Fav Quotes 2014

• "Sometimes when we least expect it, a small cross proves a lovely crown..." ~ Louisa May Alcott / "The Quiet Little Woman"

• "If God is calling me in this then He will equip me to it."  - Dannah Gresh 

• "Troubles are helpers if we take in kindly and the bitterest may sweeten us for all our lives." ~ Louisa May Alcott / "A Hospital Christmas"

• "Women are life-givers who need to speak life to others." - Dennis Rainey

• "When night comes to your world, what do you see? The darkness or the stars?  Hopelessness or hopefulness?  Sometimes, just as He did so long ago, God uses the darkness to reveal His stars-" ~ Max Lucado / 'Follow the Star' from "One Incredible Moment"

• "the cheerleader without the cheer is like pop without the bubbles." - Robyn McKekvy on wives cheering on their husband

• "Love is only love if chosen." ~ Max Lucado's One Incredible Moment

• "You and I have been given by God the privilege to train our appetites." - Ravi Zacheriah 

• "God has reserved you for a special task. In His hands we're not only useful, but priceless."   - Joni Erickson Tada

• "God draws straight lines with crooked sticks." - Joni Erickson Tada

• Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.        -Joni Eareckson Tada

• The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God. ~ Joni Erickson Tada

• Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching. ~ Joni Erickson Tada 

• "The heart is restless until it finds rest in Jesus Christ."

• "Half of real beauty, virtue, & romance of the world gets put into humble souls, hidden in plain bodies."               ~Louisa May Alcott  / Mrs. Podgers' Teapot

• "The greatest ability is availability."

• … Our burdens are our wings; on them we soar to higher realms of grace; without them we must roam on planes of undeveloped faith, for faith grows but by exercise in circumstance impossible.…"  - streams in the desert March 10

• "Great hearts can only be made by great trouble. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes room for consolation." ~ Charles Spurgeon 

• "Nothing echoes like an empty mailbox." ~ Charlie Brown 

• (paraphrase) When you let expectation move from a desire to a demand, selfish anger rears up. (Chip Ingram)

• Love opens us up and we start to feel our pain.  - John Gray (90/10 rule)

•  she says about her man - "I feel like a bird circling & circling an island & never asked to land on his shores"

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• When coals  separate they cool off; to stay hot they have to stay together.

• "Work is a gift of God. If you cannot do what you love, then learn to like what you do." ~Elizabeth Elliot 

• "Don't let your misfortunes find a home!" ~ Call the Midwife / Season 3 Episode 6

• "Comparison is thief of joy. "

• "A nation's greatest defense is NOT its military, but the family. Our nation's greatest asset is NOT the national treasury — it's the family. The moral spine of our country is NOT in lawmakers — it's in the family, which spawns & nourishes character."          ~ Dennis Rainey

• "What is Joy if it goes unrecorded? What is love if it is not shared?"     Call the Midwife / Ep.8 Season 3

• "If you don't love God first and most, you will have no idea how to love others." 

• "It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another." ~George McDonald

• "Without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages." ~Aristotle.

• "You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." - Winnie-the-Pooh

• “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Einstein

• "Discretion is the better part of valor." ~Shakespeare  

• "A man who prays much in private will make short prayers in public."   Moody 

• "Journeys end in lovers' meeting." Shakespeare 

• "FAITH is eyes on Jesus. Fear is eyes on the problem."

~ Pastor Missionary Kouami Midekor / Togo / Matthew 14

• "our Father is committed to supply our needs not our greeds" ~ Anne Ortlund

• "I've learned to kiss the waves that throw me against the Rock of Ages."     ~ Spurgeon 

• "Dwell on the size of your God not the size of your giant."

• "You must not dig up in doubt what you have planted in FAITH."  ~Elizabeth Elliott

• "We need to quit struggling and start snuggling."  ~ Corrie ten boom

• "Never mind how great the pressure is, only where the pressure lies. Never let it come between you & the Lord. Then the greater the pressure, the more it presses you into His heart." Hudson Taylor

• Introverts & Extroverts isn't about hating & liking people rather it is about how we charge our batteries."

