There are three things that amaze me, NO, four thing that I don't understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, and how a man loves a woman.
Proverbs 30: 18- 19
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. Song of Solomon 1:2
I have found the one my heart loves. Songs of Solomon 3:4
Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:8
But all the silliness aside we would rather hang out together at home, then be anywhere with anyone else. Now that's something. Which is strange by today's standards. I have friends who would rather go out with girl friends or go shopping then have to spend time with their husbands, and that just makes me sad. Because they are missing out on the oneness they could have with their husbands. The true joy of being the half that makes him whole, being his true partner in every way.
I was only 18 when Daniel and I got married, I loved him so much i thought i could never love him more then i did then. How wrong I was. Today after almost 6 years of marrige I love him more. I love him with the kind of love that makes my heart hurt. I still get butterflies in my stomock when he comes home from work. He still makes my heart skip a beat when he holds my hand or gives me a kiss. I know he loves me, and that he will always love me. And just knowing that makes me one of the one of the happiest women in the world.
I hope you take some time to hug your hubby and let him know how much he means to you. You can NEVER say, "I love you" too much! hehe!
Sienna has really started loving dramatic play and imaginary play. She loves "cooking" and serving everyone food.She has also started to wear my jewelry and my clothes. It's pretty cute. My little sister and I loved dressing up when we were little as well. So it is so much fun playing with Sienna in that same way. Today she got to spend time with my nieces who, thought it would be so much fun to dress her up in there "real" dress up clothes. hehe! She loved putting on princess dresses and wearing kid jewelry. I'm pretty sure that the #1 thing on her birthday list is dress up clothes and play jewelry. Well here are a few shots of my little dress up girl!
Tonight was my monthly coffee night with the girls from my youth group. We tried out a new place, well new to us. It's owned by a Christian lady and she loves when people have bible study or small groups there. She also plays Christian music. Plus they serve coffee, desserts and Boba. Which a lot of my girls were excite about boba, i didn't try it, but maybe next time. The girls enjoyed the place so much that we are going to make it our regular spot for coffee nights! Yeppie! So here are some fun photo's from tonight, plus pictures from the car ride home. Hope it makes you smile.
Right now Daniel and I are making a lot of very important decisions, that will affect our life in a BIG way. My family is the most important thing to me. And I want to make sure that the decisions that we make right now are the right ones for all three of us. I will post later in more detail. But if you could pray for us, that we would do what God wants us to do. And that the Lord will be glorified in the choices that we make. Thank you.
Here are some verse that are giving me encouragement:
"My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19
"In all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us." Romans 8:37
"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we
ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be
the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever
and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21
"God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all
sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good
deed." 2 Corinthians 9:8
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation." Psalm 68:19
"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God." Psalm 42:11
"Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the LORD." Psalm 31:24
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to
those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
"But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from
the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you
are doing and will continue to do what we command. May the Lord direct
your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ." 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5
"Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me."John 14:1
Psalm 29:2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
Psalm 86:9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.
Psalm 95:6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Psalm 96:9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.
Matthew 16:21-25 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it."
Mark 8:31- 34 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said. "You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Luke 18: 31-34 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
John 12: 23- 27 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me."Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!"
Tonight we read from all four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) about Christ predicting His own death. I'm doing something new with the kids, every week they will break into four groups and in their groups they will all be reading about the samething but from a different gospel, they will stay in these group for the duration of the study. That is to say that if they were in the "Mark" group tonight, they will stay in the "Mark" group every week. Then after they have read their verses we come back together as one large group and discuss what we read and the differences. The kids really like this, also tonight in their individual groups they learned about the author of their gospel as well as their writing style and who they were writing too. The kids thought this was fascinating and loved seeing the same story from four different perspectives. I closed by reading John 11: 45- 57 about the plot to kill Jesus. Next week we will be reading about Christ Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem. I am really excited about what is happening in our group. The kids are loving being in smaller groups and learning how to navagate through the bible on their own. So if you have a small group or youth group, try breaking them up into smaller groups, it really made a differnce tonight! I can't wait until next week to do it again!
I can't believe my niece Kaitlin is nine years old. It feels like she was born yesterday. It's funny how time just starts moving faster once you are a adult. I remember the first family get together that Daniel came to was Kaitlin's first birthday, we had only been dating for a few months. And now 8 years later we are married and have a daughter! Craziness!
The party was fun, Sienna loved playing with her cousins! Kaitlin loved all her gifts and had a great time. I love Kaitlin so very much and I hope she knows how deeply i care for her. I treasure all my nieces and nephew and would do anything for them. I love being their Aunt!
Tonight the Milner/ Turner family clan got together to celebrate Grandma Juil's Birthday. It was fun to get together with everyone and to see all the kids playing together. I was excited about the big group gift we were all giving Grandma. We gave her a charm bracelet with a charm that had a photo of each great grandchild and then a large group photo with all eight of her great grandchildren in it. I took all the photo's about a month ago, and it has been hard to keep it all a secret from Grandma. But it payed off in the end she was so surprised and happy with all the pictures. I love being a part of Daniel's big family, and these kind of family get togethers are my favorite!
Today I got up way early and drove down to LA to get the flowers for Marcy's practice bouquets. I brought my mom with me this time, she had fun seeing all the different flowers. Plus she had fun running after Sienna, Sienna really enjoyed all the pretty flowers. Needing to smell almost ever signal one! haha!
The flowers turned out GREAT! Marcy and her mom came over tonight to see how they turned out and tell me if anything needed changing. But they loved them. Which is great for me. So everything is in order for her wedding and in a few weeks you will see pictures of her flowers at her wedding. So exciting! Hope you enjoyed your Thursday! I know I am off to bed early, getting up before the sun comes up is so not my thing. hehe! :)
While at the beach today I went for a walk by myself to take some pictures and enjoy the beautiful day. As I was walking back to where my family was i saw this girl dancing and enjoying her self. It was fun to watch and made me smile. I snap this picture as I walked past, and was suprised to see how well it turned out. I love the angle and the foot steps in the sand. It's shows the joys of a care free summer. I bet this girl is enjoying one of her last days of summer break before school starts. I hope she keeps dancing! Reminds me to enjoy every moment of my life!
