What a great day! Our last day of The Patriarchs at Bible Study and the end of Tax season for my husband . Tomorrow is a new beginning!
I have loved leading this Bible study and look forward to many more. We will be starting Stepping Up on May 13th ! I went to Lifeway today and bought it.
Only 1 full day left until Washington D.C. !
I get to go visit my daughter Rachel for 6 days. Im not too excited about flying by myself but it is a nonstop so I hope there are not any problems.
My Hebrew classes are going well. I now know the first 4 letters of the Aleph-bet. Bo, my son in law, checked out the website for me and approves so I will recomend it now. Its www.hebrew4christians.com check it out if you are interested in learning something new. You can go at your own pace, which for me is slow!
Well, time to finish packing! I want to have the house clean and everything packed and ready to go tonight so I can spend all day tomorrow with my sweetie !
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Sat. April 12th
One by one He took them from me
All the things I valued most
'til I was empty handed,
Every glittering toy was lost.
And I walked earth's highways, grieving,
in my rags and poverty.
Until I heard His voice inviting,
"Lift those empty hands to me!"
Then I turned my hands toward heaven,
and He filled them with a store
of His own transcendant riches,
'til they could contain no more.
And at last I comprehended
with my stupid mind, and dull,
That God cannot pour His riches
Into hands already full.
- Author unknown
All the things I valued most
'til I was empty handed,
Every glittering toy was lost.
And I walked earth's highways, grieving,
in my rags and poverty.
Until I heard His voice inviting,
"Lift those empty hands to me!"
Then I turned my hands toward heaven,
and He filled them with a store
of His own transcendant riches,
'til they could contain no more.
And at last I comprehended
with my stupid mind, and dull,
That God cannot pour His riches
Into hands already full.
- Author unknown
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Tuesday, Bible Study Day
I am going to attempt to put on blog all these thoughts that are going through my head at this moment. What a week of highs lows and in betweens. I dont even know where to begin. My sister wrote on my facebook " Your so sickeningly Happy!"
My response was " I cant help myself"
I was looking over the lessons from this past week that the ladies in my study had done and I didnt get past day 1 when all these memories came back. This is and was the only time I have disagreed with our teacher, Beth Moore. She was talking about Joseph and why he named his son Manasseh. She said it was silly for him to do that because " in naming his son "making forget" Joseph ironically reminded himself of what he was trying to forget."
NO! I dont think so.
You see I have a Manasseh too. Not my son but my horse.
I didnt name him Manasseh because I arrogantly thought I had forgotten my past, but I named him " The Lord has made me forget all my troubles" to remind myself of how much God loves me and how He dragged me out of my pit kicking and screaming!
My x-Ray, used to belittle me. I was "stupid", I was "nothing" I wasnt "good enough" He verbally and physically abused me. For years I fought those words. I new I was better than he thought , but eventually, toward the end, I started to believe it. That was when God dragged me out as I said "kicking and screaming".
As soon as I was out of the pit however, God began to open my eyes to HIS freedom! I had not felt like that in years.!! Do you know, I wasnt even able to read my Bible when he was around. If he saw me with it he would chastise me with words like.."who do you think you are?" "Do you think you are more spiritual than the rest of us?'" " You cant know God!"
OH THE JOY OF BEING OUT OF THE PIT!!!!!!
About 2 years after our divorce, a friend called my now husband, Steve ( what a blessing he is!!!)
and told him they had a horse she thought we would want. She said she would sell him to us for the cost of her vet bills. So we reluctantly went to see him.
That poor thing!
The minute I saw him we connected! He was a year old but we stood eye to eye. ( im only 4ft 10" )
He had no hair on his back, his skin was scaley and crustly. His stomach bulged from malnutrition. He had been abused and neglected.
My friend told us he was an Arabian with champian blood lines, but his owner had been so caught up in himself that he had forgotten his horse. That little thing lived in the open with no shelter, no grass, little to no water and no food. But when they came to rescue him, they had to drag him out of there. He was just too weak to leave on his own.
They told me he wouldnt be a very large horse, he might always have problems, he wouldnt amount to much. They said dont expect him to be pretty, or useful. But he will make a good pet. I looked into those deep brown eyes and thought NO! They dont know how big my God is !
I took Manasseh home. When he saw all that green grass, fresh water and a barn, he wanted to run and kick up his heals. It took him months to get healthy enough, but eventually he did!
My friends saw him about a year later and had to ask if it was the same horse. He's gorgeous! He is chessnut colored with a white blaze down his face. Have you ever seen an Arabian run? They hold their head high and tail up! Beautiful!
The old owner saw him one day and offered lots of money to buy him back. NEVER!! He will never have to go back to that pit! And neither do I.!
I am free to run
I am free to dance
I am free to live for You
I AM FREE ! -newsboys
Sickenling happy? Yes PRAISE GOD ! YES
My response was " I cant help myself"
I was looking over the lessons from this past week that the ladies in my study had done and I didnt get past day 1 when all these memories came back. This is and was the only time I have disagreed with our teacher, Beth Moore. She was talking about Joseph and why he named his son Manasseh. She said it was silly for him to do that because " in naming his son "making forget" Joseph ironically reminded himself of what he was trying to forget."
NO! I dont think so.
You see I have a Manasseh too. Not my son but my horse.
