Just a lil' note

Hey!!

Just thought I would let everyone know that the new polls that got put up, except for how late you stay up, will have to do with what kind of give-away I will be doing besides the gift certificate.  So, be sure to vote and pass the word along for those who have found this blog through yours!

Hope all of you are having a wonderful day!  Sewing and painting is on my agenda for today.  Any guess what the painting is?? =D lol!!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Polls again!

Ok friends, another poll.  Whew, I think this is the most I have ever posted so closely in a row!! lol

Any way, I put up another poll on what someone would like to receive if you don't want a gift certificate.  So, spread the word please!!  Also, if you spread the word early, you will be counted an extra entry for the give away when it happens!

Thanks!

We are very excited because Nana is coming home today!! She spent two weeks visiting her son in LA and will come back this afternoon.  We will be heading out to pick her up from the airport soon...

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Surpises!!

Hello friends!

Just a note to let you all know that I added a page at the top of our blog (right above the picture) as a link to my knitting business.  At the moment, I don't have very many things up.. However, I will be adding things as they come along.  You might be surprised to see the wide range of things you can get! lol I am really excited to keep updating it.

Also, I am working on a few surprises for the give away!  It isn't much fun for there to be only 1 winner.. so, I am working up the details and getting some other prizes.  So, if some of you are not interested in winning a certificate, you can certainly enter to win something else!

I am also super excited to say that I should be posting some pictures of... guess!!! I just can't wait to show you all, but I won't say what it is... lol You all will have to guess. :-)

Hope everyone is staying cool and having a blessed afternoon!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

The one bad thing about staying up late..

Ok, this post is being written at 11 pm.  When I am finished, it will probably be ever later!  So, why the title? Well, here is the one bad thing about staying up late.. All other decent people have gone to bed.  No one to email back and forth, no one to talk to, etc.  So, why do I stay up late?  Well, I am a night owl.  I get up at 6:30 (don't worry, I am still slowly cutting back to earlier and earlier), even after getting to bed to late.  If you think about it, I am getting enough sleep still.  Well, obviously or else I sure wouldn't want to stay up late again!  Now, every once in a while I will "crash", or need a day where I just sleep in a bit.  Or a lot.. lol.  My brother is built the same way.  He would get up at 5 every morning (with OUT an alarm clock...) and go to sleep LATE!  Not because he stayed up, but because he just couldn't sleep.  Then, after about a month or so of doing this weird business, he would finally act like a normal person and sleep in until at least 7, sometimes more.  So, I always thought he was weird, and now look at me.. He is probably awake still, even as I type. lol  However, since he has been growing (again), he is needing a bit more rest. =D

So, in case you couldn't tell, this is a random post. =D  However, I do have one thing to say.  I hurt my hand.  Ok, so you think that is random, too.  Well, my point is that I can't knit.  Not right now, at least.  So, I won't be hosting my give away quite yet.  Please stay tuned, though!  When my hand feels better, I will finish up my customers orders and THEN I will get a certificate out.  That way I can devote some time to knitting for my gift certificate (whew, that is hard to type out) person.  The poll was supposed to end tomorrow, but I am opening it up for a few more days in case any one else wants to vote.

Also, someone asked if I had a website.  No.  Not yet, that is.  I haven't been able to figure out our Internet server/hoster in order to set up a website.  However, when I do the give away, I will post several pictures of what I can do.  Remember:

I DO VINTAGE AND MODERN KNITTING/CROCHETING. 

So, for those of you who have seen a picture of the Civil War era shawl I made, don't get discouraged from entering!  I can do the modern stuff as well.. in fact, some modern is easier than vintage.  Easier to understand and read, though some vintage patterns are very easy to understand. :-)

So, that is my random post for today. 

I would also like to thank those who have become this blog's followers and have commented with a link to their blog.  That was most helpful! Thank you very much.. Some of you I already knew, so it didn't apply as much to you. =D lol Any how, thank you very much!

