- Leading my girls in paintball...here we go.. love it... but im scared. :) Go
- Alright hon so you're retired im not. why dont u move over... im late. Go
- Almost about to go on air in beattyville Kentucky! yeeeeehaw haha Go
The little brothers and sisters are already in the Christmas Spirit this year! Talk about it being early. Yeah. Hope is playing the music all the time around the house. She is lighting candles. Today she stuck sticky snowflakes on the window! It DID spit snow today so I guess she felt like it was time. The thing is it’s been getting me into the Christmas Spirit early too! Aah!!! I have this thing that it has to be after Thanksgiving… and that is when I really will begin to allow myself to enjoy Christmas. I have plans to light my Christmas Candle. It smells like pine needles! I love it. I am looking forward to lighting it…. later. I went to Joann Fabrics with Mom the other day and found some of the CUTEST Green and Mulberry colored pillar candles. They have a swirly 3D design on them too and a ribbon tied around them. They were on clearance. So, of course, I got them. I have had a pillar holder in my room I got for 3 dollars last year. I finally filled it!
Yesterday, at church, I noticed while sitting there, that a girl I had been praying for for some time, walked into church. I was happy. I met with her before and she was very much in the grip of the enemy. I just happened to come across her in the hall after church and asked her how she was doing. She said she wanted to ask me a question. She wanted to know how she could be saved. I was so shocked and happy. I showed her how to become a Christian and she wanted to invite Jesus into her heart. I was so happy. God had won a victory in her life. I could see it in her eyes as she left.
That is the 3rd girl I have been able to lead to Jesus in this year! It seems God is bringing girls to me! I hope that He will continue to do so. It’s so happy and fulfilling to know that you can be such a part of God’s plan. Yet knowing it has nothing to do with me!
Yesterday was a good Sunday. It was a full Sunday and when it was time to sleep and slept well! I taught Sunday school and I so enjoy doing that. The little kids that come in are so cute and sweet and I just want to open up their hearts and put a love for Jesus in there! I really, really do. Yet I know God loves them more than I do and He is the one that will do that.
I sang a song and the choir backed me up! That was a neat experience. I really enjoyed that. As I sang the choir seemed to get louder and louder and than at the end of the song I was singing with all my might and they were too behind me .. it was a neat time of worshipping Jesus. I had a good day. Two things I love with all my heart…. singing and Jesus. Put those two together and you have powerful thing. You can hear it here… it was a little different from this one but… this is the song.
It’s so true! We all have the same needs of our hearts… some go to this some got to that to fill it up. But the ones who find Jesus… find it! Praise His Name.
Well, I am off to finish a scarf I am knitting. It’s getting to be the time I really need it!
I thought this picture that my mom took of myself and my little sister Hope perfectly described my websites meaning and header… this is my motto for this site. “Encouraging young ladies to walk in the Sunshine on the path of Light together”.
As you know this is from the verse… 1 John 1:7 “If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His son cleanseth us from all sin”
God’s Words are so true…
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Twinkle Living encapsulates Wenlan Chia’s fashion sensibility, her contemporary lifestyle, and a childhood spent amongst the expansive architecture of her native Taiwan. Wenlan founded Twinkle after her handmade chunky knit sweaters caught the eyes of stylish New Yorkers on the street as she strode to class at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Her ability to combine advanced knitting with fashion forward ideas made the craft hot again. Originally trained in the arts, Wenlan draws all of her own patterns for both her home and fashion collections. With custom prints and designs inspired by imagery culled from a life spent working in the arts, traveling the world, and escaping with idle daydreams, Wenlan brings a fresh point of view to her work and is thrilled to translate her ideas into a line of unique but accessible collection for the home. ”
Ok, THIS is what I am going for. I want to knit this blanket. This exact yarn is on the way. So if I can pull it off… and I am determined to… then I will have knitted a blanket going for 247$. Proof “Design Public” Can you believe it. I just love this style. Chic is what I call it. Perfect for those football games this fall 
just the other day when I was in a little tiny historic village we visited as a family. The village was cute and a little river ran along the edges of town. We found what appeared to us to be a candy/toy store from where we peeked in from the sidewalk. So, we all walked in. They had those big glass jars of candies.. lot’s of jars of candies. They even had chocolate covered coffee beans. Those are a MUST have, I might add. 
Anyway, I was looking around when I saw this big, chunky knit, blanket. It caught my eye (and once my eye is “caught” it’s hard forget about what caught it . It was clover/dusty green in color. I wanted it. The price being marked at 84$ I thought better. But, I LOVED it, therefore not being able to forget it! The color was so cute though I don’t usually ever get anything in that color. I wanted THAT color. It was so soft. And just kinda chic. I thought.
Tonight I finally found what I think they used to make this blanket! I have already ordered it! I can’t wait. I ordered it from a small little shop in Tivoli, New York. They really don’t have bad prices either. So, with the days turning cooler and the quickly coming fall season I will be eagerly anticipating the arrival of my soft, warm, wool yarn in the color “clover” from the little shop on Broadway Street.
Here is something special you can make for someone on your Christmas list this year. Bead necklace or bracelet. It’s easy and fun and from you. I went to Hobby Lobby and got the beads, they have some pretty beads there.
They are about 2.00 and then the clasp was about 1.00. You will need some thick, clear string like fishing line. String them together, tie on the clasp and you have a special gift! It’s something you can do with your sisters unless of course you are going to make it for them. It makes a sweet gift idea I think.
Have a very Merry Christmas!
