Congrats

For new life, we are so thankful.  Welcome Samuel Charles Crossland!  We can't wait for your playmates to make their appearance this summer and fall.

For new adventures, we are so excited.  Erika and Ashley with weddings in their future.  Sarah, Kate, and Kate going back to school!

Happy Thursday!

Just want to send my love and encouragement out to everyone today!!!  You gals are on my mind and heart!  May God bless each of you this week.

Putting thoughts out there

Reading the Bible the way we are has some interesting results.  I really like how the last few days some of the feasts and offerings being explained and implemented in Numbers are being continued and Jesus participating in them in Luke.  

I also really enjoyed todays Psalm.  I loved the repetition.  It is one that feels more like a song rather than a poem.  

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress where I will never be shaken.

        Psalm 62:2 (also verse 6)

Daylight Savings Time

I wore black today.  I was in mourning for the lost hour of sleep (more than one to be honest, but that was thanks to a child not spring forward).  I was teaching Sunday School at the 8:00 hour so it was already an early morning for me.  In all this selfishness and whining, God provided a really great reminder with the lesson I was teaching.  


LOVE GOD BEST!


Love the Lord with all your heart with all your soul and all your mind.  Matthew 22:37

What's Your Favorite Verse or Passage?

As I'm reading in the bible in a year, I continue to be struck by the passages that the publisher/editor chose to bold and highlight.  It made me think about which verse/section I would highlight.  So my challenge is for each of us to think about it and comment with our favorite verse or passage.

Fun Thought on a Friday

After the last few days with the skin diseases and purifications, a funny thought struck me for some of the earlier readings this week in Leviticus.  God is the creator of all things, including fat-free diets :-)

He is an awesome God!

Have a great Friday everyone!

Tabernacle and offerings

As I have been reading the specifications of the building of the Tabernacle and now reading about the regulations for the offerings in Exodus and Leviticus, I have wondered why such precise instructions were given. I'm sure that God had a reason behind His directness. I am thinking that He knew His people's hearts and knew that they needed it spelled out (just like I do sometimes). What do you all think?