To finish this book, or to start a new one

Today as I was beginning to read this new book Dave bought me at Together for the Gospel, I got to thinking about how many books I have started but never finished.

• Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan
• Don't' Waist Your Life by John Piper
• The Search for Significance
• The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg
• What does God Know and When Does He Know It by Millard J. Erickson
• Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp ( I started this today!)
• The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliott ( I think that's the name)
• A Chance to Die (about Amy Carmichael)
• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney (My dear husband was nice enough to remind me of this one! :)

That is all I can think of now. I think there are more, those are just the ones I started this year. That makes me sad that I started so many books and never finished them. I am going to try to complete all those books before the end of the year! Maybe I should start with the Spiritual Disciplines book:) On a positive note, I have actually finished a few books this year. They are.......

• Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham (Loved it!)
• A biography on Martin Luther (can't remember the exact name)
• Lots of Junie B. Jones and Fairy Tales (do those count?)

OK. So tomorrow is a new day and I am going to finish some books soon. Its not that I don't want to read.... its just I always seem to find a book I want to read more than the one I'm reading (hence all the unfinished books). So feel free to keep me accountable to reading , especially to reading my Bible .....I've never even finished it..... that's another goal to aim for!

Have a good Sunday!

Lisa

Fun Friday with the Fish

These are some of the statements we heard a lot today.... Look at those big fish, look at those little bitty fish, what are those called?Wow look how big that shark is, those are so pretty, will that bite me? We went to the Aquarium in Atlanta today with the Harcrows. It was great. We have been to the one in Chattanooga and Gatlinburg, but I think this was my favorite. The whale sharks were definitely the highlight. They were huge! I think one was about 22 feet long. There were also Beluga whales that were huge. There were divers in a lot of the tanks cleaning or filming or something. Julie said she would like to volunteer for that. Not me!!!!! I like to look at fish, sharks, whales, jellies, sting rays or you name it, through a BIG glass window. When you stand in front of those huge walls of glass looking at all the different kinds of fish you wonder how anyone could say there is no God. They are all so different and so complex. "The heavens declare the glory God, and the firmament shows his handiwork." Psalm 19:1

Lisa

New Look!

I know I have not had this blog long but I thought it needed a new look. I like rearranging things. I have always moved the furniture in my house around alot because I get tired of the way it looks. So don't be surprised if you come to this blog and I have changed the look again. I hope you enjoy the new look but most of all I hope you like the content. I really love these verses.......

O Lord, our Lord

How majestic is your name

in all the earth

Who have displayed Your

splendor above the heavens!

From the mouths of infants and babes

You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider your heavens the

work of your fingers, the moon and the stars

which you have ordained;

What is man that you are mindful of him

and the son of man that You care for him?

Psalm 8:1-4

Remembering.....

Giny with Brady and Ruthie!

Today I was with my friend Alicia and we were talking about her baby's eye. He is just two weeks old and he is going to need some testing done on his left eye. I saw the doctors name on her calendar and it was the same doctor my sister Giny used and maybe still sees sometimes. She had an eye injury when she was little which required alot of doctor visits, surgeries, patches, contacts, glasses, crying and patience on her part and our family. She wrote this poem several years ago about her experience. I have it framed in my house and like to read it every now and then.

A Little Girl’s Eye


The story began when she was six years old
Little did she know it would be such a long road.
The day was sunny, not a cloud in the sky,
But she would never have guessed what would happen to her eye.

Not long had the family been home from church that day,
When her sisters and she would go outside to play.
While they were playing, something took place,
That none of them were prepared to face.

There were about five of them playing in the yard,
When it happened then that the little girl was caught off guard.
One of the boys was slinging a metal tent stake
And the little girl ran into it by mistake.

When the metal hit the little girl’s eye
It was then that she began to cry.
She was rushed into the emergency room
Where she would be cared for very soon.

The doctors that day saved the little girl’s eye
But they could not have done it without Jesus the most high.
It seemed like to her it was a very long sad day and
She really didn’t know what she wanted to say.

Each day that came, it started all over
She would want to hide like a little clover.
It bothered her a lot for people to have to see
What her eye looked like and what it couldn’t be.

As the days rolled on and the years went by
The little girl couldn’t help but ask “Why?”
It seemed sometimes that it wasn’t right
For her eye to have lost its precious sight.

Throughout the little girl’s life she suffered with pain
Not knowing that it was only for her gain.
The little girl now is several years older
And because of this injury, she is a lot bolder.
Giny Burk April 14, 1998

Daddy and Samuel

Dave has gone to the Together for the Gospel Conference this week. He has been very excited about this trip. I don' t think Samuel realized he would be gone for several days because when he left Samo was very upset. He loves his Daddy.

Samo likes cuddling with him at night and never lets us go without our nightly devotion. Lord let Dave be just like you, because Samuel wants to be just like him!

Abby and Erin's Project Completed

Look how beautiful their baby doll bed turned out. They each made a pillow and worked together taking turns to make the blanket. I helped with pinning and set up but they did all the sewing themselves. Pretty good for their first project!

Learning to Sew

This week I was working on making some cushions for Ruthie's room and finishing some curtains for Brady's room so the girls decided they wanted to learn to sew. They pulled out the little Barbie sewing machine. It doesn't really work other than giving them practice pushing the presser foot and running the material through. So they did that and I showed them a few hand stitches. Today we are making pillows for their baby doll bed. I'm glad they want to learn to sew. I have always enjoyed it and its nice to be able to make things for around the house. I love the satisfaction of being able to say I made something. Plus it does save money too! So I will continue teaching as long as they are interested. Charlie the dog had to go to the vet today for his "surgery". He was sad this morning and wouldn't get out the van. I think he may have thought we were giving him away.....who knows what dogs think.