tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29118566509152733432024-03-13T12:16:06.975-05:00Divine LoversLife's Fulfillment in the Great DivineAmongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-15003327452820627482012-05-14T22:42:00.002-05:002012-05-16T00:38:13.196-05:00Mob Rob's birthday
We don't forget the little Mob Rob.
He was a precious, sweet baby & good buddy to Ivy.
Even now as I post these pictures I can't believe she is saying, "Mobwee, Mobwee.."
& continuing a conversation with his picture I suppose they would 'talk' about in the nursery. :)
Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-28434180821277408262012-03-24T05:03:00.002-05:002012-03-24T05:14:50.238-05:00Selah...Preferring anything to God is whoredom. "They whored after other gods." (Judges 2:17)He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter - Spurgeon"It matters not how many 'decisions' a man has taken, if there is no change in his life he is just not a Christian." Following Jesus to earn your righteousness = an impossibility. Claiming Jesus' righteousness w/out following him Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-22285477208362240092012-01-20T03:39:00.002-06:002012-01-20T03:41:54.068-06:00How do non American Christians feel when they come to American church?This is how one felt. This is how the founder of Gospel for Asia felt when he came to America from India."As I changed planes for Dallas at JFK International in New York, I was overcome at he sights & sounds around me. Those who grew up in Europe and Asia hear stories about the affluence and prosperity of America, but until you see it with your own eyes, the stories seem like fairy Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-25789725665303433312011-12-04T15:08:00.005-06:002011-12-25T08:00:18.855-06:00A picture is worth a thousand wordsIn last week's Bible study on Romans 3 by Martin Lloyd Jones we learned the world doesn't like to deal with the blood of our Christ. What better way to keep the attention off of His bloody sacrifice to us than to keep before our eyes the sweet, little Lamb of God. All good Christians keep a nativity scene in their yard this time of year. I really believe the church does more harm than good Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-13716725860298881112011-08-28T04:37:00.014-05:002011-08-31T07:42:00.075-05:00Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfall
Re-arranging is very fun to me, and I like to do it. My husband however, hates re-arranging, so our furniture stays the same year after year. I have to get out those urges in different outlets. I have a few favored knick knacks around the house & I can swap them out, move them around & that gets me by.
I have a new favored knick-knack I really like I was going to sell on ebay, but I Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-12179975963061600382011-08-17T00:11:00.002-05:002011-08-17T00:15:29.242-05:00What can we give Him? Excerpt from
A REQUIEM FOR LOVE an extended poetic depiction of the Creation narrative.
In this excerpt we have a "worship dialogue" between Regis (Adam) and
Earthmaker (God).
REGIS:
"Father, I receive Your gift of being, but
You have made me TOO rich
To name my wealth
And yet too poor
To give you anything of meaning.
I love you with only giftless love."
EARTHMAKER:
"Regis, there is no such Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-36748548632243144262011-05-22T22:01:00.014-05:002011-06-16T12:41:00.838-05:00Walking on Cloud 9Knowing the way I truly enjoy farm stuff (blessings that sometimes happen in the midst of the chaotic head aches) one might think it is one of the awesome things that have happened around here on the farm lately that makes me walk on cloud 9. There would be plenty of reason. First of all a couple weeks ago, the first night of Mr. Roberts coming, Neo informed me we had a feral bee colony in Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-49249092369056045522011-05-02T21:12:00.004-05:002011-05-03T16:06:27.062-05:00TOO TWEETSome more of my favorite tweets, mostly from Spurgeon. I wonder is my pastor one who will be as great as Spurgeon if most his sayings are original. He gleans for us from the barley fields..Submission to Christ without submission to the Scriptures is submission to a self-made Christ, not submission to Christ.As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others. -Satan can make men dance Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-5938011795383003732011-04-01T12:59:00.003-05:002011-04-06T05:05:56.122-05:00Tweet, Tweet!These are some of my favorite twitter tweets I have been chewing on at lunch for encouragement.Martyn Lloyd-Jones: “When the church is absolutely different from the world she invariably attracts it.”"Submit yourselves to the circumstances of God's choosing, for he purposes a crop of beauty." Samuel RutherfordThe real moral person denies himself things; the real Christian denies himself."Jesus + Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-34689724662778351422011-03-28T21:13:00.000-05:002011-03-28T21:15:19.021-05:00~Sweet~Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-70797048402394009342011-02-11T19:03:00.001-06:002011-02-11T19:05:31.405-06:00What God doesI love this picture. I empathize.I've been here. In a dry gutter, He can bring beauty, my Dearest Daddy.Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-16252168850219506312011-01-02T10:34:00.025-06:002011-03-30T09:31:49.681-05:00The Brandon happeningsThe youngest with the eldest. You can't tell she is adored, can you?Oh.... I wonder if she'll be spoiled? ;-)She's growing & very adorableSo fun to dress a *girl* !Historic winter weather here, we've NEVER had over 6 inches of snow here & it stayed on the ground a WEEK!We've stayed cozy with our wood stash. Ron likes to keep it at 80 in the living room & it has awakened the children Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-57495924834025653452010-12-23T15:06:00.003-06:002011-12-08T17:59:32.763-06:00Christ is no longer a babyThis time of year can be a very hard time of year for some people. Our culture says the way to emotional fulfillment is to walk around in a “Christmas haze” & become absorbed in the mystical “spirit of the season.” The 'magic of Christmas' should overtake your life with wonder & joy. It often tends toward unrealistic expectations, depression, and frustration for those who are not in Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-9968041091904710592010-12-11T11:28:00.018-06:002011-12-08T18:11:02.901-06:00Does