Rope Jumping!

Camerens Birthday!

This weekend, we got the exciting opportunity to host a birthday party for a little girl at our church - who just turned seven years old. It actually worked out perfectly since her dad happened to be in the hospital this day. :) The house was full of excitement with tons of screams from lots of little cheery girls! I'll never forget the excitement that came from Cameren's mouth as her friend arrived in our driveway! She was absolutely shrieking with excitement as she was calling out her friends name. How precious, what a gift to be able to experience. 

We came up with a lot of different little games to keep the girls busy at the party- and help channel their energy (although probably not channeled quite as much as it could have been!). This is my first "masterpiece" that I drew for the party! Haha! My mom came up with the game "Pin the Ponytail on the Girl" so I voluntarily decided to draw this "magnificent" picture for the event. Cameren mentioned, "I think this girl is me because the balloon says Happy Birthday". 

This is her little sister Lexi- she is wearing the beautiful yellow "ponytail" that we used for the game. The ponytails came in all different colors, so each girl got to pick the color they wanted. We had green, purple, pink, yellow, blue. They actually are pretty "stylish'. :) 

This is one of the girls playing the game; she was pretty close- however I actually played and got the closest, but we gave the "prize" of a jumprope to the birthday girl. We also played jump rope in the house which was fun. Surprisingly, only Cameren knew how to jump rope! 

This is a picture of the party spread. I got the little plates and napkins from the Christian bookstore by our house. It's actually closing, so I got them for a really great deal. The little pink and purple bags I found at the dollar store. It was only 2 dollars for all six of them. :) 

Of course children who play hard are hungry, so we decided it would be a good idea to fuel up the kids on some McDonalds before hand. All of them ordered chicken nugget meals! 

Lexi is holding up a little white swan. It's a little hard to make out what is is in this picture. She really loved that swan; she kept holding it up whenever we were doing things. Also, the little umbrella in her other hand was a tiny "party" favor we threw in the girls bags. They really liked that; and most planned to use them for their dolls. 

I am surprised we were able to get a group photo of the girls. They were scrambling around so much! Here's a pretty nice one. The picture is supposed to be them with mustache's :) ! 

 Above: Lexi, Kierra, Cameren, Giovanna, Lexi

 My 2nd cousin Lexi wanted to take pictures a lot, so she took this one of me and little Lexi. 

 And.. here is the last picture of the beautiful birthday girl! I printed this one out for her dad and put a cute little border around it. I think he will really like seeing it; and the girls both had so much fun, so I'm glad that we were blessed enough to be able to celebrate such a special event in Cameren's life. :)

God bless and have a wonderful week! :)
Courtney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WdNjx3YLR48#t=0

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

This is a video I had to watch for class, but I'm really glad I watched it! It is very interesting.



If you have time take a look at this video!

REMINISCENCE...

I was just thinking about the old conference days... and I remember singing this joyous song! It's the first time I ever heard it.. and I loved it.

Funny Pets.

This is a video of my dog Ruby.. she's eating out of an ice cream container... with a little technical difficulties. haha! 

Semester Started

Well, it's the first week of classes (for me, of course everyone else started last week), and I'm super glad to be back in school. It's nice to be able to connect with people around my same age group that like to go out and do things. I connected with the Intervarsity (Christian group) on campus. We have it every Monday; and we sing songs- and read scripture and study God's word together. It's pretty awesome- and great testimony to the college. It's amazing to be able to know that as we sing "The Lord our God is never failing" and it is being proclaimed through the outside walls of our room into the main hall where students walking by can hear us singing about our great God! It's really amazing! Also- they have this big rolling sign they take around for witnessing- it contains things that says "what would you like to be more of" And it would say things like more friendly, less afraid, more confident etc; and then students pick which one and put there name on the sign- and then they share a verse in the Bible that relates to what they picked. I thought that was so cool!

