The Louis Family

   On Thursday, we had the Louis family over for dinner and made some new friends.  After dinner, we had tea and scones.  The girls and I made a tea party out of it!  All of the kids built with LEGO's and we saw who could stack the most without having them fall down.  It was really fun to have a whole bunch of young children to play with!

- The LEGO tower! -

- Trying...  :) -

- The "tea party" -

We saw a rainbow that was SO bright that I was actually able to capture it with my camera - the picture does not even come CLOSE to showing it in it's full beauty and brilliance!

A Clean Heart

Psalm 51:10

 Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Count it All Joy

James 1:2-8

 

 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 

 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 

But let patience have its perfect work,

that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,

who gives to all liberally and without reproach,

and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith,

with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea

driven and tossed by the wind. 

For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Everlasting Glory

Hebrews 13:20-21

 Now may the God of peace

who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead,

 that great Shepherd of the sheep,

 through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 

make you complete in every good work to do His will,

working in you what is well pleasing in His sight,

through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.

 Amen.

Everlasting

Daniel 4: 2-3

 I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders

that the Most High God has worked for me.

 How great are His signs,

And how mighty His wonders!

His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And His dominion is from generation to generation.

Consider the Lilies

Luke 12:27-28

Consider the lilies, how they grow:

they neither toil nor spin;

and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory

was not arrayed like one of these. 

If then God so clothes the grass,

which today is in the field

and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

 how much more will He clothe you,

O you of little faith?

Our Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:14-16  

 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest

 who has passed through the heavens,

Jesus the Son of God,

 let us hold fast our confession. 

 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize
 with our weaknesses,

 but was in all points tempted as we are,
 yet without sin. 

 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace,

that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Unashamed

Romans 1:16-17

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,

 for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes,

 for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 

 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith;

 as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”