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in a fwe weeks we have our ILLUMINATE Daughters Conference – so excited! this week has been busy organising giveaways and goodie bag treats! i’ve been so impressed by our local community (connected on fb) who have donated goods and services to bless our women. makes my heart sing.
okay while this isn’t perhaps something i totally love, because how sad is it for the diner and how sad it is for jamie but loving the awareness getting out there about allergies and coeliacs. i don’t have coeliacs, i was tested but i don’t have the gene. but i have been told that sometimes an allergy or an intolerance can be worse because a ceoliacs can sometimes eat without symptoms (they so shouldn’t cheat though! so bad for you!) whereas an allergic or intolerant person will react almost immediately and violently. last year i toasted my buns to make a quick chicken roll for dinner before i dashed out to a church leaders meeting. i toasted the buns on top of the paper i had just cooked my kids dinner on. battered chicken nuggets. boom. 1/4 hour into the meeting. i was so unwell. sooooo unwell and didn’t think i would make it home in one piece! i don’t eat out at all now (because i have a complex combo of allergies) but so think restaurants and cafes need to be so vigilant in caring for their diners if they market their food as safe. i also have to point out that i totally love jamie oliver – love his mission, love his tv, love his revolution!
Coeliac sufferer made ‘violently sick’ at Jamie Oliver restaurant: Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant chain was fined £8,000 after a woman who told staff three times she was allergic to gluten was served wheat pasta.
okay so i totally pinched this from Paisley Jade – brilliance… i think is my favourite! no wait the second one is… okay they might all be…
okay so NOT totally loving this nusery spider hanging out on our bbq over right next to the laundry door (we have an outside access to the laundry.) freaked me out. i totally girl screamed and had both of my guys running! of course we then had to catch it, photograph it and then caleb relocated it. on a tree down and across the road. after he went and showed the neighbour. he has then informed me that there may be “family” hanging around our house. great. i’m never going outside again. or opening a door or window.
we had a fun week with my parents up from the South Island – on sunday we also invited Tony’s mum (bottom photo) for the afternoon too. we made the most of a half hour window of sunshine to take some family photos.
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
yesterday we celebrated Mothers Day with the kids and my MIL at the Auckland Museum… the kids loved the Oceans and Land, Weird and Wonderful (eeek those bugs are soooo gross!) and a Kids in the Past exhibits and i loved the vintage clothing and furniture display. we spent a good quarter of an hour watching a pair of geckos to see if they caught any flies. they are amazing creatures! all in all it was a fun day out and about, including compulsory tree climbing, followed by a delish meal back at our house!
You are a warrior who will battle for your children’s hearts, souls, attention, innocence, education and memories.
Go to battle my friends. This is your time.
To read the rest of this amazing mothers day post (the script that goes with the youtube clip) head over to Lisa Jo’s blog
though i confess i’m not good with the vomit on the floor bit… but a fantastic insight into motherhood… well done NewSpring Church
i’ve taken the plunge and made a fb page for my blog… it feels scary but i know that i read blogs mostly that i find in my newsfeed and love the ability to share so figured i’d do what i love… so you can now find me on ONE PASSION ONE DEVOTION FB
**** LOVE LOVE LOVE this post on The Fearless Experiment called THE NARROWING. oh its good for the soul, good challenging!
Suffering leads to perseverance. Perseverance to character, character to hope.
The Narrowing: It’s how you begin to feel a new heartbeat. It’s how you discover what’s really important. It’s where you find meaning.
It’s when Someone takes a hammer and a chisel and begins to chip chip chip away at what shouldn’t be there. It’s when Someone sees the masterpiece that lies beneath the rock, and He won’t stop until the excess lies broken and dusty on the floor.
It’s when, slowly and deliberately, chunks of the old you are chiselled away. Pride, self-preservation, comfort, greed, gluttony, and all other things dark and heavy. Those things you don’t speak of. Those things you fear and hate the most. You know.
You know something needs to be done. You know those things will cling to you unless Someone takes up the hammer.
i so love LOVE CAKES. they are gluten free, dairy free, egg free and some other free stuff too, but def not taste free. they are delish and soooo good. today for mothers day i got special shaped muffin tin thingys so spent some of the arvo whipping some love cakes up… shaped like butterflies and bugs!
