tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38436133305171077992024-03-14T00:56:08.040-04:00FreshPrintingThe eclectic writings of a pastor's wife on such varied topics as mothering, natural birthing, healthy eating, frugality and day to day life.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-78354884872563481572010-12-22T21:23:00.000-05:002010-12-22T21:23:21.381-05:00Who My God Is To MeIsaiah 9:6<br />
For unto us a child is born<br />
Unto us a son is given<br />
And the government shall be upon his shoulder<br />
And his name shall be called<br />
Wonderful Counselor<br />
Mighty God<br />
Everlasting Father<br />
Prince of Peace<br />
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My God is a wonderful counselor. I so thankful that I have Someone to talk to who knows every little detail and concern of my life and who is willing to give me counsel. How I need it! I feel so inadequate sometimes to the challenges that I face in life and God is there for me. I just need to slow down enough to listen. Rest and quiet myself before Him. He has so much He wants to share with me, so much wisdom to impart. Apart from Him I can do nothing of lasting value but in Him, all things are possible and He gives me the wisdom to do and say things that really matter and have value. <br />
My God is a mighty God! We have a saying in our church: God is Mighty to Save, willing to heal and ready to revive! So true and I have to remember this when people seem to be faltering in their walks with God, when struggles against sin seem to be overwhelming, when nothing seems to be going as it should, when circumstances seem in opposition to God’s Word, --- My God is mighty! He is bigger than these things! He holds the world in His hands. Nothing is impossible for Him. He is real and He really is active in our world, bringing salvation, healing, deliverance and revival!<br />
My God is an everlasting Father! How I love my Father God!! He is the most perfect Daddy and He loves each one of us sooo very very much! Just thinking about God becoming man, clothing Himself in humility and coming as a baby - Wow - what amazing love! He cares so deeply for me and wants the best for me, for you. He treasures me, values me, calls me His masterpiece, loves to dance and sing with me, rejoices with me, cries with me, hugs me, knows me - inside and out - and He loves me for me. I really love Him for Him. Everlasting love. It knows no end, knows no bounds, no limitations. <br />
My God is the Prince of Peace! He speaks to the raging storms - be calm. He brings peace to my chaos. In the midst of chaos, His presence is there and He calms me and He calls me to rest in Him. To be peaceful in process. To trust that He is in control so I don’t have to be in control - I can just have peace in Him. I am not responsible to make something happen - He is. He is in control. I am simply along for the ride, trusting Him to guide my every step. Walking In His ways, as He shows me the way.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-19832219636102070012010-12-14T08:03:00.000-05:002010-12-14T08:03:17.957-05:00Merry Christmas 2010Last year, I didn't write a Christmas letter because I had a new baby. This year, I have a new baby again. Writing a Christmas letter sounds like fun and I don't feel like folding laundry tonight. So I write while Timothy, our seven week old, snoozes on my lap. I'll try to sum up the most important things that have happened in the last two years. <br />
We moved in May of 2009 to the other half of our friend's duplex. I promptly painted all the walls beautiful colors and filled all of our newfound space with many things, mostly toys. Our house has two floors, three bedrooms and a basement – it feels huge compared to the two bedroom apartment we had been living in. We love living so close to friends who love Jesus like we do. Although we would like to own a home, we are waiting on God's perfect timing and we are learning financial wisdom in the process. <br />
Audrey was born on September 23, 2009. She has been so sweet and easy to care for, right from the start. She is 14 months old now, walking around and exploring everything within reach. Her older brothers adore her and she is definitely a daddy's girl. <br />
We enjoyed visiting Jeremiah's sisters and their families in Phoenix, AZ last year in December. The desert is beautiful. We loved all the cacti and the sandy mountains but we would never want to live there ourselves. We enjoy green grass and cornfields. We love the four seasons. I'm glad that God has called us to pastor this church in Indianapolis. It's a really a great city – you're always welcome to move here and join us! <br />
The year of 2010 started off with a big surprise – I was pregnant again! This through all of our plans for a loop. I feel that in many ways 2010 was repeat of 2009, except this year we ended up having a 9 pounds 9 ounce baby boy on October 21. He was born at home with a midwife. Homebirth is a wonderful option for healthy mothers birthing healthy babies. It is so much simpler and much more natural. <br />
Alan will be 5 on New Years Eve. He is a real people person and a natural actor. He loves the stage and thoroughly enjoyed being a Rock Star in our Christmas play at church this year. He is a great big brother and is eagerly looking forward to even more siblings. Alan will be ready to start homeschool Kindergarten this year with a focus on learning to read. <br />
