Texas I
July 3rd, 2014 by Aubri
Summer Reading
June 28th, 2014 by Aubri
we’re home from texas! vacation report and photos soon to come. here’s a picture of mercy to tide you over in the mean time.
since i got some reading done on this vacation (a WHOLE book!!) it got me wanting more books less blogs….no i’m not giving up blogs but may downsize for the summer….maybe…i do love blogs. anyway here is my Summer Reading Wish List. (and if i weren’t busy unpacking and prepping my monthly shopping list i’d provide links to these, sorry.)
kisses from katie – i just finished this book. i might share some thoughts on it later. it gave me a lot to think about.
all joy and no fun – currently reading this one, not too far into it yet but finding it quite interesting. it’s not written from a christian point of view from what i can tell so far, those blanks can be filled in, still i’m finding the research the author provides and perspective very compelling.
up next:
carry on warrior
hello my name is single
the narcissism epidemic: living in the age of entitlement
children at play: an american history
godly seed: american evangelicals confront birth control, 1873-1973 (you can hear more from this author HERE)
bringing up bebe: an american mother discovers the wisdom of french parenting
pope awesome and other stories
let me know what you’re reading!
Prayers
June 17th, 2014 by Aubri
Our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbors in Nebraska. Many of the towns within minutes of us have been affected, one now in ruins. To most people, towns like Pilger, Stanton and Wisner are just names, places on the map, but these are towns we know well, where people we know well live or lived.
Please pray for these people especially those in Pilger where Pastor Makelin (a pastor in our circuit) and his family are. Thankfully they were out of town when the tornado hit. If our information is correct, it destroyed the Lutheran church and parsonage there.
I think this is what is left of the church. *Update, church is in fact gone and parsonage and so much more in this town.
“Why, then, do we poor, wretched humans rack our brains over the nature of God, while we yet fail to grasp by faith the rays of the divine promises or comprehend a spark of God’s commands and works, both of which he has confirmed with words and mighty works?
Truly, we ought to teach God’s unsearchable and unfathomable will; but to take it on ourselves to understand it is a very dangerous thing, through which we may stumble and break our neck. Even if we knew all these hidden judgments of God, of what use and benefit could it be to us over and above the command and promise of God?
Yet over and above all things, practice faith in God’s promises and in the works of his commandments.” Martin Luther
Five Years Old!
June 16th, 2014 by Aubri
Today our second baby is 5 years old. Our rowdy cloudy, sunny funny Clara.
It was just the three of us for 10 months. We hardly knew what it was like to have one baby.
Then we were given two. What a blessing.
Yesterday someone told us we are “brave” to have all these children. We’re not brave, but we are blessed. And everyday God reminds us of how little, weak and frail we are. I wouldn’t say I ever feel brave. Anyone who is entrusted with a great treasure probably didn’t suddenly feel brave, but vulnerable, worried and sometimes shamefully, mad, but not brave.
We’ve been given great riches. We’ve accepted them humbly, or not so humbly. Fearfully at times, wondering if God really knows what he’s doing. And here we are. Blessed. And celebrating five years of the gift of Clara.
Happy Birthday to Clarie, our little miracle!
