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April 30, 2009
What book of the Bible are you?
(Originally published by Nattie on October 5, 2005)
You are Psalms.
Which book of the Bible are you?
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Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 29, 2009
WWMD
(Originally published by Nattie on October 04, 2005)
I've been faced with some really tough parenting decisions lately regarding my seven-year-old son. And there are so many opinions about what to do and who to see, "etc., etc., etc." (said in best Yul Brenner voice). I felt like I was on information overload and not feeling any closer to an idea about what God wanted me to do for my dear little boy.
So I decided to strip all the information away and ask myself if I lived 2000 odd years ago in the days of Jesus, what would a mother faced with the same problem do? And the answer was so simple. She would take her son to Jesus.
That was it.
I had to take my son to Jesus figuratively, prayerfully, daily, hourly and everything would be fine. Jesus would heal him just as he healed the little children back then. Sometimes he healed them in powerfully miraculous ways and sometimes he just gave the parents strength to know what to do, but all I had to do was bring him to Jesus.
At that point I stopped worrying. I know that everything is going to be okay. I still have dr's appointments and conferences and stacks of information to read through, but I've taken my baby boy to Jesus. And we are going to be okay.
So if ever you are faced with a difficult situation and you wonder what to do with your child...just ask yourself what would a mom do in biblical times? Bring them to Jesus.
Matthew 19:13-15 Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 28, 2009
I am captivating
(Originally published by Nattie on October 03, 2005)
I am reading an excellent book by John and Stasi Eldredge that inspired my new blog banner—Captivating—Unveiling The Mystery of A Woman's Soul .
I can't rave enough about this book and I've only read the first four chapters. It is a book to be savored and you must allow the principals to deeply penetrate the bruised places in your soul.
I also encourage you to watch the archives of "Life Today" when John and Stasi visited. They have such a passion for the lost souls of men and women. You will want to be captivated too.
Oh, I just checked their website and they are on again this week. Woot!
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 27, 2009
Friday Felicities 9/30
(Originally published by Nattie on September 30, 2005)
1. crisp fallish weather on a sunny fall day
2. butterfly kisses from a little girl with her bedtime prayers
3. a not so little anymore boy saying sleepily that he likes to pray as I tuck him in
4. Anne Shirley Blythe's world o' books
5. TGIF Chicken Quesadilla Rolls
6. New haircuts and new glasses
7. bedtime can't be that far away, can it?
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 25, 2009
just sayin
(Originally published by Nattie on September 21, 2005)
reality is highly overrated right now
give me a dose of chocolate something with peanuts
and diet coke
Stat
add some episodes of "Friends"
PRN
and emails and message board posts from W@H
qid (or more—you can't overdose on this one)
coat liberally with prayer and praise music
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 24, 2009
I love these quizzes
(Originally published by Nattie on September 17, 2005)
Visual Learner
You are a Visual Learner. You like to see things for yourself, read the directions, and study the diagrams. You learn well through reading, and seeing pictures, models, and visual demonstrations. You notice minute details and are fascinated by the intricacies of the world around you.
What Is Your Learning Style? Quiz for Adults
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Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 23, 2009
friday felicities 9/16
(Originally published by Nattie on September 16, 2005)
1. Helping someone who has helped me so much.
2. Homemade tortillas.
3. Being able to open the windows for a little bit in the daytime.
4. Laughing with friends.
5. A son who was good at school ALL week.
6. Two little ones tucked safely in bed.
7. Anne of Green Gables books One through Seven.
8. Old movies.
9. Reduced-fat pringles.
10. The fact that I'm still alive after giving up chocolate for 10 days so far. Heh.
11. Yankee candles.
12. Old friends.
13. New friends.
14. My best friend ever—GOD.
15. David Crowder Band...I want to be their groupie in a wholesome way. Heh.
16. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully I won't have a headache in it.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 22, 2009
I have these friends
(Originally published by Nattie on September 12, 2005)
I have these friends...and I've stopped saying that I met them online because a lot of people just look at you like, "Huh? You what?"
I saw this quote the other day that made me think of these friends.