Zachary is three and a half. He is a lot like his daddy, full of curiosity about how things work, sensitive to the world around him, and often lost in his own little world. He loves to play pretend with Alan and he loves his stuffed animals. <br />
Alan and Zachary are attending Gentle Shepherd Preschool several mornings each week for a couple of hours. It's just around the corner from our house. The boys are memorizing scriptures, learning Bible stories, singing lots of songs and beginning to work on some early math and reading skills. <br />
We believe that God has exciting things in store for our family and the church in the upcoming year. We focusing on having an open heart and an open home. Being filled with Holy Spirit and allowing God to move through us to touch people's lives through ours. <br />
I pray that you are doing well. We would love to hear from you. <br />
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The Kolterman FamilyRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-46427184028524762272010-12-14T07:56:00.002-05:002010-12-14T07:56:49.729-05:00QuietGod: When will you calm yourself? There is so much that I have to say to you. So much to show you. But you are so busy. Busy with tasks that never end, one after the other, always pressing. But you have one life to live – how will you live it? Will you live in My presence? Will you make My habitation your habitation? Will you be in Me? <br />
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Me: God, I don't know how. I don't know how to rest. It is so hard for me. I long for you but my mind is so easily drawn in so many directions. I am so easily distracted from You and the quietness that You call me too. I am too easily drawn away. I want You. I want to know You more. Help me to rest. Help me to quiet my soul before You so that I can hear You – the gentle whisper of You. The silent nudging of Your Spirit. Fill me. Fill us. Show us what doesn't matter. Help us to live for what matters most, to silence the desires for other things that have no lasting value. Open our eyes to the deception of this world and all the idols that it offers. Cleanse me Lord. Make me free. Free to quiet and worship You. Free to come before You and rest in You.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-41661956039181435192010-09-17T11:31:00.002-04:002010-09-17T11:31:10.266-04:00To Give Birth - Thoughts at 37 WeeksTo Give Birth – my thoughts at 37 weeks pregnant with Timmy <br />
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An act of giving. A gift. My small one unfolding, revealing, coming forth. Little mystery being discovered. A longing. A waiting. The unknowing of it all. The trusting. The placing of myself, my plans, my all in the hands of our Creator, the One who knows all. A daily act of surrender. Letting go. Letting be. Giving birth. Giving myself to the work of birth. Surrendering to sacrifice, joyfully. With expectation and hope. Looking forward to the knowing, the meeting, the birth. Little clothes. Soft skin. Little wrinkles. Tight grasp of fingers wraps my heart in new love, just imagining the moment. Placing little mouth to ample breast, giving more. Sustaining. Allowing myself to continue to be his all, his everything. Mothering. Allowing God to be my all, my everything. Fathering me. I am wrapped in His embrace and I give myself to new love. To life. To birth.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-75288107348768154702010-08-03T21:16:00.002-04:002010-08-03T21:16:20.902-04:00Lift Up Your EyesPs. 121:1-3<br />
“Lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? <br />
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and earth.<br />
He will not let your foot slip - <br />
He who watches over you will not slumber;”Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-10753455923000331292010-02-25T08:50:00.001-05:002010-02-25T08:50:32.893-05:00My Father's House, a republished postI love our church. It's small right now, but it's like a family. I believe we're going to keep that family feel even when we get larger. My husband and I and my inlaws (they help us out and they also have a church in Fort Wayne) have been thinking and talking a lot lately about church vision and strategy. God is teaching us a lot and we're in a process of change. I often feel like an apprentice - we have so much to learn about serving God as pastors. We want to be a church that is both attractive to people and attractive to God - seeker sensitive and God sensitive. We're a spirit-filled, nondenominational church. We believe the Bible and try to live like it. We really want to see unchurched people saved and lives totally changed. We are praying right now for God to send us some more people who are already mature Christians - who can join our team and really dig in with us to the work of ministry - serving God together. Living life in fellowship with one another. I also really want to see people healed in their minds and emotions. I believe that God can not only heal people physically, but mentally as well. Anyway, here are some pictures we took our service last Sunday. Jeremiah is working on the websites and needed some pictures. This is Sue P. She switches off leading praise and worship with Jeremiah every other week. She is a very upbeat, generous and friendly person who gets things done. She gets you up and moving and involved in the worship - we love her and her family. <br />
