I'm still alive!

Sorry I haven't posted in a little while. It's been a really busy week! Our washer quit working last weekend so I spent a couple of days pricing those. We're in our 4th week of school and we're on a roll but that takes time. Since Hannah's gone still, I'm on "puppy duty" every night to play with and supervise Layla. Michael is starting online classes with Univ. of Phx at the end of the month so we priced and bought him a new laptop to use for school. And lastly, since he's starting to travel again this next week, we decided to just spend time with Daddy over the holiday.

PLUS....I'm revamping my blogs. Yep, read it right. Blogs, plural. I've got a little project that I've been busy working on. I'm trying to channel my creativity into something productive LOL.

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. We had a very relaxing day. Went and watched a small show at the park then came home and lit off of few things. We're allowed to do fireworks here, just a few restrictions. No sticks of dynamite or nothin'.

We watched a show on TBN on Friday about POW's in Vietnam. It was a really touching testimony of God's grace on their lives. Anyway, one of the men said something that has just stuck with me all weekend so I wanted to share it here, if I may.

"Freedom has a completely different taste to those who have to fight for their freedom and those who take it for granted."

May we never take our precious freedom here in America for granted. We might not have it forever! But, we WILL always have our freedom from sin and death in Christ Jesus. No one can take that away! Praise God!

Why?

Why oh WHY do we have to sleep? I mean I've got a "to-do" list out the kazoo. I want to stay up all night accomplishing it, and probably even have the energy to do it, and here it is, midnight, and I really *should* go to bed so I can be somewhat useful and be the caretaker of 5 kids tomorrow.....why?
Goodnight:)

Cell Phones vs Bibles

I got this off of Becky's blog and thought I'd share it here as well....


I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to kids as gifts?

What if we used it as we traveled?

What if we used it in case of an emergency?

What if we upgraded it to get the latest version?

This is something to make you think...hmmm...where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.

Dentist's Hymn......................... Crown Him with Many Crowns
Weatherman's Hymn................ There Shall Be Showers of Blessings
Contractor's Hymn.................... The Church's One Foundation
The Tailor's Hymn..................... Holy, Holy, Holy
The Golfer's Hymn..................... On a Hill Far Away
The Politician's Hymn................. Standing on the Promises
Optometrist's Hymn................... Open My Eyes That I Might See
The IRS Agent's Hymn............... I Surrender All
The Gossip's Hymn..................... Pass It On
The Electrician's Hymn................ Send The Light
The Shopper's Hymn................... Sweet Bye and Bye
The Realtor's Hymn......................I've Got a Mansion
The Doctor's Hymn...................... The Great Physician
The Dieter's Hymn.......................It Is Glory Just To Walk With Him


AND for those who speed on the highway - a few hymns:

45mph...................God Will Take Care of You
65mph....................Nearer My God To Thee
85mph.. ..................This World Is Not My Home
95mph....................Lord, I'm Coming Home
100mph...................Precious Memories

Give me a sense of humor, Lord,Give me the grace to see a joke,To get some humor out of life,And pass it on to other folk.

If monotony tries me...

If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery: if people fret me and the little things of life set me on edge; if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of Calvary's love."

~ Amy Carmichael

Am I a godly woman?

"The modern challenge to motherhood is the eternal challenge”that of being a godly woman. The very phrase sounds strange in our ears. We never hear it now. We hear about every other type of women: beautiful women, smart women, sophisticated women, career women, talented women, divorced women. But so seldom do we hear of a godly woman--or of a godly man either, for that matter. I believe women come nearer to fulfilling their God-given function in the home than anywhere else. It is a much nobler thing to be a good wife, than to be Miss America. It is a greater achievement to establish a Christian home than it is to produce a second-rate novel filled with filth. It is a far, far better thing in the realms of morals to be old fashioned, than to be ultra-modern. The world has enough women who know how to be smart. It needs women who are willing to be simple. The world has enough women who know how to be brilliant. It needs some who will be brave. The world has enough women who are popular. It needs more who are pure. We need women, and men, too, who would rather be morally right than socially correct."

~ Rev. Peter Marshall