Remember, if you post about the give away and voting, you will get an extra entry if you enter!! However, it must be done BEFORE I do the give away, and you must post a comment with a link to your blog!  Thanks so much, and have a wonderful rest of the.. day? lol

Oh, yes, and I will be posting pictures of the finished costumes soon!! I finally picked up the last supplies and will now be working on our costumes and getting them to the finished line.  All of it will probably be hand sewn, which I LOVE, so I am really looking forward to it.  I am supposed to be a servant, but my costume looks more Puritan related.. I can't wait to show you all!!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

It is now 11:15 PM... =D

Another Give Away!!

Go check out Grace's BLOG to enter her give away! Some neat stuff and there are TWO winners!!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Give away!!

My dear friend, Atlanta, over at Story of a Seamstress, is hosting a wonderful give-away!

She has been working hard on a Design Your Own Dress kit!  Go and check it out.  It certainly looks like a wonderful thing, especially for you reenactors out there, or even just someone who loves to sew and wants a new challenge. :-)

So, click on her blog name to check it out!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Pre-give away

Just so you know, if you spread the word about voting BEFORE the actual give away, that will give you an extra entry in the give away if you are entering! If you don't want to enter, still go ahead and spread the word!

If you post about it using the post below with the picture and the info, please leave a comment with a link to your blog so I can check it out.

Only a few more days to vote!!

In Christ Alone,
Hoping everyone is having a blessed Sunday,
Sarah

Follower alert

Don't worry, this isn't anything bad!  If you become a follower, please leave me a comment with a link to your blog.  Unfortunately blogger doesn't allow me to see YOUR blog, but other sites you have joined instead.  That is useful/helpful, but I still would like to visit my followers blogs, too!  If I already know your blog, you can disregard this message. :-)

Thanks everyone!  I have gotten lots of votes on my poll and am very excited.  Just a few more... Then I can't wait for the poll so I can do the give away!

So, be sure to stay posted! lol

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Help for polls

ok, for those of you who are passing along the word about my gift certificate, here is a pic to go along, if you would like!! It is a CW shawl, but you can at least see what I do somewhat.... lol

Thanks! Sarah

Voting polls

Friends, Please pass the word about any of our voting polls, particularily the gift certificate one! I will only do the give away if I get enough votes, so pass the word!!

For those of you who are unsure, I do some Civil war knittig (shawls, sontags, etc) but can also do some modern knitting as well (I also do crochet, if you prefer that!).  I might even do something where the winner will send me a pattern they like, and I will make it. Please include this little message in your post so that your friends will know!

Thanks so much!

Sarah

Fun pictures

While browsing through our pictures on the computer, I ran across a few cute ones that I wanted to share.. Becca probabaly took most of them! lol Enjoy! Also, these were taken a few years ago.. for those of you who know both my cousin and Josh, you will be shocked at how short he was in the below pictures! lol

Three tough cowboys

The Herd

This pose was an accident! lol

My Filly who is now almost as big as her momma!

Grand ending

He never knew what hit him..

What is that?

Aren't those some good lookin' kids? lol

Father and Son

Random.. Actually, I was trying to take a pic of my hair, but you can't see it because my hair is too dark! lol

I have to take credit for this one! A cool cloud formation.. ;-)

Flowers

Pouring a cup of tea with breakfast (I love having tea with breakfast!)

Me playing fiddle at the Edgewood farmers market for my friends:

Our weird cousin... lol!

Hairstyle I did on my cousin (can you see the little braids?)

Bet ya didn't know we were so talented that we could fly!!

Back flip!

Oops, crash landin'

Me several years ago....

My citified cousin who has the calf... lol!

My handsome country brother =D

Workin' and diggin'.. see the dirt flying off the shovel?

And I will close and finally publish this post.. pretty flowers in the dry desert...

Hope you enjoyed our random pictures!  Had fun posting them.... lol!

