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Enjoying the simple things in life... Hello my dear, dear friends... I hope this evening finds you all well. I have had some things on my heart that I want to share with you tonight, some news from my husband that makes these things even more real to me. On this roller coaster ride of life we don't know what the next turn will hold... whether we will be plummeting into a valley or climbing a high mountain... It is uncertain, it is sometimes frightening... but we as children of the Living God have a safe and secure end to all of this twisting and turning. My husband has just informed me that he may be losing his job come Tuesday. It is a sudden blow to our family. It is scary, but it is not something that our God, Jehovah-Jireh, The One who Provides, can't handle. He is able. So my mind is how we can be even more frugal minded than we already are. Suppers can be made a bit more cheaply and stretched a bit farther, I have my website that I am trying to sale some things and my Etsy. We don't do a whole lot of extra-curricular activities so that is not a big thing. I try and limit my trips to run errands... maybe instead of once a week I could make it once every two weeks. And these things are well and good... BUT... I don't want them to cloud my focus. I don't want them to dampen my spirit and choke my joy. Things that are precious to me, things that are simple and lovely and good... I am going to focus on those... God's sweet promises A good morning kiss from my husband The early morning snuggle time with my children The rain on the roof Freshly picked vegetables from the garden Hearing my children pray Seeing kindness from my kids to their siblings or others The strong arms of my husband Snowflakes Beautiful skies painted by God's own hand Piano Music Laughter Open windows and a gentle breeze Candlelight Church hymns sung acapella Warm soup on a cold and dreary day My husband reading the Bible to our family Homemade gifts Flowers Smiles Hearing, I love you Moma These things and more are the real and true things, the things to be treasuring... not the material, not the temporal... We trust that through this valley God will be glorified... that He will be lifted up. That He holds us with His Almighty Hand and we can be at peace knowing He will never let us fall. God be with you dear ones. 
10:30 - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - comments {11} - post commentCount it all joy Lately... things have been tough... on more than one level. It reminds me of a song that I hear on Moody Broadcasting. I pray that through this time of testing that I can, "Count it all Joy" Have a beautiful weekend friends... Count it all Joy Blessed is the one for the sake of the Son who stands through the fire and the flood he will receive a reward from the King a crown for a victory won so let's make a choice to stand up and rejoice steadfast whatever may come to stand and believe that the Lord will complete the wonderful work He's begun Count it all joy When we face many trials When we suffer for righteousness sake Count it all joy For like gold in the fire Every test is refining our faith Count it all joy Count it all joy Blessed is the one who says Gods will be done running the race faithfully his feet are sure finding strength to endure keeping his eyes on the King he's not tossed like the waves of the sea and strong winds continue to blow so let us trust let us hope and believe as our faith continues to grow Count it all joy When we face many trials When we suffer for righteousness sake Count it all joy For like gold in the fire Every test is refining our faith Count it all joy Count it all joy For God has not promised a path that is not marked with pain but He has promised the joy of His presence for those who will trust in His name Count it all joy When we face many trials When we suffer for righteousness sake Count it all joy For like gold in the fire Every test is refining our faith Count it all joy When we face many trials When we suffer for righteousness sake Count it all joy For like gold in the fire Every test is refining our faith Count it all joy Count it all joy Count it all joy Count it all joy Oh, we count it all joy My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
08:29 - Friday, August 22, 2008 - comments {2} - post commentSights of SummerA garden lined with Sunflowers.... beautiful. Major, the not so little foal behind my sisters new house. A boat deck in the afternoon, with the mountain in the distance... What a wonderful world God made.My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
07:56 - Thursday, August 14, 2008 - comments {5} - post commentVBS is Super Fun...Hello Dear Ones... I hope your week has been especially sweet. Lately things have been a bit crazy, but last night as I was teaching my class at Vacation Bible School I was just overwhelmed with God's goodness and mercy. I love teaching children about our Lord. VBS is super fun... here are a few pics from this week and the great thing is, we still have tonight and tomorrow!!!Our theme is Outrigger Island. And the motto is~ Know the Truth Speak the Truth Live the Truth So we are all dressed in Hawaiian clothes... Last night was Mu-mu night. I felt like Mrs. Roper... remember?  I didn't get a full body shot, but you can kinda get an idea from this picture Cameo and I took before we left... Here are some pictures from the first night...If it weren't for photobooth I would never have pictures of me.. haha  Here is my Carlie Jean and Logan... Here are the girls in my class... My Cameo is there on the far right.  I am excited for tonight and tomorrow and hopefully will have a bunch more pictures. Have a great Friday!My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
08:31 - Friday, July 25, 2008 - comments {6} - post commentPraise the Lord!Praise the Lord, we are officially home... we are so thankful to you our friends and family who have loved and prayed for us while we were in such a time of uncertainty... And even though we do not know what the future holds, we know Who holds the future! Thank you and God bless you for you love and prayers for our family.Shannon is very far from being "well". He is still recovering from such a fight... He was officially diagnosed with camplyobacteriosis and will remain home until next week when he hopefully will feel well enough to get back to normal... Again, thank you, thank you, thank you... I can't say it enough xoxo My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
