Messy Ruffles

I’ve been sewing lots of ruffles lately.  Ruffles for me, ruffles for friends, ruffles for books, and ruffles for babies.  The thing about ruffles is that their’s beauty in the imperfections.  It seems that the messier they are the more beautiful the final product is.  

It reminds me of some testimonies I’ve heard.  Testimonies that shock and impress their audiences.  The messier the person’s life was before Christ the more impressed we are.  And we can start to believe that it takes that kind of story for our testimonies to be useful.  We start to think that God’s work is like ruffles, the messier it starts out, the more beautiful the end result.

But the truth is that my story, your story is just as powerful and can be used by God to call others to Him.  After all in essence we have the same basic story.  

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 3:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Romans 10:9-10

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

John 1:12

and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:24

Of course the details are widely varied and personal, but the work the Lord does in one is just as beautiful as the work He does in another.

 So let’s speak out.  Let OUR testimonies be heard.  


And let us wait in sweet anticipation to see how He uses them to overcome.

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. 

Revelation 12:11

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multitudes on mondays

1. a home with family
2. sounds of worship that fill the house
3. a baby who wakes each morning singing praises in his own baby language
4. my boys in diapers or undies by choice not because they lack clothing
5. dirt - a free toy with endless possibilities
6. warm water - to wash away said dirt along with tension and stress from the day
7. an entire hand full of small fingers wrapped around my pinky 
8. the stairstep effect created when my boys line up in birth order
9. sunday morning worship courtesy of the birds in the backyard
10. quiet moments
11. mediano feeding chico
12. chico feeding his little cousin
13. grande’s amazing ability to memorize scripture
14. the ability to see and speak to family regardless of distance
15. extra arms for my boys to run to
16. books and videos that teach the truth to my dino loving boys
17. meeting women bloggers in real life who seek to honor God through their corner of the web
18. tiny toes
19. three generations of family together seeking the Lord sunday morning

. . . I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances.  I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty.  Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.

Philippians 4:11-13

Scripture Sunday

The Big Book Of History Review

Are you ready for this month’s #teachthetruth twitter party?  There will be more opportunities to win great books from Master Books including The Big Book Of History.

This 15 foot timeline tracks 6,000 years of history.  All the way from the first day of creation to the presidency of Barack Obama.  This could easily be used alone or with the study guide as a history textbook, but would also be a great tool to use alongside any history curriculum year after year.  

While my children are still a bit young for this level of study, they love the format and colorful pictures of the book.  This is one I’ll store well for later and pull out as we discuss different events.  

What I found very interesting was a bit of United States church history at the end of the timeline.  Did you know that in 1947 President Harry Truman declared the U.S. as a Christian Nation and in 2010 President Barack Obama declares that the U.S. is no longer a Christian nation.  It grieves me to see the mark our generation is making on history and leads me to my knees.

The book ends with a great question.  How will you make history?

You can watch the book trailer here:

For a chance to win awesome prizes including this book, join us for a Twitter party on Tuesday, October 25 at 8pm Central.  

Use the Hashtags -  #TeachtheTruth  and   #tttrollcall 

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Other non-authorized, not recommended uses for this book include using it as a racetrack for cars and a path to crawl on.