This past Monday night at Bible study I got a new perspective on scars. We all have them. Most of us don't like them. Some scars bring back terrible memories. Some bring back fond memories where we laugh and remember good times. I still have a scar on my right knee from when my sister and I decided it would be smart to ride in our little red wagon down the drive way. We crashed and burned and I have the scar to prove it. Some scars bring shame. Some scars remind us of how we've been healed. Some of us may have a few small scars that we don't even remember where they came from. But most of the time, we remember exactly how we got every scar. Each one has it's own story that has left a permanent reminder on our body.
Scars should never be an ugly thing. They are a reminder and proof that we have survived! Whatever it was that caused those permanent marks on our body, wasn't stronger than us. It didn't win. We survived! I don't usually make it a habit to ask people to show me their scars and tell me their stories. That would definitely be awkward. Without a doubt though, there is one pair of scars that I absolutely can not wait to see! The nailed scarred hands of Jesus Christ. Praise, Him! He is so worthy of our praise! He survived the cross! He defeated death. Oh, those beautiful, beautiful scars. And even better, I can not wait to see my name engraved next to those nail scarred hands. In Isaiah 49:16, the Lord tells His people, "See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." WOW! I can not wait until that glorious day when I see Jesus hold out His hands, see my name next to those beautiful scars and hear Him say, "See Lindsey, I did this for YOU!" Jesus Messiah is my Redeemer. Is He yours? Will you see your name engraved in the palm of His hands? My prayer for you is that your answer is a resounding YES!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Puffy face, pudding and pansies
Poor Kyle had to have mouth surgery last Wednesday. Stinking receding gum lines. He had to get skin grafts for four of his teeth. It was no fun, at all. He was such a trooper though. He was only allowed to eat soft foods for the first few days. Lots and lots of pudding, yogurt, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and bananas. It just so happened that his surgery fell on the day before the NCAA tournament started. Bless his heart he had to stay in his Lazy Boy and watch basketball for two straight days. I know, I know, it was so sad it almost made me cry. Really though, he did great and the pain meds worked quite well. It wasn't until Friday that he complained of any pain. He was pretty cute though with a puffy right cheek. He goes back tomorrow to get the stitches removed. He should feel tons better after that!
Saturday Kyle was feeling pretty good so we decided to spend the day outside since it was such a beautiful day! We went and got some flowers and mulch and attempted to make our front yard look half way decent. Every yard in our cul-de-sac looks gorgeous, except for ours. It's not that we don't want to work in the yard, but it does take time and money. Anyway, we thought the neighbors might appreciate if we made an effort this year. We spent all day working on it and it does look better. We are not finished, but after 6 hours we were exhausted and I didn't want Kyle to over do it. We pulled up all the weeds, put mulch around the front flower beds, planted a bush in a bare spot in the front, dug up an old holly tree and planted flowers around the mailbox. At least the yard has a little more color now. Success!
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| doesn't he look pitiful?? |
Saturday Kyle was feeling pretty good so we decided to spend the day outside since it was such a beautiful day! We went and got some flowers and mulch and attempted to make our front yard look half way decent. Every yard in our cul-de-sac looks gorgeous, except for ours. It's not that we don't want to work in the yard, but it does take time and money. Anyway, we thought the neighbors might appreciate if we made an effort this year. We spent all day working on it and it does look better. We are not finished, but after 6 hours we were exhausted and I didn't want Kyle to over do it. We pulled up all the weeds, put mulch around the front flower beds, planted a bush in a bare spot in the front, dug up an old holly tree and planted flowers around the mailbox. At least the yard has a little more color now. Success!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Three Years
I can't believe Kyle and I have been married THREE years!! It really doesn't seem like it's been that long. It's been an awesome three years too!! Wouldn't trade them for the world!
Happy Anniversary to the man I love with all my heart!!! I love you Kyle!!!
Happy Anniversary to the man I love with all my heart!!! I love you Kyle!!!
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| Wedding Day!! |
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| Honeymoon! |
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| 2nd Anniversary in Savannah, GA |
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| Summer 2010 |
Monday, March 14, 2011
celebrate good times, come on!!
