I am He, I am He who will sustain you.

I am He, I am He who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4

I reminded myself of this verse often today as I was in much need of being sustained.

I have been so blessed by the Holy Spirit lately and his ability and his gift of fulfillment.  I have found myself lately asking God to be in control of more and more of my life.  In the past I think I only really handed over the "big stuff" instead of asking him moment by moment, task by task to guide me and fill me up.

I approached BSF this year wondering how I was going to wrap my mind around Isaiah and actually learn more about Christ.  Well, let me tell ya.....there is A LOT to learn about God and who he is in Isaiah.  I have learned about his wrath, his love, his hatred of sin, and what he does for those who love him...only to mention a few key points!

My BSF teaching leader is Pam Behaul.  She has an amazing ability to teach God's word.  A few points from this year:

Sin is turning our backs on God's authority and love, thinking we know best how to live.  Before, I never thought about what God thinks when I try to live independently from him.  He does not like it!

God's timing and way of dealing with evil is perfect.  Because God is holy and perfect, incapable of sin and we are not, we are incapable of fully understanding Him, his timing and what his plan is for evil. He is the only one who sees the big picture.

True comfort comes not from circumstances but from being with the comforter.  What a reminder! I can not count on my circumstances for comfort.

So back to today.  One thing I truly hate dislike about myself is that I wither up like a whipped puppy, resort to a state of fear, and loose all perspective when one of the kids are sick.  Levi has been sick since Saturday.  I took him to the doctor today and he has a viral infection, an ear infection and is border line wheezy.  My mind and my heart do not meet.  So frustrating.  I so desire to be a rock for our family.

If I Stay In Jesus I Will Have Much Fruit

We are learning about Aa and apple in school right now. I am supplementing with Explode The Code for Halle which has some reading, spelling, rhyming, etc. She took off with it this morning reading and spelling words that rhyme with bat.

Levi's Party

This is what happen to Levi when left unattended for too long.

Ribbon Week At Gymnastics

Halle's Curtains

This is Halle's window treatment!  I email pictures from my phone.  Does anyone know how to change the order of posts?  

After Dinner Picnic

After dinner I noticed Halle "packing her lunch" but didn't really pay much attention to her.  The kids were quiet, we started wondering what they were doing.  David and I go down stairs to Luke's room and well, they are having a "picnic"!  They so kindly asked us to join even though we had just finished dinner 20 minutes earlier.  Little rascals.  

They were munching on cheese, a granola bar and had applesauce with spoons.  Praise the Lord they can not open their applesauce themselves or we would have had a hot mess on the floor FOR SURE!  

Like, the hot mess we had last weekend......

Halle comes upstairs to tell me the pink paint spilled.  I run downstairs to find 1/4 a gallon of sweet taffy (PINK) paint on Halle's floor.  Did I mention we had new carpet put in 4 days prior??  Didn't think I did.  Thankfully we weren't completely finished in her room and still had the drop clothes on the floor.  That would have been an expensive mess.  Although, I was the one who didn't lock the door back after going in the get Halle a shirt.  AND, I was the one who didn't hammer the lid on the paint.  

Luke had paint on his hands and clothes and only a few drops were on the carpet.  

Chubs, Tooth, and Baby

Awww, my little sugar.  Or Halle's sugar as she claims.  He is so stinking sweet.  He started solids this week.  Digs the homemade rice cereal.  Not super wild about sweet potatoes.  Ate avocado but spit it all up.  

Poor little ham has a cough and a cold.  HATE having sick babies.  

Went to the doc on Monday for Levi's 6 month appointment.  Chunker is 17lbs 2 oz.  I guess that is what happens when your 6 MONTH OLD STILL eats around the clock.  If he wasn't so cute and sweet and easy I would be pulling my hair out.  

He also had his 1st tooth break through today.  

Where has the time gone?  

My sister has the Egyptian flu as we say in our family.  She is going to be a Mummy!  I have an aunt, uncle and cousin that live in New Zealand and they call their mothers Mums on that side of the world.  

Katie is due October 8th.  She is doing great but has been feeling crappy.  Needless to say we are SOOOO excited!