Earth is painful, our desire for God is great

Inspired

God is with us in the trenches (Emmanuel). He created us with a longing for Him. How do I find Him? He speaks to me in His Word. He tells me He will rescue me. What is His idea of rescue? I ask myself. Why didn’t He just put it all back together? Why didn’t everyone choose healing from the once wounded hand of God?

From an earthly viewpoint He is 75% successful. From God’s point of view I suspect He is 100% successful. For He says He can only stand to allow suffering for 3 or 4 generations then He Himself has to step in. He steps in, in a way that is undeniable. A way which you can’t stop your feet or your mind. Your path has been chosen and you have to go down it. There is no other way to life but to go down His path to life. You see, your chosen path ends in death.

75% of our family is alive in Christ. 25% of our family is dead in Christ. Everything he said he believed and strived for is buried by his own hands, decisions, actions, desires.

The 4 generations is over for our family. The first day of the rest of our lives has come and we are on the path. The pain is great if I see it from earthly eyes. But God’s eyes reveal victory and healing.

Isaiah 61

greatful

I forgot to put this on my last greatful list...

The smell of tomato plants on my hands.
Little bitty juicy cherry tomatoes you can pop in your mouth straight from the plant!
Watching my garden grow.

We water and God gives the increase.

Summer house

This is the summer house we made for our resident fairies. We hope they like it!

Moving down the summer check list

Check these:

• Van cleaned out
• 3 summer classes
• pick up and drop off Grammy
• prune bushes
• enjoy garden
• start scrapbook

Next up:

1. Dive into iPAC to use it to its potential
2. Organize e-mail
3. Back up pictures and legal stuff
4. Find and read a book for fun
5. research kindle (can I get my textbooks on this?)
6. Have some fun with the girlies!

Things I feel I've been called to do:
Find a subject to study in the Bible
Start a nursing student Bible study

Whew!

What everyday thing are you thankful for

I've had several ideas running through my mind. Finding time to get them out is the trick.
First
A list of some things I've been especially grateful for:
The rustle of the leaves in the trees on a summer breeze
Automatic soap dispensers
Sunscreen
Aloe Vera
Children screaming and running
Technology
Dirt
Pink foam from a can kid soap (it makes the tomboy girls want to shower!)

Fall is only weeks away

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Summer

It's been a while since I have written anything. For the next 7 weeks I have nothing to do but be mom. I can't wait. I've been in summer school right after a full-time spring semester. I'm ready for my nursing classes to start in the fall. But first I get to be mom!