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Thursday, June 30, 2011

song – BLESSINGS by Laura Story

 

 

Lyrics:
We pray for blessings, we pray for peace.
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep.
We pray for healing, prosperity.
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering.
All the while, You hear each spoken need.
Your love is too way too much to give us lesser things.


Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops?
What if your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
What if trials of this life, are Your mercies in disguise?

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear.
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near.
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love.
As if every promise from Your word is not enough.
All, the while, You hear each desperate plea.
And long that we'd have faith to believe.


Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
What if trials of this life, are Your mercies in disguise?


When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win;
We know that pain reminds this heart, that this is not, this is not our home.
It's not our home.

Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops?
What if your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?


What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life;
Is a revealing of a greater thirst that a world can't satisfy?
And what if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights;
Are Your mercies in disguise?

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

"Sure you'll cut yourself and get burned, but that's how you learn what's sharp and hot." - Hank Hill

Monday, June 27, 2011

a great lesson

 

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn’t go further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shrivelled wings.
The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.
Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.

QUOTE

 

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Zero-Tuition-College/164296403597320

Thursday, June 23, 2011

from facebook

 

 

A genuine hug entails an intentional, lingering, and deliberate touch that sews their heart with yours. Linger a while longer, embrace with intention, and let your hearts mingle before you let go. ~ Time-Warp Wife

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

love this quote

 

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”~ Seth Godin

Thursday, June 16, 2011

QUOTE

 

Marc and Angel Hack Life - Practical Tips for Productive Living

Never struggle to chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having. - via http://www.marcandangel.com/ on FACEBOOK

HOPE of the broken world…

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Lift someone up today. Encouragement goes a long way!

 


“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”
~Dale Carnegie

GREAT SONG

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il7ReVPGaCI&feature=related


I'll love you forever and a day
That's what the love songs like to say
In love it seems, life is but a dream
When we started out it felt that way.


But it didn't take us very long
To find out the world is not a song
Life gets blue and love does too
You learn to forgive and just go on.

Maybe that's all it takes
Just letting go of the old mistakes
And holding on tight to the love we made
Maybe that's all it takes.

We've done our share of slamming doors
And wondering what were together for
Yes, we've been through a tear or two
For every tear I love you more.

And maybe that's all it takes
Just letting go of the old mistakes
Holding on tight to the love we made
Maybe that's all it takes.


Maybe that's all it takes
Just letting go of the old mistakes
Holding on tight to the love we made
Maybe that's all it takes...

Saturday, June 11, 2011

quote

 

“Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station, thru which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” ~ George Washington Carver

Friday, June 10, 2011

just in case it happens again this year…

 

Skunk Smell Remover

1 quart hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 tsp. dish detergent

Sponge on and let dry. Safe for use on cats and dogs.

http://www.livingonadime.com/skunk-smell-remover/

life lesson

 

 

Never allow your self to be an option in someone's life when you allow them to be a priority in yours. Remember you are worth more than that.

love

 

Love sees with the heart, thinks with the soul, and gets stronger as it is given away.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

quote

 

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way.

Say nothing, and listen as heaven whispers,

"Do you like it? I did it just for you."

- Max Lucado

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

quote

 

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. Doug Larson

Thursday, June 2, 2011

THINGS I AM READING THIS WEEK…

 

1.  THE BITTER HOMESCHOOLERS WISH LIST - http://backyardfarming.blogspot.com/2010/09/bitter-homeschoolers-wish-list.html

 

2.  SIMPLE CHURCH IS ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE -  http://bobbyauner.blogspot.com/2011/05/simple-church-is-anything-but-simple.html?spref=bl

 

3.  CRAVING FOR COMMUNITY -- http://bobbyauner.blogspot.com/2011/05/craving-for-community.html?spref=tw

 

4.  ANONYMOUS FELLOWSHIP -  http://thesidos.blogspot.com/2011/05/anonymous-fellowship.html

 

5.  11 GREAT REASONS TO SKIP COLLEGE AND BUILD YOUR OWN ALTERNATIVE -  http://www.ztcollege.com/blog/11-great-reasons-to-skip-college-and-build-your-own-alternative/

 

6.  HOME SCHOOL GRADUATION SPEECH -- http://www.doorposts.com/blog/2011/05/26/homeschool-graduation-and-our-confidence/

 

7.  TO TELL A STORY: A GREAT RELATIONSHIP HOME SCHOOL PROJECT - http://www.thatmom.com/2011/05/26/to-tell-a-story-a-great-relationship-homeschooling-project/

 

8.  WHAT IF WE JUST STARTED LOVING PEOPLE?  http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/what-if-we-just-started-loving-people/

 

9.  May is Mediterranean Diet Month -- http://www.welljourn.org/2011/05/mediterranean-diet-health/

 

10.  WITHOUT CHURCH PROGRAMS, WE CAN STILL SERVE TOGETHER -- http://www.alanknox.net/2011/05/without-church-programs-we-can-still-serve-together/

 

11.  LEARNING HOW TO DOODLE WITH MY DOODLE TRICKS - http://www.doodle-art-alley.com/how-to-doodle.html

 

12.  ORGANIZE YOUR WEB SURFING WITH EVERNOTE - http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/organize-your-web-surfing-with-evernote/

 

13.  The Awful Fate of Being Nobody; How To Avoid It

A Commencement Address for Homeschoolers --  http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/homeschool/columnists/gatto/v7i6_fate_nobody.shtml

 

14.  DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK FOR FREE WITH GIMP  - http://heartofwisdom.com/scrapbook/digital-scrapbook-free-with-gimp

 

15.  NARRATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL - http://harmonyartmom.blogspot.com/2010/03/narration-in-our-high-school-plans.html

 

16.  PLAY MATH BLASTER FOR FREE -  http://www.mathblaster.com/

 

17.  TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS OF GOD’S WRATH -- http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/two-different-views-of-gods-wrath/

 

18.  HOMESCHOOLER KIDS BLOG CARNIVAL - http://blog.homeschooling-ideas.com/homeschooled-kids-blog-carnival-22/

 

19.  LIVING AS THE REAL YOU - http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2011/05/living-as-the-real-you/

Andrea
May 25th, 2011 at 6:16 pm

  • I was recently asked to give my testimony and I panicked because I didn’t think I had one — at least, not a good one. But then I went to jury duty, and during the voir dire the lawyers explained about the witnesses and that all they are supposed to do is tell what they have seen and/or heard. In John 3 (I think vs. 11) it says “we testify to what we have seen”, and then later in I John 5 it says “this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his son”. So I got to thinking that perhaps we have the wrong idea about our testimonies.

    For many years I have thought (and sometimes have been told) that my testimony was supposed to be about how bad I was and how good God was to save me from myself. But I’m starting to realize our testimony should be about what we have seen God do, which has everything to do with him and nothing to do with us. And in the process, we may begin to develop a healthier identity in Christ.

    That’s my two cents anyway.”

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    20.  COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE FELLOWSHIP IS?  -- http://www.deliverdetroit.com/2011/05/could-someone-please-tell-me-where.html?spref=bl

     

    21.  FOOD PYRAMID -- http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/Pyramid.html 

     

    22.  ONE NEEDFUL THING (While we are teaching our children to study, research, and write, we need to remember that they are establishing and perfecting tools that they will one day use to God’s glory, depending on their unique, individual talents….)-- http://heartofwisdom.com/homeschoollinks/bible-first/

     

    23. 

    from a FB status

     

    Marc and Angel Hack Life - Practical Tips for Productive Living

    When they laugh at you for being different, laugh back at them for being the same. - via http://www.marcandangel.com/