Evie mid-cough.
Our kiddos and moi have been sick for a looong time!
I have put off going to the doctor because I know they'll give us antibiotics, but I'm not sure I want to do that again ... Seems like we just did that at the end of last year.
We're definitely improving, though!
Steam showers and rest go a long way!
A passage from "Our Nearest Kinsman" by Roy Hession
The Story of Ruth: Our Redemption in Christ
The magnanimity of Boaz to the poor gleaner, Ruth, is nothing to be compared to the vast grace of the Lord Jesus toward the one who is humble enough to confess himself a failed Christian and take the sinner's God to be his God.
Once we start taking that ground, we find ourselves the object of his special attention in a way that is not the case when we are protesting our sufficiency. As we bow before him in our acknowledged failure and poverty, knowing that only Jesus can do the sinner any good, we find love, encouragement and help coming to us from every direction in a way that is quite extraordinary and quite undeserved. Handfuls of precious promises are left on purpose all over the place, and as we stoop to gather them, we hear the words sounding again and again, "Do not reproach her, do not reproach her."
And we find that, though we are but poor gleaners, the field in which we are gleaning is indeed the field of grace; for Jesus is going things for us that we neither expected nor deserved, and they are but the promise of more to come."
part 1
part II
"This really is the truth and not poetic fancy. The New Testament says, "God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved" (John 3:17)
If he is not condemning the world, He is certainly not condemning the failed saint who is honest enough to take his place as such. The records of God's dealings in the Old and New Testaments with sinners who have turned to Him--from Manasseh, the wickedest of kings, to the woman taken in adultery--all proclaim the fact that God delights in mercy.
If confused and overwhelmed by such grace we ask, as Ruth did, "Why have I found grace in Your eyes that You should take notice of me, seeing I am what I am?" He will reply much as Boaz did to Ruth, "It has been fully reported to me all that you have done."
He will point back, not so much to our sins as showing what we have done, but rather to our sighs over our sins, to the beginnings of a new honesty about ourselves and to the feeble faith that dares to hope that surely "there is plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed."
This is what attracts him to our aid. Sometimes He comes to us and says:
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"I've come in answer to your prayer!"
" But I haven't prayed, Lord," we reply, "I've been too weak to pray."
"Did you sigh?" He asks.
"Yes, Lord, I certainly sighed."
"Then that was your prayer," He says, "and I have come in answer to it."
~ p. 60-61 from "Our Nearest Kinsman" by Roy Hession
Simon spent a good part of one morning in our kitchen window sill, having a one way conversation with a treetrimmer on the neighbor's property.
"You're doing a great job!"
"What are you doing?"
"You're so strong!"
"Are you making firewood?"
"Why aren't you talking to me?"
Breakfast out on the front porch one morning.
I still don't know why we weren't on the private back porch.
Simon probably wanted to watch the cars.
hiiyah !!!!!
Too much camera action too early in the morning
Evie contemplates while wheeled contraption to use for leverage.
I was in IKEA some time ago and overheard a conversation between two employees who were arranging a new living area. One employee was commenting on the decorations and other eclectic pieces they were using and was asking the other employee where they bought all this 'cool stuff.' She commented that they had been shopping for the store displays earlier that day at a bunch of thrift stores ....
And that's the secret of the pros.
The other day Simon and I sounded out the word, "LET" which was on a magnet. Once he sounded out "let" he guessed the rest of the magnet, "Let the little children come to me!"
It actually said, "Let us not become weary in doing good," but I was still impressed.
I remembered teaching him that story the week before, but when I further questioned him he gave me no credit.
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Mommy: Do you remember me teaching you "Let the little children come to me" last week?
Simon: No
Mommy: Well, how did you know it then? That's a verse from the Bible.
Simon: Jesus told me.
Mommy: Really? When?
Simon: When I was sleeping, He told me, "Let the children come to me" and He was nice and good.
Let go, sweetie! Let go!
Under all that silly string is our favorite italian - Tony.
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Later that night I had this conversation with Simon:
Simon: I want a kid party with only kids.
Me: Okay, we can have a Charlotte's Web party since you finished the book and we'll watch the movie and have popcorn.
Simon: And none of your friends can come.
Me: Okay, and I won't climb on any of your friends' heads. It would be nice if you would do the same for us ;)
Evie, also known as R2D2 chilling in her space-ship.
Simon makes us all a spaceship and we report there every once in awhile. Evie actually has two spaceships. I dubbed her playpen in our closet as R2D2's Spaceship Number 2 so that she can get some sleep every now and then in her spaceship.
My (Princess Leia) spaceship is the couch which works well when when are on dock for an extended time.
Simon's (Luke Skywalker) spaceship is usually the big red chair.
Evie has been promoted to management.
I know, I know, I know that I need to do a Food Face Blog Post soon.
It's coming, and it's going to be yummy.
Our homebound kids have been coping fairly well.
We might risk being around people tomorrow night, unless they have a negative relapse tomorrow.
I debate almost every day on the doctor; maybe I will go and just make sure it's not strep.
I am very conflicted on that end.
It's seems like we just had strep, so ....
I put Evie's booster seat/chair combo next to the piano today and it kept them entertained for awhile. I played in the middle of the keyboard. Simon said that Evie was playing on the 'melody' end and that he had the 'strong' end.
Roasted Lamb and Veggies
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