Wednesdays in the Word

I love how powerful the Word of God is. I love that it can heal our hearts and change our perspectives.

I experienced a huge disappointment last week and my heart was heavy for days but the Lord used two verses to give me hope. I love how He does that!

He gave me hope in a 'Holy However,' as I like to call it now.

I was reading in Acts 4 about Peter and John who were preaching to a great crowd of people and right in the middle of it, they were arrested and were put in jail. It says the Sadducees were "greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead and they laid hands on them...." As discouraging as that might have been it wasn't the end of the story...

Because it says "However, many of the those who heard the word believed and the number of men came to be about five thousand." Acts 4:4 ~Awesome!

That 'However' reminded me of what God can do to change a situation. So now, I'm going to view that disappointment through the eyes of faith and look for it to turn into a 'Holy However.'

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Rom.8:28

~Becky

Weekend fun!

We spent Sunday afternoon with some friends who live on a lake!

~And after asking the obvious Floridian question about alligators, we all had a blast!

They taught our kiddos how to knee board! ~They loved it!!!


It was so much fun!
I got a kick out of Andrew who watched Joy do really well on the knee board and when it was his turn he found a way to out do her by trying it one handed. ; )

What fun memories we made! Thank you L Family, for your sweet hospitality!

~Becky

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

Today is Andrew's actual birthday!!!

On this day nine years ago, we had so much to thank God for!

Psalm 68:20 says "to God alone belong escapes from death."

Hallelujah! He was so gracious to us that day!

We know that He has awesome plans for Andrew's life!

~Becky

The funky and the fun

There's been this funky rash going around our family for a couple of weeks now...

We have finally found out what it is!


POISON IVY, of all things!!!!!

And guess who had the absolute worst case of it?

The boy who didn't even spend his weekend camping in the woods! Isn't that strange?!
Bless his heart. He missed Pow Wow for his TBQ quiz and then got a case of Poison Ivy worse than all the guys in our family who camped!
This was our first experience with it and it's beastly! But, he's on the mend now. -And come to find out most of the men who went, got it too.

This weekend ...we have the pleasure of celebrating the birth of Andrew!




His name in this family brings to mind:

A sweet spirit
A fun sense of humor
A sold out heart for Jesus
A bright mind
Cute freckles

and peanut butter and jelly!!! (because mega-picky eaters have to eat something!)
He is the kiddo who once asked me if he could skip dinner because he did so well at school that day!!! ; )

I loved my hubby's idea of making him a birthday cake shaped like a Pb&j sandwich, but he's not a big cake fan. He ended up choosing brownies and ice-cream instead.
But,
I found this recipe and now these are just going to have to be apart of our celebration!
Because "Roo" and peanut butter and jelly, they are synonymous! ; )

Have yourself a happy, itch-free weekend. We plan to! LOL!
~Becky

Wednesdays in the Word

I've been enjoying what the Pharisees said about Jesus in Mark chapter 12 lately.
They were on a mission to trap Him in His words but what they said about Him was true and I think it's inspiring.

"Teacher, we know that You are true (meaning genuine, real, the opposite of having any human inconsistencies, concealment's or falsehoods)

and care about no one, (sounds like heartless but it literally means "court no man's favor!")

for You do not regard the person of men, (meaning "look at the face of man." We know He "looks at the hidden person of the heart.")

but teach the way of God in truth..."

Could our enemies say such awesome things about us?

Would they have to admit that we are:
~Always genuine and don't have inconsistencies in our lives.
~That we are not in the least bit concerned with status or position.
~That we could care less about being seen with the right people who look/dress right, because we care about 'the hidden person of the heart" and not outward appearances...

He truly taught "the way of God in truth" and what a compliment that was. I want my life to express "the way of God in truth" too.

~Becky
-who is going to be working on this : )

One loud bird

Somehow our parrotlet did not get the memo that his breed is a quiet one!

We used to keep him in the family room but our teen likes to have it quiet when he studies and I didn't want a parrot that could say "Shut up, Jimmy." ; )

(which by the way, doesn't work)

So now we keep him in the living room where he competes with me when I read aloud. Ugh!

"Guess what is the only thing that will make him be quiet?

When we say:

"Jeeee-sus loves you!" (in a really high pitched voice)

He will usually completely stop his squawk/chirping and its like he's pausing to reflect on that thought for a minute or two. LOL

~It is rather funny to hear people throughout the day getting frustrating and stopping midsentence in their conversations to say "Jeeeee-sus loves you, Jimmy."

Yes, His love is strong even though ours is waning! ; )

And hopefully he'll be saying it back to us one of these days.

~Becky

Here they are!

It was a beautiful evening. Praise the Lord!

~Becky