Take My Life...

Frances R. Havergal, 1874 (© Public Domain)

Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee;
Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.

Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee;
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.

Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise;
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

At church this morning, worship was incredible (to me this encapsulates both music and the message)! Although I cannot provide for you the version I am singing right now, please click and enjoy a couple of my other favorite versions ~

Chris Tomlin - Take My Life lyrics | LyricsMode.com

Jeremy Camp - Take My Life lyrics | LyricsMode.com

Tribute....

"Thanks" is not enough, an understatement if you will, for our troops - our heroes - of generations past, generations present, and generations yet to come! Johnny Cash is a perfect choice for this tribute by the way. Do not forget to pray for our troops, they need divine guidance, divine protection, divine sight, divine hearing, divine action....and when they come home - divine healing of their hearts for what they had to see, had to hear, and had to do....all for the safety of you and I.

Spring has SPRUNG!!!

FOR THE RECORD: Images captured herein were caught upon a point-n-click as my husband says. I was kinda frustrated to be honest b/c I was unable to do what I would have done had I had a "real" camera. But, these are just a start and that other camera is all I had on hand at the time. I intend to beg my husband to let me borrow one of the "real" cameras'" here pretty soon to capture the changes of the season...


I LOVE SPRING!!!! Check out the Tulips that have sprung! Unfortunately, they are already on their way out for the season.... :(


(the blue flowery guys to the right are hyacinth and the purpley guys to the bottom are violets)














More tulips in front of my Peonies (or "peep-o-neese" as my hubby likes to say)! I am so excited that the Peonies have come up, I was sooo worried that I didn't winterize my garden well enough and that these of all would not come back. You don't understand, these flowers are probably older than ME, and have been in Cologne for "ever" and they are the one thing in the garden I didn't want to kill. Wow, that last sentence could be so misconstrued! By that I do not mean that I didn't want or like the other items in the garden I inherited. I just meant that I REALLY didn't want to kill these for unlike other items in the garden they are truly irreplaceable! Anything else I would most like able to replace. But trust me, flowers with this history do not get replaced over night! Anywho- Amazingly, as far as I know everything that was supposed to come back have and are continuing to do so! We even have lots of new things...stay tuned for more to come!
Oh yes, and those blue guys are more of the Hyacinth! In the lower left hand corner those light green little guys popping out are called "seed um"!









Blue guys, once again more Hyacinth, in front of budding tulips, in front of goldenrod. My hubby doesn't like the golden rod so much - but I do. It is so misunderstood! I am thinking of transplanting it to a better place in the yard next year but I am not quite sure where yet... my hubby would rather it go away. We will see about that!













MORE TULIPS!!! And Violets....and yep, some bits o' dandelions... they do exist!



















Yep, more of the same. I think there's a rose bush in the background there... it will become more obvious over time, don't you worry!


















I took a class on containers at the Mustard Seed in Chaska. I learned the key to great container making are the "three 'illers"... 1) Thriller 2)Filler and of course 3) Spiller!!! I am so proud of these, enjoy!


Thriller: Begonia
Filler: I forget, tag in the garage :)
Spiller: Viney thing....


































This may look like the same pic...but there really is a slight (very slight) difference in camera angle. Really, I promise...















I LOVED THE SPIRALLY-GRASS!!! I found it to be very whimsical and appropriate with my happy daisy type wildflowers!


















(P.S. - I absolutely love Picasa... notice how there are no dandelions in this pic... I promise you, it is NOT because I have no dandelions in my yard !!! ;) )

Welcome!

Hello Friends, Family, and the Occasional Passer-by...

I have done it - I have officially become a blogger! I have done so in an attempt to keep my friends and family (scattered to all four corners) updated on what is going on in my life! Since I have only just initialized the first stages of said blog, I request that you extend my direction a minute amount of time to get my account all set up. Then, stay tuned for updates, pics, and the occasional actual thought that comes across my mind. Yes, I can hear the banter in the distance already ... "Thoughts?" ha -ha-ha... Scary, I know!!!