Last fall during a Bible Study I was convicted about journaling. One of the reasons it's important for me to journal is that I have NO memory!
Lately I have FLOPPED at journaling! Sometimes blogging is my version of journaling and clearly I haven't done much of that lately.
So today I'm journaling an answered prayer.
For years now Cowboy & I have been praying together for a specific physical healing in one of our kids. This child has been in tears many times over this situation. We've been in tears for this child. Without going into detail, let me just assure you that it's been a long, hard struggle!
God has healed this child! There's been no symptom of this ailment for over 2 weeks now! As parents, we've each spoken to our child and reminded this child that this healing has come from God alone.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!!!
Showing posts with label sweet mercy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweet mercy. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
I Rely on Cowboy TOO Much!
I know I'm super-spoiled. Cowboy understands that my love language is Acts of Service and just jumps in to do whatever he can to lighten my load. He is so selfless about it that I just take it for granted.
This morning, after not enough sleep from the time change and a family movie night last night, I was tired! Cowboy got up and took Miss B to a swim meet. I woke up in time to get myself ready, but misjudged how long it would take to get 3 sleepy boys up and ready for church. (He usually gets the little ones dressed for church while I get ready).
We are NEVER late for church because Cowboy plays bass guitar and we always have to be there early. Besides, we drill it in our kids' heads that it is stealing to be late. We try very hard to make it a priority NOT to steal peoples' time.
This morning...we were late to church.
Not the end of the world...
Unless the ladies' group from your church is surprising you with a missions award.
I was SO embarrassed!
First of all, I didn't deserve this recognition. I could name TONS of people (pretty much every member of the church) who deserved this honor before me. I continue to feel like serving God's people needs to be a much bigger part of my life and I admire SO many people in my church who do a better job of that than me.
Secondly, I WAS LATE!!! I could not believe I had to be hunted down in the kids' area, while checking in kiddos to their classes, and lied to about someone needing me so that I would quickly get myself to the sanctuary.
Things I want to change after today:
1. Function better without the help of my sweet man.
2. Serve God and His people more fully every day in every way.
This morning, after not enough sleep from the time change and a family movie night last night, I was tired! Cowboy got up and took Miss B to a swim meet. I woke up in time to get myself ready, but misjudged how long it would take to get 3 sleepy boys up and ready for church. (He usually gets the little ones dressed for church while I get ready).
We are NEVER late for church because Cowboy plays bass guitar and we always have to be there early. Besides, we drill it in our kids' heads that it is stealing to be late. We try very hard to make it a priority NOT to steal peoples' time.
This morning...we were late to church.
Not the end of the world...
Unless the ladies' group from your church is surprising you with a missions award.
I was SO embarrassed!
First of all, I didn't deserve this recognition. I could name TONS of people (pretty much every member of the church) who deserved this honor before me. I continue to feel like serving God's people needs to be a much bigger part of my life and I admire SO many people in my church who do a better job of that than me.
Secondly, I WAS LATE!!! I could not believe I had to be hunted down in the kids' area, while checking in kiddos to their classes, and lied to about someone needing me so that I would quickly get myself to the sanctuary.
Things I want to change after today:
1. Function better without the help of my sweet man.
2. Serve God and His people more fully every day in every way.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Mental Defect
I have a sickness, a mental defect, if you will.
I LOVE school supplies--fresh, new, unsharpened pencils, crayons with perfect tips, new pencil pouches, neatly arranged colored pencils, binders screaming for fun scrapbook paper to be placed in their front covers to make them look all cutesy, RSVP pens in all colors,...
Maybe my mental defect stems from my elementary years. Our family would go to Ratcliffe's Books to purchase our workbooks that our school required for the year. Because it was a college bookstore, my eyes would wander to the other items the bookstore sold. Such excitement--everything was colorful and new!!!
Or maybe my mental defect stems from my need to have order. Unmarked workbooks, pages without eraser marks. No mistakes have been made in any books! How peaceful...
Or perhaps my mental defect stems from my public school teaching days. That first day of school with all those fresh school supplies was the last day of complete cleanliness and order for the entire school year.
Wherever it came from, my sickness is here in FULL force. I love the beginning of something new...something pure...something clean!!!
Wait a minute, those things I LOVE about new school supplies are just the things God does in our lives. His sweet mercy and grace takes us from the marred mess we are and makes us new, pure, and clean! What a beautiful gift!!!