Also-- I was able to get together with some newly found friends (and one old) and play basketball together with them. I haven't picked up a basketball in nearly two years- so it was definitely fun to get back out on the court, and yet it was very tiring and sore! In fact, I jumped up to smack the ball out of someones hands and I ended up running right into the bleachers- and my whole right shoulder and upper arm is so sore and now starting to bruise up a bit. I had to shower with one hand this morning! The guy who was defending me in basketball must not have been too familiar with the game- because he gaurded me on offense and defense! My dad asked me why I didn't shove him out of the way, and I explained to him that he was a body builder and he could lift 450 pounds. WOW.... he's just about my height too! I can't believe someone can lift that- but anyways!

SO! It's been interesting meeting new faces and interacting. I'm praying so hard I don't get sick though-- because I feel some of this upper-respiratory stuff going on :( and I really don't want to deal with it. I hope it goes away.

I'm keeping baby Leela in my prayers. I pray for her daily. :)

Lots of Love,

Courtney

2014 Sochi Olympics!

WELL! It's the 2014 OLYMPIC TIMES in SOCHI RUSSIA!!!
What an exciting time!!
This year was the first year EVER that I actually watched the opening ceremony! - and BOY, was it quite the surprise! It was so exciting to see all of the different countries represented, their country flags and their people! I was a little disappointed by the uniforms that the USA chose.. I found them quite generic and nothing too special for such a great event- however- it was still enjoyable!
Russia did an amazing spectacular performance of putting together an AMAZING light show production including so many different elements of their Russian history- including world war 2 and their independence as well as tying in cultural elements such as ballet productions - music from swan lake- and so much more!
Although, I wasn't personally at the game, I was able to take pictures of the Olympics on my phone while watching the TV! :) and I believe they turned out just beautiful! Please enjoy...

AND MAY THE BEST WIN (because of course, they will!) !!! :)

HAPPY WINTER OLYMPICS 2014!!!!

TURKEY_ in memory of my Turkish friend Tugce :)

FINLAND !! ! SUOMI!! My heritage :)

Japan! :) 

Of course the hometeam of Russia!!

What a great privilege for Russia!

This was right before the world war 2 scene

This is portraying the death of many Russians

The new era 50's!

I actually sadly don't remember what this even was lol

The Olympic torch lighting!

IT IS LIT!

The torch lights all the way up this ski type ramp!

FIREWORKS!

HOORAY FOR THE OLYMPICS!

SOCHI 2014 RUSSIAN OLYMPICS HAVE BEGUN!!!! 

PUFF PASTRY!

So tonight, my dad and I decided to make homemade puff pastry. It was the first time we ever have made this all from scratch and it turned out to be most rewarding and certainly quite delicious- I decided to take pictures of our experience.

Beginning.. I had to knead this for seven minutes lol

part 2 ... shredded butter

had to add this to the shredded butter

mix mix mix

mixing with flour

ta-da!! a brick of buttered flour

buttered "brick" and flour brick together chilling.. 

this is the buttered brick inside the floured brick

dad the faithful roller..

we had to take out and refrigerate and bang out the dough four or five times!

beautious!!

the final dough 

all ready to put away to chill

we decided to make Zaban puff pastry with them

the square is our spare dough :) it's in the fridge now!

Zaban puff pastry drizzled with honey and sugar ready to bake!

Just going into the oven..!

The finished product; drizzled with delicious honey!!!

:) LOVE COURTNEY

If you want the recipe:: I can find it for you xoxoxo! 

shivering cold good times!

I got a kick out of this one! :)

Well! I am back once again in my estate! :) However, I enjoyed an awful good weekend up north! :) I'm so thankful to Mary El and their family for having me up! What great times of conversations and going-ons and lots of breakfast. :) haha! 

- I definitely can't wait to go back, that's for sure!! :) 

I was so excited to see all the new little babies too-- gee! They sure are cute!! 

I could write lots more- but :) time to go! 

Change-Up!

Today is the first day- the first day of new things. 

