GODLY RELATIONSHIPS?

This morning on the ride in to work my husband and I were talking about a "bet" he and a childhood friend made. Basically the bet was that another childhood friend would not make it up to Dallas from their hometown while my husband is on holiday here in Dallas during the holidays.

As I chuckled, it was evident that was always the circumstance for this friend. His family is very church driven and unless its church he generally is not "allowed" to participate. That really bothered me because I learned long ago from a mother in my home church Blessed Assurance that my marriage and children are my first ministry.

Over the last few weeks I have been getting to my WOW ministry group early and working in the bookstore, at that time of the morning the mens ministry is in full session and the session plays in the bookstore on the monitors. I have been hearing alot about men and the need to have and nurture authentic relationships with other GODLY men, not perfect men but men that will be there in your season of victory and your season of defeat.

I would never discourage my husband from those types of relationships and Lord knows over the years of being married we both have needed those authentic relationships that will make sure we don't hear what we want to hear but what we need to hear. I have always been involved in ministry and so has my husband. However I learned to prioritize my family. It did not mean I loved God any less but the 4 walls and 20 meetings of the church would go on with or without me.

As a young wife I did have an amazing marriage to watch growing up, my parents, married for more than 20 years prior to my fathers passing. I watched my mom have a life beyond our home and so did my father. I watched as my fathers friends would come and hang out when he got sick and when mom became ill her friends rallied behind our family in care for her. My parents never gave each other permission to go somewhere or even had to ask each other. They had daily communication and knew when to pull in the family reigns and reconnect. There was never a time that we did not have a hot home cooked meal or that daddy didn't pay the mortgage.

I would never want to be a wife that is so suspicious that every male friend my husband has is going to influence him to against the principles of the God we serve. I value each one of my husbands friends. These are men that I know would make a drive at 2 am to be by his side. I too, have friends that would do the same and none of these friends even in the hardest of times for us have ever told us anything that would direct us from God.

Even my Pastor, Bryan Carter and his beautiful wife Stephanie, have become transparent vessels of authentic relationships both in how they conduct themselves as pastoral leadership, husband and wife, parents and as friends. Pastor Carter made a statement this past Sunday that although he and his family were due to go out of town for Thanksgving, they decided to disconnect as leadership and reconnect as a family, just his wife and children. I found that so valuable. He and his wife both have mentioned time they have shared as individuals with college friends and how inportant those times are as well. With so much valuable transparency, its hard to live any other way.

However this generation is so greatly divided on things based on old world wisdom.

"Todays young women have become a culture of independent women, women who lead the household, who make the decisions, who control the day to day life, do most to all the parenting/discipline, control the finances, speak their mind and not tolerate anyone who disrespects us and maybe I’d go as bold as to say, who questions us. I had to take charge when my husband was out to sea all the time and I know many other wives that did the same but I can testify, I DID NOT WANT TO DO IT OR CONTINUE WHEN HE GOT HOME. This is NOT what God wanted. More than realizing, it is so hard to break the habits that the feminism era has brought our way. Now I am not saying that all the changes that were made were negative.

Nowhere in the bible does it say that husbands can disrespect their wives, control with an iron fist and make each and every decision.

What it does say is this…. Ephesians 5:22-33 (NIV) 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[b] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Pretty heavy stuff …surely something that would get this generation of "independent, non mess taking women" in an uproar, but that is because we don’t want to understand what Paul was really saying. They take it literally, that women are to be submissive. But that isn’t really what Paul’s intent was. He was giving a directive for a "voluntary" yielding in love on the part of the wife.

Nowhere does it say that the husbands are to control their wives. Instead it instructs the wives to take submission into their own hands. This does not deny the husband and wife's essential equality before God, which Paul mentions in Galatians 3:28, where he declares, "There is neither ... male nor female, for all are one in Christ."

Both men and women share equality not sameness before God. Paul tells us that wives submit to husbands as the head of the household just as Christ is the head of the church. We don’t question that we need to submit to the head of the church and thus by following this teaching, wives are doing this as an act of obedience to the Lord… by submitting to our husbands we are showing reverence for the one they submit to…the Lord. And this submission doesn’t mean we don’t’ stand up for what we believe in, it doesn’t mean that men are always right, that we have to believe all they say to be true.

