Family Outing

We drove into Ft. Worth yesterday to spend the day with Jeremy & Candace before school starts... We had a great time...

KIDZ RALLY

VFC's children's ministry had a Kidz Rally and it was a HUGE hit!!!

The theme was "TEAM WORK"

Games, petting zoo, pony rides, puppet show, talent show, the youth performed a skit, tee shirts were provided and lunch was served.

Congrats to the Children's Ministry for a wonderful job!

Preperations begin!!!

Some of the Team!!!

Game Show Eternity!!
Let's make a hat together..
Ahhh, lunch time in-doors!!!

What TALENT!!!!!!More great talent!!!

The Big Hands Puppet Team!! WOW!!!

Train up a child.

It is a proven fact that the earlier you being to train your child the better success you'll have!

This lil' girl has been in training...

Facing the storm...

I John 4: 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

I have found it is often challenging to trust because we (humans) are assuming it is we that we are placing our trust in. Though we are the vessel, it is neither of our might nor our power that allows us to do anything.

God knows the storm is raging, God knows our strength is failing but He also knows we are gaining much strength and wisdom from the battle he allows us to face. It is much like a boxing manager who chooses a fierce challenger for his rooky, he chooses someone that will challenge his abilities and cause the young man to reach inside himself for strength to fight his way to the winning circle. As the manager watches, instructs and trains the rooky prior to the fight he also continues to bark out instructions during the fight and is ready to pull him out, throw in the towel, when he feels the battle is too much. With each battle the rooky learn the ropes, learns to trust in the training he’s received and goes on to win fights.

Thank God for battles, storms and for the rest we enjoy along the way.

Help me oh God to seek your will and not my own.

When I think about rules my mind goes to the Garden of Eden.
The beginning of RULES!
It was true then and it is true now we humans don’t do well with rules.

Genesis 2:9, 15-17
Adam & Eve knew to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (the ability to know good from evil) and I am sure that they talked about the rule God had given them…but all they knew was that the rules existed, and that they would surely die if they ate of the fruit. The principle behind it was apparently never discovered. The WHY!! Nor did they love God enough to just do His will. It’s not always our business to know but sometimes to just TRUST!

Genesis 6:14
God instructed Noah to build an ark. As we all know the people did not obey the rules and JUST do what they were told…Let me ask, do you think that IF they’d really known the outcome of their actions they’d refused to get onboard the ark?

Exodus 20:3-17
The Ten Commandments are no different from any of the rules given to God’s creation!

We need to understand God’s ways and not just His acts.

I’ve heard it said too many times, “we can wear that, we can’t go there, we have to do this or we can’t listen to that?” Where’s the love or God & His will? The carnal nature wants to see how close we can come to being sinful and still not crossing the line of God’s judgment. Why can’t our response be, “If doing that displeases God, then I want no part of it?”

R & R

We took a few days off to relax and enjoy ourselves. Jeremy & my Mother came down and we all drove up to Beavers Bend in Broken Bow Oklahoma. We watched wildlife, hiked several trails, rode a train, Jeremy rode the rapids in a VERY cold river, visited the museum and anything else we saw that interested us. It was a GREAT trip. What a great place to go to get back to nature...

Thinking about how COLD it is!

Ashley & Cinnamon

Jeremy taking the plunge

walking Cinnamon

Jeremy practicing walking on water

What a grand view!

In the Museum

Hiking a trail

Kodak moment by a river

Resting along one of the trails

It sounds so pretty splashing over rocks

The rushing river

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me.The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.