As you know, we had lots of birthday to celebrate this past weekend!!!
Thursday night Courtney came over and I made Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti to celebrate Kyle's birthday. We tried to watch the NC State game after dinner... big waste of time. But the food and company were both awesome. Thanks for helping up celebrate, Court!!
Friday night, my Dad's side of the family gathered at my parents house. I volunteered to cook for everyone and I decided to make Chicken Piccata, roasted asparagus and snowy potatoes. I think everything turned out pretty good for the most part. We celebrated Kyle, Leah and my Grandma's birthday with strawberry cake that my Mom made (it was awesome!) and Cookie Dough Ice Cream cake (amazing!). Good times!!
Thursday night Courtney came over and I made Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti to celebrate Kyle's birthday. We tried to watch the NC State game after dinner... big waste of time. But the food and company were both awesome. Thanks for helping up celebrate, Court!!
Friday night, my Dad's side of the family gathered at my parents house. I volunteered to cook for everyone and I decided to make Chicken Piccata, roasted asparagus and snowy potatoes. I think everything turned out pretty good for the most part. We celebrated Kyle, Leah and my Grandma's birthday with strawberry cake that my Mom made (it was awesome!) and Cookie Dough Ice Cream cake (amazing!). Good times!!
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| Grandparents |
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| Alex and Leah |
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| Aunty Lou Lou and Alan in his ugly Carolina shirt |
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| Love you lil sis, I just needed a pic with your "pinless" hand! |
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| birthday boy and me :-) |
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| Daddy and Momma |
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| sisters |
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Birthdays!!
I would like to say a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my awesome husband KYLE and dear little sis LEAH!!
They share the same birthday. Every year. For the rest of their lives. I hate it for them, but that's how it goes. I will never forget the day I told Leah that Kyle's birthday was the same day as hers. She looked at me with pure disgust like I was going to have to find a new boyfriend. She's been a good sport about it though. Bless her heart.
Kyle, Court and I are celebrating tonight with dinner at our house! The rest of my family including g-parents and aunt and uncle are celebrating tomorrow night at my parents house. We are also including my grandma's birthday in the celebration tomorrow night although hers is not for a couple more weeks. I love birthday celebrations, they are so much fun.
Kyle took today and tomorrow off work so he's chilling out, working on his car and watching the ACC tournament.Typical Kyle stuff.
Leah got her favorite (I'm sure!) birthday present this morning when she got the pin taken out of her hand that's been there for the last 8 weeks. In case I forgot to mention that on here, she broke the 5th metatarsal in her right hand on New Year's Eve. She's been in a cast since then. I know she was ready to get that thing out and have full use of her hand back. Can't wait for her to be able to cut my hair again! She'll probably hate me for this picture, but that's what big sisters are for. Love you, Leah!!!
They share the same birthday. Every year. For the rest of their lives. I hate it for them, but that's how it goes. I will never forget the day I told Leah that Kyle's birthday was the same day as hers. She looked at me with pure disgust like I was going to have to find a new boyfriend. She's been a good sport about it though. Bless her heart.
Kyle, Court and I are celebrating tonight with dinner at our house! The rest of my family including g-parents and aunt and uncle are celebrating tomorrow night at my parents house. We are also including my grandma's birthday in the celebration tomorrow night although hers is not for a couple more weeks. I love birthday celebrations, they are so much fun.
Kyle took today and tomorrow off work so he's chilling out, working on his car and watching the ACC tournament.Typical Kyle stuff.
Leah got her favorite (I'm sure!) birthday present this morning when she got the pin taken out of her hand that's been there for the last 8 weeks. In case I forgot to mention that on here, she broke the 5th metatarsal in her right hand on New Year's Eve. She's been in a cast since then. I know she was ready to get that thing out and have full use of her hand back. Can't wait for her to be able to cut my hair again! She'll probably hate me for this picture, but that's what big sisters are for. Love you, Leah!!!
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| The BIG 1-9!!! |
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| The BIG 2-8! Yikes, he's getting old! ;-) |
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
MARCHing on
Happy March everyone!
