New Clothes!!!!!

Here is the dress on Claire, Jen, that you sent..........
and here is the shirt, Ann, you got the girls modeled by Beth.

Flowers

Jen, here are the flowers you got me for my birthday, since you didn't get to see them. Aren't they loverly?!?!???!!?

New Skills

Happy Father's Day, Pops!!!! We LOVE YOU!!!!!

More Spurgeon Quotes

"Our Lord in His infinite wisdom and superabundant love, sets so high a value upon His people's faith that He will not screen them from those trials by which faith is strengthened."


"You would never have possessed the precious faith which now supports you if the trial of your faith had not been like unto fire."


"Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of sacred courage."

As hard as it is to say, "Thus it is well that Jehovah trieth the righteous, for it causeth them to grow rich towards God."

Upclose and Personal......

With Claire "Long lashes" Monet.

"On mine arm shall they trust." Isaiah 51:5 (cont.)

"Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord thy God shall certainly, as surely as He built the heavens and the earth, glorify Himself in thy weakness, and magnify his might in the midst of thy distress."

I was speaking to all the children, but read this specifically for Pierce at this time in his life going through daily/nightly itching for over three years now. And now about 1 1/2 years of daily/nightly stomach pains and headaches and bodily aches. I was able to tell him as he struggles with not just the pain but with all the hardship that goes along with it, that we honor Christ the most and bring Him glory by being good sufferers. We don't honor Christ when we grumble and complain about His perfect loving providence tailor made for each of His children.

I was telling Mom the other day, all choked up, that even though Pierce is going through such a hard time, he came up to me and said, "Mom, even thought I'm itching and have this stomach problem, I wish your rash and everybody else's pain would go away first." This brings such tears of joy to my heart.......knowing the daily struggle he has with this, physically but also emotionally, but seeing God strengthening and teaching my son to think of others and to rely upon Him and Him alone. May God be praised!!!!!

"On mine arm shall they trust." Isaiah 51:5

I read this scripture plus the expoundation of it by Spurgeon to the kids the other night. It was fantastic!! Here are a few quotes from this Morning and Evening's August 31, morning portion.

"O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone."

I asked the children what they thought this meant......and how a "hurricane" could be blessed in doing so. Aren't hurricanes scary and why would they be blessed since it is a natural disaster. We had a wonderful time discussing what this meant. So much so, that we could only finish 1/2 a small page that night..........and then continued the previous night. What a great blessing this was and is and will continue to be to my family's souls.

When in heaven, it would be a great honor to be able to thank Spurgeon for being used of God; for aspiring faithfully and diligently in the calling of the Lord Jesus Christ.