I love the poems of Amy Carmichael. Sometimes the words are beyond my understanding, and sometimes I wish that I had written the words myself. Not only love but also loneliness-Yea, even so.What though the nearest may not ever knowAll that in this must be,That being a secret between Thee and me,Thou knowest. And it cannot work me ill,Being Thy will;And by and...
A.k.a. Weekend in ReviewI tried to rest. Really! I was trying to get rid of the stupid cold that has taken over my head and throat for the last few days. But life goes on... whether I am sick or not. Friday. Photography of The Sparkly Girl in the coooold. What a trooper she was. Making hot beef stew and biscuits to take...
What a week. What a long, arduous, difficult week. Internal and external turmoil. Slight affliction. Sickness in body. Struggle of soul. Financial woes. Decisions and hardship. And in the midst of it all, the Word gave several reminders to me."May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ."2 Thessalonians 3:5The Lord may not direct me...
“… For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”1 Samuel 16:7If I could only count the number of times that someone has used this verse to justify their actions. People like to focus on the last part of this verse. “The Lord sees my heart! He knows what my intention is! I have a good heart! I...
Modesty begins with our attitude towards God.As we said yesterday, humility is one of the motives for modesty. Humility recognizes the greatness of God and the smallness of me. In the context of modesty, humility seeks that others be attracted to God, rather than attracted to me. It takes humility to purposely avoid clothing that screams “LOOK AT ME!” I know! I go...
If you ever have studied fashion—even in the most cursory way—you might notice the outrageousness that characterizes the runway shows. I have read articles about how to bring runway fashions into your normal life without looking like a freak. It made me wonder, why didn’t they just design beautiful normal clothes to begin with? Seems like a bit too much effort to me.My...
If there was a theme to my weekend, it would be a blurred sense of exhileration and frenzied activity. And I know the readers are intrigued by that thought... so here we go!Friday. Out to the mountaintop for supper with the family (steaks on the grill!!), transplanting my herbs into containers for transport, petting and talking to The Dog, packing up musical instruments,...
Here I am, offering excuses on why I didn't write the next Modesty post.On Thursday night, I stop at Walmart for a few groceries, get home and put muffins in the oven, scrub floor, hold wood while Mom uses power tools, talk to the cable salesman, carry very large bookcase from shed to the roomie's bedroom, fence the compost pile, rake my entire...
I said that the Modesty Series would return... And here it is! I've been more than a little distracted by the whole house ownership thing, with all my free time going to construction or housework or the various other ministry responsibilities of my life. And since blogging Biblically actually takes serious study, a.k.a. time., this series had to go on a little sabbatical....
Empty, We Comeby Amy Carmichael (missionary to India)O Love of loves, we have no good to bring Thee,No single good of all our hands have wrought.No worthy music have we found to sing Thee,No jeweled word, no quick up-soaring thought.And yet we come; and when our faith would falterShow us, O Lord, the quiet place of prayer,The golden censer and the golden altar,And...
Friday. High school football game with the youth group and various campus group people (including The Little Bro, who turned 19 and bought furniture for his apartment all in one day). Walking and picture-taking and joking around and saying "No, you can't play in the parking garage" to the middle school guys. Does anyone else get mental images of youth guys as roadkill...
I thought maybe my readers of this blog (whoever they are) might be interested in my new blog. I'm an aspiring photographer - or at least I try to be. Here is the link for my new blog:http://surrealityphotography.blogspot.com/Enjoy! :) ...
Sometimes I just gotta share the youth group craziness...It all started during our youth cell group meeting yesterday. The Sparkly Girl randomly tells me that she will never take me with her to a funeral. I guess she had just remembered that I deal with pain by making jokes. Somehow, jokes and dead people didn't seem like a good combination to her. Sooooo,...
All the senses of home ownership…*Sniff* Ahhh, yes, methinks there is an acrid odor. Something burning??? Oh yes, it is the plastic lampshade melting onto a hot lightbulb.Mmmmm. *Licks a spoon* Tasty!! And I couldn’t even say which recipe I loved making most… hearty Spinach Quiche, or bubbling Old-Fashioned Corn Chowder and hot biscuits, or homemade yet quick Tomato Sauce over Fettucini. I’m...
The last ten days are a blur. When I wasn't at the house, I was at work or at church or at Lowe's. Or some other building center.There was SO much that needed to be done in a short period of time. Praise God for the family of believers that helped me out whenever possible. It seemed like there were at least 10...
