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January 2008

January 16, 2008

God is so good, all the time.

Part of what I have been learning these past weeks is how much my Heavenly Father wants to provide for me. I am not talking about making our bank account large. God knows the little details. He know down to the size of clothes out children wear.

Sunday morning I pulled out Butch's dress pants to wear to church. There was a hole in both knees of the pants. So I went in search of another pair. All I could find were pants a size too big. I got out his belt and had to tighten it all the way to the last hole. He is a very small boy and he sorta looked like he was wearing clown pants that were cinched at the waist.

As I watched the children's sermon from the choir loft I though that poor boy, what was his mother thinking making him wear those too big pants to church. I knew he needed new pants but there was just not money in the budget to buy him new ones. I would have to head to the resale shop or hope I could find them on sale.

Tuesday morning, my friend Cindy at Bible Study handed me a bag of clothes from her son, she said, " I hope they will fit someone in your house." I did not open the sack until we got home from Bible Study and inside were five pair of pants. Not only were they in Butch's size but they were exactly his size. They were slims.

Thank you God for using Cindy to bless us with new pants for Butch.

January 09, 2008

Just something to think about.

"It is a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy that is a thousand times better than any pleasure of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They are masters of their souls. They have overcome the world. These people are the Christians - and I am one of them."

I love this quote.  It seems as if it could have been written today by some great theologian but highlight below to see the source of these words.
Saint Cyprian (200-258).

January 06, 2008

How to get a soccer partner.....

January 03, 2008

Where have I been?

We have had a lovely holiday. It has been full of great family times, lots of good food, some movies, play days, shopping, sleeping late, concerts, and furniture makeovers. Basically, I have just been busy with life and it is good. God is working on me right now. He is very busy teaching me how to turn to Him in times of stress, anger, frustration boredom, (well just about the whole gamut of emotions) instead of turning to Hershey's, Fruity Pebbles and PB&Js.  It does not leave much time for blogging.

Tonight the children got back on their bedtime routine and tomorrow I hope to get the rest of our world back on our normal routine. Maybe then, I will have more time to blog. I sure hope so.

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