Oh the Bliss!

Psalm 8 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Good Friday trumped Earth Day last friday, so here's a little video from my most favorite band singing about how everythi...

I've been thinking about water since my pastor preached on Good Friday about the significance of the water seen with the blood coming out of the pierced side of Jesus. The bible is full of water references, and it's common knowledge that we can't live without it. And yet some people do. And by some, I mean nearly 1 billion. My pastor mentioned Japan and their loss of water and how people all over the world are shipping cases and pallets and flats and cargo planes full of bottled water. It is devastating and unfathomable to say the least. But it's not unique. There are people in this world, under our watch as Christians, who have lived without water- real, drinkable, clean water- for years. Decades with no water. Yes, they have liquid they drink. They might have a community spigot, sometimes in their town, most of the time not. They might have a creek, or a small body of water, which is also the watering/bathing hole for all of the local people and local animals, which i...

pain     –noun 1. physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. 2. a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. Also see Shingles . I'm tempted to show you all a picture of my back/side/stomach, but then that's all you'd see whenever you look at me, or when my picture pops up on your caller ID you'd say, "I thiiiiiiiiink this is a picture of Sarah on my phone, but all I can really make out is the DISGUSTING, red, blistering, scabbing, four inch wide, 10 inch long line of mess on her abdomen." So I'll spare you that. But I thought I had cancer for 36 hours, so I'll take shingles, and a swollen lymphoid due to said shingles, any day over that feeling again. Shingles = No bueno.

COME TO THIS!!!!!!!!!! Even if you don't know Taylore, still come. So many people have been asking me lately about how to get involved with orphans and adoption and this is a GREAT way! Please, please come and support this dear family! Give and Get Clothing Exchange May 14, 2011 Saturday, May 14 · 10:00am - 12:00pm Location: The Cahill's home Fullerton, CA 92832 GIVE a bag of lovingly-used women's and children clothing. GET a bag of lovingly-used women's and children clothing. GIVE $15 at the door. GET the blessing of helping the Coulombe family bring their daughter home from Ethiopia. ...Friends you don't want to miss this! Get some spring cleaning done and fill your bags with clothes your family is done with. Then bring your bags to Taylore's parent's house* and exchange them for some great finds! Only $15 for a bag filled with new-to-you goodies! We will also have gorgeous Ugandan necklaces available for you to purchase ($25). These necklaces were handmad...

I'm on a quest to find a new snack addiction for my kids to take the place of TJ's breakfast bars. I stopped buying them nearly a month ago, but not a day goes by that at least one of my kids doesn't ask for them. They're not entirely bad, so it was hard for me to completely cut them off, but it had to be done. Two main reasons for not buying them anymore... 1. There are only 6 in a box, my kids were eating their rationed amount of 1 a day, so we were going through about 5 boxes a week. 2. They were filling up on packaged, processed stuff rather than the real deal. I kind of like the idea that if it doesn't have an expiration date then we probably shouldn't be eating it. A couple of weeks ago I made these breakfast bars in hopes of offering them a yummy alternative. I liked them, Mia and Mark liked them, my mother-in-law liked them. The others? Not so much. I think the strawberries tasted too real for their liking. I will make them again though, and tweak the r...