Quotes

"Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the Book widens and deepens with our capacity and advance in the knowledge of God"

~author unknown   

(from pg. 232 "The Christian's Armor" in Help and Food. published 1917 by Loizeaux Bros.)

This is an encouraging blog I highly recommend. Go check it out.  reckonedalive.wordpress.com 

 In Heaven..

"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."

-C.S Lewis
The Four Loves 

"Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God or bending His will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to HIS."

-John Stott

"The Faith that Saves, Studies in James" by William Yuille 

A great reminder!

This is a very encouraging verse to me. We need to keep the faith and fight the good fight. 

 I am planning on uploading some new photos soon. See you then! 

Life: life of Love poured out, fragrant and holy!

Life: ‘mid rude thorns of earth, stainless and sweet!

Life: whence God’s face of love, glorious, but lowly,

Shines forth to bow us, low at Thy feet!

Grief: grief of Love, that drew hate’s every arrow!

Grief: that Thy suffering heart only could meet.

Grief: whence Thy face of love, shining in sorrow,

Draws us, adoring, low at Thy feet!

Death: death of stricken Love, wrath’s sea exploring!

Death: Life’s mysterious death — deep meeting deep;

Death: whence Thy bursting heart fills ours, outpouring

All, Lord, in worship, low at Thy feet!

                                    Tune by Samuel Webbe 1740-1816 

                                Hymn words by Frank Allaben 1867-1927

It's March again!

How time flies! I am sorry about my lack of posts recently...... It is March again, which means pretty soon I can post pictures of budding blooms and flowering trees and all that good stuff! I love the Springtime. It is full of hope and newness of life. It reminds me of the Lord Jesus' words:  "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (John 10:10)

Without Jesus Christ in my life, I would be miserable and hopeless, headed toward a Christless grave, but as I grow day by day in my friendship with the Lord, I see just how much grace, love and mercy He has given me! I am so blessed to be an adopted child of God and a joint heir with Christ.

"Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”  The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together." (Romans 8:12-17) 

"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)

At our State Capitol Building for "Capitol Day" (when Homeschoolers from around the state gather to hear from State representatives and thank them for their work.)

    Delicious homemade bread. 

My little sister with one of our Great Pyrenees pups.

Snow! We were out at Homeschool Capitol Day when it started snowing.

“Knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives. As it would be cruel to an Amazonian tribesmen to fly him to London, put him down without explanation in Trafalgar Square and leave him, as one who knew nothing of English or England, to fend for himself, so we are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. The world becomes a strange, mad, painful place, and life in it a disappointing and unpleasant business, for those who do not know about God. Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfold, as it were , with no sense of direction, and no understanding of what surrounds you. This way you can waste your life and lose your soul.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

Our kitchen right before supper-time.

“How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is simple but demanding. It is that we turn each Truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.”

― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

Jostie Concert

We had the privilege of hosting another Jostie Concert at the Life House on Friday Feb 15. It was a wonderful time of inspiring music and fellowship. The Jost family are always such an encouragement to our family. I really enjoyed hearing their new song: "You are not alone."

You can follow the Jost family on twitter: https://twitter.com/josties
Or check out their website: http://www.josties.com/
Watch their original, family friendly flicks here: http://www.jostieflicks.com/


Here are their upcoming concerts in Kansas and Colorado.

Date	City	Venue	Country
02/20/13	Chanute, Kansas	Westview Southern Baptist	United States
Add	Time: 6:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1415 S. Plummer. Venue phone: Pastor Randy Dirriim 620-431-4854.
02/22/13	Smith Center, Kansas	Central Community Church	United States
Add	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 211 West Court St. Venue phone: Pastor Todd Bradrick 785 488-8336.
02/24/13	Kittredge, Colorado	KITTREDGE COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH	United States
Add	Time: 10:30am. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 26349 Hwy. 74. Venue phone: Pastor Mike Ulrich 303-674-4060.

2pm Friday afternoon. Getting ready for the concert. Brownies and Rice Crispie Treats for the concert. Check. :) 

      Before the concert...

  There were some beautiful clouds that evening.

Right before the concert.

Front row seats

Some magic tricks with cards.

           "I ain't gonna mope around..." with special guest Stan Engle.

 After the concert

  A train going by. Seen out the stairwell window.

Judah and Hannah-Grace 

Lydia and Hannah-Grace 

This would make a great photography studio! :) 

Hannah-Grace 

 Playing volleyball on the 5th floor at the Life House.

   Anna and Amy-Joy