I FORGOT ABOUT PUTTING A VERSE AND A QUOTE WITH THE LAST SEVERAL BLOGS!! FOR THOSE OF YOU READING, HERE'S A LIL' "CATCH-UP" WITH THAT...SOME OF MY FAVORITES:

"BY AND LARGE, MOTHERS AND HOUSEWIVES ARE THE ONLY WORKERS WHO DO NOT HAVE REGULAR TIME OFF. THEY ARE THE GREAT VACATIONLESS CLASS."
-ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH-

"YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS ENOUGH UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH." -WILLIAM BLAKE-

"YOU WILL NEVER 'FIND' TIME FOR ANYTHING. IF YOU WANT TIME, YOU MUST MAKE IT." -CHARLES BURTON-

"DON'T LET WHAT YOU CAN'T DO INTERFERE WITH WHAT YOU CAN DO."
-JOHN WOODEN-

"TO LET FRIENDSHIP DIE AWAY BY NEGLIGENCE...IS TO VOLUNTARILY THROW AWAY ONE OF THE GREATEST COMFORTS OF THIS WEARY PILGRIMAGE."
-SAMUEL JOHNSON-

"THE LURE OF THE DISTANT AND THE DIFFICULT IS DECEPTIVE. THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS WHERE YOU ARE." -JOHN BURROUGHS-



"CEASE FROM ANGER AND FORSAKE WRATH; DO NOT FRET; IT LEADS ONLY TO EVILDOING." PSALM 37:8

"THE RICH AND THE POOR HAVE A COMMON BOND; THE LORD IS THE MAKER OF THEM ALL." PROVERBS 22:2

"THE MIND OF MAN PLANS HIS WAY, BUT THE LORD DIRECTS HIS STEPS."
PROVERBS 16:9

"HE WHO OPPRESSES THE POOR TAUNTS HIS MAKER, BUT HE WHO IS GRACIOUS TO THE NEEDY HONORS HIM." PROVERBS 14:31

"FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO."
MATTHEW 6:21

"THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER, JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS, THAT ONE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." JOHN 15:12-13

"BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE IS FROM GOD; AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES IS BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD. THE ONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE." I JOHN 4:7-8

SOMETIMES I THINK THAT IF I DON’T PRAY HARD ENOUGH, GOD WON’T LET GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE I LOVE.

SOMETIMES I THINK THAT IF I DON’T FAST FOR LIKE DAYS ON END, GOD WON’T HEAR ME AT ALL.

SOMETIMES I THINK I HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF MY BURDENS, MY HUSBAND’S, MY PARENT’S, MY SISTER’S, AND ALL OF MY FRIEND’S BURDENS…ALL ON MY OWN.

SOMETIMES I THINK THAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE IN MY HANDS, IT ALL DEPENDS ON ME…I BETTER NOT MESS UP AND DO THE WRONG THING…I BETTER KEEP GOD HAPPY WITH ME.


WOW. HOW COULD I EVER HAVE BEEN SO FOOLISH AS TO PUT ALL THAT POWER IN MY OWN HANDS?

“DO NOT BE AFRAID, LITTLE FLOCK; FOR THE FATHER HAS CHOSEN GLADLY TO GIVE YOU THE KINGDOM.”

I ALWAYS FIND MYSELF COMING BACK TO THESE WORDS OF OUR LORD:
“COME TO ME, ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY-LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.”

I HAVE THIS FRIEND.

THIS PERSON IS SO WONDERFUL.
THIS PERSON FORGIVES ME CONSTANTLY, EVEN WHEN I KNOW I DON’T DESERVE IT.
THIS PERSON IS ALWAYS KIND.
ALWAYS THINKING OF ME FIRST.
ALWAYS LOVING ME.
ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO ME.
ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.
ALWAYS MAKING ME LAUGH.
HOLDING ME WHEN I CRY.
TAKING CARE OF ME.
A PERSON FULL OF INTEGRITY.
A PERSON WHO ALWAYS THINKS OF OTHERS FIRST.
ALWAYS SERVES OTHERS, EVEN WHEN IT’S NOT SO “CONVENIENT”.
ALWAYS MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON.
ALWAYS PLEASING TO ME.
ALWAYS PLEASED BY ME.
ALWAYS ENCOURAGING TO ME.
ALWAYS SELFLESS.

MY HUSBAND.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS UP UNTIL NOW HOW I GOT DARRYL TO BE SO GOOD TO ME. ??????? I DID NOTHING. HE WAS THAT WAY WHEN I FOUND HIM. I DIDN’T HAVE TO TRY TO HOPE THAT ONE DAY HE’D LOVE ME THE WAY I WANTED HIM TO. HE JUST DID, AND HE DOES. I DIDN’T HAVE TO HOPE THAT ONE DAY HE’D FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEHAVE LIKE A GODLY MAN, OR MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, OR LOVE ME AND ONLY ME…HE JUST DID. I KNOW I DON’T DESERVE HIM. HE IS HONESTLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS I’VE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S LOVE FOR ME. JUST THE FACT THAT GOD GAVE HIM TO ME, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES. WHEN WE WERE ENGAGED, I NEVER THOUGHT I’D BE ABLE TO LOVE HIM MORE…BUT TIME HAS PROVEN ME WRONG. I LOVE HIM MORE EVERYDAY, AND HE MAKES IT SO EASY. HE TREATS ME WITH SO MUCH LOVE, RESPECT, AND ADORATION…AND I DON’T KNOW WHY. I TRULY HOPE EVERY WIFE FEELS THE WAY I FEEL. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. I REALLY LOVE THIS MAN I MARRIED. ALL SIX FEET AND EIGHT INCHES OF HIS LITTLE HONKEY-SELF.

A PERSONAL THOUGHT.

YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE, JUST WAITING
WHEN I CLING TO OTHER THINGS.
YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE, JUST WAITING,
AS I DO MY LINGERING.

YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE, STILL LOVING
WHEN I’M NOT SO LOVING TO YOU,
YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE, STILL LOVING
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS I DO.

YOU’RE ALWAYS HERE, NEVER LEAVING
WHEN I GIVE SO MANY GOOD REASONS TO GO,
YOU’RE ALWAYS HERE, NEVER LEAVING
AFTER ALL THE TIMES I TELL YOU, “NO”.

YOU’RE ALWAYS NEAR, NEVER CHANGING,
ALWAYS WANTING TO CHANGE MY HEART,
YOU’RE ALWAYS NEAR, NEVER CHANGING,
READY TO GIVE ME ANOTHER START.

YOU’RE ALWAYS CLOSE BY, WATCHING ,
EVEN THOUGH I CONTINUE TO IGNORE
YOU’RE ALWAYS CLOSE BY, WATCHING
AND I REMEMBER IT’S ME YOU ADORE.


LIKE A CHILD THAT STANDS CORRECTED
TO HIS MOTHER, HERE I STAND.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR LOVING ANYTHING BEFORE YOU-
PLEASE LEAD ME BY MY HAND.

JESSICA SCHAFER OCT. 21, 2007