<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164</id><updated>2011-09-28T10:40:59.848-07:00</updated><category term='Devotions'/><category term='children'/><title type='text'>Mom's Musings</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-5045389968049725485</id><published>2011-02-14T05:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T05:21:44.321-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Valentines Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 14.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;A Valentine may play a love song for you, but God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;sings you the sweetest love song in the universe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Papyrus; letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Lord your God... will rejoice over you with gladness,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Zephaniah 3:17&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 28.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;A Valentine may give you flowers, but God sent&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;you the most beautiful rose of all. Jesus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Papyrus; letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.&lt;br /&gt;Song of Solomon 2:1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 28.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;A Valentine may bring you chocolate, but God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;provides you with something even sweeter,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;His Word.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Papyrus; letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;honey to my mouth! Psalm 119:103&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px 'Party LET'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;A Valentine may love you for a lifetime, but God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;loved you before you were born and will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;love you for all eternity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Papyrus; letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Palatino; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;...with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Jeremiah 31:3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 28.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;Praying you're blessed by the wonderful love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;of God this Valentine's Day and always!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #696868; font: 18.0px Papyrus; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"&gt;(I'd like to say that I am this creative but I am&lt;br /&gt;not :-) &amp;nbsp;This is from a free Dayspring e-card that&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I liked so much I posted it here )&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-5045389968049725485?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5045389968049725485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5045389968049725485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5045389968049725485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='Happy Valentines Day!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-7200694065810505891</id><published>2011-02-12T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T04:55:38.719-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gifts that Refine!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;“The process of shaping the child…shapes also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;the mother&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;herself. Reverence for her sacred&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;burden calls her to all that is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;pure and good, that she may teach primarily&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;by her own&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;humble, daily example.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;Elisabeth Elliot, The Shaping of a Christian Family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;I read this quote this morning and was reminded of how much my children have helped me in the process of molding me to be like Christ. &amp;nbsp;I am so thankful for how I see my faults through the process of being a mom. &amp;nbsp;Being a mom has revealed my own selfishness at times and driven me to the Savior on many moments. &amp;nbsp;I can remember being weary and crying out to the Lord for His help. &amp;nbsp;He is truly where our help comes from in such a great task. &amp;nbsp;So.....I am being shaped and I'm thankful!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-7200694065810505891?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7200694065810505891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/gifts-that-refine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7200694065810505891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7200694065810505891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/gifts-that-refine.html' title='Gifts that Refine!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-4539928812801874463</id><published>2011-02-09T20:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T20:12:06.560-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Things I Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;As I sit here tonight I am pondering all the things&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;I love. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;I love God! I love my family! I love how&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;my husband&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;smiles! I love how my littlest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;son spins with joy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;I love how my older sons are growing into&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;wonderful&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;young men! I love their searching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;for who and what they&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;should be! I love the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;answer to that question.......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;just be who God created you to be in Jesus! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;I love being and I love being loved by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;the great I Am!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;I think, as I ponder love, I see the link&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;with gratefulness. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;What we are grateful for we love.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-4539928812801874463?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4539928812801874463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-i-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4539928812801874463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4539928812801874463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-i-love.html' title='Things I Love'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-7137895699397329528</id><published>2011-01-19T17:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T18:21:24.899-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cherishing The Moments!