Not my smartest moment

I thought by this time of the year, I'd be out digging in the dirt with the kids.

We'd have a little garden, with little sprouts coming up, that's what I thought.

My, my, how wrong I've been.We had snow yesterday.

But this in the picture, that's not snow.

That, my friend, is down feathers.

See, in all our cooped upness, I decided a project was in order.

A window seat to be exact. 

I took a down blanket that drove me absolutely crazy, 

and I cut it open in my house.

I had no idea, if you want to make a window seat, take your down blankets outside before you cut them up. You'll save yourself so much effort and time.

Eden likes it when I have these 'not so smart moments'. 

I think she think I'm more fun.

Kinda true.

It's laughable when you do silly things.

Besides a house covered in down feathers, which by the way

resembles dust bunnies, the window seat turned out just how I imagined.

It's now become the most treasured sitting spot, and I love that.

Our bunny Eyelash is right out the window too, so the kids

just sit and watch her and talk to her through the window.

So, there you have it, not my smartest moment,

but our coziest little seat.

Yes it isn't

I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long.

At first, it was intentional.

My focus was off.

I deactivated facebook and took a sabbatical from all of it.

Then, my camera cord was gone, just gone, so my sabbatical lasted longer than I intended.

But it's been good.

I knew that God was trying to teach me, but I was so distracted.

I still am, distracted.

But I have a better focus, a passion for truth.

I have to be so careful, it seems only if I blink sometimes, I lose it.

In no way have I "arrived", far from it.

But I am teachable, and God is teaching me so much.

Teaching me about prayer, about guiding my childrens' hearts with purpose,

loving in a gentle way to my husband, and being a servant to whatever God has for me.

I read a book called Follow Me by David Platt. If you read one book this year, make it this one, as I don't think I can ever be the same.

I am blessed beyond belief, and at the same time have so much responsibility.

Not just with being a mom and a wife, but because I love Jesus.

When we went through our miscarriage ordeal almost 6 months ago, I would pray daily.

That God would change me as a person, and that my family would be different.

That God would use our tender hearts, so hurt and vulnerable, to grow.

It's something I wrote down daily, I prayed daily.

I didn't know what it would mean at the time, but now I know.

Follow Him, love Him, and because of that tell others.

I will never know "why" we went through what we did.
The pain will never be gone, and neither will the hurt.

But God has answered my prayer.

To be different.

(as for the "yes, it isn't" title, that's just Micah's new favorite phrase, and I kinda adore it).

Lately

...we got a bunny

it's name is eyelash

curtesy of Eden

in our search for our bunny

i realized that their are some

bunnies as big as my children

... got sick twice last week

and so did every other

member of my family

it probably won't go down

as my favorite week in history

...Micah is pottytrained

wooohooooo

doesn't begin to describe my excitement

and by pottytrained

i mean i can't remember his last accident

woooohooooo

...i deactivated my facebook account

but it's back on

too much time

it's too precious for that

i think the addiction's broken

...i've been painting the inside of my cupboards

aqua or light mint

it's darling

but to take pictures it has to be clean

that may not happen soon

...i've been trying to finish up some inside

projects that i've been lazy on all winter

come on spring

i have a million things to do in the yard

...but for now, there's still snow

let us begin

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” 

• if you had only had a month left to live, what VALUES would you most try to instill in your child?

a year ago one of my daughter's best friends lost her mother to cancer. 

6 years old. 

with no mother.

“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” 

• if you only had a month left to live, what WORDS would you pen? 

i have only recently discovered the value of written words.

written words seal abstract concepts into explainable reality.

written words clarify.

written words can be reviewed. reread.

written words can last through generations.

“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.

We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.” 

• if you only had a month left to live, and were capable of doing anything you wanted to do, what would you spend your TIME doing?

i love that many of OUR generation are taking matthew 25:35 seriously.

change is happening. 

christ-followers no longer care what the "rules" are. 

they care about what they see jesus care about. 

they SEE people.

they SEE need.

they GIVE hope.

they GIVE love.

they LIVE purposely.

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”

• WHO are the neediest people in our world?

i recently read that the poor are mentioned over 400 times in the bible. 

FOUR HUNDRED TIMES!

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. 

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. 

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” 

• what does the KINGDOM OF GOD look like to you?

what. should. it. look. like?

would the way you live your life be compatible with the kingdom of god?

what things need to change for you to be part of his kingdom?

foster homes.

orphanages

homeless shelters.

nursing homes.

pregnancy centers.

street corners.

even in walmart.

even in schools.

and churches. 

that's where they are.

the people on god's mind.

the people on god's heart. 

FIND THEM.

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” 

• how can YOU join in?

my name is lindsay. you can find more of my ramblings at shackspack. the sermon link is the most recent of my hubby's sermons. mother theresa and i had a great time posting for raelle, my much older sister. 

Head on over...

...to this blog. It's my sissy. I did a little guest blog over there tonight.