Friends are a gift...

from God and I am so grateful God has blessed our family with some wonderful friends. Here's a few photos of our time together this weekend. Our kids don't see each other very often but it only takes a few minutes for them to warm up and remember just how much they love each other.

God does exist....here's proof!

God is good...

and knows how to bless His children. I am grateful today that He sent a precious saint into my life at just the right time. I was in desperate need of guidance and fresh counsel when He escorted her to me...and it all happened within hours of my cry for help! I am overwhelmed at His love and grace toward me! I am grateful for her willingness to listen and obey His voice. Have you been prompted by the Spirit and neglected to respond in faith and obedience? Don't dismiss His prompting, you may just be the very person God uses to bless someone else! Listen and obey!

Nai Nai's Girls

So, I was browsing through my web album and came across these great pics. I guess in the busyness of life I forgot to share them. Two beautiful girls with their Fabulous Nai Nai. Enjoy Nai Nai!

Girls finally home

SC was ready to don her ballerina outfit and dance with Tippy!

New Adventure...

So, I'm gonna try to take more pictures for my Mom so that she won't be so sad when I talk to her on the phone. I have friends who are taking photographs each day and posting them to their blogs as a sort of Scrapbook of the year. So, I think I'll start...a little late maybe but you have to start sometime, right? So, here goes...this is from yesterday when my girls FINALLY got home from visiting their Nai Nai and Yei Yei....SC was glad to be in her ballerina costume and SJ was glad to see her puppies.....Enjoy Mom!

Check this out...

So, I saw this on a friend's blog and could not resist passing it along. If you have girls who love to twirl then you need to visit this site. Since Christmas is so close this might be a great place to find that perfect gift. I plan to shop myself and most importantly, all proceeds go toward bringing home their newest little girl from China, Mary Kate. Check it out and pray for this family!http://2000tutus.blogspot.com/p/shop.html

What is it about Fall...

that makes people feel melancholy? I even find myself falling into this emotional state at times. Cliff's message today was based on 2 Timothy 3 where Paul instructs Timothy to study the Word and that this Word is profitable for us. The Word teaches us, rebukes us, challenges us and saves us. We are to live by the very Word that is God-breathed. Our hope and our very life is dependent on the Word of God. Jesus reminds us of our sufficiency in the Word in Matthew 4 when Jesus responds to Satan's temptation, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God." The Word equips us for every good work, 2nd Timothy says. There are 2 things I want to convey through this blog post.

First, the Word of God is all I need to understand the Mind of God. Through the working of the Holy Spirit in the life of a born again believer, God's Word will provide all I need to live Godly in this present age.
Secondly, Hebrews 10:23-25 says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much more as we see the day approaching."
God expects us to depend completely on His Word and to encourage each other in the Word especially during these last days. Friends, we ARE living in the Last Days. We are on the brink of the end of this world as we know it. Our typical fleshly response is to depend on logic, good books, and common sense. God says depend on Me and not what you see. Trust Me, not what seems logical and makes the most sense. He also expects us to "not forsake the assembly of ourselves together". It is time to run to God's house and God's people and to assemble together and support one another. It's not time to play. It's not time to be lazy in our approach to the Word. It's time to be real and walk according to His statutes. It's time to instill in our children the Love of the Word. It's time to be wives who are submissive and be on our knees in prayer for our husbands. It's time to pray for our neighbors, our churches and our nation's leaders. It's time....