Please pray for my cousin Mark's wife (he's the pilot for hire in the right hand column). She has a tumor on her brain stem. We don't know yet if it's malignant or not. Her dad is battling a malignant brain tumor, too.
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"What are you?"
This has been asked of me recently by acquaintances who thought I was a Protestant Fundamentalist Prairie Muffin , but see that I read Catholic and LDS blogs. ;o) I grew up in a liberal Mennonite church, have attended Raphael (European Four Square) fellowships, American Baptist churches and non-denominational churches. We currently attend an Evangelical Free church. We are not so big on denominations, but on finding Bible believers to fellowship with in our community. I grew up traveling to a nearby town for church... When I moved to the Netherlands I also traveled 30 miles to another town... When we moved to the States we again traveled 30-40 minutes to find a "good" church. But a couple of years ago Steadfast and I were convicted to bloom, really bloom, where we are planted... Right where we are planted. There were two churches to choose from in our small town... And our first Sunday visiting one, we found out they were merging. ;o) So this is our church, because ...
The MS has wiped out my right leg and I have three kids in the tub. What to do? It's gone all floppy. Anyone have any tips? I'm not sure my big girls are up to this. They are normally upbeat and helpful, but with Steadfast gone all these months and being unable to walk (at the moment) I am relying on them more to be my legs... it's getting to the point that no matter which one I ask to help they say "can't you ask Jane???" or "can't you ask Elizabeth??" And honestly, I don't feel I should lean on them. They're kids after all. Not mothers or nurses. They didn't sign up to have a mom with MS. On the other hand... this is what we are given to work with. What would I do if they both weren't here and Steadfast was gone? I would have to manage somehow. I need to find some way to manage.
Better full than empty.
It seems several people don't understand, how when you let God plan your family size, He also gives you desire for babies... and more babies... ;o) To have been longing for another for nearly two years, and to have several miscarriages under my belt, to see someone announce "#3" with responses of "you're crazy" or "my sympathies" or "better you than me" or "Lord, help us!" simply HURTS! I saw one woman who has been longing for her first for nearly a year respond with jealousy and I hurt for her too. How can people be so flippant about life's greatest treasure? Are they not one of God's greatest gifts? Would any of us trade one of our children for $1,000,000?? I think not, but then why do people seem to long more for money than children? How much joy did we receive with our first-born? With our second? Don't we realize our third will bring so much more? I can tell you I felt richly blessed with my first c...
Various quotes from the New Living Translation.
This is mainly for myself, to gather several "like minded" verses in one central spot... and ponder them. I'm not intending to make any statements. ;o) "You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people astray. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But those who endure to the end will be saved." "Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed--the one who brings destruction." "For many will come in my name, saying, `I am the Messiah.' They will lead many astray." "And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other." "For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if...
"We're not a family, we're a party." - Elizabeth, 13
Elizabeth and I watched with great interest an ad about a contest where they are seeking families to participate. "You can be any kind of family... families are wonderful and diverse, and they come in all kinds of ways and shapes... we're looking for all kinds of families to participate, just as long as it has no more than four members." If your family has more than four, you are disqualified from participating. Elizabeth noted that companies don't seem to know what a family is anymore. She pointed out that if we go buy a readymade frozen "family size" meal in the grocery store, we need at least three packages, not one, and the "family size" lasagna barely feeds us. I remarked that was true, and that is why I purchase the party sized lasagna instead. I also mentioned that if we go out to a nice restaurant we are charged an extra gratuity because of the size of our "party". At this the teen lost her indignancy and collapsed on the ...
Movie Quotes
From Donna (linked below in previous post). Quick! The first five movie quotes that come to mind! Here they are.... 1. "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges" from Blazing Saddles (a misquote taken from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") 2. "Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person." from Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. "But Miss Scarlet, Miss Scarlet,...I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' no babies!..." from Gone with the Wind" 4. "He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using." from Princess Bride 5. "Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?" from Jerry Maguire
A little diversion from Donna via Concierge Services : 1. Grab the nearest book 2. Open the book to page 123 3. Find the fifth sentence 4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog, along with these instructions. 5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it. Just grab what is closest! "....After practicing this rhyme several times, tell the child that you are going to look for pictures of two things. Hold up two fingers again and ask the child to count the fingers that are up. Count, 1-2." ~Slow and Steady Get Me Ready: The How-To book that Grows With Your Child (260 Weekly Developmental Activities from Birth to Age 5) by June R. Oberlander
Mmmm.....
Danielle Bean is bleaching... last time I bleached a house, I went into labor exactly an hour later.....