Yes, I am thirsty....

One of my favorite blogs is by Gen.  She writes amidst thyroid cancer, a child with epilepsy, a job, a husband, 3 other children and fainting spells because of a not-responding pacemaker.  Gracious.  How does she do it?  Her blog the other day was about thirst.  Waking up thirsty is something that we all do/have done.  Or, we have a child that calls out in the middle of the night, "Mama, I am thirsty."  It makes so much sense that I am thirsty for God's Word.  That I wake up in the night and I am scared and I am thirsty.  I am thirsty for those Words that comfort me.  Thirsty for His words that calm my soul.  Yes, I am thirsty...often.  Ready for God's words to quench the dry in my throat.  He is the only one who can take the parched places and wet them.  Without His words, I am a desert.  Drying up everyday that I am away from Him.  So often in my life, I have run through the desert.  Longing for His Living Water and yet refusing to drink from the River of Life.  Now, I am desperately running toward that River.  I need the Rain.  I need the life that comes from the Water that runs underground.  I need HIM.  Are you thirsty?  Run to Him.  Drop everything that you have and run to the Living Water.  It WILL quench your thirst.  He will satisfy the longing you have every morning when you wake up.

Today

Today

View from the Kitchen Window:
it is WAY early, so the sky is dark and quiet

 

I'm Thankful for:  the silence, the kitty taking a bath and my Father's deep love for me

Supper Plan:
grilled chicken and some kind of potatoes

On the agenda today:  school,  working on the house, ballet and smocking, oh and need to finish Jasper's 1960's vintage overalls that I cut out on Friday

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Thankful Tuesday

Thankful today for so many things:


-a grandfather with alzheimers who DOES NOT have kidney cancer
-a brisket marinating in the fridge
-a father/daughter date
-a house that is GOING to sell quickly
-a FATHER who provides all my needs
-autumn leaves falling
-cupcakes in the oven
-iced tea everyday
-an aunt passing down grandmother's 1950's cookware
-the freckle faced smile of a 7 year old
-the quiet love and acceptance of my wonderful husband
-ladies Bible study each Tuesday night and all of the prayers
-soft, furry kitty cats who sleep behind your knees

Thankful Thursday

SO Thankful for:

birthday celebrations
God's faithfulness despite my unfaithfulness
clean sheets
cold weather coming
taco pile-up and all my mother-in-law's recipes
precious friends who KNOW you and still like you
purring kitty cats
friends in far away places
tom yum soup
homemade pound cake
a warm husband to snuggle with in the bed
old lace on a new dress

finding new friends on the internet who love sewing as much as you do

Tuesday Thankfulness

Thankful for:

a husband who is sensitive to my needs
an eleven year old daughter tomorrow
a tiny baby girl, eleven years ago with black as night curls
birthday celebrations
a husband who takes days off to be with me
not living on the side of a cliff in Guatemala (www.holy experience.com)
Ann's willingness to go to Guatemala
iced tea
the smell of new paint
four faces quiet with sleep
Muddy's Bake shop
friends who celebrate events like "finished with chemo"
golden oreos

Thankful on Sunday

bicycle rides through the park on my new bike
a newly spackled bathroom
cooler weather
singing in the car with Himself
pretzel M&Ms
reconnecting with an old friend
being able to FREELY love my JESUS
books to read
fancy chicken and rice
God WATCHING over our family and protecting us from the evil one
brown sugar body scrub
Anna and her blog...she's back and I am thrilled
sleepy baby eyes and milky smiles

Thankful on Monday

for quiet in the mornings
for little talking toes
fall coming
long grocery lists
God's provisions
her curling hair, blowing in the breeze
his sun-bronzed skin
breakfast in a bowl
my van
His obedience to the Father that allows me to be close to HIM
for my comfortable bed and the fluffy covers on the top of it

Today

View from the Kitchen Window:

lovely green everywhere...green grass, green bushes, green trees

 

I'm Thankful for:
the relative quiet and

air conditioning

Supper Plan:
COLD pasta salad and crusty bread

On the agenda today:

booster shots for the boys

Costco

making dinner

time with Mark

letter in the mail to Muireann at camp

SEWING GIVEAWAY!

