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I have been
inspired to
begin
writing a
daily blog.
Every
morning, my
goal is to
wake by
5:15, read
my Bible,
read the
news, and
now my plan
is, to write
a blog.
These blogs
will not be
as long as
the previous
ones were,
but
hopefully
just as
useful! I
will share
thoughts
about the
news of the
day, and
also about
my family
and what the
LORD has
been
teaching me.
This morning
I read about
a
mudslide in
California
that
destroyed 15
homes and
potentially
21 lives (21
people are
unaccounted
for). It
makes me
think of the
environmentalists
who attempt
to stop any
trees from
being
chopped
down. While
some of
their points
are right on
(for
example, if
you take too
many trees
away from a
hill and add
enough
water, it
will likely
loose ground
and slide),
many of them
are far too
extreme in
thinking
that nature
and animals
are
equivalent
or greater
than the
lives of
human
beings. In
the very
first
chapter of
Genesis God
said that
man was to
rule over
the animals:
"And
God said,
Let us make
man in our
image, after
our
likeness:
and let them
have
dominion
over the
fish of the
sea, and
over the
fowl of the
air, and
over the
cattle, and
over all the
earth, and
over every
creeping
thing that
creepeth
upon the
earth."
--Genesis
1:26
But back to
the
mudslide...21
people are
missing and
many more
have lives
that are
affected
because of
this
disaster, so
we ought to
be
remembering
them in
prayer
today. We
also should
be praying
for the
families who
were
affected by
the
Tsunami in
Indonesia.
In Oregon
today, there
is news of
more
children
being abused
than ever
reported
and a new
bill put
forth by Ted
Kulongoski
for
gay rights.
We can also
be praying
for our
state, as we
seem to be
creating for
our selves
our own
Soddom and
Gomorrah.
Thankfully
there are
righteous
people here
(I know of
many), and
thankfully
the LORD
said of
Sodom and
Gomorrah: "I
will not
destroy it
for ten's
sake."
-Genesis
18:32
My 2 year
old Kaleb
has been
taking bites
out of his
brother's
crib lately,
off of
books, and
yesterday
off of the
corner of
our coffee
table. I
spoke to an
advice nurse
yesterday
and it seems
that he may
have an iron
deficiency
because he
has been
drinking too
much milk.
We have to
cut down his
intake to 1
glass per
meal and
only water
in-between.
Pray for us
as we have
already
begun facing
battles over
this and he
will likely
begin to
show his
strong will
over the
next few
days, but we
need to
remain
steadfast
and do what
is best for
our son!
God has been
teaching me
contentment.
Not that I
am unhappy,
I have just
always been
future-minded
and somewhat
of a
dreamer,
instead of
focusing on
where God
has placed
me and what
He has
called me to
do at the
moment. I
have been
struck with
the thought
that my life
isn't really
about me, it
is about
serving
Him. And
planning out
where I will
be or what I
will be
doing in the
future is
really
meaningless
because the
LORD has
planned my
steps and
all I need
to do is
follow. And
if I've
created my
own ideas of
what the
future
should look
like, will I
be as
willing to
follow His
plan if it
is different
from my own?
"In his
heart a
man
plans
his
course,
but the
LORD
determines
his
steps."
-Proverbs
16:1
After
thought:
I got
all
ready to
go to my
Wednesday
Women's
Bible
Study
today,
ironed
my
clothes,
started
getting
the kids
up, and
noticed
that one
of our
three
boys
smelled
poopy.
I
figured
out that
it was
Noah, so
I picked
him up,
held him
on my
hip,
walked
around
grabbing
clothes,
diapers,
etc.,
and then
layed
him down
on the
floor.
His
jammies
were all
wet. I
unzipped
them and
realized
he
wasn't
wet with
urine,
but
feces!
Yikes!
He had a
blowout.
I
thought
about
the fact
that I
probably
shouldn't
have him
in the
nursery,
just in
case
he's
sick--then
I felt
my
clothes,
and my
side was
all wet
too....my
freshly
ironed
clothes!
And as I
was
processing
all of
these
thoughts,
I
realized
that
today is
TUESDAY
and
Women's
Bible
Study is
tomorrow!!
I say it
again,
"In his
heart a
man
plans
his
course,
but the
LORD
determines
his
steps."
-Proverbs
16:1
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