In Christ Alone,

Sarah

The Quilt

I found this over at Raquel's lovely blog, God's Daughter.  She allowed me to share this... Please go visit her blog and leave a comment to let her know how you found her!

"As I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls.



Before each of us laid our lives, like the squares of a quilt in many piles. An angel sat before each of us, sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life.

But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was. They were filled with giant holes. Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in every day life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all.


I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune. I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened.

My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare and empty, like binding air.


Finally the time came when each life was to be displayed, held up to the light, the scrutiny of truth. The others rose; each in turn, holding up their tapestries. So filled their lives had been. My angel looked upon me and nodded for me to rise.


My gaze dropped to the ground in shame. I hadn't had all the earthly fortunes. I had love in my life and laughter. But there had also been trials of illness and wealth, and false accusations that took from me my world, as I knew it. I had to start over many times. I often struggled with the temptation to quit, only to somehow muster the strength to pick up and begin again. I spent many nights on my knees in prayer, asking for help and guidance in my life.. I had often been held up to ridicule, which I endured painfully, each time offering it up to the Father in hopes that I would not melt within my skin beneath the judgmental gaze of those who unfairly judged me.


And now, I had to face the truth.. My life was what it was, and I had to accept it for what it was.


I rose and slowly lifted the combined squares of my life to the light.

An awe-filled gasp filled the air. I gazed around at the others who stared at me with wide eyes.


Then, I looked upon the tapestry before me. Light flooded the many holes, creating an image, the face of Christ. Then our Lord stood before me, with warmth and love in His eyes. He said, 'Every time you gave over your life to Me, it became My life, My hardships, and My struggles. Each point of light in your life is when you stepped aside and let Me shine through, until there was more of Me than there was of you.'


May all our quilts be threadbare and worn, allowing Christ to shine through!


God determines who walks into your life...it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay and who you refuse to let go."

God bless you on this wonderful Memorial day.  Remember those who have fought for our freedom and have given their lives, or are still on the lines, or have retired.  If you should see one of those, please take the time to thank them!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Article on Beauty

My friend, over at Story of a Seamstress, shared this.  After reading the article, I had to share it too!!  This is what EVERY young woman (and older woman even) need to read.  Even though we might say we are beautiful enough with God, and He is the only One who matters, I think we still tend to think otherwise!!  It is our natural human feelings.  Read THIS and see....

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

Costumes!!

We are finally a little closer to making our movie.  Monday our friends came over to our house and we spent the latter part of the morning and afternoon sewing.. ok, well, we probably giggled and talked more than we sewed, but we did get a lot accomplished!

I had never done this pattern that we were using, so it was slightly confusing -no, not trying to be a poet! lol

  After trying to figure it out, we decided it would be much better to just go and make it up as we went a long.  So, we did and it went just fine.  Two of my friends worked on their own dresses, I worked on my other friend's, and she made my servant's cap!  It went quite well.

The funny thing is that I didn't have all of the right sizes. The smallest I had was a 14, but two of my friends (the younger ones) were smaller than that.  Well, we just had to make do, so I cut all of them out to a 14 and we just kept taking bigger seams until we had it finished and it fitted nicely.

On the dress I was doing for my friend, I had several complications.  First of all, she was WAY smaller than a 14, so taking bigger seams was taking a long time.  Poor thing, I don't know how many times I had to take her back to the "fitting room", as we dubbed it, to check to see if I was getting close to a good fit.

  On our 50th time back there, I said, "I feel like a.... tailor, only what is a girl seamstress called?"

My friend just stared at me and said, "seamstress?" HA!! We home schoolers feel so smart!! lol!!

I am afraid that we must have been rather... tired that day!!  Our second "brain blank" moment was when my friend, Ellie, and I were trying to look at the instructions.  Suddenly she said, "Wait, there are only two pages, but there says there should be 3!"  We frantically started searching and I said, much to my other friend's, Susan, amusement, "What?! How dare they! Why, I am going to sue them and get my dollar back."  She thought it rather funny.. lol!