God like chocolate or vanilla?I guess the best way to know what someone likes is to ask.. or maybe they've said what they liked at one time or another.Thus begins the Christmas shopping season every year. Trying to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. And does not the list get bigger every year or do you feel guilty because you have to trim it because of your budget? If someone new gives you something, do you Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-33071691758615225602010-12-03T10:09:00.013-06:002010-12-04T08:03:36.951-06:00Brandon ThanksgivingThis is how our Thanksgivings start, on Tuesdays, with the yummy centerpiece for other's tables. A few of you may have recently met the fellow who is 'processing' our birds. He is a dear old friend who has recently, miraculously, confessed Christ. Corey McClellan has been a delightful change at Zion Farms as our house guest. Going in to gather another turkey. Hannah is happy & grateful to have Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-29693589671842261402010-11-26T14:38:00.002-06:002010-11-27T08:59:20.612-06:00TV Is My ShepherdThis is a take off of Psalm 23. It can also apply to net surfing.The TV set is my shepherd.My spiritual growth shall want.It maketh me to sit down and do nothing for his name’s sake.Because it requireth all of my spare time.It keepeth me from doing my duty as a Christian,because it presenteth so many good shows that I must see.It restoreth my knowledge of the thingsof the world and keepeth me Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-50565361452400237072010-11-07T06:15:00.007-06:002011-07-02T17:31:36.534-05:00I had an abortion....in my dream this morning. The father did not want the baby, so I went in for the procedure. When it was all over & I was walking out, they handed me a warm white bag with the contents of my 'product of conception.' It felt like they handed me a ton of bricks. The scales were taken off my eyes & I was like Eve who could now see I was standing in the raw nakedness of my grave sin...I Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-62066202559821593072010-10-24T00:37:00.005-05:002010-11-26T14:42:38.593-06:00Life journey with THE WordHave you ever read the classic, Pilgrim's Progress? It is a MUST for any Christian. It is even on audio for children. We've read through it a few times as a family, & really need to read through it again. There are so many characters & places portrayed in the book parallel to who we meet & situations we find ourselves in as a Christian in real life. Christian is the main guy & it starts with him Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-89290750126491003122010-09-25T13:26:00.010-05:002010-10-08T09:46:50.352-05:00The night owl vs. the morning larkMy little night owl. She is awed by the flash. This is 1 am entertainment for one tired momma.We have a 'war' going on every evening around our house. No matter what, we try to wake Ivy around 5pm so she'll be ready to go to sleep at a decent hour in her crib. All my other babies have had a fussy time around 5 in the afternoon, but Ivy's seems to be around 10 -1 am. It's always been my goalAmongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-18961092287292187862010-09-23T09:57:00.002-05:002010-09-23T10:02:56.882-05:00Ivy Pictures from HannahTragedy of all tragedies, the camera broke a week or two before Ivy was born. Ms. Penny brought her camera to the birth for those pictures, but the only pictures we can get of her (thankfully we can get some!) are in front of the computer. So Hannah did that one morning with Ivy. Scroll down a couple post for the pictures. My sweet butterball!!http://adventurersinzion.blogspot.com/Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-13914922411186333682010-09-16T10:26:00.045-05:002011-11-20T06:18:36.050-06:00Ivy's birthOK, this has nothing to do with Ivy's birth, but is the coolest baby shower cake EVER! It was a lamb.What a belly looks like that has an ELEVEN POUND, EIGHT OZ. baby!August 23rd I woke up about 2 am with my water breaking. Just a few minutes later, my contractions went about 5 minutes apart, signalling this would be my quickest birth. It wasn't long until they turned into 3 minutes apart, Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-42584195881551808382010-08-06T23:14:00.014-05:002010-08-07T06:18:18.937-05:00Days of summer in ZionFirst of all, if you've noticed, I've up dated my due date ticker. I've actually put it on the Dr./sonogram due date because I'm *hopeful* this time I might could actually go on time instead of the normal 2 weeks later (42 weeks) due date I have. Reason being, I'm taking THREE different last 7 week of get-ready-for-birth, dried herbs in gel capsules, last 6 week get-ready-for-birth, herb Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-54227010883752238232010-07-02T09:47:00.015-05:002010-07-03T18:51:14.799-05:00Happenings on the farmWell, our broadband width may have settled down enough to be able to upload some pictures. Here are some photos of Trey Riley's 'shooting shower.' (Thanks Tyler for the pics)Pastor John with his little pistol.Mr. Phil & Kellan Buchannan shoot..Ronnie, Trey McCoy, Mr. Phil, and Jeff Frederick check their accomplishmentswhile the Gilbert & Buchannan boys head back.The guys sing some hymns Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-62090483203391218202010-06-20T19:08:00.006-05:002010-06-21T21:47:02.050-05:00UpdateIt has been hectic week, (see here )but I've mostly kept up, thanks to this black green liquid energy called "Chlorophyll." If you need energy, get this stuff! You can also buy it at the health food store, but it is much cheaper on the net, I've just found. I love feeling squirrelly, but when I get pregnant that often is compromised unless I have this stuff. I'm not able to get off the couch Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911856650915273343.post-24685335633404228112010-06-12T05:48:00.008-05:002010-06-12T11:17:01.532-05:00Happenings around hereSpring is over by the temps we had last night! It usually doesn't get to 75 until 9 or 10am, but it didn't even come out of that temp all night! Goodbye, upper 60's!We have gotten over 40 quarts of snap beans already, the okra has begun to be picked, the purple hull peas & the butter beans will be in next week! I usually spend about 4 hours in the morning in the garden, come home for the Amongchosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574960572548277115noreply@blogger.com0