Things I Love About Today-
singing to, tickling, & pushing Mary off the bed to make her get up :)
sisters
this beautiful morning!
going on a run in the lovely sunshiney woods
(not the freshly-dead squirrel. yuck)
my workout being easier as I get more used to it...
...that means I have to make it harder now though
my generous brother Nathan
finally finding my poor misplaced phone
bread, co to go
getting to talk to Anna, Hannah, Amy, and Bailee all in a row!
going to "small" group!-there were 10 of us...kinda large :)
sitting outside, hearing how every one is doing, and praying
swinging with my amazing Danielle!
talking about Psalm 13 and 73 and our lives
encouraging each other to be patient and wait on the Lord
grocery shopping
the friendly cashier lady telling me that my outfit was really cute :)
tea of the month!
baking graham cracker cookies
family devotions and praying for one another
watching American Idol with my family- go Kris!
watching Nathan's rhetoric project movie- it is really really good!
pictures and memories
discussing Caleb's creative Bible project with him
Verse of the Day-
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8,
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace."
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday
Things I Love About Today-
being woken up by my Daddy
dusting and vacuuming the basement
feeling productive
being pleasantly surprised
colors
a long enjoyable lunch with my Aunt Lori
planning VBS stuff
walking across sunny dandelion-filled fields
going to see Oma for her birthday!
visiting with her and Uncle Stan outside in the sunshine :)
listening to Kristen and Madeline's Senior Research Presentations
talking to my Grandma and Grandpa and answering funny questions
my beautiful Hanney!
watching people splatter-paint
chilling with the kids after dinner
listening to classical music- particularly:
Rachmaninov's Piano Concert No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
and Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor
...the minor ones were pretty mellow and relaxing
good talks with Nathan :)
Verse of the Day-
Psalm 73:21-28,
When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward You.
Nevertheless, I am continually with You;
You hold my right hand.
You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
What have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
For behold, those who are far from You shall perish;
You put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to You.
But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made Yahweh God my refuge,
that I may tell of all Your works.
being woken up by my Daddy
dusting and vacuuming the basement
feeling productive
being pleasantly surprised
colors
a long enjoyable lunch with my Aunt Lori
planning VBS stuff
walking across sunny dandelion-filled fields
going to see Oma for her birthday!
visiting with her and Uncle Stan outside in the sunshine :)
listening to Kristen and Madeline's Senior Research Presentations
talking to my Grandma and Grandpa and answering funny questions
my beautiful Hanney!
watching people splatter-paint
chilling with the kids after dinner
listening to classical music- particularly:
Rachmaninov's Piano Concert No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
and Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor
...the minor ones were pretty mellow and relaxing
good talks with Nathan :)
Verse of the Day-
Psalm 73:21-28,
When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward You.
Nevertheless, I am continually with You;
You hold my right hand.
You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
What have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
For behold, those who are far from You shall perish;
You put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to You.
But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made Yahweh God my refuge,
that I may tell of all Your works.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Sunday
Things I Love About Today-
singing some of my favorite hymns in church-
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" and "Father, I Know That All My Life..."
Pastor Meyers preaching on the passage in Luke that is parallel to the one that I've been reading in Matthew 6
making cake
having people over for Sunday dinner
venturing out to the barn
apples to apples
calls from Bailee!
power-naps (as mom calls them)
singing Psalm 118 (my Psalm of yesterday) in the evening service!
going to Growlers with my family and the Shaffers
planning lunch with friends for 3 days in a row
good talks with my Daddy and Mama
laughing at my Dad :)
Verse of the Day-
Revelations 3:19-22, " 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with Me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' "
singing some of my favorite hymns in church-
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" and "Father, I Know That All My Life..."
Pastor Meyers preaching on the passage in Luke that is parallel to the one that I've been reading in Matthew 6
making cake
having people over for Sunday dinner
venturing out to the barn
apples to apples
calls from Bailee!
power-naps (as mom calls them)
singing Psalm 118 (my Psalm of yesterday) in the evening service!
going to Growlers with my family and the Shaffers
planning lunch with friends for 3 days in a row
good talks with my Daddy and Mama
laughing at my Dad :)
Verse of the Day-
Revelations 3:19-22, " 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with Me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' "
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Saturday
Things I Love About Today-
getting up at 9 instead of after noon like I usually do on Saturdays
getting almost everything on my to-do list finished
baking cake
going on a run outside
seeing a fuzzy caterpillar and a rabbit
hearing birds and a squirrel
smelling (and seeing!) the honeysuckle and wild phlox
being able to just think
working out and my elbow not hurting as badly
spur of the moment visit with Bailee!
baking friendship bread
always having good talks with Bailee :)
Verse of the Day-
Psalm 18:1,5-6,8,13-21,24-26,28-29
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
for His steadfast love endures forever!
