Someone is in my bed!

Oh well. She can have some special treatment. She can sleep in Pa Pa's
bed.

Happy Girl

At the breakfast table, laughing.

Simeon on Pro Bass Circuit..

His first large mouth, and a good one. Already a very skilled angler. He shows me up every time we go fishing. After many failed crappie trips, he still wants to get into those.

Great job Simeon!

Princess Fisher

So patient and willing learn. Liesel did great today. Caught several
and learned to bait a hook with a worm.

Train Up A Child

Jude tore it up today. About 9 fish and turtle.

Jude...

Jude had a play this week. He was one of the stars in the production. I'm sure glad I drove 18 

miles to see him. I sure am proud of that boy! He is the one in the middle holding the kite!

Proverbs 23:10-11 - version 2

A charge and a promise...

Do not move the ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, For their Defender is strong; He will take up their case against you.

encroach: to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, esp. stealthily or by gradual advances.

• Is your journey into of the fields of the fatherless to act as God's ambassador or to say, "That isn't my calling?"
• Is your journey into the fields of the fatherless to pluck these little ones from a certain death, or to say, "Sin passed from generation to generation causes horrible things like this."
• Is your journey into the fields of the fatherless to pave the path for someone else to reach God's most vulnerable treasure, or to say, "I pay my tithes and I give offerings. I'm sure my money will eventually get to them."

If so, you may be encroaching on the fields of the fatherless. By doing nothing, you may be delaying their rescue. You may be starving them. You may be denying them the shelter they need to stay warm.

Defender/Redeemer

I can't help but think about how Ava was defended and redeemed...

• A tiny child without a father or mother shortly after birth, she was cared for and kept alive by nurses and doctors for several weeks before moving to her only orphanage
• Her wonderful care givers ministered life to her daily. Changing her dirty diaper, cooking her food, grinding it up so she could drink it. Washing her clothes. Lets not forget keeping her very warm and cozy!
• 4 years of caring loving compasion
• Faith moved heads of nations to keep her alive through laws and government funding

God DEFENDS the fatherless!

Plead their case against you...

- He'll find someone to rescue these little ones. Is He calling you?
- He's looking for a family! Is he pleading their cause so you can welcome them into your family.
- He is protecting them! Is He defending them so your family can be so beautifully transformed?
- He finding ways to care for them. Is He caring for them using your finances, or is He having to find someone else?

Wow, Jesus loves these children with such a wonderful, incredibly powerful love!

As my good friend Buddy Wright said, "John, Love heals!" It can't be put any better than that.

Allow Jesus to transform your family, your thinking, your priorities. Allow Jesus to speak to you! Let Him come into that area of your life that is the most protected and guarded and He will show you things you never dreamed possible! He will show you Love!