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A different kind of Remembering

Forgetful. That is what my middle name should be. If I had been born a Pilgrim and rode across the Atlantic on the Mayflower, I do believe that is what I would have been named. You know those Pilgrims were always naming their children things like that. Oh, yes I forget and have forgotten just about everything (thankfully none of the children...yet). I'm the girl that misses birthday wishes, forgets to call back, misplaces the keys, leaves her wallet random places, buys at least 2 brushes a year because all the other ones have been left at the places we have visited, writes down the appointment on the wrong day...wrong time...wrong everything. I have been told by one of my wisest friends, however, that this might be caused by sleep deprivation and that once the kids all start sleeping through the night you start to remember things again...but then they start driving.... Thankfully, the Lord has given me a husband who usually just laughs at me and helps me remember the things I s

Giving Thanks...for life

Today is the day where you gather around a big table, with a big ol' turkey, with your big ol' (or maybe not so big) family or friend and give thanks. It's one day of the year and for some of us maybe it's been a month of "giving thanks." Thanks and giving: they are not mutually exclusive. They ebb and flow together and I believe that the Lord intended it to be so. And at this very moment I humbled and ever so thankful that my mother gave me life. Thankful, I'm so thankful that God gave me to her and she thankful herself, she gave me life! It's something that maybe I take for granted sometimes...or maybe all the time. My heart beats, I breathe in and out all the day long. But at one time...one moment in time I was just this idea (maybe not the greatest of ideas ;) ) in God's mind. There I was this idea and then at another moment in time there I was a life, a human life...a baby in the womb...growing and changing with every moment...a true mira

Remembering

There are these moments in time when I am almost transported back to who I was before Christ became my Lord and Savior. It could be a place that I am visiting, a person I haven't see or talked with in awhile, a dream or oddly enough sometimes I hear songs that remind me so strongly of that girl I used to be that if I was looking in the mirror I might just think I was still her. Silly isn't it? How something like music could do this to a girl?! Tonight, there I was standing in that pizza parlor waiting for my nephew's end of the year football banquet to get started, watching my two youngest covet the candy and toys in the 25 cent machines when I hear this song. Funny now, I can't even recall the lyrics or the song even, but the feeling: that I do  remember. You know that feeling when you go over the first big hill on a roller coaster ride? Yup, that's the one I was feeling. Ironically, I was trying to listen to my brother-in-law who was addressing the team becaus

Nothing

This Monday, I must confess...I've got nothing. Just thanksgivings...this is always enough.... 347. cousin time, oh my sweet cousin 348. passionate conversations 349. 6 boys, adorable boys, playing together in cowboy hats 350. country music 351. my husband, my Love, my friend 352. strength, perseverance through the wariness 353. enjoying time with family 354. kids memorizing Bible verses 355. listening to a cousin's heart, her passion 356. freedom to worship 357. AWANA leaders 358. gentle reminders that meekness really is strength 359. discernment 360. Jesus: the bread of life

Psalm 100

Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise.   1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.   2 Worship the LORD with gladness;    come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the LORD is God.    It is he who made us, and we are his [ a ] ;    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.   4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving    and his courts with praise;    give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;    his faithfulness continues through all generations. Increase your name oh, Lord and decrease ours. My our lives be a mere reflection of your grace, love, mercy and truth. Help us, dear God to be thankful for and in all things, not because of a holiday, but every single day and especially on the hardest of days. Give us hearts that submit and open hands to you, receiving with praise and thanksgiving to whatever it is that you have for us. Mold these wisp of lives into ones that see your goodness overflowing