MKs... ready!

Do these cuties look ready for the mission field or what? They all got out their MK shirts from missions training two summers ago... yes, two summers ago, and wore them again with pride and anticipation! (Lijah's used to be a onesie, but I cut the bottom off for him! Heh!) Get ready, Armenia! We're packing up... getting closer! See you in January!!

Beth Moore in Mpls

Hey!

Just a quick shout out to my girls and our girl get-away weekend in Mpls with Beth Moore! Whoo!! We had fun walking through skywalks, and eating Greek food, and shopping. And had a great time at the conference worshiping and learning. (We missed you, Anne!)

Beth Moore talked about Hebrews 12... being between a rock and a hard place. Endure hardship. Strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. He disciples those He loves and delights in... us! God has a purpose - healing on the other side.

Hebrews 12:11 -Discipline later on produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.

She pointed out John the Baptist in prison... we see things in temporal terms. Instead of being freed here on earth, he was freed to heaven...

Hebrews 10:35-39 Do not throw away your confidence - Persevere!

Satan is after our faith... he wants us to shrink back from God

In some tests... Faith is the victory! Without faith it is impossible to please Me... Chose to believe.

Live what we believe...

Aggravating people are in our lives to work out the ick in us... Irritating us to holiness.

God does not steal our love for other people He supplies the love... Become a Blessing, not a bore.

Entrust ourselves completely, wholly to God.

Deut 32:4
He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.

ants

"Mom! I'm doing what the Bible says to do! I'm looking at the ants!" That's what my little Ruthie said to me the other day while we were playing outside. We're going through Proverbs together this summer and we'd just read Proverbs 6:6.

6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
7 Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
8 they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.

So after we talked about looking to the ant to learn a lesson about working hard... Ruth did just what she was told - and looked at the ants!

(This is Antonio ant from Max Lucado's Hermie and Wormie... good movies...)

feet

Mama has stinky feet... that's what the photographer says to try to get the kids to smile for the picture. Usually it works. Heh!

But lately I've been coming across verses that have the word "feet" in them. Let me share a few with you:

Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Ephesians 6:15
(Armor of God)...and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

Proverbs 4:26&27
Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.

Habakkuk 3:19
The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.

Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

A lot of people fell at Jesus feet, Jesus washed the disciples feet, the woman with the oil poured it on Jesus feet, the enemy is under Jesus feet...

Oh Lord, make my feet beautiful, bringing good news, proclaiming peace, bringing good tidings, proclaiming salvation. Let my feet be ready and take paths that are level and firm and paths that are straight in You. Strengthen my feet and enable me to go above and beyond. Let me soak in your Word that it would always be a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Help me be quick to wash others feet and to be a servant and to always be dedicated to spending time at Your feet. Thank you, God, that the enemy is under your feet and therefore, under mine!