Thursday, March 24, 2011

Fun With Apps

Apps are good.
Apps are fun.
Share your apps with everyone!

We downloaded a new app a few days ago and have been having so much fun with it! We thought we would share our fun app and the things we do with it with you.

The app is CamWow. It uses your camera to make funny pictures and other effects. Here are a few.







This one is my favorite! What's not to love about it!











Shrunken head?






There once was a Who in Whoville.....










And now to introduce you to some friends of ours.



Daniel




Kyle




John




Bethany




Josh





Go ahead now. Go grab your phone, iPod, iPad, whatever! Go to your apps and find CamWow! You won't be disappointed. It will provide hours of fun and loads of blackmail.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Did You Know...

Did you know that God and Jesus live so high above us because they are in heaven?

Did you know that God and Jesus live there because they are bigger than ghosts?

Did you know that when the sunshine appears through the clouds and you see the rays breaking through and stretching down to the earth it means that Jesus is coming down?

These are all lessons he taught me. Sometimes being a Mom is so much fun.

Monday, March 7, 2011

I am a junkie

Hi. My name is Stacey and I am a junkie. Getting high with The Most High is my favorite past time.
So what happened? What happened to living from one fix to the next? Where did the unquenchable hunger for that high go?
Oh, sure, I could list excuse after excuse but the ultimate problem falls back to the one typing this right now. It's not pretty but the mirror can no longer be ignored. The intervention for my passion has begun. I'm being shown how my choices have effected my addiction.
What about you? Are you still getting the shakes when it's close to time for your next fix? What's the answer? Ah, the answer my friends, is found when we are standing so perfectly fine that we realize there is no longer a need for something to grip and we find ourselves grasping for something to replace it. But there is nothing that can give us that rush! There is no one who can satisfy our hunger. No. There is only one who can come in and totally wreck my life into a beautiful disaster.
God, I need You more today than ever before. Shake me from my slumber and light the fire that once burned bright and intense once again. Fill me with Your presence that I may be intone with You heart. Let Your light shine so brightly in me that others can't help but see You as they look at me. And may the words in my mouth be seasoned in love, mercy, grace & hope!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Going without and other thoughts for the day.

Ever had to go without something? Ever chosen to go without something? 

For the next 21 days, our church is doing a 21 Day Fast. This is such a neat thing to participate in. The entire church from the kids on up have a part in this. 

I love the kids set up. They get a weekly calendar with daily scripture readings and what they are to fast for the day.

The youth and adults have journals. 

Working with the youth, Donny and I decided we would participate in their fasting. Today marks day one and the fast is video games. Now, aside from a few apps on the iPod and Wii fit, I don't do video games. I have given those up though. And since that is all, I have opted to fast Facebook for the day. (I will post a link to this blog but that is through Blogger so I am really not getting on facebook, see?)

The purpose of this fasting and prayer time is to seek out God; to draw ever closer to Him and find His unfolding plan and will for our church. We know that without vision people parish. The goal is to be in a place at the end of 21 days that we can, as a church, see what the vision for First Assembly of God is. It's an exciting time to be a part of what's going on!! Change is not always easy but it is mostly good! 

Other thoughts:
Noah is having trouble with the concept of rhyming. So today while we took a ride in the van, we talked about words that rhyme. Poor thing. He wants to do more of a word association than rhyme. It ended up with him telling us words and we would say the rhyming words. He would say things like road and I would say "toad". To which he would laugh in hysterics.  Or he would say "bed" and I said, "Fred" and he replied, "Mom! There's a Fred on Scooby Doo!" And then came things like alligator, power line, crocodile, McDonald's and such. Oh Lord help me. 

I am so ready for Spring. I love the winter and all the snow but this year I am beyond done with it all! I want the nice, warmer days to come and I am ready to head over to Busch Stadium for a Cardinal's game with a wonderful pretzel and cheese and some peanuts! I can't wait for bike rides and going to the park. 

And lastly, is this simple thought of reassurance tapping at the back of my brain. What a wonderful thought to have. Here it is,

Philippians 4:19 (Amplified Bible)19And my God will liberally supply ([a]fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.