Life at Pine Ridge

What gifts will you give this year? I have been doing a lot of thinking this year about the Christmas season. What I love most about it is all the planning, shopping, baking, gifting, feasting, decorating, etc. I love it all so much that it is a let down to me after all that is finished. But this year it has really been on my heart about why we Christian's celebrate Christmas?  We are to find joy in knowing that our Savior was born in a humble stable on a cold night. He came to our sinful world to give us the gift of his wisdom, peace, love and eventually his life. He had no other gifts. No shiny new toys, fancy Christmas lights, no big screen tvs, no games. He gave himself for us.  So as this Christmas season closes in on us my thoughts are on what gifts can I give to Jesus. What gifts will I bring to Jesus this year? Will it be a smidgeon of my time, a thoughtless prayer of thankfulness, a pittance of my earnings? As I ponder these things I am prayerful that this year i...

Shabby Olde Potting Shed: Day 8... Be Loved and New Recipe Book Lea, That is so sweet. What a great idea. I just love your artwork on the cover... Dawnduttonalloneword

As some of you know we have been foster parents for many years(almost 30). In that time we have raised our two biological daughters as well as one adopted daughter. Over the years we have had around 50 kids that have come and gone. At the time of this writing we have 6 children living in out home. A sibling group. A beautiful group of kids whom need love and care. They are a young group. The ages are as follows: 7,6, 4,3,3,and 18 months. They keep us very busy with all the activities they are busy with. Some of them have been with us for two years. The rest came this past May. It is odd how the Lord works in our lives. We had just decided on adopting a large sibling group and had finished the necessary adoption paperwork. We were looking at adopting a group from Texas or Oklahoma. We had requested in our license that their ages be between 8 and 17. There were several groups available. The day our adoption certificate was approved the Lord placed these children in our care. We ha...