  After much searching, I finally looked at it again and said, "Oh duh, it is front and back!"  Oh, we both felt so smart again!

The other complication that I had was lack of material... I ended up cutting the skirt too small around the waist on Amy's dress.  So, to remedy it, I simply cut a small panel of this light purple material to put in the back.   Then, after sewing it together into a tube for the skirt, I folded part of the green material over the purple for a dart-like looking seam.  Pictures below for better understanding.  I am afraid I don't have a very good gift for describing things! lol  Any how, it worked out perfectly and turned out rather cute.  I put in the sleeves after they left, and will probably put in the blue dress sleeves.  Binding will probably also get done by me, but for hemming I will need them back again.  So, that is the low down on what we did today.  We are just that much closer to getting our movie done!  Now to practising script for their picky director! ;-) lol

Alright, enough of the talking. :-) Here are a few pictures of the day:

The finished products from left to right: Amy- striped dress that I sewed. Me in my cap that Amy sewed. Ellie in her blue dress that still needs sleeves! Susan in her red dress.   Sleeves have been added on Amy's and Ellie's dresses, and Susan's dress will have a sash around it, so it will be slightly more fitted. :-)  Aren't they all adorable?? Sorry it is a little blurry.  It was taken on a cell phone!  If you look closely into the mirror behind us, you can see Josh taking the photo! lol

Amy's dress with the sleeves (though those need a little working on!)

Back:

Close up of my add-in:

Ok, fun pictures of the day! lol

Susan trying on her sleeve before she stitched it.. I was ignoring her. =P lol!

Our mess on the table.

Stitch, stitch, stitch!

Can you see the lovely burn we did on that cover?

Two lovely ladies working hard on their machines!

Caleb and Amy did some clay things:

These are the candle holders that Amy made:

Notions:

Cutting and Ironing.. what next?

Well, that is all for now!!  I worked on my dress today and got it just about finished.  It turned out pretty nice.  I will post pictures of that later, though. Then, I will also post the actual FINISHED items when they are done!!

See ya again real soon!!

In Christ Alone, Sarah (sorry, my thing won't go off of center font.. ugh!)

Duck!

Our ducks have decided to go ahead and start a family this year.  I chanced upon the male duck guarding the female in her nest.  I kept checking back until they were off to get a bite to eat then went and took a peak at the nest and some pictures.    Hopefully we will have six new baby ducks in a few weeks!!!

Can you see the light grey eggs??

 

Rebecca for the Herd

Lovely fall..

No, this isn't about the season.. it is the real fall. When you lose your balance and topple to the floor.  When you think you are going to make it over that jump, but miss and splat on your face.  Well, my story is slightly different from those, but still considered a fall.

Rebecca and I are over at my grandparents house helping them clean up the place.  A realtor is coming to take pictures to put on a site so they can hopefully sell the place.  It is absolutely beautiful up here! I wish I could buy it.  The only problem is that it is two hours from where we live right now.  2 hours from family, friends, etc.  It is a fun thought, but not one that I am ready to actually put into action.  Not to mention that I don't have enough money for it any how! lol

My Daddy actually helped to build this house.  It has an interesting setup. The doors are the ones that slide into the wall (which is extremely handy sometimes) instead of opening. This is nice because furniture moving isn't too much trouble since the door is never in the way!

The second thing is that the house is raised.  Now, this may not be a weird thing, and it isn't.  However, it is the reason the house is raised that is weird.  The reason is that you have to heat the whole of the under the house in order for it to heat the house.  So, you simply heat up underneath the house, and then the heat will slowly come out of the vents/grates, just like any other house.

So, here is my story, now that I have laid my foundation.  I was helping my Papa move his big, comfy recliner.  As we were moving along, my shoe accidentally caught the vent's edge and pulled the vent off.  Normally this wouldn't have been a problem.  Simply put it back.  However, I didn't know that I had done it.  So, we kept walking.  WOOSH! I stepped in the hole.  Now, remember, this isn't a little vent where the duct is 5 inches down.  No, it goes all the way to the ground (remember how I explained how it was heated?)  So, if you step in that hole, you are going to break a leg.

