BESIDES JEN (SORRY) who can guess what this cute little guy is made out of! I will post instructions tomorrow. This was one of the Crafts we could make at the craft day I attended at a local church this past Saturday! 
Can I just say that I love this book!! Hubby and I have discussed this author before and I know that I do not hold to some of the things he writes about but as for this book it is an very realistic view of our world and prayer.
Mr. Yancey is very candid with how he has looked at prayer and how he has began his journey through this book on prayer.
i have already marked the book to death and I am only on the third chapter!! Here is a picture to prove it!
Now I must Confess that not every page looks like this but it is close.
I will be sharing excerpts that strike me as I read through but as you can tell by the picture above I cannot share them all!
I will try to stick to one or two thoughts. I don’t want to be accused of copy-right infringement after all!
So here is thought provoker #1
Prayer helps correct myopia (nearsightedness), calling to mind a perspective I daily forget. I keep reversing roles, thinking of ways in which God should serve me, rather than vice versa. As god fiercely reminded Job, the Lord of the universe has many things to manageande in the midst of my self pityI would do dwell to contemplate for a momentGod’s own point of view.
Where were you when i laid the foundations of the earth’s foundation?Tell me if you understand who marked off it’s dimensions? Surely you know. (god’s questioning of Job in the book of Job)
When, after shrugging aside all his caustic theological queries God enlightened hapless Job, the poor man crumbled. I’m Sorry Job said in effect. I had no idea what i was asking. Job did not receive a single answer to his probing questions, a fact that no longer seemed to matter.
At this point let me throw in my insights into this. As of the last few months Job was on my reading radar..ok so it was More like March of this year! I am ashamed to say that even though I am a Bible college grad and a studier of God’s word. I did not understand why Job was wrong. I have read this book so many times and yet I was still confused. Just as I believe that a person who is unsaved can read the Bible many times and understand the Bible and believe it is true and yet is not saved until The Holy Spirit moves that person to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. There is more to salvation than believing that Jesus Christ is a true person. I believe that be So I can say that God hid this understanding until just the right moment. He did so I believe because only a few weeks later i found myself in a teaching position in a church that we were canidating at and someone had the wrong perspective of the book of Job…ironically the same view I had held not a month earlier….
Anyway that being said Job questioned god about why was he “punished” in such a way..(he lost everything) Job didn’t realize that he didn’t need to know and that God was in control the whole time. Job was blameless for a time until he began elevating himself to the level og God, claiming perfection in so many words, blameless. He forgot he was a son of Adam…he would ALWAYS deal with the consequences of sin…he was not blameless!
So many times we Act blameless when in all reality the whole point was to show that Job was a humble servant of God…Job failed. though he did not curse God though he did not turn his back on God the outcome was still a failure. He humbled himself when all the things in his life were hunky dory (as my mom used to say)
So my question is when we are talking to god about the things that are going on in our lives do we claim that “we do not deserve this” Or do we humbly say to God “now what, where do we go from here?” Because the last time I checked we all deserve the wages of sin..we are all sinners. We deserve death. It is by the grace of God that we can claim life no matter what happens on this earth!
And i will leave you with thought provoker #2 And i will have no commentary on this quote!
Grace, like water, descends to the lowest part. Streams of mercy flow. I begin with God, who bears primary responsibility of what happens on earth,and ask what part i can play in God’s workon earth. “Let justice roll like a river, righteousness like a never failing stream” cried the prohet Will I stand by the bank or jump into the stream?
old medicine cabinet 
old cabinet 
old towel bar and paint 
before painting 
more before painting AFTER 
after painting–mirror replaced the medicine cabinet 
new paint and new towel bar–it’s a double 
new bathroom cabinet 
towel bar 
New hand towel and towel ring
In everything I do i want there to be purpose. that is what I strive to do with my blog(s). Blogging has become an outlet for me in so many ways and yet I strive to minister to others through my blog. Apparently my blog has done just that because my friend Ruth gave me an award for Blogging with a purpose. She and I are actually working on a blogging project together and we shall see what becomes of that but for now I would LOVE to honor some of my bloggy friends with this same award!! I have a few that have really helped me grow this past year and one that has challenged me almost from the very beginning of my blogging experience. The Simple woman–She has really inspired me to look at the simple things in Life and cherish them. I have been a silent observer of her blog for some time now and have grown to appreciate the depth of her insight of all things beautiful! Carolyn–from Scrapping Servant who throughout this past year has been oh so transparent with her struggle with depression when I know that one deploy seeks to hide these secret matters of the heart. Michelle who has been a consistent reader almost from the very beginning. She has a true love for her family and seeks to serve the Lord through ministering tto the deaf in Ensenada Mexico. She also has been very transparent as of late with the health struggles of her hubby and how that affects their ministry and daily life, yet she strives to be a submissive wife and daughter of the KING! Monica who seeks to blog with a purpose in Daily Dwelling captures a wonderful view into the life of a chaplain’s wife who is serving in Iraq. She does an amazing job taking care of her family while her man is so far away and she herself is in a land far from family. Diana- who has been nominated twice now for the afore mentioned award. She is trying to make a home for her family and be a pastor’s wife. She seeks to grow and is so very creative with her kids. All of these women have purpose to what they do. They strive to be godly women and are doing what they love and learning along the way. I think the most important thing in all of our lives is to have a learning spirit! When you have a learning spirit you have purpose. I would also love to send this back to Ruth she is amazing …Thanks Ruth for the nomination!!
Outside my Window..gray gray and more gray!!! I am thinking…what a busy weekend we had!!! But it was a ton of fun! From the learning rooms…Dots..or at least that is what tornado calls them…Basically it’s leaning how to write…he’s following dashed lines!!! I am thankful for…funny moments that keep life interesting! From the kitchen…pork BBQ..French fries and some sort of veggie I am wearing…Blue jeans, striped turtle neck and cobalt blue hoodie with writing in white on the front! I am reading…my Bible and Prayer By Philip Yancy I am hoping…For a calm weekend and weekend. I am creating…still working on granny squares..not ready to attach them yet! I am hearing…drill that tornado is playing with!!! GRRR he found it.now jumping on the bed!! Around the house…general straightening and prep for the next big project…The den..Did i mention the bathroom is Finished!!! Yay! One of my favorite things…tea. hot cold, sugar, no sugar, herbal/non-herbal…You name it I love it! A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week…Well there is so much. But I need to do a bunch of household things like make curtains and the like then there is the day out on Friday evening and then tearing apart the den on Saturday. Woohoo Fun fun fun! Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you… 
