Go slow!

Dad: Hardly anything can be enjoyed in a hurry or accomplished in a hurry, and you'll not get very far if you're in a hurry. You've got to slow things down, and take time to listen to the Lord most of all. Anyone can run around a hundred miles an hour doing this and doing that, and never really get anywhere. But it takes mighty men and women of God to really stop, look, listen and go slow.

Just relax; slow down; don't rush; don't be hasty; squeeze—don't jerk;—and the Lord will slow everything else down for you if necessary! No use trying to kill yourself! —And you've got to learn to rest in the Lord!—And take it easier!

But you say, "I don't have time to stop and to look and to listen!" If you don't you may never make it! Better late than never! Which is easier: to try to beat the train, to try to plough through the train, jump over the train or just to stop, watch it go by, wait another couple of minutes and it'll be out of your way and you can go peacefully on your way! Trying to force the situation and push your way through just won't work!

I've found out that no matter what I do, the Lord's work will go on—life will go on—the camp will go on! If it's God's Work, nothing will stop it—not even my absence! Praise the Lord? So it doesn't pay to rush around and fret and fume and try to get someplace to do something when you're supposed to be waiting on the Lord to find out for sure just where He wants you to be and what He wants you to do! (ML# 74:28-29, 42-43, 50-51)

Simplicity!

There will be much for you to discover throughout your life on Earth and in Heaven, but you will always find that the most profound truths, the greatest beauty, the most outstanding wisdom, is simple. Simplicity is a hallmark of greatness. (ML# 3302)

Out in the Fields with God

Out in the Fields with God

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday,
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play;
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees;
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.

The foolish fears of what might happen,
I cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay;
Among the husking of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born—
Out in the fields with God!

Worth it all!

I was talking to someone the other day and they asked me why I choose to be a fulltime childcare worker, they asked what motivated me to do it day in and day out. At first I just shrugged it off and said I don’t know but later on I got to thinking and I wondered to myself what does motivate me to be a childcare worker what keeps me going what makes it all worth it. Being a childcare worker is a day in and day out grueling job, its at the end of a long day after settling the hundredth fight and washing your tenth bottom and comforting a child for the fiftieth time that you start to wonder what the heck am I doing. I mean to most people at the age of seventeen settling down and taking care of someone else kids for eight hours a day is about the furthest thing from there mind. Most people at my age want excitement they want freedom they want to try a bit of everything before they make their decision of what they really want from life. But I’ve already decided, I’ve thrown myself headlong into this ministry and I must say that I do enjoy it. But there are times that I look over my work and think is this really what I want to do, is this really what I’m good at. Other people have these great and glorious ministries of getting out there and winning the world they win disciples they feed sheep and there the ones that you look at and say wow what talent. Or the fundraisers get out there and get the money for the home and there out on the streets all day and everyone looks at them and says wow there really a big help. In the ministry of childcare there are not a lot of big huge victories and things that the whole home will really see, many times if you don’t look up and see how far you’ve come you can tend to feel like you haven’t really done anything big or important. But the rewards of being a childcare worker are far greater when you look at them in the right perspective. When you look at the kids in your care and you see hey I taught him read and I taught him to count, I taught him to go to the bathroom and he knows how to write because I taught him. To others these seem like small things yeah so what if he can read and he can write, so what if he’s potty trained now and can count. As a childcare worker those are big things because you know how much work it is to teach a kid to write, you know how much time it takes for potty training to finally click. You know what you put into it and it’s a thrill to see the outcome, its such a thrill to see that all that work all that time and that attention paid off. Anyway to make a long story short the reason why I am a childcare worker the thing that motivates me to keep doing what I ‘m doing is knowing that no matter how much time I put into it and no matter how much extra work I do in the end its always worth it. What I put into it comes back to me again in the future and hey who knows maybe that kid will be the next Einstein ( hey you never know).

Chinese Dinner

These are some pictures from this Chinese dinner me and my sister made it tasted oh so very scrumptious.

Sleep in heavenly peace....

For some reason people just love to take pictures of me while I'm sleeping, I have like ten pictures of me sleeping and I didn't even want them. Anyway this picture is of me all curled up with my nephew and he looks so cute i wanted to post it.

Pictures!

Don't we all look so pretty.
What can I say we love our tree's.

Sucess and Failure.

Success and Failure

By Edgar Guest

I do not think all failure's undeserved,
And all success is merely someone's luck;
Some men are down because they were unnerved,
And some are up because they kept their pluck.
Some men are down because they chose to shirk;
Some men are high because they did their work.

I do not think that all the poor are good,
That riches are the uniform of shame;
The beggar might have conquered if he would,
And that he begs, the world is not to blame.
Misfortune is not all that comes to mar;
Most men, themselves, have shaped the things they are.