I'm not quite sure what it holds- but I'm excited- nonetheless- to be on a new pathway with new trees and stones and butterflies and birds. :)

My last day of working was on Friday- and today is Monday and of course, I have no work to attend today.
I am hoping to perhaps get into school this Semester- even though classes start today- I dropped off my last document at the University today- and so now is just a time to wait and see what happens. I would be coming in late- with make-up work, but I'm not afraid of that; I know I could catch up rather quickly. 
I suppose until I find out what will or will not become, I need to stick to my previous list of cleaning the house and making dishes and reading and sorts- I would be a fan of taking the dogs to the park and such.
However, I do hope I get into school. I can't explain how young I felt again- for the first time in- it seriously feels like forever- did I feel actual youth again when I walked in to drop my document off at the Unviersity. Lately, I have felt so old- so aged- and for a woman who is 21 years old, I'd have to say that's quite sad. Lol! :)

I think though, it is the lack of direction and the mundane job I was in that had a big part to do with that- I felt like I was fifty-five along with the rest of everyone there! 
So, I was excited to feel young again, to have the spark of youth and vitality- it was a wonderful feeling- and I'm blessed to have felt that today- even for the five or ten minutes that it lasted. 

The Pastor at our church gave a wonderful sermon yesterday titled "As His Custom was". It was based off of Acts 17:2 which reads:

"As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures"

It was basically about how Paul made it his custom to go to the synagogue and basically to encourage us what is our custom- he also made a point how even though Paul often times was not applauded for preaching there, Paul felt he needed to be there where the people were- and how the synagogue actually needed Paul- more than Paul needed the synagogue. So, it made me think about the next time before I decide to condemn a church sermon or such, I will think of Paul, and remember his reasoning and such for being at the synagogue was for God's sake- and not his own.

Also, I found though that it was also Jesus custom in Luke 4:16

"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read."-

:-) Anywho! That's all the reporting for today- the only new things I made this week was a Chocolate chip canolli-- and I made some butterscotch cookies yesterday (but I've made those before)! :)

My best wishes to you!

               Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

                This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:36-40

Salmon o Rama

My dad, my dads friend Chad, and I made it on this guy's photography website from the Salmon O Rama event!!! AWESOME!!! :)
CHECK OUT THE WHOLE ALBUM! We are in some other pictures too from the event! 

http://beautifuluphotography.zenfolio.com/p958481396/h6a5681c3#h6a5681c3

I'm not a big fan of lots of public media, so I usually choose not to blog about my personal life events and ideas and discussions, yet on the other hand I think that it is interesting to be able to read different peoples life events from all over the world.. and what a cool thing actually! :)

I've started working with the middle/high school youth group at my church. It's only been one week, but I really am enjoying it so far. I was able to teach a young girl what prayer is.. and offer some notes of encouragement (God's promises!).

My last day at my desk job will be at the end of this week. It most certainly has been an interesting experience and I've learned a lot and enjoyed my coworkers and such- but I know it's time to go because I only have a week left, and I'm more than excited to go. I have too much of an energetic personality, that sitting at a desk all day just wasn't cutting it for me!

I also have been doing a bit of experimenting with cooking lately.. I made my first steak and my first Mexican Casserole. I'm going to try and cook as much as I can so I can know that I someday provide healthy nutritious meals to my (children perhaps) one day- or at least for myself and family right now! :)

I now own 3 library cards from 3 different cities! I checked out a book on doctors' remedies and such using foods- and that was pretty interesting to read through. I want to start trying to eat more balanced nutrition again. However, with this new passion of cooking and nutrition, I've been becoming quite hungry more often ironically. I wonder if it's for the fact that I think I can make myself some really tasty food, lol! :)

I have been taking ballet classes on Saturday mornings. We will be learning all of our choreography starting this upcoming Saturday. I'm really excited for this because I've always wanted to do ballet since I was a young girl, but I never had the opportunity so I'm excited to be in my first dance recital. My left leg is painfully sore because of the great strain from twirling.. hilarious.. I never thought it could do such a thing!

