How to go Fishing with Jesus

1. Get in the boat.
2. Row.
3. Cast your net.
4. Pull the net in.
5. Keep all the fish.

Sweet Tea and Petit Fours

Snow-white hair,
                   soft eyes.
It wasn't what they said,
                   but how they said it.
When they spoke I thought of doves.

Perhaps the years have taught them to recognize a mother's broken heart.

Captured

 

verse one

I don't understand Your faithfulness

What do You see in me?

I'm no one of significance

Your love's a mystery

I don't know why You chose me

But I'm glad You did

Just because You love me

You died

So I might live

 

chorus

I am covered by Your holiness

Adorned with purity

I am a new creation

Your love has captured me

 

verse two

You tell me I'm accepted

Completely reconciled

Though I've nothing but myself to give

With me You're satisfied

I don't know why You chose me

But I'm glad You did

Just because You love me

You died

So I could live

 

chorus

I am covered by Your holiness

Adorned with purity

I am a new creation

Your love has captured me

 

verse three

Your devotion is amazing

My own sweet faithful friend

Why did You want to bless me

With love that never ends

I don't know why You chose me

But I'm glad You did

Just because You love me

You died

So now I live

 

end

I am covered by Your holiness

Adorned with purity

I am a new creation

Your love has captured me

 

When You look my way

Your beloved

Is who You see

 

Amazing Love

You've captured me

A "Whipped Cream on Top" List

1. Cotton Sheets
2. Watching my little girl paint her nails
3. The smell of coffee
4. Carousels
5. The smile I get when I greet my teen son by flinging my arms out and parroting Mrs. Doubtfire's "Helloooo!"
6. Hugs from friend I haven't seen in a while
7. Baking bread
8. Holding hands with my husband
9. Giving a gift to someone for no reason at all
10. Kittens

Red Shoes

First, there was the bad news about my husband's wrist injury. It wasn't healing as fast as it should. That meant at least a few more weeks of light duty which equals less pay. The same day we received this notification, my son got a letter in the mail about his tuition. No financial aid. A few more unexpected medical bills rounded out the week. I have been, as I posted on facebook, "So stressed my toes are tense." My solution? Retail Therapy.

After I had pursued the offerings of purses and jewelry at one of my favorite stores, I turned my attentions toward creating at least one ensemble around black pants I recently acquired via the Target Daily Deal. I found a couple of tops that would work, but still was not satisfied. I headed to the shoe department. I tried on many pairs of shoes but when my poor little tense toes slipped into some unbelievably comfortable slides, I knew I had found my match. The only thing is, they were red. Then it hit me. I have never owned a pair of red shoes. So, of course, I immediately took them to the register and bought them.

Me and my toes feel much better now.

Shades of Grace

sunday morning
sunday evening
and
wednesday night

a small Bible
with
a picture of Jesus
holding a lamb

a flowered easter dress
with
a square neck
trimmed in lace

hands washing dishes
and
folding stacks of clean clothes
while she sang

verses one
two
and
four

Cosmetology School

Yesterday my daughter was playing with her doll's hair. She combed and fiddled, then decided doll's hair was simply unmanageable. Out came the scissors. At first, she was doing just fine. The doll's hair did look much better on the side she had cut. It even curled under like a bob is supposed too. Unfortunately, the other side turned out bit too short, which meant the first side must be trimmed some more.

If you have ever cut hair, you know what happened next.

When the 'do' was finally even, my daughter held the doll at arm's length and examined her creation with a wry pinch of the lips.

"Well," she sighed, "at least now I know I'm not going into the hair cutting business."

Books I Might Write Someday

1. Confessions of a Craft Addict
2. Steak Ain't the Same Once It's Been Through the Babyfood Grinder
3. Bringing Up Boys, and Rabbits, and Cats, and Dogs
4. Camo is a Color
5. It Only Takes One Princess to Hold the Majority Vote
6. Waiting for the Paint to Dry
7. All Dogs Go to My House
8. Bangs or Botox?
9. Just Eat the Cheesecake
10. The Mad Red Hatter's Real Life Adventures

Today my little girl asks, "How's your book coming, Momma?"

"Not so good today."

She leans over the keyboard, squints at my monitor. "Chapter Five! That's very good, Momma."

"But I've been working on this chapter for almost two weeks," I whine.

"Well, " she pats my arm, "I usually take a month to finish a chapter when I write a book."

I Follow This Path

I follow this path
because I am His

I do not choose
how or
when or
who

I choose yes or no
stay or go

I do not choose to
sing or dance
walk
run or crawl
pray
on my knees or
scrub the floor

I only choose yes or no

When I hear Him singing my name
it's easy
to say yes

He is the air I breathe

I follow this path
Because He is mine.

John 10