Just a Daisy in the Meadow

Hello there . . .  Are ya enjoying your summer?

We’re lov’in it!!!

Of course some days are sweeter than others . . .

This being one of them . . .

Loraine picks flowers every day . . .

It’s just her favorite thing to do!!! 

And of course Lynne doesn’t like being left out . . .

God bless your day with sunshine and daisies and little ones to kiss . . .

Until next time . . . See ya!

Today was a special day in many ways . . .  Loraine found this treasure

We invited Katrina over spur of the moment for a picnic and she helped us start our Sunflower\bean house . . .

So many beautiful greens . . . God’s opening up before us again . . .

. . .  and so many shades of purple and lavender

The strawberry blossoms attracting our honey bees . . .

New kittens to hold and look at  . . .

Fragile beauty . . .  Delicate and pure . . .

Homemade ice cream to savor  at the end of a splendid day . . .  Summer at it’s best

Little ones to love and cherish . . .  Precious gifts . . . straight from God

We are to be a living testimony of God’s realness . . . first of all to those closest to us and then spreading out to all we meet . . . Growing up I thought going to “Africa” was about the hightest calling one could have . . . now I realize that showing my children how real Jesus\God is is the greatest thing I might ever do . . .

These children who once were just a hope of the future are now a dream come true . . . God has been so good to me in giving what I had once thought might be impossible . . .

I just thank Him for the gift of watching them grow up, the gift of hugging and kissing them and calling them my own, for giving us food and clothes to meet their needs, to be able to show them the love of God, to teach them of His Word, to hear laughter and song fill the house (as well as yells and fight – I’m realistic here),  for bright eyes and  soft warm skin . . . . and just the gift of them . . .

Japheth Daniel -7

Jeremiah Frank – 6

In Memory of . . .

David and Daisy

Jewel

Loraine Rose – 4

Wayne Robert – 3

Jaden – 2

(Aimee) Lynne – 1

Oh, Lord, may they ever reach for You . . . Thank-You for the gift of holding them in my arms . . .

I know these aren’t very close up . . . but I thought that they looked rather boyish . . .

A bit toothless, you see . . .

Japheth Daniel – 7

Jeremiah Frank – 6

Wayne Robert -3

Jaden Scott – 2

“Oh, Lord . . . guide us . . .guide them . . .”

“. . . That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth”

I just had to chuckle in my Bible reading the other morning . . .

“Blessed be the Lord my Rock

Who trains my hands for war,

And my fingers for battle.

My Lovingkindness,

And My
Fortress,

My High Tower,

And My Deliverer,

My Shield,

An the One in whom I take refuge,

Who SUBDUES my people
under me . . . ” – Psalm 144:1-2

Ok, me being a mom I think of “training my hands for war and my fingers for
battle” as knowing when to administer discipline, when to not to, when to snap
little fingers, when to overlook those chubby little hands that are creating
chaos . . . 

He’s my Fortress, the place I go to kneel in prayer, My High Tower
- the place I run to for help to see the bigger picture than only this day
before me, etc  . . . .

And then I come to this phrase “who subdues my people
under me”, Yes, God, please, It would be so much easier to be the loving, kind
mother that you expect if my little people were a bit more subdued . . . I just
had to laugh . . .

Don’t you love it when . . . you’re instructing your children and it feels like your trying to herd kittens!!! . . . Frustrating indeed!

I had to chuckle yesterday when my four year old daughter informed me that my “Lion Flower” had opened up . . . Ah, yes, the Tiger Lily . . .

My cousin-in-law gave me this one and it’s starting to open up also . . . Anybody know it’s name? . . .

And our budding singer . . . Jaden’s been talking alot more these days, adding lots of words to his vocabulary.  We were traveling down a dirt road to pick up some firewood when Jaden commented about the road “It’s kinda bumpy. it’s kinda bumpy, it’s kinda bumpy . . .” Japheth was praising him on his learning how to say things when Jeremiah the five year old chimed in saying “And Lynne’s been learning how to sing!” . . .  Yeah, I guess maybe you’d think that if you’re five . . .  listening to that tired little baby\girl singsong her cooing noises as she rides along in the van . . . Lynne’s learning how to sing

This is one of the best things . . . I love hearing the words of praise and petition being uttered from their little lips . . .a sweet incense . . .

“Let my prayer be set before You as incense;

The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.” – Psalm 141:2