33 chilean miners...

today's news was amazing and wonderful! the world watching God's work unfold was awesome...and i went to His Word to see what He would say to me.

and i found...

"Hear my prayer, Lord;
listen to my cry for mercy.
When I am in distress, I call to you,
because you answer me.

Among the gods there is none like you, Lord;
no deeds can compare with yours.
All the nations you have made
will come and worship before you, Lord;
they will bring glory to your name.
For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God."

psalm 86:6-10

monday morning reading...

this morning i was drawn to hosea. i know, weird book, but God brought me to it and He spoke. and i listened....here's what came to me.

chapter two.
it's about me and the Lord.

vs. 5..."she said, i will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink"...me, chasing after things of this world, stuff i don't need, time i spend recklessly...

vs. 7..."she will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them."...me, never content with what i have, always looking for the next deal, the next thing, another time stealer...a God-sized hole will not be filled with things of this world...

vs. 8..."she has not acknowledged that I was the one..."...me, who needs to give more praise, more thanks, more time to God...

vs. 9-13..."I will take back...I will expose...I will stop...I will ruin...I will punish..."...me, when God needs to discipline...

vs. 15..."I will give her back her vineyards and will make the Valley...a door of hope."...me, so very thankful that His mercies are new every morning!

vs. 16..."you will call me 'my husband', you will no longer call me 'my master'"...because i am learning to fall in love with Him and who He is...

vs. 19-20..."I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord."

vs. 23..."and they will say, "You are my God".

i've been tagged...

good evening!

michele over at imperfectly wonderful world tagged me to answer some really fun questions...get ready, here we go!

1. how did you meet your husband? he bagged my mother's groceries on fridays at the grocery store. he was 17, i was 15. he tried to talk to me, but i was very quiet and shy. after about 6 months, he spotted me one day while i was working at the library and talked to me for about an hour. i then realized that i actually kinda liked him (i know, i'm slow...). he called and asked me out a few days later and 4 years of dating and 20 years of marriage later, here we are!

2. if you could splurge on something for yourself, what would it be? right now i really want a keurig coffee maker (LOOVE those cute little coffee choice things!), a new small camera (mine is slowly dying), and then i guess next on my list is a 10 day cruise from san paulo!!!

3. are you a morning person or a night owl? oh, night owl for sure!!

4. what's your favorite tv show? what not to wear (so sad it's gone right now!) and the biggest loser.

5. what's your least favorite chore? can i say ALL of them??? :o) my husband and i decided we are neat people (we like to organize and pick up), but we hate to clean. ugh.

6. what is your favorite bible story? when i think of stories in the bible that inspire me and give me hope, david and paul are awesome. an adulterer and a murderer...and as paul said so well, "but God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of His great patience with even the worst sinners. then others will realize that they, too, can believe in Him and receive eternal life" (1 timothy 1:16) now THAT is real hope! at this point in my life right now, i also relate well to esther....for such a time as this. she demonstrated her incredible faith in God and did not let her fear keep her from doing His will. LOVE it. and of course, the gospel story is THE story of all time...the best story in the bible!!!

7. what is your favorite comfort food? a starbucks coffee helps a lot. i like food, but i don't really have one that i run to. i guess a comfort for a weary mom can be any kind of takeout...i take comfort sometimes in not having to cook!

8. list the top 5 places you would visit or revisit. i've been to rome, italy and nyc, and i would LOOOVE to go back or better yet, live there! i also would love to visit turkey and greece. any remote deserted island surrounded by crystal clear water and beautiful sunsets would suffice as my fifth choice!

so there you are...a peek at me! thanks, michele!

thrifted thursday...

found these 1969-1970 magazines in mint condition...the family circle and woman's day are from the month i was born! i couldn't resist!



check it out:

home decorating...



fashion...


tupperware!...

check out the coupon!...

brings back memories...

can you believe this kitchen??....

yum, a jello mold!...

hair styles...

remember madge???....

carpeted bathrooms...

lovin' these looks!...

look! raquel welch!...

and these are my favorites...hard to believe these are FORTY years old! they look like they could have come out of magazines from this summer! everything old is new again...

wordless wednesday...

two on tuesday...

ok, so everyone else does "ten on tuesday"...but i have to be honest and say i'm not sure i will always have ten things to tell. but i think i can handle two, so here goes...

1. i love jars of clay. and this is a song i have loved for a long time, and its words seem to ring in my ears this week as i try to live out the first three chapters of crazy love. "He didn't die for nothing..."

2. i sure love to eat, but golly, i hate working out...{sigh}...gotta go run.

favorites friday...

how can you not see a rainbow collection of tights and leggings and not feel like a kid in a candy store???

oh my. i need one in every color.