All is QUIET

As I sit in front of this computer everyone including the cat is sleeping.  I am in awe at how pure, sweet quietness can be such a bliss!  After a long day of "Mom this" and "Mom that"... one can truly cherish some peace and quite.

I got my Sunday School lesson done.  I am going to attempt to teach them a lesson on "How we are all different.  No two people are alike."  I am going to use the book   "Ayana the Tall" as a part of my lesson.

It is a really cute book describing how Ayana felt because she was taller than all the other giraffes.  She felt out of place and clumsy.  She had to deal with feeling unwanted as well.  I want to bring in the fact that God makes us all unique.  He does not make one person alike.  Even identical twins are not alike.  They may look alike, but they have differences as well.  God makes everyone special.  

Anyway I am hoping that this will help the children learn that they are special to God even if someone at school gives them a hard time.  That God loves them no matter what!

Here we go again!

On Wednesday night Brian was up all night in pain from his kidney stone that he has not yet passed.  He took a bunch of pain pills and yet went to work on Thursday.  On Friday he had a class in Flattwoods and was there for 3 out of the 6 hours but had to rush back to Charleston due to the pain.  He took himself to CAMC Memorial where he waited for 5 hours before they took him back.  They gave him morphine and toradol and then they did a CAT scan to find the stone was 7mm which is equal to a 1/4 inch. The urethra tube is 9mm so it is possible he may pass it on his own, but that is kinda slim.  He is supposed to make an appointment with a urologist on Monday.  I want the pain to stop for him.  I hate it!  So please keep him in your prayers that he can pass this on his own so he does not have to endure surgery.  Brian was able to rest on Saturday thanks to his co-worker Mike Bragg for coming in for him.  The Lord knew he needed the rest!

Today we were unable to have church due to the snow on our church lot, so we loaded up and headed to Ravenswood.  Bro. Roger brought a very good message on "What is true love"?  There are so many that say they love God, but do not show it.  Do they truly love God then?  The answer is No.  That was the basis of the lesson and he used a married couples relationship as well.  A true LOVE marriage gives all year long, not just on holidays like Valentine's day.  So if we truly love our spouse then we will do everything in our power to show our love for them all year round.  I can honestly say my husband shows me LOVE all year round.  He buys me things, just out of the blue.  I try to do the same for him.  It is a give and take relationship!

Hundreds and thousands of people will go out and buy flowers, candy, and cards on this day we call Valentine's Day.  I had to stop at Kroger on our way home to pick a few things up and as I looked around there were lots of men with rose bouquets.  I saw some women with wine and the makings of a nice candle lit dinner.  Do you know the history behind Valentine's Day?  Here is a link that you might find interesting.

History of Valentine's Day

Whatever your plans, be safe!

BLESSINGS is God's LOVE

There is a song titled "Count your blessings", that I really can relate to.  The chorus goes like this:

Count your blessings, name them one by one.

Count your blessings see what God hath done.

Count your blessings, name them one by one

Count your many blessings see what God hath done.

So often I tend to forget to thank God for all he has done or given to me.  I know I have been blessed beyond what I deserve.  The blessings God has given to me is his way of showing he loves me.  I don't think I could sit down and begin to count all the blessings.  I sit and wonder why he keeps on blessing me.  I mean, to have a God who cares for little ole' me.  I am nothing!  I am no bigger than a grain of sand to him, yet he chooses to love me.  He loves me when I can't even love myself.  He loves me even when others turn their backs on me.  He loves me even when I am crabby.  He loves me UNCONDITIONALLY!  That is one awesome LOVE!  No one can out love or out give God. (Not even a mother's love for her chidren.)  I love my children so much that I would die for them, but God loves me and them more.  Much more!!  It is so hard to imagine that kind of love isn't it?  It is too much for my pea brain to take in.  The book Lamentations chapter 3 versus 22-23 states:

"The stead fast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning; great is they faithfulnes."

  God asks for NOTHING in exchange for his love except for us to serve him.  To serve him with gladness and thanksgiving, yet so many find it too hard to even do that.  He gives a gift and we open it and are thankful for a period of time then we seem to toss that gift aside and forget all about it.  Sad, isn't it?  Have you ever just sat down and wrote on a piece of paper what all God has done for you?  Try it, you will be amazed at what all comes out. 

 If you have not gave your life over to God why not do it?  The LOVE of God is much greater than what the world has to offer and it cost NOTHING.  Ask him in to your HEART today