There are a pair of very happy faces in this house. The living room and kitchen walls are all painted. Today we went to Fort Dodge and got apples at the orchard and bought a few food items at Target. What could be better.
Tomorrow night Katie and Izzie are coming for a couple of overnights with Grandma and Grandpa. Cindy and Craig are coming Saturday to pick them up so we should have a very fun day.
I heard from my cousin, Rich, today and it looks like we will have about 16 here next weekend. Looking forward to some cousin time then.
I am finished with another doll quilt and have pressed all of my pieces for the quilt that I am going to start at the retreat. I hope to get it all cut out next week. Should keep me busy.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I Am Pro Life
The following are excepts from an email that I am receiving concerning 40 days of life. It begins tomorrow. Please join me in this attempt to turn to God and away from injustice.
Dear Mary,
Today we prepare; tomorrow it begins: 40 days of focused prayer, fasting, vigil and outreach to help bring an end to the injustice of abortion.
Whether you've participated in 40 Days for Life before, or you're along on this journey for the very first time, thank you taking the step of faith to join
this prayerful effort.
What is 40 Days for Life? Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, Maine offered about the best one-sentence answer I've yet seen: "40 Days for Life is the work of the Holy Spirit, a divine inspiration in the ongoing effort to end the plague of abortion."
And how does the Holy Spirit work? Often, in the hearts of those who join this effort to pray for others. When it comes to 40 Days for Life, expect the unexpected!
SCRIPTURE
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land."
-- 2 Chronicles 7:14
REFLECTION by Carmen Pate, Co-host, Point of View
Not unlike God's chosen people of Israel, we must humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways, if we expect God to hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and heal our land. The need for repentance has not been greater since the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade in 1973.
The number one cause of death in America is the needless sacrifice of our children at the altar of convenience called abortion. Conservative estimates put the number of deaths at nearly 48 million.
And lest we think this is an issue outside the church walls, 43 percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27 percent identify themselves as Catholic. One in four women has at least one abortion by the age of 45 -- both non-Christian and Christian alike. Where was the voice of Truth -- the church?
Mary Comm of In Our Midst Ministries, Inc. sums up the issue best as she writes, "We (the church) have been an unintentional accomplice to the millions of lives lost and to the multiplied millions of lives
devastated by abortion. We didn't want them to abort. We didn't mean for them to abort. But, because of our lack of knowledge, because of our fear, we have
continued to stand by and do nothing. We, God's hands and feet in this dark and hurting world, have been unintentional, unknowledgeable accomplice, but an
accomplice nonetheless."
May today mark the beginning of change within the church, as God's people, in unity, seek His forgiveness.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we have turned our backs on you and your principles in your Word. We have allowed man to usurp Your role as God over life and the number of
our days. But we come to you in brokenness and repentance over our sin.
We cry out for Your mercy and ask you to remove the scourge of abortion from our land.
Use us as your vessels, Lord, to bring the light of Your Truth to our nation once again. Because of Christ we pray, Amen.
Dear Mary,
Today we prepare; tomorrow it begins: 40 days of focused prayer, fasting, vigil and outreach to help bring an end to the injustice of abortion.
Whether you've participated in 40 Days for Life before, or you're along on this journey for the very first time, thank you taking the step of faith to join
this prayerful effort.
What is 40 Days for Life? Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, Maine offered about the best one-sentence answer I've yet seen: "40 Days for Life is the work of the Holy Spirit, a divine inspiration in the ongoing effort to end the plague of abortion."
And how does the Holy Spirit work? Often, in the hearts of those who join this effort to pray for others. When it comes to 40 Days for Life, expect the unexpected!
SCRIPTURE
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land."
-- 2 Chronicles 7:14
REFLECTION by Carmen Pate, Co-host, Point of View
Not unlike God's chosen people of Israel, we must humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways, if we expect God to hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and heal our land. The need for repentance has not been greater since the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade in 1973.
The number one cause of death in America is the needless sacrifice of our children at the altar of convenience called abortion. Conservative estimates put the number of deaths at nearly 48 million.
And lest we think this is an issue outside the church walls, 43 percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27 percent identify themselves as Catholic. One in four women has at least one abortion by the age of 45 -- both non-Christian and Christian alike. Where was the voice of Truth -- the church?
