Our Get-together Layouts

We had such a good time this weekend!  Lots of fun!  Games, toys, laughs, hugs, kisses.........and sickness!  Both Jessica's, our daughter and our daughter-in-love, had nausea.  Little Ryan had the pukies after he left.  You can read about that lovely trip home here.  Thank the LORD Ryan is better now and no one else got "it," whatever "it" was!  Our daughter, Jessica felt horrible all day yesterday.....and then had to drive a 6 hour trip to home on top of that.  Little Michael was feeling pukie on the drive home, garbage bag in hand.  Hope he is better, too!

That's the bad news.  Here's the good news!  Thanks to everyone for the wonderful time, love and gifts!  We love you all!  And, we sure missed Nat and Cheryl being there!  Hope you can be with us the next time we gather!

I used my (In the) NICK of Time! kit

I used my Winter Wonders kit

I used my Precious Gifts kit and addon

Faithful and Wise Steward and Rejoice Evermore

Short and sweet because Liz and family are here for the weekend!  :D
Since I forgot to post my page for yesterday, you get 2 to look at today.  I'll let the journaling tell you everything!  :D

The Beauty of Old Men

Bet that title intrigued you, didn't it?!  :D

Today we made a visit to our shut-in member of the church.  Over the last several months he has become increasingly more and more unsteady on his feet.  After all, he's ONLY almost 100 years old!  I pray I can get around as well when I become his age!  I'm believing more and more from the condition of the world that by that time the rapture will have taken place and those of us who are Christians will ALL be moving around VERY well and in perfect bodies!  It is hard for this finite mind to comprehend!  It is only by God's amazing Grace that I can even begin to believe it!

Anyway, I got sidetracked.  Since none of us know the exact number of days the LORD is going to allow us to live on earth, I wanted to take a few pictures of our visit today.  He has such a sharp mind, and is very interesting to listen to as he talks about some of the history of his family.  And my friend, Karabeth, will appreciate the fact that he has done some genealogical recording of his family history.  Not research to the extent that Karabeth has done, but more than most, including me!  And I really think that his age has a lot to do with all the information he has written down.  In other words, he is still alive to tell the story of his family!  He has found that his last name has not always been spelled the way it is today.  Depending on how it was pronounced is how it was spelled in years gone by.  My friend, Karabeth, has found this to be true in her own family research.

I blurred his face in this page because I did not ask for permission to post this page.  That is why I have been very careful not to mention his name.  We will show these pictures during our New Years Eve service/fellowship and everyone will smile.  And SHOULD the LORD call him home before that time, the smile will be even broader as they think of him walking effortlessly on streets of pure gold!  And should I be the one the LORD calls home, I hope the smiles will be broad, too!  :D


I could have used a couple of verses with today's page, but I chose this one because the picture represents the strength of youth, not that I'm THAT young, and the beauty of the gray, (I'm talking about HIS), not to mention bald, head!  My blessing today is strength to still come and go and do as I please!  I used my WINTER WONDERS kit for the page, btw.

Forgiven

Every week Tim gives me what he wants on the church sign.  I usually change it on Monday, unless Tuesday's forecast is warmer than Monday, LOL!  Not so much this week!  Like most of the south eastern portion of the US, the forecast was snow and more snow!  And for us, ice on top of the snow!  Not good!  So, I braved the cold and with my rubber gloves and letters I went to work! 

Today when I got up, the first thing I did was to check to see how much of that white stuff we had gotten over night!  I opened the front door to take a picture and as the church sign came into view with the snow all around, the first thing that popped into my mind was the passage of scripture in Isaiah that talks about our sins being as scarlet but that God can make them white as snow when He forgives our sin as we put our faith and trust in His Son, Jesus Christ!  My blessing today.............I'M FORGIVEN!!!  I pray that you are, too!

I used my "Winter Wonders" kit for this page.  Tim snapped the first picture while I was working on the sign yesterday.

Merchants' Ships

Did some grocery shopping for this coming weekend with the kids coming.  We spend ALOT of time at Walmart, but it's not because I have to buy fresh meat and dairy products each day..........thank the LORD!  I sure am thankful for my refrigerators!  But, if you didn't know any differently, like the Jews in Bible times, then it wouldn't bother you, would it?!  BUT, I'm still thankful for my MODERN refrigeration!!!

I used my new kit I'm still working on to create this page today.  I wanted to see what it was looking like!  :D

And God Said.......

When I'm sitting at my computer, I can take a break while I'm still sitting there!  I watch the fish in the tank right next to my computer desk.  Very relaxing!  And, what beauty in God's creatures!

I used Wishin' I Were Fishin' for this page.

Filthy Rags

Saturday is laundry day.  You would think with only 2 people that I could get it done in no time!  But, it generally takes me all day, especially if I am trying to multi task, which is ALWAYS the case!  Working on the computer, cleaning, getting SS lessons finished...............

Today's laundry duty turned my thoughts to filthy rags.  Tim uses an illustration of taking a bunch of dirty, filthy rags from where the oil has been changed on a car and offering those to God in exchange for admittance into heaven.  While my laundry (usually) is never that dirty, I still don't think God would take it in exchange for admittance into heaven.  As a matter-of-fact, I KNOW He wouldn't!  The Bible is plain when it says Jesus is the only way in!

I pray that those who read this post will understand that you can't be good enough to get into heaven!  And you can't do enough good things to get in, either!  "Ye MUST be born again!"  That means that you have come to realize that you are a sinner; that's the bad news.  But the Good News is that Jesus died for sinners!  And, if you will believe that He died for your sins, and ask Him to forgive you, and put your faith and trust in what He did on the cross to save you, then you will be saved!  If you have any questions, please feel free to leave me a comment.

Today's page is made using my A Fresh Start kit.