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God's Hands
Today is in God's hands and so are you.

His hands are strong and will uphold you;
His hands are great and will enfold you;
His hands are gentle and will embrace you;
His hands are protective and will cover you;
His hands are reassuring and will quiet you;
His hands are powerful and will defend you;
His hands are parental and will train you;
His hands are masterful and will conform you;
His hands are compassionate and will care for you;
His hands are healing and will renew you;
His hands are calming and will comfort you;
His hands are giving and will bless you.

The hands that hold you will never let you down.

-Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer


THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN SO FULL....FULL OF EXCITEMENT
FULL OF ANXIETY AS WE WERE TOLD LITTLE REID HAD A WHITE DOT IN THE CENTER OF HIS PUPIL THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AND HAD CALLED IN THE SPECIALIST.

ADVICE....DO NOT GO TO THE INTERNET FOR WISDOM....GO TO THE LORD FOR COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS PROMISES TO CARRY YOUR ANXIETY.

SO....HERE ARE A FEW OF GOD'S BLESSINGS AND MOMENTS OF LAUGHTER

THE SPECIALIST WALKED IN AMYBETH'S ROOM AND IT WAS BRETT'S EYE DOCTOR THAT DID HIS EYE SURGERIES...HOW SWEET WAS THAT?! WE LOVE, LOVE DR. LIPSKY AND HE ALREADY KNOWS OUR FAMILY. HIS GREAT NEWS IS THAT PIN PRICK WHITE DOT IS A TYPE OF CATARACTS AND WILL NEVER GO AWAY BUT IT WILL NOT AFFECT HIS VISION!

JUST A LITTLE REMINDER THAT REID THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE!

KATE ASKED AMYBETH YESTERDAY IF THERE WAS ANOTHER BABY IN HER TUMMY BECAUSE HER TUMMY WAS SO BIG!!!! NO, SWEETIE, IT IS BECAUSE YOUR BROTHER WEIGHED OVER 10 POUNDS!

BRETT SITS BESIDE REID PATTING HIM WITH THE MOST GENTLE TOUCHES AND SAYS, "DON'T BE AFRAID REID, I AM HERE BESIDE YOU AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU." MELT MY HEART!!!!


SO, PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSING FLOW!

MORE TO COME....WE ARE BACK IN THE REAL WORLD...NO SLEEP...AND WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

BETTER PICTURES SOON.
XXOO

REID SKINNER, OUR GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT FROM ABOVE

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth throught the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of all her created." James 1:17-18


PRAISE THE LORD. AT 1:06 ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21, THE LORD GAVE THE SKINNER FAMILY ANOTHER GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT. DAVID REID SKINNER WAS PLACED IN THE ARMS OF HIS PARENTS. WEIGHING 10 LB. 1 0Z. AND 22 1/2 INCHES LONG!!!! HE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE BRETT DID WHEN HE WAS BORN, ALTHOUGH A LOT BIGGER. THE CHILDREN LOVED HIM. WHEN KATE CAME IN THE ROOM SHE LOOKED AT HIM IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS AND SAID, "WHO IS THAT!"

EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT....OFF TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE OUR MIRACLE. YOU WILL BE SEEING LOTS OF PICTURES IN THE NEXT WEEK IF WE HAVE TIME TO BLOG.

THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS MIRACLE. MAY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEDGE OF TELLING HIM ABOUT YOUR UNFAILING LOVE. GOD IS SO GOOD. WE ARE SO BLESSED.

REID, WE ARE READY!!!!

READY FOR REID!!!!!

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY....AND AMYBETH IS REALLY READY!
THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN DRAINING TO HER BODY...BUT SHE CONTINUES TO SMILE, ALTHOUGH THE PAST WEEK IT HAS BEEN HARD.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM TOMORROW AT 12:45....C-SECTION TIME.

WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED.
PICTURES TO COME AS SOON AS I CAN GET THEM TO YOU.
YOU MAY CHECK HER BLOG, WHICH IS NOW OPEN, SO YOU CAN DELIGHT IN GOD'S MIRACLES...ALL THREE OF THEM.

http://theskinnyontheskinners.blogspot.com/

ANY GUESSES ON HIS WEIGHT AND LENGTH????


