Category Archives: One Year Bible Study My oldest was out of school today for President’s Day…and it seems each week he has broken in ANOTHER pair of jeans…if you have a boy you know what I mean. Without fail, Parker-man seems to get a hole in the same knee after just a few weeks of wear. With a little brother below […]  No fancy pictures for you today…but I do want to share a sweet Word from the Lord. Nothing is fancier, sweeter or more powerful than that. May you be blessed this Sabbath day… One Year Chronological Bible Study – Exodus 39:32-40-38 and Numbers 9:15-23 Key verses in today’s reading… Exodus 39:32 “And so at last […] I love your posts and thoughts. Being at that standstill can be different for all of us. I have felt SO STRONGLY that our family is called to adopt. I’ve been advocating for orphans with friends and we started an organization for orphan advocacy. My closest friends have adopted so we are surrounded by the faces of victory. My husband still has not come to the same realization I have. I even started an ‘extra’ savings account to put funds away for the expense of adoption. Hubby answered all questions asked of him by me as I completed the adoption application. Yet, it still sits in it’s place…. unmailed. It’s been sitting there for over two months. Everyday I feel pulled farther and farther away from that goal and some days are just unbearable with disappointment. At times I even (almost) give up and grieve so. Wondering how I can grieve the loss of a child I’ve never known. And yet Sunday rolls around, and my faith is encouraged. My daily readings and studies, blog friends with their uplifting stories are great, but not quite the same as being in the Lord’s house and listening to His word ‘outloud’. 😉 I continue to wait and pray for God’s will in our lives and for our family. Know that you aren’t waiting alone. I’m MANY steps behind you, but may we lift one another up as we move forward. No matter how slow or fast we may go, we shall go where and WHEN he leads us. Just what I needed to hear today…thank you! I am missing our littlest valentine in India so much today! The wait feels really long (staring at her picture since Aug.) but I know there is a little girl in India, who needs us to wait. I need God’s strength during this wait…so thank you for the prayer! The 7 mo. of waiting for our referral was hard too…so I understand your desires to get things moving Andrea! Reading Renea’s comments, my hearts goes out,…I understand…waited 3 years for dh and I to be aligned in this decision. All of it now, makes sense, as our Abby wasn’t ready yet!!! Hard to be in the wait, but I am continuing to claim God’s timing and goodness! Andrea, I so appreciate your heart. This was a much needed post for me. It is so easy to doubt the Lord’s plan…or His cup for me….to feel overwhelmed by the paperwork as we begin this new adoption….to question things that I know He has already revealed to me. Thank you for reminding me to claim HIS promises. And I also can relate to Renea’s comment…..it took us so long to decide this time around if God was leading us to adopt again. Strange roadblocks kept coming up that prolonged us from starting the process (for almost 2 years), but I know God’s timing is ALWAYS perfect and there was a reason He was prolonging things. Praying for you as you continue to wait for a referral! (did you get my e-mail the other day?) “Not my will, but Yours be done.” Just what I needed to read. The sermon yesterday at our church was about Worry and I get the gold medal in the sport of Worry. =) Your post (read today) is an extension of yesterday … God is so awesome to keep the focus alive in our hearts. Giving us tidbits in all the right places to remind us of Him. Love Him and so appreciate your writing! Again, thank you. Waiting. Oh boy. I was most likely the worst “wait-er” in the adoption world. I was not patient in waiting for our referral most times. But…as we were in Ethiopia, experiencing so many joyful and painful things, I realized that the wait was necessary. I never would have been ready for the experiences we’ve had, and it’s only been a week since we’ve been home. May God show you His perfect will as you wait upon Him and He prepares your heart and the hearts of those around you. Thank you for sharing the verses and thoughts through this blog. I will definitely be checking back. God Bless, Preparing for the Sabbath… My parents are in town…and it has been soooooo great having their company! They are from out of state so they were just as excited to be here and have snow with us. I have thought so much today about tomorrow’s Sabbath and how to best prepare for it today. As […] Funny…as we were driving home from dinner I was lamenting that we have MORE snow coming tomorrow. This has been one of the snowiest winters I can remember in Kansas…and I’m so ready for spring. Thanks for the reminder that snow IS fun 🙂 Jenn i always make snow cream..love it…kj Love the snow ice cream! And I’m doing my yearly study with the chronological bible also. As I was reading this week about all the preparations and building and the details of the curtains and the lamp stands and on and on….. I somehow became bored with it. Wondering why I’d need to know so many details about how something was built or what it was made with. I prayed that God would show me the importance of reading those chapters and to hold my interest. The answer I got came from another reading about the subjects I was studying and it pointed out if it wasn’t important to God he wouldn’t have shared so many minute details. If WE weren’t important to him he wouldn’t share those details. He loves and finds joy in making the tiniest details of us down to every hair on our heads and it’s just another way of showing how detailed his Love is for us. How glorious and perfect it is defined in those details. I was much happier to read those chapters and get back to my study with interest. Like you, it was one of those LIGHT BULB moments. 