</title><content type='html'>This video clip off of WomenLivingWell blog spoke directly to my heart and my desire to not let the moments slip by without noticing the true gift that I have been given at any moment. &amp;nbsp;Yet, &amp;nbsp;my agenda can creep in from time to time or even other's. It is reminders like these that help me to take a fresh look! Enjoy the video and hug your children just a little closer...watch with wonder the gift that God has given you. &amp;nbsp;Take time to enjoy them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I look forward to reading this book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/GhOUaszMGvQ/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhOUaszMGvQ&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhOUaszMGvQ&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-7137895699397329528?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7137895699397329528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/01/cherishing-moments.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7137895699397329528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7137895699397329528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/01/cherishing-moments.html' title='Cherishing The Moments!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-2580233239783071148</id><published>2011-01-13T05:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T05:23:39.103-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiet Reflections</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TS78qdIWryI/AAAAAAAAAbI/bIlk5HkCjuA/s1600/IMG_6553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TS78qdIWryI/AAAAAAAAAbI/bIlk5HkCjuA/s320/IMG_6553.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TS78vY9GK_I/AAAAAAAAAbM/il-u29c_bJQ/s1600/IMG_6552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TS78vY9GK_I/AAAAAAAAAbM/il-u29c_bJQ/s320/IMG_6552.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Snow always seems to bring quiet to our home.&amp;nbsp; As the outside is blanketed with a layer of stillness so is the inside of our home.&amp;nbsp; Why this is I do not know but I love the time to have some quiet time of reflection not only at the beauty outside that God has given but the beauty of the gift of each person dwelling inside too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-2580233239783071148?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/2580233239783071148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/01/quiet-reflections.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/2580233239783071148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/2580233239783071148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2011/01/quiet-reflections.html' title='Quiet Reflections'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TS78qdIWryI/AAAAAAAAAbI/bIlk5HkCjuA/s72-c/IMG_6553.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-6779526619621187525</id><published>2010-12-30T05:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-30T05:44:30.311-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy 19th Birthday Justin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;Wow! &amp;nbsp;It seems like just yesterday that we welcomed you into our lives.......I'll spare everyone the details of each precious moment :-) &amp;nbsp;Having a baby is an incredible gift and there are such special and fond memories of you Justin. &amp;nbsp;We waited oh so long and were so thankful when you came into our lives. &amp;nbsp;You are a special young man now and we enjoy being your parents. &amp;nbsp;Your tender spirit and caring ways are a joy to us! We celebrate you and the person that God has created! &amp;nbsp;We love you tremendously!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;With all our love,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;Dad and Mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #bbbbbb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #bbbbbb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TRyJT1NAbPI/AAAAAAAAAaU/n--xXQikXvw/s1600/DSCF0014a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TRyJT1NAbPI/AAAAAAAAAaU/n--xXQikXvw/s320/DSCF0014a.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;Ahhh......such wonderful memories!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TRyMatMlLWI/AAAAAAAAAas/hHYnoxTQePg/s1600/Justin+Senior+pics-146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TRyMatMlLWI/AAAAAAAAAas/hHYnoxTQePg/s320/Justin+Senior+pics-146.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Happy Birthday Jus!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-6779526619621187525?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6779526619621187525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-19th-birthday-justin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6779526619621187525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6779526619621187525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-19th-birthday-justin.html' title='Happy 19th Birthday Justin'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TRyJT1NAbPI/AAAAAAAAAaU/n--xXQikXvw/s72-c/DSCF0014a.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-6327371663406431887</id><published>2010-07-27T19:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T19:42:04.295-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Jon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;Today was our dear youngest sons birthday!&amp;nbsp; What a blessing to spend the day celebrating a life that God created and knitted together.&amp;nbsp; Every time we celebrate a birthday in our home it reminds us that each one of us are fearfully and wonderfully made by God.&amp;nbsp; It's a time to reflect on the gift that God has given and to be thankful! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;We began our day by having a special breakfast out......it was very good and very fun.&amp;nbsp; At dinner as we were waiting for our guests we were asking Jon if he minded waiting and he said......no, it's not about the cake anyhow it's just good to have fellowship.&amp;nbsp; Wise words from a 7 year old.&amp;nbsp; I will have to remember that myself....it's not about the stuff it's about the fellowship. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;One of his biggest joy's was that his older brother called and had the whole team sing to him.&amp;nbsp; He smiled ear to ear.....thanks Justin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;Happy Birthday Jonathan!&amp;nbsp; We Love You!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TE-Y2OD93UI/AAAAAAAAAXg/MTiKXYf5JKI/s1600/DSCF0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TE-Y2OD93UI/AAAAAAAAAXg/MTiKXYf5JKI/s320/DSCF0048.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Too cute! &amp;nbsp;Where does the time go? &amp;nbsp;Life is truly a vapor!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-6327371663406431887?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6327371663406431887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-birthday-jon.