July 31, 2009

It has been slow at the shop this a.m. Gives me time to catch up on things. I just read an email about Mars coming close to the Earth. It should be visible to the eye all thru August. God is so good! He shares so much of His beauty with us, if we just take the time to enjoy it. God cares for you, so care for others.

http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Colors/index.htm check this out, makes you appreciate the colors of the world. Thank God for your eye sight!

July 30, 2009

Though others may not observe us and see how we serve God today, our job as servants of Jesus is to please Him in every way. -Branon

Angel sat and painted with two little girls a couple of weeks ago. They came back to paint today and requested Angel again. I had to get Ronnie to drop her off at the shop. I don't think she realized how much of an impact she made on these little ones. I don't know the whole story, but I gather it is not good. I pray God goes with them today, and everyday. That he sends His angels to surround them and protect them.

No Service for Christ goes unnoticed by Him.

July 29, 2009

My babies are off to camp. They are camping in tents at Dreher Island this year. I took 2 of my grandbabies, Angel & Gavin to the movies, love those Veggie Tales! We went shopping too. I've got those kids spoiled! Angel & I ate at Mom & Pops. We saw someone that used to come to church. That's twice in a week I've seen someone that used to come to our church. I did invited both back into church. We got a call about 5pm, Jordon got sick at the camp grounds, and Ms. Martha didn't have a way to go pick her up. I went so I could see the girls, I miss them so much already. They said our car wouldn't make it back up in there where they were, so they had to get the girls together and bring them out to see us. They also got Jenna and we all hugged several times. Jordan didn't look too good, she got sick in the car. It was hard for me not to join her. We got her a ginger ale and got her home, she seemed to feel better. We met her new little puppy, Pepper. He is so cute and tiny (Chihuahua). His little tail curls up over his back. We hadn't had any supper, so we went to China One. At first Angel said she didn't want anything, but then she started eating off my plate, and she finally got her own plate. It was too late to make it to church.

July 28, 2009

I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works. - Psalm 145:5

Focus on the things of the Lord, and its purpose is to renew our minds so that we can think and act more like Christ. When things are quiet here at the shop, it gives me time to just praise Him and thank Him. He is so good to me!

July 27, 2009

We cleaned half a day and then went shopping. I don't think the girls thought of buying anything they will need for their camp trip. They leave Wednesday morning, coming back home on Saturday. Then Byron leaves on Sunday. My son, James (Bubba) leaves on Friday. His Birthday is Sunday. I pray protection on all of them and their comings and goings.

July 25, 2009

It has been really slow today at the shop. I opened the kiln this morning, and nothing came out quite right. Mema's piggy bank was streaky, so I am adding more underglaze. The eyes were beautiful. My rose looked fine, but the base had gray in the red, so I'm adding more to that. And on my vase with magnolia's the leaf fell to one side, and now I have to fix that. But that's ok, no one is perfect, except God. And the customer's cow cookie jar came out ok, and she was happy with it. He is Jesus. The One and Only. Transcendent over all else. To know Him is to love Him. To love Him is to long for Him. To long for Him is to finally reach soul hands into the One true thing we need never get enough of. Jesus. Take all you want. Take all you need. Till soul is fed. And spirit freed. Till dust is dust. And Face you see. Jesus Christ. He's all you need. - Beth Moore.

July 24, 2009

It feels like Saturday, when I woke up, I thought it was Saturday. I keep telling myself it is Friday, but I just can't convince myself. I've had some new customers today. A couple of ladys came in to ask about Collins Jewelry, the door was locked, when I looked there is white flowers above the door. Please pray for this family.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. -- Romans 8:1

July 23, 2009

You have called us, Lord to witness--
Called to speak the truth in love:
O how much we need Your guidance
And Your wisdom from above. - D. De Haan
Today has been rather slow at the shop. I have worked on my mother's piggy bank. Poured a couple of molds up. And I thank God for the sale I did have. Praise His Holy Name!!
As the "salt of the earth." Christians can make others thirsty for the Water of Life.