This month tends to stress me out more than any other month, including December. Our month is jammed packed with birthdays, anniversaries, wedding showers, trips, etc etc... It's exciting but very busy!
I was inspired by another blog this morning to think about all the times that march is mentioned in scripture. Quite fitting for this month as I picture myself taking up my armor and marching forth to face the busyness of this month. There are many verses in the Bible that talk about marching but I will leave you with one. I chose this one because I have been studying the book of Isaiah sense last September. I have a new love and appreciation for the Word of God. There's so much to learn. I love taking a single book and studying it verse by verse. I love comparing it to other scriptures, learning the history behind it, what God was doing at that time and applying it to my life today. It's awesome. God is awesome. There's really no way I can explain it to you, you have to read and study it for yourself. God has taught me so much this year and I'm so thankful for the freedom and the opportunity to study His word through a program like BSF.
OK, here's the verse:
"The Lord will march out like a champion, like a warrior He will stir up His zeal; with a shout He will raise the battle cry and will triumph over His enemies." - Isaiah 42:13
This is a beautiful picture to me. At this point, Isaiah is speaking of the prophesied time when the Israel will be captive in Babylon. They are there because of their sin, but God is going to rescue them. Babylon was cruel to God's people and they "laid a very heavy yoke" (Isaiah 47:6) on the captives. But get this, not only were they enemies of the Israelites, they were enemies of God. They found themselves with this title because of their cruelty to God's people and because they rejected God as the one true God. The best part is though, God's people would not have to fight for themselves, God was going to fight for them. God alone would fight that battle, and He would win. God's people were set free (after the 70 years was up) from exile when Cyrus came into power and declared that all captives should be set free. It just brings me such comfort to know that God is fighting for me. I need not worry about my enemies and the struggles I face on a daily basis. God goes before me. And as Romans 8 says, if God is for us, who can be against us? I can depend on His strength, I can trust His sovereignty and I can place my full faith in Him because He loves me and He has redeemed me. I can never thank Him enough!! I can march on and face the day because I know God is marching ahead of me and will fight for me every step of the way!
This month tends to stress me out more than any other month, including December. Our month is jammed packed with birthdays, anniversaries, wedding showers, trips, etc etc... It's exciting but very busy!
I was inspired by another blog this morning to think about all the times that march is mentioned in scripture. Quite fitting for this month as I picture myself taking up my armor and marching forth to face the busyness of this month. There are many verses in the Bible that talk about marching but I will leave you with one. I chose this one because I have been studying the book of Isaiah sense last September. I have a new love and appreciation for the Word of God. There's so much to learn. I love taking a single book and studying it verse by verse. I love comparing it to other scriptures, learning the history behind it, what God was doing at that time and applying it to my life today. It's awesome. God is awesome. There's really no way I can explain it to you, you have to read and study it for yourself. God has taught me so much this year and I'm so thankful for the freedom and the opportunity to study His word through a program like BSF.
OK, here's the verse:
"The Lord will march out like a champion, like a warrior He will stir up His zeal; with a shout He will raise the battle cry and will triumph over His enemies." - Isaiah 42:13
This is a beautiful picture to me. At this point, Isaiah is speaking of the prophesied time when the Israel will be captive in Babylon. They are there because of their sin, but God is going to rescue them. Babylon was cruel to God's people and they "laid a very heavy yoke" (Isaiah 47:6) on the captives. But get this, not only were they enemies of the Israelites, they were enemies of God. They found themselves with this title because of their cruelty to God's people and because they rejected God as the one true God. The best part is though, God's people would not have to fight for themselves, God was going to fight for them. God alone would fight that battle, and He would win. God's people were set free (after the 70 years was up) from exile when Cyrus came into power and declared that all captives should be set free. It just brings me such comfort to know that God is fighting for me. I need not worry about my enemies and the struggles I face on a daily basis. God goes before me. And as Romans 8 says, if God is for us, who can be against us? I can depend on His strength, I can trust His sovereignty and I can place my full faith in Him because He loves me and He has redeemed me. I can never thank Him enough!! I can march on and face the day because I know God is marching ahead of me and will fight for me every step of the way!
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