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6327371663406431887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6327371663406431887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-birthday-jon.html' title='Happy Birthday Jon'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TE-Y2OD93UI/AAAAAAAAAXg/MTiKXYf5JKI/s72-c/DSCF0048.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-6896590057452958880</id><published>2010-06-26T04:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-26T04:23:41.389-07:00</updated><title type='text'>No Greater Joy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #7d0c08; font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;3 John 1-4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Papyrus; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Papyrus; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;The elder unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Papyrus; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Papyrus; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #7d0c08; font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"&gt;This morning I was meditating on these verses.&amp;nbsp; God's Word is so incredible.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps it's because our first born has been traveling away from us for the first time or since God has worked in my heart as a parent this has been my desire: that my children walk in truth.&amp;nbsp; I can remember praying this for my children since they were little. This is an action word, walk. &amp;nbsp; There comes a time, when God chooses, that they have to walk.&amp;nbsp; We cannot do it for them&amp;nbsp; and when they do it brings my heart great joy.&amp;nbsp; The other thing I noticed about this passage was in verse 2.&amp;nbsp; The desire or wish is that we may prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.&amp;nbsp; This tells me the soul can prosper without physical prospering because of the Lord.&amp;nbsp; Paul said God's grace was sufficient for him even when the thorn in his flesh was not removed and it is sufficient for me today.&amp;nbsp; I have been amazed at how well we have all done with J leaving for the summer.&amp;nbsp; I know that it is only God's grace because we love being together.&amp;nbsp; It has also been such a blessing to hear from afar how the Lord is working in his life and that he is walking in truth.&amp;nbsp; Now don't get me wrong..there have been tears shed and many prayers gone up but God has been faithful. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-6896590057452958880?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6896590057452958880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-greater-joy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6896590057452958880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6896590057452958880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-greater-joy.html' title='No Greater Joy'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-2218040788166654223</id><published>2010-01-22T11:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T05:12:18.179-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HOLINESS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;I read this post on a blog that I follow this morning.  It was such an encouragement to me that I wanted to pass it on.  So with permission of the blogger for lifeinskunkhollow.blogspot.com (thanks Julie) I am passing this on.  My prayer is that it encourages you in your walk with our Lord. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holiness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I learned early on that to be "set apart" is not a punishment; it is not an attempt on God's part to deprive us or to condemn us to a cheerless, joyless lifestyle. It is a priceless privilege - it is a call&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* to belong, to be cherished, to enter into an intimate love relationship with God Himself, much as a groom declares his intent to set his bride apart from all other women to be his beloved wife&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* to fit into the grand, eternal plan of our redeeming God for this universe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* to experience the exquisite joys and purposes for which we were created&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* to be freed from all that destroys our true happiness."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;". . . Sooner or later, sin will strip and rob you of everything that is truly beautiful and desirable. If you are a child of God, you were redeemed to enjoy the sweet fruit of holiness - to walk in oneness with your heavenly Father, to relish His presence, to rejoice in His mercy, to know the joy of having clean hands, a pure heart, and a clear conscience, and one day, to stand before Him unashamed. Why settle for anything less?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Holiness - The Heart God Purifies&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-2218040788166654223?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/2218040788166654223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-read-this-post-on-blog-that-i-follow.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/2218040788166654223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/2218040788166654223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-read-this-post-on-blog-that-i-follow.html' title='HOLINESS'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-29614101091003752</id><published>2010-01-02T05:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T05:09:54.868-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HAPPY NEW YEAR!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;div style="font: 18.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;A New Year!&amp;nbsp; As I was meditating on the New Year yesterday I had this thought.&amp;nbsp; The Lord is eternal, yet He gave us time.&amp;nbsp; Each moment can be new.........a new second, a new minute, a new hour, a new day, and a new year.&amp;nbsp; It reminded me of what the Lord says heaven will be like....everything will be as new and as a person that is born again the scripture says " all things are become as new".&amp;nbsp; I wonder if God in His grace and mercy gave us the opportunity to take time to evaluate and put the "old" things away and begin the new?&amp;nbsp; Whatever it may be it is a blessing and we can bask in God's goodness to us for His mercies are "new" every morning!&amp;nbsp; We truly have a wonderful Savior!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-29614101091003752?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/29614101091003752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/29614101091003752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/29614101091003752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html' title='HAPPY NEW YEAR!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-5984262992645155968</id><published>2009-12-29T19:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T05:11:42.982-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pondering Over Gifts</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;There are many wonderful gifts that the Lord has blessed us with and we will celebrate one of them tomorrow.  