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<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqRGs4fI/AAAAAAAAADU/Y_Fz8Yht7XQ/s1600-h/IMG_4060.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081692781075554802" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqRGs4fI/AAAAAAAAADU/Y_Fz8Yht7XQ/s320/IMG_4060.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> These are some of the people in our church. <br />
<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqRGs4gI/AAAAAAAAADc/mH_4Sax3IpY/s1600-h/IMG_4061.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081692781075554818" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqRGs4gI/AAAAAAAAADc/mH_4Sax3IpY/s320/IMG_4061.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> This is Pastor Harley, my father in-law. He sometimes preaches at our church as well, especially lately while Jeremiah was taking a little break to get adjusted to our new life parenting two children. <br />
<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqhGs4hI/AAAAAAAAADk/CEyDVjwLZh8/s1600-h/IMG_4062.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081692785370522130" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqhGs4hI/AAAAAAAAADk/CEyDVjwLZh8/s320/IMG_4062.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> We baptized a whole family this last Sunday - it was awesome!!! Sorry this picture is sideways. This is Bobby, the father. God is delivering him from alcoholism and giving him an awesome testimony of restoration. <br />
<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqxGs4iI/AAAAAAAAADs/5Dhrd6E4M0I/s1600-h/IMG_4067.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081692789665489442" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqxGs4iI/AAAAAAAAADs/5Dhrd6E4M0I/s320/IMG_4067.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> This is the whole family, soaking wet, freshly baptized. <br />
<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqxGs4jI/AAAAAAAAAD0/A8ey3hDEjLI/s1600-h/IMG_4085.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081692789665489458" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/RoXMqxGs4jI/AAAAAAAAAD0/A8ey3hDEjLI/s320/IMG_4085.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-4539899703253622102010-01-15T10:25:00.003-05:002010-01-15T10:39:19.834-05:00Help HaitiI've been to the Dominican Republic twice on mission trips. It shares the same island with Haiti but the differences between the two sides of the island are like night and day. One is baron and spiritually dry, the other is experiencing an outpouring of God's spirit and blessing among the people and in the government. When I was in the DR (Dominican Republic) I had the opportunity to share Christ with some Haitians. They spoke French and we had a few little pamphlets in French. I was struck by the emptiness and hopelessness in their eyes. Since the quake, I have been praying a lot for the these people. For God's mercy and compassion. For His saving grace. I am sure that God is able to take this aweful catastrophe and use it for His glory. One way is through our little acts of compassion. Through our prayers and our giving.<br /><br />Our church is thinking of using the money we've saved during our 21 day fast to plant a new church in Haiti through the <a href="http://www.global12project.com/world-zones/central-america">Global 12 project</a>. We are also supporting <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/432416/110412402?m=9e4cc0c7&ref=mf">Hope in Action</a>, an organization that a trustworthy friend of ours heads up.<br /><br />Several popular bloggers are giving money to various organizations when you post a comment or a link to your own blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2010/01/help-for-haiti-everyone-can-do-something.html">Money Saving Mom</a> is going to donate a $1 because I'm linking this post up with hers. You can link yours as well and check out some of the other blogs on her site that are joining the cause.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-79817805213272820332010-01-09T15:09:00.003-05:002010-01-09T15:14:44.892-05:00God is BIG enoughTomorrow I am teaching kids church again for the first time since Audrey was born. As I began preparing today, I was struck by the main point of tomorrow's lesson:<br /><br /><strong>God is powerful enough to help me do what He wants me to do!</strong> <br /><br />As I really think about that, I realize how often in doubting my own power, I doubt God's power. I'm not really looking to Him and trusting Him when I am caught up in my own weaknesses and failures. God is Big! This reminds me of the song, "I've got a very big God, Oh, He's always by my side. A very big God, by my side, by my side." <br /><br />I have to remember to simply do what God asks, knowing He was the power to enable me to do exactly that. What a relief.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-27474495424305509912010-01-08T10:06:00.002-05:002010-01-08T10:10:19.306-05:00The Perfect Home"<a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2010/01/real-secret-to-happy-homemaking.html">Homemaking is about making a home --- and a home is a safe place, a refuge, a place to be real and alive and truest true</a>."