It’s been cold without a lot of snow. The kids will still go outside and play sometime.
They also opened a new jump house in our area, so we went there.
Otherwise, it’s been a pretty relaxed week. I update the template of my website. We watch Amazing Race a lot. Yep. Sometimes it’s nice to not be busy.
I was in a picture taking mood.
It’s nice to see the bones of the backyard now that most of the plants and weeds are gone. We are letting the chickens free-range the entire backyard, which is working out well.
A better shot of the dead hedge. I love this little project still.
Front door, all decked up for Christmas. We really need to redo the concrete stain. It didn’t bug me that much until we redid the door.
This herb spiral is looking pretty good for December.
This is in the kitchen. We painted it this weekend. It was yellow. I didn’t mind the yellow until I painted over it, and then I realized the yellow really didn’t work. I like this green instead.
For a while now, I feel like one of my biggest challenges is feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. I’ve pondered why I’ve been led to this, and while studying the life of Christ, I wrote these words:
You must have confidence in yourself and lose your self-doubt and feeling of inadequacies.
You can have confidence and self-worth because you are a daughter of God. God is in your life and He will not fail you! Have confidence in God, that as you strive to obey His commandments, He will be with you.
Jesus Christ must not have had any self-doubt. If he did, would he be able to serve those around Him to such a degree as He did? He had full confidence in God the Father: He had learned of Him, talked with Him and developed a transcendent relationship. He knew God the Father had a plan, and that He would provide the way for Christ to fulfill the plan. His confidence was not in himself, but of the Divine Father. For Christ could fail, but more importantly, the plan provided a way for Him to succeed. He knew this. He knew if He put all trust in the Father, it would work out.
Jesus had full confidence. And so He was not worried as the hour of His suffering was soon to come. He was able to fully love and serve those around Him because He knew God was in charge, and there was no reason to doubt. Even in sorrow, pain, God would provide a way to succeed. He provided the power Christ needed to overcome.
God has and will provide a way for you to succeed! Your power comes through Him, and He is a perfect God who will not fail you. Trust in His promises, His scriptures, obey His commandments, and the way will be open for you. As you lose your self-doubt, you can also lose yourself in the service of others and perform the work you need to do.
I just loved this….
This little darling had a birthday! His favorite present was a blanket. (He loves blankets, and this one was pretty cool.) He loved his Spiderman, made by his Grandma and we also got him a tiny little balance bike.
It was a fun day. We had a Christmas party at church, watched Peter at his last day of basketball camp, and then had a birthday party with family. We ate cake, and then went and saw Christmas lights in the pouring rain.
Are you ever at someone’s house and just want to take a look around and see how they do things? I hope I’m not the only one. If you want to see my home…
I have a very detailed home tour of my current house up on the other blog. You might find it interesting. It even has a floorplan so you have more context when looking at a picture.
The children went to the Treehouse Museum with Dad, while I stayed home. They were there for hours and had a good time. I was bummed I missed it!
Tis the season for weird pictures of kids with a random stranger.
I think I like this idea better. The other kids were cutting out snowflakes.
Liz Braithwaite 