So I've decided to tackle reading the Bible again. It kind of all timed out well (God maybe : ) I really like reading a little bit everyday during 'quiet' time. I actually did this a few years ago and I think it took me over 2 years to read the Bible but man it felt good to say I did it. To honor God by learning about him and also having the discipline to do it almost every day. It became a habit and one I really enjoy. Well, after a year or so of reading hit and miss books about God, reading random/sporadic parts of the Bible or following what our church was doing, I decided that I need to get in the book again. I like just reading a paragraph or two so I can really take it in and not feel overwhelmed. Now this round, a friend of mine gave me a new Bible she didn't need and since my old one is marked up and falling apart then the timing is perfect to start fresh. I'm also excited as this time I have a Bible commentary to help me understand some parts better. As a deep thinker, I have a good set up. I've also found an older experience woman from the church who I can email questions too. So, oddly enough, I'm very excited to dive in again.
But the reason I'm posting isn't about this new adventure. It's about what I'm learning and seeing. I love sharing and hope that maybe this can motivate you as well to think about reading God's good word.
So here's what I've read this week that I'm super excited about.
1. Genesis - I feel like I've read this so many times... 'in the beginning God created... blah blah blah'. But this time I thought I'm going to go to you tube and see what comes up and found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgp2_Rcc80
And not only did I not just find this pretty neat, visual video (and there is more than one), I just happened to watch it right before Wendell got home from school. So I was pretty excited to see it and then I showed it to him. Now how cool, to show your kid something like this to help understand who God is and what he did.
2. blessings - the first blessing was when God created animals. The first life. Our commentary says this is appropriate because a blessing is the giving of life. Blessings are interesting and odd but also very neat, something our culture isn't used to, but definitely something God felt was important.
3. sleep - I was reading about Adam and Eve in the commentary and it pointed out that sleep was a time that God 'spoke' to a lot of men. At first it doesn't sound right but then it points out some examples. (Adam, Abe, Jacob?, Joseph?, and the wise men) I'm sure there are more but it was odd to think about how important this is. ** lately I've been wondering what it looks like when we sleep, how does God see all these people who are generally sleeping at the same time? how odd how we must have sleep but yet it seems kind of useless.
4. a blessing - Phil has taken on 'blessing' the kids when they go to bed and school. Today I read a part that could be a blessing so I wrote it down so I can bless the kids later.
May you be like a tree planted along the riverbank; bearing fruit each season, your leaves never withering and may you prosper in all you do. (Psalm 1:3)
Anyways, that's all for now. I will try and post more as I embark on a new adventure!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
memory issues
I had decided to take the plunge and pay for it a few weeks ago but I haven't had time to update. Tonight I gather my wallet and get ready to post and Explorer wasn't working very well so I tried Google Chrome. And they let me post as usual with no problems. So I don't know when my memory issue will arise again but for now I'll take the good fortune and keep posting for free!
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!!
random pictures
our little Thanksgiving 'indian'
We dog sat over Christmas break. This is Toby.
All the kids loved Toby!
9 Cheese mac-n-cheese. Yum! Any guesses at the nine cheeses? (Mom, you would have loved it!)
Wendell got a new bike mirror.. I had a little fun with it.
Snow globes we made.. a Christmas craft gift.
After talking to a friend about swaddling (Sarah), we decided to swaddle our older kiddo's. I can't remember for sure but I think they got out of it themselves. Shucks! : )
snow
Wendell loves to bike, even in on the snow. Crazy boy!
Sadly, I didn't come up with the idea but I copied my neighbor and we love it! I made an igloo for the kids to play in. This was about a 4-5 day project. Every day we dug some out of the middle and then threw it on top. Eventually it was big enough for Wendell to sit in. It has been warm the last few days.. I sure hope it doesn't melt. It was way too much work to see it go away this soon! It was right on top of the garden so some dirt got mixed in as well, oh well. It's still fun!
Angels making snow angels : )
Wendell turns 6
so I caged the monkeys up : )
Just kidding, we went to Chuck-e-cheese for his birthday. And I must say, it was not as bad as I remembered. We went to one out of state about 5 years ago and it drove us mad, swearing an oath we'd never desire to go again. But I bucked up and said we'd go this year.. and we did. And it was fun!
Wendell loved the bike ride... imagine that : )
And we invited a couple of friends to join us.
Before his birthday, we wanted to do something special before Christmas hit so we went to the mall. Unfortunately it was pretty much closed due to the snow storm. Even Subway was closed at 6pm on a Thursday night. Sad Wendell.. who could hardly keep his sad face for the picture.
We still celebrated at home with cake and icecream!
My oldest is 6 years old now...he's the sweetest boy I know. He's definitely going to melt the girls' hearts someday!
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