2009-Mar-3
Thank God For Dirty Dishes
Thank God For Dirty Dishes
Author Unknown
Thank God for dirty dishes;
They have a tale to tell.
While others may go hungry,
We're eating very well
With home, health, and happiness,
I shouldn't want to fuss;
By the stack of evidence,
God's been very good to us.
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2008-Jul-24
Thankful Thursdays
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Thankful Thursday
Each week on thursday I am going to be listing 10 things I am thankful for.
1. My Lord, he is so good to me and never gives up on me. He keeps molding me and trying to make me in his image. Some times I wonder why he has not given up on me yet, but his love for me shows through in his patience with me.
2. My Dear Hubby, he is also so very patient with me. I have been so down lately and he is doing so much for me to help me out around the home and to help me get my focus back upon the Lord.
3. My children, they are so sweet to their mama and they so want to please me and help me around the house.
4. Our friends at church and on the net have also been a big encouragement to me and I know that the Lord has placed friends in our lives to help us encourage one another.
5. Our home, yes it is small, only 1000sq ft for all of us, but it is cozy, it keeps the weather off of us and it is ours.
6. My garden, I was looking at it yesterday and realized that everything that we have planted was given to us. I have not spent one cent on the garden and yet the Lord has graciously provided for us to have one. I also have not planted more than one thing it but my Mr. Fix it has been taking care of the garden for me this year.
7. My country, I am so thankful to be living in a country that allows me to raise my family in the manner in which I believe I should. The Lord has given me this great privilage and I pray that I do not abuse it.
8. My piano, I grew up in a home where music was very important and then when I got married I did not have a piano for almost 6 years. Then when we did get a piano we had to leave it when we moved, just to big and heavy to move, this actually happened twice. So when I was given another piano my DH said we would be moving it if we ever moved, and when it came time for us to move again the piano came along. (thanks sweety)
9. The internet, I know, I know, it can be used for all sorts of evil purposes but I am so thankful for it as I have made some wonderful friends on it and have found many sites that bless me and help me as I strive to be the women the Lord would have me to be.
10. TODAY!!!!! The Lord is not obligated to allow us another day and yet he in his love allows us another day to live for him. What are you going to do for him today??
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2008-May-3
Back in the groove
The Lord has been with us and is holding us up. Boy it is a struggle to trust. I have always struggled with this but lately it is so hard.
As you all know we moved to my dream farm.
Things had been rocky at the church. It seems it is that way when you get a new pastor. I liken it to the begining of marriage. At first there are no flaws and your spouse can do no wrong and then one day the scales fall off of your eyes and realize that he hangs the toilet paper the wrong way and squezzes the toothpaste tub in the middle.
Well at a church people realize that the pastor picks different songs than they like or were used to picking themselves, and the illustrations in his sermon are not the ones you liked. But rather than determining to make it work you detemine to gather everyone who you think might be not likeing everything the pastor does and get them together and complain until you have a feeding frenzy going at church.
Forget about going to the pastor and talking to him. Just keep the frenzy going in hopes that he will resign, (yes they asked that of Mr. Visionary). And well, he would not resign because you had not given him anything that he was doing that was unbiblical. Well, we can just go and get everyone who had been to church in the past year, don't worry about them not being members and we will try to vote you out. Being as that does not work we will scream and holler and call the pastor names, and then slander him when our membership has been taken away from us.
On top of all that we will take away your home.
Yes that is what is going on with us.
I have come to the conclusion that if people can not control the pastor they will resort to anything to get him to buckle to their wishes.
But as one of the people at a meeting said about Mr. Visionary, "I have never meet a more hardheaded man before."
I found it interesting that the Lord would have Mr. Visionary read this just before all of this happened.
So we are trying to trust in the Lord and wait patiently for him.
Ezekial 3:8-9 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
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2008-Feb-19
Busy, Stressful times.
I am not going to go into a lot of detail, but suffice it to say, we are under attack as a family. It has really drawn me closer to the Lord. I have been having such sweet times of fellowship with him. It is exciting to watch and yet scary all at the same time.
Have you ever been so close to God you feel his presence? What peace and joy it brings. About a month ago I realized that God wants to speak to me. I have never had the prayer life that I know I should. I started to read what I could on prayer and just reach out to God. I could feel Him the moment He came near. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. I told my DH that I was grabbing a hold of the hem of God's garment and I did not want to let go. The Lord's timing is perfect because he knew just how much I would need him. I do not know how I would be getting through all of this except that I know that God has PUT me here and he will cover me with his hands. He is protecting me. It has brought a peace to our home that we have never known before. I am a different mother and wife, and it has been a blessing to my family.
I also have gotten alot of council and have determined to be a wife to my husband before anything else. That has also calmed our home. Knowing who you are and what you need to do brings such a peace.
Blessings,
Mrs. B
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2007-Dec-21
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Friday Fun: The Four Edition
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What are,…
1. the last 4 books you have read?
Genesis
Created to Be His Helpmeet
The Preacher from Pontiac
Mr. Brown Can Moo
2. the last 4 websites you have visited?
Yahoo
Wripway web hosting
Photobucket
FFF
3. 4 favorite items of clothing?
Dresses
Jumpers
Apron
Socks
4. 4 favorite things to eat?
Pizza
Steak
Shrimp
Chocolate
5. 4 favorite movies?
Anne of Green Gables
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Gone With the Wind
Sense and Sensibility
6. 4 favorite books?
Homemaking
The Hidden Art of Homemaking
Israel my Glory
The Shunning
7. 4 favorite TV shows?
When I watched TV
Seinfeld
MASH(reruns)
Fraiser
Golden Girls (reruns)
8. 4 things you ate yesterday?
Pizza
Liverworst
Bread
Sausage
9. 4 things you need to do today?
Clean bathroom
Laundry
Make chili for 50 people
Diaper the babies
10. 4 gifts you want during the holiday season?
Perfume
A new church outfit
Time to my self
Did I mention time to myself!
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