Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Showers of Blessings

James
Anthony

Emily


Kati-Lyn
Lily
These are our five children here on earth God has graciously blessed us with! My prayer and desire is that all our children will love God with all their heart and serve him with their life. May God shower them with blessings from above. Blessings that will have eternal value!

Showers of Blessings
by Daniel W. Whittle

There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above.

Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need:
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

There shall be showers of blessing,
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.


There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a refreshing,
Come, and now honor Thy Word.

There shall be showers of blessing:
Oh, that today they might fall,
Now as to God we’re confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!

There shall be showers of blessing,
If we but trust and obey;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
If we let God have His way.

Listen to this song and read about the writer here.


Monday, June 11, 2012

Gifts from God

 I did a photo shoot with our children at the park yesterday. Here are a couple of pictures that inspired me. Children are such a blessing and bring a lot of joy to the world!

Children are a blessing; a gift from God. They were already a gift in the womb before they were born.
"Truly children are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3).
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that fully well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" (Psalm 139:13-16).
 
 [Jesus] And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me..."
Matthew 18:2-5
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10

5 He established a testimony in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6 that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;
Psalm 78:5-7

 

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Sisters and Best Friends

(My girls, Emily and Kati-Lyn)

Sisters

Our roots say we're sisters
Our hearts say we're friends
Born in one family
Makes it friendship God sends
 Staying together as family
Friendship formed by love
Through life's stairway
Frienship from above
So was God's design
With very good reason
Giving us sisters as friends
Growing together each season
What a perfect plan
God had in mind
So special and good
Is our Father's design
Poem and Photo By Nancy Wall