This is the BUG that never ends..Yes it goes on and on my friend...

Remember that Lamb Chop song? Random.

Anyway. I am sick of being sick. I have had to cancel my Kindermusik classes for the second time in a week! I just hate exposing the kiddos to sickness.

I have to work for the good Doc today and I have a library board meeting tonight. Pray I get to feeling better;)

Love languages..

Click the title above to take the test.

My parents and I just had a discussion about our love languages as a family-- although this has predominantly been used only in marriage relationships. In actuality, it is to be used in general, even with friends and family. If my brother or best friend's love language is Acts of Service and mine is Words of Affirmation, chances are we will be frustrated in trying to please each other or even communicate.
Once in a while, I like to retake this test and honestly evaluate myself. Mine has only changed once, and I think it's because I am a bit more mature than I once was;) It is very useful in knowing yourself, and how you feel when you get treated certain ways. Be sure to answer questions as truthfully as possible, to ensure the best possible answer.

Success in relationship comes not from finding the right person, but being the right person.

Sometimes dreams come true in the bad times. Or maybe, what happens in the bad times gets you ready for your dreams. I think. ;)

Wait

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For lo! my own shall come to me.

I stay my haste, I make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.

Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends I seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.

What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it hath sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.

The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.

The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.

John Burroughs

When

When you try to help someone and they cant conceive your love.
When your hopes in them are lost because THEY think they are a lost cause.
When absolutely all your dreams get switched around.
When you cannot convey the depth or heighth of the miraculous power of God.
When no one believes in them more than you and no one believes in them less than themselves.
When hope is lost.
When hope is hard.
When love is dissapointing because they were never shown.
When God has a plan and you cant see it.
When love and life make more sense on paper than in reality.
When people cease to trust in you.
When people cease to believe in you.
When people cease to think that they are worthy of anything.
When people will not change because they cant wrap their minds around the fact that they do not have to be like their families.
When love isnt acted out.

That's when God is still lovingly interested.

oh, Jack

I am watching Sound of Music with my 2 year old nephew. He is absolutely enthralled. His little brother is at the ER with his momma and daddy because he has a really bad cough. I still have absolutely no voice. I am anxious to see if I get it back in time to lead worship Sunday . I had to cancel all my Kindermusik classes today because I can't sing! Fun times.

So far, Jack has told me that he HAS to pick his nose, he has called his dad's cell phone SEVEN times by himself, told me he really likes icky movies and his chest and "other" ear hurts, and spilled his grape juice on Marmie's cream carpet. This is no ordinary 2 year old.

Stones Under Rushing Water

I had one of those days yesterday that was shadowed by deep fear. I've dealt with this for literally years. 10+ years. Does anyone else get those fear driven days? At the breaking point (there have been many), I raised my hands to the Father and said no MORE. I can't do ANYMORE anxiety or fear. It's satan's most sharpened tactic with me. But yet, somehow I am able to get thru it, to say I am going to make it. I am able to get past this. My God is bigger, stronger and smarter. I am still in the palm of the Master's hand, and I can overcome every feeling and thought of fear.

"From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I".

The Teacher; Part 1

The old sage stood slowly, careful not to disturb the thoughts of those young minds seated before him. This was one day in the middle of thousands like it, yet he continued to view it with singular importance. This chance, he knew,was his alone.
He walked towards the antiquated, moss-colored chalkboard, pausing before he chose his chalk. After a few heavy breaths, he instinctively began writing.
The students began looking up one by one. Teardrops fell silently from some cheeks, and others simply stared at the words. It wasn’t as if they weren’t expecting him to pen moving words, because he often did. It was rather the emotion with which he wrote coupled with the message he delivered.
One by one, they moved out of their seats and kneeled face down on the cold floor. Their weeping was heard in muffled amplification, permeating thru the floors and walls of the classroom. The voice of burden was now speaking and vision --vital vision-- was being breathed into them……

Wanted: Grass Clippings and Fireworks

The hint of warmth and sunshine we had today made me ever so anxious for spring and summer. Summer is lovely. I am so ready for green grass, sunshine, grilling out and long days.
Does it ever seem like to you that seasons last too long? I know they don't...they can't. God keeps perfect time. With seasons..literally...and seasons...of life.
But I often think God needs to hurry it up. Get on with it. I get it.

But obviously, something is still happening under the surface. Something important and vital to spring and summer. And when it has been finished, at just the right time, then I'll have my warmth--grass clippings and fireworks.

Jesus. Smiles. Kindness. Truth. Love. This is how we change the world. The World. Our world. Your world. Mine.

Valentine's Date Night was a huge success. Thankful to have such a wonderful team. Next year I will be sporting comfy slippers. For sure.

Today I just worked. I love my job! I listened to my audio Bible...Old time Radio shows... and thought about stuff. Here is what I thought: I am so undeserving of the life God has gifted me. I want nothing more than to work my entire life in His kingdom. I am small, He is great. But He loves me...alot. And He loves you.. alot.

And that's all we need to know for now. He has our past, present and future in it's proper place and is orchestrating our lives in the perfect way. And His love is perfect.

Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

‎5 people received the baptism of the Holy Ghost on a Wednesday night bible study. We don't play around at the Pentecostals;)

I Will Be The Man-- Warren Barfield

Wow. He puts out some great songs...But this one is right up there with Love is not a Fight.

Wisdom from Winnie.

Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne

I like lipgloss and shiny. And too much peach fizzy drink and dark chocolate. Warm socks and big snowflakes. Having 14 perfumes. Smelling flowers and sleeping in perfect pj's. Love stories, happy endings, tear-jerkers and love songs. I like to be told that I'm loved. Told that I'm appreciated. Told that I'm worthwhile and strong. Even if I know it. I like dreams of fairytales and whispers of reality. I want to see the castles and beaches that everyone talks about. I love babbling about nothing with my friends and something if we feel like it. I have no use for bad. I have time for details and the little things. I'm happy with my life and blessed by my family. I think there is much to learn. I want to see things for how they really are. I want to give unconditional love to the man I'm supposed to marry. I want to feel my heart drawn to my child's. I know that love is more than receiving. Love is giving. I believe in love now more than I ever have. That's me. That's today. That's tomorrow. That's forever.

Love isn't this thing that sticks to certain people. Love is living for others.

Evan Von's Shower

And today...I Made A Cake.

My first venture with fondant icing. Definitely an art that I have much to learn about but... So fun. Forgive the messy counter. ;)

What I Did Today;)

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.

William Ellery Channing

I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or
catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

Dawna Markova

I've heard you only actually need three bones: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
;)

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. And yet again, will it be so in ten years. We are so blessed.

Made an awesome, healthy breakfast and decided to get my Bible reading in while eating. Today started Leviticus and....well, now I'm completely nauseated. A description of what was expected by Levitical law for children of Isreal during sacrificial offerings = little too graphic for breakfast.

Our wall of Pine trees is looking extra forlorn with branches drooping to the ground. A heavy Narnian-like ice covers everything. Bright red Cardinals are impatiently stalking our yard looking for food. Everything is quiet..but better yet, cancelled, including my Kindermusik classes! Yay for an "Ice" Day!