Our oldest son will be 18.  I must say I am amazed.  More than just from the passing of time, which seemed so fast,  but from all the special moments packed into that time.  It is such an incredible gift.  As I am remembering my precious baby to now my handsome young man and all the wonderful times in between my heart is swelling with gratitude to the Lord.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;You are loved Jus and we are thankful and proud to have you as our son!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"&gt;Mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-5984262992645155968?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5984262992645155968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/12/pondering-over-gifts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5984262992645155968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5984262992645155968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/12/pondering-over-gifts.html' title='Pondering Over Gifts'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-3373717171417190299</id><published>2009-07-13T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T09:06:42.414-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I can trust God even when I can't see what He is doing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;God has lovingly reminded me this morning that He is always working on my behalf for His glory.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;As I was in my study of Exodus this morning I was impressed with the fact of how the Israelites seemed to trust God when they could see His miracles and His works on their behalf and when it benefited them personally.  When God had brought them across the Red Sea the scripture says that they feared the Lord, they believed in the Lord, and they believed in Moses but how quickly they forgot His faithfulness when they could not see what God was doing.  I had to ask myself how quickly can I doubt when I can not see what God is doing?   The Lord lovingly reminded me that I am to walk by faith not by sight and that He is always working on my behalf even when I can't seem to see anything happening.  I am so thankful that God in His mercy and grace spoke to me this morning through His word to remind me of this beautiful truth and to caution me to remember He is always with me, He will never leave me nor forsake me, and He is working on my behalf for His glory and I can trust Him.  It may not always be how I see it because my ways are not always His ways but I can trust in His faithfulness!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-3373717171417190299?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/3373717171417190299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-can-trust-god-even-when-i-cant-see.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/3373717171417190299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/3373717171417190299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-can-trust-god-even-when-i-cant-see.html' title='I can trust God even when I can&apos;t see what He is doing!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-329844859979601440</id><published>2009-06-25T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T14:06:02.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BEAUTIFUL WORDS!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;I read the words to this Hymn and I was so blessed that I thought I'd share.  I hope it encourages you in your walk with the LORD as it did me.  We have been asking the Lord to fill our mouths with praise and laughter even in situations that seem difficult for it is so easy to give praise when everything goes my way but oh how different it can be when they do not.  As I ponder over the last few years I can definitely see how God is teaching me this very truth.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;HYMN: FILL THOU MY LIFE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 25.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;In every part with praise,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;That my whole being may proclaim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Thy being and Thy ways.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 25.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Not for the lip of praise alone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Nor e'en the praising heart,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;I ask, but for a life made up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Of praise in every part:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 25.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Praise in the common things of life,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Its goings out and in;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Praise in each duty and each deed,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;However small and mean.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 25.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Fill every part of me with praise;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Let all my being speak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Of Thee and of Thy love, O Lord,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Poor though I be and weak.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 25.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;So shall no part of day or night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;From sacredness be free,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;But all my life, in every step,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Be fellowship with Thee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-329844859979601440?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/329844859979601440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/06/beautiful-words.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/329844859979601440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/329844859979601440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/06/beautiful-words.html' title='BEAUTIFUL WORDS!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-6590663540980165447</id><published>2009-05-22T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T07:27:36.572-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stand Still!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;We were reading in Exodus 14 a few weeks ago and I was really struck by this:  God took the Israelites by way of the Red Sea,  where they could go no further on their own. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;Although this this seemed to be an impossible situation to man, God was in control.  The Israelites have left/fled from Egypt by the hand of God.  The Pharoah, with his army,  decides to follow after them because he has once again changed his mind ( with the Lord's help ).  As the Israelites head to their promise land they run smack into the Red Sea with an army behind them that is pursuing them and the Sea in front of them.  They were in a position where they could go no further on their own.     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;They immediately say to Moses....