Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean....
Gayla had promised to send me some snow pics, and she did just that today. I want to share one of the three pics she sent as her daughter Denise (age 16) and her son PJ (age 6 I think) are so cute. It looks like they were having a fun time together playing in the snow. Be sure to double-click on the pic to view it full size. Here are PJ and Denise:
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
That is my favorite salvation verse. To KNOW that God loved me so much when I was destined to be born a sinner that HE gave His only Son, JESUS CHRIST, to die for my sins is beyond my comprehension but is not beyond my faith. As Valentine's Day approaches, may we never lose sight of God's great love for mankind.
Three months! It's hard to think three months have flown by since Chip accepted the position of "Associate Pastor for Students" at the "new church" in the Huntsville area. I was just looking at the church website and reading the staff page. I was blessed to read what Chip wrote for his blurb:
Chip Dean ~~ Associate Pastor for Students
"My passion is to see teenagers and college students come to know Jesus Christ and to grow in Him! I was originally born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and lived there for the first 20 years of my life. From there God moved me to places like Scranton, Pennsylvania to attend and graduate from Baptist Bible College. Later, God took me to the Louisville, Kentucky area where I graduated from Southern Seminary with a M.Div. degree and served on staff in a local church as youth pastor for 4 years. Through it all God has guided me. He has designed every step of my path to mature me in the faith of Christ and to equip me for His calling on my life to pastor students. My life goal is to bring glory to Christ through the lives of students in His church."Chip is preaching a great series of messages to his teens which are posted on his blog for his students. Here is the URL if you would like to read and find out what he is teaching and preaching: http://storyline24.blogspot.com/
Jaden was really warm again at lunchtime. I took him temp with an oral thermometer and it registered 99.7. I'm not sure that Jaden had it under his tongue ~~~ he surely did feel warmer than the 99.7 reading. He ate a fair amount of lunch and then we watched a video together to give the Ibuprofen some time to kick in before I put him down for a nap. When I put him to bed, he said his head was hurting. That was probably from the fever. He went right to sleep. I pray he feels better when he wakes up later this afternoon.
Jaden is here with me today. He is feeling much better after having the high fever yesterday and throwing up a couple of times last evening due to the fever. He feels just a tad warm right now but ate an egg for breakfast, has been playing, and is quite active. We are enjoying our morning. After lunch, I will give him a dose of Tylenol and put him down for his nap. Grandma will catch up on some things while Jaden sleeps this afternoon. I thank the Lord that Jaden is doing so well today.
Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
My loving and faithful husband of nearly 35 years has a birthday this week. On Thursday, February 7, Richard will celebrate his 61st birthday. That seems impossible but I guess I am getting old right along with him (but I'm still in my 50's for three more years!).
On the first Sunday of the month, we look forward to eating out with son-in-law Brian, daughter Amy, and our four precious GRANDchildren: Jarrett, Isabella, Joshua, and Jaden. We eat out with friends on the other Sundays of the month (and thoroughly enjoy the fellowship) but still, we look forward to our first-Sunday standing dinner date with the kids. Whoever is celebrating something special that month gets to choose the restaurant. Since Richard is the "birthday boy" this month, he chose his favorite Mexican restaurant. We saw several friends at the restaurant (we invited one dear couple to join us at our table) and had a surprise visit with a friend from Tuscaloosa and his new bride ~~ Jason H. and Rachel. It was so good to see them! Anyway, we enjoyed kicking off Richard's birthday week with a fun dinner out with family AND friends.
The only damper of the day is that when Brian and Amy retrieved Jaden from Children's Church, he was burning up with a fever. A "bug" of some description had caught up with him. He stayed in the lap of one of his parents during lunch and then they left as soon as they were finished to get Jaden home, treated with his children's fever medicine, and down for his nap. I imagine I will have a little buddy here with me tomorrow. I would appreciate your prayers for his quick recovery and that the rest of the family doesn't get sick.
Happy Birthday Week to my Schweetie (name borrowed from Kay O. as that is what she calls her dear Dan.)
It's finally February! January is kind of a dismal month with the holidays all behind us and the winter before us here in our neck of the woods. But, we have short winters here and with February comes the promise of warmer temps, more sunshine-filled days, and the promise of Spring sure to arrive. And then there is that fun day in February when we center in on our feelings of love. Valentine's Day is a sweet day for lovers everywhere ~~ married and those contemplating marriage and for those who are in a dating relationship. And we remember our family and loved ones on Valentine's Day. May we most of all remember how much God loves us and how far-reaching His love is for us. His love sent His Only Begotten Son to Calvary's Cross on our behalf. May we as Christians shine His love abroad from our hearts onto those around us each and every day. Happy Valentine's Day!
Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
A couple of weeks ago, they had a forecast for a significant snow event back in our home state. Now living in the Sunshine State, we miss the excitement of expected snow so I just got excited for my family and friends back home regarding their frozen precip possibilities. I emailed and asked folks to share their snow pics with me. Though the snowfall wasn't of the magnitude that had been forecasted, it still made for some pretty pics. Here are some that were shared with me:
This is my friend Diane's granddaughter, Alyssa, in her first snow ever... and it occurred the day of her 8th birthday. What a fun birthday for Alyssa~~ playing in the snow:
It is a blessing to be called upon to be an assistant to the director of our Missionary Conference dinners for this year's Missions Conference. Our church brings in many missionaries for the conference, and it is our place of ministry to feed them at dinnertime on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night. The conference will be held in mid-February so we are having a planning meeting today. Ann P. is the director of dinners and Peggy P. and I will be her assistants. In order to do some heavy-duty planning, we three are going to Norma's on the Bay for lunch today. Might as well mix pleasure with business. These girls are dear friends of mine so it will be a lovely time of working together in this vital function of the Missions Conference as we seek to be a blessing to our missionaries and their families.
Psalm 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Nine of our ten campus daughters came over on Saturday evening for our first get-together of the semester. They helped cook dinner: homemade chicken parmesan, spaghetti, green beans, Caesar salad, tossed salad, and garlic bread. It was fun to work with them in the kitchen and they seemed to enjoy the fruits of their labors when we sat down to dinner.
We celebrated Candiace's birthday with cake, cards, and the "Happy Birthday" song. Otherwise, several of them brought laundry to do (at my invitation), studied, visited, and just hung out.
They are a wonderful bunch of girls (6 freshmen, 2 sophomores, and one senior) whom I have grown to dearly love. Here are a couple of pics made on Saturday night.
Two videos of our evening were made expressly for sharing with their parents. They are posted on my Godtube page if anyone cares to view them:
.JPG)
