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Friday, November 06, 2009

Hunting here is in full swing! Shad got his bruiser buck on Monday or something like that. My days are running together................I don't know which day I'm living. Israel's brother Jeremy and his wife Cheryl have been here all week. Cheryl and I spent at least one whole day in the kitchen so far :) and seem to find ourselves there more than any other place. We did get to go to my Bible study on Mon. night. Tue night the guys and us took Max and Summer, left the other kiddos with my sister and went to our life group at church. Then yesterday Cheryl and I took my two boys to the dentist and spent some time shopping Shipshewana.....Now today we packed up the kids and all went for a 2hr. walk around the block. We had a great time lugging the stroller and wagon and chatting as we huffed and puffed our way up the hills. Now tomorrow we have an afternoon on the town scheduled! My sister will take over for us after lunch and we'er gonna stay out as long as we please.....lookin' for treasures.

So our week has been a good one, and we are having fun trying new recipes and keepin' the kids in line, well, shall we say trying to keep the kids in line..........

So if you don't have any interest in deer hunting forget this post, because I have to post for Shad and his Dad. I'm proud of the little man too ;) and so happy for his success, this is his 6th deer for the season...he's out again tonight saying he'll shoot a fat doe, and I'll be just as happy if he doesn't, but don't tell him ;).

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Blessings on your weekend!

 

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wow, I don't know where to start pouring and where to stop........the chapter for this wk. of Biblestudy is so packed with treasure!

The Mind of Christ ~ We have the mind of Christ? And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekial 36:27 We can choose to flow in the mind of Christ.

Think Positive Thoughts - The mind of Christ in us is positive: Anytime we get negative we are not operating with the mind of Christ. Psalm 3:3 GOD IS OUR GLORY AND THE LIFTER OF OUR HEADS. He wants to lift everything; our hopes, our attitudes, our moods, our head, hands and heart - our whole LIFE! He is our Divine Lifter!

Be God Minded - YOU will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind is stayed on YOU, because he commits himself to YOU, leans on YOU, and hopes confidently in YOU. Isaiah 26;3 Meditating on God and His ways and works will need to become a regular part of your thought life if you want to experience victory.

Be God-Loves-Me Minded - And we know and believe the love God cherishes for us. God is LOVE, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him. 1John 4;16 I (Joyce) have learned that the same thing is true of God's love that is true of His presence. If we never meditate on His love for us, we will not experience it.

Have an Exhortative Mind - He who exhorts, to his exhortation Romans 12:8 The person with the mind of Christ thinks positive, uplifting, edifying thoughts about other people as well as about himself and his own circumstances. Send thoughts of love toward other people. Speak words of encouragement to them. TO LIVE IN VICTORY, YOU MUST BEGIN BY LINING UP YOUR THOUGHTS WITH GOD'S WORD!

Develop a Thankful Mind - Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name Psalm 100:4 A POWERFUL LIFE CANNOT BE LIVED WITHOUT THANKSGIVING. When do we offer thanksgiving? At all times-- in every situation, in all things and by so doing we enter into the victorious life where the devil cannot control us.

Be Word Minded _ And you have not His word living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. ( that is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.) John 5:38 Meditating on the Word of God is one of the most important life principles that we can learn.

Will you flow in the mind of the flesh or in the mind of the Spirit? One leads to death, the other to life. The choice is ours. CHOOSE LIFE!

This book just continues to convict and challenge me in new ways, and how I'm trying to choose Life! It is some days a moment by moment battle, just to take the negative thoughts captive in Jesus Name, and then to fill the empty space with His thoughts. I'm learning............little glimpses of growth here and there, but still finding myself learning more and more that it is His Spirit in me that brings fruit. Just abiding in Him for my life.

I'm spending the evening alone......well, how alone am I with 5 kiddos milling, crashing and bashing around? Maybe not as alone as comfort would permit, but that's my life and I'm gonna give thanks even for a little crashing ;) Israel and Shad are off to hunt, why Shad would need to go I can't imagine. He shot his 5th doe the other morning. Got up went out in the dark, the real kicker......wearing his Dad's 18in. boots that for sure he was swimming in. Climbed his tree with the one in the same boots, makes me shudder, and shot the deer. He came back and got Misty and Grant, they all went and tracked it and Shad drug her out of the woods himself and then insisted that he gut her himself. The child is running on some male stamina.........so we're in for alot more evenings alone than I care to rejoice in :)

 

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We have so few leaves, that this little pile was a rare treat. The kids even hauled them into the storage barn so they wouldn't get wet ;) Desperate I know.

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One of my brave geraniums, I can't believe my plants on the porch are still so green.

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I love the color these leaves are trimmed in...............

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Most of the lovely colors are gone, but I'm still soaking them in for all I'm worth.

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My dear rose bush keeps trying to bloom too......................I guess it's not quite ready for winter either.

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Aren't these trees just glorious. When ever I drive anywhere I feel like I'm constantly saying "oh look at that, oh that tree is just beautiful" will we get Fall in Heaven?

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Oh, yes I really splurged on this throw. Never have I been a fur person, but I was looking for brown accents and when I saw this and then carried it around the store luxerating (I know that's really not a word, but that's the feeling I had) in it's softness I couldn't resist even after the 30% off wasn't for real. It's been worth every dollar though, we all love it's coziness! I also added the brown pillows and have my eyes peeled for more with different patterns and textures.

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This table has been so fun too. We bought it at a going out of business auction, and I've loved having it to work with.

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And I finally just took matters in to my own hands and hung Misty's chinese lanterns. I always forget to tell Iz I need him to do it for me, so I finally tried and woohoo I did it!

