Remembering-

Scotty and I had the opportunity to visit the 9/11 Memorial where the Twin Towers used to stand this past Spring. In the midst of being in the busiest city in our nation, there was a peaceful hush that blocked out every possible noise around you. Remembering today all those who now rest in that blissful peace.

Listening Perhaps

I have found in the past several weeks the Lord has been speaking to me through songs...or maybe He has been all along and I am just listening a little more than I have in awhile.

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love
What depths of peace
When fears are stilled
When strivings cease

My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life
No fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me

From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand

I found my strength, I found my hope
I found my help in Christ alone
When fear has set, when dark has fall
I found my peace in Christ alone

I give my life, I give my all
I sing my song to Christ alone
The King of kings, the Lord I love
All heaven signs to Christ alone

To Christ alone
To Christ alone

Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
Here in the power of Christ we stand 

-Chris Tomlin-

If His eye...

1. Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
   Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home,
   When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He:
   His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
   His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
   • Refrain:
     I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,
     For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
2. “Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
   And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
   Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
   His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
   His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
3. Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
   When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
   I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
   His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
   His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Today's devotion by Oswald Chambers

Such a simple reminder in such a profound way...

Ministering in Everyday Opportunities. Ministering in everyday opportunities that surround us does not mean that we select our own surroundings— it means being God’s very special choice to be available for use in any of the seemingly random surroundings which He has engineered for us. The very character we exhibit in our present surroundings is an indication of what we will be like in other surroundings.

The things Jesus did were the most menial of everyday tasks, and this is an indication that it takes all of God’s power in me to accomplish even the most common tasks in His way. Can I use a towel as He did? Towels, dishes, sandals, and all the other ordinary things in our lives reveal what we are made of more quickly than anything else. It takes God Almighty Incarnate in us to do the most menial duty as it ought to be done.

Jesus said, “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (13:15). Notice the kind of people that God brings around you, and you will be humiliated once you realize that this is actually His way of revealing to you the kind of person you have been to Him. Now He says we should exhibit to those around us exactly what He has exhibited to us.

Do you find yourself responding by saying, “Oh, I will do all that once I’m out on the mission field”? Talking in this way is like trying to produce the weapons of war while in the trenches of the battlefield–you will be killed while trying to do it.

We have to go the “second mile” with God (see Matthew 5:41). Yet some of us become worn out in the first ten steps. Then we say, “Well, I’ll just wait until I get closer to the next big crisis in my life.” But if we do not steadily minister in everyday opportunities, we will do nothing when the crisis comes.

Have Faith....

1 Peter 5:7 "Let Him have all your worries and your cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you."

Watch and Remember~

What A World...What A Life!

Nothing but pure preciousness. Loved every minute with this little bundle of joy!!!

Here She Is!!!

Bowen Elizabeth Pons born February 8th, 2012. A new little one for "Aunt KiKi" to spoil and to teach her all the things that will absolutely annoy her dad. Chan, it's pay back time!!! :)
Can't wait to hold this little angel.

I am so...

NOT GOOD AT BLOGGING! I thought maybe I would make more of a habit of it, but as you can see, that has not happened. Can't tell you the number of times I begin to blog something and then I just stop. But to bring you up to date just a bit,  we are opening the show, "Where the Wild Things Are" this Tuesday. We will perform for school children for three mornings and then one evening show. I am a goat. Yep...played many things in my life, but never a goat. That's the glory of acting! Most everyone in the cast made their own "puppet." We are inside of the puppet and it is pretty amazing. I, however, did not make mine. Everett Wright pretty much made the whole thing, while my husband did his magic of dressing it up. I, of course, added sequence on the goat's horns and that was it. What??? Don't judge me. The goat needed some sequence, ok? I mean, doesn't it make complete sense that a goat would have sequence? Geez people. I can't believe you would even question that!?!  Really, come see it if you are in the area. It is a great little show!

Big news on my end...I have found some motivation to begin exercising again. Been exercising for 8 years and all of the sudden just stopped back in August. BHAM-just flew out the window. But, I am coming back so I no longer feel like... (the cow on the left just in case you were wondering) but just in the past week since I have started back...AAAHHHHHH! I can smell the flowers that aren't blooming, hear the birds that aren't chirping, see the sunshine that is not shining. Life is good! Ha!

On a more serious note, I am so grateful for the Lord's faithfulness. I have been reminded during some prayer time lately that "His mercies are new every morning." (Lamentations 3:22-23) Thank goodness for that. As simple as the scripture sounds, as many times as I have heard it, it really is an amazing thing to think that because He loves us so much, His mercies are new. Despite what yesterday held and the stupid mistakes we made, today is a fresh start. Stop and think about that for a minute. IT IS AMAZING!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and may you be reminded, "His mercies are new, every morning!"

Last video blog for 2011...

Scotty's last video blog for 2011, but so many more to come. What a great year it has been and how blessed we are to be able to participate in so many wonderful productions. "THE SKY IS THE LIMIT," or according to my husband, "EVEN BEYOND." I am just hoping to have enough fuel to keep up with him during 2012. Ha! We are so blessed and hope you enjoy~