October, 2009

  • Pitter Patter

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    On October 29, 2009 • By

    A great parenthood song by friends Mackenzie and Randy Chester…

    There will be a time for tea and coffee
    There will be a time for quiet cafes
    There will be a time for reading and writing
    And dreaming the day away

    But now is the time of pitter patter
    Now is the time of what’s the matter
    Let me kiss you, make it better

    Now is the time of sweet, soft kisses
    Now is the time every mother misses
    Over coffee in a quiet cafe

    Early to bed, early to rise
    Lay down your head, and close your eyes
    Life is a dream that soon passes by
    You will be grown in the blink of an eye
    So please, let me kiss you one more time

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  • Mother Daughter Acrylic

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    On October 29, 2009 • By

    This looks more like the one I dreamed. I have to look at it for a few days before I know if it’s finished.

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  • Fish are Nice

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    On October 28, 2009 • By

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  • Some Stuff

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    On October 27, 2009 • By

    Some stuff I’ve been hearing from God the past few weeks…maybe somebody else will get something from it too?

    1

    be at peace

    i am listening to you

    i will cause your heart to rest

    you have locked me out with the lies of your brain

    that you are not good enough to find me

    take heed to what you think

    treat your mind as a great battleground

    take caution where you walk

    for what is in your mind

    has the power to sway your whole body

    if you will listen to me

    and hear what i say

    i will cause you to rest

    be at peace

    the enemy wants to destroy you

    and separate you from me

    but i am greater than your enemy

    and i will walk with you through the fire

    do not let fear overtake you

    or men call you and name you

    your name is of me

    and of my realm

    your name is prize

    and you are being fought for

    i came for you

    i came to win you

    i came to steal you away

    from your captors

    be at peace

    for your enemy is a footstool for my feet

    i do not see you

    as man sees you

    i am not like a man

    i do not separate your good and bad

    and weigh you on a scale

    and cut and divide you into portions

    to see what is right and holy and just

    i do not discard portions of you

    and lay you to waste in shame

    i am your redeemer

    who redeems all of you

    my treasure is in your heart

    and you will know who it is that comes for you

    who comforts you

    i will not look at you and say “this is good, i like this part”

    and “this is bad, this part is worthless”

    instead i hold you in the palm of my hand

    and blow into the recesses of your heart

    and say you are mine

    you are all mine

    and you will walk with me forever on my paths

    and no shards of you will be wasted

    and i will make every broken thing a glory by which i will make myself known

    2

    i’m freeing you

    i’m freeing you to worship

    healing praise will flow from you

    bask

    i flow freely

    i don’t have to come to you

    you choose to taste me

    you step in

    3

    your beauty is in your freedom

    i’ve seen you dance when you have no cares

    you are not meant or made to be weighed down with care

    anxious, worry, distress, these things are not for you

    your beauty is letting go

    it may seem hard for you to see past

    what stands before you

    but you have nothing to fear

    your beauty is carelessness

    your beauty is not separate from you

    a thing to attain, no

    your beauty is you

    a thing to be released

    you don’t work to get it

    it’s already there

    everything you wish you were

    it is there, you already are

    your beauty is that place you have known where “nothing matters”

