May Memory Verse

"Though you have not seen Him,

you love Him; and even though

you do not see Him now, you 

believe in Him and are filled

with an inexpressible and

glorious joy."

1 Peter 1:8

Mid-April Scripture Memory Verse

"In my anguish I cried out to the LORD

and He answered me by

setting me free.

The LORD is with me;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

The LORD is with me;

He is my Helper.

I will look in triumph on my enemies."

Psalm 118:5-7

Things that Make You Go Hmmmm........

How is it that some days are like this...=>

and other days are like this...

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Seriously!

What is it that really makes the difference?

My quiet time with God?

Yes, that is important!

My heart?

Also, very important!

What time my children went to bed the night before?

What time I went to bed the night before?

I believe all of those things and more affect my day.

But I really think I need to take notes of what specifically happens on "good" days.

Today was a "good" day.

Can't put my finger on 1 specific thing that made it a good one, but it makes me pray and hope tomorrow will be another one!

It did help that the weather was so beautiful!

Warm with a nice breeze - Spring!

It also helped that Kru and I could take an hour or so and go to the park and swing!

It also helped that I was very aware of being present in the moment!

I didn't spend as much time on the computer!

I spoke in a gentle yet firm (when needed) voice.

I sometimes like to ignore how much I affect my home, my husband, my children!  

But, if I'm wanting to be the woman God created me to be, I can NOT ignore that!

"Let the words of my mouth 

and the meditations of my heart 

be acceptable in Thy sight, 

O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer."

Psalm 19:14

I must, need, have to be aware of what I am saying, thinking, meditating on!  And it MUST be the Lord and pleasing Him and being obedient to Him.

I am so selfish and get so caught up in making sure I'm taken care of!  That is sin!!!

So....

I must seek Jesus daily, hour to hour, moment to moment if need be, to be the woman He created me to be!  The woman that He put here in this place for this moment.  And to really there!  Awake!  Involved!

I never did post my scripture memory verse for the beginning of April, but it goes well with this post.

It was Proverbs 31:26

"When she speaks her words are wise, and kindness is the rule when she gives instruction."

Mid-March Scripture Memory Verse

"Do not repay evil for evil

or insult with insult, but

with blessing,

because

to this

YOU 

were called

so that

You

may inherit

a blessing."

1 Peter 3:9

March 1 Memory Verse

"So do not throw away your confidence; 

it will be richly rewarded, 

you need to persevere

 so that when you have done the will of God, 

you will receive what He has promised."

Hebrews 10:35-36

Mid-February Scripture Memory Verse

"Repent, then, and turn to God, 

so that your sins may be wiped out,

that times of refreshing may

come from the Lord."

Acts 3:19

February's Memory Verse

Psalm 90:16-17

"Show me, your servant, 

the wonderful things you do;

show your greatness to my children.

And let the beauty of the Lord

be upon us:

give strength to the work of our hands."

Scripture Memory

My children are in AWANA, Kru is a first year Cubbie!!!

They instill in my children the importance of hiding God's Word in their hearts.

However, I don't!

Beth Moore challenged her blog readers to memorizing scripture in 2009.

2 a month

I thought, I could do that, I should do that, I NEED to do that.

She has over 3000 women signing in on the 1st and 15th of each month with their verse or verses that they are memorizing each month.

I am participating, but not logging in on Beth's blog.

In January, I began with 

Psalm 13:5-6

"But I trust in Your unfailing love, my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord for He has been good to me."

Then on the 15th I switched to:

Phillippians 2:3

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility, consider others better than yourself."  

I thoroughly enjoyed rewriting the Psalms from the Stepping Up study last semester.  So I won't be rewriting these passages, I will be meditating on them and at least posting them!