Happy Two Week Birthday, Precious One!

It is with GREAT joy that I excitedly introduce my precious, beautiful, and wonderful new niece.



Today is her two week birthday. I cannot believe she’s been here TWO WEEKS already…but then I ALSO can’t imagine life without her!!!

It amazes me how very, very, very much I love her! She is perfect and adorable and such an amazing blessing from God!

"Every good and perfect gift is from above"
--James 1:17

Thank You, Father!!! I love her SO MUCH...and to think You love us INFINITELY MORE than that! Just amazing what a tiny little thing can teach you. I am forever and wonderfully changed. :0)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mom, Grannie, Grandma, and to ALL the moms out there! You are truly a work of God, an angel put here on earth to do His will. :0)

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."
--Abraham Lincoln

I love you, Mom!!!

He is Risen!!!

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

...Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
-Matthew 28

He is risen! Hallelujah!!!

Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your sacrifice of love and for Your promise of eternal life. Praise You, my Savior, Redeemer, and King! I am Yours!

Good Friday

He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His wounds we are healed.
-Isaiah 53:5

Praise You, Lord Jesus, and thank You for Your sacrifice and Your overwhelming love.

Happy March! Happy Spring! Happy, Happy Everything!!! :0)

Let us acknowledge the LORD;
let us press on to acknowledge Him.
As surely as the sun rises, He will appear;
He will come to us like the winter rains,
like the SPRING rains that water the earth.
-Hosea 6:3

Be glad, O people of Zion,
rejoice in the LORD your God,
for He has given you
the autumn rains in righteousness.
He sends you abundant showers,
both autumn and SPRING rains, as before.
-Joel 2:23

Rain down on us, oh Lord, with Your strength, guidance, forgiveness, and love. During this springtime of rebirth and new growth, show us Your way, draw us closer and closer to You, and help us to flower in faith and bloom in Your blessings. In Jesus' precious and mighty-to-save name I pray. Amen!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a GREAT Valentine's Day yesterday! I am so blessed to have my sweet hubby and wonderful family who love me. Thank You Lord! But I am even more blessed by the love of my Father God who made me and loves me and calls me His child and sent His very own Son to save me and give me the gift of eternal life with Him. PRAISE YOU LORD!

So, on this day of roses, teddy bears, chocolates, and sweets, let us ALWAYS remember the sweetest gift of all...God's undeserving, everlasting, immeasurable, wonderful, powerful, and redeeming love!

For God so loVed the world,
that He gAve
His onLy
BegottEn
SoN
That whosoever
Believes In Him
Shall Not perish,
But have Eternal life.

John 3:16

(I can't figure out how to make the spacing publish, so read the bolded letters.)

Happy Valentine's Day! :0)

Happy 2010!

Happy New Year! 2009 was definitely a year of great blessing and happiness and also a year of great tragedy, sadness, and fear. Only by Your hand, Heavenly Father, could we have made it through. Please, Lord, help us all to treasure the blessings You gave in the last decade and use all our experiences to feel Your almightly Presence and draw closer and closer to You. Please bless us all in 2010; bless us with safety, health, strength, healing, happiness, laughter, love, joy, and abundant blessings and (especially for an extreme worrier like me) please take away our worry and fear. I know You can do "immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine" (Ephesians 3:20), dear Father; please bless us all in 2010 and in the next decade, dear Lord, with abundant blessings in You. Draw us closer and closer to You, dear Heavenly Father. Thank You, Lord, that You are always present, that You always give us strength, and that You are our Father God and we can always come to You. Bless us in 2010, please Father. Bless us and may it be a year where each of us gives more glory to You than ever before!!! Praise You, Lord! In Jesus' holy, awesome, and glorious name I pray. Amen.

"YOU CROWN THE YEAR WITH YOUR BOUNTY,
and your carts overflow with abundance."
Psalm 65:11