SO FOR NOW, NOT LETTING ANY THOUGHTS TRAVEL DOWN THE WHAT IF ROAD, BUT BACKING INTO THE FAITHFUL ARMS OF JESUS AND WAITING IN EXPECTATION FOR OUR NEWEST MIRACLE.
XXOO

"YOU WILL GUARD HIM AND KEEP HIM IN PERFECT AND CONSTANT PEACE WHOSE MIND [BOTH ITS INCLINATION AND ITS CHARACTER] IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE COMMITS HIMSELF TO YOU, LEANS ON YOU, AND HOPES CONFIDENTLY IN YOU."
ISAIAH 26:3, AMPLIFIED BIBLE

A BOX OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT

A BOX OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT

PROMISES FROM PHILLIPIANS 4:12b-13,19 AND ISAIAH 26:3,4

“YOU WILL KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE (HER) HIM WHOSE MIND IS STEADFAST, BECAUSE (SHE) HE TRUSTS IN YOU. TRUST IN THE LORD FOREVER, FOR THE LORD, THE LORD, IS THE ROCK ETERNAL.”
ISA. 26:3,4

CONTENTMENT - “I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT IN ANY AND EVERY SITUATION, WHETHER WELL FED OR HUNGRY, WHETHER LIVING IN PLENTY OR WANT. I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH.
PHIL 4 12B - 13

“MY GOD WILL MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS.” PHIL. 4:19

OH, HOW THESE VERSES BRING BACK MEMORIES….SAVANNAH COMES TO MIND FIRST, OCTOBER 11,1986.

A PACKAGE COMING IN THE MAIL AFTER A STRUGGLE WITH OBEDIENCE ISSUES…WE HAD ABOUT $90 IN THE BANK WITH NO PROMISE OF ANYMORE MONEY COMING IN. NO INCOME BECAUSE D’LITES, OUR RESTAURANT IN SAVANNAH WAS GOING DOWN THE TUBES (AND IT DID!)

BOB HAD TOLD ME TO SEND $50 TO A FAMILY THAT WAS IN NEED. I DRUG MY HEALS IN DISOBEDIENCE AND FEAR, HOLDING ONTO CONTROL BECAUSE MY FAMILY WAS IN NEED TOO. THE VERY DAY I SURRENDERED AND HONORED MY HUSBANDS REQUEST, A PACKAGE CAME IN THE MAIL ADDRESSED TO ME. I HAVE NO IDEA ,TO THIS VERY DAY, WHO SENT THIS PACKAGE BUT I DO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WAS OBEDIENT TO WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS TELLING THEM TO DO.

INSIDE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT PINK SWEATER AND A COLORFUL FLOWERED SKIRT FOR ME! A PIECE OF PAPER LAID ON TOP OF THE GIFT WITH THESE WORDS.

“My God shall supply
all your needs according
to His riches in glory.”

I WORE THE OUTFIT WITH JOY FOR SEVERAL YEARS (UNTIL MY BODY OUTGREW THE SIZE!) I NEVER OUTGREW THE HOPE, THE PROMISE THAT WAS INCLUDED INSIDE THE BOX AND INSIDE MY BIBLE! IT STILL COVERS ME AND FILLS ME WITH HOPE AND JOY!

THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT FOR WORKING IN MY LIFE TOO! YES, I WAS SLOW ON MY OBEDIENCE BUT YOU KEPT NUDGING ME UNTIL I SURRENDERED. WHO KNOWS….THE PERSON WHO SENT ME THE BOX OF ENCOURAGEMENT COULD HAVE STRUGGLED TOO. I ONLY KNOW THAT 25 YEARS LATER, THE WORD THAT CAME IN THAT BOX HAS GROWN AND MATURED AND HOPEFULLY HAS BEEN USED TO BRING THE SAME PROMISE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO SOMEONE ELSE’S HEART.


6/12/2011 - Written with love and prayers for the Hogg family as they wait on the Lord for a new job.

SAFE AM I, STILL WAITING

SAFE AM I, STILL WAITING


Safe am I, Safe am I,
In the hollow of His hand;
Sheltered o'er, sheltered o'er
With His love forever more
No ill can harm me, No foe alarm me,
Fro He keeps both day and night,
Safe am I, Safe am I,
In the hollow of His hand.

We thought our little Reid would be born yesterday.
The doctor says he is very large and ready even though his C-Section is scheduled for June 21st, she said he is ready. Our hearts are ready. His momma is really ready.

