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Friday, July 30, 2010

Island Fields: Artists

Island Fields: Artists: "Artists see the world through different eyes. I find myself amazed at the colors of nature or the texture found in a freshly mowed lawn or t..."

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Crazy Summer

It's been a crazy summer so far, lots of travel and other insanities. Here it is in a nutshell:

Wedding
Home
Work
Bronchitis
Lightening strike
Popcorn Fire
Work
Blueberris
Yellow Jacket
Forest Fire
Beach
Home
Work
Toaster Fire
Maryland
Work
Car fire
Yoga
Dance
Yellow Jackets
Wasps
Tennis
Popcorn Fire
Blood
Zumba

With all of that excitement so far, what else could happen???

Monday, July 12, 2010

Sunday

This Sunday was amazing to me. I haven't physically been to church in about 2 months. My job as a nurse requires me to work every weekend. Working every weekend provides me the flexibility to be home all week with my children like when I was a stay at home mom. It works for us at this stage of life.

I love my church. I like how I walk in and see smiling faces that welcome me home. I like how people come in with all of their brokenness and problems and there are welcoming faces, it's comfortable to be there. You don't feel self conscious. The labels you wear don't matter there.

We're doing a four week study right now on the one-chapter books of the New Testament. Yesterday we studied Philemon. I've glazed over this book before, once or twice, but never realized what an awesome message there was in it. We are not defined by our human labels...

LABELS: wife, daughter, artist, nurse, extrovert, impulsive, unpredictable, funny, divorced, mother, stubborn, short, angry, Italian, organized, loud, silly, bitchy, moody, selfish, happy...... the list goes on.

BUT... "In Christ you are better than your human label" those are the words that my Pastor spoke yesterday. Those words made my heart leap. It felt good to hear them, to hear someone speak them out loud.

LABELS FROM GOD: bought, pardoned, free, saved, beautiful, loved....

WHAT LABELS WILL YOU WEAR?

WHO DEFINES YOU?

(Thanks PCC for doing what you do!)

More on Philemon, check out this post on Brian's blog.

Picture Summer Day 12

Simple Solitude...


"Jess"

Picture Summer Day 11

Treat Yourself...



"The Plunge"

Picture Summer Day 10

Making Memories....


"Daddy and Me"

Picture Summer Day 9

The Shape of Things...


"Apple in the Kitchen"

Picture Summer Day 8

Back from vacation... picture summer continues.
(I will post days 4-7 when I get back on my other computer.)

Here is day 8....... Treasure Hunt















"Favorite Things"

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Picture Summer Day 2 & 3

July 2, 2010: 'Splashy' is today's theme


















July 3, 2010: 'Centered'

Thursday, July 1, 2010