...
Out of my distress I called on Yahweh;
Yahweh answered me and set me free.
Yahweh is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
...
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
than to trust in man.
...
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,
but Yahweh helped me.
Yahweh is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the rightous:
"The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly,
the right hand of Yahweh exalts,
the right hand of yahweh does valiantly!"
I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of Yahweh.
Yahweh has disciplined me severely,
but He has not given me over to death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter though them
and give thanks to Yahweh.
This is the gate of Yahweh;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
...
This is the day that Yahweh has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we pray, O Yahweh!
O Yahweh, we pray, give us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh!
We bless you from the house of Yahweh
...
You are my God, and I will give thanks to You;
You are my God; I will extol you,
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
for His steadfast love endures forever!
getting up at 9 instead of after noon like I usually do on Saturdays
getting almost everything on my to-do list finished
baking cake
going on a run outside
seeing a fuzzy caterpillar and a rabbit
hearing birds and a squirrel
smelling (and seeing!) the honeysuckle and wild phlox
being able to just think
working out and my elbow not hurting as badly
spur of the moment visit with Bailee!
baking friendship bread
always having good talks with Bailee :)
Verse of the Day-
Psalm 18:1,5-6,8,13-21,24-26,28-29
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
for His steadfast love endures forever!
...
Out of my distress I called on Yahweh;
Yahweh answered me and set me free.
Yahweh is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
...
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
than to trust in man.
...
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,
but Yahweh helped me.
Yahweh is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the rightous:
"The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly,
the right hand of Yahweh exalts,
the right hand of yahweh does valiantly!"
I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of Yahweh.
Yahweh has disciplined me severely,
but He has not given me over to death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter though them
and give thanks to Yahweh.
This is the gate of Yahweh;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
...
This is the day that Yahweh has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we pray, O Yahweh!
O Yahweh, we pray, give us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh!
We bless you from the house of Yahweh
...
You are my God, and I will give thanks to You;
You are my God; I will extol you,
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
for His steadfast love endures forever!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday
Things I Love About Today-
playing dress-up
watching project presentations at Wildwood for 4 hours
learning interesting facts and worldviews on hot air balloons, commercial fishing, golf, arabian horses, quilting, WWII, airplanes, zeppelins, the Eiffel tower, flapper girls, and baseball
blue jeans and ponytails (makes me feel like Madeline)
laundry and kitchen work
peanut butter sandwiches!
naps
getting emails from Covenant Seminary
our pregnant kitty
the chilly weather
grilled chicken and burgers with the fam
watching Cinderella with Mary and my parents
3 out of 4 of us falling asleep on the couch :)
Verse of the WEEK-
Psalm 13
How long, O Yahweh? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Consider and answer me, O Yahweh, my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him,"
lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
But I have trusted in Your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
I will sing to Yahweh,
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
playing dress-up
watching project presentations at Wildwood for 4 hours
learning interesting facts and worldviews on hot air balloons, commercial fishing, golf, arabian horses, quilting, WWII, airplanes, zeppelins, the Eiffel tower, flapper girls, and baseball
blue jeans and ponytails (makes me feel like Madeline)
laundry and kitchen work
peanut butter sandwiches!
naps
getting emails from Covenant Seminary
our pregnant kitty
the chilly weather
grilled chicken and burgers with the fam
watching Cinderella with Mary and my parents
3 out of 4 of us falling asleep on the couch :)
Verse of the WEEK-
Psalm 13
How long, O Yahweh? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Consider and answer me, O Yahweh, my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him,"
lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
But I have trusted in Your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
I will sing to Yahweh,
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday
Okay, so in yesterday's post I mentioned going to bed early... that was the plan. I was ready to go to sleep at 10:30. but... I couldn't. I tossed and turned for soo long, and eventually got up for a little bit thinking that would help me go to sleep, but no... I didn't end up falling asleep until close to 2:00am. boo. And then, I woke up at 6:10am. woot. I eventually got up at 7:20, because I figured that I might as well start out my productive day early!
Things I Love About Today-
talking with mom and dad before anyone else was awake
being on the ball with laundry
organizing papers and "files"
not having butterflies in my stomach all day
sight-reading hymns just for fun!
practicing my piano songs from last semester
Mary's lesson with no tears or raised voices :)
having my laundry all clean, folded, put away, and hung up by the middle of they day!
(that usually takes about 6 days)
good talks with my Daddy and Mama
talking to my two best friends right in a row :)
cooking dinner!
Daddy chopping the huge sweet potatoes because he was worried I was going to cut myself :)
yummy rosemary-sweet potatoes
being amused by (harmless) miscommunication on facebook
actually running and working out, even though I put it off all day
watching a snippet of Gone With The Wind while I ran
Verse of the Day-
Matthew 6:25-34,
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kindom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
Poem of the Day-
On Another's Woe
by William Blake
Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?