I LOVE school supplies--fresh, new, unsharpened pencils, crayons with perfect tips, new pencil pouches, neatly arranged colored pencils, binders screaming for fun scrapbook paper to be placed in their front covers to make them look all cutesy, RSVP pens in all colors,...
Maybe my mental defect stems from my elementary years. Our family would go to Ratcliffe's Books to purchase our workbooks that our school required for the year. Because it was a college bookstore, my eyes would wander to the other items the bookstore sold. Such excitement--everything was colorful and new!!!
Or maybe my mental defect stems from my need to have order. Unmarked workbooks, pages without eraser marks. No mistakes have been made in any books! How peaceful...
Or perhaps my mental defect stems from my public school teaching days. That first day of school with all those fresh school supplies was the last day of complete cleanliness and order for the entire school year.
Wherever it came from, my sickness is here in FULL force. I love the beginning of something new...something pure...something clean!!!
Wait a minute, those things I LOVE about new school supplies are just the things God does in our lives. His sweet mercy and grace takes us from the marred mess we are and makes us new, pure, and clean! What a beautiful gift!!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Praise God!
The rain is here. I had just finished publishing my last post when C-Man looked outside and said, "Why is everything all wet? Oh! It's raining."
Isn't God good?
Isn't God good?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
C-Man's 1st Cavity
Well, today it happened. The dentist found C-Man's first cavity. C-Man was in hysterics by the time Little I and NoBo woke up from their van nap and Miss B & I decided to head on in to the waiting area with the little ones until our cleaning times. I went into the room and spoke with him. He was so upset, wondering how bad the cavity would hurt. I explained, just as the dentist and hygienist had, that the cavity was not hurting him now, but would eventually cause major problems.
Because our dentist, who's a friend of ours, practices on the other side of town from where we live, I decided to have him fill the cavity for C-Man today. I have to say it's absolutely hysterical to hear the descriptions of what laughing gas is doing from an 8-year old boy who's never had it before.
"I don't like this feeling." I tried to remind him it was going to relax him.
"It feels like I'm in bed." Well, he was lying down in a chair but I knew he wasn't speaking of that. I really believe he was speaking of that I'm so tired and have no idea what's going on feeling.
"I don't like the sound." I couldn't figure that one out. I think it was making a hissing sound.
"I don't like how it makes me feel." Good--maybe you'll never look to foreign substances to numb you. (I didn't actually tell him this, but I thought it).
Then we got to the numbing stuff. He didn't enjoy this either.
Next came the shot. C-Man kept asking Dr. R, "What are you doing?" The good doctor was wise enough to not answer this question as C-Man kept asking. Instead, he and I continued with our conversation. At one point he told C-Man he was probably just feeling a little pinch. After the needle was out, he informed C-Man that he had just put the tooth to sleep. A few minutes later C-Man said, "I can't feel my tooth." Dr. R reminded him that he had put his tooth to sleep.
C-Man then began to panic about when Dr. R was putting the cavity in. This made me crack up. He was told that the cavity would be taken out and a filling would replace it. C-Man was given the choice of tooth-colored filling or silver filling. He chose silver.
I'm sorry to say that this probably won't be his last filling. I'm afraid he may have my teeth. I now have a mouth full of silver as evidence of past cavities. Cowboy has the good teeth--not a cavity until adulthood. Seriously, it makes me sick!
That's all for today--just ramblings of fillings and such.
But...it does make me think of the pain of sin in our lives. When sin makes its home in our hearts, it decays us. When we recognize its presence in our lives and ask God for forgiveness, he comes in and does the sometimes painful job of drilling away the decay. Although our sins can be easily forgiven by God, there are still consequences we have to live with. Sometimes the drilling seems to be slow. We wonder if we'll ever get out of the chair and on with our lives. Other times the drilling seems to be done quickly, but with no numbing. The best part is what God does with that spot after he drills away the decay. He fills that crevace with His grace and mercy. The pain of wrong choices is taken away and in its place is a deeper, more real relationship with the Creator of the Universe. I just love living in the shade of God's mercy.
Psalm 40:11
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD;
may your love and your truth always protect me.
Because our dentist, who's a friend of ours, practices on the other side of town from where we live, I decided to have him fill the cavity for C-Man today. I have to say it's absolutely hysterical to hear the descriptions of what laughing gas is doing from an 8-year old boy who's never had it before.