06:23 - Thursday, July 10, 2008 - comments {10} - post commentA Quick Update on Shannon...Hey Everyone, I only have a minute, I am here with the children for a few minutes before I go back to the hospital.First off,  THANK YOU for praying for Shannon and checking on things. It is crazy.... They are still not sure what is going on with Shannon. Last Tuesday he came home from work not feeling his best, he went to visitation and came home, worked in the garden a little bit with me and then announced, I am going to bed. I thought he was irritated with me or something, I had no idea he was feeling so bad. Wednesday he went to work... he came home, said "I don't feel like going to church" (VERY unlike him) and went to bed. Thursday morning he couldn't even get out of bed. I thought he had the flu or something, he was almost in tears with a headache, a stomach ache, fever and chills. This continued to Friday morning when he got up and vomited. He said he felt much better after that, his head eased up and he felt better. We went over to a friends house and let the kids swim and we sat around and watched. He was SO pale and so weak. That night we watched some fireworks off the back deck and he still said he was improving. In the wee hours of Saturday things went back down, lots of stomach cramping, lots of pain. Saturday evening he was feeling a bit better... saying yet again, I am getting better. I stayed up watching him and tidying the house until 1 am Sunday morning. He was sleeping very soundly and looked like he might really be feeling better. I went to bed a little later... Sunday morning before 6 I hear him up... I wake up to find him lying in the floor and saying "Something is wrong, I am having bloody diarrhea... let's go to the hospital." We rushed to the ER. We walked right in and they started doing tests, kinda treating him like a 'no big deal' case because it sounded like a stomach virus... until he had bloody diarrhea again... After it happened again, they got serious about treating him and decided he needed to be admitted.... They did a CT scan and blood tests, a urine culture, and a stool culture... So here we are, in the hospital since Sunday morning, the children being shuffled between his parents and mine. Waiting and waiting and waiting for his culture to give us some answers. Today the on call doctor said it was campolybactera (spelling) which I looked up and it sounds like "We have no idea what is wrong so we are going to throw some general, fancy sounding term to you and give you and antibiotic." Which is basically what is happening. It doesn't look like we will be home for one to two more days at least. Please pray we can figure out what is going on, that the doctors will be wise in their diagnosis and he will get better... we have been out of work since last Thursday and he has no vacation time or sick time or of the like... (his job doesn't do that). That scares me to death... I know that God is going to take care of us, I know it... but it still scary to know that we have no income if he doesn't work... Our children are suffering, we are suffering without them, I feel torn in two, I need to be there with him because he is sick, but I need to be here to give my kids stability and love and they need their family... Thank you so much for praying and please continue to do so. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!! My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
05:38 - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - comments {22} - post commentPlease Pray my Friiends...Please Pray for my Husband, he has been unwell for several days now... he is still sick this morning and has admitted that he needs to go to the hospital. We are leaving shortly. Please lift him up in prayer, I am quite scared. Thank you all...My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
06:17 - Sunday, July 6, 2008 - comments {30} - post commentSunday's Scripture June 22, 2008Matthew 21:22 (King James Version) King James Version (KJV)
22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. *** If you haven't read my earlier posts this week, My Daddy got SAVED!***
12:00 - Sunday, June 22, 2008 - comments {0} - post commentOne of the best days of my life! I know you know how I have been praying for my Daddy...Well, you see that picture above that aisle he walked me down to give me away in marriage... He walked that same aisle last night for a different reason... He walked down and knelt at the foot of the cross and invited Jesus in his heart!!!!!!! I am so proud of him, I know how hard it was for him to step out... words can not describe how I feel. I have chills as I type about this, I have goosebumps and I feel like shouting all over again! God was at work all day, I felt the heaviness... it was a feeling that I have never had... It is so hard to describe, words are not adequate for the experience. I have been saved for 18 years, and I have been praying for my Daddy all through that time. God worked through my Moma, who was the one to invite Daddy and his wife Vickie and their family to church. I am so proud of you Moma, for moving when the Lord prompted you to move. I am much more aware now of how God wants to work in my life... He wants to do incredible things if we are obedient enough to go when He says go and move when He says move. I believe God brought revival to our church, to our hearts and to our family... 2 Chronicles 7:14 (King James Version) King James Version (KJV)
14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. I have a couple of songs on my heart... one is... Shoutin Time
08:03 - Thursday, June 19, 2008 - comments {15} - post commentDevestatingMy husband called me less than 20 minutes ago. This may be old news to some but we don't watch television so we had not heard. Steven Curtis Chapman the Contemporary Christian singer, his youngest daughter was run over by a car... It absolutely broke my heart... Please pray for this family, what a heartbreaking, heart wrenching, horrible thing to happen. God be with this family!My Cup Runneth Over...Chas
06:59 - Thursday, May 22, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment
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 Description Welcome to the Journey of our lives here at our place on this Mountain, our Heritage Acres Farm. My name is Chas and here you will find my thoughts, my ideas and my accomplishments of my life as a Christian wife to my Sweetheart of many years, and as a Homeschooling Moma to my 4 beautiful blessings. We are making the most out of what God has abundantly blessed us with! Truly, My Cup Runneth Over... I hope you enjoy your visit here and come back soon! 
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