Thankfully, I didn't break my leg, though I thought I might have!  I fell down, and the recliner fell on top of me.  This may seem bad, but it actually probably saved me from breaking my leg.  When the chair fell on top of me, it forced my back against the fall and prevented me from falling any further down the hole.  Remember this is only one leg down the hole.  Papa pushed the chair off of me and I was able to get up with only a scratch.. a BIG scratch, but that was it.  Praise the Lord!!

So, I am a little sore today.  The funny thing is that the cut leg doesn't hurt too much (unless I strain and pull the skin when moving), but my other leg does.  I think I might have pulled a muscle or something when I fell..  Ever worked your legs really hard?  You know how if you sit down, your upper leg is really stiff and sore?  Well, that is how it feels.  However, I am just thankful I am not in a cast!

Here is a picture:

So, that is our excitment for the week! lol!  (BTW, yes my toe is sticking out of my sock in pic 2... unfortunately I cannot keep my socks unholy... lol!)  We got a lot done, and it looks very nice (not that it didn't before.).  We did a lot of staging (dressing up an decorating) in the house.  We set the dining room table very nicely, and then put some nice little things around the house.  Papa and a man who works for him are repainting the decks and balcony.  It will be very nice for the Friday Photo shoot.

I would also like to ask for prayers on our ranch.  We had some people stop by the other day (when we girls were gone!) to look at the place.  They seemed fairly interested, so please just keep this in your prayers.  Momma was home alone with the boys that day.  They received the call and all scrambled to get the house really picked up.  She said the boys really hopped in and helped.  It was wonderful!  Thank you Josh and Caleb for your diligence and maturity in helping Momma clean the house!! :-) Also, the lady, Jean, that we had been praying for before is finally coming on tomorrow or Sunday. Hurray! So, just keep that in your prayers, thanks!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah who is thankfully NOT with a wooden leg, or a broken one! lol

Modest Fashion show!

Hello Friends!

My friend, Samantha, is hosting a Modest Fashion show for a week. Basically you just dress up in modest skirts, shirts, blouses, etc, and do a post every day about it. She has a McLinky set up so that you can put your blog on her page and others can see what you are doing! It is lots of fun, so go visit her blog by clicking on her name so see the details and rules! I hope all of you will enter. It doesn't begin until June, so we have a little bit of time.
  Please join! It is SO much fun. I did one a while back with a challenge type deal and had a BLAST! It was also very neat to see all the different outfits people hade.
 The cool thing is that she is also doing a prize deal! Go and check it out!

In Christ,
Sarah

Happy Mother's Day

First, I should begin by saying I really don't like Mother's Day.   I believe in celebrating Mother's Day, Father's Day, Children's Day - every day of the year.  Of course, that might come as a surprise to some because it's an excuse to party, and as you know, I am a party person.   I love people.   I love talking.   I love snuggling.   I love filling my home with laughter and bodies and chatty voices, and this is nothing new to all of you who know me.   Since that's not new, neither will this item - I am disorganized.   I have tried to work on this negative trait of mine, and in some ways, I've improved.   Or maybe I should say I've found better ways of hiding and covering up my disorganized nature.   :)

Well, this morning, I was reminded of one of the earlier moments......

When the girls were little, I loved sewing pretty dresses and frilly skirts for them.   There is just something about gathering full skirts for little girls that will twirl and twirl in them that gives me such delight.   Naturally, I felt inclined to sew for Joshua after he was born.   However, boys' clothes just don't seem to thrill me like frilly dresses do, and since I couldn't see John allowing me to dress Joshua in twirly skirts, I figured I better go for something different.   I settled on bright, primary colors with cute animals and tractors and trucks.   These were carefully cut to one day be sewn into adorable shirts and coordinating shorts for my darling son.   That was in the spring of 1996.   The spring of 1998 found my dear friend giving birth to a sweet baby boy.   Later that fall, I discovered those cut out pieces of material in a nice bag just waiting to be stitched.   Because they weren't going to fit Joshua now, I decided I'd sew them for my friend's baby boy.   Ummmm, that seemed like an unlikely event in my life, so I settled on the next best thing.   I gave them to the friend - neatly wrapped in the bag with all the instructions.   I smiled and told her I saved her the time of having to cut them out so that she could get right to stitching them.  

