A Time For Everything

When I think of Spring, I think of new life, spring cleaning, garden planting, light baby colors, graduations, and weddings... Summer is vibrant -- filled with brilliantly colored flowers, summer jobs, more weddings, and... TIME!! Time to scrapbook, serve others, have summer fun, picnics...mmmm!

And then Autumn comes.... *happy, thoughtful sigh*
I love Autumn..not only is it my "Color", but with it, comes a whole new spectrum of intense, rich, and deep, but muted  colors; scarves, sweaters, and creativity. A whole new start of things..School, harvest, spice, AND color!!

Ahhh, I love how God has put such creativity and diversity into the seasons. Not only with their colors, and many roles and structures, but how there is a time for everything. It reminds me of Ecclesiastes:

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which has is planted;  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Smart...

Rachel and I were teaching my 7 year old brother, James about the value of money today, when I remembered the following poem...."Smart" Proves the point, eh??

My dad gave me one dollar bill

'Cause I'm his smartest son,

And I swapped it for two shiny quarters

'Cause two is more than one!

And then I took the quarters

And traded them to Lou

For three dimes -- I guess he don't know

That three is more than two!

Just thenm, along came old blind Bates

And just 'cause he can't see

He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,

And four is more than three!

And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs

Down at the seed-feed store,

And the fool gave me five pennies for them,

And five is more than four!

And then I went and showed my dad,

And he got red in the cheecks

And close his eyes and shook his head--

Too proud of me to speak!

~ Shel Silverstein

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

~ Ecclesiastes 7:12 ~

"Comforts for Mothers in Labor"...

Today, we spent quite a few hours as a family, going thru boxes of "stuff"...mostly old ACE Paces, records, & interesting old papers. Amongst the junk, Mama found a paper, titled "Comorts for Mother's in Labor":D that I wrote between Year 2000 & 2002 (age 7-9).
I have no remembrance of writing this, but then, I don't even remember telling Mom at age 7, that I felt God wanted me to be a midwife...


Also, as of a few years ago, I gained conclusive evidence, showing that I am dyslexic (explaining the many different/odd learning problems I have had, especially in my High School years)...anyway, as of late, I have wondered if any of my earlier documents showed that...well, on this writing, I did wrote the following: Joshau & Isiaah....kind of cool if you ask me... LOL 

Going back to the verses, here they are...not all of them, I'd put under the List for Comforting Laboring Moms, but... :D

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.   Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.  Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but  thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.  Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

~ Joshua 1:5-9 ~

But thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.

~ Isaiah 49:25 ~

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

~ Psalms 23:1 ~

Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, & holiness, with self-control.

~ I Timothy 2:15 ~

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

~ II Timothy 1:7 ~

Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."

~ Matthew 9:29 ~

But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

~ Psalms 3:3 ~

Also, on the same but different note, we found some papers Mom wrote after she miscarried Matthew Paul on January 14th, 2004...my daddy's 39th birthday. Though not due until August, Matthew was miscarried during his second month of life. His name means "A little gift of God, dependent on the Lord".


Looking back; though his death was hard at the time, I realize now, that if Matthew had been born alive, we wouldn't have James with us now (born in November, 2004), or have his twin-Lydia Carol in heaven. Through it all though, God has been so good to us, & I wouldn't trade any of my 10 brothers & sisters (those that are in heaven...& on earth LOL), for all the gold in China!!! :D 
How anyone cannot realize the Sanctity of Life, & how special each life is---no matter where they are in the process of growth---is absolutely ludicrous & insensible. May God turn the hearts of the fathers & mothers of our Country back to their hearts & lives of their children!!!