As you can see, I am not too good at this yet. I ended my last blog quickly b/c I had to take Brad to school. As I was riding down the road I was listening to the radio and a song came on that was such a great reminder of how the Lord carries us through all things. I just love how Jesus is always there for me when I need Him the most. He is an awsome Lord and Savior and He knows our every need. He has carried me through some rough moments in my life and I am so thankful for His grace and peace.
I already wrote a little info on the human members of my family, so now I will write a little about my animals. We have a dog named Tag who is such a mama's boy, a fat lazy cat named Ruffles and a fancy, prim and proper cat named Caroline.
We got Tag from the pound about 6yrs ago and he is the best dog. He loves to run and play and get feild mice in our 6 acres of land. The other day he came running up from the back and was COVERED in mud! His tail was wagging and he had this look on his face like "look at me mom, I have had the best time of my life. I caught a mouse, got a skull-see here it is! I just love the farm, mom. Aren't you so happy for me huh? huh? See! See!" he is a mess and I had to have Jennifer give him a bath. He HATES baths and when he knows he is getting one he runs and hides with his head under our bed. Jennifer is no bigger then he is and it is so funny to watch her pulling him to the tub or hose. He drags his feet and keeps looking at me crying "HELP!"
Ruffles is just one fat, lazy cat! She is really no good to anyone but laying around the house and looking pretty. She is mad at me right now so she won't come near me or sit on my lap anymore. Back in Jan my mom passed away and I brought Caroline home to live with us. Well Ruffles is NOT liking sharing her home or her moms lap. Caroline has become the ruler of the home. She came in with a bang. She has claws, Ruffles does not, Tag does not. She has used her claws on both Ruffles and Tag. In fact my 100 lb Lab will not go near her. He will stop if she is in the way and go back the way he came or go and lay down. She is often found blocking the doorway, so he cannot get out. It is tooo funny. Last night, Tag walked around the couch and incounterd Caroline and she got his paw, he came limping back to me and laid down on the floor with his paw up complaining about the pain she caused him. She sleeps on my face fairly often and just loves living here. She is the type of cat that sits soo proper and lady like. While Ruffles sprawles out with everything showing. I just love how the Lord uses our animals to teach us lessons and how he has blessed us with the creatures.
Well, I think this gets me started on this blog and filling you in a little on the family5. My life revolves around them and my Lord. The Lord uses our families to shape and mold us into who He wants us to be. I see so much of my shortcomings when I look through the eyes of my family. I can see where He is shaping me into a woman after His heart and yet our family is the one spot that can bring out the best and the worst in us. At the moment I am having to learn to have a "gentle and quiet" spirit. I am known by my harsh way of speaking and that is so not gentle and quiet. Oh, how I struggle with this area. The Lord is soo good to me though. This morning we were reading our Proverbs for the day and Prov 16:31 came up-Gray hair is a crown of splendor it is attatined by a rightous life. Brad was reading and stopped and said "Mom, you have attained your grey hair from living a rightous life." Yea right!! Im looking too much at the grey and what it is doing in my hair and life and not the crown of splendor they are. Can we count these grey hairs and place them at the feet of Jesus?? Oh, may I live to give God the glory!
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