The space between yesterday and today is filled with acceptance, forgiveness, and remembering to laugh.That describes them perfectly. I can't believe that I met some of them three years ago, others two years ago, others one year ago...and others only months ago. But they all hold a special place in my heart.
Thank you, Lord, for my friends. And I can't believe that the W@H boards have been open a year this month. You'll have to stop by and check out the festivities. Maybe I can make some new friends!
Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, and the other gold.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 21, 2009
must read
(Originally published by Nattie on September 10, 2005)
while blog trolling this am, I came across this must read entry—
my well kept secret and testimony of being an unyoked wife.
It totally spoke to me having been yoked to an unbeliever myself.
I hope Jamie doesn't mind me linking her, but I think this will minister to others as well. Thank you for sharing your story, Jamie.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
(NOTE: This appears to be another broken ink but I am posting it in hope that someone can send an updated location. Thanks!—ND)
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April 20, 2009
life turns, life rolls
(Originally published by Nattie on September 08, 2005)
Life turns and it rolls and sometimes I find myself hard pressed to roll with the punches. Thus why I've not been blogging much lately.
There have been good thing and not so good things going on, blessings and growth opportunities.
Here is a bulleted list of both over the past month or so...
* my 7 yo started 1st grade
* I did not get the library job
* my 5 yo started preschool
* my pastor came up to me and said, "I heard you have a large phone bill you can't pay. We'd like to pay it for you."
* my 7 yo is hurt and confused
* my 5 yo has developed a whopping attitude fitting a 15 yo at least
* a 31 yo I know has a constant headache
* people calling up saying we have money for you half an hour after I pray for God to provide
* church members buying shoes for my children
* another church member showering my 5 yo with the 4 prs of shoes in the EXACT size she wears without knowing the size, just knowing the need
* two children who miss their absent dad and haven't spent a weekend with him in over a month because he is working seven days a week
* a 31 yo who is clinging to God as her husband, her provider, her best friend and in so many ways feels more fulfilled in the midst of the chaos than she has ever felt before
* 40 days of prayer and fasting at my church
and that just skims the surface my friends.
But you must remember these words that I've been taking comfort in -
"Cause that's just how it goes
How life turns...how it rolls
Through the fire and through the pain
It may hurt...it may bruise
It may leave you confused
But you will be okay
Cause His kind of love is a love
That won't walk away"
~ from "A Love That Won't Walk Away" by Jess Cates and Ty Lacy
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 18, 2009
a promise of peace
(Originally published by Nattie on September 01, 2005)
"Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
~ Isaiah 54:10
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 17, 2009
Praying for Hurricane Katrina victims
(Originally published by Nattie on August 30, 2005)
Where can I go from your Spirit?I can't even imagine how dark and horrible it seems right now, but God is with you and he wants to see you through. I am praying for all the victims and that you can feel God's presence with you in the depths right now.
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
~ Psalm 139:7-10
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 16, 2009
Friday Felicities 8/26
(Originally published by Nattie on August 26, 2005)
1. blogging my felicities on my blog again
2. the grace of God which passes all understanding
3. heating pads
4. ibuprofen
5. free multigrain bagels
6. friends who are answers to selfish little prayers
7. silly jokes that make you laugh so hard your belly hurts
8. Blue Collar Comedy
9. Sara Groves
10. a home church that has embraced me and cared for me like family
11. a five-year-old who loves learning so much that she begs for "homework" like her bubby
12. a seven-year-old who loves to pray
13. a warm bed
14. a roof over my head
15. dirty dishes in my sink (only because it means that we are well fed)
16. that i've lost 40 lbs since March
17. books!
18. diet coke
19. 3 musketeer bars
20. mint foot lotion
21. bath beads
22. home pedicures
23. David Crowder Band
24. hot water
25. hanes socks
26. the sound of cicadas on a summer evening
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 15, 2009
bells and whistles
(Originally published by Nattie on August 25, 2005)
this new blog has all kinds of new bells and whistles and I haven't quite figured them all out yet. Thus why I haven't added any links yet. Heh.
