A Little Blessing

I ran down the field.  Everyone calling my name.  I threw the frisbee to the end zone! I missed. I slowly drifted to being a cherry picker.  Then my sister came up to me.  "Diana, did you hear?"  my mind was in frisbee mode.  " yes, Kelle, I know that last pass was bad...." I started to say.  "No Diana, Christina had her baby! His name is Elijah David."  I was so excited! I jumped into the air.  "I'm an aunt again!" I said out loud. I was so happy for her.  All my friends crowded around.  They were happy too.  Everyone was congratulating us.
August 29th, 2014, at 7:13 p.m. 7lbs 13oz, Elijah David was born.
Just holding that little bundle of joy, makes my eyes water.  God's creation just glorifies His name.  Sometimes I just don;t understand how someone could look at a little baby and not know that the Lord created it.
If you don't believe in miracles, perhaps you've forgotten that you are one.

 sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. {winnie the pooh}
Joyfully in Him,
   Diana <3

July 2nd.

Tuesday:  my warm feet touched the carpet at 7:00 a.m. Went to visit my little house on a cool summer morning where the dew was still on the grass, saw that another one of my flowers in my garden has bloomed! (the one that I thought the rabbits ate). Picked bright colorful flowers and put them in little glass jars, cut fresh herbs and hung them up to dry on a wooden stick.  Serenaded myself on my violin, had a shopping trip with Kelle, (we went to Michaels and I got some scrapbooking supplies for 79 cents each!), stopped at our public library and picked up a the Cook's Illustrated magazine, created a brownie in a cast iron skillet [number 12], enjoyed the company of my sister and her family, (including Aidan!), had to stop laughing so I could throw the darts properly, tried to play a serious game of Settlers of Catan, (a few giggles popped out),  practiced my photography on some lovely flowers in a blue mason jar! =] And thanked my Heavenly Father that I am having such a jolly fun week!

Joyfully in Him,

   Diana<3 

The Joy of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray without ceasing, ¹⁸ in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 16:11

¹¹ You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Nehemiah 8:10

¹⁰ Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Psalm 28:7

⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

Joyfully in Him,
    Diana<3

A Post of Happiness

This post is about the little things this week that made me happy!

Monday: I played a good game of Killer Bunnies and it started snowing like a blizzard!!

 Tuesday: I woke up at 7:00 a.m. and got to watch the sun rise! It was beautiful. I just thank My Lord for creating the shinning sun!!

Wednesday: I had a nice violin lesson and I found my brown belt in my closet. (it looked really nice with khaki pants, my gray sweater, and a cool minty green scarf!)

Thursday: I had the pleasure to make a birthday present for my brother-in-law's birthday, and I made him chocolate mustaches! 

Friday: I spent the day shoppping with my Mom at some stores and I got a really cute pair of shoes! Yay!! I also found in the attic a candle holder. It was really pretty.

And I got to test it out! =]

Joyfully in Him,

     Diana<3

Christmas Time is Here!

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

Doesn't that verse send shivers down your spine?? Just think, our Lord was born more than 2,000 years ago! Wow!

I finally set up my Christmas tree in my room. I usually have a really small tree ad it looks so crammed with ornaments, you really don't want to see it. But this year, I found a bigger tree under our stairs, and I think it looks so elegant! Much better than last year. =]

Last year in December, I was at my brother-in-law's house playing some games when I saw on their table, they had a really cute nativity. I started looking at it, and decided that we could make it out of sculpey. Well,  it's been a year and I finally finished it. He helped me with Joseph, the sheep and the manger, but I did all the rest. I worked on it during my summer and Thanksgiving break, of this year.

 

 Joyfully in Him,

   Diana <3

My New Blog

I am starting a blog about things that make me happy!! I will still keep my Kind Thoughts blog. I hope you will go a take a look!!!

Joyfully in Him

   Diana<3

Dad's Garden

There is nothing so pleasant or sweet as picking your own vegetables from your own hard labor. Dad has been gardening for as long as I remember. It's just his thing. He has a green thumb. This year he did it different than last year. He used wood chips and black mushroom dirt.  Now, everything is so big and colorful, and fresh!!!

As, I walked through the tall tomato plant, I thought about how this year has been. I thought about the fist day of no school, my {DSP} project, the 300 recipes (I was supposed to bake =] ) I am so thankful for this summer. All the memories I have, I will never lose them. I realize that the little things in life are most valuable to me than any big thing. Being with my family, and laughing with them and doing fun things like making a simple ribbon into a flower are thing that I will treasure forever. The Lord has blessed me with a funny beautiful family, and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. From taking a vacation with my whole family to just going to Joanns with my sister, are thing I am truly thankful for. That's what I think about every time I see Dad's garden. I reminds me that I should take everything I learned this summer, and use it for the glory of God. Thank you Lord!! =]

Joyfully in Him,

Diana<3

Verse for the Day

Sometimes I am so happy, I just want to Leap For Joy!! =]

Luke 6:23

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Joyfully in Him,
     Diana<3

I Will Give Thanks to the Lord

Wow!! I did so many things this summer!! And now that summer is almost over, I got a few photos of our backyard and things that just make me happy!!! I am just so thankful for my family, and all the laughter we have together. My sister told me the other day, "It would be really boring if we loved with people who don't laugh!!" I am just so thankful to the Lord for EVERYTHING He has blessed me with!!!

Colossians 4:2 
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

1 Chronicles 16:34 

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

Psalm 107:1 
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.






Psalm 100:1-5 
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

1 Chronicles 16:8 
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.






Colossians 2:6-8 
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Psalm 28:7 
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song

Joyfully in Him,

   Diana<3