe. Using hammer and nail, we tack our pictures to the wall, and our roots to the floor as firmly as if we had lived there for a lifetime.
We hold a family together by the bootstraps, and raise the best of "brats" instilling in them the motto, "Home is togetherness", whether motels, or guest house, apartment or duplex.
As military wives we soon realize that the only good in Good-bye is the Hello again, for as 'Salesmen for Freedom', our husbands are often on the road, at sea, or in the sky, leaving us behind for a week, a month, a year on an assignment. During separations we guard the home front, existing until the homecoming.
Unlike our civilian counterparts, we measure time, not by years, but by tours married at Pendelton, a baby born at Lejeune, a special anniversary at Yuma, a promotion in Okinawa. We plant trees, and never see them grow tall, work on projects completed long after our departure, and enhance our community for the betterment of those who come after us. We leave a part of ourselves at every stop.
Through experience, we have learned to pack a suitcase, a car or hold baggage, and live indefinitely from the contents within and though our fingers are sore from the patches we have sewn , and the silver we have shined, our hands are always ready to help those around us.
Women of peace, we pray for a world in harmony, for the flag that leads our men into battle, will also blanket them in death.
Yet we are an optimistic group, thinking of good, and forgetting the bad, cherishing yesterday, while anticipating tomorrow. Never rich by monetary standards, our hearts are overflowing with a wealth of experiences common only to those united by the special tradition of military life. We pass on this legacy to every military bride, welcoming her with outstretched arms, with love and friendship, from one sister to another, sharing in the bounty of our unique, fulfilling military way of life
If you knew what God says about becoming a Christian,
would you do it?
Who is good?
As it is written, There is none righteous, no,not one.
~Romans 3:10~
Who has sinned?
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
~Romans 3:23~
Where Sin Came From
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin,
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
~Romans 5:12~
God's Price On Sin
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
~Romans 6:23~
Who Paid The Price?
But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that , while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
~Romans 5:8~
The Only Way Out
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
~Romans 10:9-10~
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
~Romans 10:13~
Take God at his word and claim His promise for your salvation.
You can accept Jesus here and now.
Dear God, I confess that I am a sinner.
Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the son of God
and that you died on the cross for my sins.
Right now, Lord Jesus, I am placing my total trust in you.
Lord, come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and save me.
From this day forward, I will live for you.
Thank you for saving me. In Jesus' name. Amen. |
