Tuesday, January 19, 2010

200th post

I just noticed that this is going to be my 200th post - wow! I have been a bad blogger lately and this one is not going to have any pictures - sorry family! We have been busy but I have not taken many pictures lately, and frankly I feel like God is refining me right now. I have more questions than answers, but here are some things that have been on my heart lately:

*Haiti. This just breaks my heart and I feel this pull to do something big to help, but at the same time having the responsibility of my children here at home. I saw a picture from Haiti yesterday that just brought me to tears and my breath literally caught in my throat. It is unthinkable what those precious people are going through and I am really searching to know what it is that God wants me to do about it. We are His hands and feet.

*A major life change is in the works for our family. Jason and I have spent a lot of time on that lately. It will be posted about soon enough but it's not time yet. God is teaching us patience through all of it right now.

*New relationships are challenging me and drawing me closer to God. I am feeling incredibly blessed by church family in the way that I think God intended it to be. Sharing life together and struggles with one another brings you closer to each other and closer to God. I love it.

*I want to be intentional about learning scripture and teaching it to my boys. A friend of mine posted a great idea on her blog that a friend of hers is doing and I am following along. Twice a month (on the 1st and 15th) you pick a new, short scripture to memorize and by the end of the year you'll have memorized 24 scriptures...that's better than the zero I have been trying to memorize. :-) Get a spiral, note card holder to write them in each time and you can keep it with you at all times in your purse or car, etc. Let me know if you decide to do the same. You pick any verses that you want, but I am going to copy my friend's first verse because I like it so much. It is:

Philippians 4:19

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.


I am going to try to be good about posting my new verses on the 1st and 15th of each month. This one will be my Jan 15th verse (and I guess I missed the Jan 1st one...oh well :-) So look for my next one on Feb 1st.

*Not keeping with the "theme": Elijah is a bed wetter - it's genetic and he gets it from me. In the past 2 weeks he has just stopped doing that and I am so happy. He must have outgrown it because I know from experience that nothing can really be done to make a kid quit wetting the bed. No more buying pull-ups for him - yay!

Maybe next time there will be pictures...today you get "Deep Thoughts" by Summer Cox :-)

3 comments:

Sonrise Church said...

I LOVE the pictures, but I also LOVE your deep thoughts....probably because I LOVE you so much!:) Thanks for sharing your heart.

Mom said...

Precious Summer - you have such a beautiful heart, and speak with wisdom - "...she who gave you birth rejoices" Prov. 23:25 - that's me! I love you. Mom

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