...is it STILL windy?? Golly! This last weekend the wind gusted quite a bit and I thought...is it ever going to end?? We had some wild wind gusts this weekend. In fact, last week it took off a 'corner' board off from the front of our house after it had been dangling back and forth in front of my sister's window. It landed on the porch roof and was found the next day on the ground on the side of the house. This winter has been WILD in weather. First, we had the snow and ice, next was all the flooding in the region ( I think WA residents are still cleaning up after that), and now this wind that has knocked down trees and carports have fallen in all over the place. I just hope that no one has gotten hurt in all this.
Oh, last week, it was also FOGgy. I could not believe how foggy it was last Tuesday night when I was coming home from Bible Study. An analogy was made at study about knowing that Jesus, who is our Hope, is there and will always be there where we know He will be. We're on the highway and we know where the church is off the highway but we can't see it because it is so foggy BUT we know it's there. That's how we should think about Jesus...He's always there.
Someone close to me thought she was dreaming when she was taken by ambulance to the ER last week. She had had a seizure in the store. Thank the Lord she was there and not in the car driving!!! She is okay now but sore from how she fell and goes in tomorrow for an EEG and Thursday for a MRI. I have been taking her to work in the mornings until she is allowed to drive again.
Work has been going okay. Payroll was last week and we sent if off Tuesday about 4ish which I think is the earliest we have sent it since the merger. Bible study has been good the last couple weeks...especially last week when it was on Romans 5. I really liked that lesson. The sermon this weekend was on 2 Cor 6 and then in Mosaic we had a planning meeting of what we want to do this year in our group. We at least figured out the first three months or so. Alyssa's team won their game yesterday, 45-29.
Last but not least for today was a historical day for the country. Inauguration Day for President-elect Obama was sworn into Presidency as the 44th President of the USA. I just saw his speech as they showed it on the 10 o'clock news again. He and the other leaders of the country are going to need lots of prayers during their time in office.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
11 Days
Hello! Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2009??!!! My title states how many days of the year have gone by already. Hope you have had a good first 11 days of 2009.
As of January first, the other two branches of the 'old' company joined up and so now we are one BIG happy family. I have not heard yet of anything that has gone awry but hopefully there will not be. We have payroll again this week and that will be their first payroll under the new company as we did their last and final payroll under old company last week.
It was great to get back to church on Dec. 27 after all that snow we had. New year's weekend we went to the coast. My sister and I had that Friday off so we left on the morning of the first and came back Sunday night. It was a good time and nice to get away for a few days. Plus we got to see some family members while we were over there. One of them is my great aunt which I only get to see about once a year, maybe twice a year if I am lucky. It was really nice to see her!
Women's Bible Study started back up this last week and we had fellowship night at one of our leader's homes. It was nice to see everyone again after a long holiday break and catch up. We had some good soup and did a neat craft. I worked on my lesson for this week this weekend and so far it has been a really good lesson. A couple verses have already spoken to me and so I am going to share them this week at study.
Church was really good this weekend. It was our annual Sanctity of Life weekend and we had a special guest speaker who mentioned quite a few times that she is 'God's girl'! She is really happy about that fact and shows it to the people she meets and talks to. There was a reason God spared her life when her mom was aborting her at 7 1/2 months along in the pregnancy and survived! What an amazing woman! And she has cerebral palsy because of that but it doesn't seem to bother her much, knowing that God loves her and is in control of her life.
Oh, I was able to go see my niece play in her basketball game this past Friday night. Her team won 39-29! It was quite exciting to see those jr. high girls play...they get physical in their playing but to a point, that's good. I hope to get to more of her games this season.
Last night Mosaic had our Christmas party that got postponed from the snow we had. Today we had my aunt and cousin over, plus my brother and sister-in-law for Christmas. It was nice to see them but strange to have Christmas in January.
I will end this post with a verse from this week's lesson that spoke to me. Hope you have a good week!
"and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Rev 1:5-6
As of January first, the other two branches of the 'old' company joined up and so now we are one BIG happy family. I have not heard yet of anything that has gone awry but hopefully there will not be. We have payroll again this week and that will be their first payroll under the new company as we did their last and final payroll under old company last week.
