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Hoping and praying to add to our family by adoption. At least we can do that. At least we can give someone a new hope in family, in life, in a new life and be loved. There are so many children waiting here in Ontario to be called into a new family and I pray we are picked to be one of those families who can adopt. Friends of friends just adopted an 18 year old! I love that! It is never too late.....ever, to be brought into someone family and say, I want YOU! You are worth it and I am willing to walk along side you and mother/father you, to protect and cherish you as Christ does. And show that love that so many have never experienced. I pray we will be equipped to be be that family. When I dream about this I see us having at least 5 more and if I am really honest I will say 10..so the math is 5+5+5=15.....only God can do that:)
Shot through the screen of our kitchen door...my one only attempt at texture:) To see more visit
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I read this story to my kids today and cried. This family is from our church and have been missionaries in Haiti for 2 years. They went with their 3 children and have since adopted twin girls...I cannot imagine what they are experiencing during all of this tragedy but I am also filled with hope because I serve all loving, all knowing, all powerful God of love. Praying for healing and hope and new life in Christ for these people and all who are affected.
I don't now how to start this e-mail.
Maybe with an "We are sorry" for the lack of communication.This is my entry into this weeks competition.
I love this image because it shows the families comfort and ease with one another. Their natural expressions and the coziness of their bodies show the strength and steadfast nature of their relationships. The dock they are sitting on and wood of the old boat house they are in front of, show the sunshine and storms the wood has weathered. This parallels the storms of life this family has also endured and adds to the strength of this families bond.
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I am writing from Florida and so thankful to be here. Our annual Christmas vaycay with extended family is such a treat, a blessing really. This is our Christmas gift to eachother and the kids. No gifts because there is no point. Why are we buying gifts anyway? When Jesus was born everyone wasn't giving gifts to eachother, they were giving gifts to Christ....lol...so why are we giving gifts to one another anyway? We don't "do" Santa, never have. Santa has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus' birth, God coming to the world as man...I am pretty sure he was not dressed up in a red suit or arriving with reindeers....right? So, if we take christ our of Christmas then what on earth on we celebrating? A day in the year? To do what exactly? Buy hoards of gifts for one another while lying to the kids about some fat guy dressed in a red suit...who only gives gifts based on my performance, naughty or nice? What hope is there in that? I would fail everyday! But really it is not Santa versus Jesus at all, I say this all of the above because for me to live intentionally and purposefully I have to know why I am doing what I am doing. Be able to explain my actions and motivations......to my kids especially...when those why questions come, then I have to have an answer. (or teach them how to seek out an answer) How can I tell them which way to walk if I don't know why I am doing what I am doing or where we are going if I have no clue???
Christmas is simple in our home....well, if we were there.:) We celebrate Christ's birth and God's love for His people....."For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son and whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life". John 3:16
Jesus comes into relationship with us because He loves us. To live with us because He loves us. To hurt and heal and laugh and cry with us because He loves us. And also do die for us because He loves us. That is what Christmas is about. Is that not the greatest gift you could ever receive? I became a Christian just after Christmas 12 years ago and my life was changed and transformed like nothing I've ever experienced. From hopeless to hope, from death to life from darkness to light, from lost to found......what a gift!!!......and I didn't have to be anything to receive it, naughty or nice (I was both)......I just believed in who Jesus said He was and picked myself up and followed Him and I have never looked back.
One of the first verses that stuck a cord in my heart was this one, "I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the father but by me". Jesus I think the best way that I can describe how I felt back then was this....."I was lost and now I am found".
All my hope is in Christ and that is what I point my kids to everyday, 365 days a year and we celebrate Jesus birthday one day each year....(the girls are hoping for cake and ice cream here I think).
Happy Birthday!
They really do use her like their wee canvas..drawing on her as they like. She loves it. I think I showed that in past posts. This is MJ's latest piece...the girl, as shown by little Blu. I love her dolly drawings. They are simple and sweet and I like how she captures how she sees little girls right now....mind you, I would like to see them with some clothes on.
I want to add this link (if I haven't already) to the current series The Meeting House is doing called "Get Over Yourself". It is super fabulous! It looks at our narcissistic culture from the areas or our self-esteem (the culture of me), to our apprearance (the culture of hot!), materialism (the culture of mine), entitlement (the culture of special) and this next week is....I am not sure. Just click on the link and go to teaching at the top of the page and you will find the current series.. I recommend watching the videos as I like to see the person as they speak. I have thought a lot about and do think a lot about our culture we are living in and how it affects me, how it is affecting our kids and what I need/want to do to live a Christ centered life within that, so a lot of this isn't new to me. But for so many this is new stuff and important stuff to think about. I think so many are sick of materialism and our buying habits and how we see it affecting our kids and the disconnected views they seem to be having with sTUFF and life....what do I need to be doing differently as a parent in order to teach them selflessness and other-centered living in our self-centered world? How much is too much? Too much technology....too much time away form one another, too much separateness? What choices do I need to be making in order to keep our family together, to keep and guide their hearts, to teach them how to navigate through this narcissistic culture? I think no matter where one finds themselves right now, with faith or without or not even sure what that is, check this out! It takes about half and hour to watch/listen too and I think it is time well spent. Would love to know thoughts if you do happen to listen. I particularly loved the week on materialism and heading into the Christmas season, this is a great one to listen too first! But I also just loved this past weeks on the Culture of Special. It was directed towards parenting and the parent child relationship. I could go on........I LOVE IT!
I just love when I find resources that keep me organized!!! This is from the Dugger Family website (love that family). I need all the help I can get when trying to get organized....I think I am the worst...and I only have 5:) Character training is so much harder than dishwasher or garbage training...how can I train the heart? I can only train the heart to point itself towards the Lord and He can do the rest. I definitely can't!!! Today was one of those..."I stink at this mothering thing..big time!! days"....better to just go to bed instead....off to Sick Kids tomorrow for our bi-annual check up! Thank God for that place.Download Characterqualities
btw ...I will have to add the other 4 kids head shots in this kitchen series...my native mj makes me laugh. Her beads, her expression, this is her, right now:)
A picture taker with 5 kiddies
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