The stars.....

Tonight we took a drive after church to go get our state fair tickets and as we were driving home, Taylor rolled down his window and exclaimed "Look at the stars! I love them! They are so pretty!" Such pure innocence and excitement for the creation of God! It humbled me and made me think and wonder when is the last time that I got that excited about something God had created. I've so enjoyed this summer and I feel so blessed to be where I am. I too, love the stars and think they are pretty. :)

Enjoying the sunset....

I'm finding as we enjoy the little moments that I want to capture them more than ever. I think it's because I know that there will never be another time like this. I'm so grateful to have my three precious healthy boys! Thank you Lord for each day!

Christy Henderson
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Blessings

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the achings of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise

Last night I heard a robin singing in the rain,

And the raindrop's patter made a sweet refrain,

Making all the sweeter the music of the train.

So, I thought, when trouble comes, as trouble will,

Why should I stop singing? Just beyond the hill

It may be that sunshine floods the green world still.

He who faces the trouble with a heart of cheer

Makes the burden lighter. If there falls a tear,

Sweeter is the cadence in the song we hear.

I have learned your lesson, bird with spotted wing,

Listening to your music with its tune of spring-

When the storm cloud darkens, its the TIME to sing.

~Eben Eugene Rexford~

I AM

The day that Zach arrived into this world, God gave me some special time with Him alone in the delivery room. I was able to read His word, gather strength for what was to come and thank Him for the miracle of new life.

Its in those life changing moments, that we yearn for something very special to remind us throughout the years of that time, that event, where we can remember just how close He was to us. Sometimes its Scripture, sometimes a song, sometimes a poem or something somebody said.

This day it was a song. I'm so thankful that the Lord still inspires talented people to write and express what He means to them because that inspiration and moving comes through the song and in turn inspires and moves others. What Holy Spirit leading.....

Pencil marks on a wall
I wasn't always this tall,
You scattered some monsters from beneath my bed,
You watched my team win,
You watched my team lose,
You watched when my bicycle went down again,

And when I was weak unable to speak,
still I could call You by name,
and I said “Elbow healer, Superhero,
come if You can,” and You said “I am”

Only 16, life is so mean, what kind of curfew is at ten PM
You saw my mistakes, You watched my heart break
Heard when I swore I’d never love again

When I was weak, unable to speak,
still I could call You by name,
and I said “Heart-ache Healer, Secret-keeper,
be my Best Friend” and You said “I am”

You saw me wear white, by pale candlelight,
I said forever to what lies ahead
two kids and a dream, with kids that can scream
too much it might seem when it’s two AM

When I am weak, unable to speak,
still I will call You by name.
“Oh Shepherd, Savior, Pasture-maker,
hold on to my hand,” and You say “I am.”

The winds of change,
And circumstance blow in and all around
us so we find a foothold that’s familiar,
And bless the moments that we feel You nearer
Life had begun, I was woven and spun,
You let the angels dance around the throne, who can say when,
But they’ll dance again, when I am free and finally headed home

I will be weak, unable to speak,
still I will call You by name
“Creator, Maker, Life-sustainer,
Comforter, Healer, My Redeemer,
Lord and King, Beginning and
the End, I am, yes, I am.”

Days...

There are so many of them. Most of them are wonderful, beautiful, lovely moments where I can find the strength and grace to be inspired by everything around me and truly know that I am blessed beyond what I deserve.

Then there are days like today where I have to be reminded that I am blessed and God has to show me specifically that He is there. One would think that it wouldn't have to be this way when if I stopped to consider that I have three healthy beautiful children and an incredible husband without even starting to list all the things that I have, I wouldn't and shouldn't need to be reminded.

These are the days where I cannot rise above my emotions, where I cannot positively assess where I am, where, most importantly, my time with God has gone to the back burner to sit and wait until I'm ready to stir it up.

Even now, as I try to get that special intimate time with God, my four week old is screaming in his little seat and I can hear my two and three year old fighting over bouncy balls in the entry way......where will I get the time to gather that strength for today?

Two minutes - that's all I need! The passage that I was suppose to read today was Psalms 51-55 and the two minutes that I received to read just Psalm 51 was exactly what I needed!

Verse 1

"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness"

Verse 2

"Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin"

Verse 8

"Make me to hear joy and gladness;"

Verse 10

"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me"

Verse 11

"and take not thy holy spirit from me"

Verse 12

"Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit"

Verse 17

"a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise"

I am now refreshed and renewed, seeking for the good in today, with a better spirit given from Jesus! How exciting and humbling that I can commune with Him and He with me!