It was great to get back to church on Dec. 27 after all that snow we had. New year's weekend we went to the coast. My sister and I had that Friday off so we left on the morning of the first and came back Sunday night. It was a good time and nice to get away for a few days. Plus we got to see some family members while we were over there. One of them is my great aunt which I only get to see about once a year, maybe twice a year if I am lucky. It was really nice to see her!
Women's Bible Study started back up this last week and we had fellowship night at one of our leader's homes. It was nice to see everyone again after a long holiday break and catch up. We had some good soup and did a neat craft. I worked on my lesson for this week this weekend and so far it has been a really good lesson. A couple verses have already spoken to me and so I am going to share them this week at study.
Church was really good this weekend. It was our annual Sanctity of Life weekend and we had a special guest speaker who mentioned quite a few times that she is 'God's girl'! She is really happy about that fact and shows it to the people she meets and talks to. There was a reason God spared her life when her mom was aborting her at 7 1/2 months along in the pregnancy and survived! What an amazing woman! And she has cerebral palsy because of that but it doesn't seem to bother her much, knowing that God loves her and is in control of her life.
Oh, I was able to go see my niece play in her basketball game this past Friday night. Her team won 39-29! It was quite exciting to see those jr. high girls play...they get physical in their playing but to a point, that's good. I hope to get to more of her games this season.
Last night Mosaic had our Christmas party that got postponed from the snow we had. Today we had my aunt and cousin over, plus my brother and sister-in-law for Christmas. It was nice to see them but strange to have Christmas in January.
I will end this post with a verse from this week's lesson that spoke to me. Hope you have a good week!
"and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Rev 1:5-6
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
December 31st, 2008
Greetings! Hope you all enjoyed the snow/ice/freezing rain/more snow/rain we've had in the last week or so and survived the cabin fever if you were snowed in. Even if you were not snowed in, unlike me, hopefully you still enjoyed the snow and were kept safe. It was really interesting watching people in their cars trying to attempt to drive up our hilly street in the snow and ice, thinking they could make it up. A lot of them only made it up to the first street and went down that street instead of going backwards or continuing up. I, along with my sister, with my dad's help, made it out of our neighborhood Friday and took us to work. I also worked a few hours on Saturday before going to the Blazer game with my sister and niece that night, which we won 102-89 against Toronto. Sunday I went to church where a good message was spoken by one of our younger pastors in 2 Corinthians 5. It was nice to be at church again since the last two services had been cancelled because of the weather. I am hoping that what they had planned for this Christmas Eve service they will do next year. Oh, I also went in to work a few hours on Sunday afternoon as we had to get ready to transmit payroll on Monday. Because of the holiday tomorrow, we had one less day to get payroll in and done.
I bet you want to know how Christmas went. 2000 years ago, a baby was born to Mary and Joseph, to be named Jesus, Son of God. He would be the one to save the world and be known as the Messiah. Now, the present...we had our own family Christmas as we always do on Christmas Eve evening, only after watching the movie, The Nativity Story. We decided to watch that rather the read aloud the story from the Bible as that would be of more greater detail and visual of how it came to be. Christmas Day we had probably 10 different plans of how the day was going to go. It finally ended up as my brother and sister-in-law came as far as about three blocks away and then walked up to the house. Celebrating with my aunt and cousin will happen in January. A nice time was had by all that afternoon, and then we watched the Blazers lose to Dallas on tv. Hope you had a nice and blessed Christmas.
Work was crazy on Monday as we scurried to get all the branches done and ready to be sent. Last night, dad, my sister and I went to the Blazer game where we played the world champs Boston Celtics. Now, the first half, I don't think the refs liked the Blazers, although I don't think they really are to like any one team. Plus there was a lot of cheering and screaming at this game. Second half got really exciting and close. Guess what???!!!! The Blazers win, the Blazers win!!!!! You heard it correctly! Final score 91-86. You also know what? They won without Brandon Roy...he had an injury and didn't feel good enough to play. I must commend the Blazers for their teamwork, AND we outrebounded them 42-29.
