Blessings

Do you ever have 'current favourite songs'? I do. Basically I find a song that I really like, then listen to it over and over again, and then go 'round singing it at the top of my voice. Then, of course I hear another nice song, and it becomes my favourite, and so on. Anyway, my current favourite song at the moment is called 'Blessings.' I really like the words...

We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
And all the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your word is not enough
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not,
This is not 

our home
It's not our home

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise

 Isn't it good? You can listen to it here. :)

Photos and Cameras. :)

Guess what...! If you couldn't tell by the last two photos in the previous post, I got a camera! 

I'd been wanting to get myself a 'good' camera, (or one that would take better photos anyway) for quite a while. But buying something, especially something expensive requires making a decision, and I'm very indecisive at the best of times... 

 

So, I just want to thank God for helping me to know which camera to buy, and who to buy it from. He really made the decision making process easy! For example... 

We were looking at a few on gumtree, and I decided to contact a few people. So I sent a text to two people about the cameras they had advertised for sale, asked about the condition, and postage rates, etc. I didn't know which one I wanted, or which one was better; one was brand new in box; the other one was a higher model, but used, and they were basically the same price. But only one replied, so I didn't have to make any decisions - he even accepted the price I offered him which was $85 less than what he asked for!

Taken by my sister, Rachel.

This is Abigail, my brother's chook. Taken by my brother, Luke.

Taken by Luke.

Mr Rabbit enjoying lunch!

My sheep, Jumbo. :)

So I'm very happy with my camera; it manages to take great shots even with a user who knows nothing about photography, (yet)! ... and actually, I don't think I should call it my camera, it should be our camera, because nothing truly belongs to any of us; it all belongs to God. ...And I want this camera to belong to Him, and used by Him too. :)

Please welcome...

Mr Rabbit! 

You remember in this post, my sister mentioned that she had always wanted a rabbit, but somehow all the ones she wanted, died, so she got a lamb instead? Well, just a couple of weeks ago, she got another rabbit - just four weeks old, and very cute. So far he has been healthy, happy, and very loved! His name is Mr Rabbit. 

We had a cage for him, but when we put him in it, he got out. So while we were fixing the cage up, he stayed in the house for a few days! And as you can see from this photo, he is very mischievous, and we had a hard time keeping him where we wanted him. 

When we got him, both of his ears stood straight up, as in the photo above, but... His mother has straight ears and his father has floppy ears. So guess how Mr Rabbit turned out?

Half flop, and half straight! Definitely one of a kind! 

Isn't he positively cute?