Oh How He Loves Us...

Our God is...
Completely...and Only...Faithful...amazing to ponder that!


I really love this song...

Blessings,

He IS able

Many things are swirling around...making me think...bringing me before the throne in prayer...trying to cast all my cares on Him...heavy things that threaten to crush...

BUT God...aren't those some amazing words?

But God is ABLE...

And knowing THAT helps in hard times...
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did...and thank you Linny for posting it on your blog...

Karl Hujus

Just read part of Karl's story at A Place Called Simplicity and it is truly an amazing story...thought you might want an update/want to read about God's GREAT power!

http://aplacecalledsimplicity.blogspot.com/2011/08/our-holy-ground-part-1.html

and this song is for Karl...we're praying for you! Don't forget to pause my player...down at the bottom of the page!



Blessings!
C~

Blessings

A friend shared this on her blog...and it just really hit me where I am...it is lovely and sad, happy and lonely...and yet comforting and peaceful. A very strange mix of feelings...but filled with truth...and helps me remember...THIS is not my home....

Stuff and Such

I think it is one of those days where it is a bit of this and a bit of that....listening to Micheal W. Smith's STAND album and is a very worshipful mood...LOVE this cd...fits in with my walk with the Lord right now...learning through trials to trust Him more and to be confident in His purposes for my life.
So, I am putting the finishing touches on a scrapbook project I have been working on, which really translates into working like a frantic wreck tonight to finish it before tomorrow am...I have some pictures taken and need to finish getting all the pictures I need...I will have to post those through my hubby's computer though...
BSF was so good today...I am weekly in AWE of HOW RELEVANT God's word is in every time...it IS living and active...the very words of our GREAT and MARVELOUS GOD...we have about 7 weeks left of lessons and then I will need to figure out what to study over the summer. Any suggestions? Maybe I will work on memorizing Philippians...yes, the WHOLE BOOK...I LOVE the book of Philippians...
Are any of you having a hard time since SPRINGING forward....doesn't that sound so energetic...well I have been EXHAUSTED ever since...having a hard time waking up each morning...I will be glad when my body gets adjusted to the change...so very sleepy...then I try to take a nap and can I sleep...NO...so maybe I will try a cup of coffee...
Had a VERY FULL DAY yesterday...first helping a friend with setting up for a garage sale...then to another friend's house for a game day...then back to the first friend's house...more setting up...then home to meet with a friend for about an hour...to meet another friend to give her something...whew...FULL day, but feeling a little energized (except for the WHOLE spring forward exhaustion) by having seen so many people I love to share time with.
Projects: After the album is done, I have two skirts to finish...been working on them FOREVER...or maybe I should say, I have been stalling at this one point FOREVER...just nervous about the hem...and you would think I was hand sewing something fancy, but just need to sew on a ribbon...the things I trip over...after that, I want to make a quiet book for DD...hopefully he will be able to play with it before he is 30...the rate I am going, does not look good. Maybe I should have a sewing party...you know how misery loves company...er, I mean, many hands make light work...anyone want to come over for a day?
Well, I need to go and finish up things here...like laundry, dishes...kisses...do those things ever end...well, at least with the last one, I hope not!
Blessings to you and yours!

Goodbyyye JUUUULYYYYYYY

said in your best Dave Neihaus voice (Mariners announcer)...

So July came in with my mom in the hospital with back surgery...she ended up in the recovery for seven and a half hours because her oxygen saturation levels were too low...and July went out with out friend Timothy in a coma from Cerebral Malaria...and we thought he was not going to make it through it...
Sprinkled throughout July were you usual things...Doctors appointments, meetings, etc...and also a couple of extras...taking a friend in for surgery, three family birthdays and Vacation Bible School...we also had a surprise...we thought DD broke his foot, but it turns out, he has something called Kohler's Disease, which, as I understand it, is when the tissue inside a little bone in your foot dies before that bone hardens and the bone collapses on itself...it will heal just fine, but it will take about a year to do so...
Things to be thankful for...
Well, we are SO thankful for Timothy being with us and gaining his strength, we are thankful for DD's foot not being broken, I am thankful that I am still 29, and I am very thankful that July is OVER!
August has so far brought the flu to our home...three down...hopefully NO MORE to go!
Love,
C~

Difficulties

I have been reading on Facebook and in various blogs and in talking with people and hearing what a difficult year 2009 was for so many...while it was for us too, I think that they have forced us to see where our faith truly is...Do we really TRUST God...BELIEVE that He really cares for us and is only good all the time...Can we see God's hand in the difficult times...as I sit here and reflect...as I am formulating my personal goals for 2010...as I think of the darkest days of my walk last year where there were days all the faith I had was that He Is...I think...those struggles make me rely on Him in ways that I don't when all is good...Those struggles chip of portions of my hard heart and get down to the tender flesh...those struggles form me more and more into the image of Christ...and for that, I can be thankful...I can say today that "ALL things work together for good, for those called according to His purpose." I can see some of the good in it...I may not even know the extent of his purpose, but knowing WHO HE IS helps me know there is a purpose.
I will be posting my goals for this year when I have developed them a little more fully, but for now, I just want to encourage you to be of good cheer and also to press on toward the prize and to Fight the good fight...because ALL THINGS work together for good...All....things....
Love,
C~

