"Super" Moon

Bigger, Brighter Moon Tonight! March 19, 2011

     Some have dubbed tonight's full moon a "super moon" because it will be bigger and brighter than usual.
     Our moon orbits around the earth, a trip that takes roughly a month to complete. This is, in fact, the origin of the length of a month.
     What some people may not realize is that the path it takes around the earth is not a perfect circle, but rather more like an oval. (The technical term is ellipse.) As such, there are times when it is closer to the earth.
     When perigee (that is, when the moon is at its closest monthly approach) coincides with the full moon phase (when the moon is at its brightest), the so-called super moon will appear to be bigger and brighter than normal. Such an event happens about every 18 years.
     But just how much bigger will it be? Compared to the average full moon, the super moon will be bigger by about the thickness of your fingernail. It will be brighter too, although, because our eyes are poor detectors we may not be able to tell unless the average moon is standing by for comparison.
     The moon illusion has fascinated mankind since ancient times.  Info By: Elizabeth Jeffrey

     A full moon is always a spectacular sight, one that we often take for granted. Fortunately, there are times when things align just right and grab our attention and remind us of the majestic light that our GOD created.

Genesis, Chapter 1:
¹⁴ And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, ¹⁵ and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. ¹⁶ God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. ¹⁷ God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Here are some shots my hubby took tonight - I am so reminded of our "Super God" while gazing at the "Super Moon".

Little Steps

all i know is that injustice can be overwhelming at times,

but i have to remember that He is bigger than injustice

i have to remember that stepping out in fatih..in action...

is the only thing that we can do.

a little step at a time

Plant a Tree

I love thee quotes from Bonair Daydreams cards!
Just wish they were Bible verses.

The meaning of life is to plant a tree, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Nothing is hidden and everything is seen by my Lord!

Gratitude dances through the open windows of our hearts.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

St. Patricks Day

March - What you don’t know about St. Patrick

Leprechauns, four leaf clovers, and donning something green… that’s the traditional St. Patrick's Day celebration style and thoughts. Learning the true story behind St. Patrick’s Day was not quite what I expected. St. Patrick was not a fictional leprechaun, nor did he wear a little green hat or chase pots of gold at the end of rainbows. That may not come as a huge surprise, but did you know St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish? The historical story of Patrick may not be widely known, but it is extraordinary, and he poured his life out for God’s purposes changing the course of Ireland’s history.


In the 5th century, Patrick was born into a Christian family on the island of modern day Britain. However, his personal faith in Christ didn’t mature until his teens and only through extremely difficult circumstances. At age 15, Irish raiders kidnapped him and forced him into slavery in Ireland. The Celtic people of Ireland were well known as savage, animistic people. Yet it was in this spiritual atmosphere that Jesus Christ became the Lord of Patrick’s life. For six years, Patrick tended sheep for his master and spent hours on the Irish hillsides with God. One day, Patrick sensed a voice telling him that a ship was waiting to take him home. Remarkably, he escaped toward the coast and boarded a ship that sailed to his homeland.
Back home and a free man, Patrick joined the clergy and spent years in a monastery. In what some compare to the Apostle Paul’s “Macedonian call”, Patrick recorded having the following vision:

I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: "The Voice of the Irish". As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea—and they cried out, as with one voice: "We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us." 1

God called Patrick to return to Ireland and bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Celts. Patrick was convinced of his calling, but spent many years studying in preparation. He was in his forties when he stepped back onto the soil where he lived in captivity as a young man.

The Celts were stubbornly resistant to the gospel, and Patrick was not well received at first. Being familiar with the culture, Patrick became as “Celtic” as possible without contradicting his devotion to Christ. As Paul was all things to all men, Patrick became Celtic to win the Celts, yet still faced death threats and kidnapping. Patrick himself said, “If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.” As Patrick labored for God, the truth of the gospel slowly penetrated hardened hearts, and the seeds of the church took root across Ireland.

This St. Patrick’s Day let us take time to remember the sacrifice and suffering of Patrick, the power God displayed through one surrendered life, and billions who still have yet to hear the good news. Patrick was a simple man used for extraordinary work. What can God do with your surrendered life?


For more info on St. Patrick, check out these resources:

Tucker, Ruth. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biological History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan,1983.

Bercot, David W. Let Me Die in Ireland, The True Story of Patrick. Tyler, Texas: Scroll Publishing, 1999.

1 De Paor, Liam. Saint Patrick’s World: The Christian Culture of Ireland’s Apostolic Age. Dublin: Four Courts, 1993.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

America’s love affair with Dr. Seuss is not going anywhere. I mean, who can match the cleverness found in his writing?

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."

 -- Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!"

My Many Colored Days. Each page portrays a vibrant water color painting in a different color and uses it to simplistically describe a common human emotion.

Kids and adults alike can relate to the description of these days:

Gray Day… Everything is gray.

I watch.  

But nothing moves today

Then comes a Yellow Day.

I am a busy, buzzy bee.

Today, was one of those days swirling with color for me just as Seuss describes,

Then comes a Mixed-Up Day.

And wham!

I don’t know who or what I am

Who knows what colors tomorrow will bring?

The Bottom Line:

It’s Dr. Seuss. Can you really go wrong with a book that gets the complexities of life – some days are gray and some days are pink. Need we really say more? Volumes and volumes have been written to say what Seuss said magically in a child’s picture book.

MWP CongoPeru

God opened the door 90 days ago for me to work with Make Way Partners.  I started on October 1, 2010 as their financial secretary.  My heart is so drawn to Africa and orphanages (orphans). My heart also has been broken and filled with love from Africans and the fatherless.  As I look back to 2004, when I heard a radio commercial driving  to work in Ft Lauderdale, Florida about sharing the gospel in the Sudan, I can see how the Lord's been at work to glorify Himself.  Today, as we opened AL news - here is a story about the organization MWP.

1.1.11

1.1.11 - Wow! 

This is a new year and God makes all things NEW.