~ Tim & Joy Downs

• "If you can laugh at it, you can deal with it." ~ Joan Rivers 1955-2014

•  "You got no love in your heart, you got nothing.  No dreaming. No story. Nothing."   ~Australia 

• "Running ahead does NOT hurry up God."  ~ Pastor Chuck Swindoll / Abraham waiting from 80 to 100 for Issaic to be born 

• "Man is to behave like God the Father. The wife is to behave like God the Spirit. The children are to behave as God the Son." ~ Paul Kingsbury  #God'sdesignformarriage. 

• "Man can legalize it but it does NOT legitimize it."  ~ Paul Kingsbury.  #gaymarriage

• "God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling."     ~Lysa TerKeurst 

• "I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the World."      ~Lysa TerKeurst 

•  "Gather where wisdom gathers not where wisdom scatters."                 ~Lysa TerKeurst 

• "You steer where you stare."  ~Lysa TerKeurst 

• "Leave your footprints on the heights." ~ Dennis Swanberg

• "I'm your wife but you are my life."       ~ a woman said to husband. 

• "It is our pleasure to be a friend to others; is God's pleasure to give us a friend." ~ Stephen Davey 

• "We are blessed to be a blessing."      ~ Brain Kluth

• "Trouble is momentary. Memories last forever.  So just hold hands."  #marriage #relationships #families

• "Let the wife make her husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave." ~Martin Luther

• "Our sin has the ability to hurt the most those who trust us the most." 

~ Stephen Davey
#DavidBathsheba

• "Happy list: ✓ something to do  ✓ someone to love  ✓ something to look forward to." ~ Elizabeth Elliott

• "Joy actually sparkles in darkness, and like heavenly fireworks, Joy doesn't require daylight and cloudless skies." ~Patsy Clairmont

• "He who angers you conquers you."       ~ Elizabeth Kenny

Fav Movies 2011

* Dolphin Tale

* Courageous

* Faith Like Potatoes

* The Guys

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I can't believe these were the only new movies I watched this year!

Fav Quotes of 2011

"Don't postpone the JOY"

"Nothing is trouble unless you let it be." ~Orville Swindoll, older brother of Chuck & Lucy Swindoll

* "To serve God - what is better than that?"  - Gary Chapman

*  “The worst feeling isn’t being lonely but being forgotten by someone you can’t forget.” - unknown

* "The more time you spend alone with God, you will find out you are not alone." ~ Ravi Zacharias

* "A friend is one who carries your sorrows on his back." ~ American Indian proverb

* "When you love someone, you don't walk away from them.". 

~ Jodie Foster about Mel Gibson

* "Grief is the price we pay for love." 

~ Prince William shared his grandmother's wisdom to the earthquake shaken Christchurch, NZ

• "When a man loves his wife, he loves himself and vice versa." 

~ J. Vernon McGee

* "Every relationship begins with an invitation.". ~ Gary Chapman

* “How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.”

— The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

* "The condition for a miracle is impossibility.".  - faith like potatoes

* "All the darkness in the world cannot put out light, but one match can push back the darkness." ~ 'Riches Stored in Secret Places' by VDavis

* “It is not about finding the good life but rather it is living a true life.”

~Pastor Chuck Swindoll after studying I Timothy

* "A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns, they only shine."

~ Dwight L Moody

* "Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength."

~  Charles Spurgeon

* "When God says 'thou shalt not,' He is protecting you. When God says 'thou shalt,' He is telling you to help yourself to happiness.".

~ Pastor Adrien Rodgers

* "A complainer does not believe in the Sovereign Hand of God."

~ Pastor Chuck Swindoll

* "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

* "As we tend to do with anything that hurts, the first thing we do in the face of depression is try to find ways to escape it-and if we can't escape it, at least to fix it. But, as with ass suffering, we must lean into the pain and pay the price for healing. ~ 'Riches Stored in Secret Places' by VDavis

* "Thy life is in My hands. I can only use what is available to Me at the moment." ~ Jesus (from 'Come Away My Beloved' by Francis J Roberts)

* "All I ask of you is five smooth stones and a sling of faith. I'll take it from there. You don't have to wear somebody else's armor. You just trust Me. And I'll strip you down to nothing but faith, and then I'll accomplish a victory where I'll get the glory. But as for you . . . you trust Me." 

