Regeneration v. The Idolatry of Decisional "Evangelism" (Paul Washer @ t...

Wow! Oldest son is getting married in 2 weeks!!

"If we're to encounter the divine Presence,we must enter the interior sanctuary of our heart and, like Jesus in the temple, become indignant over what we find."

Larry Crabb, "Jesus Mean and Wild"
Water Brook Press

Our Silver Wedding Anniversary Month!!

1984~2009

This photo was taken in 1983 as an engagement photo about 9mos. before our wedding!

We are hoping to have a potluck cookout on July 4th this year to celebrate, with a cake and photo history during dessert...I'll try to post some of the pix here over the next month or so...

Evening Out Ensemble...

I did finish this skirt and covering in time to wear it out to the recognition dinner last night, but to my chagrin, instead of wearing it, I decided it was time to get back on the Nordic Trac!!! LOL

Maybe I can wear it at a future time,...say in 15lbs. less or so :) The material is like swimwear fabric and NOT very forgiving...It did turn out lovely though, don't you think?

The top is a cream colored 2-piece set with pearl embellishments....

The idea that I had of making Indian sari-like pleats on one side of the skirt (on the right in photo) did work, but they didn't show up in this shot. I just pleated the material over where I had made the seam, and then proceeded to turn down the material at the waist and create a casing for the elastic waistband....If I had not made the pleats, and just gathered the skirt with a plain elastic waistline, it would have fit OK...I ended up wearing a standby outfit instead that worked well anyway. Glad I had it to fall back on at the last minute!! We had a nice evening. Hubby had been there for 5yrs service.

It was held in an old opera style theater/auditorium in downtown, and had been renovated at some point in the past. The architecture was lovely....huge dome ceiling and painted plaster detailing all around...It was, in fact , the same building where my oldest son was featured as the annual representative for pediatric heart surgery patients when he was 5yrs old.....

Here are some shots I found of this building on Flickr.com:

Well, better run and finish packing for our camping weekend! I'm looking forward to posting some about that upon my return....Via Con Dios!

What's In the Crate???

A little billy!!...."Gruff", I think. Now Goatie will not be so lonely. They seem to be getting along well so far, it helps that he is young yet...
Well, tonight we are scheduled to attend a recognition dinner for Hubby's work. I am trying to come up with an outfit to wear...must finish a skirt out of material that I found on clearance at Wal-Mart the other night....Hoping it turns out. A little exotic, but hey, it's a facet of my personality...Will try to post pix later...
This weekend our church is sponsoring a camp with Colin and Nancy Campbell as the guest speakers....It's supposed to be a family camp, but due to some "technical" difficulties with our 16yr old, it looks like it will be just the 2 younger children and myself. I'm hoping to find another dad to "adopt" my youngest son for the weekend, because their are separate dorms for the men and women...I'm trying REAL hard to "roll with the punches" with all of this right now...The theme for the camp is Hebrews 12:1 "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us..."

I'm TRYING! I'm TRYING!

Up! Up! The Day is Breaking--Paul Gerhardt

This poem was included in my little devotional (Joy and Strength, by Mary Wilder Tileston---far and away my favorite devotional book...)for this morning:

Commit thy way to God,

The weight that makes thee faint;

Worlds are to Him no load,

To Him breathe thy complaint.

Up! Up! The day is breaking

Say to thy cares, good-night!

Thy troubles from thee shaking,

Like dreams in day's fresh light.

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My Mother-in-Law is coming today...better get to the chores! Busy, busy weekend...But, just another thought before I go:

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My personal prayer for today is that I could be more like a small child...trusting her Father to know and do what is best...

I am so like a young child really, in the way that I know so little of "the big picture", and therefore cannot make proper judgements---but I so easily forget this and go barrelling into the day, wrecking havoc with my ignorant, though well-meaning gusto.