While I’m relaxing on the beach with my family this week, I’m thrilled to have Carissa from GoodNCrazy here. Carissa has created a summer GoodNCrazy series: HELP! My Kids Are Driving Me Crazy! With ideas from friends, fellow bloggers and her own kids. Please help me welcome Carissa to ASPTL! Lemonade Stand: Kids Give What [...]
And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree. Romans 11:17 (NLT)
There was a moment this weekend when poster board, marker and “Mom, I’m bored!” collided. I decided it was high time for a summer list. This wasn’t my idea. Meg from Whatever has shared her family’s summer list for the last two years. If I wasn’t super lazy, I would go get you the links [...]
Whatever is true,whatever is noble,whatever is right,whatever is pure,whatever is lovely,whatever is admirable,if anything is excellentor praiseworthy,think about such things. Philippians 4:8 photo credit: flickr
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3 :12
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 photo: nilsrinaldi via [...]
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 1:2-3 photo: Sarah Parrott
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness [...]
I will lie down and sleep in peace,for you alone, O LORD,make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 photo: Micky on flickr
God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give wayand the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,though its waters roar and foamand the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46: 1-3 photo: Dru! on flickr
He is not here; for he has risen, as he said! Matthew 28:6
photo: Biggles1067 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-31)
photo credit: cpj79 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:1-3
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2
photo credit: Eduardo Deboni Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, [...]
photo credit: Nicholas T Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. [...]
Create in me a clean heart, O God;and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
photo credit: lexdennphotography Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation;he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God;he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people;pour out your [...]
photo credit: Simpologist Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is [...]