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And they said unto Moses, Because [there were] no graves in Egypt, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;hast thou taken us away to die&lt;/span&gt; in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;Then Moses replies: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And Moses said unto the people, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;Then this is what happens: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea.  And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, [even] all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;there remained not so much as one of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;What is so amazing to me this time through this passage is that God brought the Israelites to a point of complete dependence on Him.  Then not only did he deliver them he destroyed the enemy completely by bringing them to a body of water that seemed impossible to cross to them but was necessary because it needed to be big enough to swallow up the whole Egyptian army.  If God would have taken them an "easier" route like a small river - something they could see the other side of, it would not have been big enough to accomplish that part.  Not only did He deliver them        ( even though they thought they were just going to die ) God swallowed up any chance of thier enemies coming after them at another time !  He COMPLETELY FREED THEM FROM THIS BONDAGE!    ISN'T THAT AWESOME!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-6590663540980165447?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6590663540980165447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/05/stand-still.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6590663540980165447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6590663540980165447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/05/stand-still.html' title='Stand Still!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-5473995298515438717</id><published>2009-05-01T08:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T08:20:57.973-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JOURNALING</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Ahhh...just like a good book.  The other day while I was cleaning I came across some old journals of mine.  They are records of my walk with God.  I settled in with a cup of coffee and began to just enjoy the goodness of the Lord....seeing how there were times of tears and times of laughter and how my faithful friend Jesus was there every step of the way.  It was very encouraging to look back and see how God worked in situations with a clearer view.  While my hand was writing those thoughts and prayers to the Lord in the past I had no idea how he would answer them but now as I read the words at a future time.....the answers were before me because they had already transpired in my life.  I was able to see the whole picture in many areas.  Everything may not have been written in those journals but that record of God's faithfulness has encouraged me to continue to trust in Him.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Journaling has also stemmed into other areas in my life....like my kitchen.  Several years ago our family traveled to Virginia and one of the places we visited was Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello ( ?sp ) I was amazed at how much they recorded about the running of the home.  They were able to recreate the whole garden area to what it would have been like when they were living because of the journals that Mr. Jefferson and his daughter kept.  It's quite amazing to see and I highly recommend it.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;When we moved to a different region I had such trouble trying to keep in my mind when certain fruits and vegetables came into season.  Since I like to can this was a problem...I kept missing the good prices and the fresh vegetables.  So finally last year I wrote down when I bought strawberries, peaches, and corn and now I have a record of what to look for this year.  I know about what I paid, how much I bought, where I bought them from, what it yielded and when they come in season.  My family has enjoyed the fruit of this and they are thankful! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;As I type this it reminds me of the record that Jesus is coming again:  It has been written for us!  Some day we will see the whole picture but for now we must but trust!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; ( don't you love that part...how God personalized it and didn't leave it just with great God but OUR SAVIOUR)  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.  Titus 2:13-14. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;This world is not my own........I'm just a passing through....my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue.........ahhh just love that song!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-5473995298515438717?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5473995298515438717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/05/journaling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5473995298515438717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5473995298515438717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/05/journaling.html' title='JOURNALING'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-7762176370260403925</id><published>2009-04-21T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T08:33:11.496-07:00</updated><title type='text'>REMINDED HOW MUCH I HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;2 Corinthians 6: 1-10 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I was reading in Corinthians this morning the above passage and my heart was so blessed by God's word.  The whole passage is awesome but what really struck me was verse 10: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich: as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;By sight....I may be poor, yet I am rich in the Lord Jesus and can make many rich by sharing Jesus with them.  By sight again...I may have nothing but according to scripture...I possess all things in the Lord Jesus.  What wonderful reassurance from God's word in times of turmoil in my own life.  To be reminded of what is important and how much I have in Him.  "As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing" ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;This paints a picture for me of a person that appears as someone who may not have anything..........a homeless person sleeping on a bench, or standing on the corner with a sign.  In a wordly sense at times we may appear just like these beggars/homeless to those who chase after wealth and fame;  yet the Lord tells us in Him not only are we rich but we have the ability to make others rich.  Not only do I have nothing but in Him I possess all things.   In Sorrow, I can rejoice.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Ahhhh....I pray that in my life I will not receive the grace of God in vain!  ( 2 Cor. 6: 1 ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-7762176370260403925?