Multitude Monday #3024 - #3045 ...

Giving thanks with the Gratitude Community for His unending gifts...

...the joy found in swinging high...

...an early morning solo run through a quiet cemetery...  


...Eli rubbing Will's back and singing him "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as we check out at the grocery store...

...a train ride... 

...crescent moon light...

...neighborhood buddies...
 

...how he continues to bring me flowers...this time it was every color of the azaleas we have in the backyard...

...the way Will leans in for a kiss...

...hearing him at the piano...

...our backyard filled with kids from the neighborhood

 

...a brother helping a little brother...

...a friends help at the playground when Eli did a face plant in the mulch...

...this face...

...neighborhood Pizza night...after hours of the kids playing outside...

...medicine for allergy relief...

...rain that cancels plans and helps the pollen count fall...

...Wes' conversation with Micaiah after a tough few innings of pitching...

...making bread with him (he has been begging for weeks)...

...a different response...a glimpse of the way He worked in me through that difficult, painful time 7 years ago...

...the rhythm of the day...

...His stirring in our lives...

...a powerful rendition of "It Is Well with My Soul" during worship...and the power in this line...
"And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight..."

  

Star Spangled Banner...

Please enjoy this video of Joshua practicing The Star Spangled Banner for his first grade USA Chapel today...

Multitude Monday #3003 - #3023...

"...so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other..." Isaiah 45:6 

Giving thanks with the Gratitude Community for His unending gifts...

...A warm cup of tea...

...Will singing as he goes about his "work"...

...warm heat that thaws cold feet...

...a morning with a friend...

...evening dishes cleaned by my sweet husband...

...conversation that encourages...

...a substitute teacher at drum lessons that grooves around the room while Micaiah plays...

...hearing and thinking on this quote: "God will never protect you from something He can perfect you through."...

...worship that brings me to tears...

...Late evenings on the playground...

...boys digging in the dirt...

...the backyard alive with color...

...neighborhood street filled with boys on bikes, scooters and ...Will with his tractor...
...my husbands perseverance in his work fitness challenge...

...God's gentle reminder to slow and continue to press into Him...
...humidity that brings out the curls in their hair...

...prayers whispered as we move throughout our day...
...my cousin Taylor staying with us...
...how the boys love having him around...
...this picture with my flower picking boys...

  

Multitude Monday #3002...

"Until the gospel events of Good Friday and Easter and the gospel promises of justification and eternal life lead you to behold and embrace God himself as your highest joy, you have not embraced the gospel of God. …

The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty."  

 The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself. Therefore, the gospel of God and the love of God are expressed finally and fully in God’s gift of himself for our everlasting pleasure. “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11)."
John Piper

Photo: Joshua at the Jumonville Cross on Good Friday

  

Easter Chapel Videos...

Both of the boys performed at Easter Chapel today.  Below are two videos...

...this one is of Joshua and his class singing the Doxology...

 

and this one is of Micaiah (hiding behind the drums) playing "Mighty to Save."  Enjoy!

 

Will Turns 2...

Here are a few pictures and a video from our celebration with Will yesterday.  We spent the morning at the aquarium and then enjoyed cupcakes and presents in the evening.  

His brothers were so excited for his birthday...because of their excitement...Will "enjoyed" a round of "Happy Birthday" as we checked out at Trader Joe's (from the employees and the people in line)...and another round at the Aquarium.

 

Multitude Monday #2073 - #3001...

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

Jean Baptiste Massieu

Giving thanks with the Gratitude Community for His unending gifts...

2073...worship on the way to and from drum lessons

2074...a glimpse of the sunset through the trees

2075...crossing the bridge and winding our way home

2076...the shadow of a cross on the wall

2077..little ones playing with potato heads

2078...Eli writing this...

2079...Eli's excitement as we read this book together

2080...a conversation with my husband that runs deep

2081...the smell of him as I bag up his work shirts for the drycleaner

2082...boys munching on doughnuts

2083...boys playing with Resurrection Eggs

2084...a friends challenge to join her in 31 days of prayer for my our husbands

2085...the 3rd grade class over for an end of unit movie and pizza

2086...Will singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

2087...this face

 

2088...this little one and all of his messes...

 

2089...this little boy peeking over the pew bench

2090...catching a glimpse of his feet dangling from the pew bench

 

2091...boys delighting in an evening treat

2092...him "driving" his tractor

2093...for boys playing and having fun

 

2094...completing the memorization of James Chapter 1

2095...that He is using these scriptures to bring things to light in my life

2096...hearing "Mommy, Mommy_______" (his excitement in communicating with me)

2097...gaining new insight into the Sabbath while reading Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

2098...these two

2099...a game of two hand touch football 

3000...catching this moment...and thinking on how much their friendship has blossomed

3001...an impromptu evening of family fellowship, prayer, and dinner that began with a friends heart to obey the Lord in calling people together to pray