What it does mean is that ultimately it needs to be the husband who leads the family. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church" (verse 25) does not mean husbands, "Be the head over your wife." Rather Paul tells them to love their wives. Paul says three simple things about this love. The husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church (verses 25-27), as his own body (28-30), and with a passion transcending all other commitments (31-33).

I used to have so many things on my to do list. I have learned that although they may be there still, I have to know when to disconnect from this world and reconnect with the ones who matter most and to learn that nurturing those valued relationships will carry me for the rest of my life.


I close with this:

The author of one site I read put Paul’s direction…his urging to the husband to set the tone of spiritual leadership in the home in a way that made it so much clearer... At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for, and protect women in ways appropriate to a man's differing relationships."4 A husband needs to assume a certain responsibility for the spiritual growth of his wife. In order to do that, though, husbands must "give themselves" for their wives (verse 25) by laying aside many of their own personal desires and conveniences in order to fulfill a higher and prior call.

2012 Year in review!

As we end 2012 I am so thankful for the Victories and Trials this year has brought. The plan "I" had is definately not the plan GOd has for our family or for me individually. We have been in Texas for over a year now and we are finally just beginning to settle in. Its been different with school schedules, work schedules and plenty of hurdles along the way. I am learning to sit and be still even when its hard. I am learning to get through watching my children move on to lives of their own. I am learning that in order to live a life that glorifies God in each season, I must take some sticky notes off my wall and understand the seasons of my life. I am learning that everything is not a right now moment, except a clean house.....lol! Sorry folks, God is still working on me in this area and my obsession with CLEAN. We finally took a full family vacation to Atlanta this year and spent time with family. We had a blast. Well to catch up on the family: William: Still in California for now working and searching for jobs here in Dallas Marsha: Breathing.....writing my testimony, finally joined a womans small group at church and loving it, crocheting...not sure if I really like it, reading all I can about adoption, PINTREST JUNKIE. Darrell: He is in the US ARMY now. He left September 25th and will graduate on December 7th 2012 and will head to Virginia for a few months of school. I am so proud of him. Chloe: She is in the US ARMY. She graduates bootcamp January 17th and will also head to Virginia for school for a few months. Keanu: In the ARMY now and will graduate January 24th and will go to Georgia for school till the end of May. Adrenna: Wow time flies. She is a senior at CHHS in Cedar Hill and will graduate in June 2013. SHe will attend either U of Texas at Arlington and study NUrsing or attend Arkansas State int he fall. Bailey: She is in the 10th grade and plays varsity softball. She is doing great and is expecting to have alot of recruiting opportunities this spring. She is also the football manager for 2013/2014 football season Mackenzie: Well my little drama queen is taking her talent to the stage in the spring production of "Grace" a gsopel remake of Grease. I am very proud of the strides she is making. With 2013 right around the corner the praying and goal setting is in full effect and we pray our friends adn family are doing the same for 2013.

Name Change

Well many of you that know my family, know that this blog was originally created to keep our loved ones that lived out of state in the loop of our crazy life. My last post was more of a "exhale" for me. This time we have a name change for our blog, 7 Quilted Hearts. I will explain:

As of late, although my anxiety has gone, I have been overwhelmed in the day to day tasks that used to come so easy to me. Menu planning, keeping schedules in line have all taken a back burner to utter chaos. I began praying and asking God, really? I know, I know, why ask why? It seems as though daily that each of my children were dertermining their own rules, boundaries and plans. I have begun to feel defeated in my spirit. For 16 years I have been the household planner, scheduler, maid, cook. launderer, bank, atm, taxi driver. I am sure many moms out there can relate. In the midst of that all, attempting to nurture a marriage and also grow as an individual proved to be a mountain placed in the road of my life.