"I don't like this feeling." I tried to remind him it was going to relax him.
"It feels like I'm in bed." Well, he was lying down in a chair but I knew he wasn't speaking of that. I really believe he was speaking of that I'm so tired and have no idea what's going on feeling.
"I don't like the sound." I couldn't figure that one out. I think it was making a hissing sound.
"I don't like how it makes me feel." Good--maybe you'll never look to foreign substances to numb you. (I didn't actually tell him this, but I thought it).
Then we got to the numbing stuff. He didn't enjoy this either.
Next came the shot. C-Man kept asking Dr. R, "What are you doing?" The good doctor was wise enough to not answer this question as C-Man kept asking. Instead, he and I continued with our conversation. At one point he told C-Man he was probably just feeling a little pinch. After the needle was out, he informed C-Man that he had just put the tooth to sleep. A few minutes later C-Man said, "I can't feel my tooth." Dr. R reminded him that he had put his tooth to sleep.
C-Man then began to panic about when Dr. R was putting the cavity in. This made me crack up. He was told that the cavity would be taken out and a filling would replace it. C-Man was given the choice of tooth-colored filling or silver filling. He chose silver.
I'm sorry to say that this probably won't be his last filling. I'm afraid he may have my teeth. I now have a mouth full of silver as evidence of past cavities. Cowboy has the good teeth--not a cavity until adulthood. Seriously, it makes me sick!
That's all for today--just ramblings of fillings and such.
But...it does make me think of the pain of sin in our lives. When sin makes its home in our hearts, it decays us. When we recognize its presence in our lives and ask God for forgiveness, he comes in and does the sometimes painful job of drilling away the decay. Although our sins can be easily forgiven by God, there are still consequences we have to live with. Sometimes the drilling seems to be slow. We wonder if we'll ever get out of the chair and on with our lives. Other times the drilling seems to be done quickly, but with no numbing. The best part is what God does with that spot after he drills away the decay. He fills that crevace with His grace and mercy. The pain of wrong choices is taken away and in its place is a deeper, more real relationship with the Creator of the Universe. I just love living in the shade of God's mercy.
Psalm 40:11
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD;
may your love and your truth always protect me.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Because of His Mercy
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.
Titus 3:4-6
There are many definitions for mercy, including compassion, kindness, and blessings. As I'm looking back on 2008 I'm thinking about all the blessings, compassion, and kindness that the Lord has shown me and my family this year. We've been healthy. We've lived in God's grace each day. We have experienced the joy of adoption. We have served together as a family to love and care for Little Bit while her mom prepares to have her full-time. I've been able to go to Mexico with Cowboy, my parents, sisters and their husbands to relax in God's beauty (without kids). I've been able to take a fantastic weekend trip (Passport 2 Purity) with Miss B. I've survived one semester of life with a middle school child:). I've been given the most amazing hugs by C-Man (especially after I returned home from skiing last night). I've had the pleasure to serve other homeschool families through the leadership team of Keystone Cooperative.
I live in awe of my sweet Jesus for dying for such a wretch as me! I don't deserve any of what he gives me. I pray that all who read this will be able to truly experience God's saving grace and live in His mercy in 2009.
Distracted by a 3-year old wanting to play the Wii,
Jenn
Titus 3:4-6
There are many definitions for mercy, including compassion, kindness, and blessings. As I'm looking back on 2008 I'm thinking about all the blessings, compassion, and kindness that the Lord has shown me and my family this year. We've been healthy. We've lived in God's grace each day. We have experienced the joy of adoption. We have served together as a family to love and care for Little Bit while her mom prepares to have her full-time. I've been able to go to Mexico with Cowboy, my parents, sisters and their husbands to relax in God's beauty (without kids). I've been able to take a fantastic weekend trip (Passport 2 Purity) with Miss B. I've survived one semester of life with a middle school child:). I've been given the most amazing hugs by C-Man (especially after I returned home from skiing last night). I've had the pleasure to serve other homeschool families through the leadership team of Keystone Cooperative.
I live in awe of my sweet Jesus for dying for such a wretch as me! I don't deserve any of what he gives me. I pray that all who read this will be able to truly experience God's saving grace and live in His mercy in 2009.
Distracted by a 3-year old wanting to play the Wii,
Jenn
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