~ Chuck Swindoll's paraphrase of what God was telling young David & us in our today battles

* "The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."

* "By mixing a little truth with it, they had made their lie far stronger.

~ C.S. Lewis

* "Every Christian should be both conservative & radical; conservative in preserving the faith & radical in applying it. "     

~John Stott, 1921-2011

* "First, when God says no, it means He has a better way, and He expects me to support it.  Second, my very best reaction is cooperation and humility."

~ Chuck Swindoll from "Great Days in Great Lives"

* "When God sets out to multiply, Satan sets out to divide."

~ Adrian Rogers  

* "You cannot use what you do not have. So if you are shy, be shy. If you are outgoing, be outgoing. She may not want the whole truth but she wants the real you. She may not want to see it all at once but she wants to see it.".  ~ Hitch

* “How does one become a butterfly?” she asked pensively. ”You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

• "The employer will notice your spirit before he will notice your diligence.". ~ Chuck Swindoll on Daniel's behavior 

• "Your journey is a part of you. You can put stuff deep in your pockets and take it to your grave or you can help somebody. Don't hog your journey; it's not just for you." 

• "I don't want to lose you." 

   "Then don't." 

~ Message in a Bottle 

• “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.” ~ Mother Teresa 

• "Every morn brought forth a noble change And every change brought forth a noble knight." ~ Winston Churchill 

• “Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble.” — ~Charles Spurgeon 

* Donald Grey Barnhouse wrote a “poem” on the power of love as expressed through the Fruit of the Spirit:

Love is the key.

Joy is love singing. 

Peace is love resting. 

Long-suffering is love enduring. 

Kindness is love’s touch. 

Goodness is love’s character. 

Faithfulness is love’s habit. 

Gentleness is love’s self-forgetfulness. 

Self-control is love holding the reins. 

* "Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on what he is made of."  ~ Josh Billings

* “Never ignore a person that loves you, cares for you, and misses you because one day you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars.”

—Unknown  

* "Butterflies are God's proof that we can have a second life."  ~ from Nikita 

* “There are two ways you can get through pain. You can let it destroy you, or you can use it as fuel to drive you: to dream bigger, work harder.”

— Taylor Swift  

* “Better a cup full of JOY than a vault filled with riches.”

—Frances J Roberts 

*  "Is the boat going to go down with God in it?"  ~Mark 4:35-41

* “All you can take with you is that which you’ve given away.”

—on George Bailey’s office wall in It’s a Wonderful Life 

* "my Lifeguard walks on water."

- on a tshirt  

Fav Words of 2011

Churlish 

:   boorish :

Cooee (aus)

: prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country:

Fav Tunes of 2011

* "I Won't Let Go" by Rascal Flats

* "Crazy Girl" by Eli Young Band

* "God Sent Me You" by Blake Sheldon

* "Thunder In My Heart" by Leo Sayer

* "Start of Something Good" by Daughtry

* "Rescue Me" by Daughtry

Well, I think this year the songs that see to me most are those about holding on and being there.  You see he came back!  I am over the moon.  I still listen to the heartbreak songs only to remember that through it all God made it good and He made me better.  My arms are open as well as my heart.  My eyes are bright with such an embracing glow....  {happiest sigh ever}

Fav Movies of 2010

***Extraordinary Measures***

***Remember Me***

***Robin Hood***

***Charlie St. Cloud***

***The Next Three Days***

I missed seeing 'Secretariat' - maybe in the new year.

Fav Words of 2010

* Mellifluous* = 1) having a smooth rich flow 2) filled with something (as honey) that sweetens
I definitely love this word. I of course love honey now that I can't have the wretched white stuff.

* Cacophonous* = marked by harsh sounds
I love compare and constrast and this word is a perfect foil to mellifluous.

