Take a good look friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of the "brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families....Everything that we have - right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start - comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God. (Excerpts from 1 Cor. 1:29-31, The Message)


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Summtertime....And the Living is Easy....


Audra Peterson recently shared some plans her family will be doing over the next few months which sparked the thought in my head to post it and see what some of the rest of you girls are planning to do over the lazy days of summer.

From Audra:

 Some of you know me and my family and some of you do not.  But for those who are interested, let me quickly explain. Recently my step-mom passed away and when we were in FL visiting my dad for her memorial, my dad said he was thinking of buying an RV and going across the country this summer and wanted to take his grandkids. While we were still visiting him, he passed an RV for sale by owner, liked it, and bought it. It was like God's stamp of approval on this adventure. So, myself, Audra, and my four kids are soon to be traveling across the US into Canada and eventually Alaska, in an RV with my dad. My husband, Jeremy, is 100% behind it even though we will be apart for 2-3 mos. He is glad that grandpa will have time to impart wisdom and life experience into our kids. But my dad has graciously offered to fly Jeremy up to Alaska for a week when we get there.

I have set up a blog website so that you can watch our travels as they unfold. This is a nice way to keep in touch and involve those we love in this amazing experience for me and my family. All you do is punch in this address into your browser's address bar (or copy and paste it in): www.peterson-rvtrip.tumblr.com
Make sure you type it just as is or who knows what you will get! Save the site to your favorites and keep an eye on us! We leave around the 9th of May for MI and then to visit fam in WI and on to Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, and then up into Alberta Canada and on to Alaska from there. I will update as often as we have an internet connection (hopefully).

Please keep us in your prayers.  This will be an awesome trip but not without it's sanctifying moments!  Also, my dad is not a born again believer.  We hope to continue to be a light to him and the truth of an authentic, personal relationship with Jesus that can be his as well. Pray for that. Thanks.
The Peterson Family: Audra, Simone, Danielle, Mikayla and Uzziah


So how about you? What are your plans for the summer?  Are you
~ taking a family vacation?
~learning a new skill?
~resolving to organize or reorganize your home?
~hanging out at the baseball fields consuming lots of hotdogs and popcorn?
~or simply looking to soak your feet in the cool Davidson River and devour some great books? 

Do you have a Bible study planned or a goal to memorize some special passages?  Share with us and maybe you can help ignite some inspiration in the rest of us!

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  1. TraceyMay 16, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    Audra, please know that I'm praying for you and your family on this marvelous adventure. And I'm trying not to be envious! It sounds wonderful.

    I'm excited about this summer even though it promises to be one filled with work rather than rest and relaxation for my husband and me. John and I just bought a home out of foreclosure. Yep, you actually stand on the courthouse steps and bid. First let me say I'm so thankful, for it truly is an answer to prayer. Second let me say I'm already exhausted just thinking about how much work is involved to make the house move-in ready.

    That last phrase makes me pause and think about my own heart. I know that the Holy Spirit of God resides within me. (Isn't that an amazing thought?) I wonder how "clean" He finds His habitat. I know for certain that my "temple" wasn't move-in ready when He first arrived. He had a lot to fix up! And the process continues. But what is my part?

    One of my commitments this summer is to memorize 8 psalms. What better cleansing of my temple could I attempt than getting God's word into my mind and my soul - in essence implementing Ephesians 5:26-28 "...so that He (Christ) might sanctify her (the church which includes me), having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless."

    Now I won't truly be holy and blameless until I stand before my God and my Savior in heaven one day. But isn't it a wonder that God already sees me that way because of the cleansing blood of Jesus?

    What are you up to this summer? Can't wait to hear!

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    1. TrudyMay 17, 2012 at 10:04 PM

      Memorizing the Word has so many benefits. I love the thought that one of those benefits is that it cleanses us from the inside out and works to rid us of our spots and wrinkles. Tho I'm not ready to toss out my night creme yet, the Word is the best remedy for my spots and wrinkles.

      Thanks Tracey for sharing some of what you'll be doing this summer. At the end of it, I hope you will reap many good benefits from the efforts you will put into the cleansing of your two "houses.":)

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