A Little Giggle

Every Tuesday, I baby-sit two little girls at a church in ________, Gwen (2) and Jaqueline (4).
Their mother relayed this hilarious conversation to me later which went on as they pulled up to the parking lot last Tuesday.
Mrs. ____(their mom) told them “Look, there’s Bryant in her car!”
Then Gwen chirped “I want to marry [...]

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A Pure Heart

Lord, give me a pure heart….
to seek You
to find You
to know You
to love You
to follow You
to live for You
to die for You

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~Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.~

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What is real?

Temporary things are all around us. They are everywhere. We can’t avoid them.What should we do then? Love them? Live for them? After all, they are everywhere!
No, we must do the very hardest thing of all. Live among them, yet seek that which is truly real.

Temporal things are not really what is real.
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Few people understand [...]

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Bryant’s Best Banana Bread Recipe

I’ve tried a lot of banana bread recipes, and this is by far the best! Very moist and very yummy! Our family favorite!

~Banana Bread~

1 1/4 c. whole wheat flour

1 c. sugar

1/2 t. salt

1 t. soda

1/2 c. vegetable oil (this can be reduced to 1/4 and the bread is still very moist)

1 c. mashed bananas

2 eggs

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Give thanks!

~Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.~

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Refinishing fun

While my uncles were here for Thanksgiving (check our family blog for the complete story), they helped refinish my desk! My desk is very old, very pretty, and was very much in need of refinishing! Here are some pictures:

We took the finish off,

and applied a new finish to it.
We could have stained it as [...]

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Can anyone help me???

Does anyone know if it’s possible to add music to blogs on beta blogger? Like, so the music would play when the blog opens? If anyone knows if it’s possible, or how to do it, drop a comment let me know!Reward: $1,000–in cash!!!!!No, JUST KIDDING! :-)
But, I would place a link to your blog on [...]

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Bright Lights retreat

Sorry I’ve been absent so long! I was caught by a very unpleasant germ, and was feely rather out of sorts earlier this week. :-(

Yesterday Micah Noel and I went to a Bright Lights mini-retreat in St. Joseph, MO, at New Life Bible Church. It was led by Erin Greer, and delightful lady whom [...]

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Justapicture :)

Captions, anyone???

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Peace, Be Still

“Many things I had believed to be firm and lasting I have found to be not so. Many nights I have lain awake with tears in my eyes trying to understand what God was doing. But, dear sister, God never has required us to understad His ways, only to trust Him.
Perhaps you too, dear sister, [...]

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President Bush!

I had a wonderful time in Topeka (see the previous post)!!! We arrived at the GOP headquarters on Friday at about 5:30pm, and painted signs for the rally on Sunday. (The people attending the rally were not allowed to bring their own signs).

With Jim and Anne Ryun
On Saturday, we headed to the Phill Kline [...]

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Jim Ryun’s campaign

This week-end, my mom, Micah Noel and I are going to Topeka to help with door-to-door and some phone campaigning for Jim Ryun. We will be leaving tomorrow night, and will probably be back on Sunday night. We’ll be staying in a hotel there with the other people who are helping with this team (most [...]

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