Post broken arm check up: Excellent bill of health. Your arm is back to normal; growth plate as it should be. Just what we were praying for! We are so thankful. That was such great news that made for a great day. Now back to our semi-adventurous life!
I think I’m going to start a new tradition. Previous years I have not made such a big deal about Valentine’s day. After all, we should be loving every day, right? Well, I decided to make it a little more special this year, and I hope to remember to make it a habit each year continuing.
So, I decorated a little; just a balloons on the kids chairs, red streamers hanging above the table from the light fixture, candles and artificial rose petals scattered on the table. I try, I really do, to make the table nice with centerpieces and decor but it always seems to get in the way of somebody, seemingly an impossible goal.
For a special dinner, the children helped me with shrimp kabob that I grilled on the griddle. I just sprinkled some spice mix I had in the cupboard. They turned out good. I also slaved over rice pilaf and shrimp pad Thai.
I ended with a not-sure-what-to-even-call-it drink mix. I made 2 mixes; one pineapple, the other pomegranate. I mixed together apple juice, sparkling cider, the syrups, topped with some ice and cranberries. It was good. We drank them in (what’s fancy for us) wine glasses.
All in all, it was a good dinner. I hope my family will remember it for years to come. I do it for their enjoyment, desiring to create lasting memories of precious family time together.
My husband got us girl matching heart necklaces. Very pretty. The girls got pink ones, and I a silvery white. Cody got a pellet gun. I think I may enjoy that gift too.
It was Sunday evening, Kira tells me:
“We learned in kids class that God has a good plan for everyone, but God’s plan for Adam and Eve to sin was not a good plan. How was it a good plan if it makes everybody a sinner? But it wasn’t really their fault, it was the serpent.”
My only response could be was that God’s goodness, mercy and grace was and will be shown through his redemption of his people, through Jesus. God’s glory will be magnified when all is said and done. We may not understand it now, but it will be clear one day, and it will be a glorious story.
Sweet first-born daughter of mine, you keep my mind going, always asking great, intuitive and mind-provoking questions. I love the way your mind thinks. I love you dear girl.
MercyMe writes some awesome, God-centered, God-honoring music. I about cried listening to this today.
“I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I’ve gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It’s never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times
So I pray…
Bring me joy, bring me peace; Bring the chance to be free; Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there’ll be days; When this life brings me pain;
But if that’s what it takes to praise You; Jesus, bring the rain
I am Yours regardless of
The dark clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what’s a little rain
So I pray
Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord God Almighty”
Now that’s some righteous listening.
I had to hold back the rain of tears today as I was driving listening to this song when the words really hit home. I felt an overwhelmed with peace, joy, fear, anxiety, all at once. I was also compelled to expound on the gist of this song to my children since we were just lip syncing it. Why we mindlessly listen and sing songs with no God-centered purpose is likely b/c of our sin nature, but a fight none the less. Trials come and go through this journey we call life, and God is not separate from any of it. I cannot honestly say even at this point in my faith that I could say those words truthfully. I have fears and worries, but my Lord God Almighty sees through them all, knows them all, and is sovereign over them all. I lack such faith to sing such words that it scares me. But I know for certain that Jesus is for me b/c the bible tells me so (Rom 8:27, 8:34) and the Holy Spirit intercedes on my behalf. What a peace that knowledge should bring! It made me draw to my Savior. I think that’s the point.
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