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
not only was it may the fourth on saturday but i also changed my text tone to reflect the star wars fan-ness that is our family. it now says “message from the darkside” in a yoda voice. it used to be “guys where are we?” (charlie from LOST) but i got so many texts on wednesday night during housegroup (had to keep it on because MIL was going into hospital, my hubby taking her) that i figured a change might be worth it. message from the darkside might be equally hilarious and distracting though. esp during family prayer time… lets just say there were lots of giggles as it went off during a timely pause as evangeline was praying…
i had fun yesterday – first day back at school for the kids – which means first day back into stuff for me… discovered http://www.fotor.com/ and made some collages of the kids (below) and our awesome holiday and then made one for our Daughter’s Conference ILLUMINATE coming up in June
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
we just had an amazing recharging week away in turangi. we had lots of adventures including fishing at the tongariro national trout centre, rock climbing, maze adventures, mini golf and a trip to the war museum. we also had down time on rainy days (most of the week – though on the times we were out and doing things we had fine weather) incl watching icarly (which we hadnt watched before really) which we are now totally addicted to (and got to watch the final ever episode – which means happy tears from evangeline) and tony and i did a fringe season one marathon. we also made the most of the pool and the spa and ping pong table.
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
totally love these lost images… i love lost, still. its still my happy place… and funnily the things i watch on tv now are connected to lost. person of interest. once upon a time. fringe. its all lost. i adore the visuals too – and these pictures are just *sigh* so nice! funny yes i know, that something that isnt real, is so a part of my life. but it is. part of the fabric of who i am.
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
this is me service leading (MCing) our sunday night service on sunday… i just love the twinkly lights and the fading… i love our church!
on sunday morning i was priv’d to preach – i spoke on jonah – i love this graphic, found on pinterest (where all cool things are) – i love using visuals when i preach – brings a new dimension for those that are visually wired – and a great place to put awesome quotes! i love preaching, i feel most alive when i’m up the front, though i’m not deep and theological like other speakers, i know that God has given me a voice, uniquely mine, for His glory.
we were blest to have this amazing couple from our housegroup kidnap our kids (with permission and planning) on saturday, taking them to the mall, the movies and to the scooter park. our kids had a fantastic time out and it was great having a saturday arvo (pre preaching) to work on the powerpoint and pray and prepare
soooooooooooo excited about our ILLUMINATE women’s conf coming up in june! i’m stoked to be part of our women’s ministry team this year (officially for the first time!) which means i get to have an inside window into all the fun! annika and i met the other day and had some pinterest fun – thinking colours and design and then “girly” things like pink lemonade and pink jelly beans! loving it! cant wait to see the amazing things that God will do over the weekend – i so cherish our conf weekends, for connecting with God and connecting with the fantastic women in our church and community!
ahhh i love my boy! he is soooo into lego again and makes me smile with his genuine ready smile (and his not so genuine classic faces!)
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
elevation church have amazing creative people on their team… i was incredibly moved by this easter presentation, a wonderful analogy of jesus, the sin remover, the life giver
On a Friday morning, two thousand years ago, Jesus stood before the people, and Pilate declared, “Behold the man!” It was the sixth day of the week, the day God created man. And now the second Adam was undoing the first Adam’s sin.
Adam was always meant to wear a crown. Now Jesus would wear one.
Adam had been sentenced to toil among the thorns. Now Jesus would have those thorns twisted into His brow.
Adam was ashamed of his failure and sought to hide behind fig leaves. Now Jesus would wear the purple robe and hear the taunts of the mockers.
The hands of humanity that reached out for the forbidden fruit were the fists that beat the face of the precious Savior.
“Behold the man!” Pilate didn’t know what he was saying, but John the apostle did. Jesus is the perfect man. The image of the invisible God, the beginning and the end, the One in whom all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. The one who shows us what God always intended humanity to be like. He is the One who takes the shame of our sin and bears the mockery of evil.
