Wednesday, November 11, 2009
True confessions
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I think I need to read this....
I have been following the story of a sweet little 5 year old fight brain cancer . I can't imagine the pain they are going through. All I can offer is my prayers. Her dad has a blog and today he recaps a book he just finished. I am not dealing with a life threating illness in my child and chances are neither are you. How ever in times like these I think this sounds like somethings we all need to be reminded of. I'm going out to get the book tomorrow.....
By aaronmcrae
on Uncategorized
The
other day I finished reading “Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts” by
Jerry Bridges here are a some of the highlights for me. This was not an
easy read for me at this time but it was an important one. I tried to
reduce my selection of thoughts but found most too hard to delete. So
here they are…(BOLD added by me)
-As Augustine said, “Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen; he either permits it to happen, or he brings it about himself.”
-Our first priority in times of adversity is to honor and glorify God by trusting him…we
honor God by choosing to trust him when we don’t understand what He is
doing or why he has allowed some adverse circumstance to occur.
-God’s sovereignty and God’s promises were intended to stimulate prayer…Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.
-God
always has a purpose for the grief He brings or allows in our lives.
Most often we do not know what that purpose is, but it is enough to
know that His infinite wisdom and perfect love have determined that the
particular sorrow is best for us. God never wastes pain.
-Although we may be going to the Scriptures to learn how to respond to our adversities, we find those adversities help us to understand the Scriptures.
-For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable.
-…trusting God is first of all a matter of the will and is not dependent on my feelings. I choose to trust God, and my feelings eventually follow.
-We are responsible to obey the will of God, but we are dependent upon the Holy Spirit for the enabling power to do it.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Most embarrasing moment...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Chasing Rainbows
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Been a busy week.
So between soccer, 4-H and not feeling good, it has been a crazy week. Thought I'd share my kids cute buyer letters. I should have scanned them and put them on here but I'm too busy for the extra step. Just know that they put them all in their own writing.
Macey
September 20, 2009
Dear ,
This is my first year in 4-H. I am a member of the Perris Panthers 4-H Club. I would like to invite you to the Southern California Fair and Livestock Auction.
The first to sale is the small livestock sale on Saturday, October 18th at 9:00 am. The large livestock will follow. I am planning to sell my market hog at this sale.
I have spent a lot of hours on feeding, watering, walking, and grooming Diva, my Hampshire market hog, for show and sale at the fair. I hope you will be able to attend this year’s sale to support 4-H project animals.
Come enjoy a day at the Fair, see all the 4-H animals and spend some time in the auction barn. Your bids will make a difference whether you buy Diva or some other member’s 4-H animal.
Sincerely,
Macey Tibbetts
Will
Dear,
My name is Will. I'm selling my turkey at the So Cal Fair October 18th. I hope you will think about buying him.
Thank you,
Will Tibbetts
Pass along the info to anyone who may want a frezer full of pork or the most delicious turkey ever on Thanksgiving!!!