Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) Recently, we have had so many beautiful sunsets.  Yet all of those sunsets had one thing in common – clouds.  I found that ironic.  When we think of cloudy days, we often think of that being depressing.  When I think of clouds, these things came to mind… The first thing I thought of when I thought of a beautiful cloud in the Bible was in the beginning of the Bible – Genesis 1:7.  I just taught this to my Cubbies class in Awana – “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the water...

Last week was our Fall Revival.  While the girls did their lessons in school on their DVD's, I spent the morning setting up for our revival services that evening. Clean the auditorium, clean the bathrooms, set up the Fellowship Hall for the meal and all the small details like visitor packets...coffee bar...cleaning the windows...garbage...making the drinks, etc.   Monday evening, the ladies of our church made lasagnas and we served it with salad, french bread and cookies for our meal before the revival began. Pastor Soto and Pastor Griffin both spoke Monday night.  I very much enjoyed participating in the song time with Josh and Jenny.  Thank you to Megan who worked one of the services for me Monday night so I could hear some preaching - as well as cleaned up the Fellowship Hall!  There are many things that often fall on the pastor's wife by default - and we do them without a second thought.  However, when someone takes note and volunteers to tak...

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) Here I am…once again…sitting at a softball game.  SO many thoughts run through my head at these games.  Oddly enough, parenting thoughts are my biggest train of thought. You see, when a softball mom sits and watches her daughter pitch or bat or field a ball, you get anxious.  Like “I might have a stroke” kind of anxious.  When all eyes are on your kid and it all depends on them if they can throw a strike or not…it is a bit nerve-wracking. Because you don’t want them to fail.  Especially not in front of a crowd of p...

Monday began as a normal week.  After Reagan arrived, we headed off to school.  While the girls worked on their videos, I did cleaning of the building - my normal for a Monday.  Most of the times, I put in my ear buds and listen to the Bible on my phone.  I think I do it to stop my mind from constantly thinking of all I need to get done. :) If we are honest, life is just getting through a day sometimes.  Every day, I have six-seven kids all day.  It is problems, fighting, crying, whining, bickering...it never ends.  So if you are there with me...I understand.  Someday, we may be able to think again.  Clearly.  With a refreshed and awake mind.  Someday. :) So when someone comments that they enjoy reading about my week...I suppose I chuckle.  To me, it seems to boring.  Same thing...same problems...same stuff.   When we finished school, I dropped the girls off at home with my husband - his day off - and I did my ...

Does one ever tire of sunsets?  I don't. :) While waiting for a softball game to begin, we were playing with the younger girls.  This was Summer - first playing around with a bat and it was so awesome to see her strike the pose with no training - just from hours and hours of watching her sisters' softball games.  I loved it!   Fall ball ends today - so my favorite thing really is being a softball mom. :) I was downtown this week and I just loved the fall colors with the architecture along the riverwalk. Tater-topped hot dogs.  I know - it is probably weird to most - but I love them!  

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) One morning, I was getting a cup of coffee in the breakfast room.  I always put the cream in first and then add the coffee.  I'm a creature of habit. :) A guy next me was getting a cup as well.  He noticed me the way I made my cup and said, "You put your cream in first.  Maybe I've been doing it wrong all this time!".  He was joking, of course.  I thought it was interesting.  We were making the same thing - just in a different way.  He wasn't right or wrong.  I wasn't right or wrong. I was at Home De...

First, if you don't like a good tater tot casserole, we can't be friends. :)  Second, this is MY favorite tater tot casserole of all times.  I love that it adds in broccoli and fresh tomato and the French-fried onions are the perfect touch! Beef and Tater Bake 4 cups frozen Tater Tots 1 pound ground beef 1 package (16 ounces) frozen chopped broccoli, thawed 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of broccoli soup, undiluted 1 medium tomato, chopped 1 can (2.8 ounces) French-fried onions, divided 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese, divided 1/3 cup 2% milk 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/8 teaspoon pepper Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Place Tater Tots in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, 10 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in broccoli, soup, tomato, 3/4 cup French-fried onions, 1/2 cup cheese, milk, garlic powder and pepper; heat through. Pour over Tater ...

Mondays are always a busy day for me.  While the girls are doing their school videos, I start the cleaning of the church building.  I try to do at least half to three quarters on Monday and finish it on Tuesday.  It is such a large job that it is better to break it up. My husband worked at Sportsman's Warehouse Monday and we had Reagan and Aaron.  Jake, Megan and Papa Vern brought by a mattress for the girls' room which is just in time for my family coming in December!  Yay! This is Aaron - he is such a happy and sweet baby! I made a new recipe for dinner which I shared last week -  Gnocchi, Sausage and Spinach Soup .  It was delicious! Ended the day with some delicious apple cider. :) Tuesday was school and then piano lessons at 1pm.  After dropping off the girls at lessons, I left to do my errands.  ABC Lock and Glass to pick up an item for the church, the post office to mail grades and get stamps/mail, and ...