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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Yesterday's Tomorrow


"Is it tomorrow?" Hannah likes to ask. She usually asks this when I tell her of something we are going to do tomorrow. She will ask me that day, "Is it tomorrow?" Then she will ask me the next day, "Is it tomorrow?"


I usually respond, "Today is yesterday's tomorrow." She just hasn't figured out that tomorrow is always tomorrow.


One of my favorite songs says, "I don't know about tomorrow." Even though I don't know what will happen in the next few tomorrows, I'm not worried about it. I am actually looking forward to tomorrow with anticipation, knowing that God is ultimately in control. He has helped us time and time again with all our yesterdays. I'm not worried about tomorrow.


How can I go through life with a smile on my face knowing that something bad could happen tomorrow? God is with me and my family. If I just look around He reveals himself in such wonderful ways. It seems like when we are going through the hardest times that He is really just a breath away.


I know that some people may think I'm crazy. But unless you know my Lord like I know Him, you'll never understand. What you don't realize is He is only a breath away for you too. All you have to do to draw close to Him is breathe a prayer asking Him to reveal Himself to you. He is right there if your heart is ready.


Mat 6:31-34
(31) Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(32) (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
(33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
(34) Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Is This a Mountain?


We bought ourselves a wagon. Thanks mostly to my father, my husband and oldest son have become quite interested in hiking. Since my husband has been looking at all sorts of hiking gear and my son has been adding hiking tools to his back-pack I thought we needed to start walking more. With this in mind, we decided to take a trip to the park. On our first trip Joshua and Ruth brought their roller blades and Hannah brought her scooter.

Joshua skated on ahead of us, Scott was a little ways behind Joshua, walking at Jonathan's pace. Then Hannah did her best to keep up with Daddy, and not get tripped over. I was holding Ruth's hand helping her keep her balance, when she looked ahead of us and asked me, "Mom is this a mountain?"

Sometimes in life when you are struggling through situations, it may look like you are going over mountains. However once you through those hard times and you turn around and look back you realize that they were only hills and in some cases not even hills but just mere bumps in the road.

I've been through some of those mountainous bumps in the road. I may never fully understand those bumps. However, God is always in control. Just like how I was right by Ruth ready to hold her hand and help her get over her "mountain", God is always here to hold my hand and help me over any mountains I may face.

You know He can be there to hold your hand too. Just cry out to Him; reach for His hand. He won't let you fall.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. (James 4:10)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Family Pictures


This has been a very busy week. Friday we went to my grandfather's birthday party. The kids and I started a scrapbook for him which we are showing him in this first picture. This will be a present that will keep growing as we have the pages here at the house and each time we visit we will add more pages to his scrapbook.

Saturday, I took the kids shopping for clothes. I almost thought I wouldn't get them any clothes this year for Easter, but when I was trying to figure out what to have them wear Scott told me it was fine to go get them something. We set an ideal amount to spend and I took them to the store and we actually found some really good prices on clothes. One of the stores we went to had a really good sale on and I found the girls some lovely dresses for an amazingly low price.

Joshua was a little harder to shop for. I told the cashier that for boys they should put the toys on the dress clothes. All Joshua saw were the T-shirts that were sold with a toy. I told him he could buy the toy separate later, but right then we were looking for church clothes. He didn't think he needed any more church clothes but I told him he did. For some reason the girls were more enthusiastic about clothes shopping than their brother.


We enjoyed our services on Sunday. Scott preached some good sermons and I had some great ideas on ministering from his sermon. During the Sunday School lesson he taught he mentioned how we should not let any Sanballats or Tobiahs discourage us from the work God has for us to do. (You should read Nehemiah to find out who Sanballat and Tobiah were. It is really a very interesting story.)

Monday we got all dressed up again and had our family picture taken. The children were very well behaved. Jonathan even smiled for the feather duster the photographer used to tickle him. Jonathan had so much fun that he didn't want to leave the table and kept reaching to go back on the table after having his individual picture taken. I'm glad he wasn't real shy and clingy.

I'll post more pictures in future blogs. Today I'll just put the picture of our family above and this picture of our children. Be sure to check back later for more pictures.

(Nehemiah 2:17-20)
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Sunday, April 05, 2009

New Piano Keyboard


When Scott and I were first married, he bought me my first keyboard as a wedding present. It was a 61 key Yamaha keyboard. I have used that keyboard for the whole of our over 12 years of marriage. Pianos have come and gone out of our home but I have never gotten rid of my keyboard. It was always so versatile and easy to move.


We went shopping the other day. We were mainly getting a gift for my grandfather, but since there was a Best Buy in the same town we decided to go by there and get a computer part we needed as well. I wasn't expecting that Scott would find a good price on a Full sized Keyboard. It is an 88 weighted key Casio piano Keyboard. Scott has been wanting to get me a weighted keyboard for years. When I questioned whether we should spend the money on it, he said that it's not every day that we could actually afford to get a keyboard and that I would use it.

Scott put it together last night. He had given me the User's manual and I played a little bit on it. I'm pretty excited to have the extra notes. There were some songs that I needed to practice more, but needed more space for the Bass runs. I am now able to play all those songs. The weighted keys are also good for my arms as well. I found that after playing a few songs my arms were sure tired. That means I'm getting exercise too. I never thought of the piano as a form of exercise before.


I took this picture of Joshua this afternoon. I was pretty amazed at how quick he figured out some of the features on the new keyboard. Things that I gave up on and was planning to look at later, he had going in just one sitting.


Right now it's o.k. since I still have some things I know that my kids don't know. But what will be like when the day comes that the kids know more than I do. Hmm...Well, until then I'll just keep on teaching them. One day Scott and I will be calling Joshua, "Hey Joshua, will you come over and help us figure this out?"