LOVING MY HUSBAND FRIDAY & FRIDAY FOTOS

Songs of Songs 5:16KJV

. . .This is my beloved, and this is my friend. . ."

Our Wedding Invitation

This day

I will marry my friend

The one I laugh with,

live for, dream with,

Love.

"Believing that Holy mariage is ordained by God

and in the Spirit of Christian joy. . ..

My card to Jeff today:

When I tell you "I love you,"

it means so much more than

just three little words.

it means that your happiness

is so important to me,

that I desire many blessings in life for you.

It means that I always want

to be there for you,

no matter what happens.

It means that I would rather be with you

than anyone else in the world.

It means that you're not only

my partner in life,

but also my bery best friend.

The longer we love,

the more "I love you" means.

It means that

I respect you so very much. Eph. 5:33

It means that I really want to

treat you like I love you and that

I am truly sorry for when I don't.

With All My Love

On Our 27th Anniversary

Loving My Husband Friday is for taking the time to focus on the positives of marriage. A time to build up your marriage and your spouse. Focus on something you love about your husband,something he did to encourage you this week, or just a tip on how to keep your marriage strong. Let your husband know you're bragging on him...everyone loves praise and accolades. Try to spend the rest of your week focusing on all the great traits of your spouse...especially when your tempted to focus on the bad! And don't forget to pray for your husband and marriage as you write your post.Add a link to your post to Mr. Linky. Then pray for the marriages of the others who post, and give each other a little encouragement to keep our marriages strong!Link up at http://mominin-thepeerreview.blogspot.com/

THANKFUL THURSDAY. . .JOY!

Iris's theme for Thankful Thursday this week is JOY. I have heard before that the difference in happiness and joy is that
"Happiness depends on your circumstances and Joy comes from God."
Iris quotes John Piper, saying that "Joy is in your bones."
Even though I hope you'll go over to Iris' blog, after reading this, or you came to me from her blog, I want to share the same scripture that she shared. I read this scripture just recently and thought about and prayed for those I know who are going through very difficult times in hospitals.

"May the God of hope fill you with all Joy and peace in believeing , so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope."

Romans 15:13 ESV

Today, I am thankful for the JOY of

1. being in God's word and listening to Him speak to me.

fulfilling His purpose for me, as a

2. Wife

3. Mom, Mom-n-law, Gramma

4. Daughter, Family member, neighbor, friend

5. Teacher

Please join me and Sonya at http://www.truth4thejourney.blogspot.com/

and Iris at http://www.eph2810.com/

to share the 5 things that you are thankful for bringing you joy today.

IN HIS WORD WEDNESDAY--BE IN HIS WORD!

Romans 12:2

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. Then you will be able to test and approve what GOD'S WILL is--His good, pleasing and perfect will.

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I have just come from listening to my 16 year old (really mature beyond his years) son share God's word with the youth group that he is a part of. He did a wonderful job. (I know, I'm his mom, but I know he did do a wonderful job of sharing what God layed on his heart to share.) He shared several scripture from all over the Bible to make his point that we are to live a life for God that will show the world that we are Christ followers.

Jase showed a video of a pastor and another man who was portraying God "chiseling" away at the man to take away the negative things in his life to make him more like Christ. It reminded me of my visit to the dentist today. My dentist is a very nice Christian man, and was very apologetic to me that he didn't get me numb enough. It was painful today, as he had to chisel away at the caps he was putting on my teeth. Sometimes, the work that God has to do on us can be painful, but the finished product is His Masterpiece!

Please share with me how God is speaking to you through His word.

Please visit Megan at http://www.dailyessentialsanddeals.blogspot.com/

and all the others who have linked up with her, for more encouragement from His word.

100 Things that I Think I should do Today TUESDAY

100 things-in honor of Erin's 100th post

at Closing Time http://www.herewegomoms.com/



Even though I do know that I am wonderfully made by God for a purpose, and I have just completed cleaning out my "thought closet", (Jennifer Rothschild's Me, Myself and Lies Bible study), I do not want to list 100 things about myself.

This is what I feel the need to do today, (or maybe tomorrow?) beginning in order, but probably not staying exactly in order, because that's the way I am,
wanting to be organized,. . .but not exactly in order, yet.
It may be 100, maybe not, let's see! I feel like it is 100 things that I have to do, with them all swimming around in my head, so I do need to make this list.

