Obtaining Mercy

Library Staircase

If you love books as much as I do, you will appreciate this architect's ingenuity.  I saw this picture and knew I needed to see more of it.

THIS is the story.

Here's the picture to pique your interest:

 

Beautiful, isn't it?!

Enjoy!

Alesha

Unattached? Read This

This was a really great review by Vanessa at Sweet Fragrance:

Sacred Singleness by Leslie Ludy

Vanessa had some excellent thoughts about this book and singleness in general.  I thought you might enjoy reading what she has to say.  She is a young woman who works as a nurse here in the States, but her heart is on the mission field, specifically Russia.  I love that she does her work in the medical field to the best of her ability and for the glory of God.  Her focus is on pleasing Him, no matter where His will has lead her.

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Update on us:  Isaac and I are both feeling better. :)

G'night,

Alesha

Something New...Yet Very Old

What a wonderful blessing...I have a new Bible...

...one of my favorite things in the whole wide world!

This is only the fourth new Bible I've owned as an teen/adult.  I earned my first reference Bible at the age of 16, I think.  I spent the summer painting my dad's workshed in our backyard, and my "pay" was a brand new green Schofield reference KJV Bible.  I was thrilled to finally have a "grown up" Bible. 

I bought a smaller black Schofield Bible while in college.  (I worked in the bookstore, so I got a discount!)  Then several years ago, I bought a generic burgundy Bible (still KJV) with no references in it.  That's the one I've used until now.

 

I love the smell of a new Bible, the feel of it, the cleanness of it.

 

I know it will not stay clean for long...my goal has always been to have a dirty Bible!  By "dirty" I mean that I want it filled with notes and references and marked up places.  I love to see watermarks from tears and smudges of fingerprints all over it.  I like creases in the cover and a frayed ribbon marker.  I want my Bibles to be a testimony of all that God is doing in my life.

 

I think I'm really going to enjoy this one.  It is a lovely burgundy color.  (I do like my bible in different colors!)  It is a Cambridge Bible (KJV).  It has no references and no concordance in the back.  I would've preferred a concordance, but it wasn't available in this style and size.  I don't like my Bibles to be too big for my hands, you know?  I want it to be easy for me to handle.

I cannot live without a Bible.  It is just too important to me.  It is not that I am super spiritual...it is because I am super needy!  I cannot get through a day without some kind of input from this Book that God has magnified about His Name (Psalm 138:2).  If it is that precious to God, then just consider how precious it should be to us.

I am so thankful and thrilled to have a new Bible...but I am even more grateful for the Words in that Bible.  They are not new.  They are ancient and yet they speak right to my soul today; and I am thrilled to know that when I need something for my day tomorrow, this Book will hold the answers that I need.

Friday, 19 June 2009

*EDIT below

If you are a fan of rip-roaring thunderstorms, you really should come to Florida during the summer. 

Yesterday's storms were predicted for several hours before they actually got here, so I was able to get outside in the yard to pick up a few things...cardboard boxes that hadn't made it into the garbage can, a piece of tubing that will eventually be part of our central a/c system, and a watering can.

I also moved a bag of playground sand, then later wondered if that was such a good idea.  After I came back inside, I kept feeling twinges all over - my upper back, my hip, my lower back.  I am happy to say, however, that as of this morning, all is well!  Nothing seems to be any the worse for wear.  I think I am just starting to use muscles that have been dormant for a while, and they were protesting my use of them.  How dare they???

Hey, are you looking for a good mystery to read this summer?  Here's a review of one by my bloggy friend Cheryl at Copperswife.  I'm always excited to get a "thumbs up" on a good mystery series!

I was happy to be able to tackle a good deal of the laundry yesterday.  Doug has been doing most of the laundry on the weekends, except for the week my mom was here.  It's just too much for me to sort, then carry the clothes to the washer; and then the stretching and bending to move it from washer to dryer was not a task I could do either.  So, it was nice to be able to do some of it by myself yesterday.  Now, mind you, I still have a large stack of undies and pjs sitting on the end of my couch, but still...some of it got finished. 

Isaac had a drowsy, slow-moving day yesterday.  I'm not sure what's going on with him.  I'm hoping that he was just recovering from his busy day of therapy on Wednesday.  He was certainly in a good mood, though, and we laughed and giggled all day long.  His laughter is so contagious...I don't even try to stop myself.  It does good like a medicine...and that is good for both of us!

Well, I have several things on my to-do list for today.  One of those is to make my weekly visit to the chiropractor.  Hopefully, that will go smoothly, and I'll be back home to finish that to-do list soon.

I pray that you have a great weekend, and that you are able to assemble with like-minded believer's in church on Sunday.  If you have no plans to attend, I heartily recommend that you change those plans and be in the Lord's house if you physically can.  Your spirit will be fed by the preaching of the Word of God, and you will be encouraged by the fellowship with other believers.

Blessings,
Alesha

*Edited to add:  when I returned home from the chiropractor, my mom had swept the house and folded all that laundry!!!  Whooo hooo for mamas!!