I have to keep emailing my dad. How do I do this? How do I do that? I'll get there. Then hopefully the words will start rolling again. Until then...bear with me.
I'm really stoked about one bell. Spam. It is persona non grata. I can delete it before it ever gets all up in my grill. Excuse my mixed metaphors and slang. I think I need more sleep or more caffeine or both. Tru dat.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 14, 2009
My blog is back!!!!
(Originally published by Nattie on August 23, 2005)
I lost everything in a server crash or something like that. Two years of blog entries. Gone in the blink of an eye. All my pictures that I had saved online got wiped out too.
I mourned. I put on sackcloth. I wailed a little. Okay, I wailed a lot. I contemplated never writing ever again. Then when my dad said my blog was back I felt my heart skip a beat.
I love my little piece of cyberspace. I love what it brings out in me creatively that paper and pencil does not. I still have my paper journal, but this little blog is...another piece of me. And I felt bare without it.
Now to add all my links and stuff again. Today is a new day. With no mistakes in it. Yet. *wink, wink*
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 13, 2009
Current News
This is largely irrelevant as almost all of you live elsewhere, but another team in our local "Relay For Life" has announced a fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society. Here are the details:
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Marion Lanes
705 W. 37th St.
Marion, Indiana
2 Hours of Bowling and Shoes $5.00 (per person)
Striking Out Cancer: Priceless!
Hosted by Liz (Coopie) Williams, Family and Friends
Of course, this has nothing to do with raising money in Natalie's memory, but anyone in the area next Saturday afternoon who feels like bowling for a couple hours is invited to join in.
And if this gives you any idas about ways we could beat last year's total, let me know. Thanks!
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April 11, 2009
The list is out
(Originally published by Nattie on August 6, 2004)
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. The Hobbit by Tolkein
5. The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg
6. The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis and John Eldridge
7. The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel
8. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
9. The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
10. Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
11. The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
12. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
13. Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
14. Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
15. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
16. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
17. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
18. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
19. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
20. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
21. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
22. Knowing God by J.I. Packer
23. Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
24. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
25. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
26. Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis
27. A Hunger for God by John Piper
28. What's So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey
29. Jesus, The One and Only by Beth Moore
30. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elizabeth Elliott
31. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
32. On Writing by Stephen King
33. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
34. The Inner Voice of Love by Henri J. M. Nouwen
35. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
36. Sophie's Choice by William Styron
37. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
38. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
39. Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
40. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
41. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
42. The Outlander by Diane Gabaldon
43. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
44. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover
45. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
46. The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
47. Beloved by Toni Morrison
48. Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
49. A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
50. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
51. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
52. The Diary of Anne Frank
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 10, 2009
I am...
(Originally published by Nattie on August 5, 2004)
~ I am not feeling very bloggy lately.
~ I am having fun playing with my camera and PSP though. :-)
~ I am counting down till my vacation. Only six more days.
~ I am not looking forward to traveling alone with two children, but I'll manage.
~ I am looking forward to meeting Jojo, spending time with my momma and seeing Mel for the first time in two years.
~ I am not looking forward to packing. My suitcase broke on our trip back from Florida. So packing is going to be interesting.
~ I am thinking about eliminating my book blog and just moving the posts over here. I'm trying to streamline things for back to school and back to *sob* work.
~ I am trying to figure out what books to bring for vacation reading. I need to travel light, but I go through reading material so fast! Hmmm....
~ I am not enjoying listening to my kids fight constantly.
~ I am going to stop this boring entry.
BTW, in answer to the questions of why I didn't let them bury me... Well, I have a strange adversion to being smothered. Plain and simple. :-)
Update (6:21pm): I deleted my book blog. No one had commented since May so now I'll just babble about books on this blog instead. It will be harder to ignore me then. ;-)
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 09, 2009
a brief review of my day
(Originally published by Nattie on August 5, 2004)
More Insomnia
Migraine
Poptart breakfast
Shots
McDonald's Playland
Email
Good snail mail
Laundry
Dishes
Decluttering
Trying to take a good self-portrait—HA!
