Thought for the day...

"What if our spritual condition was directly related to our physical condition? What would our physical
condition be?"

-Warren Brown

Last night in Warren and Linda Brown's missionary letter he said this. It really hit home since I do suffer with joint pain already. It made me wonder if I would even be worse off if my spiritual condition demonstrated itself through the physical. Would I be able to walk at all?

Our spiritual condition isn't demonstrated by the physical; only the individual and God knows exactly where it is. I want to challenge all of us to ask ourselves, "If my physical condition was that of my spiritual condition what kind of shape would I be in?"

Are we trusting Him fully today?

Let us grow in grace and truth and, with the Lord's help, exercise ourselves unto godliness.

Another niece!

Today, my brother and his wife had their second baby, another girl. They named her Gillian Marie (pronounced Jillian) . She was 8lb 4oz and 20.25 inches long. This now makes 10 nieces and nephews for us! We will hopfully get to meet her in a couple weeks.

All the Brothers...

Nieces & Nephews

Shawna, Rex, and the four kids came to visit this weekend to meet the new addition, Finley. We had a nice time with them all. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Meri-Kate & cousin Layla

Camryn hiding behind the curtains

Layla hit her head, so her aunts and grandma decided Dr Pepper would make her feel better. It worked! Don't worry, April we didn't let her have much...

Brooklyn being silly

Grandma with Layla

Finley Jude

Family Day

Here are pictures from our family day that we have every year. It was a lot of fun with many interesting games. You will see pictures from one of the games below that we had to weave string through each other. It was a lot of fun...

Bekah and Andy's Wedding pictures

Here is a link to Bekah's wedding pictures. They are very unique. Just type in andyandbekah and leave the password blank.

Lake of the Ozarks

We had a nice trip last week at Osage beach with my family. It was nice spending time with my niece and nephew and just take a break. Here are some pics that my sister, Bekah took from the week.

Gayle

Yesterday, my former neighbor and dear friend, Gayle went to be with the Lord. I had talked about her in a previous post. She was such a sweet and caring woman - like another grandmother to me. Even though I am so happy that she is no longer a prisoner to her oxygen and no longer suffering, I can't help but miss her greatly. She was always so caring and selfless, never wanting to be a burden and always asking about how I was doing. When we would pray together and I would pray for the Lord's return, she would say, "Yes, Lord Jesus please come." She was ready to be with the Lord. Here is a poem that reminds me of where she is now...

GOD CALLED YOU HOME

by, Nancy Burr

The other day God called you home
to live with Him above.
He said, "It's time my precious child
to feel my arms of love."
He opened up the pearly gates
and ushered you inside.
Then smiled at you and welcomed you
with His arms open wide.

I can only imagine what Heaven's like
but I'm sure you stood in awe.
I can picture you in Jesus arms
just taking in it all.
I know you longed to be with Him
to see His gentle face.
To look into His loving eyes
and feel His sweet embrace.

I'm sure you fell upon your knees
and worshipped at his feet.
Then joined the choir singing songs
and melodies so sweet.
You lived your life down here on earth
by serving God above.
And now you'll spend eternity
singing Him songs of love.

Oh how you loved Him all your days,
you gave Him your whole life.
Your love for Jesus shone so bright
even in times of strife.
You shared His love by how you lived
you gave him everything.
And I can hear Him say, "Well done",
for living for the King.

Thank you for your faithfulness
for trusting in the Lord.
For all the times you prayed for me
you deserve His best reward.
I know each day you said a prayer
for family and each friend.
And I know that you were faithful
and prayed until the end.

I know you're up in heaven now,
your face I cannot see.
But all those precious memories
will always stay with me.
I knew someday you'd leave this earth
and live with God above.
But I will keep you in my heart
and think of you with love.

Stolen Paper...

So, we started receiving the weekend package for the Tulsa World when there was a deal that worked out to be the same price as buying the Sunday paper only so we jumped on it. Well, we had been receiving our paper just fine for the past couple weeks - yeah sometimes it was under our car but at least we got it. Well...



Friday we wake up - no paper. We call and it's too late to get another so they credit our account.

Saturday we get our paper.

Sunday rolls around, my favorite time - getting to see the new coupons and ads... NO PAPER! So, I call them very upset and they said someone would bring another.

Sunday PM - We don't get home until 6:00PM and we still have no paper!

Monday AM - I call first thing this morning to complain. She sends someone out and they knock on the door and say that she was here yesterday and had seen the neighbors across the street lurking in their driveway... hmm...

She said she is going to start putting the paper on our step where it is somewhat out of view. I just don't know what to think. Was our paper lady lying? Does this really happen very much? People stealing papers?

Sorry this is in one clump, I can't get it to space my paragraphs...

I'm going to have a new sister-in-law!

Last night Brian popped the big question and Rachelle said Yes. The wedding is planned for May 24th. I'll post pictures of the ring later...