Behold the Man! series

 "We shall close these testimonies of men regarding the character and mission of Christ with the statement made by William Jennings Bryan: "Reared in a carpenter shop, with no knowledge of literature save Bible literature, with no acquaintances with philosophers living or with the wirings of sages dead, when only about thirty years old He gathered disciples about Him, promulgated a higher code of morals than the world had ever known before, and proclaimed Himself the Messiah. He taught and performed miracles for a few brief months and then was crucified; His disciples were scattered and many of them put to death; His claims were disputed, His resurrection denied, and His followers persecuted; and yet from this beginning His religion spread until hundreds of millions have taken His name with reverence upon their lips, and millions have been willing to die rather than surrender the faith which He put into their hearts. How shall we account for Him: Here is the greatest fact of history; here is One who has with increasing power, for nineteen hundred years, molded the hearts, the thoughts, and the lives of men, and He exerts more influence today than ever before."  

Behold the Man pg 11-12

WOW!!

 In all the years that we have lived here - we have never seen a coyote in our back yard - till this evening. When I went to check on the baby chicks at about 7:30pm - I noticed something move quickly and it caught my attention. Thankfully there was a fence between us. I called my husband to come outside. He was able to see it and identify it. Then it rain off. We spent some time looking all over to see if we could see him again, but we did not. 

Tomorrow I will be spending some time looking to see how he might have gotten into our yard and then I will take care of it. So thankful that I noticed it and hopefully scared it off. 

Monday night was very windy here and when I went out to check on the babies I noticed a try we have that is leaning over towards our house was blowing around quite a bit. I asked for prayers on our churches prayer chain - I was scared that it could brake and land on our house. Thankfully God protected us throughout the night. I was also able to get a name of someone to give us a quote on taking the tree down. And they came out to give us quote today. Hopefully we can get that job done soon. 

With our electric bill being so much higher than usual because of inflation, ect, we have decided that we have got to get our ducting on our AC/Heater unit redone and then we will be spraying insulation up in the attic. We feel that this will make a difference in the bill. We have known we needed to have this done for quite some time but had so much other stuff to do that we had not gotten to this job. We are hoping to get this stuff done in the next month. 

So much going on around here. Just is just the tip of the iceberg as they say. Ya'll take care. :O) 

Best Deal

See the bag in the background? I got it for free on this shopping trip. You probably saw it on another post - I found several awesome deals on this one trip. I found the bag in the store - wanted to get it so I loaded it with my treasures and when I checked out - the sweet lady said I could have it! Awesome!! 

Now onto our best deal of the day! This Vtech spin and learn flashlight!! When you spin it - it changes colors of the light it gives off! And has all sorts of learning things about it!! Saw it several places on the internet for anywhere from $9.99- $20.00! 

 But I only paid $1.00! What a Deal!! 

I love finding great deals. It makes it where I am able to have a good amount of awesome things here for our grandchildren to play with - without spending a whole bunch of money! 

# 13 Jack Sequeira- Universal Sin Problem

Hello! :O)

 Just a little update while my grandson sleeps and while our lunch is cooking. 

So our little chicks are a little over a week old and doing well. Sadly, we lost 2 of them and have since learned an important lesson about some of the special care involved with new baby chicks. And I have since written these things in my little chicken booklet that I have. It has come in handy when we have gotten baby chicks. And I am glad I thought of doing this years ago. We did start off with 29 and how have 27 babies. They are doing so well and bring not only a lot of extra work, but extra joy! 

Gardening is going great. I have 4~ 1020 trays of starts - some of which I am in the process of hardening off so that in the next week or so I can get them planted outside. I have my garden space mapped out - this takes quite a bit of time and thought. And I have my plan for my next 2~ 1020 trays. 

Well my time is up. Hopefully I can jump on here and again soon for another update. Hope you are all doing well. :O) 

Just a little thing that just happened and I had written it up on facebook- will share here: 

You know those big black birds that many people think are a nuisance? They are among my list of favorite birds. One of the main reasons they rate so high me is because they help protect my chickens! Just know as I was in the kitchen - I heard one of my chickens squawking, differently than usual so I looked out and what did I see? A huge hawk in the tree with 2 black birds trying to get him to move on. That hawk was quite determined and I had to run out and help with the job. Hopefully that hawk will find somewhere else to find his meals from now on. I purposely put bread and pieces of tortillas and such for the black birds when I take scraps out in the morning. It helps to keep bringing those birds back to my yard. It's a good investment into a little bit of a security system, I think. And a great reason for them to be on my favorite birds list! 

Behold the Man!

 Behold the Man!! 

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One day as Napoleon Bonaparte was talking to his attendant in the place of his banishment on the island of St. Helena regarding the heroes of history, he suddenly turned and asked the question, "can you tell me who Jesus Christ was?" As the officer hesitated, Napoleon said; "well, then, I will tell you. I think i understand somewhat of human nature, and I tell you all these were men, and I am a man, but not one is like Him: Jesus Christ was more than man. . Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded great empires: but upon what did the creations of our genius depend? Upon force, Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions would die for Him... 
He asks for the human heart: He demands it unconditionally, and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful! All who sincerely believe in Him experience that remarkable supernatural love towards Him. Time, the great destroyer, is powerless to extinguish this flame.

The gospel is no mere book," said he (Napoleon "at another time, ' but a living creature, with a vigor, a power, which conquers all that opposes it. Here lies the Book of books upon the table (touching it reverently); I do not tire of reading it, and do so daily with equal pleasure. The soul, charmed with the beauty of the gospel, is no longer its own; God possesses it entirely; He directs its thoughts and faculties; it is His. What a proof of the divinity of Jesus Christ! Yet in this absolute sovereignty He had but one aim- the spiritual perfection of the individual, the purification of his conscience, his union with what is true, the salvation of his soul. Men wonder at the conquests of Alexander, but here is a conqueror who draws men to Himself for their highest good; who unites to Himself, in corporates into Himself, not a nation, but the whole human race!! 

(Signey Collett; "The Life and Words of Christ," Cunningham Geikie, pages 2,3) 

Found in my "Behold the Man!" pages 10-11 

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My Best Deal

Sometimes I find things at thrift stores that I have no idea I even want! That is one of the funnest things about going to Antique Malls- walking around till something captures my attention!! This is what happened at my favorite little thrift store recently. I was looking through a container of a few cookie cutters. I am so thankful that I even looked because I was NOT looking for cookie cutters but something told me to look through the container. And I found these two little treasures!! 

I love raggedy Ann and Andy!! 

I had no idea that these had been sold back in the 1970's! But I am SO happy I found them!! 

at only 50 cents each - I got a GREAT deal!!!