<br /> <br />"A perfect home is an authentic, creative, animated space where Peace and Love and Beauty are embraced" <br /> <br /><br />Lord, help me to embrace peace, love and beauty in my home. Make our home a place of peace, love and beauty. Forgive me God for the times yesterday when I lost my peace with my children. I want to know You God in every part of my life, for Your presence to animate our days. I surrender to You everything that I am and everything that I am not. I trust You. You amaze me, that You would use me, would trust me with such an awesome trust – in mothering these precious souls. We desperately need Your guidance Lord and Your wisdom for truly, apart from You we can do nothing.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-17704844314517919322010-01-07T10:47:00.003-05:002010-01-07T12:44:10.808-05:00Jesus, the human sideYesterday I was struck again with the thought of God, becoming man. He was in all ways, tempted like I am, weak like I am, and yet without sin. That God took on the form of a man.<br /><br /><br /><br />God, Jesus is identified with our weaknesses. He know what it is like to go through the things we go through. He knows family dysfunction. He knows what it is like to be doubted, questioned and attacked by those who know you best. He know how reputation can hurt you, just because you belong to a certain family.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mark 6:3 In Jesus hometown, the people rejected Him.<br /><br />"'Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters among us?' And they took offense at Him and were hurt (that is, they disapproved of Him and it hindered them)...and they were caused to stumble and fall." AMP<br /><br />vs. 4 Jesus was "not without honor except among His relatives and in His own house."<br /><br /><br /><br />How did this affect Jesus? How did He feel? Can He sympathize with us when those closest to us dishonor us and trample our dreams? Trample our value.<br /><br />I believe that Jesus was tempted even to doubt Himself at times.<br /><br /><br /><br />His family was not perfect. It was large and loud. It was ordinary and normal. He was the son who didn't marry, who stayed home and remained with his family until He was 30. He became a carpenter like His earthly dad Joseph. Living normal, day to day life in community with others. His parents knew something of who He was, but not much, not how and not exactly. Although they knew He was divine, they lived life with Him. I'm sure in the everydayness of it all they sometimes and often forgot WHO HE IS. Life was busy. There were financial struggles. There was hardwork to be done. And overshadowing them all, the crual and taxing Romans consistantly made their worlds small and devalued. Jesus lived in a small world. A world where everbody knew everything about everyone else, small town stuff. Jesus was very human to them. The divine beginnings of Jesus life were sometimes forgotten in the day to day process of simply living. Jesus knew the divine. He remembered. Mary pondered it. Jesus lived it. He lived divinely human. <strong>He became in all ways like us so that we can truly become in all ways like Him. </strong><br /><br /><br /><br />Mark 6:6 "He marveled because of their unbelief."<br /><br /><br /><br />Mark 6:11 "if any community will not receive and accept and welcome you, and they refuse to listen to you, when you depart shake off the dust."<br /><br /><br />Jesus didn't let the doubt, faithlessness and rejection of others get to Him - He shook off the dust. He departed and moved on. Their loss. No people pleasing for Him. He was looking for faith, for openness, for where He could work. When He couldn't work because of hostile hearts, He moved on. Internally and externally, He moved on. He didn't carry their rejection with Him in His heart because His identity and purpose were elsewhere. His identity was with His heavenly Father. He didn't allow His earthly family to define His purpose. He defined Himself in God and the purpose given to Him from His Father. We are to do the same.<br /><br />Matthew 12:46-50<br />Jesus was speaking radically and offensivelly to the religious leaders and His family was seeking to speak with Him. We can only guess why, but given the context, it can be postulated that they weren't quite happy with Him. Probably they were disapproving of what and how He was speaking and they were trying to shut Him up. Here Jesus again gives us a clue to His identity when He calls those who do the will of God His true family.<br /><br />Is. 53:2-5<br />2For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.<br />3He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.<br />4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].(<a title="See cross-reference B" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+53&version=AMP#cen-AMP-18716B">B</a>)<br />5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/"><img alt="holy experience" src="http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee349/GDest07/ann%20voskamp/wednesdaybutton2.png" title="holy experience"/></a></center>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-41574473413208558992009-12-29T15:30:00.003-05:002009-12-29T16:20:45.152-05:00I'm Reading This FREE E-Book<a href="http://www.hisheartbeat.com/E-book-Secrets-of-Happy-Home-Life.html">Check it out </a>and join with me in reading it. Let me know your thoughts.<br /><br /><br />Titled: Secrets of a Happy Home Life<br /><br />Almost all that follows are direct quotes:<br /><br /><br /><br />"Christ's peace is a blessing, which comes out of struggle and discipline."<br /><br />"the etymology of the name 'wife' - it means 'weaver'"<br /><br /><br /><br />Weaver -a weaver of life - a home weaver. That is a beautiful thought.