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I woke up around 4 this morning and was genuinely confused about if today was Monday or Tuesday. I was going to cry if it were only Monday, so it’s good that I got it straightened out. 😉

We’ve been working on upping our game at school regarding expressing/teaching about faith through the environment, and I’ve been ordering pictures for the classrooms. Some folks in the congregation have been offering pictures that are…. how can I express this delicately and not sound judge-y….. creepy. Young children need to know that Jesus loves them, no matter what. So much that he saved them. There is a reason children’s Bibles have sweet little drawings in them – we are the baby Christians. So, I am drawn to images that show Jesus delighting in children, as you might recall from this post.

Joyful paintings – like this one.

I love it!

3 responses to “Sloggin’ along, but finding joy.”

1. I love that picture!

   I really enjoy the topic of Jesus pictures. I have been talking a lot about it lately, since new people are seeing the Obi-Wan picture in my classroom.

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2. I just got a marketing email from the place I ordered a Jesus picture from. The whole site is interesting, but there was a link to this artist:

   https://havenlight.com/collections/liz-lemon-swindle

   She has a bunch of pictures of smiling-Jesus with kids. He has blue eyes. That tends to distract me when I see it. But get this -- her name is Liz Lemon!

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3. Lauren, As I wrote in my e-mail to you, do we middle-school, junior high school, high school, college age, young adults, middle age adults, senior adults, end-of-life adults, realize that He who is God to us is not dower-faced but the happy, smiling God?

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Today is Beth’s birthday! It’s also a bittersweet day because she shared that date with my parent’s anniversary, and now Mom’s in heaven. It’s weird. Beth has become a beekeeper, which is admirable. So much maintenance! Just recently she was able to harvest her first round of honey. She had a vision for her labels, […]

When we had company two weeks ago, I moved my computer up to the bedroom so I could have my family Zoom meeting and not bother anyone. After the company left, I wondered if I could survive without it living downstairs. It’s actually been pretty nice. Instead of eating breakfast in front of it, I […]

Beth stopped by last night to chat. we got around to talking about things, and she showed a funny picture of her cat, Smokey. We laughed because he looks so regal, so important, so…….. presidential? Yes. Presidential.

When we drove around to find the entrance to Bluestem Lake, we passed several houses out in the country. some lanes had signs up that said ‘no lake access’ which made me giggle. People had probably been dragging their boats around certain neighborhoods and it made the community mad. My favorite house though, had the […]

Happy 30th, Lloyd! I made Lloyd go camping this weekend and he didn’t even complain. We went to a different spot this time – a place a little further away (Bluestem Lake, Area 5). It was delightful! We weren’t right by the water because there were several people already there, but we had a good […]