tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31252744934355244642024-03-13T21:26:54.637-06:00ApronStrings MinistriesTaste and See that the LORD is good. Psalm 34:8Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-12691098214916372702013-01-28T06:05:00.002-07:002013-01-28T07:05:41.649-07:00A Verse to Chew OnLife has gotten in the way a bit...that ever happen to you?
You start the New Year off with a fresh start...inspiration...and a list of things you wish to accomplish or try.
Then something happens. Sometimes it's a big something...sometimes just a series of little somethings. The somethings might be good or bad or a concoction of both...but before you know it your best laid Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-64185695908124570572013-01-03T20:59:00.002-07:002013-01-03T21:01:38.236-07:00Food 4 Thot FridayHey there! Hope this post finds you doing well and your New Year off to a great start!
Many of us begin the New Year with a refreshed desire to make some changes to our lives...some call these changes Resolutions...others My Gift to Jesus...and some of us will just call our plans a Do-Over.
Most of us girls, as we flip open a new calendar, desire to shed some unwanted weight.&Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-35949782394862787382013-01-01T18:36:00.001-07:002013-01-02T06:03:45.490-07:00A Verse to Chew On...for the New Year!
Each week I try to give us a little bite of Scripture...a little Taste so that we can See that the Lord is Good...a little something for us to Chew On ~mull over, memorize, apply~ to our day and week.
Today I'm going to give you a Verse to Chew On for this week that can be your theme verse for this New Year if you'd like!
As the end of one year and the beginning of another approaches I like Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-36813263162044770562012-12-31T06:47:00.000-07:002012-12-31T06:47:45.846-07:00New Year's Eve!
Here we are...the very last day of the year!
Some of us may be wondering how we got here so fast...
Others of us may be ready to start the count-down for the ball to drop for the New Year now!
For most of us this year is probably similar to every other...a Mixed Bag. *Good & Bad *Gross & Beautiful *Messy & Mundane *Satisfactory & Stimulating.
Today TV showsMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-37657217832194538742012-12-29T21:48:00.001-07:002012-12-30T07:19:34.207-07:00Gift or Resolution?I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas!
Gifts were given...Gifts were received...and by now, Gifts have been returned or exchanged if they didn't 'fit'.
Any of you have an awkward Gift situation? Awkward Gift situations can include receiving that 'thing' that we have no idea what we are going to do with. Or an awkward Gift situation may be shopping forMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-4303162058563769712012-12-16T20:52:00.001-07:002012-12-16T20:53:25.053-07:00A Verse to Chew OnHere's this week's little devotional. The verse I felt the Lord leading me to pen on 3x5 cards for my girls this week fits perfectly with the season we are in so I thought I would share it here too.
It's like God's little gift to us this week...
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-30469595859665533272012-12-13T17:32:00.000-07:002012-12-13T17:46:32.852-07:00Ford Hall
This past Saturday I had the privilege of speaking to the Freshman Girls at Northwest Nazarene University! It was so much fun to spend time with this great group!
The event was a breakfast hosted by the Resident Assistants (a group of sophomore girls, each in charge of a wing of freshman girls) under the direction of the Resident Director (the Head Honcho, over the RA's and Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-91530576643426831612012-12-10T18:33:00.001-07:002012-12-10T18:44:54.230-07:00A Verse to Chew OnEvery school week, for almost three years now, I give my teenage daughters a little mini-meal...just one a week. It's the same little food serving, more or less, every time. They don't get it during the summer...but I usually serve it up for Christmas and Easter break.
You are probably thinking,"A mom who serves her daughters just one mini-meal a week, and the same kind of thing Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-72316922989083685222012-12-06T07:11:00.000-07:002012-12-06T07:11:09.853-07:00Well Hello there...Gosh, it's been a long time since a post! And I'm sorry about that. I really do enjoy blogging but sometimes life gets in the way.
I have 'thought' many posts during my absence...some have been stellar (when you make them up in your head you can think that without being challenged by reality...haha)...others haven't been 'worth the paper they were written on' (sad but true).
Anyway,Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-56629293592909138892012-05-04T08:46:00.000-06:002012-05-04T08:46:15.864-06:00Food 4 ThotSheesh, where has time gone this week!?! I was going to be so much more deliberate in blogging this week but ended up just 'thinking' posts while waiting in the pick-up line at my daughter's school or trying to navigate through grocery isles.
I do have a couple of little things for us all to think about, in the area of better body management (which is what Food 4 Thot is all about), as we Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-34697939849042644432012-04-30T09:22:00.002-06:002012-04-30T09:22:47.920-06:00A Verse to Chew OnGood Monday morning to you!
Today I will keep our Verse to Chew On post short and sweet. :)
No eye has seen,
No ear has heard, and
No mind has imagined
what God has prepared
for those who love Him.
I Corinthians 2:9 NLT
The passage of scripture that contains this verse is subtitled, in my ESV Bible, as Wisdom from the Spirit.
The wisdom spoken of here is an understanding of the Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-31011453480317952332012-04-25T07:25:00.003-06:002012-04-25T07:28:41.567-06:00A Few of My Favorite Things!Coming home after 5 days on the road with 2 bus loads of teenagers on Choir Tour I realized that there were a few creature comforts I missed while having the time of my life...
My electric toothbrush...
Coffee out of a real cup...
My favorite magazine...
Being able to grab a glass of water whenever I want one...
Being able to use...ahem...my very own facilities (I really Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-90951654242684653222012-04-18T07:33:00.004-06:002012-04-18T07:33:50.227-06:00Leaving On a Tour Bus...
Unlike the popular song of 1966 I am not "leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again"...
