Hours old... July 3rd 9 pounds, 4 ounces
Nine months old...
About 2...
With Mama...
Six years old...
Prairie girl in the fall leaves...
Six year old Cheery
7 -1/2
14 minutes ago
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Cheery Turns Eight!
Thank you God for this beautiful blessing! She delights us daily.
Hours old... July 3rd 9 pounds, 4 ounces
Nine months old...
About 2...
With Mama...
Six years old...
Prairie girl in the fall leaves...
Six year old Cheery
7 -1/2
Hours old... July 3rd 9 pounds, 4 ounces
Nine months old...
About 2...
With Mama...
Six years old...
Prairie girl in the fall leaves...
Six year old Cheery
7 -1/2
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Gotcha Day J!!
This Mother's Day falls on a very special anniversary - the day the Lord placed J in our home and hearts. He was our first foster placement and our intro to falling in love with a child that didn't come from my womb.
Cheery helping with one of J's first feedings...
Bookworm giving J a first bottle
And today, a beautiful, joyful part of our family...we can't imagine life without him
Thank you Lord, for Your perfect plan - beyond all we can ever ask or imagine - You are so good to us.
Cheery helping with one of J's first feedings...
Bookworm giving J a first bottle
And today, a beautiful, joyful part of our family...we can't imagine life without him
Thank you Lord, for Your perfect plan - beyond all we can ever ask or imagine - You are so good to us.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Oswald Chambers for Today
What happens when we lose the inspiration of those exceptional moments?
We do it anyway.
Many of us suffer from the unbalanced tendency to "be ready" only "out of season." The season does not refer to time; it refers to us. This verse says, "Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season." In other words, we should "be ready" whether we feel like it or not. If we do only what we feel inclined to do, some of us would never do anything. There are some people who are totally unemployable in the spiritual realm. They are spiritually feeble and weak, and they refuse to do anything unless they are supernaturally inspired. The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
One of the worst traps a Christian worker can fall into is to become obsessed with his own exceptional moments of inspiration. When the Spirit of God gives you a time of inspiration and insight, you tend to say, "Now that I’ve experienced this moment, I will always be like this for God." No, you will not, and God will make sure of that. Those times are entirely the gift of God. You cannot give them to yourself when you choose. If you say you will only be at your best for God, as during those exceptional times, you actually become an intolerable burden on Him. You will never do anything unless God keeps you consciously aware of His inspiration to you at all times. If you make a god out of your best moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life, never to return until you are obedient in the work He has placed closest to you, and until you have learned not to be obsessed with those exceptional moments He has given you.
We do it anyway.
Many of us suffer from the unbalanced tendency to "be ready" only "out of season." The season does not refer to time; it refers to us. This verse says, "Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season." In other words, we should "be ready" whether we feel like it or not. If we do only what we feel inclined to do, some of us would never do anything. There are some people who are totally unemployable in the spiritual realm. They are spiritually feeble and weak, and they refuse to do anything unless they are supernaturally inspired. The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
One of the worst traps a Christian worker can fall into is to become obsessed with his own exceptional moments of inspiration. When the Spirit of God gives you a time of inspiration and insight, you tend to say, "Now that I’ve experienced this moment, I will always be like this for God." No, you will not, and God will make sure of that. Those times are entirely the gift of God. You cannot give them to yourself when you choose. If you say you will only be at your best for God, as during those exceptional times, you actually become an intolerable burden on Him. You will never do anything unless God keeps you consciously aware of His inspiration to you at all times. If you make a god out of your best moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life, never to return until you are obedient in the work He has placed closest to you, and until you have learned not to be obsessed with those exceptional moments He has given you.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Spring Happenings
Handy neighbor Thomas installs benches on our deck...yay for safety and comfort!
A boy and his dog and his chickens
Planting "fairie gardens"
Watching Mama quilt the cowboy quilt
New foster brother - Baby R
A boy and his dog and his chickens
Planting "fairie gardens"
Watching Mama quilt the cowboy quilt
New foster brother - Baby R
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Out of Winter
Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you. Psalm 32:9
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations...
"Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. And they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.' Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it.
Ezekial 36:25-36
which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you. Psalm 32:9
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations...
"Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. And they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.' Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it.
Ezekial 36:25-36
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