Hey EVERYONE!

Go to Sara's blog and register to win her GIVEAWAY!!!  She has some really wonderful patterns and some FABULOUS ideas!

http://saranorrisltd.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-pattern-and-giveaway.html

Today

Today, I will follow my Saviour, no matter what.  Today, I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help.  Today, I will refuse to let Satan win the battle.  Today, I will trust in God's precious promises.  Today, I will not cease to love God.  Today, I will repeat God's grace words over and over and over again.  Today, I will force myself to listen to the still quiet voice that calls my name.  Today, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear NO EVIL.  Today, God's rod and His staff comfort me.  Today, inspite of the pain, I will cling to Him.  Today, I will rest on His shoulder.  Today.  It is God's day.  I will find my comfort there in His arms.

Today

View from the Kitchen Window:

green jungle backyard everywhere

I'm Thankful for:
School Testing being over

air conditioning

Supper Plan:
mediterranean, maybe

On the agenda today:

packing boxes

pulling things out of the attic

making dinner

More.......

For every choice that led to shame
And all the love that never came
For every vow that someone broke
And every lie that gave up hope
We live in the shadow of the fall
But the cross says these are all
Places where grace is soon to be so amazing
It may be unfulfilled
It may be unrestored
But when anything that's shattered is laid before the Lord
Just watch and see
It will not be unredeemed

~Unredeemed, Selah

Fields of Gold

Many years have passed since those summer days

Among the fields of barley

See the children run as the sun goes down

Among the fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves

Upon the fields of barley

You can tell the sun in his jealous sky

That we walked in fields of gold

~ Fields of Gold, Sting ~

 

What a haunting song. 

It tells of sadness and times past. 

How glorious that in God's love, even though the past may be difficult,

The future is immeasurably sweet because He is faithful.

He is able to do more than anything that I can imagine. 

Praise God for His gift of time and His gift of memories.

Thank Him each day.

He Makes Everything Beautiful in His Time

Today came a revelation.  A revelation that I have been waiting for - for some time.  It wasn't a revelation that I was looking forward to hearing.  As a matter of fact, I dreaded it.  However, God is ever good.  He is infinitely more wise than I am. I am thankful that He knew before I did. He is THERE - in the middle of the bad.  He is THERE in the middle of the misery.  He says, "I AM that I AM."  I am so THANKFUL that HE IS. 
Have you experienced HIS PRESENCE?  Have you known HIS HEALING POWER?  Have you been in the midst of HIS LOVING ARMS?  Because of HIS STRIPES, we are healed.  All that is wrong is made right.  I am so thankful for HIS PEACE.  YAHWEH is HIS NAME.  Go to HIM and be made whole. 

Laurie's Give Away!

Hey Everybody!
My friend, Laurie, over at SewNso's Journal is having a really cool giveaway.  If you enjoy sewing at all, then hop over to her sight and see the PRIZE!  While you are there, see all the wonderful things that she sews and designs!!!  It is a treat for the eyes!!!

http://sewnso.blogspot.com/2010/03/st-patricks-day-give-away.html

Thankfulness

Here are some things I am thankful for:

-Coffee in the mornings
-Down comforters
-the sound of legos
-friends who make me laugh
-cold wintery weather (snow, ice, bare trees, quiet)
-The Mystery of History
-hot breakfast
-pizza on the menu for dinner
-sleeping kitty cats
-snuggly warm husband
-the promise of a future in heaven with Christ
-God's WORD
-time in the early morning to worship
-PRAYER
-the klik-klak of knitting needles and soft springy yarn
-the anticipation of a new niece or nephew in just a few short months
-my sweet friends Melissa and Melisse
-a  hot oven

What are YOU thankful for?

Faithfulness

Yes, God is faithful.  Seems to be a theme I come to quite often here.  He cares.  He knows.  He does NOT delight in making us miserable....He wants us to be full of His Joy, because He is faithful.  God knew that my sister only needed ONE baby this time.  So, their little family is preparing for a new little ONE with joy.  Thanks Lord, that You know what we need before we do.  Are you lonely or afraid?  Are you struggling or in pain?  He is faithful.  He WILL see you through because it is His nature.  What a precious promise to those of us who believe!