Showing posts with label Gift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gift. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2013

By His Wounds We are Healed

Isaiah 53:1-11

New International Version (NIV)
 
 1Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.

Monday, May 14, 2012

This Year's Mother's Day

Yesterday I got to hear a lot a of people wishing me "Happy Mother's Day"... and it was so weird to think of myself as a mother. Although I don't quite feel like a mother yet, I sure am excited to celebrate next year's Mother's Day with my little girl!

I hope I can be the kind of mother my mom has been for me. I feel SO blessed and overwhelmed that God gave me a mother I admire, cherish and absolutely love! Sariah is already blessed to have the grandma she has...and the thought of seeing my mother spending time with my daughter brings so much joy to my heart. Praise God for his blessings!!!


21 Weeks

Monday, January 3, 2011

A Year Older

Celebrating a birthday as a working grown up is quite…different. Like any other day, I woke up (too early for my liking) got dressed, drank chocolate milk, got my lunch and left our cold home to an even colder car. However, today I got to face traffic with a friend sitting next to me!

My friend Erin was in town and it was so good to see her. Her presence alone was a great birthday gift.

As I walked into the office, everything looked exactly how it all looked when I left it on Thursday night. I spent the day reading and researching. The sky was blue and the sun was out. That too was a birthday gift.

I came home to my John, feeling somewhat like my birthday was already over – and then I remembered something. I remembered that I had not thanked my creator for giving me life. Abundant life.  

He has given me more than I could ever ask for and every day is a gift.

I am thankful for a God who gives me beyond what I could ask or imagine. A God who fills my life with joy and shows me the way I should go. A God who loves me when I seek Him and calls my name when I turn away from him. A God who has showered me with blessings.

May my life bring glory and honor to him!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Project Complete!

After a long process...the coffee table is done!!! I am not sure I ever want to finish a furniture again, but I must admit that I never thought this table was going to look this good.

Thank you sister for the beautiful table! Thank you also for doing all the sanding!

For those of you who have never finished a furniture before, here are the steps we had to follow in order to attain the right look. (I should mention that when we started the staining process, the wood was unfinished - we did not have to strip it).

  1. Sand

  2. Apply wood conditioner

  3. Wait 8 hours for conditioner to dry

  4. Sand

  5. Apply coat of stain

  6. Wait 8 hours for stain to dry

  7. Apply coat of finish

  8. Wait 8 hours for the finish to dry

  9. Sand

  10. Apply a second coat of finish

  11. Wait 2 hours for the finish to dry

  12. Sand

  13. Apply a third coat of finish

  14. Wait 2 hours for finish to dry

  15. Put table back together!
Unfinished poplar wood

Sanding...my least favorite part

Half way stained
Applying finish coat

Drying
In my living room :)

It is perfect!

Oh, my sister made me this candle holder as well!
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