::: go read the whole article by Trevin Wax here at The Gospel Coalition
last week i said i *wanted* to make some homemade cream eggs. well i did. they were fiddly and you had to be fast or the innards would melt… but they taste good. esp the next day! the kids thought i was super mum. okay, i think i’m super mum making them!
also Totally Loving:
All Sons & Daughters
Ungled by Lysa Terkeust
Butter Chicken by Magi (dairy and gluten free!)
Fringe
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost. so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
“Your dream and visions are attached to a process.” Banning Liebscher
“Leaders are developed in the process.” Zack Curry
“What’s the assignment right in front of you and are you giving yourself fully to it?” Banning Liebscher
“Rushing the process never works” Kim Walker-Smith March
Jesus Culture is passionate about equipping leaders. So they’re releasing monthly leaderships podcasts to do just that! http://www.jesusculture.com/podcast
they’re funny and informative – starting off with banter and then moving into a mini message and life stories. wisdom from those DOING it!
i believe i can fly! evangeline at ballet the other day getting some spunky air time!
two of my loves are music and preaching. so when the TWO are combined. happy. impressed. this is an album of preaching to music, or music to preaching, about Jesus. the cover caught my eye while i was browsing in itunes… yes, i am totally a judge a book by its cover type of girl, and so then i, you guessed it, spotified it… and was hooked. the preaching is dynamic and all about jesus and His power and His grace and oooooh it satisfies my soul and lights a fire in my spirit! AND i just got the book that goes with it. thanks to a friend who gave me a voucher for our local christian bookshop! excited much. it too has a glorious looking cover!
speaking of books… i read for the third time UNDAUNTED> its that good. it is a “i cant put this book down” type of book. engaging the heart and spirit! i finished and then thought YES i can tackle that mountain, and was also asking myself “who am i and what am i doing?” i got it for christmas and have reread it twice, crying through all 3 readings of it. follow christine caine on twitter and fb too – she’s the real deal. love her passion and perspective!
Christine Caine awakens the reader to how God works in us in order to work through us. Using her dramatic life story, she shows how God rescued her from a life of being unnamed, unwanted, and unqualified, so that she, in turn, could rescue others. She issues a personal, direct call-to-action: Be the love. Bring the hope. Be the change. Christine Caine offers life-transforming insights about how not only to overcome the challenges, wrong turns, and often painful circumstances we all experience, but also to actually grow from those experiences and be equipped and empowered to help others. Using her own dramatic life story, Caine shows how God rescued her from a life where she was unnamed, unwanted, and unqualified. She tells how she overcame abuse, abandonment, fears, and other challenges to go on a mission of adventure, fueled by faith and filled with love and courage. Her personal stories inspire readers to hear their name called, just as Christine heard her own—“You are beloved. You are the hope. You are chosen”—to go into a dark and troubled world, knowing each of us possess all it takes to bring hope, create change, and live completely for Christ. Part inspirational tale, part manifesto to stir readers to lives of adventure, Your God Is So Big! shows the way with spiritual wisdom and insight. Her mission to fight injustice by focusing on one person at a time will inspire and awe readers to see how we are joined in a unique mission, products of eternity, positioned in time, pressed to make the most of our lives on a quest filled with adventure and drawn by faith.Zondervan
*** something a bit different this week, just a solo entry in the Totally Love Tuesday. this post is inspired by the awesome housegroup leaders meeting we had on sunday before church. i’m praying that i would grow to become a better leader.
love this management/leadership video by Scott Williams – i love how it looks (i’m so that way wired!) and i love what it says!
people don’t want to be managed, they want to be led – there is a difference b/w a manager and a leader!~
essence: managers = stability // vs // leaders = change
rules: managers = make the rules // vs // leaders = break the rules
approach: manager = planning the details // vs // leader = setting the direction
culture: manager = execute // vs // leader = shape
conflict: manager = avoid // vs // leader = use
direction: manager = existing road // vs // leader = new roads
credit: manager = take credit // vs // leader = give credit
decisions: manager = make // vs // leader = facilitate
vision: manager = tell // vs // leader = sell
style: manager = transactional // vs // leader = transformational
okay somehow i came across this… perhaps from Jon Acuff’s blog Stuff Christians Like… and it’s seriously funny and clever!
