He Lives-Happy Easter!!!

I serve a risen Savior
He's in the world today
I know that He is living
Whatever men may say
I see His hand of mercy
I hear His voice of cheer
And just the time I need Him
He's always near

(Chorus)
He lives, He lives
Christ Jesus lives today
He walks with me and talks with me
Along life's narrow way
He lives, He lives
Salvation to impart
You ask me how I know He lives
He lives within my heart!

Eight Qualities of a Wealthy Woman

I passed by the television this evening and saw Suze Orman on PBS. She was making a presentation to an audience of woman and one of things she talked about (I didn't see the whole thing) was eight Qualities of a Wealthy Woman.

It is not my desire to be wealthy in terms of money, but I do want to be wealthy in terms of my self worth. I believe that this is essential to a healthy life.

Here are the 8 Qualities of a Wealthy Woman according to Suze Orman:

1. Harmony
2. Balance
3. Courage
4. Generosity
5. Happiness
6. Cleanliness
7. Beauty
8.Wisdom

Harmony has to do with your thoughts, words and actions all lining up together and Balance has to do with being confident about the things that you feel.

One other thing that she talked about that stuck out to me is "You cannot preach to others in words. You must preach in truths" In other words, practice what you preach or don't preach it.

I pray that you may prosper and be in good health!

Psalm Sunday #14

Psalm 14

1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

According this Psalm, a fool says in his heart that there is no God. I wonder sometimes what thought process a person must go through to convince themselves that there is no God. Have they never seen a bird build a nest? Have they never noticed that all leaves have different patterns on them? Have they not noticed that they do not have the power to initiate life from nothing?

We cannot possibly face all truth and deny God at the same time. The beauty of nature speaks of His existence. The intricacies of the human body speak to a Master Designer.

This Psalm also says that the Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.

Psalm 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

All of these verses suggest that those who understand and seek God also fear and that it is that fear that is the beginning of knowledge and understanding. I guess that is why those that do not fear Him are considered fools.

Violin at the Library

Here is a clip of my daughter Jasmine playing with her violin teacher at the Library. The memory card on my camera was not completely empty so I was not able to get the entire performance.



Here is the other portion I was able to catch after deleting some pictures from my memory card. :-)

Our Gardening Adventures

So, we started our garden and we planted our seeds in the pellets.



Within a few days we had beautiful sprouts growing.

And then...

I don't know how well you can see this picture, but the sprouts are actually wilting. :-( I guess that's what happens when you go for days without watering them.

I believe that one of the best ways to learn spiritual principles is through nature. So we will apply spiritual principles to each phase of our Gardening.

Here is a song that we were able to apply to this phase:

Read your Bible pray every day
Pray every day
Pray every day

Read your Bible every day and you'll grow, grow, grow
And you'll grow, grow, grow
And you'll grow, grow, grow

Read your Bible pray every day and you'll grow, grow, grow

Close your Bible forget to pray
Forget to pray
Forget to pray
Close your Bible forget to pray
And you'll shrink, shrink shrink
And you'll shrink, shrink, shrink
And you'll shrink, shrink, shrink
Close your Bible forget to pray and you'll shrink, shrink

Here is the lesson that I taught the children:
Our plants wilted because they did not get enough water. Jesus is the living water and if we do not get enough of Him, we will wilt as well.