Autumn Sunset

Sunset on Jackson Lake, Wyoming



Picture taken by my Handsome Guy

from the Word to the Heidelberg

Happy Reformation Week!

For your morning laugh and good listening...
from Curtis Allen (“Voice”)
The First Ever Rap Song About the Heidelberg Catechism

Heidelberg Catechism by avoice

You've got to go read the lyrics while you listen.
An unlikely but brilliant combination.
I love it. 
Hat tip to Justin Taylor.




Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!

And like a newborn baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk
Sometimes we fall...so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!

O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!

~Chris Rice~


Picture: Wyoming Sunset

Wild Aster
Teton Pass, Wyoming

Thanks to Motherdy, who is the best for passing on good things, I have a new favorite blog, The Gospel According to Mom.  Her posts have blessed me so much this morning.

Among other treasures, she shared this reminder for my morning:

"O dear mothers, please understand that you have a very sacred trust reposed in you by God! He has in effect said to you, 'Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages' (Exodus 2:9). You are called to equip the future man of God, that he may be 'thoroughly furnished unto all good works' (2 Timothy 3:17). If God spares you, you may live to hear that pretty boy speak to thousands, and you will have the sweet reflection in your heart that the quiet teachings of the nursery led the adult man to love his God and serve Him.

"Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship. However, dream not that she is lost to the work of the church. Far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord.

"Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty. Christian women, by teaching children the Holy Scriptures, are as much fulfilling their part for the Lord as Moses did in judging Israel, or Solomon in building the temple."
(Charles Spurgeon, Spiritual Parenting)
 
Thank you, Mama and Steadfasthope! 

happy girl

chicken with thyme

We are home now from a lovely longish vacation with my man's family out west.  We had such a good time and made many good memories.  We have a lot of pictures--a happy thing!  I have been getting things back to normal around our home this week; it is good to be settling back in.

I cut and hung garden herbs around the house before we left and came home to them being nice and dry for me to put away.  Oh, the house was so fragrant when I hung them up!  Basil and thyme and sage and parsley and eucalyptus.  I am pleased with how much of their essence they have retained and look forward to using them this winter.

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Handsome is cooking up something pretty nifty out in the garage these days.  Almost finished...

Happy Days

                    

Rainy Day

It's a rainy, rainy day.  Greta knows what to do on a rainy day; this morning she asked me to "turn the candles on".  Definitely!  I'm sewing flannel nighties for Greta; Tubby got a bath.

'Tis Autumn

Potatoes,
elemental and satisfying,
from my Daddy's garden

Evening Pie

Saturday evening, friends & siblings, late homemade pizza & pie

Persecution in India: Francis' Response from Cornerstone Church on Vimeo.

In my kitchen

Trying out a new recipe...
Lacto-Fermented Roasted-Tomato Salsa
It tastes delicious!

(Talk about delicious...)

September