Jellyfish

Good morning,

We are starting a new experiment, Joshua and I. We are putting the kids to bed a little later than usual to see if they will sleep later. It’s six forty five and so far no movement has been detected.

A lovely weekend was had by the Bruinius household. Saturday, the boys won prizes in a drawing at the library for the Chicago Wolves Hockey team. Whoopdeedoo. So picked those up. And had to head over to Home Depot for the first Saturday fo the month free craft for kids. They make great stuff…of course, it is filling our house but hey, that is fine by me. Now they are waiting to paint their football shaped footstool that they hammered, screwed and pasted together. Joshua helped a friend move his office all afternoon. Noah had his practice for the AWANA games. And church was in the evening.

As we start to move through February, the ache is building as i know we will be leaving very soon. I know not we were are headed but I look at my dear friends and church and I know things will change. Change can be very hard. The kids are starting to wonder where we will go as well. Noah wants to know where he will be for his birthday and for playdates this summer.

Sunday, still no word from the guy about the place in Prospect Heights so we are assuming he has decided not to rent to us. We were forthcoming with our financial difficulties but I guess it was not enough. So we  started looking online. Joshua is going tonight to look at a house in Waukegan which is 20 minutes north of his work. (Let the panic begin). (And the tears). And then I knew. I had to walk away from it and walk towards life and my kids. So we picked up the house. Got dressed. Fed everyone lunch. Our friend, Ellen, came after I put Luke and Ella down and we took the older two to see National Treasure 2.

Danny began the movie seated comfortably with his back on the back of the chair. Then as the movie progressed, he kept inching up until by the end of the movie, he was standing, cheering on the good guys. It was so funny. Noah covered his eyes when it looked like it would get stressful. LOL. He was having fun. Joshua got some popcorn. Polished that off. He laughed and smiled and talked. A nice break.

A friend blessed us with a four drawer filing cabinet. So we went to pick that up. Then on for home to wait for our friends who were dropping off their kids for a date themselves. That was fun! The kids all enjoyed being together. They have five kiddos. The older kids and Joshua and I watched the Superbowl. Turning off the t.v. frequently with the ads.

It was just a very good day. This morning. I was reading Psalm 19. I was compelled to journal on a couple of the well known verses of this Psalm. vs.13 and 14

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sin, let them not rule over me; then I will be blamelss and I shall be acquitted of great sin. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in You sight, O Lord my rock and my Redeemer.

This is my cry today. David wanted to be blamelss befre the Lord. He wanted to be pure. He knew, as I do, that he could not do this without the Lord. So he humbly asks for help. He also understands the power of the tongue to bless and curse. His thoughts. I also love the image of the Lord as a ROCK, unmovable, solid, unbreakable. Also pointed to our need for our Redeemer. Which thru Jesus, we have! He is MIGHTY  to save. These same words have encouraged me in the past.

1. As a family, to teach our children and as a habit, cry out to the Lord to help us with our tongue and thoughts. 2. Desiring to be acceptable in His sight and not so concerned for being acceptable in other’s eyes. 3. Remembering what our pastor said about rocks. Strong, solid, secure, hey, that’s my God! 4. I am Redeemed! by the blood of the Lamb. His blood covers my sin.

This fear that i face needs to move to a healthy fear of the Lord. Psalm 25:12: Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. To fear Him, not the circumstances of life. To know that my fear in life is groundless. He tells us to be anxious for nothing. Yet I am anxious. So, I lay it all down before the Lord.

May I encourage you to do the same? Be blessed, friends.

Love,

Cara