On the note of strain, I've been wanting to get back in shape. My goal right now is if I do not get employed or go to school immediately after my job ends, then I will dedicate myself to getting --slowly-- back into shape since I've lost SO much muscle from my desk job. Also, I will dedicate my time to learning God's Word and cleaning the house from top to bottom- getting in all of the small spots- and perhaps writing letters!

I have a few options.. perhaps mission teaching in a different country... perhaps assistant teaching in the states.. perhaps going to college again for my teaching degree! Perhaps none! That's the greatness though of trusting the Lord- is that I have no idea where my path will go- but i know that God is faithful and He will lead me and guide me through this journey on earth!

I was reading the book of Acts the other day, and I realized that James was killed by someone- so I was like huh- this is an interesting thing to read about- so I decided to read the book of James and I was interested on the first few verses:

"Count it all joy, my brothers when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
James 1:2-4

So I thought it interesting that the man who was killed once said count it all joy when you meet trials- so I believe that this man left this earth joyful through his trials in the Lord. :) 

Have a blessed day my friends! 

Yes; a Time

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

 a time to be born, and a time to die;
 a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
 a time to break down, and a time to build up; 
 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
 a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
 a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
 a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
 a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
 a time to love, and a time to hate;
 a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

There is truly a time and a season for everything in life. I like the encouragement this brings to me when I read this scripture for truly there is a time for everything. The interesting thing is that I can pull out certain "times" I am going through even now! 

Despite the times we are going through, we are never alone. Our Heavenly Father is always with us; and His spirit lives inside of us. :) Jesus who is mightier than anyone on earth- his Spirit lives inside of believers! - I wonder about the fire part of this verse! I just noticed it.

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming,the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Also, I like this verse because it speaks of contentment in Jesus alone. He is all we need it explains in essence. 

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 
Hebrews 13:5

I just bought a book from our local Christian book store called "Live Abundantly" and it is a Bible study book through the book of Ephesians. So far, I have done the first day's worth of it; and this is what I have learned so far! 

God's will for our lives is:

1. Give Thanks to God in ALL THINGS! 
2. Well Doing
3. Sanctification

1) GIVE THANKS TO GOD IN ALL THINGS

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 

1 Thessalonians 5:18

2) WELL DOING

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

1 Peter 2:15

 3) SANCTIFICATION

For this is the will of God, your sanctification:that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

That was a very good lesson that I learned so far. I really enjoy doing the Bible study.. it's amazing to me how much I missed from just reading the Bible and not really studying it. That's why I like this study book because it helps me write things down and fill in the blanks; and asks me questions.. so I can actually access and dwell on what I'm reading. :) I like it! :) 

Certainly there is a time and a season for everything; and a person can choose to spend there time how they wish. It's funny; how earlier I started to cry about my circumstances; and then I thought about "why am I crying" and I realized it was because I was actually being selfish and pitying myself and how wrong that was!!!! I am praying that God will continue to show me how to serve and love Him as I seek Him more. It's easy to be consumed with the things of this world, but they are just for a moment [even when they seem like forever!!]

 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

If you have some spare time, I'd really encourage you to read all of the 4th chapter of 2 Corinthians; which I'm including a link here for you:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204&version=ESV

Jesus's Spirit is with us everyday; every single second of the day and is the only thing that will be with us throughout our lives and throughout eternity! :)

Praise God!! :) Tomorrow we get to celebrate my lovely mother's birthday, which I'm so happy I am with her to celebrate it truly with her this year.