Mary Comm of In Our Midst Ministries, Inc. sums up the issue best as she writes, "We (the church) have been an unintentional accomplice to the millions of lives lost and to the multiplied millions of lives
devastated by abortion. We didn't want them to abort. We didn't mean for them to abort. But, because of our lack of knowledge, because of our fear, we have
continued to stand by and do nothing. We, God's hands and feet in this dark and hurting world, have been unintentional, unknowledgeable accomplice, but an
accomplice nonetheless."
May today mark the beginning of change within the church, as God's people, in unity, seek His forgiveness.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we have turned our backs on you and your principles in your Word. We have allowed man to usurp Your role as God over life and the number of
our days. But we come to you in brokenness and repentance over our sin.
We cry out for Your mercy and ask you to remove the scourge of abortion from our land.
Use us as your vessels, Lord, to bring the light of Your Truth to our nation once again. Because of Christ we pray, Amen.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
It has been awhile and I probably cannot remember all that has happened in the meantime. We have been to Waukee, Omaha, Moorland, Waukee and back to Moorland in the past 10 days.
On Thursday Sept. 11 we did a lot more painting and just have one wall left in the living room and got one wall done in the kitchen. Craig and Cindy called and sweet Izzie was sick with a bad cough and fever. Thursday evening we went to Waukee and stayed with Iz on Friday so the Carlson's could go to their jobs.
After work on Friday we headed for Omaha and met the Buck's for pizza at Sertino's. They have some of the best pizza around. Saturday morning we got up and went to Will's flag football game, which they won. :) After the game and lunch we went to the Holy Family Shrine. It was beautiful. Who would think that as you drove along I-80 west that so nearby there is such a peaceful place. Of course, we could not spend a weekend with Dan and not do a little geo caching. We found 7 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. Busy busy.
Sunday morning we went to Mass and then to Just in Thyme for breakfast. After breakfast D'Lynn had to work. We went to the St. Gerald's parish festival in the afternoon and D'Lynn met us there. It was fun and I loved all the time we had with everyone on this trip. Monday before we left we went to lunch with Dan and D'Lynn.
Tuesday Cindy called and now poor little Katie was sick. We did the laundry and headed to Waukee. We were able to stay with Katie on Wednesday and Thursday. By Thursday she was feeling a little better and so we headed to the Target, the mall and JoAnn's. She is the best little shopper and would have kept going the whole afternoon if we had not insisted that she go home and take her nap. We came back to Moorland on Thursday night.
Friday morning we were up and off to town to buy groceries. The menus are planned for this week and the groceries are bought. Saturday we once again caught up on the laundry and Ron got a lot of yard work done.
This morning we went to Mass and then breakfast at Olde Boston. After a quick stop at Target we came home and spent a lazy afternoon napping and watching the race. Go Mark Martin. Tomorrow looks like it could be a big painting day.
On Thursday Sept. 11 we did a lot more painting and just have one wall left in the living room and got one wall done in the kitchen. Craig and Cindy called and sweet Izzie was sick with a bad cough and fever. Thursday evening we went to Waukee and stayed with Iz on Friday so the Carlson's could go to their jobs.
After work on Friday we headed for Omaha and met the Buck's for pizza at Sertino's. They have some of the best pizza around. Saturday morning we got up and went to Will's flag football game, which they won. :) After the game and lunch we went to the Holy Family Shrine. It was beautiful. Who would think that as you drove along I-80 west that so nearby there is such a peaceful place. Of course, we could not spend a weekend with Dan and not do a little geo caching. We found 7 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. Busy busy.
Sunday morning we went to Mass and then to Just in Thyme for breakfast. After breakfast D'Lynn had to work. We went to the St. Gerald's parish festival in the afternoon and D'Lynn met us there. It was fun and I loved all the time we had with everyone on this trip. Monday before we left we went to lunch with Dan and D'Lynn.
Tuesday Cindy called and now poor little Katie was sick. We did the laundry and headed to Waukee. We were able to stay with Katie on Wednesday and Thursday. By Thursday she was feeling a little better and so we headed to the Target, the mall and JoAnn's. She is the best little shopper and would have kept going the whole afternoon if we had not insisted that she go home and take her nap. We came back to Moorland on Thursday night.
Friday morning we were up and off to town to buy groceries. The menus are planned for this week and the groceries are bought. Saturday we once again caught up on the laundry and Ron got a lot of yard work done.
This morning we went to Mass and then breakfast at Olde Boston. After a quick stop at Target we came home and spent a lazy afternoon napping and watching the race. Go Mark Martin. Tomorrow looks like it could be a big painting day.
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