So there's the few new things in my life, and I can't wait to show you a large stack of other new things, but that will have to wait for a few weeks, because I'm not finished adding to it ;)

Hey, love you all and hope you have a beautiful Friday! I get to spend mine with friends from church for the day...

Blessings to you, Jess


Thursday, October 22, 2009

Things I'm Kissing Good~bye and Kissing Hello~

Good~bye~ to my tan ;(

Sunshiny days

Beautiful flowers

Barefoot kiddos (wait, they're still running around footloose and shoeless)

Gorgeous leaves keep twirling and swirling their way to the ground

Negative thoughts!

Workin' in my yard

These last baby pounds!

Kissin' Hello~ My runnin' walkin' legs ;)

Cozy winter days

Positive thoughts lined up with God's Truth!

Hopefully Scrapbookin' days

More time with my Man

Laughin' at my talking twins~

Walkin' with my Mom and sister again after all these busy summer days (please girls let's make it happen)

To a life changed by the renewing of my mind, and the power of The Holy Spirit

A new winter wardrobe (don't tell Iz ;)

More time just enjoying my kiddos..........

Have a wonderful week and kiss the firsts with excitement and the lasts with the joy of a job well done. Have a resolve in your heart to take the Way that Jesus leads you in without regrets, without missing out on Today because you are worried about Tomorrow or carrying the regrets of Yesterday. "I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about.....the way He loves me, oh, how He loves me! Blessings to you all, Jess

 

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Hello to you beautiful friends~ Seems like so many days have gone by and I just wasn't able to squeeze any moments out to touch base with this lonely site. Don't worry I've kept track of you and enjoyed reading your updates.

The biggest thing that is changing my life right now.............a Joyce Meyer Biblestudy that my Mom and sisters and I are going to every Mon. night. The Battlefield of the Mind! It is so incredibly rich in Truth!

The Choice is Mine~ Our thoughts become our words. It is so important that we choose life`generating thoughts. When I do, right words will follow.

Positive minds produce positive lives. Negative minds produce negative lives. Positive thoughts are always full of faith and hope. Negative thoughts are always full of fear and doubt.

Oh, there are so many things that nail me and bring me to conviction and new ways to discipline my mind. I'm really trying to just cry out to Jesus to give me power to renew my mind! I want my thoughts to be His Truth and His Words............

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I have been having so much fun with my fall decorations, I had a big party for our young marrieds from church, so of course we had to bring in the color.

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I'm so tickled with myself, I planted pansies for the first time in my life. I decided to fall plant my pots and it has bought some real joy to my deck.

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Oh, these little people get dearer every day! They are just the most fun to watch, and they are trying to talk, which makes them even more of a riot!

I've got a kitchen groaning under the weight of it's mess, the laundry room can't find it's counter top under the mountain of laundry and the floors need to be swept. Never mind the kiddos need something to eat before I rush off to Biblestudy.

Bless you all~~~~~~~~


Sunday, September 27, 2009

How does time fly by so fast? I can't believe the leaves are starting to change and my garden is all tilled under and sporting a green cover crop, that my husband finds great delight in. This month has been full of good things...........Shad has shot his 3rd doe for the season and this mother sees herself doomed to many years of hunting. I'm finished putting meat up already and the season hasn't even started for Israel.

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Shad is the smug kid on the right ;)

Took the kids mini golfing and out for icecream the other night. Had the whole place to ourselves, the babies had fun running around and the big kids enjoyed chasing golf balls.

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One of the highlights of the month for me............was having my dear friend Delilah spend 4 days with me last wk. We meant 13 years ago when we spent 6 wks. in Paraguay, God put us together and she has been such a special friend to me. Seems like we at least manage one wk. end a year. Israel (bless his heart) cheerfully sent us off on Sat. for the whole entire day. We left at 9am and didn't get home until midnight. We went shopping, lazed on the beach, walked the beach, shopping some more, and out to Hacienda, a Walmart stop, and did I mention.............as always talking and talking, just good uninterrupted conversation? It was a delight! I'm thinking about our next adventure, and where we might be able to go ;). Iz always enjoys having her here too, we all did jalepeno poppers Sun. night, wow are they ever good, (Iz and I have been really into them this year, so easy and fun to do together).

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I was honestly there without any kids..........I've said that was my goal all summer, to hang out for a whole day on the beach alone! Well, I didn't get it done during peak sun.........but we had a great few hrs. anyways.

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So maybe it was even a little chilly............

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But well worth the little hike we had to take to get there. It was a beach I've never been to before, and we had to take this hike thru the woods to get there, so it was exercise too.

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I think Delilah must breath a sigh of relief when she walks in the door of her quiet house and can think in peace............but the kiddos love her and she is so kind to them, they're always so excited to have her come.

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My own personal sunrise the other morning, don't I have an incredible Father?

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Just have to show you how well my blue salvia has done, I just love the stuff, now if it will just come back next Spring I'll love it even more.

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And I just have to let you see the two sweetest babies ever ;) Okay, I know I'm bias and I know your's are all just the best too, but these two little characters are too delightful. Well, most of the time delightful. I do declare they could tear a house down around a person. They are really into kissing each other and it is so cute. Last night I had Amber and Autumn had went off by herself somewhere.....Amber said Audy....where Audy, here comes Autumn and they just hugged and kissed like they hadn't seen each other in weeks. They have truly been so fun to watch, I don't know what we'll do when they really start talking...

Okay, so it is time for me to head for bed, Iz and the kids have already gone up and I need to tuck in so I can rise and shine.

Here's to a wonderful Monday, and good week full of grace to enjoy your days.



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