    everything was okay, it was okay

    just to exist

    4

    i take no pleasure in those that would shrink back

    i am depending on you to come forth

    you will come forth

    you will be noticed

    you will speak and be heard

    challenge yourself to accept my invitation

    be bold today

    i am offering you what i am

    now offer me who you are

    yes, be bold with me

    assume i want to hear you

    assume i want to see you

    do not hide from me

    take a chance

    risk fellowship with me

    stop denying me yourself

    don’t assume i have shut you off

    before you even come

    5

    i am pleased

    that you are moving towards me

    trusting that i am good

    what is plainly seen

    has been hidden from you

    because you did not believe

    but now, as you believe

    with each step closer

    your heart comes more alive

    you are awakened

    i am always wanting

    you to move closer

    freshness, vitality

    you’re made to live in this place of freedom

    knowing who you are

    come and enjoy me

    6

    it is an old sinful mindset

    it is not my new way for you

    you know this

    do not open that old door

    or listen at its hinges

    you are free to be who you are

    without fear or shame

    i want you to enjoy your life

    your life in me

    you are created to breathe freely

    if it is binding and constricting

    and making your heart feel bruised

    it is of the enemy

    the enemy is a liar

    what is the truth

    i will tell you what is the truth

    you are made for glory

    you are made for freedom

    seek these things

    and your treasure will be pure

    i am not a harsh father

    i am gentle and humble of heart

    i do not break the bruised reed

    i refresh the weary

    i do not put out a smoldering flame

    my wrath is for the wicked

    for all who refuse me

    i am near to the contrite in heart

    i am near to the poor, the weak, the beggar

    i will deliver you

    this is my word to you

    your enemy is shattered

    i am coming to you

    see and hear

    be filled with the joy of the everlasting god

    you had been sold to slavery

    but now your heart is ransomed

    and returned to your king

    bow before me and let your heart rest

    i’m not angry with you

    here is my daughter

    given headship, given authority

    to rule and reign

    here is my daughter, alive

    go and be free

    that which is in you is purity and wholeness

    speak freely

    walk without fear

    go and believe

    go and seek

    effect change

    heal

    make my name yours

    i am with you

    you are a flowering tree

    you have penitence about you

    gifts flow and life wells out of you

    hope for more

    7

    yesterday

    you walked among thorns

    and briars

    that which would attempt

    to choke out your life

    i am calling you today

    to come with me

    into a hiding place

    designed just for you

    where these things do not grow

    come to a place

    designed just for you

    where you will be able to

    breathe freely

    untouched by assailants

    i am asking you to come to me

    i am not turning you away

    i am calling you here

    you have feverishly tried

    to do what is right

    but your heart wound tight

    you still live in fear

    i am calling to you

    can you hear it? listen

    you fear to really lean on me

    you keep your footing so you will not fall

    but so you have not experienced my care

    you have experienced your own

    fall on me

    will i catch you?

    you are not meant to control your life

    see the fish, they still live though you do not tend them

    though you forget them altogether

    i am here to care for you

    let’s go back to the beginning

    i made adam and created eve just for him

    from his bones and flesh

    and he rejoiced because she was like him

    now i rejoice because you are like me

    can you bear this?

    i see me in you, you are the same kind

    i will that you be like me

    and you are

    if i will that you be like me

    will i not care for your life

    to guide you and heal you?

    to bring you to know truth

    you are like me

    and if you will come deeper

    i will show you

    lift up your hands

    surrender

    8

    i made you this way so you could

    bear my glory this way

    deep currents of joy are in you

    healing waters, freedoms, deliverances

    gaieties, laughters, hilarities, blessings

    peace, truth, gladness

    yes they are there, they are there

    they are there

    open your heart wider and you will know

    stop protecting yourself

    i am your protector

    i am your king, your shield, your overseer

    you are not alone

    i watch your every breath

    release your care to me

    i am in charge of you

    the care of life steals the fruit of the word

    care for nothing

    be delivered from care

    yes i want you to enjoy freedom

    this is not an option for you

    this is not a frivolity

    freedom is center stage

    the crux of your life

    oh, get it

    stop thinking you are not obedient enough

    to experience my goodness

    i’m calling you to a life of freedom

    obey me in this

    come and taste of the waters of joy

    it is imperative

    my holy spirit’s ministry to you

    is peace, is refreshment

    this is not a frivolity

    this is your life

    you see how you have done without it

    you are anxious and afraid

    i want to heal you

    you have to believe it’s for you

    that i am not holding it back from you

    please me

    walk towards me

    your faith pleases me

    keep coming

    every day

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  • Car Seat Cover

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    On October 21, 2009 • By



    Using this pattern I found on Etsy, I made Heidi a new car seat cover out of some of the Raggedy Ann fabric I got from Spoonflower. This was a tough project; sewing through all those fabric and stuffing layers was very arduous.

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  • Fish Tank Dream

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    On October 19, 2009 • By

    This is not really my style of music but it is so fun to goof around with Garageband!

    This song is about a recurring dream I had over many years about a fish aquarium, and the interpretation I received while eating a fish taco with my friend’s family. Whoa, I never thought about how ironic that was…

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  • Wovenhand

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    On October 10, 2009 • By


    I went to a Wovenhand concert last night in Pittsburgh. Very interesting experience. Like being in the bowels of a wooly mammoth?

    Concerts make me want to be in a band. Well, I’ve always wanted to be in a band, but I’ve never felt that I could just get some people together and make it happen. I believe God is going to have to put it together, the right people, the right place, the right time. I’m not getting any younger, and at age 34 with two small children, it really doesn’t look like it’s going to be any time soon, but if it’s meant to be, and I believe it is, it will happen someday.
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  • Raggedy Ann Fabric

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    On October 8, 2009 • By


    I got my new fabric which spoonflower graciously gave me in replacement of the scratchy fabric they accidentally printed Jason’s Chinese village on. They have really excellent customer service. The print looks really awesome (much better than this photo), and there are no traces of banding anymore, even with the browns in the swatch they printed for me. That is very exciting, for those of us that love brown and could not use it in any large way in a design previously.

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  • Photos

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    On October 6, 2009 • By





    I took some pictures of my cutie cute heads the other day in my husband’s office, which is a small room that juts off the front of our house and has 5 windows, hence excellent light. Here are some of my favorites.

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  • Snow on the Road

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    On October 5, 2009 • By

    Who would go out on this night?

    Snowdrift road devoid of light
    You pulled me into the bitter air
    Who is driving, why and where?
    Ice forms and melts in my hands
    Drips from my hair and clings to my neck
    I’ve been outside far too long
    My eyes frozen shut long
    You cannot see through this storm
    This is not cause for alarm
    Though you think it’s you who drives
    I am keeping you alive
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