We have now been back in Texas almost a year and no it has not been easy. Acclimating to the way things work outside of our protected military lifestyle has proven to be rahter difficult. I work full time and yes my job is demanding. I come home and the work does not end there. We have softball, end of the year concerts, cheer and topping it off preparing for graduation in a couple of weeks.

As I was leaving and exhaustive day at work, I called my husband and just had a complete melt down. I cried all the way home. Telling him how defeated I felt. The children are making me bonkers and work is stressing me out, I told him as the tears rolled down my face. See my week began like this: Monday home sick from work with an ear infection on top of a sinus infection that was birthing an upper respiratory infection. Mind you this was not the bad part. I am diabetic, getting sick is not in the plan book for keeping blood sugar down. I also had been working overtime on a project for my manager, one weekend can really change the balance in your life and this is where I went wrong. I did not pray about the project, I just said yes. Well my children have had me home on weekends for so many years now after leaving clinical nursing, that something changed in 4 hours on one saturday that I worked overtime.

I know my God is able to all I could ever ask and give me strength in my weakness but I also know that some things I bring on myself and I caused this chaos to fester. I longed for the week to end, praying God please allow me to have some peace this weekend. Well I guess it was not His calendar for me because we had prom, 6 softball games and a couple of other unexpected catastrophies. I found myself asking why, really God why me? I have not rested in 3 weeks. Not like I am just napping any other time but just truly being able to do the things I needed to do to give me peace.

I wole up this morning and as I headed out the door to drop Bailey off at a game I knew I had to be in church. See. softball sometimes keeps us going on both Saturday and Sunday. As greatful as I am that my church has an I phone app, I knew I need to be there front and center. I race home to rally the rest of the troop to make it to the 9am service. We jumped in the car, every one in front of us was standing in my way of making it to the Lord today. Cars too slow, cars too fast, lights, you name it it was there.

We hustle in and the only seats were up. I place my bible on the seat and stand there as the praisee team sand there worship song. I held back the tears, I just couldnt cry another day. Being almost 40 and having puffy eyes is not cool. Our pastor was not there today but did leave us in capable hands. The sermon was from the story of Abraham when he took Isaac up the mountain to sacrifice him. The message was about being tested. I listened ferverntly to each word spoken and it was me, church was for me today. My challenges are not any worse than those in the bible. I have to begin to breath. I have been holding my breath and just functioning and now here I am suffocating. I have to stop, pause and just breath.

I renamed this blog because our family dynamics are changing so rapidly and trying to keep it all together takes work. Some of us need to be repostioned and trimmed a bit, others needs to moved around the pattern in order to understand each other. I value everyday in my life as though it was my last but it doesnt make the chaos any less frustrating. I am an OCD, Neat Freak, Jesus lover who all be it likes to control her surroundings, does understand that sometimes my God is going to yank my chain to align me back to 2nd place.

James 5:11 -

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Expecting alot in 2012

As 2011 came to an end, my family and I were in the midst of an amazing time in church. Realizing that what you do first dictates what is to come. This may not be an exact science but generally speaking, I wanted to be in position of good standing going into a New Year. No resolutions, no, "I'm going to lose 20 pounds speeches", no i'm going to do this or that. I just told God that I was tired. Tired of running from exactly what He told  me to do, tired of chaos and drama where my kids were concerned.....I still have some of that but I have made the choice to react differently to it. I told God that I wanted to honestly open my heart to his ordered steps.

Well, anyone who knows me knows that I am very much OCD. Me OCD with 5 non OCD children. I struggled for many years with things being undone or not completed the way "I" would do it. Don't get me wrong I am still OCD but I had really asked God to give me a word on how to not freak out so bad. So during my conversation in church, He did and He said "BE still and know that I am God........WOW, God really, I know that but the dishes were not done right and the sink did not get dried out....again He said Be still and know that I am GOD......I pondered on that thought....mind you this conversation was going on during the New Years eve service that Kirk Franklin was presenting in.......God Ok really look you don't understand, I cannot have things not in order........I guess God said ok look I have to really "go hard" on her with the scriptures and He said to me......Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell ME what you need, and thank ME for all I have done, Phillipians 4:6....changed for my one on one with HIM

