Thine Eternal Word, Our Trust

When stormy winds against us break
Stablish and reinforce our will;
O hear us for Thine own Name's sake,
Hold us in strength, and hold us still.

Still as the faithful mountains stand,
Through the long, silent years of stress;
So would we wait at Thy right hand
In quietness and steadfastness.

But not of us this strength, O LORD,
And not of us this constancy.
Our trust is Thine eternal Word,
Thy presence our security.

Amy Carmichael

Happy 13th Birthday, Katherine~

Katherine's 13th birthday dinner

My Dearest Daughter, Katherine,

"With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, as an act of intelligent worship, to give Him your [body], as a living sacrifice, consecrated to Him and acceptable by Him. Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your [mind] from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all His demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity."
Romans 12:1-2, J.B. Phillips New Testament

I love you,
Mom~

His Beauty...

Our Precious Niece, Amy
Mommy to Katie, Mallory, Lucy, and Gray; Wife to Andrew

“When God’s Spirit is given His rightful place in a young woman’s life, He transforms her personality to reflect His beauty, His grace, His selflessness. The end result when He is in control is that you decrease so that He might increase. Your personality becomes what it was intended to be, a tool to draw eyes to Jesus Christ and not yourself.” -Leslie Ludy

Request for Prayer ~

Tony and Joanne, Family Reunion

Please join me in praying for my cousin, Tony...he is seriously ill and hospitalized.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalm 121

On the night he was robbed...

"I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed and not I who robbed."
Matthew Henry