Last, but not least, it is what it is! The Blazers are now 19-12 heading into 2009 with a win. Hope you all have a good and safe New Years!!!
I bet you want to know how Christmas went. 2000 years ago, a baby was born to Mary and Joseph, to be named Jesus, Son of God. He would be the one to save the world and be known as the Messiah. Now, the present...we had our own family Christmas as we always do on Christmas Eve evening, only after watching the movie, The Nativity Story. We decided to watch that rather the read aloud the story from the Bible as that would be of more greater detail and visual of how it came to be. Christmas Day we had probably 10 different plans of how the day was going to go. It finally ended up as my brother and sister-in-law came as far as about three blocks away and then walked up to the house. Celebrating with my aunt and cousin will happen in January. A nice time was had by all that afternoon, and then we watched the Blazers lose to Dallas on tv. Hope you had a nice and blessed Christmas.
Work was crazy on Monday as we scurried to get all the branches done and ready to be sent. Last night, dad, my sister and I went to the Blazer game where we played the world champs Boston Celtics. Now, the first half, I don't think the refs liked the Blazers, although I don't think they really are to like any one team. Plus there was a lot of cheering and screaming at this game. Second half got really exciting and close. Guess what???!!!! The Blazers win, the Blazers win!!!!! You heard it correctly! Final score 91-86. You also know what? They won without Brandon Roy...he had an injury and didn't feel good enough to play. I must commend the Blazers for their teamwork, AND we outrebounded them 42-29.
Last, but not least, it is what it is! The Blazers are now 19-12 heading into 2009 with a win. Hope you all have a good and safe New Years!!!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
I would say 'White as Snow'
I say that because of what the weather has done this week and right now as I am typing this post. It is snowing and has been off and on all this week. Last weekend when we were having our Christmas choir/orchestra weekend at church, I was standing by the door looking at the snowfall. There were a couple of guys also looking and one of them said, 'He washed us white as snow' referring to how Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins and make us white as snow. To see that beautiful white stuff falling from the sky and hearing that comment, it really spoke truth. I am so glad that we had that celebration last weekend as we just found out that they canceled church service tonight and 1st service in the morning.
Speaking of choir and orchestra, as I mentioned before, we did Send the Messiah again this year. Saturday when we rehearsed it, it didn't go too well, and I had said a prayer that we would do better in service. Well, it was almost fine Saturday service and then we went through it Sunday morning before service and did a lot better. I hope everyone enjoyed the services that came and celebrated the season with us. The pastor told a Christmas story using a stuffed lion and lamb which I thought was cute for visual aids.
Two Saturdays ago, I went to my great-great aunt's 90th birthday party in Canby. She is on my mom's side of the family and I got to wish her a happy birthday, and she looks really good for being 90 years old. Actually, her birthday is right after Christmas and they figured that would probably not be a good time to get everyone together. On that same day was my great-aunt's birthday so it was like a double birthday celebration. There were a lot of people there I did not know at the party but there were people on the 'other' side of her family that we hadn't met. So, after the party, I left with Alyssa and went to the Woodburn outlets to do a little Christmas shopping. That was fun as we don't get to do a whole lot together just the two of us. I treated ourselves to pretzels before we left, which were really good. Once we got out of the parking lot and out of the traffic and taking a detour because of an accident, we got to church late. Service was good though and we had group afterwards. I taught in our group last weekend and I thought it went pretty good.
Well, I hope you enjoy the snow and be safe and warm these next couple days. I do have to thank the Lord as He kept my sister and I safe getting to/from work each day this week. Some days were not full days but I think our bosses were happy we made the effort to get in. Bad timing though as it was a payroll week at my work, but managed to get it done.
Speaking of choir and orchestra, as I mentioned before, we did Send the Messiah again this year. Saturday when we rehearsed it, it didn't go too well, and I had said a prayer that we would do better in service. Well, it was almost fine Saturday service and then we went through it Sunday morning before service and did a lot better. I hope everyone enjoyed the services that came and celebrated the season with us. The pastor told a Christmas story using a stuffed lion and lamb which I thought was cute for visual aids.
