A Rare Video

Because I couldn't say it any better than this:

Feeling Nostalgic

I'm just wondering...



January 2008



July 2011

what happened to my little girl?

He Giveth More Grace

He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,

He sendeth more strength as our labors increase;

To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,

To multiplied trials He multiplies peace.

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,

When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,

When we reach the end of our hoarded resources

Our Father’s full giving is only begun.

Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision,

Our God ever yearns His resources to share;

Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing;

The Father both thee and thy load will upbear.

His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,

His power no boundary known unto men;

For out of His infinite riches in Jesus

He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.

-Annie J. Flint

Somebody...

...started the third grade last week.

She's half way through her elementary school career.

 All I can say is...

Oh My Gosh!

How did this happen?

Overabundance

My garden is going crazy!

Anyone want a cucumber?

Beefsteak tomato?

Cherry tomatoes?

Yellow squash?

Summer squash?

Pattypan squash?

 ...anyone?

I have lots to share

and more on the way!

Black-Eyes

My wild flowers that aren't really wild,

are doing really well!

 These ones are my favorites this year.

 I think it's the big black centers that I like so much?

I'm not sure, but they make me so happy!

And I Quote...

Corrie ten Boom:

"You will never know the Lord is all you need until the Lord is all that you have."

Re-Written, 52 Weeks: Psalm 18

I've been reading through the Old Testament this year in my 52 Weeks project and I haven't given an update on it in a long time. I thought it was time!

 In short, it's been so well. I've been really consistent and am more than half way through. I have an assignment for everyday and most of the time it goes great. But this morning, well, wow! It was a struggle to get my Bible reading done this morning! Gemma interrupted me no less than 15 times in the 30 minutes I spent reading/praying/studying and in that time she glued a bunch of paper things to her door. I did it though, and I have to say, it was so worth it to push through all those interruptions! However, I may feel a bit differently later when I go to clean up the glue.

God is always speaking and wanting us to take the time and listen. I've found that the more distractions I have to set aside, the more impacting and personal message God as for me. This is what God spoke to me about today:

"God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before Him...Everyday I review the ways He works, I try not to miss a thing. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text book of my life when I opened the book of my heart to His eyes." Psalm 18:20, 23-24 (the Message)

The idea is that as I honestly come before God offering my life and focus my heart on Him, He changes me. While the book of my life used to tell of a woman who was selfish, prideful, a lover of self, and a sinner, He is rewriting my story. Now it will tell of a woman who is a loved and forgiven child of God, accomplishing great things through the power of that God who has made all things new in her. That is, as long as I give Him the pen and let Him keep writing.

And I Quote...

"If God were small enough for me to understand, He wouldn't be big enough for me to worship." -J.B. Phillips

On Suffering

Perhaps the greatest mystery in suffering is how it can bring a person into the presence of God in a state of worship, full of wonder, love, and praise. Suffering does not inevitably do that, but it does it far more often than we would expect...Real faith cannot be reduced to spiritual bromides and merchandised in success stories. It is refined in the fires and the storms of pain...The ironic fact of the matter is that more often than not, people do not suffer less when they are committed to following God, much more. When these people go through suffering, their lives are often transformed, deepened, marked with beauty and holiness, in remarkable ways that could never have been anticipated before the suffering. So, instead of continuing to focus on preventing suffering--which we simply won't be very successful at anyway--perhaps we should begin entering the suffering, participating insofar as we re able--entering the mystery and looking around for God...What we must realize during those times of darkness is that the God who appeared to Job in the whirlwind is calling out to all of us...And so we gain hope--not form the darkness of our suffering, not from the pat answers in books, but from the God who sees out suffering and shares our pain...We realize that suffering calls our lives into question, not God's. The tables are turned. God Alive is present to us. God is speaking to us.  -Eugene Peterson

My Favorite Subjects

It's no secret that I love

 to photograph flowers.

 They're truly my very favorite subjects,

and when I saw the theme 'white'

 I knew I would take pictures of flowers.

Besides, the only other 'white' I could think of was my legs

 and you don't want to see those!

You Capture: White