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| Great Grandma holding Parker, while he is wrapped in the blanket that she made for him. |
Great Grandma and I had to go do a home inspection on Parker today. I know that you will find it hard to believe, but we lasted a whole 5 days before we went and bothered, errrrrr, I mean, visited, him at home. It was quite obvious from his joyful excitement that he was ecstatic to see us! Or, well, maybe he just slept. But! I bet he was having wonderful dreams about us being there! I know that we were delighted to be able to see him. : )
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| Snuggling with his blankky. |
Candice mentioned several months ago that she would like some kind of a mural painted on the blank wall in the nursery. Mom mentioned my sis-in-law, Julie, who paints wonderfully awesome wall murals! It just so happened that Julie was coming to Amy's wedding, along with my niece, Megan, and my brother, Lee. While the rest of us worked at decorating for the wedding reception, Julie, all the way from Oregon, worked on painting that blank wall in the nursery. Parker's room is a Winnie the Pooh theme, and Candice had found a gift bag that had a picture on it that she liked. Julie replicated the picture on the wall! Megan helped out, so that it was done in the short time that they were here. It is fabulous! Parker loves it!!!! (He told me so!)
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| Parker and his Mom, in the rocking chair, in front of the mural in his room. |
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| Another part of the mural. |
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| Great Grandma with Parker. |
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| Grammy and Parker. |
Remember the cradle? The cradle that my grandpa, my mom's dad, made for my kids when they were babies? There is Parker, sleeping in that cradle. He sleeps there every night right now, beside his parent's bed. He sure looks comfy, doesn't he??
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| Snoozing in the cradle. |
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| He looks so little! |
Parker did sleep, albeit happily!, the entire time that we were visiting him today. Such a wonderful, precious baby boy! His hair is looking pretty much on the red side of color. He got his fingernails clipped today. He has us talking about Christmas and "firsts" and all sorts of things. Amazing what a little, tiny fella can do, without even waking up!
Even the dogs at Parker's house have become entirely different creatures. Roscoe, the dachshund, will hardly leave his side. And Roscoe used to be a fairly annoying, barking, unfriendly dog. Not now! He is docile and friendly and is going to protect that little boy! The Great Danes, Roxy and Rifle, don't bark like they used to, don't jump up, are calmer, mellower..... it's amazing, the change in them. Again, amazing what that little fella can do without even waking up! Can hardly wait to see what he can do once he wakes up and takes on the world! : )
Once he wakes up he might never sleep again!
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Psalms 27:1, 4-5 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?...One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 27:7-9 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
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ReplyDeleteIsaiah 41:10, 13 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (13) For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 63:1-2 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 63:5-8 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
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ReplyDeleteRevelation 21:1-4 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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ReplyDeleteRevelation 21:5-7 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
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ReplyDelete2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 142:1-3a I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 55:16-18, 22 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. (22) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 116:1-5 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
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I know I use this passage often but the words are some of the most comforting in all of Scripture:
ReplyDeleteJob 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
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ReplyDeleteIsaiah 26:3-4 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
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Psalms 25:1-2a. 4-5 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee...Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 61:1-4 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
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ReplyDelete2 Corinthians 4:16-18 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 40:1-4a I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust...
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Oh what comforting words! Praying!
ReplyDeleteRomans 8:26-27 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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ReplyDeletePsalms 118:4-6 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
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