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Laura I love the idea of the cards in a notebook a...

2012-02-23T10:06:41.082-05:00

Laura I love the idea of the cards in a notebook and memorizing them. I received the James study for Christmas and am anxious to start. I'm finishing a Beautiful Offering currently by Angela Thomas.
The verse being HIDDEN in CHRIST blessed me so much today.
I wanted to share with you that our youngest son had an eye accident when he was 8. We were visiting friends, and he and his brother picked up cane poles out back and and were playing swords with them. One of the poles broke and a piece of cane flew up and sliced his eyeball wide open. It was awful. We spent all night with him in surgery in Little Rock, and two more surgeries after that. They saved his eye but he got a cataract from the trauma and is blind in that eye. He's now 25 ... and is a welder. ;) Of all things a welder! I'm a mother who prays for her sons eyes too and for God to protect him, and help him see EVERYthing. Much love today! :)

Sharing this with the women in my Sunday School cl...

2012-02-04T16:17:04.998-05:00

Sharing this with the women in my Sunday School class tomorrow--Maybe you'll get a few new blog visitors :)

Thanks for doing this.

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for posting the Jam...

2012-02-01T08:07:10.121-05:00

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for posting the James cards. I found your blog through Ann Voskamp's but that was the first time I had seen her blog, as well. I was really excited to see that there were others who had been memorizing Colossians last year. I did mine as part of the memorization program on the LPM blog. This year I was at loose ends about what or if to memorize, but when I saw that you did Colossians last year and now are doing James - that gave me the impetus to start with James. So I started last week - a bit late, but am nearly caught up, so hope to keep going! Thanks!!

I'm here with you! A year ago this time we h...

2012-01-29T00:24:16.332-05:00

I'm here with you!

A year ago this time we had testing for our sweet homeschooled daughter at the nearby public school because I wanted to find out what kind of dyslexic she was and which spelling program would work. The eye exam just showed she was 20/20 but I asked about farsightedness. Nurse wasn't supposed to test, but she did a simple tracking (follow the pencil's eraser as I move it past your eyes and up and down) and there were some odd glitches so I followed up with a Vision Therapist and she had a lot of issues to work through. I was kicking myself that she was 10 and I didn't know! But God is gracious.

This year is much better, and guess what, for school we started memorizing James. We just finished chapter 2 this week! Along about the end of November it occurred to me to see if someone had a sermon series on James and I discovered Beth Moore's study, and that I can buy each session online. So we watch them together for encouragement. Ravinia's 11 now, and the memorization of James has led to good talks and rich growth. She reviews every night before falling asleep and every morning when she exercises before getting out of bed. That's a good routine!

My dear sister, I hear your hurting heart and rela...

2012-01-29T00:12:00.104-05:00

My dear sister, I hear your hurting heart and relate from past experiences with my two girls. You ARE a good mom...shows all over your website! You have tended to the most critical need your son has had or ever will have--spiritual development. Now he can REALLY see! Whatever the outcome, it's more about God's plan than anything. He WILL be lifted up and glorified. Praise the Father for equipping eyes to compensate... He is Good! I will pray for the complete healing of your son's eye.
Thanks SO much for your online ministry. Through it, God has challenged my commitment. My plan is to begin now to memorize James.
God bless!

My heart aches for you, Laura. My three year old...

2012-01-28T22:28:10.968-05:00

My heart aches for you, Laura.

My three year old has eye inflammation with her Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, so her future vision is in question. Only time will tell how often the inflammation will recur. It tends to flare like the arthritis and they treat it with steroid drops, but of course the side effects from those cause vision problems too. The eye involvement worries me far more than the arthritis. Vision seems so crucial.

My husband had double vision as a child and his parents said yes to a risky surgery to try to improve it. It made it worse and now one eye kicks out to the side and isn't used at all, giving him no depth perception. He hasn't had any more car wrecks than the average person and he parallel parks far better than I do. The brain does amazing things to compensate and so does our Father. His power is made perfect through these problems that we mothers agonize over.

I try to remember that when anxiety surfaces about Anna's eyes. It's just another way she'll bring glory to God in her life. And amen for that!

I will pray for your son when I pray for her eyes. Love you.

I will be leading my classes through James (with B...

2012-01-28T11:36:44.701-05:00

I will be leading my classes through James (with Beth) in the fall. Thanks for doing this. It encourages me to start memorizing now.

God's word is life to me but I have to admit, I have struggled to memorize especially long passages.

My best friend just went through something similar with her son. She found out when he was 15 that he can't see out of one eye. He is an amazing athlete. God has been so good to help him compensate--still the QB and the point guard :)

She struggled that she didn't know---and how they missed it at school eye tests??? He admitted peeking over with his other eye so he could pass the tests, but in elementary school?? Nothing has changed for my friend except the knowing and needing to trust God with what has come to light. God has His reasons for revealing the hidden things.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for the James s...

2012-01-28T10:26:12.231-05:00

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for the James scripture memory cards! I have already memorized James 1 with Beth's encouragement but really needed a better method. God used you to help me find it! Blessings to you!

Our Eldership started the New Year preaching from ...