- I am thankful for our warm clothes and the food and jobs God has provided us, I'm thankful for my brother and the work he is doing, I'm thankful for the friends and family he has given me, and I'm thankful that He has given me an able body to serve; I hope God will be able to use me for good things for His glory here on this earth. :)

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:27

The events

Yesterday was an enjoyable day. I ended up taking just Courtney out for the day. We were supposed to be together from 1:00-4:00, but as we know the way of youngin's stretching the time out- I ended up calling her mom and she let her stay an extra hour. We explored a bit of the downtown area- I took her to a shop that has gelato and coffee. She ordered cake batter and I ordered carmel cashew- so that is what I told the server we wanted. The server must not have quite understood me because he scooped them both in the same dish! Courtney started laughing and I was trying my very best to be discrete but it was oh so hard when you have a ten year old girl who is just rolling in laughter beside you. So, I asked the server for "another one" and he stuck another mini spoon inside the dish. It was quite funny. I once again had to be a little more "blunt" and ask for another scoop of icecream in a separate dish> :) We ended up getting what we wanted- along with our Chai Tea Latte and Vanilla Cappuchino. :) I couldn't believe the things middle schoolers had to deal with. I just couldn't imagine what it would be like to get slapped in the face-- and just be okay with that and stay in the same classrooms. It's sad the lack of responsibility and authority by the adults. The adults are bias or so stressed out, that they don't know how to properly control kids, and the kids ride over their authority to look "cool" to the other kids. So, it was interesting to see inside the life of a person who is half my age and see the struggles there. On a good note, I was able to help her finish her math homework- which was actually quite easy and she knew how to do it all just lacking the motivation. :) Also- Yesterday Sammi and Brandon came over. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings and ate wings and played Trivia! I won the first round-- I named myself "JEDI" haha! :) I suppose the Jedi's always seem to win. When we got home, they requested some hot chocolate. I didn't have any packets, so i decided to look up how to make homemade hot chocolate! I didn't try it; but they said it was really delicious! I probably will stick with that from now on- since they seemed to like it. :) Homemade stuff is always the best! And I must say that as I was pouring the delicious milk into the pan; I couldn't help but thank God for the farmers who work hard day and night to give us those good things. :) {{Thank you Row family!!}} It's truly a blessing.

Arraying Yourself For Beauty and For Battle

Last evening was a wonderful event at church. The event was solely for women and about arraying yourself for beauty and for battle. I came late from work so I missed quite a bit of the beginning but seemed to make it in time for what I thought were the best parts anyways. I walked inside and all of the tables were lined with beautiful white linen table cloth. Each one had beautiful paper gold hearts in the center with a long vase and sparkling lit candles. The tables were done as if they were for a wedding! The orchestra had just started when I arrived. The orchestra was a group of kids performing. They played pieces from the baraqoe area including a piece by Handel. I could hardly believe I just walked into such a place after such a crazy yet boring day of work. After the orchestra was the message. The message came from the book of Ephesians about putting on the whole armor of God. The woman who spoke is a fiery woman of God she spoke to us ladies. It was very encouraging to hear her speak. She used a woman as her example and "dressed her up in the armor". For the breastplate she used a beautiful necklace, for the shoes she used black long boots, for the belt of truth she used a shiny belt, the shield of faith consisted of a cute black jacket, and the sword of the spirit was a fashionable black purse with a Bible inside of it and a tablet. :) It was a great example and I'll never forget the armour of God! :) The message spoke to my heart about being content only in the Lord and it gave me the strength from God that I needed to realize that He is fighting all my battles and He will bring me a place of contentment no matter what the circumstance if I only rely on Him. :) The more I am learning to trust in God just over the past day the more my fears are subsided and my thoughts are good! Tonight, I'm taking out a ten year old girl from our church to spend Saturday together along with my cousin and her man Brandon. I'm really excited and I'm praying that God will use this extra time I have now for His glory! FrEeDoM at LAST! :)

Thoughts

A thought starts here
 You share it there
"They" share it there and it comes back here.

