::a thought::

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Becca

“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 4:6

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::Michael Joseph::

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Becca

I have a new brother!!!  It is a temporary placement right now because of complicated legal issues, but we are hoping to adopt him.  Isn’t he cute?

I think it is neat that the name, Michael Joseph, that his birth parents picked for him means “gift of God” because he is a gift from God to us, for as long as we get to keep him.

I love having a baby in the house.  He is so precious!

Every good and perfect gift is from above ~ James 1:17

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Merry Christmas!!

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Becca
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6

Joy to the world! the Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let evr’y heart prepare Him room,

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and heav’n and nature sing.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;

He come to make His blessings flow

Far as the curse is found,

Far as the curse is found,

Far as far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders wonders of His love.

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Christmas Break…

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Becca

…starts today!

I am looking forward to a couple of weeks with no school, hoping to write a Bright Lights lesson, get our Christmas cards sent out, get to hang out with Spencer and Hanna more, prepare to hopefully be adding to out family in a few weeks (still waiting to see what God will do there and trusting His plan :) ), get my stack of letters to write finished, etc.

And friends from out of town arrive today to stay with us, so we will have a happily full house for Christmas.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

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Poinsettias!!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Becca

Last week we got to go to Laurentzen Gardens and see the poinsettias on display.  Here are some pictures.

replica of St. Cecilia’s Cathedral

replica of Joslyn castle

Orange!

SMILES

How many are your works, O LORD!
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures…

will sing to the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice in the LORD.
But may sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked be no more.

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise the LORD.

Psalm 104:24, 33-35

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Christmas Ornaments

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Becca

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Posted on November 10, 2011 by Becca
O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.
Psalm 59:17

Praise the LORD, O my soul.


O Lord my God, you are very great;
You are clothed in splendor and majesty.

Psalm 104

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The Wisdom of God

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Becca
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God…

Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?  For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,  but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,  but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,  so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.  Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
I Corinthians 1:18-31

It is not the rich, wise, or the influential that God chooses.  He uses the foolish, the humble, the lowly, the despised, the fearful, and the weak and then He gets the glory. God can use anyone! “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

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The Unseen

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Becca

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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Fall Beauty

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Becca

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not; As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.


Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath-provided Great is Thy faithfulness Lord, unto me!


Summer and winter and spring-time and harvest, sun moon and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness mercy and love.


Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath-provided Great is Thy faithfulness Lord, unto me!


Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for the day and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!


Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath-provided Great is Thy faithfulness Lord, unto me!

Great is Thy Faithfulness by Thomas O. Chisholm

Great is His faithfulness…what else could we need?

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