Day #15 Be Teachable

"The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise." Proverbs 15:31

"But he who listens to reproof gains intelligence." v.32

"The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor." v. 33

I have been convicted lately that I am not very teachable.  This chapter in Proverbs was full of truths on listening to reproof or a rebuke.  Now I have trouble listening in general even when it is not a rebuke!  I need to continue to ask the Lord to make me teachable in the small things and even more when someone comes to me and points out sin.  I want to love reproof, rebuke, instruction and wisdom that others can give to me and not pridefully rely on what I already know or to think more highly of myself than I should.

Day #14-Finally:)

"(God) Who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.  They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share."  I Timothy 6:17-18

I love how Paul worded this to Timothy.  He is referring to rich people here but I think it is a good reminder to anyone.  First, God is so faithful to give us so much more than we deserve and then the whole idea of being rich in good works.  These both go together in my mind because God gives us so much more than we deserve and that causes us to want to glorify Him and through that we do good works and should want to do as much as we can to bring Him glory.  Well that was a very long sentence but that is how it all worked out in my brain.  I just love these phrases though-richly provides us with everything to enjoy and to be rich in good works.  A good reminder and a good goal.

I hope to be back at my morning time in the word.  Our painting is done, but I have no idea what SJ's new wake up time is.  She was waking up at 6:30 and 7:00 this week and then this morning she woke up at 8:30!  It was a blessing but I am a little confused.  We'll see what tomorrow brings but I hope to get up early and be blessed by God's perfect Word.

SJ's Sign

 I wanted to make a special sign for SJ for a while now and I finally got to it.  I found this ugly sign at Ross and figured it would be no problem to make it something special for SJ's room.  I am not sure how I talk myself into these little projects because I somehow turn simple projects into major ordeals no matter how hard I try to keep it simple.  That's the thing.  I love simplicity, I long for things to be simple, I try to make my life as simple as possible, but when it comes to projects like this it just does not happen.  So here goes the story of the SJ sign. 

 I sanded and painted it.  No problem.  No spills.  Everything was going good.

 Then Andrew got involved and said I needed to paint SJ's name pink so I did it but found it funny that he got very opinionated about it.  I found these cute flowers at Michaels and everything was going smoothly.

 I glued everything on and let it sit overnight with some heavy books on it to make sure none of it would fall off.  Here's the finished project.  I love it and I was so excited to show Andrew and then I saw this...

Yep, that's right people.  I glued everything upside down so now this wire that would have been so great to hang this up is useless!!!  Lesson learned-look before you glue and make sure you are putting it on the right way.  Andrew is going to save the day and put some new hanging things on it to use but still, really did I really need to make it this complicated?  Oh well, all you can do is laugh.  The funniest part is these little hangups never stop me from continuing to try to be crafty. 

A Bit Behind

These last few days have been a bit crazy.  I had to put a 2nd coat of paint on in our room and SJ decided to wake up early that morning too.  Today has been thrown off as well and I find that when that happens my time in the Word gets thrown off as well.  I am still working on that but I hope to be back in it tomorrow.  I have been getting up early though!

SJ's New Sign

So my little fun project has been to take this not so pretty sign and make it a sign with SJ's name on it to go over her crib.  It has become a bigger task than I was expecting but that is usually how things go with me.  So here it is complete with its chubby birds.  Stay tuned to see the outcome-hopefully its a good one!

Along with finishing that sign this week I am hoping to finish painting our room and SJ's room.  As soon as that happens I will have pics up of our new place.  It's been a slow process of getting things done but I will be very happy to get all the painting done! 

Day #13 Conviction on my Words...Again!

"Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin." Proverbs 13:3

You have to love Proverbs for its straightforward approach on who is a fool and who is wise.  Again, I am convicted about how important it is to be careful with my words.  Today it was harder to find a verse that I wanted to meditate on which shows me I need to read more carefully.  I read 10 chapters of God's Word and it should not be that hard!  But I am grateful for this reminder and hope to keep it in my mind today to think about before I speak.



I'll leave you with a little love from SJ!

Day #12 Genuine Love

"Let love be genuine...love one another with brotherly affection."  Romans 12:9 & 10

I was just reminded this morning how good Romans 12 is.  Its one of those chapters you just want to read again and again because there are so many good, convicting, challenging verses in it.  This one hit me hard.  It is one I really want to think on today.  I want to grow in loving others and this lays it out pretty clear on what that should look like.

Its getting close to nap time and SJ is letting me know.  I did get up early though!  Yeah for day #2!!!  I didn't get to read because I had a lovely dentist appointment.  I don't know if it should even be legal to have an 8am dentist appointment on a Monday.  I survived but my day is all thrown off.  Thankfully, I was still able to be in the Word while little SJ plays.  I am so grateful she doesn't crawl yet :)