February 25, 2009

The Infamous Vests...

I was trying to share this picture with a friend who loves to crochet...MattsCraftyWife...but being technologically challenged in most every way, I could not get this whole "taking a picture and putting it up where it can be seen" formula down.

First I scanned it...great...but couldn't get it from the scanned place to be able to say, convo it to her.

Then I laid it out and took a picture of the picture...surely I could do that right! Well, I got the picture, loaded it on the PC...then had to get it from the camera program to the computer brain...then to the right place in MY brain and WAAA LAAA! Only now the whole world gets to see what I made my boys wear in 1984!

But I will say, hey I CROCHETED these! The "road" goes completely around their tummies and there are four "cars" then sewn atop the crocheted vest. I loved them... my boys...well, I think they liked them... I used their favorite color choices for the cars...

Ok...and I STILL have them! I couldn't part with them, and now that the boys are grown and each have a boy of their own, they wouldn't put them on their kids if I paid them...so I have both vests in a drawer tucked away nicely. There's a lot of LOVE in those vests...even if they are way out of style!!! Perhaps a great grand in the future will like them just fine....

Thanks for looking at my crocheting expertise, and Anastasia, there you go, FINALLY!!!

February 17, 2009

God's Grace...

God's grace. It's so big. So huge. So mind blowing. God's grace. I've begun the "Breaking Free" study, and I am becoming even more aware of God's grace. As I grow through this study, I'm sure many a post on this blog will come from my freed heart, but today I just wanted to share the lyrics of a song that is my theme song at the moment.

If you want to actually hear it, please scroll to the bottom of my blog page, to the playlist. It's listed there. Click on it and sit and listen. God's grace and the removal of the enemy's bonds. FREEDOM. I pray freedom for you today.

Shackles

by Warryn Campbell, Erica Atkins-Campbell and Trecina Atkins-Campbell

Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
I just wanna praise You I just wanna praise You
You broke the chains now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise You I'm gonna praise, praise you
In the corners of my mind

I just can't seem to find
A reason to believe That I can break free
Cause you see I have been bound for so long
Felt like all hope was gone
But as I lift my hands I understand
That I should praise You through my circumstance
Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance

I just wanna praise You I just wanna praise You Y
ou broke the chains now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise You I'm gonna praise, praise you
Everything that could go wrong All went wrong at one time

See so much pressure fell on me I thought I was gonna lose my mind
Lord I know You wanna see If I will hold on through these trials
But I need You to lift this load Cause I can't take it no more
Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance

I just wanna praise You I just wanna praise You
You broke the chains now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise You I'm gonna praise, praise you
Been through the fire and the rain

Bound in every kind of way
But God has broken every chain
So let me go right now
Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance

I just wanna praise You I just wanna praise You
You broke the chains now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise You I'm gonna praise, praise you

The enemy wants to keep us bound. Let Jesus free each of us from our past. He's much for us to do with our future!

Love,
Jeanette

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