Is Sunday Enough?

As we sit in the pew and listen to the sermon, do we take it all in? Do we really strive to listen, to learn? When the Pastor (or elder) dismisses us do we think about how to apply the message to our life or do we think about who we need to talk to.

So many times I think that 'Sunday is Enough'.
Enough....., what is the word I am looking for?

Enough Scripture, Enough learning, Enough 'Spiritual Bread' ,to get me through for days.

But is it?

'You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes....speaking of them {scriptures} when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.'

-Deuteronomy 11v18-19

I think that it is so easy to forget about our 'spiritual' needs. The needs that only God can meet.
It is so easy to get caught up in friends, blogs, books, and outside things, that we start to look to others (things) to meet our needs.
It happens to me all of the time. Instead of focusing on what is really important (God, Family) I start getting drawn away by simple things such as, the computer. Sure, I am not doing anything bad! Just looking at a few good Christian blogs, but a 'few' turns into more and more and more!
Consequently turning me away from God and Family. Those blogs have alot of GREAT things on them! Like minded girls, crafts, etc. but I am not going to accomplish anything they try to tell me if I am constantly on the computer.
I have started to wander from my point, so what I think I am trying to say is this:
Take Deuteronomy 11(18-19) to heart. Don't let Sunday be a one time event.
All week long meditate on God, Every morning, and Every night.
Whether it be a devotional or a psalms, give God everything you have, then go to the blog, friends, or books.

My Top Ten Favorite Baby Names:

Miss Serenity over at Femininity in a Feminist World is hosting:

She is hoping to get a list of 50 or more beautiful baby names together. Go to her blog and read all about it!

So without further ado here is my Top Ten Favorite Baby Names:

1-Ellie Kate (meaning noble and pure)

2- Isabella Rose ( Someone in our church family named their little girl this~ so cute!)

3- Elizabeth

4-Eli

5-Catherine

6-Cameron

7-Christian

8-Carmer (I read this in a book once and really thought it a neat name!)

9- Jane

10- Ian

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I could probably think of 20 or more! I love doing this kind of stuff!

A Secret

A secret burns in my heart. I long to unlock it and let the whole world know. But if I do it will be ruined,stained,tarnished. If I tell, it won't be a secret anymore. If I let someone know, it will be discovered. So for now I will keep it inside, safe and sound.

Is this considered a post?? :-)

I was unofficially tagged by Jasmine
15 things I am not afraid to admit about myself:

1- It irks me that several radio stations are already playing Christmas music! Come on people, it is not even Thanksgiving much less December!!!

2- Like Jasmine, I have always wanted to get married early, and since I am only fifteen and a half I will still hold on to it for a little while longer! :-)

3- I get EXTREMELY nervous at recitals and speeches and I have one coming up in less than a month!
4- I am not a fan of peanut butter and chocolate (yes, that means Reese cups!). Actually, I really don't like mixing my peanut butter with anything (not even jelly).

5- Although I have always wanted to live somewhere where it snows and gets freezingly(is that a word??? :-) cold, I think I am happy right here where we get an inch tops.

6- While I am concerned about politics and I do care about what happens to our nation, it is not my favorite thing to talk about!

7-Most of my blog posts are in the drafts folder half finished!

8- I still cannot believe I deleted MY own blog.

9- Whenever someone asks me what my favorite book or movie is I can't think of it until much later (like laying in bed that night). I have read so many I am just not sure....:-)

10- I like riding around in a 15 passenger van, I am still working on driving the big thing!
11- I earn money by rubbing my dad's feet.....:-)

12- I rarely win anything, my brother is doing that for me! He has *won*
SEVERAL library contests, a free ride in a red baron plane (I would NEVER ride in that thing!), and numerous other things!

13-I have not understood football until this year! ( Go Bama!!!) :-)

14- I have friends of all ages!

15- My passion in life is to do the best I can at wherever God places me.



* I forgot to tag someone!!! Now let's see, who is up for this challenge?*I tag:

Hannah

Ana
Bria
Olivia
and
Sarah
Now maybe one of you will do it!

Some of my favorite pictures of the last few weeks~

Tagged!

Six Random Things About Me:

1. I love to organize yet my room is somehow very often messy!

2. I practice piano more than violin ( shhh.. Don't tell my teacher!)

3. Although I am a 'Whole Foods' girl I still eat junk!

4. I love to read!

5. One of my pet-peeves is not having four distinct seasons! (It gets warm, cold , freezing, and warm again all in the same month!

6. One of my best friends just joined the blogging community:
http://candidcreation.blogspot.com/

The Rules:
Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Write Six Random Things about yourself.
“Tag” six-or-so other people at the bottom of your post.
Leave comments on their blogs, letting them know they’ve been tagged.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve written the post.


I tag:

Ellie

Molly H.

Mom

Dad

and whoever else wants to join in!

Something as small.....

Something as small as a just-big-enough tree and a yellow worn out swing can influence a life. My littlest brother and sister run daily with glee to this swing for half an hours worth of amusement. There have been many tears shed over this precious swing, many golden kisses from the sun, many red noses from the wind, but still they go,bare feet and all. They go to the place they love. The much loved path way is no longer green lush grass, it is loose dirt that stains their little toes.
I think about this 'path' and wonder, isn't this how Jesus wants us to be? Every day running with glee to him? Wearing out the path till it is dirt? The wind stings, the sun burns, the rocks on the ground hurt, yet we still go. We go because we love Him. We go because He refreshes our soul.

Something as small as two hands, 94 years old, taking a much smaller pair ,12 years old, into it's own , teaching the rhythms of knitting, investing in a life. She didn't have to, it was late. She did anyway. Now ,three years later, anytime these two people meet, the older, wiser one asks "have you knitted anything lately?" and I reply "Yes!...." and go on to tell her of the latest half-finished scarf or doo-dad. I see her hugging my little sister and hope that one day I may teach her to knit, telling her the time when (great) Grandma taught me. I wonder, when I have been on this earth for 97 years, what will be my story? What will people say I did? I hope that they will say I was a follower of Christ, a loving daughter, sister, friend, a (hopefully) devoted wife and mother. I hope I have proof with many arrows to influence God's world, and if not, I hope that I can be a good example for my little brothers and sisters, helping to raise them for the glory of God.