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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Did You Know How You Were Born (Credit:Shefeed Bin Abubakkar)

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Standing on Tiptoes

"There are things that are bigger and more worthwhile than the things we see about us, the things we live and strive for. Let us stand on tiptoe, forgetting the nearer things, and grasp what we may." - Bernard Maybeck

Inspiration


For every place in which God has put us, Christ is our sufficiency. For every task God has given us, Christ is our strength. For every circumstance that takes us by surprise, Christ is our wisdom. - Charles Price


"Sympathy is No Substitute for Action." -David Livingstone


"When we reach the end of our abilities, God's possibilities are just beginning." Emily Barnes


"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this, to look after orphans in their distress" James 1:27


Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3


"May Your unfailing love rest upon us as we wait in hope." Psalm 33


In Thee the orphan finds mercy." Hosea 14:1


I'm only one. But still, I am one.

I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something.

And because I cannot do everything,

I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

-- Edward Everett Hale

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

--- Robert Frost

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,

I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,

I was a stranger and you invited me in, .....

The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth,

whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me'.

--- Matthew 25:35,40

God sets the lonely in families.

--- Psalm 68:6

And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

--- Matthew 18:5


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Nicole
Redding, CA, United States
Loving life with my best friend and husband, Chris. Our three delightful children never cease to amaze us. Homeschooling is a wonderful lifestyle that has brought our family so much freedom. I am passionate about reclaiming our children and our children's education. I love to encourage women to say, "Yes, I can" when the Lord calls them to home education. It's a beautiful, and sometimes very messy, life that demonstrates a thirst for wisdom and complete dependence on the Lord.
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Nell, Jett and Naomi at the Beach

Nell, Jett and Naomi at the Beach

in a nutshell

I always wanted to be a wife and mom, I never aspired to any other great thing. So, I suppose I'm living the dream. I grew up in a wonderful Christian home, raised by parents who were, and still are, very much in love with the Lord and each other. I went beyond growing up Christian and fell in love with Jesus in my early twenties. My life, my real life, began then. Everything before that point, when God took hold of my face and set it on Him, was just a blur. It was life, stumbling around in the dim light. Once my face was focused on the God of my salvation, the God who loves me, the light shone bright and everything became clear. That clarity and love brought me to a new chapter. It brought me Chris. He is the man I love with all my heart, my earthly all, and he married me!
That's right, the man of my dreams married me eight years ago. Everything became new. Life has been a wonderful adventure with him. We've been through a lot, but it's always pulled us closer together. We've built and had it fall, life has been created and life has been loss, we've roamed thousands of miles and have finally found home. There has been mountains and mole-hills, but through it all there has been love. Christ has been our everything; our sufficiency. I pray He is always our motive and our means.

We have the three best children in the whole-wide-world. To them, we are the best mom and dad in the whole-wide-world and we all love each other "as big as the universe". Spontaneous dance parties as commonplace. Some tantrums are also commonplace. No matter what tears or laughter fill the day, when it's time for bed there are lots of cuddles for everyone. My goal is to fill our home with peace and joy; and everyday I get to try again. God's mercies are new every morning.

We homeschool. I'm convinced that if everyone knew how sweet it was everyone would be doing it. I love watching my kids learn and seeing how their little brains work. I would miss so much if they weren't home with me. There is so much freedom in homeschooling. You are free to learn in the way that suits you best, you are free to make mistakes surrounded by the ones who love you, you are free to learn outside or inside, here or there, and all on your own schedule. I love the freedom of homeschooling! It's amazing and complicated; easier, and at the same time, more difficult than I expected. It takes all you've got, but it's worth it all. I need to be filled up with all that Christ gives, so that I can be a blessing to the kids. Spending time "filling-up" is definitely something I need to work on. Too often I am running on empty. You see, this is one of those things I need to stand on tiptoes to do. I need to reach up, beyond myself, to the God who is reaching down to me.

We are starting the process of adopting a baby. All of this is in God's hands, but the plan is that sometime in the next 18 to 24 months we will have Greely baby number four! It will be a domestic adoption and most likely we will bring home an African American baby. We will become a transracial family. Oh, the adventures life brings! We need His peace, patience and guidance on this journey....... and forevermore.

That's us...............

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This is just one of the many ways to support us as we work towards bringing baby number four home. Thanks friends and family for all of your love, support, encouragement and prayers.

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