Sending Snow

My sister and I are the only children in our family.  We grew to be very close.  Right now we are physically separated by a thousand (if not more) miles of land and sea. I miss her terribly.  

The Woman I Call Sister

                                              The woman I call sister
                                             Is someone who is there
                                              The woman I call sister
                                         Is someone who always cares.

                                             The woman I call sister
                                 Can make me smile when times are blue
                                             The woman I call sister
                                               Is someone very true.

                                             The woman I call sister
                                       By choice, is my best of friend
                                             The woman I call sister
                                             Will be there till the end

                                            The woman I call sister
                                      Is the blessing from God above
                                            The woman I call sister
                                     Is the sister that I'll always love.
                                                           By Marissa Gertmenian

The rest of this post is for my sister, but you all can read and enjoy it also.

Dear Janel,

I know how much you are missing the northern winter weather, so I thought I'd send you some pictures I have on my lap top.  I hope they don't make you cry.

Remember that year?  We bought that bull calf as Dad's Christmas present and we had to feed it without him knowing.  It worked out quite well if I do say so myself. :)

You know how the wind whips around the house and makes all those wonderful drifts that Dad plows through.

I think you got one of those sudden urges to play in the snow. . .

Looks like you had quite the fun! I should have gone out and joined you. 

I think that was the year mom got the bright idea of inventing a new way to go skiing in the flat lands.

Poor Ginger, she must have thought her owners really lost it! (I love how the calf is watching us.)

That was also the year mom stuck a pair of dad's pants on two sticks, upside down in a snow drift wasn't it?  And then we saw Corkie sitting beside it because he thought it was Dad!  What a loyal dog. 

This winter is not anything like that winter. At least not yet.  I don't think the weather knows what it wants to do.  So don't feel like you're missing out on anything, because you're not.  

All my love, to my dear sister,

~ Tiffany 

Verse of the week: Hebrews 11:25

"He [Moses] chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. "

A New Year

Well, God has blessed us with another new year, and I can hardly believe it is already the second week of January!  When I was little, my uncle said "The older you get, the faster time goes." I did not believe him at that time, but now that I'm a few years older, I believe him.
This year, I plan to memorize a different Bible verse every week.  (See 52 Weeks.)  Last week I memorized Galatians 5:16:

"So I say, live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature."

It is a small verse, so it did not take too long to commit to memory, but what a thought provoking sentence! I find myself thinking about my desires . . . are they my desires, or God's?  My prayer is that God will take away any desires that are mine and will not bring Him glory, and replace them with His desires for this life He has given me to live, so He will get the glory.  

This week I memorized Gen. 3:13:

"The LORD God said to the woman,"What is this you have done?" The woman said "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

 

What am I doing that the Lord is looking at saying "What is this you have done?"  Sometimes, it (like Eve) is eating something I should have left alone.  Or perhaps I have spent too much time on the computer, or maybe I watched a movie, rather then spend time with my Savior. Or . . . fill in the blank.  How easy it is for the serpent to deceive me. 

I finished reading the book Tom Netherton, In The Morning of My Life.

What a handsome Christian singer, who does everything for the glory of the Lord!  I found his book to be an easy reading, page-turner!  Mr. Netherton can be a bit humorous, which I enjoyed.  I did not know that he was in the army.  I can't picture him as a training officer, yelling at new recruits to "Drop! Give me twenty!"
There was a young man at college who looks so much like Tom Netherton, it's unbelievable! I don't have any pictures of Justin, but picture a tall, blonde haired, guy, that had that 'American look' that gave me the impression that he ate apple pie and played baseball in his growing up years.

Happy New Year everyone!