Can I see a falling tear,
And not feel my sorrow's share?
Can a father see his child
Weep, or be with sorrow fill'd?
Can a mother sit and hear
An infant groan an infant fear?
No, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
And can He who smiles on all
Hear the wren with sorrows small,
Hear the small bird's grief and care,
Hear the woes that infants bear,
And not sit beside the nest,
Pouring pity in their breast;
And not sit the cradles near,
Weeping tear on infant's tear;
And not sit both night and day,
Wiping all our tears away?
O, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
He doth give His joy to all;
He becomes an infant small;
He becomes a man of woe;
He doth feel the sorrow too.
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh
And thy Maker is not by;
Think not thou canst weep a tear
And thy Maker is not near.
O! He gives to us His joy
That our grief He may destroy;
Till our grief is fled and gone
He doth sit by us and moan.
Things I Love About Today-
talking with mom and dad before anyone else was awake
being on the ball with laundry
organizing papers and "files"
not having butterflies in my stomach all day
sight-reading hymns just for fun!
practicing my piano songs from last semester
Mary's lesson with no tears or raised voices :)
having my laundry all clean, folded, put away, and hung up by the middle of they day!
(that usually takes about 6 days)
good talks with my Daddy and Mama
talking to my two best friends right in a row :)
cooking dinner!
Daddy chopping the huge sweet potatoes because he was worried I was going to cut myself :)
yummy rosemary-sweet potatoes
being amused by (harmless) miscommunication on facebook
actually running and working out, even though I put it off all day
watching a snippet of Gone With The Wind while I ran
Verse of the Day-
Matthew 6:25-34,
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kindom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
Poem of the Day-
On Another's Woe
by William Blake
Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?
Can I see a falling tear,
And not feel my sorrow's share?
Can a father see his child
Weep, or be with sorrow fill'd?
Can a mother sit and hear
An infant groan an infant fear?
No, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
And can He who smiles on all
Hear the wren with sorrows small,
Hear the small bird's grief and care,
Hear the woes that infants bear,
And not sit beside the nest,
Pouring pity in their breast;
And not sit the cradles near,
Weeping tear on infant's tear;
And not sit both night and day,
Wiping all our tears away?
O, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
He doth give His joy to all;
He becomes an infant small;
He becomes a man of woe;
He doth feel the sorrow too.
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh
And thy Maker is not by;
Think not thou canst weep a tear
And thy Maker is not near.
O! He gives to us His joy
That our grief He may destroy;
Till our grief is fled and gone
He doth sit by us and moan.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wednesday
Things I Love About today-
getting up at a decent hour
making my room look spick and span
helping mom and the kids organize the "study hall"
coming across some of my old old Humanities papers
organizing things
reading VBS director books :)
having lunch with my awesome Lindsay-friend!
talking about Hebrews, baptism, predestination, and freewill
catching up on life
meeting with Josh to plan VBS stuff
being prayed for :)
celebratory wine with mom and dad
hilarious rides to and from choir with mom, Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Hoard!
going to bed early!
"scratching backs" with Mary Rose :)
listening to the rain
Verse of the Day-
Hebrews 5:11-14, "About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil."
Quote of the Day-
(amusing speakerphone conversation between Mrs. Hoard and her mom through the phone in her car... we were all laughing a lot)
Mrs. Hoard's mom: have y'all been drinking??
...no!...later...
Mrs. Hoard: I'm sorry I did this to you Mom; you'll probably be mean to me for a few days.
Mrs. Hoard's mom: Yes, that's probably so.
Mrs. Hoard: I love you Mom!
Mrs. Hoard's mom: I like you a lot too. Goodbye.
:)
getting up at a decent hour
making my room look spick and span
helping mom and the kids organize the "study hall"
coming across some of my old old Humanities papers
organizing things
reading VBS director books :)
having lunch with my awesome Lindsay-friend!
talking about Hebrews, baptism, predestination, and freewill
catching up on life
meeting with Josh to plan VBS stuff
being prayed for :)
celebratory wine with mom and dad
hilarious rides to and from choir with mom, Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Hoard!
going to bed early!
"scratching backs" with Mary Rose :)
listening to the rain
Verse of the Day-
Hebrews 5:11-14, "About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil."
Quote of the Day-
(amusing speakerphone conversation between Mrs. Hoard and her mom through the phone in her car... we were all laughing a lot)
Mrs. Hoard's mom: have y'all been drinking??
...no!...later...
Mrs. Hoard: I'm sorry I did this to you Mom; you'll probably be mean to me for a few days.
Mrs. Hoard's mom: Yes, that's probably so.
Mrs. Hoard: I love you Mom!
Mrs. Hoard's mom: I like you a lot too. Goodbye.
:)
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