Mom's Day

As Mother's Day is coming up, I reflect on the past and how my Mother has served me the past twelve years. She has been such a blessing to me. I can go and talk with her about a problem I have and she has great advice about it, not to mention she tells me scripture verses and hugs me!

One thing I really appreciate about her is, she has emphasized the importance of memorizing scripture, so that if persecution arises or some other hard trial occurs we can be comforted by the knowledge that God is with us and will never leave us nor forsake us. I used to think I will do fine in life without memorizing scripture. However, as I get older, I have noticed that first, when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness (see Matthew 4:1-11), what did He shoot back to the devil? It was a scripture verse-- each time! Second, I have had some trials in my life and God has used the scripture verses that I have memorized to help me. Thanks, Mom for making sure I understood the importance of scripture memory!

Other times, I have needed to share some personal things with Mom and she has been open to listening to what I have to share. Of course, since Mom has been sick a lot of my lifetime, I cannot always share everything with her, so I share them with Abby-- my "second Mom". I appreciate and love both of you!

Mom, I hope you have the best Mother's Day and many more to come in the years ahead!

I love you,

Johanna "Ruthie"

There is no

greater place of

ministry, position, or

power than that of a

mother.

~ Phil Whisenhunt

A flower ~

Here is a photo I entered into a photo contest. You can enter your photo of a flower into the contest too. Enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Today is Mother's Day, a day we set aside for the purpose of honoring our mothers. Of course, we should honor them every day, but it is good that we have a special day just for moms. :)

So, today we would like to honor our mother and every other godly mother out there. Thank you for serving the Lord... just by being a mother! That is very special.

Happy Mother's Day!

We love you Mom,
Joel, Abby, Caleb, Phoebe, Johanna and Jaden

"Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her: "Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all." Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised." - Proverbs 31:28-30

God's Awesome Creation

I decided to do a blog post with different pictures we've taken throughout the past few months of God's awesome creation, shown in nature. So, here goes...


Lavender



This butterfly landed on Jo's hand


A Mimosa flower


Beautiful Daffodils from our yard


Gorgeous colors in the evening skies

Mother~

Her blues eyes see through me to what is in my heart. She knows just what to say or do to make life better for her children she loves so dearly. Her skillful hands caress her hot forehead as she lies sick in bed. The gentle voice sings softly as her babe drifts to rest in another land, with the remembrance of his mother's song. She carefully places the dish upon the table, the steaming aroma awakens in me memories of years past, wonderful meals full of health. Behind the scenes, she encourages us as we pursue our dreams, strike out on our own, begin our families, get jobs, build futures, and create a generational picture that makes God smile.

Mother - that one word melts our hearts, brings tears to our eyes, causes us to sigh after something lost, or bow our heads in reverent pause.

God has given us just what we need. A nurturer, nurse, cook, homemaker, artist, musician, law maker, chef, fashion designer, chauffeur, encourager. And these words are ill to best describe what she does best - Mother us.

Today I am thankful for one woman in my life who has been such an example to of love, Christ, woman, friend, wife, mommy. God gave her life half a century ago, and today she is my Mom.

Happy Mother's Day Mums! I Love you!

Arkansas Whirlwind Trip

This past Sunday and Monday we went on a trip. That is, Dad, Joel, Abby, Grandma, Grandpa, Great-grandma and myself went. We traveled up to NE Arkansas to take my Great-grandma back to her home (she will be 95 on the 31st!). Then we traveled back with her car (along with ours of course) on Monday, after a bit of clean up at her house. All in all, we had a good trip, very much of a WHIRL WIND trip! 18 hours in the car out of an about 40 hour trip.

Anyway, here are some pictures from the trip:


Grandma, Aunt M., Great-grandma and Uncle P. chatting at breakfast


Great-grandma's abode


She has some beautiful roses in her yard!


Some other beautiful flowers


Out-and-about in Weiner

We may post some more pictures, so stay tuned.