Nope...I'm leaving on a tour bus and I will be back late Sunday evening...
I get to go on the Rocky Mountain High School Varsity Choir Tour with my 16 year old daughter through Oregon and Washington!! :)
Random Thought: Leaving on a Jet Plane was written by John Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-61390772630565056242012-04-16T09:55:00.000-06:002012-04-16T09:55:23.701-06:00A Verse to Chew OnI don't know about you, but I need some encouragement on Monday mornings from the Word! Monday is laundry day at my house and the beginning of what often proves to be a busy and challenging week. Thank goodness that even a little Word goes a long way in improving things!
Here is today's Verse to Chew On...
Wise words bring many benefits and hard work brings rewards!
Proverbs 12:Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-83114717952988906452012-04-12T22:16:00.000-06:002012-04-13T08:24:22.880-06:00Food 4 ThotI just have to share something with you...I'm nice like that ;)...that I read in the book I Dare You to Change! by Bil Cornelius (Pastor of Bay Area Fellowship).
Here it is...
This reminds me of a story about a forty-year-old woman who gets hit by a bus, is rushed to the hospital, and dies on the operating table. She meets God and He tells her, "Don't worry, your not going to die Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-53076693565970022712012-04-12T12:11:00.000-06:002012-04-12T12:12:07.920-06:00Word NerdHello, my name is Michelle and I am a Word Nerd.
This is a condition that goes way back...way, way back...when I was a child I thought it was great fun to read the vocabulary lists in my parents Reader's Digest Magazines...I also really enjoyed libraries and bookstores (and I still do)...makes my childhood sound soooo boring!
I find on road trips that I love to read billboards (unless Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-70918399956844230362012-04-09T21:29:00.000-06:002012-04-12T06:49:41.149-06:00A Verse to Chew On
I hope that this Monday morning finds you on an Easter high...not from a sugar overdose on jelly-beans and chocolate bunnies...but from the Hope and Joy and Peace that comes from a celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ!
Our physical tummies may being feeling the effects of the feasting that accompanied yesterday...like "I'm still full!"..."what were you thinking?!?"...."I Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-18225861559397065292012-04-02T12:36:00.000-06:002012-04-12T06:49:27.207-06:00A Verse to Chew OnYesterday was Palm Sunday...which marks, for me, one of the most significant weeks in the calendar year. This week is a time that I, as a Jesus girl, can take time to think about...really think about...all that the Lord went through, over 2000 years ago, on my account.
Sure, what Jesus endured on the Cross...and all that went with that (beatings, public humiliation)...was for Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-65919571372512721612012-03-26T13:45:00.000-06:002012-04-12T06:48:58.452-06:00A Verse to Chew OnOn this rainy morning in the North-West...my cozy home is good...coffee is good...having my younger daughter at home on spring break is good...and the Word of God is good!
In whatever way this morning greets you, here is A Verse to Chew On...
Ah Lord GOD! It is You who have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for You.
Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-14243597740926837822012-03-23T08:48:00.000-06:002012-03-23T08:48:12.390-06:00Life is Beautifully Messy - Part 2Hey there! So last week I posted Life is Beautifully Messy - Part 1...scroll down to the March 14th entry if you haven't read it...where I talked about the Beautiful part...
Today comes the Messy...I know that doesn't sound as fun as what we talked about last week, but just hang in there with me, please! :)
Speaking of hanging...that's were the inspiration for this part of the message cameMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-49461548341464441922012-03-19T11:55:00.000-06:002012-03-19T11:55:43.010-06:00A Verse to Chew OnThis morning finds me a bit under the weather...and a bit behind on prep for my blog. In God's good and gracious way He has provided us a Verse To Chew On in spite of my situation. This verse came to my email in-box this morning as the header on a note from my dear friend Rebecca.
He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-42638539276718824592012-03-16T08:27:00.000-06:002012-03-26T13:46:09.987-06:00Food 4 ThotIt's been quite a while since there has been an entry for our Food 4 Thot Friday's! Sheesh, what is up with that!?! Could have something to do with the busyness of life lately, lack of routine in some areas and trying to adapt to new routines in other areas...or maybe it's just that I haven't given much Thot to it. :)
I have had a couple of things bumping around in my heart andMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-50448639800887266472012-03-14T06:56:00.000-06:002012-03-14T06:56:47.952-06:00Life is Beautifully Messy! Part 1 of 2I have had a tag, which came off of an article of clothing (probably from one of my girlies), that's been sitting on my desk for weeks...maybe months as I am a terrible tracker of time these days! It's been there for so long that I forgot why I was saving it! =/ I prefer a clutter-free environment, but have accumulated a few piles in the office during this season of life that I Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-92054438543896695462012-03-12T10:05:00.000-06:002012-03-12T10:05:41.441-06:00A Verse to Chew OnSince I am a "wee bit o'Irish" and this week holds St. Patrick's Day in it's line-up, I thought I would give us A Verse to Chew On that would be a great reminder that we don't need to catch a little leprechaun or find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to have all our desires met!
No, we have something much more tangible and defiantly more reliable to put our hope and trust in...
Delight Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125274493435524464.post-23965539562927354102012-02-14T12:33:00.001-07:002012-02-14T12:51:31.230-07:00A Verse to Chew OnGood grief...a lot of life has been happening lately...and very little blogging - obviously! But I couldn't let today go by without a quick post at least! :)
On this day when we celebrate LOVE I just have to say Thank You.
"Thank You God that we Love because You first Loved us!"
"We love because He first loved us" 1 John 4:19 ESV
As you chew on this verse with me, won't you Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742973304965754102noreply@blogger.com0