What shame I felt. I knew what the scripture said but yet and still prior to this conversation I continued for many years having anxiety attacks about the smallest things.....and I mean small. But in that moment God smacked me upside my head and in an instant I heard it so clear. I was ok being the way I was but It was not ok to be so consumed with it and that He was not glorified in my neat freak mentality or flipping out because the sink was not dry. He is God and He made  me who I am and each of my children who they are. Will they ever do it just like me? NO! I was given great clarity sitting in that pew on New Years eve. I can be delivered from the anxiety that I have, I can live an abundant life even if the sink is a little wet. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.........With that said God took me to the place where my anxiety was allowed to consume me.......

I have always been very scheduled. However since the move it had been hard to re-organize my life. Schools worked differently, game schedules and travel was so much different from what I knew, settling in to a new town was not the easiest thing. I was anxiety ridden for months. I know some people are like well that is not of God.....I know that....but I felt so helpless. It was a season of horrfic trial for me. I was having 2-3 anxiety attacks a day. It was a horrible feeling. I kept crying out to God to please help me, Please GOD remove this from me. I kept wondering why he wouldn't. For months this has gone on and on......so I stopped praying for GOD to remove it....I started praying for GOD to help me understand me and to find HIS PEACE! I prayed this prayer for 3 months, 12 weeks until the day before New Year's eve. Every Night for 12 weeks I would wake up at 3:33 am. I could not go back to sleep. I finally picked up my bible.........Jerimiah 33:3  ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ .......
WOW God, you hear me.......I had changed my prayer and began to ask for undertanding for something I did not know. He began to open my heart to many things during this period of great anxiety for me. I began to understand that prior to this move, I was not listening to HIM. I was worried about anything and every thing because I was so planned. Did I ever include GOD is the moving process? I had to be so so planned out. I began to understand that the anxiety I was feeling was allowed to be in my life, so that God to allow me to finally come to him and include him in how all of this was supposed to go.

It didn't matter how many bible studies I taught or  how many scriptures I knew. I was flat out not listening to GOD! So on New Years eve, it was over. The anxiety was gone. I told God if it wasn't His way, I was not going to move left or right.

I am feeling more peace and joy than I have felt in a long time. I am meal planning again and scheduling but with a new perspective. God's perspective. I am allowing what and who is bringing value to my life be in my life. My children bring value, I love to watch them hunger for the victory in their given sport. I wipe their tears in a time of defeat. I bake for track meets and spend countless hours in the snack bar. To my life that is value. Nothing I can ever buy will bring value, just more anxiety and more problems. I will not allow my need for order to counteract my need for living a life abundantly. The word says seek first the kingdom of heaven and these things will be added, things? Joy, peace, a roof, a job, food, everything I need and want will be added as long as I seek him first and in 2011, I read my bible and studied but my focus was on a major life change that God had ordained but I had removed Him from the equation. Well I thank Him for allowing me to go through it because now I see and understand that he is the one true and living God and only through him and giving him my first of everything will make my latter part of 2012 as joyful as the beginning.

Interesting?

Well, I heard a statement made yesterday, " Agreement, does not mean something is right". I began thinking about that statement. For me it spoke mountains. I live my life to pour out for others. No matter how tired or drained, its what I do. I may not agree with people or a decision, but yet and still I will do what is right when required.

Please understand, by no means am I claiming to be a saint. I have a million flaws and maybe more than most. I have a ton of dry bones in my life that I am not proud of. However at the end of the day, I would never change any of that because it gave me greater understanding. An understanding that I may not have had.

SO agreement? What does that mean? I see alot of people who will manipulate people into agreeing that their way is the best way. I have seen people make a decision based on just wanting to agree and not argue. Why? Right and wrong are just that right and wrong!

I have become somewhat of a safe harbor person. Their are very few homes I will go to and feel comfortable. I do not surround myself with alot of people becasue I have been told that my face tells the story.

