Proverbs 31 Lady

The past month has been challenging for my family & I. My dear sweet Grandmother's health started declining. Although she was in her late 80's she was active & appeared healthy. I visited her this summer and she was going strong. Very independent with a busy schedule that included meeting friends for breakfast & lunch, attending church and sunday school, visiting friends, and shopping.

This past weekend I attended her funeral.

In the process of preparing for her funeral we discovered a book my young niece had given to her several years ago. The idea of the book was that my grandmother answer one question per day for a year about her life & childhood. Much to our delight we discovered that she took the challenge.

We discovered things like the worst thing she ever did was each morning on her way to school she would take off black stockings her step mother made her wear & hide them under a bridge. She then picked them up on her way home.

I knew her mother passed away when she was only 4 years old. It broke my heart to read her answer to the question "Tell me a favorite memory of you mother". Her reply... I was only 4 years only when my mother died. I don't remember much about her but I remember enough to know that I still miss her.

Grandma & I sometime in the 1960's

This treasure meant so much to my family. I encourage you to document your life for your family.

A couple of ideas...

• Take Cathy Zielske's Me The Abridged Version at Big Picture Classes - whether you have scrapbooked in the past this class is for you. I have taken it & loved it.
• Order a book like this & give it to a Mother, Father, Grandmother, Favorite Aunt, etc. to complete.

The preacher concluded his sermon with Proverbs 31: 10 - 31

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Proverb 31:30 NIV

I miss you Grandma!

New Scripture Verse for April 1st

Here is the verse I picked for April 1st. I know, I have not posted my March verses. I will try today that today in between.... laundry, dishes, paying bills, bathing gypsy, watching Jeff Gordan win at Texas Motor Speedway, & more laundry.


Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Phillipians 4:6-7 (NIV)

Happy Sunday!

Love is Patient...

In honor of Valentine's Day my scripture verse for the 2nd half of February...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. I Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)

Whew... my longest scripture memorization so far. I have some work to do better get busy.

1st Scripture Verse

Well it is time for the 1st scripture verse (on my blog that is... my 3rd verse to memorize in 2009).

The verse I chose is Psalm 26:6 from The Message translation. This is not the verse I had in mind. I was setting in Sunday School yesterday when Celeste, our wonderful Sunday School teacher, read this translation & I decided right there it was going to be my latest memory verse. So here it is...

Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I'm back home in the house of GOD for the rest of my life. Psalm 23:6 (MSG)

Actually, Celeste was reading from Max Lucado's Traveling Light which said YAHWEH instead of GOD. I just might say it both ways as YAHWEH was one of the words that caught my attention. The words to catch my eye... beauty & love in place of goodness & mercy.

For me learning a new version sheds new light on the verse.

In case you are having trouble remembering the King James Version goes...

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Psalm 23:6 (KJM)

I hope you have decided to participate with me! If so, post your... memory verse, first name only, city, state, verse & translation.

Scripture Memory

Scripture Memory is something I have wanted to do for some time So when I read Beth Moore’s post asking her blog readers to sign up to memorize 24 scriptures in 2009 I quickly signed up… along with about 2400 other women… and maybe a few guys.


So here is how it works…. Get some note cards. I personally chose spiral index card in assorted colors purchased at Staples. I chose the spiral bound so they would be easy to carry with me.













Let me know that you are going to participate by posting a comment. Include your 1st name, city, & state.

On the 1st & 15th of every month you pick out a scripture verse to memorize. Everyone picks out their own… a verse that means something to you.

Come back to my blog on the 1st & 15th of every month to see what verse I am memorizing & post the verse that you have chosen.

Write the verse on your index cards. Carry the index cards with you & begin to memorize your verse. Recite your verse out loud whenever you get the chance.

I know you have missed January but it is not too late to start!

Check back tomorrow & I will tell you what verses I chose in January.