Thought to Ponder: "The Possession of Grace"

"The possession of grace fills us with very different feelings from the possession of anything else. A man who has much money is not very anxious that all the world should be rich---one who has much learning does not long that all the world were learned; but if you have tasted the grace of the gospel, the irresistible longing of your hearts will be, O that all the world might taste its regenerating waters!" -Robert Murray McCheyne 

J & I

On New Year's Eve, I had a little neighbor come over and help me make gingerbread men. His mother had bronchitis AND shingles, so I decided she might want a break! :D He loves playing with my laptop camera so we took a few photos. Excuse the quality! 

This is my favorite one.

Grape Popsicle Mustache

J trying to make
"Elephant Ears"

Big hugs (and smiles)

He was so much fun to spend the afternoon with! Such a ham. I love little kids!

Back again and flood photos....

Hello, I apologize for this my blogging being so sparse lately! 

(Okay, so it's been four months to the day since I posted anything!) 

Too much has happened recently to fill you in on everything,

 but here's a little glimpse at what I've been up to for the last month at least. 

On December 13, our town got over 200 milliliters of rain, 

which caused the worst flooding in our area since 1923. 

The mall area of town was hit the worst, and several stores suffered 

severe damage and are still closed, one of which was Sobeys. 

 So I am off work until probably mid to late February. 

Many roads here and in surrounding towns are still closed,

 

and in some places whole neighborhoods had water half way up the first floor. 

As far as our neighborhood, we were spared any really bad damage. 

The water about 100 feet from our house was over three feet deep 

across the road, and we had some flooding in the basement, 

but we were able to avoid severe flooding by renting an extra pump. 

Please pray for those who are still without a home because of the storm. 

The Valley Of Vision

For a long time I have wanted to do something with my brother, Joshua's, photos. He enjoys hiking, and several mornings a week he takes his camera, our dog, Tilley Grace, and goes to watch the sunrise. I have been thinking of ways that I could use his photos, and this video is one of them.

The prayer is taken from a book called "The Valley of Vision," which contains prayers from many of the Puritans including, Thomas Shepherd, Thomas Watson, Richard Baxter, John Bunyan, Isaac Watts, William Willams, Philip Doddridge, William Romaine, David Brainerd, Augustus Toplady, Christmas Evans, William Jay, Henry Law and Charles Spurgeon. I would highly recommend that you read this book! 

Anyway, enjoy! 

Looking Back: LA TRIP: Home & Trailer

I am finally posting pictures of my trip to Louisiana in March!

Grampy & Grammy's home in Louisiana

While I did almost everything in the house I actually stayed in their fifth wheel trailer just outside the back door. It was kinda like having my own apartment while I was there! :D 

My bedroom

My nightstand

My living room inside the trailer

I even had my own couch! :D

Despite such wonderful accommodations, I did not spend an enormous amount of time in there during the day, it was just to much fun being inside the main house with Grampy, Grammy & Aunt Zula. 

Need A New Car?

Introducing the all-new Cadillac Sumptuous...




Good job, Andrew! :D

Cleaning my room...

On my agenda for tomorrow is...cleaning my room! Why? Well...besides just the fact that it DESPERATELY needs to be done, there is also a small flash drive somewhere in there that contains my pictures of Louisiana! Since tomorrow is a holiday where I live, and I am off work, I plan to upload my pictures of Louisiana tomorrow...or at least get started...I have a lot of pictures to go through!

I read something today that I would like to share with you. 

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Many years ago, Matthew Henry, a well-known Bible scholar, was once robbed of his money. Knowing that it was his duty to give thanks in everything, he meditated on this incident and recorded in his diary the following:

"Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, because although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed."

Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

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This story made me think of several things, including how we often hold onto temporal things too tightly (as my overstuffed room can testify). What if someone took away all the things you owned? Would you be able to respond with this kind of gratitude? 

I'm going to spend some time thinking that through tomorrow...while I clean my room!