<br /><br /><br /><br />Home is the true wife's kingdom. There, first of all places, she must be strong and beautiful. She may touch life outside in many ways, if she can do it without slighting the duties that are hers within her own doors.<br />Love is always discipline<br />We say we train our children; but they train us, also, if we think of them as we should,—as immortal beings come from God to be prepared by us for their mission.<br />"My child, I fear you; you are a spirit, soul! How shall I walk before you? and keep my garments whole? O Lord, give strength, give wisdom for the task. To train this child for You."<br />If we receive them (children) as Christ's messengers, as sent to us in His name, and entertain them as we would entertain Him if He had come in place of them, we shall get from them deep and rich good and joy.<br />Love's first lesson is that of giving up one's own way, denying one's self, suffering in silence. Where this lesson has been learned, or is being learned, in a household of young people, each thinks of giving to the others, not of taking from them. Each cultivates gentleness and kindness. The speech of the home grows quiet and tender, is never loud nor angry.<br />It is possible to grow into all the beauty of peace wherever we may be placed. A lily finds its home in a black bog, but blooms into perfect loveliness<br />Criticism never fosters affection; you never loved any one better for criticizing you. Usually the best service we can do to a brother or sister is to live a sweet, patient, beautiful, Christly life ourselves, leaving to God the fashioning of their lives.<br />Suppose you went into an artist's studio and saw a picture at which he had been working for months, yet unfinished; would you, not being an artist, take up his brush and begin to put touches here and there on the canvas? Each life of husband or wife, child, brother or sister, in your home is a picture which God is painting, and which is yet unfinished. Beware that you mar not His work!<br />If only we can make Christ an abiding guest in our home, and if we can keep ourselves aware of His being with us, our household life cannot help but grow wondrously sweet!Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-67845948890899437282009-12-29T08:17:00.002-05:002009-12-29T08:22:30.886-05:00<center><a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/"><img title="holy experience" alt="holy experience" src="http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee349/GDest07/ann%20voskamp/mondaybutton2.png" /></a></center><p><br /><br />I know it's Tuesday but I just decided there will never be a better time to start counting, so here goes:</p><p>1. God's goodness to us this Christmas</p><p>2. His protection over people who are dear to us and struggling with addictions </p><p>3. The way snow lights up the night </p><p>4. The sound of sleep as my baby breathes</p><p>5. Her tiny hands and chubby rolls</p><p>6. That God enables me to feed her well</p><p>7. A new year almost here and the fresh start it represents</p><p>8. Faith to try new things and stretch beyond what I thought were my limits</p><p>9. <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/">www.aholyexperience.com</a></p><p>10. God awakening my heart, daily. </p>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-24812910305172981072009-12-29T08:12:00.002-05:002009-12-29T08:15:39.873-05:00Our Scripture Memory Verse2 Thessalonians 3:16 "Now may the Lord of peace Himself give me peace at all times and in every way." <br /><br />This truly is the cry of my heart. I'm realizing how easily I become disturbed and perturbed and allow little things to steal my peace. I am purposing in this new year to be a more peacefilled person and to have a home of peace. I need much of God giving me peace because I am hard put to come up with it myself in my house full of little ones.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-20213923803677676892009-12-14T18:22:00.002-05:002009-12-14T18:32:50.214-05:00Gift Card Giveaway at Money Saving MomMoney saving mom is giving away 5 $100 giftcards to a store of each winner's choice! Go <a href="http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2009/12/24hour-giveaway-5-100-gift-cards-to-the-store-of-your-choice.html">here </a>to find out how to enter and hopefully win :) If you are doing last minute Christmas shopping, this website is a great place to find out about great deals.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-51485297890312195312009-11-24T16:23:00.003-05:002009-11-24T16:28:17.055-05:00Plans for AdventThe first Sunday of Advent is this Sunday! We're planning on celebrating as a church and as a family this year. I love the Christ-centered focus that celebrating advent gives to the Christmas season. We're going to be using the readings and craft/cooking suggestions from <a href="http://www.homeschooled-kids.com/advent.html">this website</a> for children. Looks the crafts will be simple enough even for a 3 year old and for a busy momma to put together.