* Aubergine* = eggplant
I was told this was a word for the color of eggplant. She probably found the word in a catalog. I have looked for this word in the dictionaries and I cannot find. (doesn't help if you have too many u's in the word) Another thing is that this word is a British word originating from the French. Merriam-Webster has a neat feature that speaks the word. This word was a surprise to me!

I love purple and what better word to add to my vocabulary.

I enjoyed the movie "Love Happens" where the florist was like a word gorilla. I love words and I want to put more wow in my word knowledge! Now to be sneaky and leave words for other to discover!!

I had two other words that is on some yellow sticky note somewhere. I was bad and didn't retain them in my head. I will do better!

Fav reads of 2010

* "Come Alway My Beloved" by Frances J Roberts ***Best of Show***
Love her so much I got all her books!!!! I also have been giving to the girls in my life as gifts.

* "Vinegar Boy" by Alberta Haus
It was an audio that I must find the book for. It is a fictional story taking place at the time of Jesus at the Cross.

* "God Knows My Size" by Harvey Yoder.
Another audio book.

* "Daily Light" by Jonathan Bagster
I found this devotional to something simple but powerful for family time. It could be very thought provoking for teenagers. It is total God's Word and not someone else's take on it.

* "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks
Sparks's best book - about a father daughter love.

* "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks

* "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris
Of course the title is what drew me but I left it in the bookstore flyer until I found it at my favorite second hand shop! You could say I liked it because I have given up on getting married. I don't believe so because I do still believe in marriage so some of what Joshua purposes is hard to swallow for anyone especially those in love. What really struck home was he told both guys and girls to stop toying with each other. I totally agree. That is where the damage happens. I want to reread the book and I also want to check out his other book "Boy Meets Girl".

* "Oogy" by Larry Levin
A wonderful story about unconditional love of a dog even when mistreated.

* "Spoken from the Heart" by Laura Bush
I've started the book. It might be about Laura but also gives me a view into my Mom's world.

I am still working on the Narnia series! Yikes! On the docket is the GWB book. I also have the Kindle app so got some classics to read and others to reread.

fav reads of 2009

*"Treasures of the Snow" by Patricia St. John (audio now must find book to read)

*"Knit Together" by Debbie Macomber (great encouragement for my desire to write)

* The Queensland Chronicles Series by Bonnie Leon
-- "The Heart of Thornton Creek"
-- "For the Love of the Land" (not available any more)
-- "When the Storm Breaks"
(wanted to read more about this particular place b/c when you know someone from there you find yourself needing more ...)

*"Chronicles of Naria" (still making my way through all his books)

fav tunes of 2009

*"Come Back to Me" by David Cook
*"Cry Me a River" by Michael Bublé (totally awesome beat!!!)
*Straight Through My Heart" by BSB
*"All of Your Life (You Need Love)" by BSB
*"Shattered" by BSB
*"A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"

fav movies of 2009

* The Proposal
* Love Happens
* the Time Travel's Wife
* Accidental Husband
* The Blind Side *****best of show *****

fav reads of 2008

* ''The Last Lecture'' by Randy Pausch
Do you need a boost to get your focus back on your dreams and the stuff of importance? This is a must read!

* ''Meeting God at a Dead End'' by Ron Mehl
This is a favorite author of mine. When I began to get lost in October with the job mess, I got into this book. Great renewing of the mind stuff.

* ''Chronicles of Narnia''
Started to read the series and must continue to finish. I am not a big fan of science fiction but with the movies it helps to see it in your imagination as you read. I fell in love with the Lord of the Rings & these authors where friends, maybe I could fall in love with Narnia. Well, I didn't fall for Narnia like I have with the Rings, but a good read none the less!

fav hymns for 2008

* ''You are My Hiding Place'' - sounds haunting like Phantom of the Opera ( a chorus)
* ''Jesus, I am Resting, Resting''
* My Hope is Built on Nothing Less - nov
* ''I heard the Bells on Christmas Day'' by Henry W Longfellow - dec

and a little chorus:

Jesus has come & my cup overruns.
Oh, say that I'm glad, I'm glad.
Oh, say that I'm glad.