okay a double whammie for Jon Acuff – he wrote this amazing post MAN ON FIRE, with an amazing analogy: I missed it the first ten times I saw the movie. Missed that I’m Pita. I’ve lived most of my life under the stairs in a dark, dirty cage. But unlike Pita, this is the place I deserve. For although she did not ask to be kidnapped or receive this experience as a consequence of her actions, I did. If this were the story of my life, justice would have already been served. The prisoner’s life is the life I deserve. But God is like Creasy. In Isaiah 30:18 it says “he rises to show you compassion.” I’ve written about it before because the scene really shook me. It made me realize, this is the Christ I serve. Powerful, fearful, able to heal the sick and blind, capable of walking on water. But willing to give it all up upon realizing I am found. Willing to pay the ransom with his own life. Willing to free me from a prison of my own design. And whether he’s crucified on a cross or forced to walk across a bridge in Mexico, he’s willing to do it all over again for me. And for you.
love love love love LOVE this book. Pursued by Jud Wilhite is a brilliant book about grace and God’s love. i dont think i have ever underlined most of the bible passage references in a book. i went and read hosea today after finishing the book. brilliance. heart touching. i’m reading it above at a lovely cafe in half moon bay marina called ari-tai… loving the afternoon shine and the apple cranberry drink to quench the thirst!
The good news is you don’t have to keep running. God is still pursuing you after you’ve placed your faith in Him. He’s pursuing you today—not to burden you with more tasks on the to-do list or to whip you into shape, but to love you. He pursues you with an intensity that can breathe life into you. And one of the most incredible perspectives of God’s pursuit is tucked away in the story of a prophet named Hosea who God called to marry a prostitute named Gomer. Even though his wife was unfaithful again and again, Hosea was told to take her back, just as God takes his people back. You’re passionately pursued with a goodness and unfailing love that is shocking, wonderful, and liberating.
When God wanted to illustrate the passionate intensity of His relationship with us, he chose marriage as the metaphor. Marriage pictures the special relationship God wants with us.
Yet the first time the Bible really explains the marriage metaphor, it’s not a fairy-tale story of a princess and her Prince Charming. It’s not Cinderella. Instead, God chose a relationship that’s completely fractured—the marriage of the prophet Hosea and the prostitute Gomer.
Check it out: “When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, ‘Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the LORD and worshiping other gods’” (Hosea 1:2).
Yep, you read that right. Not a former prostitute, but a full-fledged, card-carrying, active prostitute. It sounds insane. Ludicrous. It is. And that’s the point—we are compelled to notice God’s divine obsession with His children.
God uses their marriage to illustrate his passionate love and care for his people, who have acted like a prostitute in turning from Him. Throughout the first three chapters of Hosea, their literal marriage illustrates God’s relationship with us.
All this sounds crazy. And God is trying to shake us out of our indifference and show us something even crazier—His radical love and grace. He will continue to take his people back even when they betray Him, just as He will ask Hosea to take Gomer back again and again.
God will continue to pursue.
If the cross of Jesus Christ is the ultimate picture of God’s love in the Bible, then I’m convinced the second most powerful picture is found in Hosea.
Raising a Pure Son In a Sex-Crazed World by WE ARE THAT FAMILY – fantastic practical advice for those with pre teen sons. or sons in general. “The key is to be engaged in our sons’ lives, stay in constant communication with God, who knows them best; establish appropriate boundaries; and pray a hedge of protection around their hearts.”
and loving my son who made the brave bold step to get baptised on sunday – so love Caleb and what God is doing in His life and who he is… he is my funny spunky sweet eyebrow raising brave son… looking forward to the adventures we have as he grows into manhood and as the plan of God unfolds.
speaking of baptisms… i love this video of baptisms at elevation church – i love that they have tshirts – but moreso i love the expressions on peoples faces! in fact even rewatching it makes me tear up!
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
well done les miserables for doing well at the oscars, and for stirring up my heart again with the musical montage… so want to go and see it again… so want to go and see it again…
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at MNM’s BLOG
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