Thursday, July 31, 2008

Shin and Taw...

The Last 2 days of Psalm 119 and a beautiful hand crafted book created by Evelyn of the Hebrew alephbet, I'd say we had a profitable meditation of those thoughts and scriptural directives. We learned alot and grew together. Everybody didn't get all of the sessions, maybe we'll do that again and maybe we'll start on the Greek alphabet next and start in the New Testament.
I think I will call them the "young Theologues". They don't even know it's theology...:)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Sunday night pics


Sitting in the car seems to be a tradition in our family and we had the funnest time taking pics and enjoying one another's company while waiting for Dad to come out of the store. We could've fought about stuff, there is always something to fight about. This time we made it a sight seeing trip, looking into eachother's eyes is a sight for sore eyes. Seeing the flash in the dark and posing in the parking lot was fun and amusing and alot better for us than beating eachother to a pulp.

Friday, July 25, 2008

"Resh" is the day my pot top broke!

:( My favorite pot top burst into pieces. I won't say who did it and it really doesn't matter. It is gone and it can be replaced but it is so sad to imagine its being gone. A gift and a very sweet gift and cherishedly used, if not carefully, certainly gratefully. Everything has a season.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

It rained torrentially

last night. Ginger and Snap and all our garden were very grateful for the water. Our grass is greener this morning and yesterday's 100 degree temps seem just a quaint memory. It was hard to breathe the 100 degree air and all you want to do is lay down and sleep. I did. It is summertime and after work, I wasn't even that hungry, I had a snack and went to bed.
Today is Koph day in our Hebrew alephbet, Psalm 119 verse 145 should be my theme song, "I cried with my whole heart" I am grateful that the psalmist helps us to remember that like the 100 degree temperatures yesterday, there is a day after the cry day. Cried is in the past tense. Some Psalms say I am crying to you O' Lord, this one says I did cry and hope and trust and You are near. That is true that there is air, even when the heat makes it hard to breath and there is God, even when the circustances cause a downcast countenance.
God does not despise us lamenting our sufferings like people do. "Enough, already!" is what people say or want to say. God never says that. He hears our cries and is near to our broken and contrite hearts.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

GREAT, Birthday "9"






Ethan is 9 years old!
Ezra woke up the day after the party in our enormous, dancefloor kitchen, with a FUNKY POLKA hangover. He said, Ethan, you had a great birthday party. I said yes you did! The older children were a little harder to convince of the greatness, but to the little ones, with everyone at home for the party and all of the family combustion, It was GREAT!
We had a beautiful, store-bought chocolate cake and ice cream and played and danced the night away. We talked about playing charades but the jokes that flew around were more charades and the laughs were enough to lay me out. Now ETHAN is 9!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Pe day or pay day

Birthday is Pe day on our Hebrew alephbet. Pe for children which are a heritage of the Lord.
He met me halfway across the sky! I travelled past all of my pain thresholds and emotional thresholds to find the most wonderful gift. Ethan means strong and God is our strength in the time of weakness.
He carries us over all of the boundaries to meet us in the old and new relationships of this life. I hope that happens to me again today when I get to the end of my strength.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Ayin

What a pleasant day, weatherwise. Emergency DMV visit, got us off to a bumpy start to the day. We are trying to recoup the day and perhaps catch it on the second bounce by filling out the FAFSA and getting a woman directed in her studies and pursuits in Special sign language translation and transliteration. Godspeed to her and us.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Samekh

It is day Samekh in Camp COO-Coo monga. Summer is speeding by and we spent the night under the lights playing tennis at the park. Running and romping, getting into one anothers way and learning to get along. I don't know if we ever will all get along with each other, just tolerate, love and learn to work together, is what it means to be in a family.
The children identified my idolatrous tendency to conformity to "rules of decorum". I confess, this is true; but if I don't say anything about the misbehavior, I will have complete resignation to silliness. The tennis courts are somewhat sacred to me. Set apart lines. Stuff you do and don't do there, more special even than my living room? my prayer closet?
There is a time and place for everything and I guess you could call what we did last night in my book was midnight "skinnydipping" on the tennis courts. Stupid behavior and silly shoeless rantings is "skinnydipping" and only allowable at midnight tennis.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Birthday Blog 2008


A normal day marks the birth of the love of my life. It seems that there should have been fireworks or some great thing to mark this day.
It really is a quiet thing!
Amazing consistency is rarely noticed until it is inconsistent. One more year under the belt and the wonderful marksman continues his honing of the members of his team into little disciples of Christ, first and then of him.
Harmonize! Synthesize, just don't get in the way of progress.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Love AMERICAN Style!




Love American Style, truer than the red, white and blue!
This was the star spangled night and day.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Heth,Teth, Yod, Kaph...

My brain hurts from messing up, every day. I simply am using the schedule for a guide and most days, I am not even catching the ball on the second bounce. Psalm 119, "My soul faints for Your salvation, My eyes fail from searching your word...When will You comfort me?...
Summer is to learn new skills and free us up to serve eachother and grow in grace.
I didn't know these growths come from sinning against oneanother and forgiving, day after day...
We are definitely far from our schedule this week. But some of the children are learning to serve very well!
Happy 4th