Here is a thought
Lost amist the lively noise
Where I once sought
Now seems like a land without poise

What was it that I think that I once thought
Was it true or am I simply caught
The lines of the mind are pulled taut
And my thought are disintegrating; the ones I once fought to have thought

Now are my thoughts valid?
I do not now know..
For the voices are ever stirring
And my thoughts are all but blurring

 -Courtney

 This isn't a poem but more of a question of wondering. It's no where near a great work- I took a few minutes to write it. It derives from the confusion that comes when you listen to so many voices you can't hear God's voice or your own thoughts. This is the place I am in right now. :)

Beautiful Day

Today is a wonderful exciting day. Christopher is preparing to leave for his journey to Uganda where he will spend his life for the next 27 months. His primary focus will be math tutoring to the professors there along with hiv/aids education and overall wellness for the Ugandan community. We have been trying to squish all the favorite "American" times within this past week, visiting Christopher's favorite restaurants and spending quality time with him before he leaves. It's quite a change of pace for the week since our family is usually busy in our own individual lives I feel as we don't take time with each other, so honestly it's weird to spend a whole week together focusing on spending time with each other and my brother. Anyways, he is about to embark on an exciting journey and I am glad we can support him. I bought him a personalized teddy bear with a t-shirt of him and I on our graduation. I got the package in the mail today.. and they forgot to send the bear! What are the chances! So-- I ended up with a mini sweatshirt- lol.. and now I'm waiting for them to put in a new order for the bear. It might be too late- but that's alright; mistakes happen. Well, Dinner is ready- and unfortunately I don't have time to write anymore. Hope all is well!

Assured Future

All around us everyday, life is changing. My life seems to constantly change. I suppose since I allowed the change; I should be quite used to the immediate changes. However, Change is not always the easiest thing to deal with, even if we know it's for the better. Without being too personal on the www (world wide web) , it has been quite hard at times yet quite easy. It's a mix of feelings of knowing that what you are doing is right and coming to terms that the future does not exist as I once planned it a few months ago. You see, we make plans and construct futures in a sense for ourselves, yet the future does not always hold as we "planned" it. God is the only supreme being the Universe that knows the future and has a exact plan for the future. In that, we can rejoice in the assurance that we are gauranteed a sure future in Heaven with our Lord and our God. No matter where the roads of life take us, we will all end up with a sure future. Depending on if we accepted the free gift of Jesus life n place of our sins, we can know and be assured of our future in heaven. On the contrary, if we haven't, we can also be assured of our future in hell. Either way, God has set a plan that is sure and perfect, so in the midst of life's brutal storms, we can stand with Jesus in His peaceful prescence. 

Courtney J

I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you.

Cast your burden on the Lord for He cares for you.

Come all ye who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest.

The mercy of the Lord endures unto ALL generations

To be or not to be is not the question

Is a relationship to be? Then, let it be. If it is not to be, well you better end it quickly. However, this post isn't quite about the lackadaisical relationships of "dating"; however, it is more directed at marriage. With the increasing divorce rate (or more or less now days the no marriage rate), there comes into question, "how do you know if this will be". Now, the answer, I believe, is fairly simply. If you make a decision, before God and before men, you need to stay true with it. Why do you say marriage vows if you simply discard them after the first six or so years. Until death due us part is a vow that is broken by over half of the marrying population. I am writing however in ignorance as I am not married/have not been married before. These are my thoughts on the issue now; and I do not care to change my opinion as this is not just my opinion but it is God's will for couples as well.

2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

Romans 7:2-3

Furthermore, as I increase in my age and I continue to ponder the thought of getting married (and staying married), I begin to see what a very important commitment this someday may be and perhaps the greatest one I will make besides my already committed relationship with the Lord. 

Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don't Fail Me Now -

I once saw this group perform at the UWEC and at the time I didn't realize what a unique experience I was getting to experience. Now, I realize the uniqueness of this live art. Please enjoy a promo video of the Rhymthic Circus. I definitely am interested in going to see them again; and I have to admit they have influenced me to want to start to tap dance (I even have a pair of tap shoes)!