I will never believe that I have to agree with someone to do the right thing. My job is to love unconditionally. Does that mean I will like everyone or their ideologies? NO, because trust me, their are a few folks that should be happy I try to do the right thing.......lol

I know one thing for sure, one thing I can agree on is that Jesus is the one solid truth in my life. He does not always agree with me but He does allow me to make choices and in turn suffer the consequences. He does not employ me to be perfect, He employs me to strive for the mark and keep panting after Him.

SO are you living your life to be in agreement or are you living your life to the fullness God has for you by doing what is right, not perfect, but right?

So many times we don't think something through or we attempt to justify a choice or decision. Why? What God has for you is for you and no one else. Trying to live the life of another is guaranteed to fail. Try being who God intended you to be.

I am completely ok with the fact that I am quirky, weird, OCD, ADHD and truly am a morning person, I love to cook, clean and I love kiddos as much they make a little crazy, I love them, I love crafts and reading. Quality is much more to me than quantity. I am not very social in the entertaining sense of the word, I would rather have a bustling, noisy house of teenagers than be sitting in a friends house.

God has given me a few good friends but for the most part my kiddos are my world and I would rather have a lifetime of them, then a few moments of "ME" time.

Do you agree? Guess what its ok because your agreement does not make or break what my heart knows to be right!

Big Texas! Big Adventures = Big Soul Seraching

Wow! Its been an adventure. We made it to Cedar Hill in June. What seemed to be a move without adverse affects, turned into a ROLLER COASTER!

I was blessed beyond measure to have the entire summer off with my kids. Football was in full swing. Trying to find my way around was great fun. Our town is not that big but getting everywhere else is.

My house is full of teens. Our dog died after 5 years from some type of poisoning.

We are turning into the same house we were in San Diego. Many teens and shannigans. I won't change it at all.

Reflections to come.

Moving Day is almost here.

Well after many months of praying, deciding and now waiting, the time has come. We are finally moving. Texas here we come. The movers have taken all our stuff, everyone is learning to love an air mattress, the dog has an attitude and well dinner organization is at a hault. I cannot wait to actually have our lives back. It is an amazing journey we are embarking on and definitely life altering.

Some things I know to be true becasue God has given me clarity:

1. No matter what anyone says this move is the right thing for MY family.
2. I am going to learn to make PITA Bread.
3. My cleaning company will flourish.
4. I will cheer on my boys of fall.
5. I will hinor God in every decision I make.
6. My house will be our sanctuary.

I do not know what else is going to happen but hey, God is still in control, right? My kids are being awesome about it and I could not ask for better. Change is scary but I am destined to find the fun in it all.

Keanu doing the Haka at the Multicultural Fair

Cheer Competition 2011

What an adventure!

I think getting your life back on track has to be one of the hardest things to do. My life is a continuous movement of the heart God gave me. I was listening to a sermon today and the question was posed, "When you leave this earth, what few words would describe your life, that would glorify God?" I found it very interesting and pondered the thought. After much thought I was like, I got it! Her life was a drink offering! In the bible it talked about an offering of wine and water representing the pouring out of ones life for another. That was it, that was me. God gave me the spirit to pour out to others. I don't have alot and I am a tad quirky, but I never say no and willgive my all to anyone who needs it.

So I then began to look back on the days where I felt so tired and drained, wondering who would fill me back up. God's word fills me when I have nothing left. I have learned over the past few months that I must continue to do God's will for my life even though I may feel tired and broken.

I must rest in his strength and know that he is God. I finally understnad that scripture. I know how to rest in him. I strive for the Proverbs 31 woman mentality. I know I can not have idle hands and I am to bring honor to my family.  People make fun because I am a neat freak and wants things a certain way, but God does not say living in chaos is ok. I can't function or pour out if I am in chaos, either mentally or spiritually.

Seeking after God's will has tested me. I am still on the journey towards His will and will stay on the road until the end.

Keanu Johnson DE Class of 2012

Madison Warhawks make it to the State Bowl Championship in Carson California!

Wow, what a blessing to have 3 of my children be honored and able to go together to the biggest game of their high school lives. After an amazing season and hard work. They did they. Rick Jackson and his Warhawks won a CIF Division IV Championship and a bid to state in one season. God's eye are definitely on the Warhawks. You all are amazing.