Reading
Relaxing
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 08, 2009
Odds and Ends
(Originally published by Nattie on August 3, 2004)
I'm still fighting insomnia plus trying to go off my anti-depressants so don't expect any blog masterpieces.
So instead I'll just share another chronicle in the life of my children:
See a pile of blankets and pillows on the floor
Jonathan: *points to pile* "Sissy under there."
Mommy: *walks away shaking head thinking...apparently since we don't have any sand in our living room they are deciding to bury each other with what we have on hand*
A few minutes later see another pile...
Anna: "Bubby under there"
Mommy: "Just don't get any bright ideas to bury mommy that way."
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 07, 2009
Survived...
(Originally published by Nattie on July 22, 2004)
the physical. Didn't get the shots today. I'm having insomnia again plus the kids were up and down all night so I was just not capable of shots and a physical in one day. Hubby is going with me Thursday for bubby's shots. He's not looking forward to them.
He didn't do too hot on the eye exam part so I've made another appointment with the optometrist. Will it never end?
Oh and the kids are grounded. Hubby was ultra sweet and let me rest for a bit this morning. The kids were riding their bikes outside. They decided that despite all rules and warnings to the contrary that it would be a good idea to ride their bikes on the road vs the sidewalk. *sigh*
Jonathan told me, "Ryan made me do it." Ryan is his friend. *shakes head*
I so wanted to say..."If Ryan jumped off a cliff would you?" but then I'd sound like a parent or something. So no bikes. No scooters. No computer games. If they are lucky they will get to watch tv. If they are lucky!
I didn't get a picture this time, but I'm sure you can imagine it.
Setting the Stage: Anna borrows my car keys and starts swinging them back and forth in front of Jonathan.
Anna: "You are getting sweepy. Vewy vewy sweepy."
Jonathan: "No, I'm not."
Mommy: *head hits the keyboard* "zzzzzzzzzzz"
Okay, so I added the last part, but the first two things did happen. :-)
Oh and Anna is talking to her invisible friend now...Mr. Huggiekins. LOL KIds!
They make you cry in frustration one minute and laugh with joy the next.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 06, 2009
Scattered thoughts
(Originally published by Nattie on July 23, 2004)
While on my little blog "vacation," I read a really good book—Do You Think I'm Beautiful? by Angela Thomas.
There was one part that really struck me and I copied down in my journal...
We must realize that there will never be healthy love between a woman and a man until she comes to rest and find her being in the great love of God. God's love gives wisdom in discerning the man. God's love lets us smile at the mans quirks, just as God smiles at ours.
I know at some point in my marriage I had to realize that it would never be perfect. I also had to realize that even when/if hubby becomes a Christian he still won't get his socks into the dirty clothes hamper.
Here is another excerpt from the book...
A good man can be wonderful. But he can never be enough, and he can never make you whole. You and I were made for even more. We were made for God.
That is another issue I've been dealing with. To stop looking to hubby to fulfill all my needs and to look to God. I'm also reading two other good marriage books:
~ Beyond Expectations:Finding Joy In Your Marriage by Nancy Sebastian Meyer
~ Because I Said Forever:Embracing Hope in the Imperfect Marriage by Heather Kopp, Debbie Kalmbach
Another big deal for me was not blaming all our problems on my hubby. Can you believe that? I'm not perfect. LOL And for all his imperfections I still love my hubby dearly. I keep a list of things he does that remind me of why I love that man. Here is a sample of that list:
~ He painted Anna's fingernails for her when I was rushing around to get ready for a wedding.
~ He helped me fix my toenail polish when I was rushing to get ready for the same wedding.
~ He has pillow fights with the kids.
~ He has "man to man" talks with Jonathan.
~ He only grumbles mildly when our house starts to look more like a public library than a home.
Quote of the Day...
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness. ~ Therese of Lisieux
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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April 01, 2009
My apologies...
I haven't been able to keep up with Natalie's blog this week. I'm trying. Honest, I am! Back to "normal" next week...maybe!
Thank you for your patience!
(((((Y'all!)))))
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 11:16 AM | Comments (1)