Psalms 46:10

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Psalms 46:10.  This special verse says "Be still and know that I am God".  It means so much to me.  It reminds me of my precious mother. I know this verse brought her such comfort during the months that she battled cancer.  This was also the first verse that the minister mentioned at my mother's graveside service.  It brought such peace then and it still does today.


Do you have times when for no apparent reason you are anxious or stressed?  When you just don't seem like yourself? Or when you lie awake at night and don't know why you can't sleep.  That is how I have been lately. Nothing is wrong, but I have just been sad.  Last night I woke up at 12:30 and couldn't go back to sleep until after 4:00.  Normally this drives me nuts, but I was off today and I knew I could sleep in so I decided to just lay there and figure out what was going on..... in other words, I was going to put into practice this verse:  Be still and know that I am God.  I tried to just free my mind and let God speak to me.  I think in this day and age we are always so busy, busy, busy that is hard to stop and listen to God.  I often read Bible study  books or devotional books and I listen to Christian radio (Focus on the Family, etc.) on my daily commute.  I do think all these are beneficial, but in cases like this I think I am learning or gleaning from others on what they have to say about God's word and what it means to our life.  While this is a crucial part of growing as Christians, I do think it is equally important for us to simply listen to God and see what He has to say to us in moments when we need Him the most - whether this happens while reading scripture or in the still of the night.  It is amazing what God will tell us if we will just be still and listen.  I have been blessed by what God has revealed to me in these peaceful moments - an area of my life I need to work on, or someone has just come to mind and I just knew that I was meant to be praying for that person at that moment. Last night God did speak to my heart and I went to sleep with a renewed sense of peace and well-being. 


I know that some Bible scholars say that this verse is not talking about meditating or listening to God, but for me, it does mean to quiet myself and totally surrender to God and let Him be in control of my life.  I know I am not alone in that sometimes I like to do things my way - I don't know about you, but that doesn't seem to work well for me!  When I force myself to calm down and BE STILL, I know, as always, that God is in control and nothing that I am dealing with is catching God by surprise.


I hope that if you are dealing with anything in your life you will listen to the words of this wonderful verse and "Be still and know that HE is God".

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Our Master Bedroom

This is not exactly a "reveal" because we have not renovated or painted or anything lately... this is simply our master bedroom in our new home.  I have been slowly sharing rooms in our cozy new house.  Come on in and see our master bedroom.  I love the classic colors and traditional style.  I was able to use all the furniture from our previous home.  In fact, though the house is smaller the master bedroom is actually bigger.  It works perfectly for us!!!  

The large framed pieces on the wall have been with us in our last three homes.  They were in the hallway in our home in Ocean Springs, in the great room in our last home and now they look beautiful in the master bedroom. I believe if you buy things you love you will keep them forever! 

This display unit was in the great room in our old home.  Our new great room is too small, but this fits perfectly in the entry way in our new bedroom. In our previous home we used the rug in the breakfast room.  I was determined to use it in this house as well because I love it's warm, beautiful colors.  Jon suggested we place it at the foot of the bed.  I think it looks so pretty and I didn't have put it in the attic.  

The armoire hides the television - always a plus!! 

Please ignore the terrible lighting in this picture....I love lots of pillows as I know so many of you do!  Does having eleven pillows on your bed drive your husband crazy?  LOL

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A Day at the Corn Maze

Jon and I have been having a "sta-cation" for the last several days.  We have been playing a lot of baseball, going out to lunch, shopping at the local antique stores and yesterday we spent the day at the local farm and corn maze.  We had such a great time!  Jon's job requires  him to work every Saturday so it was so nice to be able to have an entire weekend together as a family.  The weather has finally turned cooler so that has been an added bonus.  We used our fireplace for the first time Friday morning.  It was awesome!!  I love a fire and in south Alabama it is such a treat :-)

First stop - the corn cannon!!  It was hilarious 

to watch the ears of corn explode from the cannon!  

The targets of the corn cannon.....

What a huge bull!!! 

Seth loved feeding the animals in the petting zoo.  

 This just cracked me up.... the goats could go up the ramp to a little look out area.

I love all of the cute things they make with bales of hay! 

So corny!  LOL  

Riding the Cow Train! 

We enjoyed a hay ride!  At night they offer 

"Haunted Hay Rides".  Uhhh... not for me! 

We had to read the clues to figure out which way to go in the corn maze.  

Naturally Seth chose sports related questions! 

Jon takes a turn leading us through the maze. 

This way Mom and Dad!  

 We made it!!! 

Silly boys! 

  

I hope you have been having a wonderful weekend as well!  


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New Life for a Dreary Old Lamp

In my line of work I deal with the "three Rs".  At home, though, I like to use three other "Rs" - renew, rejuvenate and reuse!  I can spend hours sprucing up my home just by reusing something in a new way, moving something to a new room, or rejuvenating something in some small way to give it new life.  That is what we did recently with this old brass lamp.  Now, don't get me wrong, back in the day, this was an awesome lamp!  I remember clearly the day I bought a pair of these beauties.  I had just been named principal of my first school.  I was so excited and proud and I thought I needed a treat.  I had been eyeing these lamps at a local furniture store.  A day or so later, they were mine.  Fast forward 15 years and I no longer like brass.  Actually, I haven't liked brass in a while so somewhere along the way one of the pair disappeared. There is no telling where it is now - I am sure I probably gave it away.  The other was sitting in the attic.  I tried to sell it at a garage sale, but no takers!  My friend, Lynda, said don't throw it away or sell it.... paint it!  Well, I had no idea you could paint brass (apparently everyone knew this but me!).  

I decided to give it a try, but first I had to figure out where to put it when I finished  my project.  I LOVE lamps so I truly didn't need any more in any room of the house EXCEPT for in Seth's new bedroom.  Seth is 8 so what would look good in his room may not appeal to the masses.  I thought it turned our super for a little boy's baseball bedroom.    

This is the "before" - tired and outdated. 

Cut off pull chains and tape over the light bulb receptacles. 

We decided to use a matte black spray paint.  

Now for the shade:  We tried so hard to find a new shade that would work, but with no luck.  I actually bought two and had to return them.  (If I were doing this for the great room, I had pictured a beautiful square lamp shade with an M for our last name.)  But, as I mentioned before, Seth needed a lamp, the rest of the house did not!  So we kept looking.  Finally, my husband said, let's just buy fabric spray paint and paint it red!  At first I was a little dubious, but the idea grew on me.  After all, it was going to be used in a baseball bedroom. So.... off we went to Michael's.   Soon Jon was painting again.  

 This was a little messy and took three cans of spray paint.  

Hmmmm.... getting there :-)

Jon added baseball pulls since our little fellow is a baseball fanatic! 

Here is the completed project in his new room.  It is just perfect for Seth! For the cost of paint, an old neglected lamp was turned into one of a kind item for our little man! 

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

I thought last week was my final post about making a pumpkin, BUT, when I took my Sally, Dick and Jane pumpkin to work last Monday my friend, Diane, loved it!  Well, I guess she did!  She asked me to make her a Snoopy pumpkin based on the book, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.  Of course, just like before, no books were harmed in the making of this pumpkin!  We used a color copier :-)


Just for fun I thought I would show you the final product.  I hope Diane likes it! (To see how I made this, please look at the Sally, Dick and Jane post.) 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!  I am off to watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!! 

It is a tradition at our house!! 

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