I had just solved my first problem with my disorganized nature.   If I can't finish the project, give it to someone who would.   I was so proud of myself and felt such a weight lifted from my shoulders.   Then, in the summer of 2000, I was blessed with another sweet, baby boy.   In the spring of 2001, my dear friend blessed me with that same bag of cut out material - still unstitched.   She decided to follow my lead and get rid of the unfinished projects in her cabinets, too!!   We both laughed, and I was determined to complete what I should have 5 years earlier.  

In the fall of 2002, we were packing to move to our new home, when I once again discovered that same bag of already cut but never been sewn little boy outfits.   Obviously, my son wasn't going to fit into them again, and since I had no babies on the horizon, I learned another lesson in covering up my disorganized nature - give the items to Goodwill so that it will go to someone who probably will never know me and won't be able to give them back in the same nifty bag.   Yep.   That's just what I did, and I've yet to see the items.  

Now, I'm not proud of my disorganization, and I do battle this in myself.   I also have learned better and more honest ways through the years to deal with this.   I guess I shared this story because as I think about it, I realize that truly one of the reasons I never finished those outfits was because I never made the time.   Instead, I enjoyed snuggling and wrestling and playing and laughing and visiting with the dear angels I've been blessed to call my children for the past 19+ years.   Maybe it's not a good excuse for the lack of time management, but it does remind me of all the fun I've had with these dear children.  

If you're reading this, and you or someone you know purchased a bag of cut out baby boy clothes that were never stitched up - enjoy them just as they are.   The same goes for our children.   Enjoy them just as they are because the Master made them perfectly that way!!

Blessed Day,
Prairie Momma

Blog party failure!

I am afraid that I haven't been very faithful in keeping up with this blog party.. The problem being that our internet hasn't been working, thus no blog. :-(

Today was day five of the party. We are supposed to share a recipe for Summer.. I am going to share two. :-)

These are our favorite "salads" for summer. They are great side dishes for just about any meal, and are just so good!! =D

First up, our favorite Crunchy Coleslaw Salad!

Crunchy Coleslaw


11/2 recipes Dressing:


1 1/2 ¾ cup peanut or sesame oil


2/3 1/3 cup sugar


4 2 flavor packets from the Ramen noodles (chicken or oriental)

2 1 Tblsp. Vinegar (any flavor)


Mix this well and set aside.


Slaw:


1 pound package of cabbage slaw mix (this is great when you’re in a hurry – but I’ve also just chopped up my own cabbage – red and green – to make about a pound)


1 cup nuts toasted (sunflower, almonds, pecans, walnuts, whatever you like)


1 bunch green onions, chopped


2-3 ounce packages chicken or oriental Ramen noodles


2-3 cooked, chopped chicken breasts for a heartier salad (if I do this, I use less cabbage or make 1 ½ recipes of the dressing)


Break up the Ramen noodles and set aside. Mix the cabbage, nuts, onions, chicken (if desired), and dressing together until well coated. This is best when you do it several hours ahead of time and let the flavors soak in. About 10 minutes before serving add the Ramen noodles and stir in well. This salad is great even 2-3 days later, but after that the noodles start wilting (but it’s still yummy!!)


My second recipe is Grape Salad. This one is really easy to make. Just have to remember to get your cream cheese set out for softening a couple hours before (or the night before!)