I didnt name him Manasseh because I arrogantly thought I had forgotten my past, but I named him " The Lord has made me forget all my troubles" to remind myself of how much God loves me and how He dragged me out of my pit kicking and screaming!
My x-Ray, used to belittle me. I was "stupid", I was "nothing" I wasnt "good enough" He verbally and physically abused me. For years I fought those words. I new I was better than he thought , but eventually, toward the end, I started to believe it. That was when God dragged me out as I said "kicking and screaming".
As soon as I was out of the pit however, God began to open my eyes to HIS freedom! I had not felt like that in years.!! Do you know, I wasnt even able to read my Bible when he was around. If he saw me with it he would chastise me with words like.."who do you think you are?" "Do you think you are more spiritual than the rest of us?'" " You cant know God!"
OH THE JOY OF BEING OUT OF THE PIT!!!!!!
About 2 years after our divorce, a friend called my now husband, Steve ( what a blessing he is!!!)
and told him they had a horse she thought we would want. She said she would sell him to us for the cost of her vet bills. So we reluctantly went to see him.
That poor thing!
The minute I saw him we connected! He was a year old but we stood eye to eye. ( im only 4ft 10" )
He had no hair on his back, his skin was scaley and crustly. His stomach bulged from malnutrition. He had been abused and neglected.
My friend told us he was an Arabian with champian blood lines, but his owner had been so caught up in himself that he had forgotten his horse. That little thing lived in the open with no shelter, no grass, little to no water and no food. But when they came to rescue him, they had to drag him out of there. He was just too weak to leave on his own.
They told me he wouldnt be a very large horse, he might always have problems, he wouldnt amount to much. They said dont expect him to be pretty, or useful. But he will make a good pet. I looked into those deep brown eyes and thought NO! They dont know how big my God is !
I took Manasseh home. When he saw all that green grass, fresh water and a barn, he wanted to run and kick up his heals. It took him months to get healthy enough, but eventually he did!
My friends saw him about a year later and had to ask if it was the same horse. He's gorgeous! He is chessnut colored with a white blaze down his face. Have you ever seen an Arabian run? They hold their head high and tail up! Beautiful!
The old owner saw him one day and offered lots of money to buy him back. NEVER!! He will never have to go back to that pit! And neither do I.!
I am free to run
I am free to dance
I am free to live for You
I AM FREE ! -newsboys
Sickenling happy? Yes PRAISE GOD ! YES
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Sat. April 6th
I had fun today! I helped out at the Alyssa's dance studio all day. ( my daughters studio)
It was picture day and there were so many cute little girls in their costumes, It was precious!! This was Alyssa's first picture day as owner and it went better then I have ever seen it! All the parents were so pleased!
It was great! On my way home I stopped at Walmart to buy hair color. Its time to fix the roots. I went down the clearance aisle and guess what! There was my color on sale for $1.00 Amazing! Then I went over to the shampoo aisle which also has the other color's and a lady from my church was there so we got into a conversation about the different color brands and do we highlight ...etc...then another lady from our church came around the corner, also to get her hair color. We had a good laugh over it, we were all trying to get our roots before church in the morning. Then I went to check out and the lady at the register couldnt believe that my color was only $1.00 so she had to tell me about her color. Which was gorgeous! She had just had it done for the first time ever and she had to be in her late 40's. She had highlighted before but never an all over color. I told her it was beautiful!! The expression on her face was priceless! She just lit up!
Isnt good to be a women?
It was picture day and there were so many cute little girls in their costumes, It was precious!! This was Alyssa's first picture day as owner and it went better then I have ever seen it! All the parents were so pleased!
It was great! On my way home I stopped at Walmart to buy hair color. Its time to fix the roots. I went down the clearance aisle and guess what! There was my color on sale for $1.00 Amazing! Then I went over to the shampoo aisle which also has the other color's and a lady from my church was there so we got into a conversation about the different color brands and do we highlight ...etc...then another lady from our church came around the corner, also to get her hair color. We had a good laugh over it, we were all trying to get our roots before church in the morning. Then I went to check out and the lady at the register couldnt believe that my color was only $1.00 so she had to tell me about her color. Which was gorgeous! She had just had it done for the first time ever and she had to be in her late 40's. She had highlighted before but never an all over color. I told her it was beautiful!! The expression on her face was priceless! She just lit up!
Isnt good to be a women?
Friday, April 4, 2008
April 4th 2008
Ok! Here I go, my first blog.
I chose this name not because I always do, but because I should and want to remind myself often.
The name came from a book I read many, many,many.....years ago called "Hinds Feet on High Places."
If you havent read that you should! That book along with Chuck Swindolls "Improving Your Serve" are 2 of my OLD favorites! I have many fav's but these are 2 I still go back to now and then.
Well if anybody reads this besides me I would love to hear from you.
Storms are rolling in to the area and I have to close down my computer soon so thats it for now.
Cheryl
I chose this name not because I always do, but because I should and want to remind myself often.
The name came from a book I read many, many,many.....years ago called "Hinds Feet on High Places."
If you havent read that you should! That book along with Chuck Swindolls "Improving Your Serve" are 2 of my OLD favorites! I have many fav's but these are 2 I still go back to now and then.
Well if anybody reads this besides me I would love to hear from you.
Storms are rolling in to the area and I have to close down my computer soon so thats it for now.
Cheryl
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