It was my birthday and we were all gathered to party. Maybe He will come next Tuesday, his great grandmother Gam would have been 100 years old. She was the best, best grandmother, mother, godly woman.

Lord, He is safe in His mother’s womb. You know when it is time for him to be placed in his mother’s arms. So we rest….in anticipation of the joy when we will meet him. For now, our hands
rest on his momma’s tummy as we pray for him.

We love you Reid. We can’t wait to meet you.
Xxoo

P.S. Momma deer and baby at 1 week old.
The not so great picture is "dear" to me, Brett praying for his brother.
My camera is fixed!!!! Just in time to take pictures of Reid.
Thank you Lord.

DEER KATIE
BOB AND I WITNESSED A GOD MOMENT THIS WEEK. I LOOKED OUT MY WINDOW EARLY ONE MORNING AND SAW A MOMMA DEER LICKING HER MOMENTS OLD NEW FAWN AS IT WAS NURSING HER. WE WATCHED AS SHE LOVED ON THIS WOBBLY, FRAIL BABY.

SINCE MY CAMERA IS BROKEN AND UNABLE TO HELP ME ZOOM IN ON THIS PRECIOUS SIGHT, WE DECIDED TO QUIETLY WALK OUTSIDE AND TRY TO GET CLOSER. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN!!!!! MAMA DEER GRACEFULLY BOLTED OFF INTO THE WOODS, LOOKING BACK ENCOURAGINGLY AT HER LITTLE HELPLESS FAWN, AS IF HER LOOKING BACK COULD HURRY THOSE WOBBLY, FRAIL LEGS TO STRENGTHEN THEM FASTER AND MOVE HER BABY OUT OF DANGER. SHE HAS NO ARMS TO ENFOLD HER BABY SO SHE CAN PROTECT HER AND WISK HER AWAY TO SAFETY.

THIS IS THE GOD MOMENT….THAT LITTLE FAWN WENT AS FAR AS THOSE WEAK LEGS COULD TAKE HER AND THEN SHE PLOPPED DOWN, COMPLETELY FLAT TO THE GROUND, PLAYING DEAD!!!! WE WATCHED HER REMAIN MOTIONLESS AND EVEN WALKED UP RIGHT ON HER AND SHE NEVER MOVED. HER LITTLE EYES WERE WIDE OPEN, NOT EVEN BLINKING. I THOUGHT SHE REALLY WAS DEAD.

ALL THE WHILE HER MOMMA WATCHED FROM AFAR. HELPLESS!!!

HOURS OLD, GOD HAD PREPARED THIS INNOCENT, HELPLESS FAWN WITH WHAT IT NEEDED FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCE…….THE INSTINCNT TO PROTECT HIMSELF. MOMMA DEER HAD NOT HAD TIME TO TEACH THIS DEER ANY LIFE LESSONS. LITTLE DEER TAUGHT MAMA DEER A LIFE LESSON……
STOP, DROP AND REST……..BE STILL AND KNOW.

MAMA DEER RAN AWAY (I DO THIS OFTEN WHEN IN UNCOMFORTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES!)
OF COURSE, I KNOW THAT GOD DID NOT TELL THAT DEER TO DROP….HE MADE IT THAT WAY! IT KNEW WHAT TO DO FOR PROTECTION BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF GOD’S PLAN FOR IT’S DEER LIFE.

TRUST HIM WITH EVERYTHING KATIE…..HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN……YOUR HUSBAND……YOUR FRIENDS. JUST STOP, DROP AND REST IN HIS PROVISIONS, HIS CARE…….AND DON’T SHUT YOUR EYES!!!!!! KEEP THEM FOCUSED ON HIM. HE IS AT WORK AND YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ANYTHING HE HAS FOR YOU.

I AM SINGING THESE HYMN WORDS IN MY MIND
HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

OH, BY THE WAY, WE WENT BACK IN THE HOUSE AND 5 MINUTES LATER, LITTLE DEER WAS GONE……SAFELY WITH HIM MOMMA I AM SURE. HOW THOSE WOBBLY LEGS GOT HIM SAFELY AWAY SO FAST, I WILL NEVER KNOW……BUT GOD DOES!!!!!

DEAR JESUS,
THANK YOU FOR MY DEER MOMENT…..AND THE REMINDER TO REST AND FIX MY EYES ON YOU.

6/3/11