Two Saturdays ago, I went to my great-great aunt's 90th birthday party in Canby. She is on my mom's side of the family and I got to wish her a happy birthday, and she looks really good for being 90 years old. Actually, her birthday is right after Christmas and they figured that would probably not be a good time to get everyone together. On that same day was my great-aunt's birthday so it was like a double birthday celebration. There were a lot of people there I did not know at the party but there were people on the 'other' side of her family that we hadn't met. So, after the party, I left with Alyssa and went to the Woodburn outlets to do a little Christmas shopping. That was fun as we don't get to do a whole lot together just the two of us. I treated ourselves to pretzels before we left, which were really good. Once we got out of the parking lot and out of the traffic and taking a detour because of an accident, we got to church late. Service was good though and we had group afterwards. I taught in our group last weekend and I thought it went pretty good.
Well, I hope you enjoy the snow and be safe and warm these next couple days. I do have to thank the Lord as He kept my sister and I safe getting to/from work each day this week. Some days were not full days but I think our bosses were happy we made the effort to get in. Bad timing though as it was a payroll week at my work, but managed to get it done.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Winter is soon upon us
Wishing you December greetings! Here's a 'freaky cool' thing that happened. In my last post, I did my word study on manifest. In services at church the next day, the pastor talked about being manifested in the word and what it meant (to set open, understand). It's so cool how God works in that way. For instance, at the last Women's Bible study meeting, one of the ladies shared of when she was in Chicago visiting family. The church service that weekend studied the same passage from Romans that we were studying here!
'Tis the season for preparing the house for Christmas with decorations. We have been doing that since the weekend after Thanksgiving, and we got our live tree to go in the living room just this Monday. It's looking more and more like Christmas around here. Especially with what the weathermen are forecasting for this coming weekend with the super cold air coming in and more than possible snow showers. Winter is definitely around the corner! Speaking of this weekend, it's the annual Christmas choir/orchestra services. We had another rehearsal last night and it went well and at a faster pace as we had to get through all of the songs. Also this Saturday is the Tuba Christmas downtown which of course Dad will be there playing, so please pray for everyone's safety and health.
A couple weeks ago, my niece's school did a fundraiser/Christmas caroling event at a major bookstore in town. The family went and listened to the two ensembles play familiar carols and we sang along to them. It did make me get a bit teary eyed...I think because some of the words spoke to me and brought back the memory of when my family played carols at the center where my grandparents lived a couple years ago. The kids all did a great job, and there were other groups from the school as well.
Speaking of my niece, she has started basketball practice with the school team. I just found out that she will be a point guard on the team which will be a good challenge for her. I have enjoyed watching her play basketball in the past so any games I can go to this year will be exciting.
'Tis the season for preparing the house for Christmas with decorations. We have been doing that since the weekend after Thanksgiving, and we got our live tree to go in the living room just this Monday. It's looking more and more like Christmas around here. Especially with what the weathermen are forecasting for this coming weekend with the super cold air coming in and more than possible snow showers. Winter is definitely around the corner! Speaking of this weekend, it's the annual Christmas choir/orchestra services. We had another rehearsal last night and it went well and at a faster pace as we had to get through all of the songs. Also this Saturday is the Tuba Christmas downtown which of course Dad will be there playing, so please pray for everyone's safety and health.
A couple weeks ago, my niece's school did a fundraiser/Christmas caroling event at a major bookstore in town. The family went and listened to the two ensembles play familiar carols and we sang along to them. It did make me get a bit teary eyed...I think because some of the words spoke to me and brought back the memory of when my family played carols at the center where my grandparents lived a couple years ago. The kids all did a great job, and there were other groups from the school as well.
Speaking of my niece, she has started basketball practice with the school team. I just found out that she will be a point guard on the team which will be a good challenge for her. I have enjoyed watching her play basketball in the past so any games I can go to this year will be exciting.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Manifest
Happy (black) Friday! Hope you were all safe if you went out shopping today. I am going to share with you now a word study on 'manifest'.
