Step by step. Moment by moment

It's very easy to say and so very difficult to put into practice...

Walking moment by moment with God.

I think we must have an image like this in mind when we think of walking with out Lord. Peacefully Reading His word, learning Him. Walking in some lonely place surrounded by the beautiful things of 

creation. There are times when it is this picturesque. But it also has to take place when your world looks more like this...

Life is busy. That doesn't mean that we can separate God from it or put Him aside. You don't have to be on your knees to pray. To have those intimate moments with Christ. That's why He rent the veil. We know this but it's hard to put into practice when life is so busy isn't it?

Here is an example: Picture this, you are in ancient times. Walking with God it's dusty...Now did you see yourself on an open road alone with Jesus or did you picture yourself on a road crowded with disciples bumping elbows and joking? My guess is that you were alone. Here is what I want your reality to be - what it can be... Get that crowded picture and then recognize that you are the person walking closest to Jesus. That you can whisper back and forth in the commotion without anyone even paying attention. There is an intimacy even in the clamor of daily life.

How is it accomplished? By practice. By learning to pray in those times. By recalling the verses that you know. To do that you must have memorized the verses in the first place. But while you are doing your memorizing ( I trust you will) you pray during busy things. Pray wile you drive ( just don't close your eyes), pray while you cook, while you *gasp* watch TV, or anything else that you so. Also spend time getting to know Jesus. You have to desire Him for who He is. No one stays close to a person when they are repeatedly using you to get what they want then making themselves scarce when they have nothing to physically gain from you only to reappear when they have a need again. That's an abuse not a relationship. Don't be that kind of person to God. Another common belief seems to be that when you 'get saved' that's the climax of your relationship with Christ. As if you've finally reached what you've always been searching for and can now stop looking and take a deep breath. Quite the opposite is true.

If you can parallel a disaster at sea with knowing God it goes like this: The large ocean liner that you are on has a disaster and you are left bobbling and striving in the waves. A rubber raft draws draws close to you and a strong hand grips you and pulls you, limp and tired from your struggle into the dinghy. That is the moment of salvation. But you still have many days or weeks until you come to shore (heaven). That's the part of the journey I'm speaking in the last paragraph. While you are in the life raft, get to know the One who rescued you, no matter who else is in the boat or how high the waves get. I can promise you, He is worth getting to know.


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It's THAT time of year again!

In my family it's THAT time of year. Time to make gifts for all of our fall birthday's and Christmas too!

I confess that we purchased many of our gifts for this year at after-Christmas sales LAST YEAR! So I don't have as many to do as I normally would. However the dollhouse we bought for our daughter isn't even started!

This year is an extra special treat because it's an even year! on even years my extended family gathers at the old family homestead and we make applebutter! It's about so much more than that a shiny 50 gallon copper kettle that magically appears from it's super secret hiding place and all the things that go in it! It's about family and seeing loved ones that you haven't seen in 2 years. Reflect on that a little and then think about what your heavenly homecoming will be like if you've chosen the God of the Bible as your God. What a reunion!

I'm also working on my next needle painting project "burgundy rose bud".

It will take a few days. I really like it though. I was hoping to finish it in time to enter it in the state fair but I think the entries have to be in on September 10th and that is too soon, I think. I'm thinking on trying to get it in though.



 I have a  HUGE mass of baby clothes that I'm going through. I have all of Sparrow’s clothes. Because she has reflux they are stained but I've found a way to clean them. It's a lot of work on a lot of clothes. I think it may be months worth of work and all of it being out in my parlor at the same time makes me feel cluttered and uncomfortable but it will be worth it.

I tried to dye a skirt today. Suffice it to say that I will not be wearing it, and if I ever post that I want to dye something with Rit dye - please flood me with posts not to attempt it!