My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors
he worketh steadily.
Ofttimes he weaveth sorrow
and I, in foolish pride,
Forget that he seeth the upper,
and I the under side.
Not till the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
in the Weaver's hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
in the pattern he has planned.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Have: Faith, Hope, patience,
Remember to: Rejoice,
Through tribulation you receive experience to Glorify God!
Romans 5 (King James Version)
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 8:24-28 (King James Version)
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 15:4-7 (King James Version)
4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
James 1:2-4 (King James Version)
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Dollar Store and a nanny....
Today I let my boss know that the ninth of April will be my last day with them.
A friend of mine will be taking over as the nanny. I think she will be good with the kids.
Actually she's someone I thought about suggesting to my boss but when I went to talk her about my friend it turned out that my friend had already been suggested to her!
My boss's Aunt was the Dollar Store talking to her friend that works there about how her niece had just lost her nanny. My friend who just happened to be there with one of her room mates at that time piped up and said she was looking for a nanny job!
God works is mysterious ways! He can even use the Dollar Store! wow!!!
A friend of mine will be taking over as the nanny. I think she will be good with the kids.
Actually she's someone I thought about suggesting to my boss but when I went to talk her about my friend it turned out that my friend had already been suggested to her!
My boss's Aunt was the Dollar Store talking to her friend that works there about how her niece had just lost her nanny. My friend who just happened to be there with one of her room mates at that time piped up and said she was looking for a nanny job!
God works is mysterious ways! He can even use the Dollar Store! wow!!!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
What is true love?
I went to the park with my Mom and Dad today. Watching them I started thinking about all things they have gone through together! They have gone through a lot of hard and trying times. but no matter how hard the hard times get they are still completely in love with and devoted to each other! They a great example to others! It gives me hope.....
How long dose true love last?
How far can true love reach?
Can true love turn to hate?
Is there a place or way true love can die?
True love will last longer than time.
True love reaches all distances without fading.
True love will never change. It is constant and steadfast.
True love can never die. Obstacles and challenges will only make it stronger!
Think about how our Lord has loved us and how we are all to love each other. Unconditional love!
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
John 3: 16
How long dose true love last?
How far can true love reach?
Can true love turn to hate?
Is there a place or way true love can die?
True love will last longer than time.
True love reaches all distances without fading.
True love will never change. It is constant and steadfast.
True love can never die. Obstacles and challenges will only make it stronger!
Think about how our Lord has loved us and how we are all to love each other. Unconditional love!
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
John 3: 16
To be or not to be afraid of cooties.... ???
The two girls I'm a nanny for are very into boyfriends and girlfriends. they like to play that they have boyfriends. The kids often tease me about getting a boyfriend. Friday the four year old came to me and asked to see the picture of sissy with the cowboy. I put it up on the computer for her to let her see it. She intently stared at it tilting her head one way and then the other. She then pronounced that she would be right back and ran into her bedroom. After a lot of thumping and banging she came out of the bedroom with her sister's cowgirl clothes riding a large stuffed dog using the floppy ears as rains. Then randomly started this conversation.
Me: Oh really.
Her: You can''t have a boyfriend because boys have cooties!
Me: Why do boys have cooties?
Her: Dad has cooties but it's ok because he washes his cooties.
Me: If all boys have cooties why do you want to have a boyfriend or be married?
Her: I want to marry a cowboy because he will wash his cooties for me and I will like his cooties!
Me: But what if he washes them for me?
Her: No! He only washes them for me.
Miss S. says all boys have cooties and stink. How do children come up with these things!
Two questions:
why are kids so afraid of cooties???
What really are cooties anyway?
I'm in high school???
Tuesday I went to an open house at Miss M's School. It was fun to see her school and meet her school teacher. Plus it seemed to mean a lot to Miss M.
I did have an interesting experience though while walking through the grade school. The halls were extremely crowded with children, parents, grandparents, and friends. While I was standing to one side of the hall waiting for the crowd to part long enough for me to get through, (which seemed like waiting for the parting of the Red Sea.) an elderly man that was passing by firmly took my arm and abruptly asked me why I was not in class?
At first I thought he was joking but quickly realized he wasn't! I tried to tell him that I don't go to school anymore, but he just raised his voice and got more upset. finally I had to change the tone of my voice to get his attention. I told him that I am not in school any more. I have not been in school for a long time and that I graduated several years ago!
He gave me a look of shock and surprised then released my arm. He apologized and said I just made him realize how old he is because he could not the the difference between a teenager and a young woman.
I felt sort of sorry for him so I told him that was ok. I would just take it as a complement.
My boss thought the whole thing was really quite funny!
So I guess I look like a teenager??? hmmm....
I did have an interesting experience though while walking through the grade school. The halls were extremely crowded with children, parents, grandparents, and friends. While I was standing to one side of the hall waiting for the crowd to part long enough for me to get through, (which seemed like waiting for the parting of the Red Sea.) an elderly man that was passing by firmly took my arm and abruptly asked me why I was not in class?