Manifest
1. readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight 2. easily understood or recognized by the mind...obvious 3. a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a ship or plane. (courtesy of Webster's Dictionary).
John 14:21 'He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.' Another meaning to manifest in this verse is to reveal, which makes sense after knowing the definition of the word. I looked at the cross-reference in this verse and I have to include it since it is 1 John 2:5 and we have been studying 1 John in our group, Mosaic. 1 John 2:5 says, 'But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected (has been completed) in him, By this we know that we are in Him.' If you didn't love God, you wouldn't keep His word.
1 Cor 12:7 'But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:' The next three verses following tell of what is given by the same Spirit, such as the word of knowledge.
John 17:6 'I have manifested (revealed) Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept your word.' Hmm, another verse about those who are His, keeping God's word. I begin to see a theme here.
Okay, I looked at a cross reference to this verse in John 17 and it mentions John 6:37 which is where Jesus is telling the people He is the Bread of Life...'All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.'
1 Tim 3:16 (aww...a 3:16 verse!) 'And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.' I remember having this verse in a recent Women's Bible study lesson. Any verse that describes God is awesome!
Heb 9:8 'the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.' This verse was not listed in the concordance but I found it as I am currently reading through Hebrews. That's a bit odd it's not in the list under manifest.
To give a summary statement, like we do in Women's Bible study, let me think for a second. Okay...God makes His word manifested in us who keep His word and loves those who were given to Him by the Father to love and obey.
Manifest
1. readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight 2. easily understood or recognized by the mind...obvious 3. a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a ship or plane. (courtesy of Webster's Dictionary).
John 14:21 'He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.' Another meaning to manifest in this verse is to reveal, which makes sense after knowing the definition of the word. I looked at the cross-reference in this verse and I have to include it since it is 1 John 2:5 and we have been studying 1 John in our group, Mosaic. 1 John 2:5 says, 'But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected (has been completed) in him, By this we know that we are in Him.' If you didn't love God, you wouldn't keep His word.
1 Cor 12:7 'But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:' The next three verses following tell of what is given by the same Spirit, such as the word of knowledge.
John 17:6 'I have manifested (revealed) Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept your word.' Hmm, another verse about those who are His, keeping God's word. I begin to see a theme here.
Okay, I looked at a cross reference to this verse in John 17 and it mentions John 6:37 which is where Jesus is telling the people He is the Bread of Life...'All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.'
1 Tim 3:16 (aww...a 3:16 verse!) 'And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.' I remember having this verse in a recent Women's Bible study lesson. Any verse that describes God is awesome!
Heb 9:8 'the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.' This verse was not listed in the concordance but I found it as I am currently reading through Hebrews. That's a bit odd it's not in the list under manifest.
To give a summary statement, like we do in Women's Bible study, let me think for a second. Okay...God makes His word manifested in us who keep His word and loves those who were given to Him by the Father to love and obey.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Soon to be Turkey Day!
Hi Folks! Hope your week(s) have gone well so far since I last posted. I will indeed get that post out of my word study on 'manifest' this weekend. Work has gone about normal. I have news about work but I will leave that for a 'special' post later this week.
Church was good last weekend as it was Global Outreach time of the year. Afterwards, the group had game night and we played Sequence. I had not played it before but turns out to be a pretty fun game. There was only four of us then another showed up that we had not seen in a while. We went out to Applebees for dinner and had a nice talk.
We have had two rehearsals now for Christmas services. Both have gone fairly well, I think. Someone will be happy to know that...yes, we are doing 'Send the Messiah' again. Yes, you may jump up for joy now!
May you have a lovely time on Thursday with your family members/friends.
Church was good last weekend as it was Global Outreach time of the year. Afterwards, the group had game night and we played Sequence. I had not played it before but turns out to be a pretty fun game. There was only four of us then another showed up that we had not seen in a while. We went out to Applebees for dinner and had a nice talk.
We have had two rehearsals now for Christmas services. Both have gone fairly well, I think. Someone will be happy to know that...yes, we are doing 'Send the Messiah' again. Yes, you may jump up for joy now!
May you have a lovely time on Thursday with your family members/friends.
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