I will bless the Lord forever
I will trust Him at all times
He has delivered me from all fear
He has set my feet upon a rock
I will not be moved
And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Hillsong's Made Me Glad

Today I was struck by this verse in a song we sang at our church gathering. God is continuing to extend my gaze beyond my own perspective. I love it! As this song was sung, I felt God say "I am not just your shield, I am your complete protection"; "I am not just your strength, I am your strength completely"; "I am your complete portion and your complete deliverer. I don't do things partially, or incompletely. I don't give you partial salvation, I give you complete salvation. I didn't just die for some of your sins, I died for the sum of your sins. I don't just protect you from some harm, I protect you from all things. I don't provide you with just what you need to scrape by, I provide you with more than enough. I am the God of "More than Enough."

All Nations Church

Revelation 21:1-7; Enjoy! Pat

¹Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

²I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. ³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

⁵He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"

Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

⁶He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.


⁷He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

I'm 6 years old today! :) Ali

While out and about on my birthday today, Jack says he knows how old I am. I ask him, and he says "6 yrs old"!

"Jack," I say, "I'm 30 years older than you think I am buddy."

Jack looks up at me with his eyes wide and says, "But Mom, HOW did you get to be THAT OLD?!"

Funhouse Fun (Black Light) Enjoy, Ali :)

Meet Mrs, Knapkin-Head -Enjoy, Ali :)

Ice Cream For Abby -Enjoy, Ali :)

The McKinnon's take a family car ride. Mom and Dad enjoy a coffee while each child is given their own ice cream cone to enjoy. Caleb decides he's had enough and offers the remainder of his cone to his Dad. Abigail snatches it from Caleb as he's passing it forward and proceeds to devour it greedily. Dad calls back for her to send it forward (as she's already had one!). She relents and sends it up to her Dad. She smirks cheekily and then says...

"Ya know Dad, I can give you back the REST of the ice cream, but you're gonna have to wait awhile!"

A Little Jack Fun -Enjoy, Ali :)

Pita Pals -Enjoy, Ali :)

Dinner got a little crazy last night... I think maybe something was in the water around here. The end result however was blog-worthy. Meet the Pita Pals...

Pita Parker

Nostrildamus

Spy-nakopita

Pita Pan

Fine Young Cannibals -Enjoy, Ali :)

Today in school, Caleb's grade 6 class was having a discussion about drugs. The teacher asked if anyone knew what "Cannabis" was. One friend of Caleb's proudly put up his hand and said... "It's when one human eats another human." The whole class broke out laughing, including his teacher, who then explained that that was actually "Cannibalism!"