July 22, 2009

I took 8 of us to the movies again. We saw Space Chimps. I really enjoyed it, cute story and it was sci-fi. But we had another accident. When we got home the children all went on the water slide, Ronnie got it all set up and cleaned the night before, all I had to do was plug in the pump and turn on the water. The children were having so much fun. I video some of their fun. They didn't want to come in to eat, but I did. They were all screaming, happy screams. So when Briana tried to jump down and landed on her back, we didn't even know right away that she was hurt. I took her to the doctor and got x-rays, Praise God no fractures!! She is going to be sore for a while. But we prayed that off too.

July 21, 2009

I rejoice at Your Word as one sho finds great treasure. Psalm 119:162

Monday July 20, 2009

Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!

July 18, 2009

VBS Commencement was last night at Praise Church and the Holy Spirit was coming in waves like the ocean. When the children were singing and worshipping the Holy Spirit filled the room. It was so powerful! And when the youth did their dance for Worshippers Arise it was so marvelous, to fill God's presence. It took me a couple of hours to unwind from it all. And I got up early to go meet my step-son, Byron's adoptive family this morning for breakfast. Those little girls are so sweet. Isabella was all over Angel. I thank God Byron has this family, especially at holidays, when he can't be home with his own family. I was an hour late opening up shop this morning. And it is really slow. I got some painting done and my sister/accountant called for numbers I had forgotten to get together for taxes. Makes me sleepy working with numbers.

July 17, 2009

We were late getting to the shop today. I brought Bridget with me and we stopped to pick up water for the shop. I was on my way to Bi-Lo, but I saw on the sign at Walgreens that water was on sale. Big mistake going in there. They had so many things on sale. But I saved over $10. I would have saved more if I had not went in. Today is Bridget's day with me at the shop. I got her painting. It will be hard to keep her from just watching TV or drawing. I've got to work on Mema's piggy bank. We did agree on The Color Purple underglaze. And she wants me to paint a flower and/or a bee on its rump.

July 16, 2009

I started today off right! I went straight to the kiln when I opened up the shop this morning. The puzzle pieces came out great. But when I was looking at them I cut my finger on one of the stilt marks on the bottom. At first I didn't think it was more than a scratch, but it kept bleeding. Then I had to try and find the first aid kit. It's hard to get a band aid on when you're trying to keep it from bleeding. Thank God it doesn't hurt. I cleaned the kiln marks on the puzzle pieces, without cutting any more fingers. I closed shop early to go home and lay down. My head was throbbing. The nap helped, but I wasn't at 100 % the rest of the day. We didn't have any craft at VBS. But the children were all wet from the slip and slide. My friend Joan brought 2 more aprons to the church last night. I gave the kitchen workers each one and told them how much I appreciated what they do and all their hard work.

July 15, 2009

I took 7 children to the matinee in Lexington. We saw Horton hears a Who. Good thing they give refills on the popcorn and drink. The children were all good. We picked up a pizza from Domino's and went to the Corley Street Park. The sprinkler was on and we all got a little wet. We dried pretty quick in the heat. Bridget fell down and Jenna (neighbor), fell on top of her leg. He foot scraped across the sand and it looked like a hickey. She cried for a long time, especially when i tried to clean the wound. You should have seen Angel and me trying to tote her. She still managed to go to VBS. And congrats to Jenna, she spent the night at our house for the first time, she made it thru the night.

July 14, 2009

Today I filled the kiln with puzzle pieces. My daughter Briana made the puzzle pieces for me for the workers at our VBS. I made her a puzzle piece pattern and she rolled out the clay and cut around the puzzle pattern. We put them under a fan to dry faster. I cleaned them and put them in the kiln. Briana and I painted glazes on the bisque pieces last Saturday. She was such a big help. She is a blessing from God, like all my children. I thank God I have been so blessed. We only used 5 different glazes. I need to have them completed this week, before commencement on Friday night. I still have to write my short speech too. It's hard to get up in front of a crowd, but the Holy Spirit helps every time.

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