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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Coke Dreams


Yesterday as E and I made the trek back from some sweaty running around the playground, what should cross our path but the Coca-Cola truck making a delivery. As it pulled up and stopped in front of the store, I could just taste a cold swig of Coke running down my parched throat. There was water in the stroller, but oh for a refreshing Coke! So quickly I scrounged through the stroller looking for spare change, only managing to come up with a mere 11 cents. Sadly I turned the opposite direction and headed for home, the whole time thinking how nice just one drop of Coke would be…


I had to laugh at myself later, knowing the advertising people had done a good job and would have counted me a success had I possessed 89 more cents to put in the machine. But I also realized how similar my attitude toward the Coke had been to the form temptation leading to sin takes in our hearts.

James 1:14 "But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust."

Before the truck crossed our path, I had nary a thought of buying a Coke. But seeing that bottle on the side of the truck gave me an idea that I could taste in my mouth. The only thing that kept me from fulfilling my desire was a lack of money. (note – I’m not saying drinking coke is wrong – read on…). Then I began to wonder, is that my reasoning for choosing not to sin at times, a lack of "money" or whatever I would need to accomplish what I am tempted to do? The next time I’m thirsty and have $1 on me, I’ll probably get a Coke. If the only thing that holds me back from some kind of sin is a lack of ability at the moment to do that sin, that’s not really victory over temptation. That’s temporary delay of sin.

James 1:15 "Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death."

Is my reasoning behind not giving into temptation fear of God and a desire not to sin? Or is it just a lack of means? My pastor has been going through James, and it’s been very good to think on these things. For it’s not just the action, whatever that may be, that is sin. It’s the dwelling on the desire. For in the end, once the lust has conceived, it "gives birth to sin."
All the way home, though I didn’t have a coke in my hand, I imagined the cool sugary goodness running down my throat. Do I deal with temptation that way? Imagining something but not taking action? It’s still sin. That’s what Jesus always dealt with – the condition of the heart, not just the outward actions. May we always remember that God is looking at our hearts and may my inmost desire be to please Him and give Him all the glory!


And with all this hot, stick weather, go have a cool refreshing Coke, it’s on the house!

Friday, July 21, 2006

my love

Photo taken by my very artistic love...

Today is the celebration of the day my dear love was born into this world!
The big 25.
Tonight we will have pizza, his favorite food as long as it’s covered in greasy pepperoni.
Then he will be heading out to load up the dumpster in our front yard.
That’s my love.
He’s probably been thinking more about getting all the roofing junk into that dumpster today than about his birthday.
That’s ok. We celebrated last night with a pack of fig bars and two glasses of milk.
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So happy birthday love! I am so thankful to be married to such a wonderful man.
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Inspired by Rachel



More projects...

These are some purses I've been having fun putting together. They are merely copies of a majorly cool purse done by Rachel. I was amazed at how easy they were to put together and it's a great way to get rid of those scraps!

And here's a photo with my lovely model - who wishes not to be revealed, but notice the conspicuous bowl of ice cream in the background...

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Projects

Well, it’s been forever since I’ve posted. But I’m feeling so excessively wonderful now, I’m doing other projects instead of being online. So I figured I’d post a little of what I’ve been working on lately…
2 pairs of maternity jeans for $5!
I was searching forever for a pair of comfy maternity jeans and having no luck. So I bought 2 pairs at a thrift store (both had 50% off stickers…) for $2.50 each and put my own panel in. I just put them on, zipped the zipper as far as it would go comfortably, hand-stitched down the fly and cut out the front. Then I used some knit I’d gotten at Jo-Ann’s for $1 a yard to make a panel to fit, put in the elastic and voila! 2 pairs of oh-so comfy jeans!







And here’s my other project…jean purses.
5 down, 7 to go! These are to give away to all the ladies at our family reunion coming up in August. These are so simple to make I can make 2 in one naptime!
So that’s what’s keeping me busy. Lots of sewing and of course chasing after the little one who just can’t get enough of dresses, purses and "pretties". She takes every purse after I finish and totes it around for a while saying "purth," and trying to fill it with all her goodies.

Tonight I make my first attempt ever at cooking a whole chicken. Hmmmm… I hope it works out ok, wish me luck!

p.s. not sure why the pics are so grainey...not sure if it's me or the camera...I'll work on that...