At first I thought he was joking but quickly realized he wasn't! I tried to tell him that I don't go to school anymore, but he just raised his voice and got more upset. finally I had to change the tone of my voice to get his attention. I told him that I am not in school any more. I have not been in school for a long time and that I graduated several years ago!
He gave me a look of shock and surprised then released my arm. He apologized and said I just made him realize how old he is because he could not the the difference between a teenager and a young woman.
I felt sort of sorry for him so I told him that was ok. I would just take it as a complement.
My boss thought the whole thing was really quite funny!
So I guess I look like a teenager??? hmmm....
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Conform or stand strong?
I am always shocked to see the many ways that the world infiltrates our lives to pressure us to conform. I went shopping yesterday to find some reasonably priced jeans but could not find any that was both modest and fit me properly! After walking through the entire mall and spending over two hours looking, I ended up paying $111.44 for only two pars of jeans! They were the only jeans that I could find that met my standards of modesty and at the same time didn't make me look like I had a bubble butt!
When looking at swimsuits I found that almost every store only offered bikinis or something that would resemble a gunnysack. In my opinion a bikini is nothing more than underwear and a bra that you can swim in and is legal to wear in public.
The world not only pressures us to conform to it's physical image of beauty through books, the media, magazines, friends, family and acquaintances but also by providing little or no modest affordable clothing. It seems that only after an exhausting and discouraging hunt can you find modest attractive clothing. Even then you usually have to pay a price for it with your pocket book.
We have the choice to ether conform to the image the world sets for us or we take on the world standing strong and keep to our Lords standards he has set for us.
Will you conform or stand strong?
When looking at swimsuits I found that almost every store only offered bikinis or something that would resemble a gunnysack. In my opinion a bikini is nothing more than underwear and a bra that you can swim in and is legal to wear in public.
The world not only pressures us to conform to it's physical image of beauty through books, the media, magazines, friends, family and acquaintances but also by providing little or no modest affordable clothing. It seems that only after an exhausting and discouraging hunt can you find modest attractive clothing. Even then you usually have to pay a price for it with your pocket book.
We have the choice to ether conform to the image the world sets for us or we take on the world standing strong and keep to our Lords standards he has set for us.
Will you conform or stand strong?
Friday night out!
Wow! I tell people that I'm moving away and then the start inviting me to parties? hmmm... My Dad says it's like a famous painter, They usually have to die before they become famous.
Well, I had a great time Friday night! I was invited to two parties, bowling, and to go see a movie, but decided to go to the movies to see "Expelled". After that both groups joined up for dinner. We all laugh a lot!
Expelled is sort of a documentary of Religious prosecution in the present day. Ben Stein faces the arguments agents evolution vs. Intelligent design and the prosecution of people that speak out about Intelligent Design as a possibility of the worlds creation.
I found it very interesting and informative. Stein faced the issue will great precision and intelligence. Stein seemed not to be taking a side but simply collecting the facts that in the end make the answers very clear.
This is what world magazine had to say about Ben Stine.
Though audiences probably know Ben Stein best as the economics teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the actor had a distinguished career preceding the classic '80s movie—just not in the entertainment industry.
Well, I had a great time Friday night! I was invited to two parties, bowling, and to go see a movie, but decided to go to the movies to see "Expelled". After that both groups joined up for dinner. We all laugh a lot!
Expelled is sort of a documentary of Religious prosecution in the present day. Ben Stein faces the arguments agents evolution vs. Intelligent design and the prosecution of people that speak out about Intelligent Design as a possibility of the worlds creation.
I found it very interesting and informative. Stein faced the issue will great precision and intelligence. Stein seemed not to be taking a side but simply collecting the facts that in the end make the answers very clear.
This is what world magazine had to say about Ben Stine.
Though audiences probably know Ben Stein best as the economics teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the actor had a distinguished career preceding the classic '80s movie—just not in the entertainment industry.
Long before ad-libbing the world's most famously boring free-market lecture, Stein was a Yale-trained trial lawyer, a professor at Pepperdine University, an economist, and a speech writer for presidents Nixon and Ford. Even today, along with his acting, voice-over, and game-show-hosting work, he writes regular business columns for The New York Times and Yahoo! Finance Online, as well as numerous books and articles on various political topics. Of all of Hollywood's politically outspoken celebrities, Stein's impressive resumé makes him the likeliest candidate for most credible.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Bremerton???
Ok, It's time to answer some of your emails, phone calls, and texts...
We put our house on the market several weeks ago and had five buyers in five days with two back up offers. So we started looking in Bellingham but could not find what we wanted.Then my dad came home a few days ago and announced he quit his job. He really wants to get back to the peninsula or the south west corner of Washington. We miss the beaches,clamming, crabbing, fishing, flying kites and the smell of the saltwater. We miss the cry of the seagulls'. My parents are looking for the right place to retire, start a family ministry and enjoy their lives. My Dad decided it would be best to quit and spend the time looking for a job in the areas we want to live. We have spent the last several weeks packing most everything we own into a storage unit and moving everything else into a small three bedroom apartment five blocks from our home we sold. (Thanks to the help of some friends.)
