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Sunday morning I made monkey bread for breakfast and as Zachary was sitting at the table obviously enjoying it, he said to Rick,
“I really like monkey brains.”
Yum.
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It’s official!! Last night {Day 87} I read the last page of Revelation, closed my Bible and FINISHED READING THROUGH THE BIBLE.
Sorry for shouting.
Needless to say, I’m a wee bit excited. For me this has been a huge accomplishment personally and saying I’m 'proud’ of myself seems wrong {grins}, so excited pretty much sums it up.
I went between two different Bibles this week, so my notes & underlinings are all over the place ~ so I feel a bit scattered in my thoughts on what I read. My reading this week was from the beginning of 2 Corinthians through Revelation.
Here are a few things that I marked and jotted down this week:
~ So much of the things I read this week were a huge encouragement {obviously since they were letters written to various churches}, but hearing repeatedly of all the Christ did for us was wonderful. Love this verse:
‘God made you alive with Christ. He forgave all our sins. He canceled the record that contained the charges against us. He took it and destroyed it by nailing it to Christ’s cross.’
Colossians 2:13b-14
~ I know we are told to live each day as if Christ is returning soon, but I wonder how the early Christians felt as the years progressed and Christ had not returned as quickly as they thought he would.
~ The persecution that the early church endured ~ and that we are so fortunate to not endure right now.
~ The whole issue of discipline {both for myself and what it means as a parent}
‘No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening ~ it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. So take a new grip with your tired hands and stand firm on your shaky legs.’
Hebrews 12:11-12
There was so.much.more that I enjoyed this week, but you all would be overwhelmed if I listed it all out. Let’s just say there was lots of underlining, much conviction, plenty of encouragement and even more to ponder.
If you are interested in learning more about the 90 Day Bible reading challenge, visit Mom’s Toolbox ~ she’ll be starting up the challenge again on July 1st. You can also download your own printable reading bookmark if you want to join along in the challenge ~ you can start at any time because the bookmark isn’t dated.
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Barnes & Noble is having a HUGE sale right now on all of their Melissa and Doug toys ~ 45% off with free shipping when you hit $25. We love their toys and use them often in our house!
I’m browsing the selection of stuff right now and finding some great deals, so I wanted to pass the info along to you…before I snag too much!
Thanks so much to one of my readers that sent me this heads up ~ because she knows how much I love Melissa and Doug toys!!
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Lady Elisabeth Kerr may have married into a family with different beliefs than her own, but she still holds tightly to the beliefs her own mother held and taught her. She worships in secret, careful that her husband and new family do not discover that she doesn’t believe as they do.
Lady Kerr isn’t the only one hiding secrets. Although she refuses to believe the rumors, her husband Lord Donald has strayed ~ more than once. She just isn’t able to accept his betrayal.
When the rebel army captures their town of Edinburgh in 1745, families and friends are divided as they have to decide where their loyalties lie ~ to the current ruler or to the invading ruler. Lady Kerr and her family find themselves facing dark moments and deep losses and she soon discovers that although her god cannot rescue her, there is a God who can.
My Thoughts
A few years ago I was introduced to Liz Curtis Higgs and I fell in love with her writing. Here Burns My Candle is another book that will find a permanent niche on my bookshelves. Set in Scotland during the year 1745, this story is a more modern retelling of the story of Ruth and Naomi.
While I knew many of the events that were going to happen {based on the Biblical story}, I was completely pulled into the story and still hoping things would be different. Higgs weaves an intricate story of love lost, love regained and ultimately of hope in difficult times.
The end of the book came too quickly, but there is a sequel coming to the book {much relief here}. You can read the first chapter of Here Burns My Candle, by clicking HERE or get a little ‘video peek’ at the book:
About the Author
Liz Curtis Higgs is the author of twenty-seven books with three million copies in print, including: her best-selling historical novels, Thorn in My Heart, Fair Is the Rose, Christy Award-winner Whence Came a Prince, and Grace in Thine Eyes, a Christy Award finalist; My Heart’s in the Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland, an armchair travel guide to Galloway; and her contemporary novels, Mixed Signals, a Rita Award finalist, and Bookends, a Christy Award finalist. Visit the author’s extensive website at www.lizcurtishiggs.com.
The Giveaway
Would you like to win a copy of Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs? I have one copy to mail to one of my readers! Leave a comment on this post ~ be sure there is a way for me to contact you. The giveaway will be open until Tuesday, March 30th at 8pm.
This was book and giveaway were provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah. All opinions expressed in this review are solely my own.
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We spent some time at the park last weekend and there were a LOT of kids there. Swarms, really. One of the reasons was a birthday party at one of the nearby park shelters.
Later when we were out at Dairy Queen, McKenna got this thoughtful look on her face and said, “I wonder why there were so many kids at the park today?”
We said it probably had something to do with the nice weather and the birthday party. McKenna thought about it for a few moments and then said, “No. I think it’s because it was happy hour.”
Huh? We later realized that she was reading a sign on the wall of Dairy Queen that talked about Happy Hour being between certain hours each day…not because we frequent Happy Hours {grins}.
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It’s the final stretch and in all honesty, I’m rather shocked! While I know that I was determined to finish this from the beginning, I am still amazed that I am one week away from completely reading through the Bible.
Consistently.
This week I didn’t read everything in order, but chose to read entire books at a time. I was in the mood to read 1 Corinthians, so I read the entire book one day. The next day I read all of Romans. Here I am at the start of 2 Corinthians and barring any major diversion this week, next Monday will be my last post in the Bible in 90 Days Challenge!
Here are a few things that I marked and jotted down this week:
~ The book of John seems a little more ‘in-depth’ than the other gospels. There are a few more stories, etc… I am amused that John refers to himself by always saying ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved.’ Just made me smile.
~ Even his own brothers didn’t believe him {John 7:5} ~ just find that incredibly sad and wonder what Mary must have been thinking
~ The blind man in John 9 became quite the witness for Jesus! :)
~ Jesus had a lot of ‘slipping away’ moments where he disappears when the leaders are ready to arrest him.
~ What would it have been like when Jesus washed Judas’ feet during the last supper? It says he washed all their feet and Judas hadn’t left yet. What was going through each of their minds during that time?
~ Did the 40 men who took an oath not to eat until Paul was killed die of starvation…or did they break their oaths? {Acts 23:14} Just wondering…
~ Have I mentioned that I love Romans? I do. No longer a slave to sin, but free. So much in this one book.
~ 1 Corinthians 14 just brought some new light to me on a few things personally {which I love}. :) Way too much to sum up and explain in here, but it’s all good!
Those are a few of the things that I was contemplating about this week and I am looking forward to finishing up my reading this week!!! If you are interested in learning more about the 90 Day Bible reading challenge, visit Mom’s Toolbox ~ she’ll be starting up the challenge again on July 1st. You can also download your own printable reading bookmark if you want to join along in the challenge ~ you can start at any time because the bookmark isn’t dated.
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