For His Service

  Look at these beauties in my yard.  Sunflowers, Texas star hibiscus, .. tomatoes, ..  The birds and I have really enjoyed them.  On the most solemn day, my joy grows when I look out the window.  I just wish I could fix everything... fix people's meanness; fix people's lack of compassion for each other and God's creatures.  Fix people's lack of empathy.  Fix broken things.     I look for practical ways that  I can do that. Whether it is helping out at the horse farm, listening to my child tell of their feelings about the same subject that is stuck on their hearts, pulling weeds in my own heart..and in my own yard, etc. ..   My husband kept leaving the cabinet doors open to the computer desks because the computers were getting too hot.  The kids would often trip on the doors.. or swing on the doors. :)    So, I went to fixing them.  I enjoyed using a hammer to create a hole in the...

F ruit.. Yes, tomatoes are actually a fruit.  ..and this is just one days worth of tomatoes I just picked from my backyard garden.  Chili, soups, salads are going to taste so much better with these red beauties.  These tomatoes did cost time in the Georgia sun, a few bug bites, and a lot of work.    All of the bad that comes with gardening is worth it , when you get your crop...the fruit of your labor.  It is just like the Christian life.  Those who falsely sell the Christian life as an easy life..a life with no problems ... 1. Is lying (on purpose or not).   OR 2.  They don't really know God's word.  As He clearly says we will have troubles.   (1 Peter 5:9-  Romans 12:12, Romans 5, 1 Peter 1)  So, how do we get through the icky part of life ?    By looking at the fruit that comes from those trials.   I don't believe God wastes any of our struggles or tears.  He says that He use...

At a certain age... I suppose 18 or so... half-birthdays are no longer as important to you as when you are young.  Right now, the kids love having their 1/2 birthdays celebrated.  We don't do much. We tell them "Happy half-birthday!"... and they are allowed to choose what we have for dinner (within reason... no  super expensive choices .. like crab legs or sushi).  And, they do get to have a  cake.   John-Michael is 8 1/2 today. I haven't had any of my children ask for a character-cake in quite some time...until last night.  We were out very late watching the laser light show at Stone Mountain Park.  A few hours before... John-Michael springs on me that he wants a Rayman Rabbids cake for his half-birthday.  Now, I have church in the morning and knew I wouldn't get home before midnight last night... not much time to figure our how to make that kind of cake.  So, like most things...I just went for it.   I bought Twinkies ...pretty...

 Whatcha been doing?  It has been almost a week since I blogged.  John-Michael tried to do his MRI without sedation..it didn't go well the first time around.   Thankfully, we went to the Children's Healthcare at Webb Bridge just a few days ago..and they did it!  He was able to get his MRI without sedation.  Dr. Bodyston gave him a good report ..and said we will have a MRI next July to check on the tumors by his spine. We are so thankful to have that behind us. Today is a good day.    Even with the record temperatures in metro Atlanta, we had the blessing of suite seats (air conditioning including).  The Braves won!   We are enjoying the dinner-plate hibiscus by the pond.  I am enjoying my blue-dipped hair (already had pink and purple..it only last a few weeks). I ran my 2nd Peachtree race on the 4th... I was 2 minutes slower than last year..but it was hotter than last year, too!    The Peacht...

10 Day Forecast Updated: Jun 30, 2012, 6:13pm EDT Tonight Jun 30 104 °F Observed High 5:05 pm Mostly Clear      Chance of rain     0%   Sun Jul 1 103 °   Partly Cloudy     Chance of rain:      10%    Well, I do live in Hotlanta!    Today we attended an Atlanta Braves game and set a new...all time record high...    Thankfully, we were in a suite with air conditioning... the only way to watch the game today.  I saw this comical Weather forecast... I thought it was funny...enjoy!   NNW at 8 mph

“ We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?"- C.S. Lewis... Yep, I did it again.  I started a blog with another C.S. Lewis quote.  Yesterday was one of those days that I wished that God said.."as long as they are content"... But, HE knows better.  Even when my heart breaks... He knows better.  Even when I don't understand why my son got an I.V., waited  1 1/2 hours for his MRI and then was told "not to move a muscle" for another hour..which he couldn't do..so his MRI was rescheduled with Sedation, He knows better.   Even when a relative battling alcohol addiction causes embarrassment for himself and others, HE knows better.  Even when there isn't healing where you thought there would be healing, He knows better.   Even when your heart feels like it can't hear of another hurt or neglected child.... or animal, He k...

Vulnerable- a.  Susceptible to physical or emotional injury. b.  Susceptible to attack: That's how loving feels sometimes. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” ―  C.S. Lewis ,  The Four Loves I think he got it.  In order for love to be real, to not guard your heart in a box and for it to waste away, we must be "susceptible to emotional injury"  .   My husband will make me mad, sad, or glad (suddenly I am Dr. Seuss) .  LOL..   I can avoid the bad (and the ...