Provoke others to good works through encouragement. We never build up or help others by criticizing them and bringing out their faults.
I am guilty of this and I repent!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Sometimes you can't win.....
My eldest daughter Ana came rushing out to me tonight pointing to a hair on her head that she thought was white/gray. She was very distraught. I brought her to the lamp and examined the hair, separated it and proceeded to pull it out. Upon further investigation, we concluded that it was just a highlighted hair, not white but rather a very light shade of auburn. Which then caused my daughter to rush out of the room exclaiming "you pulled out my highlight".
Aren't kids wonderful!
My eldest daughter Ana came rushing out to me tonight pointing to a hair on her head that she thought was white/gray. She was very distraught. I brought her to the lamp and examined the hair, separated it and proceeded to pull it out. Upon further investigation, we concluded that it was just a highlighted hair, not white but rather a very light shade of auburn. Which then caused my daughter to rush out of the room exclaiming "you pulled out my highlight".
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Grace
Its not about you, its all about HIM.
A man in our church said this past Sunday, that God's glory will eclipse everything, our accomplishments and trophies, as well as our failures and shame.
Its all about HIM! Jesus!
A man in our church said this past Sunday, that God's glory will eclipse everything, our accomplishments and trophies, as well as our failures and shame.
Its all about HIM! Jesus!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Update on Vienna
She is doing really well with all of her shots and testing. She pricks herself now for her testing and rarely ever complains about her shots, she is getting three a day, and 7 testings a day.
She is on .50 units of Humalog for every 10mg of carbs that she eats. So we have to count how many carbs she is getting at each meal and then give her the amount of Humalog, insulin, that she would need to cover those carbs. So far her skin is doing well with all the shots. I give them to her behind her arms where it is fatty and on her legs.
Ana is a big help and can now give shots and everything if I need to be out of the house.
I thank God that she doesn't need the long-acting insulin right now, which means one less shot.
She is gaining weight again and becoming more aware of her body. She knows when her blood sugar is getting low and will come and tell me that her legs feel shaky.
God is good and in control and he has allowed this for his glory!
She is on .50 units of Humalog for every 10mg of carbs that she eats. So we have to count how many carbs she is getting at each meal and then give her the amount of Humalog, insulin, that she would need to cover those carbs. So far her skin is doing well with all the shots. I give them to her behind her arms where it is fatty and on her legs.
Ana is a big help and can now give shots and everything if I need to be out of the house.
I thank God that she doesn't need the long-acting insulin right now, which means one less shot.
She is gaining weight again and becoming more aware of her body. She knows when her blood sugar is getting low and will come and tell me that her legs feel shaky.
God is good and in control and he has allowed this for his glory!
From the mouths of my kids.........
Yesterday, I was in the car and I heard on the radio how that people were protesting outside Mattel in Ca. somewhere because Mattel is using trees from the rain forest, supposedly, to package their Barbie dolls and other toys. A spokesperson for the protesters said that if kids knew where the packaging for their toys was coming from, they would be upset.
So I asked my oldest son, who did not hear the program, "Drew, do you care about the packaging on the toys we buy you, I mean where it comes from?" He said "Yes!" I was astounded that he cared and asked him "Why?" He replied, "because if it doesn't have packaging then it isn't new and I don't want any used toys!" Ha! Ha!
Out of the mouths of my kids.....
So I asked my oldest son, who did not hear the program, "Drew, do you care about the packaging on the toys we buy you, I mean where it comes from?" He said "Yes!" I was astounded that he cared and asked him "Why?" He replied, "because if it doesn't have packaging then it isn't new and I don't want any used toys!" Ha! Ha!
Out of the mouths of my kids.....
Why do we think we can do anything?
How many of us as Christians have been living our lives, our way, worshipping God our way, and not realizing how far our hearts really are from Him.
Why do we think we can do _________, you fill in the blank, on our own, instead of waiting upon and trusting in him. We are deceived.
We cannot do anything without him, at least not anything that has any lasting eternal value. I have been saved for 23 years as of last May, and in all those years, I thought I had surrendered my life to Jesus and made him Lord, but I was really trying to serve him in my own way, my own strength, my own love....how sad it is to know how futile and meaningless were my efforts.
But I give praise to God, who is the faithful and just and true God. Deut. 32:4. He has opened my eyes. No longer is it a chore to pray and read the word, it is like breathing, something I need and delight in doing.(who doesn't like breathing)
God is pouring out his spirit in these last days upon all flesh. Enter into the flow and surrender the very essence of who your are to him; lay everything down, everything, YOUR SIN(pride, vanity, jealousy, envy, bitterness, unforgiveness), YOUR DREAMS (that perfect job, that marriage you have longed for, that child you have longed for, financial security), YOUR WAYS (this is how I am, this is my calling, this is my culture, this feels comfortable)....
This is not easy, it is the way of the cross, "not my will Lord, but THINE be done".
I can see for the first time, how what I had planned pales in comparison to what He is doing. My plans look like dung compared to what He is doing now in me. And I am just getting a glimpse. I am just getting a taste of what is to come.
I can truly agree with my whole heart with what the bible says in Deut. 32:4, "He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he." This doesn't mean that everything in the natural is perfect, far from it, I have three children with special needs, financially strained, and overwhelmed with homeschooling....but those are all external things, that God can change in an instant. Internally I have peace, contentment and joy, and above all hope for the future!
Why do we think we can do _________, you fill in the blank, on our own, instead of waiting upon and trusting in him. We are deceived.
We cannot do anything without him, at least not anything that has any lasting eternal value. I have been saved for 23 years as of last May, and in all those years, I thought I had surrendered my life to Jesus and made him Lord, but I was really trying to serve him in my own way, my own strength, my own love....how sad it is to know how futile and meaningless were my efforts.
But I give praise to God, who is the faithful and just and true God. Deut. 32:4. He has opened my eyes. No longer is it a chore to pray and read the word, it is like breathing, something I need and delight in doing.(who doesn't like breathing)
God is pouring out his spirit in these last days upon all flesh. Enter into the flow and surrender the very essence of who your are to him; lay everything down, everything, YOUR SIN(pride, vanity, jealousy, envy, bitterness, unforgiveness), YOUR DREAMS (that perfect job, that marriage you have longed for, that child you have longed for, financial security), YOUR WAYS (this is how I am, this is my calling, this is my culture, this feels comfortable)....
This is not easy, it is the way of the cross, "not my will Lord, but THINE be done".
I can see for the first time, how what I had planned pales in comparison to what He is doing. My plans look like dung compared to what He is doing now in me. And I am just getting a glimpse. I am just getting a taste of what is to come.
I can truly agree with my whole heart with what the bible says in Deut. 32:4, "He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he." This doesn't mean that everything in the natural is perfect, far from it, I have three children with special needs, financially strained, and overwhelmed with homeschooling....but those are all external things, that God can change in an instant. Internally I have peace, contentment and joy, and above all hope for the future!
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