Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Fires, burning that doesn't come for years... we get to SEE what can be!


After the visit of the arctic beast (so named by the media)... we get a unique opportunity.
Sometimes it is YEARS... literally years before this much clearing can be done!
 AND in this moment... we get at least 30 huge piles cleared!
 All the piles of trees and brush that have just been pushed up are gonna be burned.
At least as long as the burn ban is lifted....
Last year we had unprecedented rains... this year we had ice and snow... both are showing me things
about the seasons that I feel remarkable. 
 We can see...
WE CAN SEE!!!
we can imagine what this will be where as before all we could see was cedar trees blocking any 
idea of what could be.
 As we "clean house"...
as we "get our house in order"...
As we take the opportunity AS SOON AS IT IS OFFERED!!!
We can SEE what can be......
(and our boys think it is a great place for a baseball field:)))
I'm still thinking.... and praying.... LORD You have prepared us for Your purposes before we ever see a need for the preparation... SHOW us and give us eyes to see...
As KGC says.... LORD make us hear clearly as you speak our place, our purpose our call!
THANK YOU for YOUR providence...
THANK YOU for letting us call YOU Father!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy 31st EKLD.... "open the floodgates of heaven"!!! Momma God made sparkles for your day!

 The day she turned 31 we'd just come out of the freeze of the season... 
her little ones said... "momma, look, God put sparkles all over the place for your birthday"
Indeed... the air and the ground were covered with the left over sparkles of the frosty arctic beast.
Perfect for my little one... Sparkles!!!








You make my heart smile precious one... always did... always have and always will!
and this year.... God said...
"OPEN THE FLOODGATES.... let the Spirit flow"...
you have... you do... you will!!! 
we love you EKLD.... forever!

Valentine's sunshine, horses, and cleaning up the hillside. Sunday Question: What is God saying to you right now?


Valentines tables set....

 Valentine's red velvet and white cakes ready for dessert....
 Our big boys spend the night after all the Saturday bball games...
 KG starts the game with a basket right out of the chute... dribble straight up the middles and put it in... 
 Yes, they won... 10-2... and 6 were KGC's... you'd never know it... I had to ask.
 After Sunday Valentines lunch... the C family head up the trail to check out the newly cleared land....
 TS would really like to do this all by himself! But right now... Ben and Scooter were a bit nervous by all the smokiness of the area... Glad momma hold the reins (yes, this is good for a number of reasons!)
 Moosey decided he needed to see what the problem was with Scooter.. and yes, the guy can ride!
When get into the saddle...
WE better make real sure we know how to handle the horse we are on!
WE better make real sure the saddle and stirrups we've chosen to sit on fit us!
and then... RIDE confidently the horse we're one and the path that has been chosen!
Troy brought orchids for the mommas, roses for the little girls, and cooked the entire lunch for all of us this Valentine's Sunday... and what a colorful coat... a Berek again:))) He said "I love you in bright colors."... I've fallen in love many times and each one is with this same guy! 
Sunday question:
"What is God saying to you right now?"
-get your house in order... get rid of the unnecessary
-Open the floodgates... you are the gateway to what comes into the family... the LORD supplies the flow, He lets us open the gates to the portions... open wide the gates and let the Spirit flow
-Wherever we are, we are called to a position... we have a calling
-READ the BIBLE... know what it says and hear God!
-Like Joseph and Moses (the boys, Troy and I had just been talking about the things going on in Egypt and they both recalled the Genesis stories)... we need to hear the next step and follow His lead
-You can't make everybody ok, you have to be ok yourself.
-I'm a storehouse... there is a distribution (we work in tandem)
-prepare... clean house... get out of debt of any kind... be readied and not worried
-see beyond now and know the source for the next step
-we have been being prepared...we have been made ready... we have a purpose... there is nothing to worry about, simply listen and hear and move as we are called to anything, for anything... we will know.
-then TR finished so patiently... as he had to wait through the entire table... he had 4 words...
"What is God saying to you right now?".... TR's response... "Jesus is coming back!"
hummmmm..... I love our Sunday lunch questions and responses.....