Hymn Fix

Ok, Y'all...
I love Hymns...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them...and we did not sing ANY yesterday, which is very odd...(Unless you count Amazing Grace [My CHains Fell OFF]...which I DON'T)
So I thought I would get my hymn fix today and leave a little taste of glory here...now Hymns are not the only way to go, but there is something anchoring and deep about them in my opinion...so I am feeling deprived.

This Hymn Story comes from a book, the name of which escapes me, but I believe the author's name is Ken Osbeck...if you love hymns,. I would highly encourage you to buy his books. I believe he has two or three.

Saved By Grace

In the period of 1870 to her death in 1915, it is estimated that Fanny Crosby wrote between 8,000 and 9,000 gospel hymn texts. The majority of her lasting favorites were written in her mid-life during the decade of the 1870’s. These include popular hymns still found in our hymnals as “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” “Blessed Assurance,” Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross,” “I Am Thine, O Lord’” and “Praise Him, Praise Him!” Fanny Crosby’s favorite motto was, “I think life is not too long, and therefore I determine that many people will read a song who would not read a sermon.”
“Saved by Grace” was one of the later hymns written by Fanny Crosby, in 1891, when she was 71 years of age. It became one of the most widely used hymns, during the closing years of the Moody-Sankey evangelistic ministry. It was prompted by a tract, read to Fanny Crosby containing the final message of a pastor friend, who had recently died. The statement which greatly moved her was: “If each of us is faithful to the grace which is given us by Christ, that same grace which teaches us to live will also teach us to die.” Fanny Crosby completed the poem in a matter of minutes under a sense of divine inspiration. She titled her poem “Some Day” and often referred to it as her “heart’s song.” After completing the poem, she sent it to her publisher and received her customary two-dollar check. The publisher filed the poem and nothing more was heard of it for the next three years.
In the summer of 1894, Fanny Crosby was attending the Christian Worker’s Conference in Northfield, Massachusetts, a ministry that Mr. Moody had established in 1879. When it was learned that the noted poetess was on the grounds, there was a request for her to address the group. Amidst her remarks, she quoted her “heart’s song” – the poem “Some Day.” When she finished, there was not a dry eye in the auditorium.
“Saved By Grace” became one of the personal favorites of both Moody and Sankey and was used at nearly every service. it is said that you could see Moody sitting on the platform with a far-off look in his eyes, while tears ran down his ruddy, whiskered cheeks whenever it was sung.

Some day the silver cord will break, and I no more as now shall sing; But O the joy when I shall wake within the palace of the King!
Chorus:
And I shall see Him face to face, and tell the story—Saved by grace; And I shall see Him face to face, and tell the story—Saved by grace.

Some day my earthly house will fall—I cannot tell how soon ‘twill be; But this I know—my All in All has now a place in heav’n for me.

Some day, when fades the golden sun beneath the rosy tinted west, my blessed Lord will say, “Well done!” And I shall enter into rest.

Some day—til then I’ll watch and wait, My lamp all trimmed and burning bright, that when my Savior opens the gate, my soul to Him may take flight.

Highlights of the life of Fanny Crosby, often called the “Queen of Gospel Hymnody”:
Was blinded at six weeks old through an improper medical treatment. She never considered her blindness a handicap, but rather, a blessing.
Early in life, she began memorizing the Bible and couple repeat by rote, the entire Pentateuch, all four Gospels, many of the Psalms, all of the Proverbs, as well as the entire books of Ruth and Song of Solomon. She stated at the close of her life, “The Holy Book has nurtured my entire life.”
She was known for her musical abilities as well as her abilities to write poetry. She had a fine soprano voice as well as being accomplished in playing the guitar, harp, piano and organ.
Fanny Crosby was very small—less than five feet tall and she weighed no more than one hundred pounds. She is said to have been a physically unattractive person, yet when she spoke, it is said that there was an unusual charisma about her, as her face lit up with an expression that gave her great charm and attractiveness.
Though she had written a great deal of poetry as well as a number of secular songs in her early life, it was not until 1865 that fanny Crosby wrote her first gospel song. From that time on, Fanny felt that writing gospel hymn texts was her particular mission in life.
Fanny was always eager to hear any reports regarding personal conversions as a result of the use of her hymns. It was her continual prayer that God would allow her to be the means of leading a million souls to Christ during her lifetime.

I hope you enjoyed my hymn fix!
Love,
C~