He Lives!

1007. Grateful that He Lives in me

1008. Grateful that we were able to celebrate Easter here:

Adam gives directions for the Easter basket hunt

Time to color the eggs

1009. Grateful we were able to celebrate Easter here:

                https://www.facebook.com/newhopechurchmn

1010. Grateful for His forgiveness

1011. Grateful for the sunrise

1112. Grateful for the sunset

Linking up here:

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The Gospel Unites Us!

Hoping to read this book that I just read a blog post and 

watched a video about over here:

http://www.incourage.me/2014/04/united-in-sisterhood-and-a-book-giveaway.html

be sure and check it out...

Obedient to her calling

Obedient to her calling, Andrea Tyson, a single, 20-something women’s ministries director at New Hope Church (New Hope, MN) invested in and discipled Beth—never knowing it would lead to becoming a "grandmother" of sorts.

As Andrea and Beth were spending time with each other, Beth met Helen at the Sunday prayer group. Helen was attending the Sunday prayer group at New Hope Church in search of a deeper prayer life. It was there, Beth and Helen became friends…meeting regularly to share life, talk and pray together.

As Andrea shares, “It was fun for me to be in the background praying for and coaching Beth to be a disciplemaker with Helen. After a couple months I said, ‘Beth, Helen knows you love her and care about her; but, at some point in the conversation, she needs to be asked, ‘Does she want to put her faith in Christ and be His disciple?’”

Beth followed Andrea’s advice asking Helen that important question. What was Helen’s answer? A resounding, “Yes!" Beth experienced the joy of leading Helen to Christ.

And that’s how Andrea, a 20-something became a “spiritual grandma.”

For Helen, I have been praying In confidence, I will say to this mountain of cancer in Helen’s body to be taken up and cast into the sea. I will not doubt but believe that what the Lord has said, He will do. Knowing that as I have asked in prayer, believing I shall receive it (Mark 11:23). 

Happy Birthday Renee!

I am so very grateful for this young woman, my daughter-in-law, Renee, and the celebration of her life today! I have been totally blessed with the most amazing, caring, loving, and kind daughter-in-law. 

I love her as the wife to Adam (my son) and the mom to 

Beckett (my grandson). 

I love the way she smiles and brings encouragement to my family and everyone around her. 

Renee, you are strong and sensitive to the needs of others.

I am thankful you are, who God has made you to be, a woman, full of grace and mercy. 

Happy Birthday ... I love you so much!

trusting today

I trust in Your unfailing love … Psalm 13:5

I lift up my soul; in You I trust … Psalm 25:1

In God I trust; I will not be afraid … Psalm 56:4

Those who trust in the Lord .. cannot be shaken … Psalm 125:1

Writer

My story as a writer starts here:

http://inhisarmsagain.blogspot.com/2009/07/becoming-reader-and-writer.html

And it continues here on this blog and in my fifty fourth (54th) journal I have laying open on my kitchen table. 

I love to write  and this year have made a commitment to hear, read, meditate, memorize here:

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2014/01/scripture-memorization-for-the-rest-of-us-the-jesus-project-memoryproject2014/

and write here:

Psalm 51:15 written yesterday!

the word of God daily! 

This practice has been amazing and has transformed my mind and heart as I think to both verses of scripture I am learning by heart  and writing by pen.

In addition my role as a writer continues during pockets of time I have to type my handwritten journals to pass on to the generations of Walkers and Pedersons to come.

Here are the faces of two of those "next generations" who met me for coffee yesterday and drew in my journal!

Just 5 minutes of writing for FMF no edits and linking up over here: http://lisajobaker.com