A light at the end of the tunnel!

Religious sayings!

Love!

Oka...

I know I promised pictures but here's the bad news, I recently had to redo my computer because it wasn't working and so I had my lovely mechanical minded brother reinstall everything. But unfortunatly He didn't install PGP right and all my pictures are locked up on my PGP disk so alas I have no way to get my pictures and post them for your viewing pleasure. But my brother will be home tomorrow and I will get him to fix it so very soon you shall have the pictures I promised.

Your all going to love me!

You guys are going to love me, wanna know why??? Because for once I have pictures....Big Grin. Yes, and I will post them as soon as I can get them to load. So hold your breath I will post them.

Did it again!

Well, true to my clumsy self I did it again. Two days ago I went for a bike ride with my two younger brothers, I was supposed to go along to keep an eye on them and make sure they didn't get into any trouble. Well we were biking up and down this hill, we would go up to the top and then fly down it super fast. On the sides of the road were these diches and I remember thinking that one of us would end up crashing into them. Well sure enough I was in the back and my two brothers were in the front and a car came up behind me I tried to move out of the way but I guess I misjudged the edge of the road or something anyway I went flying off the bike and hit my head on the ground. I had a concussion and had to be rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.The werid thing is I can't remember anyting that happened, its just gone. I can't remember going on the bike ride, I can't remember the bike ride, I can't remember the crash. Its all just gone, Its a weird feeling i'll tell you what. I finally came to in the hosipital ( although I'm told I was awake the whole time), I'm fine now just have a bad headache and a few bruises and cuts. But oh well PTL, at least I can say I rode in an ambulence and went to the hospital ( even though I can't remember it).

Spring.

Spring is in the air here, and I am so happy that winter is over. I love spring everything feels so fresh and alive and you just feel like singing.

Kiwi Pie and suchness

Today was a very uneventfull day on the farm. Nothing new happened until I finally decided to mix some excitement into my day. So I decided to Play Basket ball all by myself, didn't go so well though as I ended up chassing the ball more than shooting it. so finally I gave up and went to look for soemhting else to doa nd there i found the unspecting victim, a whole box of Kiwi's and so I decided I was going to make Kiwi pie. Now if you know me I am not a baker Just check out my post about my brothers birthdya cake and you'll understand what I mean. But lo and behold after I had covered myself and the kitchen in flour and other ingredients my Kiwi pie turned out. It looks great and I'm sure it will taste wonderful, you see I haven't actually gotten up the courage to taste it yet it looks so good that I don't want to ruin it. Well there ar ethe events of my uneventful day on my Farm.

Resolution!

Today I made a resolution, you see every day I realize I haven't updated my blog recently and so I tell myself I need to do that but the day rolls by it just dosen't fit in. And so I go about my weeks needing to post, feeling condemed cause I haven't posted, and still not posting. So I've decided that I will no longer feel condemed about not posting, after all this is my blog and I have evey right to post when I feel like it and when I don't. But I promise you that I will try and update but I won't feel condenmed about it. Now I had some really funny pics I was going to post but I couldn't find them, so i will find them and post them for your viewing pleasure shortly until then I wish you all well.

Signs Gone Wrong.

Random!

In my home we have this weird habit of saying random, Like for exsample will start a story and say " Oh my god this random thing happened to me today" or someone will say something out of the blue and we'll all be like " Jeez, that was random" or " O.K....that was random". Its just like a habit we have, and I just realized it a couple week ago at dinner. Not because I was actually listening for it but i was just sitting there listening to everyone talking and I heard it said repeatedly. I immediatly wondered if we always said it or if it was just that night. So you know how when your looking for something you always seem to notice it more, so I noticed over the next few days that everyone including myself have this habit of saying random. Anyway for some random reason I decided to share this with you. Pretty random, Huh?

Potter and Clay.

Down by the house of the potter
I went with the Lord one day,
And I watched while he slowly fashioned
A vessel from plastic clay.
Slowly on the wheel he turned it,
Shaping it with patient skill
Till the plastic clay was molded,
According to the Master's will.
But as I watched His working
He turned with a look of pain,
For the vessel in His hands was fractured,
His work seemed alas in vain.
Something in the clay had marred it,
Somewhere there has been a strain,
And the work must be suspended,
The potter must begin again.
Then as I watched and wondered
He took up the clay once more,
And around on the wheel he turned it,
And fashioned it o'er and o'er.
Patiently he pressed and shaped it
With a bright and smiling face,
Till at last from the wheel he took it,
A vessel of surpassing grace.
O Lord, Thou art our Potter
And we the plastic clay,
Mold us to Thy perfect will,
And lead us in Thy way.