A Lunar Eclipse for tonight!

Sat outside with the family tonight and watched the moon eclipse in the Earths shadow. Very cool thing to see. Unfortunately there was way too much cloud cover, made it hard to see. I did take a couple of photos that came out pretty good. Sometime in the next half-hour, the moon should be cast with some light again. I just might still be awake to catch it. My oldest child sat outside with us and drank his coffee, too.......and talked our ears off!

My weekend at a glance

Here we are after another exciting weekend! We went this past Saturday night the a church in Houston to see their Celebration Christmas program. It was good. A funny little program including a mall and toys and last minute shoppers and Santa flying in with style - in a sleigh suspended from the ceiling - very cool! It was followed by a more serious program, including live animals (sheep, donkey, and a HUGH elephant). This portion of the program depicted the birth, death and resurrection of Christ. It was very touching. Something about seeing it portrayed live, brings it all back fresh to my mind exactly what Jesus went through for all of us. Not that I ever forget, but sometimes we all need reminding. It really was wonderful.

Yesterday the boys had their Christmas party in the childrens department, and it lasted through worship! It was wonderful. I could actually sit there and NOT tell someone to - stop, be still, be quiet, dont rip those pages out, put the envelopes back, no you can not go to the bathroom, no you can not have a drink of water, stop breaking the crayons, please sit in your seat, please sit up, get off the floor, leave your brother alone, etc....... I was really a nice blessing.

Last night was really nice too. We have lots of talented people at our church. The ladies and gentlemen put on an Orchestra and Handbell Concert. A lot of work and practice went into that.

I did learn a very interesting and wonderful thing last in bible study. We are currently studying Revelation. Revelation 19 describes the Rider on the White Horse (Jesus) as he is coming to get us - His bride. What was the coolest thing to me is that "He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself" - Revelation 19:12b A name that has never ever been heard by another human, never spoken by a person, never defiled by a human mouth. A name that ONLY Jesus knows! I find myself trying to imagine what that name might possibly be, but in my finite shallow mind, I can't think of anything that it could be. Of all the different names of Jesus throughout the bible - This is the one that we have to wait to hear. The mere thought of this just blows my mind and fascinates the fire out of me. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Bwah haha!!

So a funny thing happened yesterday. I decided that after I got home from my breakfast date, that I would go ahead a decorate the front yard with the airblowns and lights, etc... all those wonderful Christmas decorations that my honey so willingly drug down from the attic for me. I got the yard all done and decorated, very festive.

I had already told my youngest son, that I would NOT decorate the yard unless he was on his best behavior at school ALL week long. (of course he wasn't), but I wanted to decorate.
So I picked him up from school yesterday and I knew it would be fun to torture him a little - since this is his most favoritest time of the year (only 2nd to halloween - it's a pumpkin thing!), so anyway - we got home and he freaked out in a very excited way, like I knew he would. Then I looked at him in the rear-view mirror and told him NOT to look at the decorations. so he averted his eyes and had this sneering little grin on his face. He was excited that they were up, even though I wouldn't let him look at them! LOL
I shielded his view from them as we got out of the truck and went into the garage.... again with the little smile, he was trying so hard to look at them.
My #1 child asks "mom, can I go look at the Christmas?" I said "Sure, go out there and walk all around and take a look".....it really was a funny situation, which we repeated last night, when we left for dinner and came back home from dinner.

FYI: This child is nuts! So, a little torture can be lots of fun, when you are trying to prove a point. I don't think I fared well, with that one, but it was good to watch him squirm a little. =)

A lesson learned from a Christmas song??

Well, this morning as I was driving home from dropping off my children at school, I was listening to the radio and of course Christmas music is blaring through my speakers - it was a song I really like, so I turned it up.

As I am listening, I hear:

I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gifts to brings, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give a King, pa rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you???????
And as the song continues on,..... I played my drum for him, and I played my best for Him, then He smiled at me.....

This is speaking from the heart of a child (obviously, since it is titled The Little Drummer Boy).

No matter how little we have, or how insignificant we feel that we are, Jesus is so pleased when we give him our best, not our "what's left". Can you imagine the smile he has for you even when we are not giving our best, now think about that smile when we do offer our best. Offering our best, comes from the heart.
Use the "God-given" talents you have and return those to the Lord by blessing Him, and those around you.

Always give the best of yourself to the Lord, for He gave His Son to all of us - the ultimate gift.

God Bless you a childlike faith & a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

by Heather Martz Dillon
Dec 2010

Seriously, ADHD???

Lots of happenings in my life lately, mostly child #1 related. Decided to put my son on meds for his apparent ADHD. I'm not sure how I'm gonna act if this actually works. It's been chaos for so long, I think I've kinda gotten used to it. We go to the doctor again next Tuesday and we'll start meds on Tuesday or Wednesday. We have very chaotic evenings with homework and other routine things. I am finally at my witts ends and my patience has run out. If this does not help, I am going to have a nervous breakdown. I truly pray this IS the answer to the problems he is having. Not sure what to do, if it's not.

A little too excited about turmoil

I guess that I was just overly zealous last night at bible study. I was told that I seemed to be hopped up on caffeine and that it was hard to keep up with me and that I too excited about trials and trouble. I wasnt really super excited to teach that lesson, but who wants a boring teacher.... don't you want to be excited to be in bible study? What's NOT exciting about studying God's word. It's amazing! Oh and don't even get me started on the life application stuff. The bible is such a treasure trove of knowledge! It's definately something to get excited over. I know that she didn't mean it in a negative way at all, ok, actually at first, I wasn't sure. But we talked a little afterward and it was a good thing. It's not all the time that I can convey my excitement about the Word, sometimes things are slow and quite boring, mostly because we can't relate to it at that time. But when you dig a little deeper and get further along in your understanding, you'll see that it DOES apply - all the time.

I pray that God's people will be eager and as excited about his word as I am.

A compliment to make my heart smile

A truly sweet friend of mine told me the sweetest thing today - "I definitely feel a kinship with you because you are abandoned toward God. It's beautiful!"
Normally thinking of the "known" definition of abandoned, we think of forsaken or deserted. I never really concerned myself with what it means in a positive manner. It's really quite amazing, it shed a new light on my thoughts of abandon. It means unrestrained or uncontrolled, uninhibited. I am uncontrolled, unrestrained and uninhibited toward God. It was one of the most unique and creatively wonderful compliments I've ever received.

I'm so glad that my awe and love for God shows. I hope that I don't disappoint those who view me in this way. I am a human being and I have uncontrolled feelings, emotions, desires and sin. But no matter how many times I err in my ways - God is still the same, He still forgives and He still loves me.

Thank you Lord for your abandoned love....for Me.
Thank you "you know who" for your friendship and sisterhood.