Daily Bible Reading....Or, Daily Bible Luci-isms

We are reading through The One Year Bible.  I've read it through several times with the boys; now it's Luci' turn to hear God's Word all the way through.  I have this version on my Kindle.  It is so handy!  I love it.

Luci bounces around while I read; I don't mind too much, as long as she does not make noise and as long as she listens.  I have proof that she is listening--these Luci-isms!

You all know about Merv, mentioned here. 

Do you know about these?

Reading on January 3, we got to Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. 

Luci:  Ha ha!  Japheth is a funny name.  And I like Ham.  We eat Ham a lot here!

This one, though, takes the cake.  January 8th  brought this verse:

Abraham is trying to save Lot's city and says to the Lord, "Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes."

Luci:  Butt Dust!  He had Butt Dust!

And the rest of that night's reading was nearly impossible with my laughter and her squeals.

Heard Recently

Storms bother Luci.  She is afraid of the thunder and lightning.  John was on his way home from work in one of those storms last week, and Luci was worried.  So I prayed.

"Dear Lord, please hold your hands over John to protect him and guide him home safely."

Luci:  God's hands over Daddy?

Me:  Yes.

Luci, looking out the window:  I can't see them!  Is God invisible?

Me:  Yes.

Luci:  Wow, He would be good at hide and seek.

(and closing her eyes)  1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10!  Ready or not, here I come!

Hey!  I found Him!  He's in my heart!

Devotionals

Wednesday nights are hard around here.  We are all tired from work and school, and it's a twenty-five minute drive to church.  Which means leave for church at 6:30 and get home sometime around 9 pm. 
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When John's last deployment ended, we decided to start having devotionals at home on Wednesday nights.  It's been such a good thing!  John has a Bible reading and lesson from the Scriptures (sometimes we watch a DVD), Luci gets to pick out songs (so far Jesus Loves Me, Blue Skies and Rainbows  and I May Never March in the Infantry are the only ones we've sung.  And we've been at this for 5 months now!), and there is a prayer.
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The last two Wednesdays, we've been outside for our devos.  Around the new fire pit that John and JT built out of rocks from the creek-bed at the bottom of our property.  Absolutely wonderful!  And Smores, too. 

First, though, you have to call the kids from the yard...yes, JT is on TOP of the monkey bars.

and keep the neighbor's dog out of the Smores supplies.

Last week Clay joined us.  He lives next door--which means 'way over yonder, past the creek and through that big meadow that is his front yard.



Luci thought the sun was a bit much.

This is how Clay comes to our house.


Smores!

A Little Sponge

That's what Luci is. Yesterday the boys and I were "doing Bible" at the kitchen table. Luci was in the living room, busy with her toys. The subject of our Bible study was Jacob and his family, in Genesis 29 and 30. I began quizzing the boys, asking questions about the passages read. One of the questions:

Whom did Jacob love?

the boys hesitated, but from the living room comes:

Rachel!

So True--

Working on our school schedule, and found this verse in my teacher planner today...

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

surely I have a delightful inheritance.

Psalm 16:6

Say It, Tell It, Yell It---Communicating Christ

Vacation Bible School 2009

Luci has had a great time this year. The noise level didn't bother her, and she stayed with a large group without any family in the group, for 2 hours straight! That is a record for her.

If you ask Luci, she'll tell you that "V.B.S. is spelled V-V-S," and she spent the morning at "P.B.S."

Catching Up--The Past Week in Review

Our friends Barry and Diane, and their kids Rachel and Bradley came over for a hamburger cookout. Here are Rachel and Luci, complete with headgear. We had two kids' tables! One just for the boys (our boys, plus Bradley and Josh, another friend from church--both boys spent the night) and one just for the girls.
JT all sideways.
Gran-Je with Luci, in Jemison on Tuesday
Gran-Je and Grandpa, John's folks. They have an incredible view from their house.
Our Upwards Soccer finished up with a big party. It was sort of like a fair, with FOUR of those jumpy-things for the kids, a clown (Luci kept her distance), free food, and fireworks at the end. There were probably 800 people there. The fireworks were incredible--we expected the backyard variety that some folks get around here, but this was 15 solid minutes of beautiful fireworks in the fields behind our church building. I tried to capture some. Luci wore her ear protection and loved it, too. It was wet enough from all the rain, plus the fire department was there in force "just in case."
Luci wanted some more of that Splatter drink that she learned to love in Idaho. Cracked me up! It's called Squirt!
John got to see the final game and a half of Luci's season. So nice! I thought he would miss all of the games, so this was a good thing. Here is (are?) most of the team (missing two boys) with their terrific Coach Crystal. The boy next to Luci (he's the third child from left, next to Luci) is the one who kisses her on the run during the games.
Bryan and Luci watching the stars at the Upwards Soccer party.
John brought home New Testaments for the kids. Luci especially loves hers, and immediately started "reading" Bible stories to us. (I can't find the pictures on my camera! boo hoo)
Luci helped John fix the dryer hose--he needed someone to help him, and Luci was the only one who could fit back there. He's got most of the Honey-Do list completed. :) Just fun stuff is left, like take the boys to the movies, and have a tea party with Luci.

Ephesus at Night

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More Painless School Review...Part 4

I found this package at our local Bible book store. There are two beach balls, one for reviewing the Bible story and one for the memory verse. I love this! JT says he's played with these in his Sunday School class and it's fun. He said that where ever your right thumb landed, that was the question/review that you had to answer. Sounds like a good weekly review kind of thing!

Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions...Do you make them? Do you keep them? I always have a few...to weigh less at the end of the year than at I do at the beginning...to be more faithful to God (that covers a lot)...to be a better wife and mother...those are the basic resolutions I make.

This year our preacher/minister, Frank Mills, suggested reading all the way through the Bible. John and I are doing this, and thought some of you might like some reading lists if you are so inclined to participate, too. I just found these online today. I am not advocating the sites they came from--I didn't read the sites very thoroughly, so don't send me emails about what "stuff" they are espousing. I am just sharing their reading lists, all of which involve only reading the Bible.

Read the Bible in a Year--text included here, American Standard version.

Here's another, starting at any week in the year.

This one has a different subject every day of the week: The Law, History, Psalms, Poetry, Prophecy, Gospels and Epistles.

Here is one in chronological order, and you can start any week of the year.