THIS is what it's about. This is POWERFUL and this is WHY we are adopting. There should be this same urgency on all our hearts! Watch the whole thing and grab your tissues!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Ugly shirt to cute skirt
Ugly shirt:
Cute skirt:
I found this item at a second hand store. I was drawn to the pattern on the bottom half but when I saw the top I instantly got the stink face. This wouldn't become an item in my closet, that was for sure. But I could see Miss Payton shorting it! It took me about five minutes to cut off the nasty top, sew a pocket for the elastic and fall in love!
Cute skirt:
I found this item at a second hand store. I was drawn to the pattern on the bottom half but when I saw the top I instantly got the stink face. This wouldn't become an item in my closet, that was for sure. But I could see Miss Payton shorting it! It took me about five minutes to cut off the nasty top, sew a pocket for the elastic and fall in love!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Mom's Potato Soup
Mom's Potato Soup
(this is NOT organic in any way or very healthy for you, but once you taste it you really won't care. Maybe someday I will work at making it healthier but at this point I'm not interested in changing an already perfect and soothing to my soul recipe of my momma's.)
6-8 medium sized potatoes, peeled and chopped bite size
one bag of frozen mixed veggies (or whatever veggies you like)
one large onion, finely chopped
6-8 large polish sausage links cut bite size (I usually use John Morrell polish sausages. I've also used kielbasa, or left over spiral ham. YUM!)
8 cups of water with 3 heaping Tbsp of chicken soup base OR 8 cups of chicken broth
1 Tbsp finely chopped garlic
8 American cheese slices
salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in a big soup pot or crock pot. Cook until potatoes are tender. Easy Cheesy.
This feeds a large group or makes for really good left overs!
(this is NOT organic in any way or very healthy for you, but once you taste it you really won't care. Maybe someday I will work at making it healthier but at this point I'm not interested in changing an already perfect and soothing to my soul recipe of my momma's.)
6-8 medium sized potatoes, peeled and chopped bite size
one bag of frozen mixed veggies (or whatever veggies you like)
one large onion, finely chopped
6-8 large polish sausage links cut bite size (I usually use John Morrell polish sausages. I've also used kielbasa, or left over spiral ham. YUM!)
8 cups of water with 3 heaping Tbsp of chicken soup base OR 8 cups of chicken broth
1 Tbsp finely chopped garlic
8 American cheese slices
salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in a big soup pot or crock pot. Cook until potatoes are tender. Easy Cheesy.
This feeds a large group or makes for really good left overs!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
LOVE: A Variation on a Theme
A very dear friend gave this to me years ago. It hangs on my fridge everyday. I don't read it everyday but it's there. Today it's soothing to me.
LOVE
A Variation on a Theme
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in it's place,
but have not love, I am a housekeeper ~ not a homemaker.
If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements,
but have not love, my children learn of cleaniness ~ not Godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through the trials.
Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adutlhood.
Love is the key that open's salvation's message to a child's heart.
Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection.
Now I glory in God's perfection of my child.
As a mother there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.
I don't know who the author of this is. Whoever it is, she understands how fast time goes and what's really worth her efforts.
I hope my kids don't remember how dirty or clean our house was or how I often put THINGS before LOVE. I hope they mostly remember the times we snuggled, played, read, prayed, laughed, served, created, and danced together.
Now go sit on the dirty floor with your kids and PLAY.
LOVE
A Variation on a Theme
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in it's place,
but have not love, I am a housekeeper ~ not a homemaker.
If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements,
but have not love, my children learn of cleaniness ~ not Godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through the trials.
Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adutlhood.
Love is the key that open's salvation's message to a child's heart.
Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection.
Now I glory in God's perfection of my child.
As a mother there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.
I don't know who the author of this is. Whoever it is, she understands how fast time goes and what's really worth her efforts.
I hope my kids don't remember how dirty or clean our house was or how I often put THINGS before LOVE. I hope they mostly remember the times we snuggled, played, read, prayed, laughed, served, created, and danced together.
Now go sit on the dirty floor with your kids and PLAY.
Monday, April 11, 2011
The Cross Centered Life
The Cross Centered Life
Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing
by C.J. Mahaney
"We sit back and let our view of God and life be shaped by our constantly shifting feelings about our ever changing circumstances. . . . Is it any wonder we're so often unhappy? We're listening to ourselves. . . . Our emotions shouldn't be vested with final authority. This should be reserved for God's Word ALONE."
If you haven't read this book . . . . you need to! It's a VERY fast read and VERY powerful! I'm reading it for the second time. Probably half of my copy is underlined!
Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing
by C.J. Mahaney
"We sit back and let our view of God and life be shaped by our constantly shifting feelings about our ever changing circumstances. . . . Is it any wonder we're so often unhappy? We're listening to ourselves. . . . Our emotions shouldn't be vested with final authority. This should be reserved for God's Word ALONE."
If you haven't read this book . . . . you need to! It's a VERY fast read and VERY powerful! I'm reading it for the second time. Probably half of my copy is underlined!
Friday, April 8, 2011
BE AT REST JESS
Got the invoice today for our next adoption payment due.
I say, "OY!"
He says, "BE AT REST JESS."
"Ok, God. THANK YOU for preparing my heart with joy today.
AND this --- Running Towards Love
AND this --- The Ivy Family
AND this ---Experiencing-the-Power-of-Christ
AND for what you've already provided!!! WOW!"
I say, "OY!"
He says, "BE AT REST JESS."
"Ok, God. THANK YOU for preparing my heart with joy today.
AND this --- Running Towards Love
AND this --- The Ivy Family
AND this ---Experiencing-the-Power-of-Christ
AND for what you've already provided!!! WOW!"
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