Second Childhood

My Dad had a good sense of humor and was really outrageous at times.  He would say he was just getting into his second childhood.   Laughter is good for the soul.

 

I found the Big Bopper's songs on youtube and the babies and I have been rocking to them.  It is amazing how a fun song can make your heart so light and life is good.   The babies love to dance and so do I.  Of course, neither one of us will make the American Bandstand (if its still on), but someday they could!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6owndpRu28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSRYTqkIh_I


When the Lord gives you a heavy burden, He is there to lift you up. 

Matthew 11:27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

I Am Ready!

Finally!   The last page rolled through the printer yesterday and it was then collated into a finished product--a recipe book!  Today was busy with stapling and mailing the last of the booklets off.  Yea!!  I got them done in time for Christmas.

 

During the last few months, I had gone through all Mom's recipes and recipe books and scanned them.  Then, I gathered together a box of cards and stuff that were sent to her, along with photos from her albums, and photos already scanned onto the computer.  This last week I spent all my spare time putting together a recipe book of her recipes.  She was a big fan of scrapbooks and had made one for each of us kids.  Mom also loved her photo albums.  So the recipe book was styled like a scrapbook.  I wasn't sure anyone would like it -- maybe too hoakie or something.  But, then I got feedback that the recipients liked it, so I ran off another batch and finished sending out to the married girls in the family.   

 

Hopefully, all will appreciate the recipe book and use Mom/Grandma's recipes to make the traditional cookies that she had made every year.  Her cookies were sent out to each and every family, within the family and beyond!    This year, my sister and her daughter, and Kat (my daughter) and I made up boxes of "her" cookies and sent them to my brothers and their families.  Then a box of cookies was sent to my son and his family, and my other daughter and her family, all of which live out of state --so we kept up the tradition for this year. 

 

Next project:  The family book.  Hopefully by next summer the girls will all be here and help me with it.  It has gotten a start, but we have a long way to go to finish it.

 

The world seems to be falling apart.  Everywhere there is contention and strife.  From the heights of our country, in our Congress, to our every day lives, it is contention!   We need to draw our families closer together, despite our differences, and give our children strength and support when all around us there is chaos. 

 

Sometimes I will feel a terror start to come  over me and it will feel like I am on sinking sand, but I know the power of God and I know the love of God.  There is nothing I need fear and I put my trust Him and the feeling of terror is gone.  I have witnessed His answers to prayers time and time again and I have been so amazed--and thankful.  Stand strong, keep the faith, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, is returning soon.

The People Have Spoken

,Shopping can be fun--well if you are 16 months old and riding in a little red car!  It was fun to watch the girls, as they rode through the store, in wide-eyed wonder, trying to take in everything they saw.   Other shoppers stopped to look and as soon as they saw them, their eyes lit up and they smiled as they greeted the girls. 

Time goes by so swiftly.  There is no way we can stop it, we just try to keep up and keep moving one foot in front of the other.  Goals keep getting set back, as unexpected events happen.  But, we deal with it, and try to get back on track and prepare for the days ahead.

 

The days of keeping up with the campaigning in both the primary and election, was very time consuming, as I tried to follow events and make comments and share information.  Between slow internet and 20 baby fingers trying to help type, I am not sure all my comments came out all that clearly.  However,   I believe everyone should do something, even if it just to participate in the dialog, somewhere, somehow.  I am glad it is over.  It certainly did not turn out the way I wanted it to, but God is in control.  He has a reason to allow those who were elected to be in office at this time.  

 

The world is full of callous people, an overwhelming number of which would sacrifice an unborn baby for their own freedom.  And, then those, who are of innocent hearts, that are deceived by the comforting and deceiving words of those who have blood on their hands, as they await the money payment for the life of the child.  That precious life, once taken, is gone forever.

 

The world is full of rebellious people, an overwhelming number who declare that homosexuality is natural and of God.  And, then those, who are filled with zeal for "freedom", who fall in the homosexual trap that ensnares them in perverted lifestyles.  Innocence once taken, is gone forever.

 

We see all kinds of laws in our land - the legalization of marijuana, the legalization of euthanasia, the legalization of same-sex marriage, the expansion of abortion.  

 

We live in a free country, where the people make the choice of their government.  We can choose to follow our conscience, using God's Word,  or let worldly freedom dictate our laws.  God has let the people speak.

 

I can't speak against the people.  I, too, am a sinner, and know what it is like to have a rebellious heart and I know what it is like to have a callous heart.   Fourteen years ago the Lord came into my life with love so overwhelming, that my heart has forever been changed.  He will come into the lives of all those who seek Him.   We don't always seek Him in the literal sense, but in a life quest to follow Him, to trust Him, and to put all our Hope in Him.  To walk with Him and to follow His ways.  We know that God means what He says.  We know that this awesome God, whose power is all-encompassing, and the absolute of all power, does have the power to keep His Word.

 

God be with us all in the days ahead, wherever they lead. We know that whoever has the power in this world, has been granted it for a short time.  The God and Lord of All, our Creator, our Comforter, and our Great Deliverer, will return soon to reign forever more.