Entries from August 2009

August 31, 2009

siesta memory verse 17

“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. [...]

August 29, 2009

sunday’s song – how great thou art

O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, [...]

August 25, 2009

the grand-dogs

Or the picture below may be more aptly titled, “What I Did on My Summer Vacation.” Yesterday, the school bus passed down our street for the first day of school. It was the first time in over twenty years that we have not had a student headed to preschool, high school, or even college. How [...]

August 22, 2009

sunday’s song – to God alone

August 16, 2009

sunday’s song – bound for the promised land

(Sunday song is “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks” by Kate Campbell,  and this post is a repeat from March 2008)

…In a land flowing with milk and honey (Deut. 6:3) On the way to our farm, there is a sign that says, “Welcome to Grimes County-land of milk and honey.” Our farm is in the heart of [...]

August 14, 2009

siesta memory verse 16

After an unbelievably hard week with Lauren being very ill, I am most relieved this evening to post my Scripture verse. It is a repeat, but worth reloading in my memory with much gratitude for her healing and His amazing faithfulness!
We also had two birthdays since my last real post: Lauren turned 25 just days before [...]

August 8, 2009

sunday’s song – God With Us

Psalm 8
O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants
you [...]