Grace, Grace, Wonderful Grace, Coming down from the Father Above,
Sweep over my spirit,forever, I pray, in fathomless billows of Love.
Ponder: "We are brought into God's Kingdom by grace; we are sanctified by grace; we receive both temporal and spiritual blessings by grace; we are motivated to obedience by grace; we are called to serve and enabled to serve by grace; we receive strength to endure trials by grace; and finally, we are glorified by grace. The entire Christian life is lived under the reign of God's grace." Jerry Bridges
"So God supplies perfectly measured grace to meet the needs of the godly. For daily needs there is daily grace; for sudden needs, sudden grace; for overwhelming need, overwhelming grace. God's grace is given wonderfully, but not wastefully; freely but not foolishly; bountifully but not blindly." John Blanchard
Grace is a "righteousness that is by faith from first to last." God's Grace is both sufficient and Effective.
"Oh what Grace we often forfeit, Oh what painfilled grief we bear; All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer. "T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear (God) and Grace my fears relieved!"
So you can see that my thoughts have been centering on the Wonderful Grace of Jesus lately.
We have been blessed with visits and activities this month. Our dear friends, Pat and Ray, came from Illinois, and Mickey came to visit for a whole week! She and Matt had a lot of fun times.Here she is shown on Dad's motorcycle.
Also, we visited a group home in Asheville, NC and Matt is on the waiting list for entry. He is shown here with Stephanie, the group home leader, who is a Christian.
Matt is now working at Taco Bell in Monroe! Here he is in his work uniform.
(I can't figure out why I can't get rid of the doubles of the pictures. Help, Alleyn!)
Goodbye for now! God keep you in His Grace!
P.S.
Laura and Dave, Olivia, David, Fiona, and little Ian finally have a home! We are praising and praying with you and for you. Love, Mamma Cole
It's all Alleyn's fault! I don't know why my blog just repeated 3 times? I can't call her like usually do. I can't figure out how to correct my blog before it posts. Well, I'll just keep on living, I guess.
(Howard's coming for supper so I'd better get to my shake and bake chicken, augratin potatoes, corn,and Krispy Kreme donuts with icecream for dessert. If you come to visit, I will make your favorites too. ) Bye!
What do you think of my title? It means "Without the Lord, Frustration." Isn't that so true! ( I learned this in my Beth Moore Bible Study.) It refers to Psalm 127 where God says that if you try to build your house, or home, without Him, and His blueprints, it will be vanity. I myself, have been frustrated many times in my pilgrimage on this earth when trying to build something in my own strength without the Lord's approval, or preplanning. I am challenged to look to the Lord before I do something, not after! Remember, NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA. (This actually appears on the city of Edinburg, Scotland's crest and is its motto.)
Now I am going to pray for the Lord to help me post some pictures. I have tried 4 times now and have not been successful. Maybe He will help me this time!!
Oh Well, I tried. I was trying to show the similarities of all of the faces. And of the two aunties pregnant! I love all my children soooo much and miss them. It is fun to stare at their pictures.
God has done a gracious good thing in each of their lives. In His time. Not mine. That is the lesson that this mother is learning about motherhood and it's longings to mold her children's lives. Now that they are all adults, Dad and I are
so proud to see them in action for the Lord. And for each of their families. All of our olive trees have sprouted and grown and branched out and are bearing fruit. Our sons are indeed mighty arrows in the hand of God. Who can tell how far reaching their influence will be?
Here is what God said to His people- (and it still is true for us today,as His people): "Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear: even I will carry and will deliver you." Isaiah 46:3,4
TETRIS was a SQUEEZE!! THAT WAS SOOOOOOOO FUN< EVERYONE SEEMED TO LOVED IT< SURE WE"LL HAVE MORE LEVELS TO COME!!
LAWNMOWER DANCE WAS A WORKOUT!! CRAZY COOL FUN, THANKS TO THE OUT ALL NIGHT IN MYRTLE (see Jan-Feb blog)
THE KING ARRIVED AND SPOKE ABOUT OUR TRUE KING!!