Grape Salad



4 pounds seedless grapes


1 8-oz. package cream cheese, room temp. softened


1 8-oz. package sour cream


½ cup sugar


1 tsp. vanilla


4 ounces chopped pecans


2 Tblsp. Brown sugar


Wash and dry grapes.


In a large bowl, work cream cheese until smooth then mix in sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Add grapes and mix until evenly incorporated. Sprinkle top with brown sugar and pecans. Refrigerate until serving.


*If doing a larger recipe, layer the grape salad, brown sugar and pecans and repeat.

So, there you go! Enjoy some yummy, fresh, and fun salads this Summer!

In Christ Alone,
Sarah

The cleaning of the Fridge!!

Hello friends!


  Tuesday.. ah, that wonderful day of “day after first day of school” where everything starts to fall into schedule, and everything works out just fine. Well, we ended up milking for some friends of ours while they were away. This isn’t a problem, except for the fact that the ladies (us) of the house were away the night before having a girl date with a friend! They didn’t get back until WAY after curfew.. however, they were able to roll out of bed, go the friend’s house and milk the cow. Very uneventful. :-) That is a good thing, when milking! Lol Then we got back home, had breakfast, and went about our day. We did school, ate lunch, etc. Mom and the boys then headed out to feed and check cows. While they were gone, Rebecca and I were given the task of cleaning the fridges… big groan. Yes, I know…

  We have been rather busy (although, that really isn’t a very good excuse) and our refrigerators have sadly gone overboard.. they needed SOS cleaning. (seriousested of serious). Becca cleaned out the kitchen fridge, while I tackled the porch fridge..

  Oh, what a mess!!! Things got spilled, then sat and sealed, and oh what a terrible task. I cleaned and I pried, I scrubbed and I cried, but it just still wouldn’t work. Finally, after much sitting and scratching, thinking and thunking, I decided to give it a try. I whipped out the stick, gave it a kick, and went back to work all over again. After repeating the above said, I finally tackled that foe. He groaned as he fell, while I gave a triumphant yell, and finally finished that task.

  As I sat back and reviewed, with a satisfied air, the shining fridge before me, I gave a loud “phew” for I was finally through with that horribly, sticky, mess.

  Then a thought came to mind, as I surveyed of my kind. What are our hearts like, when we get in a bind? We tend to forget that one certain Foe, is still lurking behind, waiting to hit us over the head! And yet… when we seem to get down, we often times drown, in this awful, formidable thought. We can’t seem to see what God wants us to be, when we are down in the mire, acting all hay wire! How can He work, if we act like the stork, placidly standing in mud? We must change that now! So, go take a bow and ask God to clean out your heart! If you let it go long, it will be a haul that is strong! You will wish it wasn’t so, leaving while you go, to a darker and murkier place. So, cheer up my friend! Take Jesus’ hand, and let Him help you up out of the muck. Then thank Him and remember to take a few benders and ask Him to clean out your heart.

  Ok, maybe I should keep my day job. However, what I was trying to get across is this. When we become Christians, we ask God to forgive us and clean out our hearts. This is like buying a spanking brand new fridge. You start filling it up with your food and such. It works real well! But, after weeks of the food sitting and rotting, your fridge doesn’t look so great any more. Now you have to clean it out, wipe it down and make it look nice again. This is what I have to do! I need to constantly go and ask God to forgive me of any sins I might have committed that day/week/month. I can’t “not” ask. That would be the same as just leaving the food in the fridge for months and months.. Think of how awful it would be!!

  Then, as I bent over the trash to tie up the bag, a terrible fume came to my nose. This brought to mind the saying from “facing the Giants”.

  “If your attitude stinks, your hearts not right.” If our refrigerators stink, it is probably because we need to clean them. So, if our hearts are not clean and pure, we need to clean them. I know I am the worst of you all, but I thought I would share the thought that came into my head while cleaning out the fridge! So, if I look like my mind is blank, and I am thinking of nothing, forget it! I am probably trying to come up with some little poetry to go with the rhythm of the scrubbing! Lol


In Christ Alone,
Sarah