Catching Up!

As 2010 comes to a close, our year always starts when school starts. Our family has grown alot this year. it has been a tough year this year but God is still in the forefront of our lives. Let's see, where to begin?

Football Season is the best season and my boys of fall are doing it big. Western League Champs!

Can't forget the cheerleaders!

I am excited to see the New Year arrive and the spring sports to boot. But I love the fall!!!

It's about time!

Wow! It's been over a year since I have updated I think but I had to recover my password. Anyway, I am back and let the freedom to jot down the happenings of my life begin. I will be posting each day. I promise.

End of an Era!

This spring the girls played softball at CGFP. Adrenna and Bailey played on the same team and Mackenzie had a team of her own. After along grueling season, both teams came in 2nd.

We all came home and took well deserved naps. Mother's day has come and gone and we spent some time at Balboa Park for some extra credit for Spanish Class.

Now it's time to relax for the rest of the evening.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday William! We miss you!

Well Hello World! As usual the Daniels household is never dull. Spring break has been wonderful but not without some sort of catastrophe! My dog tore his du claw and needed surgery and then my oversized muscular son's leg mucles just donot like him. Last year his hamstring broke off a piece of his pelvis at the bottom and this time the quad tore off the top side piece of the bone. They at first thought surgery but now the muscle has relaxed and fibrous tissue has already began to grow so its 6-8 weeks of crutches and ice and rest. Tell that to a 180 pound 14 year old football player. After all is said and done the kids did had an exciting spring break. We went to Magic Mountain and they swam the entire next day. Here is a picture of what broke on Keanu's hip: The AIIS which is the second piece from the top. We also went to the beach for the day and the kids played in the water and Bailey almost fell in. Will and the boys played Frisbee.

Magic Mountain was also a ton of fun. We had 10 total people and man can you say we were super tired by the time we left.

Were we the rainbow coalition! I am so glad the kids enjoyed their time off but man I am so glad they went back to school.

Almost 1 Year Later

Wow! 2009 has arrived and is a third of the way over. The New Year has brougth many things into our lives. Some wonderful and some not so wonderful. William is on his last stretch of Military life. He will be getting out in October of this year. I began a new job in January and I love it! God really answered my prayer this time but I was also very specific in my prayer. Now onto the kids.

DJ: is going to the 11th grade and has finished football, basketball and is now in track. He is jumping. He really has grown alot this last year. He is 6ft tall this year and so handsome but still a handfull. He finfished drivers ed and is studying to take his permit test!

Keanu: Well what can I say. he suffered a pelvis fracture with a hamstring tear on September 11, 2008. It was the Mt Carmel game. He was rushed to tChildren's hospital and after some morphine he felt like he could play again that day. Wrong answer! He was out for 5 weeks and came back week 6 but did not return to run the ball anymore that season. He had to endure 16 weeks of physical therapy and was finally cleared for the upcoming season. During his recovery he played freshman basketball and wrestling. Unfortunately I had to take a picture of a picture and it was blurry but you get the point, he has GROWN. He will be 15 this summer. Not my baby anymore!

Adrenna: Miss Ree-Ree is going to be 14 years old this year. She will graduate in June and move on to Madison with her brothers. She cheered for the Clairemont Hawks Midget team this season and will be trying out for the Warhawks Varsity squad, big ambitions for a freshman. She is working through Backhand spring class each week to prepare. Let's hope all her hard work pays off! She is also playing softball in Clairemont.

Bailey: Bailey also cheered this season and played basketball and is playing softball and continues gymnastics. Man i'm tired, are you! She is still her bubbly little self and will be in the 7th grade this fall.

Mackenzie: Also known as Max to her softball friends! She is getting so big. She will start middle school in the fall. She is continuing her rhythmic gymnastics and loving all the bending in her life.

As for Will and I: The same. We are sports crazies. Will will resume coaching in the fall! I am now the football booster club president. What was I thinking? No, I love to be there with the kids and Will and I will forever be known as "Coach" and "Momma D"! I wouldn't trade it for the world.