Complete in Thee: TAG

Saturday, April 24, 2010

TAG

I think I've gotten this from several people, but I've lost track....

Rules: First, if you have been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any questions that you dislike with a new question.

Second, tag eight people. Don't refuse to do this! Do not tag the person who tagged you.

What song are you currently listening to a lot?

I haven't been listening to much this week, though the CD I've been listening to most is "Awaken the Dawn" by the Gettys :-D :-D :-D

What books are you currently reading?

LOL! What books am I reading!?!?!? Well, let's see: The Bible, Pure Gold, Our Mutual Friend, Attitudes of a Transformed Heart, The Plot Thickens, North and South...and more. :-D Mainly The Bible and Our Mutual Friend though.

What did you do today that was really fun?

Um... did I do anything really fun today? Um... I dressed Kirsten in her Meet dress and did her hair in loops which I haven't done for a long time... I know it's silly but I do get a kick out of doing that... and I also worked (am working on, or should be working on) MD!

Do you sing a lot?

Yes. :-)

Sweet or Salty?

Both, but I'd rather salty than sweet.

What is your current obsession/addiction?

Keith and Kristyn Getty, American Girl dolls :-D

What books have you read at least 3 times?

The first four Millie Keith books (count that as one....), the Little House series except Farmer Boy (count those as another one), The Bible

What site do you always visit when you are online?

Gmail, Facebook, Blogger, and the forums that I'm on

What was the last thing you bought?

Fabric (to be specific, yellow linen-look fabric from JoAnns, for a new dress, and 90-inch wide muslin for mock-ups and a petticoat)

List 6 things you love about summer
1. No school, 2. No snow, 3. Friends visiting, 4. Fresh Garden Salsa, 5. summery dresses, 6. swimming.

Favorite earliest memory?
Favorite earliest memory? I can't remember which one of my memories is my earliest memory. I think Daddy singing "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" is one of the earliest, and Beth being born and us coloring on blank newspaper paper at the hospital...

What do you do to change your mood?
Usually I have to sleep myself out of it. :-) Or write, or hang out with my si'ters and mamma. :-)

What was the last thing you ate?
The last bite I had was orange. :-)

Do you want to learn another language?
Maybe. I've done 2 1/2 years of Spanish and can't remember much of it at all so if I did learn another language, I'd like to be some place where I could apply it. So possibly Russian or Hindi, though I wouldn't mind learning Italian either. Or Canadian French (can you believe I said that? ;-) But Canadian is not the same as French... ;-) ) (BTW, folks, I joke, but don't really have anything against the French. Just against Dickens' evil French characters. :-) )

Five things you can't live without:

1. Jesus Christ
2. My family
3. My writing
4. springtime
5. I could say my computer, but I've been over a week without it now so I can't say that, so I'll say A computer. :-)

Find the closest book currently sitting near you, and flip to page 54. What is the 1st sentence of the 2nd paragraph?

"Happy too the children so trained in habits of obedience to their earthly parents that they learn almost instinctively to obey and honour God." Hey, that's good! That's from Hudson Taylor: The Growth of a Soul" by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor

What are you looking forward to?

Visiting the Hadleys next month (Lord willing, if it works out) :-D

Now, WHY am I FORCED to tag eight people? I hate that. Okay I tag,
1. Whoever Wants
2. To Do
3. This Tag
4. But Not
5. Any One
6. Who Does Not
7. Wish
8. To Do It

:-D How's that! I tagged eight! Wahahahahaha!!!! TTFN, I'm back to the harbor (that is the setting of the part I'm at in MD. ;-) )

3 comments:

Pure Little Ladies Ministry said...: *huffs* I should SAY you don't mind French Canadians, as I am one! ;) lol

{hugsies}; April 25, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Melanie said...: You're French Canadian? LOL! I didn't know that. ;-) But I was referring to French from France. :-) (And that's just a joke among my sisters. I don't dislike the French or any other nationality. :-) )

{hugsies returned}; April 25, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Teddy said...: A very fun tag!; April 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM

PRAYER REQUESTS

"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints" (Ephesians 6:18)

PLEASE PRAY...

* That I would draw nearer to God every day and never allow my relationship to become stagnant ritual; particularly that I would grow in the area of submission, patience, 1 Corinthians 13 love, and wholehearted devotion

* That I might have wisdom as I edit "The Marquis' Daughter"; that the Lord would bless and work through it; and that I might find just the right publisher for it.

* That I would submit to the Lord's work in my life, whatever it may be; that I would take each opportunity He brings me (even the seemingly hard ones) to draw closer to Him and point others to Him

*That our Etsy shop might be successful and that it would be a means by which we can glorify God and share the Gospel

Ephesians 2:1-10

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

"The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?"

"God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to."

"If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing."

"Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty."

"Victory over all the circumstances of life comes not by might, nor by power, but by a practical confidence in God and by allowing His Spirit to dwell in our hearts and control our actions and emotions. Learn in the days of ease and comfort, to think in terms of the prayer that follows, so that when the days of hardship come you will be fully prepared and equipped to meet them."

"And shall I pray, Oh, change Thy will, my Father,
Until it be according unto mine?
Ah no, Lord, no, that never could be, rather
I pray Thee, Blend my human will with Thine."

"A crucified life cannot be self-assertive. It cannot protect itself. It cannot be startled into resentful words. The cup that is full of sweet water cannot spill bitter-tasting drops, however sharply it is knocked."

"And as we rest our hearts upon what we know (the certainty of the ultimate triumph of good), leaving what we do not know to the Love that has led us all our life long, the peace of God enters into us and abides. And then we see our light."

[A Practicing Christian]...it means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God. It means looking at everything as something that comes from Him, and always looking to Him and asking His will first, and saying, "How would he wish me to deal with this?"

Christ says: "Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work. I want you."

"I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey."

"What is saving but taking us out of the dark into the light? There is no salvation but to know God and grow like Him."

"I will not try to convince you of anything about God. I cannot. You must know Him. I only tell you I believe in Him with all my heart. You must ask Him to explain Himself to you, and not take it for granted that He has done you a wrong because He has done what you do not like. Whether you seek Him or not, He will do you justice. But He cannot explain Himself unless you seek Him."

"Sometimes a thunderbolt will shoot from a clear sky; and sometimes into the life of a peaceful individual, without warning of gathered storm, something terrible will fall. And from that moment everything is changed. That life is no more what it was. Better it ought to be, worse it may be. The result depends on the life itself and it's response to the invading storm of trouble. Forever after, it's spiritual weather is altered. But for the one who believes in God, such rending and frightful catastrophies never come but where they are turned around for good in his own life and in other lives he touches."