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7762176370260403925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/reminded-how-much-i-have-in-jesus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7762176370260403925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7762176370260403925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/reminded-how-much-i-have-in-jesus.html' title='REMINDED HOW MUCH I HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-7665195264486367364</id><published>2009-04-16T08:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T08:32:58.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GREAT IS THE LORD!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Psalm 48: 1, 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Because God is so great, He is greatly to be praised.  He is worthy to be praised as the great Creator, the great Sustainer, the great Prophet, the great High Priest, the King of all kings, the great Redeemer, and the great Deliverer of His people.  In Psalm 48 it is His greatness as the Savior and Protector of His city and His people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;                                        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Papyrus; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt; commentary by William MacDonald  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; min-height: 28.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;How wonderful to be reminded of how great the LORD is.............&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-7665195264486367364?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7665195264486367364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-is-lord.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7665195264486367364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7665195264486367364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-is-lord.html' title='GREAT IS THE LORD!'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-4300418964947969982</id><published>2009-04-13T10:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T10:18:17.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We Serve a Risen Savior</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus; min-height: 21.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I have been meditating on the song: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus; min-height: 21.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;We serve a risen Savior,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( Do I live like I serve a risen Savior - I must confess..not always ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;He's in the world today!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I know that He is living, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;whatever men may say; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( many will say man things but God's word is Truth)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I see His hand of mercy, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( praise God for His mercy ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I hear His voice of cheer, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( Isn't wonderful to think that He's our biggest cheerleader ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;And just the time I need Him&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( which in reality is all the time I just don't always realize it ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;He's always near&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( He will never leave me nor forsake me ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;HE LIVES HE LIVES, CHRIST JESUS LIVES TODAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( not just today but for all eternity )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;He walks with me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( may I walk with Him ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;He talks with me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( may I talk with Him ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;along lifes narrow way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( the narrow way of grace through faith, not of works ; Oh how I must constantly remember that it is not of me but only of HIM ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;HE LIVES, HE LIVES, SALVATION TO IMPART&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( may I remember to share His great gift ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;You ask me how I know He lives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( I'm so glad that people ask ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;HE LIVES WITHIN MY HEART! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;What a difference Jesus has made/and is making in my life....all glory to HIM! For I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works  ( clay in the potters hand - just plain ole dirt yet precious to God ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;( may I walk in what God has prepared for me; a life of just being who I am in Christ and may the fullness of who He is overflow my cup and spill over into the lives of others) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus; min-height: 21.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I STAND AMAZED IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS THE NAZARENE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-4300418964947969982?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4300418964947969982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-serve-risen-savior.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4300418964947969982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4300418964947969982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-serve-risen-savior.html' title='We Serve a Risen Savior'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-6759269249589341355</id><published>2009-04-10T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T11:42:11.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unbelief</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Today I was reading about Zechariah and Elizabeth.  I was really struck by the fact that the angel Gabriel shut Zechariah's mouth as he questioned what was going to happen.  As I reflected on this I thought about this:  did God not want his unbelief to spread before John the Baptist and the Savior were born?  I do not know but it did cause me to wonder how my unbelief at times can effect others and that when I doubt or fear I need to trust God.  I can tend to want all the details revealed just like wondering why God did this yet there are times I must simply trust that He is in control.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-6759269249589341355?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6759269249589341355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/unbelief.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6759269249589341355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/6759269249589341355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/unbelief.html' title='Unbelief'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-5053748908504719446</id><published>2009-04-06T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T09:32:31.497-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DEPENDING ON GOD</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; color:#9c3000;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I don't know about you but there are times in my life that God brings me to realize that I am in total dependence upon Him!  