😉 I like the way you described it also. TFS!!!!! Love the photos. Glad you all are enjoying snow fun and grandparent fun 🙂 I am glad I came upon your blog ~ I am learning so much! =) Happy Valentine’s Day! I love your blog. I’d like to know who sang the little bird song that went to your video please. My kids love that kind of music! OK, so I’ll admit…..I got a wee bit behind on reading this week. However, I’m going to press on today and keep going! I am so thankful to have you ladies to read with. If I were doing this on my own, it would be easy to get overwhelmed and stop, but since I know you ladies are keeping it up…..well, it encourages me to jump back in and keep up with the reading…and all for His glory! I am an Alabama girl transplanted to Colorado. We always made snow cream when it snowed, which wasn’t often. My Iowa husband had no idea what I was talking about even though he grew up in lots of snow. Thanks for posting the recipe! I’ll be making it when we get our next snowfall. I know the kids will love it and I will love sharing a little piece of my childhood with them. And I’ll share it with my hubby too, but it will have to wait until next winter when he returns from a year long deployment. 🙁 Found your blog from my sweet friend, Nikki in Colorado. I love keeping up with your journey as we prepare to walk it with Nikki and her precious family! Chronological Scripture Reading – Exodus 35:1-36:38 Key verses in today’s reading… 35:1-3…is it just me–or is there something the Lord really wants us to hear? The Sabbath. Over and over and over in scripture. He asks us to keep it holy. How fitting that the Sabbath this year falls on Valentines day. If you haven’t […] i hate that I missed you last week … Doctor’s appt …. funny part about the interview is that they talked to us for 30 minutes and we just took turns answering questions … they didn’t quote me at all !!!! so NOT FAIR … hee hee LOVED the slideshow and the video! What is the song playing in the background during the slideshow? LOVE it! so cute how your snowman had leaves as hair! Family is precious! Looking forward to when Jim and I have little ones running around! I have to admit, I hate this part of the reading. All these details and how they built everything…its boring me. I feel guilty even saying that, but I want to be honest as well. I’m just glad I’m not alone in reading it! check out my recent post…you received something! One Year Chronological Bible Study Key verses in today’s reading… Exodus 32:5 Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the Lord!” While Moses left the Israelites for a short time (40 days and 40 nights) to […] You know, as soon as you posted about wanting to do this chronological read-through…I was in. I doubted my ability to follow through, but it was something I had wanted to do for a while but lacked the motivation. Knowing there would be others out there doing it too, and holding me accountable, was important for me. I expected it to be hard, and some days it was. But I find the more I read, the more I want to know Him. It really is food for your soul. It kind of made me chuckle when I read your confession of being worried people wouldn’t want to read it, because the same thing crossed my mind even this morning. I wondered, is anyone else even into this? Who cares though…even if no one else is following, its good for my soul and my relationship with God – it’s theraputic! I LOVE your posts!!! Thanking God you decided to follow Him and encourage others to go with you 🙂 We know from these verses that obedience to His calling always brings blessings! It is overwhelming how stubborn the Israelites were to not change their ways to God’s way…and how PATIENT the Lord is with them…constantly waiting for a change of heart. I was sad how Aaron gave such poor “wordly,for the moment pleasure ” advice…I wonder if any one ever thought on their own…”I don’t think we should be doing this”..to me..I have tried to use this kind of example of going with what is God’s way not man’s. Only through scripture can we know God’s way and through the gift of the Hoy Spirit ! I am not sure if we today are that different with our stubborness to change our ways to glorify God…but ,I am assured that His Patience is persistent and yes He gets mad but He is slow to anger and He wants us to be with Him and Love Him and spend time with Him..You, Andrea, are helping many of us to please our Lord. Thankyou. |
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Sooo cute!!
You are SO crafty! That was awesome! My boys are older, so I don’t think they would sport the patched look…. I wish they were younger… I had a ton of jeans I could have patched!
Great idea! I had to start buying all my son’s jeans at Sears when he was young. They have a deal where if a child wears out a pair of jeans b/f he grows out of them, they will replace the jeans with holes!
Jackie…maybe you could do the same thing with “cooler” things like…Spiderman maybe??? Maybe appliques for older ones are uncool no matter what you do!
Jennifer…Ooooo…wonder if Sears still does that!
You know what also works great, and is easier to work with than WonderUnder? Heat and Bond lite! LOVE this stuff. You can get it at Wal Mart….it comes in packs in the notions section. You can also get Heat and Bond Heavy….which you can just iron and not have to sew as well. I am addicted to this stuff 🙂
Cute project! I’ve got to admit I’m really dragging my feet on our reading today. I keep telling myself it will be worth it, I’m just not in the mood to read, haha!
SHUT UP…I love these!!! Where did you get the argyle and stripe fabric?
The fabric is all from Hobby Lobby:)
Just a quick question. Unless I missed it, I didn’t see a gift/offering from Joseph’s tribe. I looked through it again & didn’t see his name. Vs. 54 says “the children of Manasseh”. Unless I’m reading something wrong, Manasseh wasn’t one of Jacob’s/Israel’s children, the twelve tribes. Anyone have any insight, or did I miss something? Thanks!
Heather–Ephraim and Manesseh (Gen.48:5-6) where Jacob’s two sons and they stood in the place for Joseph and Reuben. Reuben lost his place for defiling Jacob’s bed (Gen.49:3-4). Here is a link with the tribe explanation:
http://www.gotquestions.org/twelve-tribes-Israel.html