2012-01-28T08:52:09.870-05:00

Our Eldership started the New Year preaching from the book of James. There is such great teaching in it! I am currently memorizing in Colossians...not the whole book but 37 verses in it. Your post was a blessing!

2012-01-28T07:23:38.722-05:00

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Thank you!! I am leading a group of ladies through...

2012-01-27T20:27:56.395-05:00

Thank you!!
I am leading a group of ladies through Beth Moore's James study ... starting in a few weeks. I'm going to send them the link and let's all get a head start!! :o)
I so appreciate you going to the effort to make the cards. For yourself and then sharing them! :o)
And the PDF worked great on my Apple ... just FYI.
Blessings!!

Jessica, The cards are from the NIV! So sorry, I d...

2012-01-27T20:08:04.066-05:00

Jessica,
The cards are from the NIV! So sorry, I did not post the version. :)
L

Thank you for the cards. I apologize if I missed i...

2012-01-27T19:46:17.689-05:00

Thank you for the cards. I apologize if I missed it, but what version are the cards taken from?

There are so many things I would do differently......

2012-01-27T17:55:56.095-05:00

There are so many things I would do differently...there are things that I didn't see when my son was in middle school - painful bullying and terribly loneliness. Not the same as what you're going through...I'll be praying for your son's vision. Doctor's know a lot, but they don't know everything, and they rarely allow room for God to work! Thanks also for the James verses - I'm doing the Beth Moore James study as well!

Saw you in the comment at Jennifer @ Getting Down ...

2012-01-27T17:33:16.132-05:00

Saw you in the comment at Jennifer @ Getting Down With Jesus. Glad I stopped by. It's not quite as long, but my son was 2 years old before I learned he had an allergy to cow's milk, which had caused all his digestive problems. I felt so incapable, like I had spent two years hurting my child when I should have known better.

My ladies' group is also doing the Beth study. We're miles apart, but digging in James together. :-)

Thank you for making this PDF available. I have be...

2012-01-27T16:58:51.251-05:00

Thank you for making this PDF available. I have been praying about what our family should memorize, and this might just be the thing.

So glad to have found you and your blog! I look fo...

2012-01-27T16:56:01.656-05:00

So glad to have found you and your blog! I look forward to reading your posts! Thank you for your kind words, you blessed me!

Thank you for your generosity...I think memorizing...

2012-01-27T16:35:15.922-05:00

Thank you for your generosity...I think memorizing James is a great idea...not doing a Bible Study (other than what is going on with Homeschooling)...I thought Sermon on the Mount with Ann would be nice too - I wonder if I can manage both?! It might depend on how much the tweener can handle!

P.S. I found your post thru Ann Voskamp's blog...

2012-01-27T15:53:53.863-05:00

P.S. I found your post thru Ann Voskamp's blog. :)

Thank you so much for the James pdf. I converted i...

2012-01-27T15:52:08.286-05:00

Thank you so much for the James pdf. I converted it to Word and left off the date since I don't know when I can get to the James study. I commend you for memorizing Colossians! I only made it to the Colossians 1:20. My 11 year old needed a 4 minute speech and I suggested Colossians 1. He memorized it in 10 days. Oh to be young again. :) I'm going back to finish Colossians. By God's grace He may put me in the James study, too and by then I'd be ready with my cards. Thanks to you!

We have nothing. We have nothing but our words. An...

2012-01-26T23:07:23.472-05:00

We have nothing. We have nothing but our words. And they do so much damage, too, slashing up our hearts with lies, and our minds with untruths.

I don't like those words.

But His Word. His Word gets inside. We make a little room, maybe a manger and a a few flimsy index cards. And then a miracle is born.

I need to go to the inn, too.

Wow, some heavy thoughts here, Laura. You are righ...

2012-01-26T21:13:14.870-05:00

Wow, some heavy thoughts here, Laura. You are right about the thoughts of being hidden in Christ and how that can soothe. We are all in need of it. Good post here, and God's blessings to your son.

Laura--this is like water for my soul, a joyous &#...

2012-01-26T20:48:00.126-05:00

Laura--this is like water for my soul, a joyous 'yes!' to what God has called us to. Thank you!~

So sorry for the difficult news about your son! A ...

2012-01-26T20:16:54.940-05:00

So sorry for the difficult news about your son! A dear friend just recently learned about a severe vision deficit in her pre-K son's eyes. It may not be reparable either, even though caught very young.

Our God has been gently reminding me lately that even the mistakes and bad decisions and overlooked details are part of His "all things" working together for good. May He pour that same hope into you and your boy.

(I'm working through that same James study! How nice to be united in that way across the miles. No distance in Christ.)

Chairein, Laura! (2nd James video)

I needed to read this today, thank you for sharing...

2012-01-26T02:42:01.734-05:00

I needed to read this today, thank you for sharing. I am currently printing scripture cards for Ephesians. Every word of God is life and healing, and I can't wait to soak in it. I was legally blind in junior high and my parents just didn't know, although they were caring and attentive. Surprising to me now, but I had adjusted and didn't know the difference. Grace and peace to you.