1. Wake up,
2. get out of bed,
3. and kiss my husband before he left for work at 6:30 a.m.
4. Brush my teeth.
5. Spend time in prayer and in God's Word.
6. Cook breakfast and eat with my son.
7. Watch Beth Moore's video/blog for our last summer Bible study gathering.
8. Read Shelli's Hopefully Devoted post for our blog group for the above study.
9. Do the final interactive assignments on the Hopefully Devoted blog.
10. Be available for my son.
11. Take him to the school for workout.
12. Make this list.
13. Call Animal Control.
14. Call the dentist office to confirm tomorrow's appointment.
15. Pick my son up from the school.
16. Take my son to the church.
17. Pick my son up from the church.
18, Chill!
19. Pray!
20 Work in my classroom.
21. Get my hair highlighted and cut.
22. Pick my son up from my parents' house. (They met me at the beauty shop.)
23. Make myself something for lunch.
24. Eat lunch.
25. Go to our house in Texas to work a very little bit, borrowing my parents' pick-up. (which means I got my
hair sweaty before getting to show it to my husband)
26. Make decisions about throwing things away.
27. Throw some things away.
28. Drive back to my parents' house to return the pick-up, that we didn't load
anything in.
29. Drive back to our home in Oklahoma.
30. Call my husband.
31. "Freshen up" for my husband.
32. Cook supper.
33. Sit down, pray and eat, and enjoy my family's company.
34. Brush my teeth.
35 Call one eye dr. to order contacts.
36Call another eye dr. to make an appt. for my son.
37 Help my daughter with paper work for scholarship renewal.
38. Help my daughter with anything that she can use my help with.
39. Shop with my daughter.
40. Take a form by the high school for signature and mail off, for my son.
41. Put a book that I need to return to a friend in an envelope and mail it.
42. Chill!
43 Pray!
44 Read my Bible again.
45 Laundry was done somewhere way up there.
46 Fold and put away the laundry.
47 Laundry will need to be done again.
48 Spend time with my family walking. . .
49. watch a movie,
50play a game

51. Pray with both. . .they're not children, but we still pray with them.
52 Get ready for bed.
53 Brush my teeth.
54 Sleep
55. Finish this list and link it while it's still today!'
Okay, that is just 55. If you are still reading this, I know there are at least 45 things that I need to do in my classroom, but
I won't bore you with them.
I hope you will come back to visit my blog and introduce yourself.
I know that we all often think, "So much to do and so little time!"
I do need to make myself make lists. Of course, I did list routine things that I wouldn't write on a list.
Even though we have a lot to do, we need to always remember:

Matthew 6:33

But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

SCRIPTURE MEMORY MONDAY

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their work;

If one falls down, his friend can help him up.

But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.

But how can one keep warm alone?

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of THREE strands is not quickly broken.

I chose this passage since our anniversary is this week. I think it says so much about marriage. Marriage is a partnership. I am my husband's "helpmate". After the Lord, he is the one who picks me up when I fall down. He is the one I lean on. He is the one who holds me in his arms. So, when he asks me what is wrong and knows something is, and I say, "Nothing.", I am not letting him help me up. If I try to do something on my own, the result will not be as good as if we do it together. Also, we have 3 strands in our marriage, God is at the Center.

I think that we can also apply this to job and whole family

situations, where team work is needed.

You can also apply this to Accountability Partners.

And, even if there is a job that you are to do on your own, you are still not on your own, if you let the Lord help you.

SUNDAY'S SONGS OF PRAISE

THANK YOU, JESUS

Thank you Jesus for all you've done,

Thank you, Lord

Thank you Jesus for vict'ries won,

O! thank you Lord,

For thy love and tender care,

For thy Word and answered prayer,

Thank you Jesus for all you've done,

Thank you Lord.

Thank you Jesus for love like Thine,

Thank you Lord, Thank you Jesus for grace divine,

O! thank you Lord,

For thy cross of Calvary,

For thy blood that cleanseth me,

Thank you Jesus that thou art mine,

Thank you Lord.

Today, I AM PRAISING GOD for all of the things listed in the song above,

for ALL He has done, victories won, His love and tender care, answered prayer,

His love, His grace, His blood that I need so much to cleanse me, His death that has given me life.

I am praising and thanking Him for this beautiful Sunday to spend in worship and then spending the rest of the day with my family.

I am praising and thanking Him for giving me the job that He gave me.

I am linking up with Amy at http://girlfriendsgetreal.blogspot.com/

Also, go over to Diana's blog at http://dfseason.blogspot.com/

to see what great Sunday Song she has posteed today. If she hasn't posted a song yet, she does already have Praises on her post. She usually posts a new song every Sunday and she has a really great blog.

PSALM SATURDAY. . .SATURDAY'S SAYINGS

Psalm 42:5

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him my Savior. ..

SATURDAY'S SAYINGS

"Smile!"

"Random acts of kindness"

"Pass it forward."

"Teamwork!"

Luke 6:31 "The Golden Rule"

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.

Matthew 12:14

. . .For out of the overflow of the heart , the mouth speaks.

Quotes from the beginning of the school year letter from my Superintendent:

"The best way for us to accomplish this (have an even better year than last of shaping young minds) is to work as a team and support one another. One thing I am asking my principals to do is support everyone being positive and to discourage people from talking negative about other people. I do not want or expect our staff to say negative things about other staff, if you cannot be positive, silence is golden.

Remember the Old Chinese Proverb:

'A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.'

We need to be sure our mark is a plus, not a negative."

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus replied:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it; 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Dear Heavenly Father,

My soul praises You.

I repent of my negative thoughts, that come out in my facial expresions and words.

I acknowledge that You are here to help me.

Dear Lord, I am so blessed. There are ones that I know and so many more that You know, that are in hospitals today going through very difficult times. I lift up Carla and Rick Clement and Keith and Judy Beasley to you.

Dear Lord, my heart is praying to you to help me fill it with praise and positive attitude that will come out in my words, smile and attitude.

Dear Lord, help me to always be kind, not rude.

Dear Lord, please equip me to teach the young minds that will be entrusted to me this year. Help me to guide them. Help me to love on them, and to reinforce appropriate behavior.

Thank you God for how you are blessing me!