Finding My Life in Faith

Saturday, April 23, 2011

I had posted this last Easter, but I think it is still pretty relevant. I hope everyone has a blessed Easter. He is Risen!!

R - Risen From the Dead

E- Eternal Life

S- Salvation

U- Ultimate Sacrifice

R-Righteousness

R-Ruler

E-Everlasting Love

C-Christ the Savior

T-Tortured

I-I AM SAVED!!

O-Obedient

N-Never forget what He has done for us!!

Just a few thoughts for this Easter time.

A Nice and Warm Day

It was a wonderfully warm day out today. So, I gathered up the kiddos and off we went to the park/beach for a picnic. I had visions of me sitting by the lake with feet in the sand as the kiddos played. We ate lunch, played at the play area and never made it to the lake. I saw it though. Quite pretty and it was 73 degrees with a slight breeze. Yummy. Here is our day in pics.

The crew eating dinner.

Abbi

Brady blue slide

Brady

Brady on climbing wall

The first exposed toes of the season.

Abbi yellow stand

Shane

Brady the Southern Belle

We are all ready for tomorrow. Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I hope everyone has a blessed Easter.

This Week's Savings

Well, it was another good haul at Meijer. WhoooHooo!!
Meijer: Total spent $101.80 Total saved $84.70 which includes 2 free gallons of milk, 2 free dozens of eggs and 1 free lb of strawberries.

Walgreens: Spent $3.17 on 2 bags of M & M's and 3 rolls of Scotch Magic Tape

That is about it for the week since I stocked up on chicken last week. 99 cent deals start this week at Meijer so I may have to stock up again.

What did you find this week?

Happy Easter and God Bless.

Friday, April 22, 2011

T is for Taking Photos

If you know anything about me, I love taking pictures. I love my iPhone for this reason. I have a small Nikon. But my iPhone allows me to edit my pics and do all kind of neat treatments to them. I dream of the day when I can get a really nice camera. Oh, the fun. For the now, the iPhone is doing the trick. Here is a sampling of today's photos. And some from a few weeks ago. Have a Blessed Easter weekend. God Bless.

Beautiful Abbi

Abbi on railroad tracks

Brady black and white Polaroid

Sunrise view of bridge

Shane with lots of light

Black and white grainy exposure of bridge

Cullen and whipped cream

Pink Sunrise

Shane

Pixie

Sparkly pink shoes

Thursday, April 21, 2011

S is for Shane

Shane is my first born boy. He is 6 and one of the loves of my life. He loves to draw, play outside, imagine, play with legos and eat, eat, eat.

S - Sensitive

H - Handsome

A - Artistic

N - Nature Boy

E - Energetic

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

R is for Revelation Song

What a powerful video for this awesome song. Jesus, the eternal gift to mankind to save us from our sins. Really puts into perspective this time of year.
God Bless.

Q is for Quiet

Quiet, the kids are in the bed and the hubby is at his friends. I am enjoying the serenity of a quiet house. Oh, these moments of solitude. To be by yourself is as rare as a substantial balance in my checking account. So, shhhhh. Don't wake up the kiddos. Good night.

P is for Palpitations

At least that is what they told me that is what I was having last night, after I spent 3 hours in the ER.

Heart palpitations -- an unusual awareness of the heartbeat -- is an extremely common symptom. Most people who complain of palpitations describe them either as “skips” in the heartbeat (that is, a pause, often followed by a particularly strong beat) or as periods of rapid and irregular heartbeats

I was hooked up to one of these. It was normal.

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This was being monitored the whole time, and it was normal.

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All of these were tested, and yes... normal.

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So, for now, they tell me it is Heart Palpitations. Ok, I am good with that. I thought I was for sure headed to the OR for a bypass. Yah I know, a little dramatic. But bad hearts run in my family. Now, its time to work on a better diet, so I don't end up on that table in the OR bypassing 3, 4 or 5 vessels. At least my BFF was there with me to help pass the time, and of course there was always something interesting happening. :)

Monday, April 18, 2011

O is for Orphans

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27.

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From the 147 Million Orphans website:

Did you know there are hundreds of millions of children worldwide who have lost one or both parents.

Every 14 seconds an AIDS death leaves another child orphaned.

Approximately 88 million orphans live in Asia.

Approximately 45 million orphans live in Africa.

Approximately 14 million orphans live in Latin America & the Caribbean.

Approximately 1 million children live in public care in Central & Eastern Europe

More than 800,000 children pass through America’s foster care system each year.

These statistics do not even include the UNKNOWN children living orphaned both here and abroad that go uncounted, unnoticed and unloved.

147 million. That number just baffles my mind. I look at my four children and I think of them living on the streets alone with no one to love them, no one to care for them, no one.

"He will reply. 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' Matthew 25:45

I think about who will care for the 147 million. God cares about each and everyone of these little ones. My heart just breaks for these children.

147 Million Orphans talks about ways to help change the life of an orphan. Take the time to check out the website to find out ways to help. It is as easy as just praying or taking the leap to adopt a precious child of God. You choose.

None of us are really truly orphans when we are the children of God.
God Bless