These burdens are too heavyFor the weakness of myself.I cry unto the LordFrom whence cometh my help!Lift up these eyesFrom the hopelessness From the helplessnessFrom the circumstanceLift up these eyes to seeChrist-my help! my King!Many times there are circumstances beyond my control and they are like colossal weights bearing down on me. I feel overcome and weary. And truth is--all I need is...
Lowlights: A puppy accident, people situations and an oil leak. The details just make me sad, so I'm choosing not to dwell on them. Onward to happier things…Highlights:Dinner with the youth girls, with real china and glasses and talking and laughing (very hard) about who-knows-what. I think there may have even been a candle in the mix… I love cooking for people! Home-cooked...
John Wesley said, "Before I preach love, mercy and grace, I must preach sin, Law and judgment." Wesley later advised a friend, "Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.”Charles Spurgeon said, “They must be slain by the Law before they can be made alive by the gospel!"Preaching the Law in accurate proportion to grace gives us a true perception of the Gospel. It makes...
Penny candy from the corner storeBaseball games with the neighborhood kidsCatching (and smashing) lightning bugsPlaying in the clubhouseOur custom two room-with-a-hallway sandboxEating honeysuckle & swingin' on the porchStrawberry picking!Long hikes and bike rides… with DaddyThe tire swing!The one time we built a massive football helmet out of snow. :)Playing piano with the doors and windows flung open and summer breezes…The Buttercream Gang song...
I don't remember my weekend. Now that I have sufficiently freaked you out... Just kidding!! After every weekend, I have to make a conscious effort to remember everything that happened. Maybe I have a poor memory. Or maybe I'm just running 'round like crazy and need to chill a little bit. Hmmm. Food for thought.Friday was ice skating with the youth group. I'll...
Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?Got any mountains you can't tunnel through?God specializes in things thought impossibleAnd He will do what no other power can do...This is an old chorus that I learned on Sunday morning. And there were tears in my eyes. Because this past week has been such a lesson in faith. Faith to move mountains that seemed impossible. It...
Here Follow Several Occasional Meditations by Anne BradstreetBy night when others soundly slept,And had at once both case and rest,My waking eyes were open keptAnd so to lie I found it best. I sought Him whom my soul did love,With tears I sought Him earnestly;He bowed His ear down from above.In vain I did not seek or cry.My hungry soul He filled with...
Yesterday afternoon, I was out and about, stopping at a store for a few things. As I walked through the parking lot, I happened to look up! The sky was clouded over and dark, but to my left—glorious light was streaming through!“Will Jesus come in clouds like these?” With that thought, I stood motionless—transfixed at the sight of shining glory clouds. Lost in...
I like to do the weekend in review a little different. Gotta break up the monotony, ya know."Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things..."Some of my favorite things were wrapped up in my weekend with a nice bow! :) Laughing time with The Little...
Many of you know that it was my birthday recently. Birthdays are grand!!!! The infamous question is, "Sooooo... whadya get?" :) Yeah, I did receive some presents. But my favorite-est gifts are the actions of love.It’s love when somebody remembers that my favorite cake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. It’s love when somebody sees an unused garden bench resting on curb...
"For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers."1 Timothy 4:10There were many emotions running through my heart last night. Anger, disappointment, sadness, frustration, and more hopelessness... But the Word always brings balance. While the election may be over, our fight of faith...
The media claims this election is historic... for racial reasons. I believe this election is historic... for moral reasons. And though I strongly encourage you to vote, and to vote based on morality, I want to insert a little bit of balance of the passionate discussion of politics.It is tempting to view this election in black-and-white (and no, that is not a racial...
I need to be Superwoman... Give me a cape and the ability to fly, and life would be so much simpler. Or maybe just super-human powers. I think that's what grace is supposed to be like. As God works in our lives, He gives us power to do things that we couldn't do by ourselves. Lately my thoughts have tended towards "too much...
