Frogs.
FROGS!
(This is for YOU, Froghands!)
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
In Thy presence is fullness of joy. - Psalms 16:11
Joy is a deep sense of constant assurance. - Arnold Prater
My joy is the nature of God living inside of me. God's nature is unlimited. Therefore, my joy is unlimited. - Rich Wagner
Joy is the flag you fly when the Prince of Peace is in residence within your heart. - Wilfred Peterson
Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude. - Marietta McCarty
Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. - Swedish proverb
True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.- Paul Pearsall
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
A very vivid Easter
I don't like Peeps, but they are pretty!
Dying eggs on Saturday
Cheese!
The coveted Watering Can cup at grandma's. Whoever gets it always feels special. :)
My organized piles of candy. We always do a lot of bargaining after finding out what was in our eggs. I kind of ended up with most of the candy that the others didn't want!
The credit for these goes to my aunt Sonia and cousins Taylor and Stefanie! SO cute.
Lily whiteness. A set apart life.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
His Names are Wonderful
Throughout the Bible, there are many names of God.
One of my favorite portraits of Christ is this: His Name
I remember this particular work of art was in a magazine that my grandma subscribed to. This magazine, whatever it was, featured an article about the artist and showed this print. This was in 1998 or 99...a long time ago! But it really stuck with me because my grandma had a challenge for my cousin and me- to list all the names in this portrait. There are 110.
I remember it being a big competition for us, and my cousin Emily (who is two years younger than me) beat me. I was kind of upset...ha! But now as I look back, it doesn't matter if I found all the names first, or if I even found them all...I am really glad this specific portrait of Christ stuck in my mind. Now, over a decade later, I decided to ask my grandma if she had copies of the article still...and she did! I gladly took one of the copies to school with me and now it hangs on my bulletin board, right above my desk. It is really great to look up and catch a new name that I hadn't noticed before. It has been a big encouragement to me!
Realizing that God is so multi-faceted is huge. Lately I've been kind of confused about God, in the sense that sometimes it seems like the God I worship is completely different than the God a fellow believer worships. They speak about Him differently and view Him in another light. I was worried, thinking "Does this mean we aren't following the same God?" Seeing this portrait once again reminded me how many attributes God really does have. This assured me so much and also helped me to think about what God is to me. He is all the names that you can find in the Bible to me, but some just strike me more than others. I think it is amazing how God created us each so uniquely, that some of his traits speak more loudly than others to us!
In the past school year, I have discovered what God is to me. He is and always will be the Messiah, Wonderful Counselor, Creator, Prince of Peace, Emmanuel, Abba Father, and everything else that He is. But I have discovered, that to me personally, at this time in my life, God is:
1. My Best Friend
2. My Comforter
3. My Provider
Because of what I've gone through in life and because of own unique self, these attributes of God really stand out to me. I am so thankful that He fulfills these in my life!
One of my favorite portraits of Christ is this: His Name
I remember this particular work of art was in a magazine that my grandma subscribed to. This magazine, whatever it was, featured an article about the artist and showed this print. This was in 1998 or 99...a long time ago! But it really stuck with me because my grandma had a challenge for my cousin and me- to list all the names in this portrait. There are 110.
I remember it being a big competition for us, and my cousin Emily (who is two years younger than me) beat me. I was kind of upset...ha! But now as I look back, it doesn't matter if I found all the names first, or if I even found them all...I am really glad this specific portrait of Christ stuck in my mind. Now, over a decade later, I decided to ask my grandma if she had copies of the article still...and she did! I gladly took one of the copies to school with me and now it hangs on my bulletin board, right above my desk. It is really great to look up and catch a new name that I hadn't noticed before. It has been a big encouragement to me!
Realizing that God is so multi-faceted is huge. Lately I've been kind of confused about God, in the sense that sometimes it seems like the God I worship is completely different than the God a fellow believer worships. They speak about Him differently and view Him in another light. I was worried, thinking "Does this mean we aren't following the same God?" Seeing this portrait once again reminded me how many attributes God really does have. This assured me so much and also helped me to think about what God is to me. He is all the names that you can find in the Bible to me, but some just strike me more than others. I think it is amazing how God created us each so uniquely, that some of his traits speak more loudly than others to us!
In the past school year, I have discovered what God is to me. He is and always will be the Messiah, Wonderful Counselor, Creator, Prince of Peace, Emmanuel, Abba Father, and everything else that He is. But I have discovered, that to me personally, at this time in my life, God is:
1. My Best Friend
2. My Comforter
3. My Provider
Because of what I've gone through in life and because of own unique self, these attributes of God really stand out to me. I am so thankful that He fulfills these in my life!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Patience...
You sit and watch the cars and planes hurry by, you wonder when they'll arrive.
Sometimes you try to catch their eyes,they turn to hide and you turn to sigh.
Don't you go insane? All 6,000 years of us treating you this way?
All this time does it make you tired? I can't believe you waited for me, like it was worth your while.
We see the church and the lost.
You see your bride and your sons.
And full of hope you carry on, making us one, just on and on...
And patiently you wait, never wanting us to die if we could still be saved.
Is it so? Having all control,
and them controlling nothing at all.
Your eyes will roam again tonight, searching to and fro to find someone who will fight.
I wonder what you'll see; I can't believe you waited for me.
Ode to a Patient God by The Arrows band
Monday, March 22, 2010
Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home!
This is not a ladybug.
For some reason, my grandma has an awful time fighting these guys off. These guys are actually Asian beetles, which are NOT the same as cute little ladybugs. They are related and look similar, but they are not identical. Anyhow, they seem to love getting inside my grandma's house...in the bathroom and kitchen, mainly. I didn't realize how much of a problem they were becoming until I visited her a few days ago. Those darn bugs were crawling all over her bathroom window! My grandma is smart, though. She has a special way of killing the Asian beetles. She keeps a little brown jar filled with soapy water (just dish detergent) and puts them inside. It's just so normal for me to see it sitting on her counter that I don't ever think about it. But I'm sure if someone else were to see it they wouldn't know what to think!
My grandma said to me, "Do you know how many I picked off the window yesterday?"
"How many?"
"Over one hundred." She said it so matter-of-factly. (I couldn't believe she took the time to count!)
I helped her knock them off into the little brown bottle, and we probably collected at least 50 more. It would be kind of fun, if only they didn't smell...yuck.
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