tears in a bottle

You have recorded my troubles.
You have kept a list of my tears.
Aren't they in your records? ~Ps. 56:8

For our God does not primarily catalogue the endless stream of sins. He is God, not a tabloid informant out for dirt, for the flame sensationalist ugly. I forget this. And there are unspoken parts of me that think He makes no records at all but forgets me, the blind, deaf and dumb God.

But I touch the paper where He's left the trail of His heart. He is love, the tender Physician God who keeps tab of the every ache, a doting Father who soul-fissures when His child cries, the God who keeps the ledgers of every pain, every scrape, every brimming, falling, searing tear.

God does not slumber for He cannot cease to bear testimony to our hurt.

God keeps a list.

It's the wildest Love that drives the Father to record His child's every lament. We never ache without God attending, and He can't stand to see a tear fall to the floor. God cups our grief and "puts our tears in His bottle" (Ps. 56:8).








Today is recorded in the heavens and its pains are written with the wet of tears of God who "hurts with the hurt of my people." (Jeremiah 8:21)

credit to Anne Voskamp at http://www.aholyexperience.com

Fun in the Snow

Lily LOOOOVVVVEEESS to play in the snow........who am I kidding, she just loves to play! First we explored a little bit while I filled the bird feeders in anticipation of tomorrows threatened sub-zero temps and wind. BBBRRRRR!!!!

Then we played frizbee

Then we realized her mouth and nose were getting cold, so we took one last shot and came inside :)

Happy New Year!!!!!!

I'm thankful for the end of 2009 and the beginning of a 2010. Here's wishing all of you a wonderful and happy New Year!

There's no place like home..........NOT!!

We went from this:
and seeing these guys.......







to this fun. Rog won't be going anywhere for a day or two, at least till he can get a shoe on to go out and shovel snow.....

I would say I am glad to be home, but really, would you believe me?

Holidays!?!?

The "Holidays" are upon us; Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas is bearing down with New Year's right behind.
I'm not sending out my Christmas letter this year, I'm not in the writing mood. I usually write about what is happening in our family and what God is teaching me. It isn't that I don't have much to write, I just don't quite know how to put a spin on it that would make it palatable for a Christmas letter. I've done my darndest to come up with some tongue in cheek, glibe way of sharing our year with you but I couldn't figure out how to do it. I checked the internet for suggestions, and I read yesterday that Christmas letters shouldn't contain bad news. And I quote:

"No one wants to hear your cancer is back, your children are divorced or in prison, your spouse is STILL unemployed, and your on welfare or foodstamps, or such."

So I'm not sending letters. Add to that postage is climbing, and it isn't taking much for me to just say forget it.

Let's just say Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year! and be done with it, shall we?