precious Grands and the kids who produce them....
a tender Papa
a man who will take me chasing rainbows. yup Sunday riding he simply kept trying to find the end (or beginning) of a rainbow and it was glorious.


Ps. 92:1 What a beautiful thing God , to give THANKS.

Isaiah is a good read kiddos......if and when you need reminding who's in charge it's a good read. He's ahead of you and He's got your backs...the God of the universe i'm talkin about...wow huh?

and then in 1 Peter 4 this morning along w/reading Isaiah.....1 Peter 4:7 Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless—cheerfully. Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if words, let it be God's words; if help, let it be God's hearty help. That way, God's bright presence will be evident in everything through Jesus, and he'll get all the credit as the One mighty in everything—encores to the end of time. Oh, yes!

He's in charge and asking us to pray........praying for each of you this morning and loving watching Him grow your gifts. love you all gigi

What i am learning guys is it's HIM all Him.......and today I need to remember that.
I pray you all know this in your little hearts, I know He put it there.
He wants YOU in a relationship with Him and He will wait for you to know this.

Now my prayer also is that you watch the people around you, not to judge them but watch them....watch your Mommy and Daddy seek Him, that you all get thirsty from watching them and that you find the only place for THAT thirst to be quenched is in your very own relationships with HIM.....

that's all i got this morning, that and JOY in loving you, so grateful that each of you was chosen to be His and blessing of blessing in our family.

tired of the round pen

a couple of years ago we went to see a Horse Whisperer....
find myself thinking on the experience.....

this guy in a big round pen with a horse, a big unbroken horse
the horse has a rope loosely around his neck and he's running..round and round and round
the guy just loosely holds the rope and lets him run.....

after a time he holds out a halter and waits...waits for the horse to head down, step into the halter if he won't, he simply allows him to run more........and the horse does, for hours it seems with nothing from the man in the middle but patience.....the man waits softly talking to the horse....

finally the horse approaches the halter and the man tells us in the audience that now the horse will know what he was made for....

my yoke is easy and the burden is light.....

i will today see it and choose to step into it......Papa help me
i know you are thirsty, the water is free, but i should warn you it costs everything....

my eye is black
jaw sore
knee swollen
pride bruised and oh how i wish it was shattered

took a mean spill this weekend on a scooter, yup, you heard me right a scooter. NOT a motorcycle or dirt bike a scooter, a motorscooter, but still........

the fall didn't even hurt that bad, my Abba does protect me. what hurt was the shame and embarassement of the spill...crash. to be seen, revealed as inept again....that's what goes through my head and the word STUPID was the first word, the only word on repeat in my head. no tears at the crash....but sobbed for 90 minutes on the back of the bike and just when i would think OK......it would come again......

i want to believe i have something to offer....i want to believe i don't need YOU for absolutely everything.....

entering the falls today...praying to be drenched...stepping into the yoke You offer...praying to in everything EVERYTHING today, see it as a choice and YOU there waiting to help me choose.

in Isaiah 17 this morning ^7-8Yes, the Day is coming when people will notice The One Who Made Them, take a long hard look at The Holy of Israel. They'll lose interest in all the stuff they've made—altars and monuments and rituals, their homemade, handmade religion—however impressive it is.

DISTRACTIONS....keep us from noticing and i can't help but think again about our recent trip to the K to watch the Royals. This big, HUGE stadium, at the bottom this game, the one we paid to watch...such a small part of the experience. How distracted I was from the game by the jumbo screen, the rolling screens under the first deck, the carousel and games and food and drink and....what we came to see becomes a 2nd thing......

in the noise and chaos of distractions we lose our focus on You......and here it's promised we will remember........

Papa and I just talked this morning......in the midst of reading we simply drifted into a conversation and it was good. Really anytime w/Papa and here I mean, your earthly Papa is good. We talked about our parents and our parenting and wondered what kind of a legacy we are leaving?

It started with this verse in Hebrews 10, vs. 12 Sow righteousness, reap love.

We talked and remembered our childhoods and those of your folks, our kids and then we reminded each other to pray today ... you guys are growing up fast. We are here to encourage you in your faith, to live ours out loud and messy not for you to have to live up to or be scared of, to in our living in His love love you better and then who knows, maybe the legacy we leave is nothing but love and you will seek His face always not because of us or your folks but because He chose you.....

what is righteousness anyway?? You guys know that you can find anything out on the internet so I started looking and this one seemed closest to what I was thinking....

According to Frederick K.C. Price..."When you accept Christ as God's remedy for sine - when you accept Christ as your personal living Savior and Lord, and God declares you righteous.

The simplist definition of righteousness is, right standing with God.

As used in the New Testament:"Righteous" (Greek dikaios) means, "observing divine laws, keeping the commands of God; a way of thinking, feeling and acting that is comformed to the will of God." The simplist definition of righteousness is, right standing with God.

...pursue that? pursue Christ.....He has saved me, never leaves me, dwells in me...pursue Him?

then Papa leaves and I read the rest.....It's time to till the ready earth, it's time to dig in with God, Until he arrives with righteousness ripe for harvest.

then I read the Psalm for today 73......vs 1-3 .... No doubt about it! God is good— good to good people, good to the good-hearted.
But I nearly missed it, missed seeing his goodness. I was looking the other way, looking up to the people

looking and comparing myself to people....judging.....I almost missed this....He of course had other plans and I am grateful and awed and praying you all look to Him and only Him....that's a legacy i want to leave and pray to encourage you in that direction always. He loves you so much kiddo's and seeking Him and reading the Bible for yourselves will grow your fascination w/Him and your love, because you will see how very much He loves you....and well this refrain keeps running through my head

Be strong in the Lord
Never give up Hope
He's gonna do GREAT THINGS....

so, tell me what you think?