I am thankful for those times because they allow me to re-focus on who and what is important.  Some times those things are as little as a family activity that is not on my favorite list....Sometimes I can so be like my littlest child and throw a fit in my heart when I have to do things that make my life uncomfortable.  Like chasing a little one around all day in an 1862 period costume :-)keeping him safe without scaring him to much about strangers.   I thought it would be easy but it's not and I truly need to continue to ask the Lord to help me maintain a sweetness and a servants heart. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; color:#9c3000;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Yes, Yes, Yes.....I should realize this all the time but I can so easily slip out on my own abilities and function well until I hit the wall of yucky.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Papyrus; color:#9c3000;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;With out Christ I can do nothing, at least nothing that counts for eternity and I don't know about you but I so want what I do to count for eternity!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-5053748908504719446?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5053748908504719446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/depending-on-god.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5053748908504719446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/5053748908504719446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/depending-on-god.html' title='DEPENDING ON GOD'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-7668613571006703651</id><published>2009-03-31T09:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T10:11:45.300-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AM I A COMFORTER???</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I have the older two boys going through a study on affliction, which is part of the curriculum we use.  It has been an excellent study and one of the books of the bible that they are going through is Job.  This of course has me in the book of Job also, and I am so thankful it does. I'm learning a lot.  Here is a verse that struck me this morning, probably because one of my children pointed it out yesterday.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Casual; min-height: 20.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Job: 16:2-5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual; min-height: 22.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual; min-height: 22.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual; min-height: 22.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Casual; min-height: 16.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;I can testify to some times in my life when I have been just like Job's friends but with God's grace may I take to heart this counsel and allow God to help me in this area in the future. It reminds me of the verse that says to "let your speech ALWAYs be seasoned with grace".  Oh may God give me grace filled speech!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Casual; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-7668613571006703651?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7668613571006703651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/am-i-comforter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7668613571006703651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/7668613571006703651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/am-i-comforter.html' title='AM I A COMFORTER???'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-4661209633985513414</id><published>2009-03-27T07:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T07:21:17.216-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devotions'/><title type='text'>Thou art my God</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Hosea 2: 23b....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; And they shall say, Thou art my God.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual; min-height: 22.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;That is such an awesome verse that I just had to post it.  I was just basking in the fact this morning that I can say....Thou art my God.  God in His grace and mercy has given me the way to say....Thou art my God.  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jesus saith unto him, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #d1001c"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #d1001c"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt; the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #d1001c"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.&lt;/span&gt;  May I always be thankful and remember what the Lord has done for me.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;cg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-4661209633985513414?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4661209633985513414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/thou-art-my-god.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4661209633985513414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4661209633985513414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/thou-art-my-god.html' title='Thou art my God'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-4385925900764880473</id><published>2009-03-24T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T09:04:02.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Are You Overwhelmed</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Casual; "&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&amp;amp;c=61&amp;amp;v=1&amp;amp;t=KJV#comm/2"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Psa 61:2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;This morning I read this Psalm during my time with the Lord and He so comforted me with this verse.  I am so thankful that I can be led to the rock that is higher than I.  The One that is unmovable and a firm foundation!  I am thankful that the Lord reminds me that His ways are higher than mine.  My husband said during devotions last night that when we are on the wrong road we can't find the right "rest stops".  I thought that was so good.......We truly find rest in His ways.  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.&lt;/span&gt;  Ahhh...what a great God we serve!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;Thank you Jesus for your care for me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Casual"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;cg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-4385925900764880473?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4385925900764880473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-you-overwhelmed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4385925900764880473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4385925900764880473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-you-overwhelmed.html' title='Are You Overwhelmed'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-9022018985013763657</id><published>2009-03-19T15:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T17:59:45.636-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><title type='text'>THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;We had a wonderful time last night with the children.  