<br /><a href="http://www.homeschooled-kids.com/advent.html">http://www.homeschooled-kids.com/advent.html</a>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-57027370405743443902009-10-16T21:30:00.004-04:002009-10-16T21:43:07.304-04:00A Life Update<div>I think Audrey smiled at me today for the first intentional time :) 3 weeks, 3 days old - same day age as Alan when he smiled at me for the first time - I looked at the scrapbook page today. </div><div>I tried to capture it on film. Here is what I got: </div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgR9Z1fAI/AAAAAAAABW8/AynmkiOw8rg/s1600-h/IMG_0035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393377521665670146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgR9Z1fAI/AAAAAAAABW8/AynmkiOw8rg/s400/IMG_0035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgRfaK9TI/AAAAAAAABW0/S58H2te4fa4/s1600-h/IMG_0048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393377513614013746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgRfaK9TI/AAAAAAAABW0/S58H2te4fa4/s400/IMG_0048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgQ_WsvsI/AAAAAAAABWs/NBPuXHx9TwA/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393377505009516226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgQ_WsvsI/AAAAAAAABWs/NBPuXHx9TwA/s400/IMG_0031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgQOtjOII/AAAAAAAABWk/12HOU-M4944/s1600-h/IMG_0065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393377491952023682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgQOtjOII/AAAAAAAABWk/12HOU-M4944/s400/IMG_0065.JPG" border="0" /></a> We went to Brown County today for my mom's birthday, hoping the rain would disapate before we got there. It didn't so we enjoyed the children's section of the library in Nashville. Jeremiah and I peeked into a few stores and thought about doing an old-fashioned get dressed up western style photo shoot but decided to wait until the boys are little older. Fall leaves are almost perfect - next Saturday will be probably be their peek - hopefully we'll have some warmer weather so we can enjoy all the splendour without freezing. We dug out our winter coats for todays adventures.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgPpndnYI/AAAAAAAABWc/jtXgsPFhNMQ/s1600-h/IMG_0064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393377481994378626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/StkgPpndnYI/AAAAAAAABWc/jtXgsPFhNMQ/s400/IMG_0064.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-9400879752538419602009-08-13T09:12:00.002-04:002009-08-13T09:24:24.389-04:00A Valid Need to RestYesterday I woke up and immediately my mind was attacking me, "You've slept in too late." "There's so much to do." And then I felt the loving voice of my Father, comforting me and assuring, "Sleep is My gift and you need it to carry this baby." Then, today, I read this post by Ann Voscamp:<br /><br />She opens one eye wide and peeks at me. “Did you know you close your eyes when you sleep, Mama? And you close your eyes when you pray. Sleep and prayer. They’re like the same…”Sleep… rest. And prayer. Like the same... Soul and body, they both need to close eyes, a body needing hard stops, a definitive time, to turn out the lights and sleep… like a soul needing hard stops, definitive times, to step back from the work and pray.I don’t raise my head from the bed. Why do I shun rest? For the same reasons I shun prayer?I don’t think I need it.Addicted to motion, this buzz of self-importance, I think I must keep going, keep producing, keep working, that I’m needed to make some indispensable product. But God made a body to require rest. We can toil till the joints pull apart and the smile cracks and flakes at the seams, but eventually we’ll drag into the quiet pastures, fall into pillow and sleep dead man’s slumber. He will bring us face to face with our own limitations, our own smallness. Do we too wait until the ledge of desperation before we pray, before we humbly embrace our need?A soul needs to rest and that is its real work.Prayer is the work. Prayer is the rest.Isn’t it sometimes the greatest work of all to still and rest, abandon self to the Arms that hold?I need it: rest, prayer… Him.<br /><br />I need it. I need Him. Rest. " Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS." Matthew 11:28-29Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-56633680940853373512009-08-06T20:53:00.002-04:002009-08-06T21:00:18.690-04:00Driving Advice, by Alan, age 3 1/2Alan - "Daddy, go faster"<br />Daddy - "I can't. All those cars are in the way." <br />Alan - "You should go over the cars"<br />Daddy - "How am I going to do that?"<br />Alan - "You should tell those cars to go faster. You do it like this - say, 'Go faster cars.'"<br />Daddy - "I don't think that would work."<br />Alan - "Mommy talks to cars but you're not good at that. Say, Go Faster!"Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-81564347245297762572009-06-25T21:28:00.000-04:002009-06-25T21:29:42.214-04:00Waterplay<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br />This whole week has been extremely HOT! Our new house is large and old. It has central air and with it running constantly - the house has been about 80 degrees all week long. It's much hotter outside and humid. I've never been this pregnant in the summer before and I am feeling it! To cool off today we went outside and played with the hose for a little while. Here are some pics that I took: <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkgRrv5HI/AAAAAAAABVc/mYw_pQ0yXbw/s1600-h/IMG_0368.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkgRrv5HI/AAAAAAAABVc/mYw_pQ0yXbw/s400/IMG_0368.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkgkqfITI/AAAAAAAABVk/EJ8t6L5t3Ck/s1600-h/IMG_0367.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkgkqfITI/AAAAAAAABVk/EJ8t6L5t3Ck/s400/IMG_0367.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkg1qRlRI/AAAAAAAABVs/7oemTW_AP1M/s1600-h/IMG_0371.