Up date.......Dad has taken a job in Belfair. It is south of Bremerton, Washington. He is quit excited. It is a truly beautiful area and a great job. God has truly blessed us in this area.. We have already made a trip looking for a home. We are all tired from the traveling but it must be done. We are going to make an offer on a small home in a nice area thinking it will be a great place to retire and until Ed leaves home he can easily catch a bus to and from Collage. He is studding Computer Science. It would be a easy commute for my dad and there are many opportunities for fellowship at a good church. I should be able to find a decent job to keep up my car payments. There are rivers, lakes and salt water coasts everywhere. We think Port Orchard is our best bet to meet everyones needs, wants and ministry. It is a beautiful area to live.
Please keep us in your prayers.
We put our house on the market several weeks ago and had five buyers in five days with two back up offers. So we started looking in Bellingham but could not find what we wanted.Then my dad came home a few days ago and announced he quit his job. He really wants to get back to the peninsula or the south west corner of Washington. We miss the beaches,clamming, crabbing, fishing, flying kites and the smell of the saltwater. We miss the cry of the seagulls'. My parents are looking for the right place to retire, start a family ministry and enjoy their lives. My Dad decided it would be best to quit and spend the time looking for a job in the areas we want to live. We have spent the last several weeks packing most everything we own into a storage unit and moving everything else into a small three bedroom apartment five blocks from our home we sold. (Thanks to the help of some friends.)
Up date.......Dad has taken a job in Belfair. It is south of Bremerton, Washington. He is quit excited. It is a truly beautiful area and a great job. God has truly blessed us in this area.. We have already made a trip looking for a home. We are all tired from the traveling but it must be done. We are going to make an offer on a small home in a nice area thinking it will be a great place to retire and until Ed leaves home he can easily catch a bus to and from Collage. He is studding Computer Science. It would be a easy commute for my dad and there are many opportunities for fellowship at a good church. I should be able to find a decent job to keep up my car payments. There are rivers, lakes and salt water coasts everywhere. We think Port Orchard is our best bet to meet everyones needs, wants and ministry. It is a beautiful area to live.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
God is so good!.
The family that I work for are going on vacation and taking me with them!
I'll leave this Thursday afternoon and will return on Saturday. I'll be staying at a very nice hotel in my own room all expenses paid. The purpose of me going is simply for the convince of the grandparents. My purpose, an extra person to help with the three children.
We will be taking the children to either the Zoo or the Science Museum. Then we plan to will go swimming and possibly take the girls shopping at the mall while the guys hangout.
The Grandparents wanted me to drive the kids back from the hotel so they could stay an extra day but as I am not comfortable driving on major freeways yet they rented a limousine with a personal driver to take the children and me home.
I'm so exited about the limo! Riding in a limo is just one of those things that I always wished I could do but never thought I'd get the chance. The children don't think it's that big of a deal, after all it's not the first time they've done it.
I will try to take lots of pictures.
I love my job!
I'll leave this Thursday afternoon and will return on Saturday. I'll be staying at a very nice hotel in my own room all expenses paid. The purpose of me going is simply for the convince of the grandparents. My purpose, an extra person to help with the three children.
We will be taking the children to either the Zoo or the Science Museum. Then we plan to will go swimming and possibly take the girls shopping at the mall while the guys hangout.
The Grandparents wanted me to drive the kids back from the hotel so they could stay an extra day but as I am not comfortable driving on major freeways yet they rented a limousine with a personal driver to take the children and me home.
I'm so exited about the limo! Riding in a limo is just one of those things that I always wished I could do but never thought I'd get the chance. The children don't think it's that big of a deal, after all it's not the first time they've done it.
I will try to take lots of pictures.
I love my job!
Father Abraham's funny family???
Well, We are moved into the rental now thanks to the help of Jon, Phil and Adam! Thanks guys!
I don't know how we could have done it with out their help.
Now that it is all over my whole family is experiencing some pitiful and yet amusing side effects of stress exhaustion and lack of sleep. The upside is that it all makes for a great blogpost.
Here are some of them.
We are all walking into walls.
When standing still our knees will buckle and we will suddenly fall to the ground.
We will start a project and then can't remember what we are doing.
Going up and down the stairs becomes a really hard workout!
Singing songs and putting in new words is such as the one Mom and I sang. It goes like this...
Father Abraham had many funnies! Many funnies had Father Abraham! I am one of them and so are you........
We will start sentences and forget what we were saying. Like today when I was trying to ask my Dad for something. Hey Dad! I need... I need... I need... I need... I can't remember! Dad, I have needs I'm just not sure what they are but I have them........
Just think we get to do this all over again in a few weeks........
Stay tuned for more fun adventures of Father Abraham's funny family!
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