The Charm House: July 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Comfort....

Thinking about the word Comfort and what it means~ When you feel Tired, Angry, Ecstatic, Lonely, Frightened, Alone, or Grieving what or who do you turn to find Comfort? I asked myself this question this week and was not exactly happy with the answers. Some of us turn to food, some turn to alcohol and others have some other type of crutch that they will turn to. Well, we know that food want help ~ we keep gaining weight and we keep getting more miserable. Alcohol definitely doesn't fit the puzzle part~ It effects so many besides our own personal self that I can't even begin to to tell the story in one blog! (Not even to talk about the effects of driving under the influence)

YOU see, we have only ONE TRUE and ULTIMATE COMFORTER for ALL things ~ The Great Healer, the Great I AM, the One that we should turn to for all things ~ Jesus Christ! He is not a quick fix, not imaginary, HE IS THE REAL THING! I started thinking~ Wow, here I am this so-called strong Christian and I don't even turn to Him every chance I get.......... How do people survive without HIS strength! I know that I need His Strength and Comfort daily to get through. If you are reading and you want to understand more about His comfort and strength, I have made available one of my favorite Internet tools... The Bible Gateway! Please, use it at the top of my page. It is an incredible resource for learning more about God's word! You will find more daily strength than you can ever imagine by just staying in His word! Remember, God is Good ~ All the Time!

Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Monday, July 28, 2008

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8

Vacation is over and I as so glad to be back home! I am one of those girls that desperately loves a routine of getting up early every morning with my husband, starting the day, eating the same breakfast, the same lunch, and having a special dinner (maybe I made it or he catered it LOL). I spend my day creating, and thinking and then creating more. Some may consider it boring, I consider it my way of serving God. Anyway to my point for the day......... Over vacation, staying in the house that I thought I dearly loved at the beach, I was able to realize that I didn't love it quite as much as I did. Maybe I am getting older or wiser, but the older I get, the harder it is to take care of so much "STUFF". And really that is what it has become to me, "STUFF". We have it up for sale and I have been worrying about whether or not it would sale and if I really wanted it to. All that worrying is worrying me! Well coming home from vacation I decided to let it go, not to worry...... God already knows if that house is going to sale. He knows the purpose of that house, I don't. So here I am again, playing Ms. Know-It-All to God. Instead of worrying, I should be watching out for all of the surprises that He has in store for me today. WOW, I just realized that I probably missed out on so many great things just worrying about "STUFF"!!!! I love being happy and seeing things going right! I have to get a really good God check-up for this attitude starting right this second!!! Gotta go and see what HE has in HIS WORD for me today! YEAH!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Kids sing at Open Mic on Thursdays at Eddy Teach's...

Thurday nights is OPEN MIC night at Eddy Teach's Raw Oyster Bar

God showing off at St. George Island just for me...

I did it and WOW (as my daddy says) did God show up this morning! I pulled out of the drive this morning around 6:00 (hoping to catch the sunrise as I rode my bike) headed down the East end of the bike path. This is the first time I have taken this route because I like to go with the wind in my face to make it easier on the way back. (Yes, I am a wimp) Anyways...... I didn't want to miss any of the sunrise, so, I went on my merry way and kept going until it ended and then turned right and went up the beach access road passing my house, thinking in my head that I am a little crazy but heck, my sister says that about me all the time and yesterday she did tell my kids I did go overboard on things, so go for it. So I passed the house and then I kept passing the little side streets and then I seen it~ THE LIGHTHOUSE! God was once again seeking me out! He was calling to me! So I went~ All the way to it!! YEAH!!! And then I journeyed home, somehow once again with a light wind in my face.................. But then, almost home~ In all of God's Glory, There it was, HIS GIFT TO ME FOR BEING SO OBEDIENT TO HIM ~ Exactly what my heart desired on this St. George trip ............. A Beautiful Sunrise... Of course a tear or two were shead. But it was the biggest, orangest sun that I have ever seen! And no camera! No sister, no niece, Just me, God and that big 'ol Sunrise, The one that I wanted in my blog!

You know God never lets us down, He always shows up! I thank HIM so much for reminding me of that this morning. Sometimes we just need to be in HIS presence alone with HIM and just wait for that moment for HIM to show up in HIS glory to remind us that HE is still with us and still has HIS arms totally wrapped around us.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Journey's of St. George and more pics...

I looked out the back porch door and found a wonderful surprise sitting in the Gulf...

Whitney and Mallory working at Journey's of St. George...

Nick jumping into the pool... He had to have pictures of it!

Nick is almost taller than the pool!

Part of the crew of Journey's... Looking for Nick and Wes!
Mallory, Chase, Dale, Russ and Whitney
I know Chase and Whitney are really going to miss these guys...
I know I will just miss all the memories of the stories they tell me!
And the dog stories too!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

It's raining outside....

It's raining outside and here I am posting various pictures that I just can't resist showing all of you! This has been the best week and I have enjoyed showing you the best of our little Island! So here we go again....

Lauren showing off her little pink fishy in her casting net...

Whitney hanging ten....

Nick so excited about his Pepperoni pizza, had to have his picture taken with the ocean in the background...

I didn't realize at the time I was taking these pics....

Whit hard at work wanting everyone to check out her muscles...

Chase to the rescue, as one of his students fell off her kayak...

Lauren showing Nick her hermit crab....

Uncle Reid pondering the day and thinking about how proud he is of his kids...

I love these docks...

Sunset over Apalachicola...

Ahoy Sara...

Lauren basking in the SUN...

Shopping in Apalachicola....

Visiting St. George would not be complete without shopping in Apalachicola... Following are two of my favorite shops ~ The Grady Market and AvenueE. If you only have time to shop in one, visit Avenue E, but allow your husband to linger in The Grady Market!