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkg1qRlRI/AAAAAAAABVs/7oemTW_AP1M/s400/IMG_0371.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkhILsE8I/AAAAAAAABV0/sW_-udhAQhE/s1600-h/IMG_0374.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SkQkhILsE8I/AAAAAAAABV0/sW_-udhAQhE/s400/IMG_0374.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-48065516180050690722009-05-26T21:29:00.003-04:002009-05-26T21:56:38.412-04:00MovingWe're moving on Thursday. <br />I'm going to miss a few things about our apartment in Marcy Village. I never would have guessed that we would live here for four years. We moved here when I was at the beginning of my pregnancy with Alan. Then, we switched apartments and moved into our courtyard when Alan was 5 months old. Now, we're moving and I'm 5 1/2 months pregnant.<br />We're moving to a 3 bedroom duplex that our friends own. It will give us more space and feel more like a home. The best thing is we'll have our own washer and dryer in the basement and won't have to pay to do laundry anymore! <br />I'm going to miss our courtyard though - our neighbors - Libby and Rupert, who live downstairs from us, Catherine - the animal lover who feeds our squirrels corn and takes care of all the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">feral</span> cats that live in the carports. We're going to miss Beth, the dog walker who always wears Pooh Bear clothes and gives us treasures from the dumpsters. We'll miss Ms. Lee, the little old lady who has lived here for at least half a century and gets her daily walk when she takes her trash out. <br />We're going to miss the big <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">gnarly</span> tree that grows in the courtyard - the one Alan first pulled himself up on when he was just learning to walk in October of 2006 and explored with such awe. We're going to miss setting out our blankets under the apple trees for an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">impromptu</span> picnic. We'll miss cookouts on the front stoop and blowing bubbles here and painting with water and sidewalk chalk. I've spent a lot of time hanging out with my boys in this courtyard. <br />We'll miss the location we have here, so close to the church and Broad Ripple. Convenient to downtown, the zoo and the children's museum. We'll be farther away from my friend Sarah and her boys Zion and Simeon. I'll have to get used to shopping at different stores. Our Marsh and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Aldi's</span>, Target and the Glendale library will all be much farther away. Although we'll still be in this area a lot since our church is over here. <br /><br />I am looking forward to so many things about our new house and our new neighborhood. I am excited about what God has <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">in store</span> for us but I wanted to take the moment to record the things I've loved about this home and thank God for the time and the memories that we have made here.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-32938805369775692452009-03-30T14:32:00.000-04:002009-03-30T14:32:23.998-04:00Spring Green<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SdEQNjThGLI/AAAAAAAABVU/rWeIe1cvnxE/s1600-h/IMG_9405.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SdEQNjThGLI/AAAAAAAABVU/rWeIe1cvnxE/s400/IMG_9405.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Green is my favorite color of all and spring is my favorite season. Earthly life doesn't get better than spring green and I'm so happy we can look forward to it every year! Yesterday was soooo cold and it even snowed! But today is warm and sunny again. Praise Him!!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-59268762096254980912009-03-28T21:13:00.000-04:002009-03-28T21:13:29.818-04:00Bedtime Stories with Daddy<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/Sc7LOKYKO1I/AAAAAAAABVE/xXeYFrlgNhg/s1600-h/IMG_9403.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/Sc7LOKYKO1I/AAAAAAAABVE/xXeYFrlgNhg/s400/IMG_9403.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/Sc7LOZndegI/AAAAAAAABVM/zNTZsbYtdxE/s1600-h/IMG_9404.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/Sc7LOZndegI/AAAAAAAABVM/zNTZsbYtdxE/s400/IMG_9404.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>I think it is one of our favorite times of the day.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-68584262325001915142009-03-06T14:27:00.003-05:002009-03-06T14:50:52.069-05:00After a month long break...<div>I'm back and there really were 28 things to love about February, but I'll have to update you on those later. </div><br /><div>We have been exploring our options in purchasing a home this spring and we think we have found one that we like. </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310159718045639458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SbF6IQ6y4yI/AAAAAAAABUk/uil3tAqUNuw/s400/30+East+37th+St..jpg" border="0" /></div><div>We have actually made an offer on the home and may hear back from the seller today or tomorrow. I'm excited and scared at the same time. This is our first home purchase ever and all the forms and fees can be intimidating, plus all the unknowns. We are trying our best not to get in over our heads and yet, we really feel that it is time to move into our own home now that we are expecting our third child. A desire of my heart has always been to own my own home and to give my children and our family a secure place in