Jonathan had received a glow in the dark stick two nights ago at Jacob's piano recital and we promised him that we would play hide and seek with the glow stick, in the dark, the next night.  We had so much fun!  It really brought to light ( no pun intended ) some scriptural truths.  One of our children hid it so hard that we could not see the light in the dark at all to clue us into where it might be. We searched and searched to no avail, finally we had to be shown.    When we finished playing we gathered around in the dark and  sang This Little Light of Mine and talked about the fact that as Christians we have the light of Jesus and that the purpose of it is to shine in a dark world so that others can see Jesus.  Even though that light is always there we can hide it,  but what happens when we hide it?  Others cannot find what they truly need.  We asked the children what are some ways that they can let their light shine and we all came up with the fact that when we walk in His ways ( witnessing, loving one another, obedience, etc.... )  His light shines through us.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-9022018985013763657?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/9022018985013763657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-little-light-of-mine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/9022018985013763657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/9022018985013763657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-little-light-of-mine.html' title='THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-665345486830262286</id><published>2009-03-17T07:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T18:00:27.318-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time to Focus</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;This year the Lord provided an opportunity for me to attend a LPA through the generosity of my in-laws ( really in- love as well as in law  but we'll stick with tradition ).  This was a time for me to go and spend time focusing just on the Lord and allowing Him to minister to my heart.  There were things that He showed me that needed to go and things that needed to be put on.  I am thankful that the Lord is always molding us into His image and what He desires for us.  The one thing I walked away with was the fact that I love to gather with my sisters in Christ who have a sincere heart.  I was also provoked unto love and good works by what the speakers shared and what that meant for me was that my good work is to rest in Jesus and to be compelled by the love of Christ in all I do because He first loved me and gave His life for me.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;I don't know about you but in the every day life of being a wife and mother it is hard to quiet ourselves long enough to hear that still small voice that guides us.  I am so thankful that God gives us these times.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;cg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-665345486830262286?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/665345486830262286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/time-to-focus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/665345486830262286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/665345486830262286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/time-to-focus.html' title='Time to Focus'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-4118028066049026899</id><published>2009-03-02T13:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T13:25:30.690-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DIRT POTS :-)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt; We had a wonderful Lord's Day yesterday with so much encouragement from God's word.  The one thing that stuck out to me was: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=";font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;2 Corinthians 4:6-7 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. BUT we have this treasure in EARTHEN VESSELS, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;I was struck by the earthen vessels portion which the speaker brought out that they are fragile and they break yet that is what God calls us;  but it is through these cracks that God's light can shine through so that others may see Jesus.  I don't always like those cracks but when this happens others can see the power of God working and not us!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;I pray that in my life that others see the power of God and not myself.  The speaker challenged me/us to not be China ( as in fine dishes, looking oh so good in a prideful way ) but to be the earthen vessels that God calls us.   Yep!  That's it.....just plain old dirt pots used for the Glory of God! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=";font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;The next verses go on to say this: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=";font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;2 Corinthians 4:8-9 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=";font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;I may suffer many things on this side of heaven but God will not abandon me and through my trials may I be the earthen vessel that He has said I am ( cracks and all )  so that others may see His power working in my life! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;We truly serve a great God!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"&gt;cg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-4118028066049026899?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4118028066049026899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/dirt-pots.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4118028066049026899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4118028066049026899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/dirt-pots.html' title='DIRT POTS :-)'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669070686836496164.post-4652931134607426273</id><published>2009-02-26T12:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T12:12:54.736-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Wow!  It's been long in the coming but we are now in the world of blogs.  I trust that anything that God is teaching me will be an encouragement to you.   &lt;br /&gt;CG&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669070686836496164-4652931134607426273?l=cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4652931134607426273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/welcome.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4652931134607426273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3669070686836496164/posts/default/4652931134607426273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cgrassmyerslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Blessed Arrows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03056351740677578476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SiZL3PqMbbA/TA49v13cW9I/AAAAAAAAAU8/xbznyVz4Ego/S220/0498089444H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