fav tunes of 2008

* ''Somebody's Me'' by EI
* ''Miss You'' by EI
* ''Don't Forget about Me.'' by EI
* ''Learning How to Bend'' by Gary Allen
* ''Shattered'' (turn this car around) by o.a.r.
* ''Addicted'' by ...
* ''Gotta be Somebody'' by Nickelback

Like always give me a song that is all about lonely or broken hearts and I will tend to like it. My heart is a big fat feeler and very sappy - a good thing for empathy but for my personal heart aguish and pain, it is purely a very dark eery place. It is my heart standing front and center exhaling. Funny thing though is that hymns really feed my soul and happy reigns..

I am a country fan but this year not so many on the list! Hmmm ...

fav movies of 2008

*Nim's Island
*Batman: the Dark Night
*Fireproof
*Australia

fav tunes of 2007

* "A Feeling like that" by Gary Allen
* ''Fall'' by Gary Allen
* "Watching Airplanes by Gary Allen
* “Need a Hand to Hold on to" by Dierks Bentley
* ''Don't Make Me" by Blake Shelby
* "Winner at a Losing Game" by Rascal Flatts
* ''Take Me There'' by Rascal Flatts
* ''If you are reading this" by Tim McGraw
***** ''More than a Memory '' by Garth Brooks
* ''Stealing Cinderella'' by Chuck Whitt (newcomer) ??
* "Let the Wind Chase You" by Trisha Yearwood w/ Keith Urban

Flashback: Imcomplete CD by Backstreet Boys
- needing to feel this deep enough to get rid of the imcomplete feelings that haunt me... will it work?

basically give me heartbreak and I will love it.

fav reads of 2007

*Quiet Leadership by David Rock
--->Lovvvvvvve this book. I am soooo sick of others telling me what to do! This little read appealed to my mind and I turned it onto myself - teaching myself how to think and do better and I hope to master the art of conversation without straying to conflict!! Top book of the year.

*The Way of the Wild Heart by John Elderidge
--->This was way better than his Wild at Heart because he offered a way through a man's path. I found it very helful even in my own girl path. Wonder if he will have a sequal to Captiviting???

*P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
--->I do watch what I read and I wasn't sure if I should partake of this one. However, I am a weird place (more on this weirdness in an entry coming soon). I want to grieve and I want to experience someone else's grief and not my own. My grief isn't a real death but rather ridding myself of feelings and wishes that need to die. The best and the saddest part of the book was the Gerry. He was a husband who was funny and could make his wife smile. I am not sure how to put it to words other than he got his role right and completed his wife - not that he made her whole but they were just great. It just makes the ache in my own heart deeper. The book is much better than the movie but they did get Gerry spot on. One thing not good about the book was the language.

*True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
---> I like reading his books to get a guys insight on relationships. His other books I've enjoyed better.

*Psalms 18
---> Do you want the guy on the white horse coming to your rescue? Read this as a damsel and see how God is the Knight in Shiny Armor. I read it when especially low.

fav movies of 2007

*August Rush & Marian Child - best tear jerkers of the year!!!
*3:10 to Yuma - best western of the year & best intense eyes
*Bourne Ultimatum - best energy adrenaline of the year (will have soar eyes and a smidge of ha after)
*No Reservation - best romantic chick flick of the year!

a slush day ...

There is an inch of slush out there but no ice accumulation on the trees. No church today. I was hoping for no church because I wanted to spend my morning seeking God on my own.. have my own church. It might get better later. I do hope I can get my 'pupinator fix' and be with family today =)

There is something special in having an unexpected morning all to yourself to spend as you please without any timetables set by others or society. Can't wait to set some dessert in the crockpot, read, and paint all the while praying without ceasing ...

Maybe I will have to declare more 'slush days' for myself ... it is like a mini vacation ....

few fav movie of 2006

*** 'One Night with the King' ***
** 'the Lake House' **
* 'the Holiday' *
* 'Step Up'
* 'Take the Lead'
* 'Flicka'
* 'Firewall'
* 'the Guardian'
* 'the Prestige

sort of listed in order of my favorites ...