Overflowing

As we get older, may we never stop bubbling over with joy.
Kids just seem to come into the world overflowing with joy - knowing that rain puddles are for jumping into, steps are for leaping off of, bath water is for splashing onto the floor and a straw is for blowing bubbles in their milk.

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing - bubbling over with hope. Romans 15:13 Amplified

Teach Us to Pray

Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace,

that we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need. 

Hebrews 4:16

Trusting

I was listening to Corrie ten Boom on you tube, quoting a poem by A.B. Simpson.

It is strange that we trust each other

And only doubt our Lord.

We will take the word of mortals

And yet distrust His Word.

But oh what light and glory

Would shine over us all our days

If we always would remember

That He means just what He says.

The eternal God is thy refuge 

and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Deuteronomy 33:27

Heaven-Rescued Land

On Memorial Day Weekend
My favorite verse from our national anthem:

Oh! thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blessed with victory and peace, 
may the heaven rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto:  
"In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Francis Scott Key

Remembering so many who gave their lives to protect ours.

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Sweet Fragrance

Now thanks be to God 

who always leads us in triumph in Christ, 

and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:14 

When Cameron was little we loved to watch for morning glories, Queen Anne's lace, sweet peas, honeysuckle and other wild flowers along the way as we walked to the bus stop to meet his big brother and sister. 

I enjoy it now when he emails pics of flowers from his travels. 

Today is Cameron's 33rd birthday.