He is Greater.....John 3:30 says He must become greater, I must become less"

I have a top 10 list going regarding high school baseball.... 1.  Anyone can play high school baseball.  Boys with facial hair and boys who are just starting puberty. 2.  High school baseball happens whether it is raining, windy or 110 degrees....and all the parents come watch.  (There are seldom any other spectators....sometimes grandparents but not often.)  If lightening strikes, however, we have to wait a full 30 minutes before resuming play..... 3.  High school baseball is intense.  The errors are heart-breaking because the players are still children and they feel things deeply....and the victories are spectacular....because the parents are also children at heart.  :) 4.  Strange things happen in the dugout.  Like, older players take bites from younger players hamburgers when they are distracted......and I'm sure much stranger things, too. 5.  Moms yell at umpires.....with a vengeance. 6.  I am one of the moms. 7.  Everyone who has paid to watch the game is an expert i

Psalm 112: 1-3 says this.  "Praise the Lord.  Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands.  His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.   Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever."  Oh my word.  God is so, so good.  This is in the bible, folks.  The bible is true.  We have to stand up to some kind of truth and this is mine.  The Holy Bible.  Pick a truth.  Any truth.  Test it.  Live it.   This one will win.   Blessed is the man/woman/child who fears and respects the Lord and who says yes to His design.  Blessed is the man/woman/child ......they will be mighty in the land.  Wealth and riches are in their house.  That's kind of interesting here because we don't live a lifestyle of wealth and riches.  We chose a lifestyle that added a burden of Christian education....and at least 5 children (to date) and we chose to live in a home that had a pool and was o

This morning I woke up and Roger told me something.  He said he got up in the night and smelled something hot, like burning rubber.  He went looking and discovered an extension cord in the  basement that was sitting in water near our laundry dryer.  It had rained hard last night.  He tried to unplug it and got shocked.  He did eventually get it unplugged but it smoked and was hot.  We could have had an electrical fire here at 2am last night.  He said "I prayed that we would be safe from the winds and rain, and that no trees or fences would fall...." and I prayed that too....but there was a much bigger threat than trees and fences outside.....God kept us safe.  Check your corners people.  We don't use that extension cord often, only when we iron.  It doesn't rain that hard very often either..... Later in the morning I had to drive to the office to bring some very important documents.  I noticed flooding in the fields and was aware of safety hazards on the roads. 

I was sitting at a baseball game tonight because that's what we do in this family in June.  We sit at lots and lots of games.  It was hot.  So......hot.  I had my chair parked just where I like it, where I can see the pitcher, the batter, third base and outfield......and other baseball parents were all around me.  We were all hot.  I felt this bead of sweat travel down my spine and I marveled that it could pass all the way down and then it seemed to crawl back up to the middle of my back and slide down again.  It had to be the same bead of sweat.....there was no way they were falling that fast if there were more.  It was so hot.  The high school that my boys chose to go to has a struggling baseball program.  They have excelled in other sports, like football and basketball in recent years so all of the teams we play hate us.  Hate. They want blood and they want it bad......keep in mind that my boys were not on those winning teams....they were in grade school and jr. high....but t

Last week Saturday we were in the thick of it with dance recital weekend.  Thanks to the family who came to share in this special event with us.  We always love dance recital weekend....and since this was Claire's final show it was extra special to have some family here.  On Saturday, we were getting ready to go for the afternoon show.  It had been a crazy week/month/year already.....and I was feeling all the crazy on Saturday morning.  We were exhausted and excited.....and Claire and I were in the bathroom together getting ready.  (we don't have enough bathrooms....2 of them for 7 people poses challenges)....Josiah started in, fussing and whining because he didn't want to go back for the afternoon program and perform the tumbling routine.  I was arguing with him and discussing it with him, while trying to do hair and make up and talk to Claire.  I had just taken my supplements because I am old and American and need things like vitamin D and probiotics and natural thyroid.