EXCELLENT PLAYING FROM OUR YOUTH BAND!!!
Well I have not been updating this!! WOW!! Mexico is off for those that are admiring from afar.. Still have alot going on this summer!! Saturday Night Live 6/21 from 6-9pm an evening of music,games,skits,magic,and more!!
Youth Yard Sale/Lock-In next weekend 6/27-6/28. Camp Rockfish 7/13-7/19 and some more little trips to Caswell, Myrtle beach, Ice-skating, and to the mountains to go white water rafting,hiking and to Sliding Rock!! WOW what a summer of fun!! keep me posted on pics you have email them to me.. robincalvary@yahoo.com
"And by God's mighty power He has given us all the other rich and wonderful blessings He promised; for instance, the promise to save us trom the lust and rottenness all around us, and to give us His own character.But to obtain these gifts, you need more than faith; you must also work hard to be good, and even that is not enough. For you must learn to know God better and discover what He wants you to do.Next, learn to put aside your own desires so that you will become patient and godly, gladly letting God have His way.THis will make possible the next step, which is for you to enjoy other people and to like them, and finally you will grow to love them deeply. The more you go on in this way, the more you will grow strong spirituyally and become fruitful and useful to our Lord Jesus Christ. But anyone who fails to go after these additions to faith is blind indeed, or at least very shorsighted, and has forgotten that God deliverd him from the old life of sin so that now he can live a strong good life for the Lord." II Peter 1:4-9 I can't believe that almost a month has already gone by. I guess I would say that this has been a month of reading and meditating on our wonderful, personalble, loving, good God and his ability to carry out the plan He has had for each one of us before time began. I can't understand things about Him, or how He thinks; but I am learning that He is a good God, good all the time- no matter how things look to me. And I am learning to thank Him for His wisdom, where I have none. A humbling thought! I've been reading a book entitled Trusting God's Heart by Frank Cox. In it he shares about his grief process when his wife of only 3 years dies of a brain tumor. I'd like to share a fewquotes: "as I traveled the journey of faith through adversity, it didn't matter how deep the valley I was in. He was always there in the midst of that valley, meeting me and providing for my needs according to his sensitivity to me. Sometimes God provided even before I knew what I needed! In my loneliness He was my companion. In my tears He was the shoulder to cry on. In my depression He was the strength to lift me. In my timidness He was my confidence. In my unsettledness He was my assurance. In my upheaval He was my Peace. In my fear He was my courage." Wow! I hope I can trust my Lord like this when I go through the valley of the shadow of death. Or even through the valleys in my life right now. ` Another new thought that came to me was that when we suffer, it is the truthful fact that we are indeed suffering according to the will of God- even when we caused our own suffering. I always thought of I Peter 4:19 as meaning that we only suffer according to the will of God when we suffer for the cause of His name. But the verse is for all of us , always, "Therefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful creator in doing what is right." This is our command. Today. We must entrust our souls to God. He will do a good thing in us. He has plans for our blessing and His glory. At the top of this page I have a picture of what is called "The eye of God" in outer space. My son, David sent it to me and he is in awe of it, and may I say, the actual eye of God.! I am beginning to see the beauty of God's flowers like never before. Yesterday my 2 plants had eleven flowers on them. And so big and beautiful. And they only bloom for one day, and die. For that one day they give God the glory and speak to me of my caring Savior who has given me life for ever. But I am not always blooming and directing other's thoughts to Him, am I ? The picture of Matt is him with his job coach, Victoria. She is interviewing with him and they are waiting on a job at O'Charleys restaurant. Tomorrow they will put in his application in 2 nursing homes. Pray for us as we try to find him a neuropsychologist that will take public aid for pay. And now we are all excited about the upcoming family reunion. My heart is saddened that David and Laura and children will not be able to attend. Lord, haste the day when they are reconciled and bringing glory to your Name as a complete family. My heart breaks for them all. They will be missed, missed, missed. Here is a final quote- from Spurgeon "God is too good to be unkind, He is too wise to be mistaken. When you cannot trace His hand, You can always trust His heart."
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