What does it really mean to “keep a home” does this go beyond just keeping things clean and picked up? I think so. I can speak from the example of my mother of all 8 children. Being a “keeper at home” from my perspective, a daughter in the home. Keeping home goes beyond the daily chore checklist, in my opinion.
“Keeping home” (Titus 2:5) has a spirit, a spirit of warmth and love to it. Making your home a place of love and inner warmth is your job as the woman. You create the atmosphere of beauty and peace. Those who come through feel the sense of love. Keeping things clean and fresh is a huge part of that but it doesn’t end there.
It’s the small things like: coming home and smelling supper on the table, lighting a candle in the window, simmering autumn potpourri, arranging a harvest center piece on the dining room table, hot mulled cider on the stove, arranging a country-autumn wreath for the door or baking a pumpkin pie! There are so many fun homey things you can do for your home.
All of these (except we bought the pumpkin pie, to be honest) fall ideas I have mentioned I experienced recently in our home. My mother is great at making home a real HOME. She made a beautiful centerpiece with gourds surrounding her “Harvest” Yankee candle for our dining room table and she handmade a beautiful autumn wreath for the front door.
There are so many little ideas that can make your home especially warm when you put your heart into your home. Just a little more thought going beyond just the basic needs. And those you love the most notice and benefit. Then you’re making your house a real home. And that makes your family enjoy and love to come home. That’s more than just “good housekeeping”.
The Christmas Conference 2004
It Was A Beautiful Christmas Evening…
I was getting ready for the Christmas program at church and I was late. I was running around trying to find the right tights to go with my outfit and make sure I found my shoes. I also needed a hairbrush and there was not one to be found anywhere. I realized I was going to be very late.
I was on the verge of tears the entire time I was trying to get ready. Knowing I was going to be late for the Christmas program I began to be very frustrated.
My family had already gone and I was going to go as soon as I could get ready.
I was all alone in the house. The house was almost completely dark except for the glow of the tree down stairs in the living room.
I was frantically running around and not finding anything. I had a huge lump in my throat I could not seem to swallow. Suddenly I gave in to the tears I had been holding back. I sat down on the bed and cried. I was frustrated and I was very angry and I really didn’t even know why. I had lost my Christmas Spirit.
As I sat on the bed tears pouring down my face, my head in my hands, I heard a sound of singing. I thought that the radio was on. I slowly got up to peak out of the upstairs window. Pulling apart the blinds, I looked down the street.
The snow was softly falling and I could see a group of carolers singing by the light of the street lamp. Their voices rang out loud and clear through the quiet streets of my neighborhood. I watched from the upstairs of my dark house as they sang joyfully to the silhouette that stood in the door, our neighbor man.
My heart immediately was at peace from hearing their songs about “…the little Lord Jesus….”
As I wiped my eyes I had an overwhelming sense that God had sent these carolers. On this cold and silent night I felt that God had sent them to my neighborhood and I was very encouraged.
These young carolers singing out in the cold never knew that I was listening, too. They never knew I was sitting in a dark room in the upstairs of a dark house crying in frustration and anger.
God knew. He knew just what I needed to hear that evening.
I realize how important it is to sing out among the darkness. I want to sing of the beautiful Light of the Baby Jesus through my life. Because I know the One who did bring light to a dark world one evening long ago.
You never know who might be listening for any sounds of peace and joy this Christmas.
” Enter into His gates with Thanksgiving and into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him and bless His name”! – Psalm 100:4
This morning as I sat down to write out some things I was thankful for I realized how very much I have. I had to grab another piece of paper…
Tears clouded my eyes as I thought about what He has done. I realized every year I say the same things. God has provided more food than I can eat, more clothes than I can wear, and a wonderful place to live. He has given family and friends and the joy of living life.
He has been faithful through the years!
He never changes. He never changes! And He is faithful. He stays true when I failed in sin. And provides new mercy each morning I crawl out of bed thinking only about myself.
He has given me so much this year to be thankful for. But I realize I am most grateful this year for His unchanging faithfulness toward me. That I can say again thank you Lord for clothes, food and a home and family…
“Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations” – Deuteronomy 7:9
Lord thank you for your faithfulness. I don’t deserve anything you give. All I can say to your outstretched hand again is a humble whispered thank you with tears in my eyes and my head bowed low, I want to say thank you Lord, again.
Early in the first beginnings of summer Mom, Kyle and I went for a walk.
In downtown Flint there are not a lot of beautiful things to see and to look at. There are a lot of tall buildings and that’s about it. We went walking through the University of Michigan Flint campus and I did notice that there were some very beautiful flowers that lined the walk, also flowering trees that smelled just like spring. We walked down town and passed by a church built in stone and noticed that two beautiful dogwood trees stood beside the steps leading into the church. A couple of pictures went through my mind of the pastor greeting his people on a sunny afternoon on those steps… And I beautiful, happy bride and groom coming from those steps to start a life…
On the walk we just wanted to look at what spring had brought to Flint. I enjoyed that walk for days to come sitting inside the Inn when I couldn’t go out. I would go back in my mind to those flowers on that walk.
Here I live in Flint. It needs a lot more flowers. I thought of my life being a flower here in Flint. I can grow like Him even when I would really love to be planted in the country on the hillside of beautiful Amish Country Holmes County, Ohio or Prince Edward Island. Flint needs a lot more flowers growing here though. I have noticed that flowers grow from dirt something so beautiful has to grow from something not so lovely. And I need to grow here… I can “Bloom were I am planted” as the saying goes. God knows what He is doing and He has planted me in here. I think He must want more flowers in Flint.