which to thrive and grow. A home with room to homeschool and room for many children. </div><div> </div><div>This home is located in the center of the city, right off of Meridian St. We love being close to everything and about 30 minutes away from any suburb around Indy. As our church grows, I'm confident this will be a great advantage to us and the people in our church. The home was built in 1916 and has a beautiful fireplace in the living room. <br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SbF6I5qHcOI/AAAAAAAABU0/VWaUTEpc9R0/s1600-h/FIREPLACE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310159728981536994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SbF6I5qHcOI/AAAAAAAABU0/VWaUTEpc9R0/s400/FIREPLACE.jpg" border="0" /></a> The dining room has tile floors:<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SbF6IrRmt7I/AAAAAAAABUs/1RrSMlN6yHY/s1600-h/DINING+ROOM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310159725120632754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SbF6IrRmt7I/AAAAAAAABUs/1RrSMlN6yHY/s400/DINING+ROOM.jpg" border="0" /></a> The masterbedroom has hardwood floors and a small room attached to it that will be a perfect nursery for the baby.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310159729004445954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SbF6I5vlAQI/AAAAAAAABU8/8of9-qswkKs/s400/MASTERBEDROOM.jpg" border="0" />Including the unfinished basement and the attic, this home has somewhere between 3,500 and 4,000sqft! There is a lot of potential for additional bedrooms/school rooms if we should need them. There are 3 bedrooms on the second floor and an office space on the first floor for Jeremiah. We're thinking of using the attic as a playroom/schoolroom. </div><div> </div><div>The neighbor with whom we may share a backyard goes to Alan's preschool and has a little girl six months older than Alan. She told us the history of the house:</div><div>This house sold for $50,000 to a retired man several years ago. He refinished the floors and woodwork, rewired the electricity, restrung the windows and much more. He was fixing the house up, intending to convince his wife to retire there, but she insisted on moving to Florida. He was able to sell the home for $140,000 (before the economy went bad) and made a good profit! The couple that bought the home, unfortunately lost it to foreclosure through a series of terrible events. When we first looked at the house a week ago, the bank was asking 79,900. We offered $50,000 on Tuesday and they countered with $62,000 on Thursday - a great price, less then half of what it sold for just a few years ago! We countered with 57,000 and they rejected. Then we found out that closing costs were going to be much more than we expected so, we revised our offer and we are resubmitting it today, offering $64,000 but they are to pay $2,000 towards closing costs. If they accept, we'll be closing May 5th and moving out of our apartment May 31st. Meanwhile, they have lowered the price on the home in the listing to 69,900. </div><div> </div><div>There are several projects that we will need to do. The kitchen needs a lot of work and there are no appliances included. The house needs a new roof. We need to add storm windows and there is no garage. On the plus side, we will be getting an extra $8,000 tax credit for buying a home next year when we file our taxes. That will definitely help pay for things! <br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-43405513500396338282009-02-03T17:45:00.001-05:002009-02-03T20:50:33.704-05:00Feb. 2<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SYjJJ0-AIrI/AAAAAAAABUM/OBaLUkJgxVQ/s1600-h/IMG_9062.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SYjJJ0-AIrI/AAAAAAAABUM/OBaLUkJgxVQ/s400/IMG_9062.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p>Monday - I love my Bible, God's Word and I am so thankful that so much of it is memorized within my heart, a living force when days are tough. Monday we were challenged to live out the gratefulness message we had preached on Sunday. Our van broke down, the transmission is done and we had $18 in the bank. I took the bus home from work and Jeremiah spent two hours taking the bus to the bank and back to deposit a check. I was emotional, the kids were trying and crying. Yet, throughout it all, scriptures kept comforting my heart. </p><p>"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?" Matthew 6:26</p><p> "Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. 19The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places." Habakkuk 3:17-19</p><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843613330517107799.post-91455050182979865302009-02-01T20:38:00.000-05:002009-02-01T20:38:11.482-05:0028 Things I love for the Month of February<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SYZOgwWCcXI/AAAAAAAABUE/yCK4EiWVUkk/s1600-h/IMG_9032.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VBrtU0gAz7g/SYZOgwWCcXI/AAAAAAAABUE/yCK4EiWVUkk/s400/IMG_9032.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />This month I am going to focus my daily pictures/blogs on 28 things that I love. To begin with, I love Family Sunday at our church. It is always to first Sunday of the month. Jeremiah and I preach together and the kids stay in the service with us. Afterwards we eat together and have a great time of fellowship. Today we preached on thankfulness.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598301722556878820noreply@blogger.com1