Wordless Wednesday...

My Easter babies...

Gracie

My son Jeremy (left) and my grandson Talon

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For Barb...

Now You can't say I never posted myself..LOL!

This is On My Knees
Jaci Velasquez

There are days
when I feel
The best of me
is ready to begin
Then there's days
when I feel
I'm letting go
and soaring on the wind
'Cause I've learned in laughter or in pain
How to survive!

I get on my knees! (x2)
There I am before the Love
That changes me
See I don't know how
But there's power
When I'm on my knees

I can be
in a crowd
Or by myself
and almost anywhere
When I feel
there's a need
To talk with God
He is Emmanuel
When I close my eyes,
no darkness there
There's only light!

I get on my knees (x2)
There I am before the Love that changes me
See I don't know how, but there's power
In the blue skies, in the midnight
When I'm on my knees
I get on my knees (x2)
There I am before the Love
That changes me
See I don't know how, but there's power
When I'm on my, oh, when I'm on my
When I'm on my knees

Heads or Tails!

The Wonderful Skittles..aka Barb runs a weekly meme over at Heads or Tails....
This week...Barb chose...


HEADS - "Reason"

SO I posted this video of my daughter Brandy singing
"As Far as the East is from the West" by Casting Crowns...

She was the REASON I sat there and balled like a baby--on the stage right behind her--in front of the whole audience the entire time she sang.....
Oh...and did I mention, that I had to sing right after that?? LOL!

Here I am Lord and I'm drowning
In your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight

I know you've cast my sins as far
As the East is from the West
And I stand before you now
As though I've never sinned but today
I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scar[r]ed hand to the other

I start the day the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
Time and time again
Your [T]ruth is drowned out by the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scar[r]ed hand to the other

I know you've washed me white
Turned my darkness into light
I need your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can't live by what I feel
But by the truth your word reveals
I'm not holding on to you
But your holding on to me
Your holding on to me

Jesus, you know just how far
The East is from the West
I don't have to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
(The arms of your mercy I find rest)
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scar[r]ed hand to the other(x2)

(Just how far, the East is from the West) (x3)

From one scarred hand to the other

Casting Crowns

Matters of Faith??

I don't often discuss matters of my faith on my blog, but today, I found something a little profound...although I don't suppose it should be....

Hebrews 11 records victories of faith for many people, but it also speaks of those who died "not having received the promises they asked for..." Here is what I found profound....

Despite not receiving the things they asked for..they still died in faith...just as they lived in faith....

I find that pretty amazing...especially when I consider how weak my faith can be at times just because God doesn't answer my prayers the way I want them answered, when I want them answered....
These servants of God were obedient and lived in faith regardless of a promised result.

We were commanded to live by faith whether or not we see the promise...Those servants were fully persuaded that when given a promise by God, it was true. Many of them received many victories as well through faith but not everything that was promised was received during their lifetimes....however it did not change their behavior or trust in God.

Therefor I submit that our walk in faith should NOT depend on how many times in the past God has answered our prayers, but instead on the promise He has given us. If He promised it, then live as if He will answer it....Faith is just as much a walk of obedience..NOT A DESIRED RESULT...for getting what we want...

A good thing for me to think about today.....

Hope everyone had a great Easter...there are videos and pics of my wonderful kids and grand kids below....

and tomorrow a treat! My daughter Brandy singing at church Easter Sunday.....And she ROCKED!

Easter Eggs....

Talon and Jeremy

Brandy

As promised here are our Easter eggs...LOL...
I wish I could say I managed to get our two year olds to do them,
but Kendal and I had fun with our 16 year old and 18 year old...
The little ones colored on them for a few minutes,
but couldn't wait to see the results and went to play..
while we older ones played like kids...


Talon



Bree and Gracie


Jeremy

Happy Easter!

Holy Smokes....Easter egg hunt with two toddler boys???

Talon and Jeremy

Hilarious and SOOO much fun....
I don't know if my grandson had ever done an Easter egg hunt before, but he was a little trooper...He got the most eggs, and ran around saying "My eggs, My eggs...." and "oh look one more egg..." over and over again...It was so funny. Both of the boys completly ignored the chocolate bunnies we had hidden in the wide open...even after looking straight at them....

We finally pointed out the bunny to Jeremy who to our complete amusement walked over, and Kicked it pointedly several times till it was under the shed....Jeremy also was doing pretty good at finding the small eggs, but we also had some big eggs out there...and imagine our amusement when he found a big egg, picked it up, looked at it...shrugged and threw it away.....LOL!


Talon
We had a great time. I will post some videos later of some of their antics, and also of our attempts to color eggs with them...(which was not so successful...LOL!

Talon and Jeremy

Jeremy

Talon

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It's warming up...

Finally, the weather is starting to warm up a little bit.
The last couple of days, it has hit around 6 or 7
and so I brought the boy out to play for a while..
It was pretty mushy out,
and he was wet within two seconds flat,
but he is tough, and he had fun
for the 45 minutes we stayed outside.
I am just glad that it is warming up outside
so that he can burn off some of that
pent up energy....

This is educational isn't it?- Wordless Wednesday

Just to prove the maturity level of those who live in our house....

these are magnetic letters from one of my sons educational books....

Somehow they got onto our front door...

and this is what happens to them daily...

Somehow they create different phrases that no one admits to.....

hmmmm....

at least we are teaching our son how to spell...

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