FREE DOWNLOAD of R.C. Sproul

A friend of mine reminded me that ChristianAudio does one free download each month!

This month is R.C. Sproul's The Holiness of God!!!

Here's the link- http://christianaudio.com/free/ - it will take you to the page where the instructions are.

Happy listening!

The Excellent Wife: Martha Peace

I'm going through this book right now with some friends of mine from Church. Even though I haven't finished it, I'm going to blog about it now because it's that good! I have heard Martha Peace at the Women Discipling Women Conference and each time she speaks (or writes) God has used her in some way in my life. I recommend this book to any woman- wife or not. I, myself, am not married, with no future prospects as far as I know, and I am finding many applicable things.

The title really should be "The Excellent (fill in the blank)".

A wife's responsibility is to learn to put her confidence in the faithfulness of God and His Word- to do what He says. She can become what He wants her to become if she does what He wants her to do. There is no other way! But, there is one major problem to deal with first... the problem of sin.

Sine is the only think that will keep a woman from becoming a godly wife. Sin is lawlessness, a transgression from any of God's standards (I John 3:4). It is failing to trust in and do what God's Word says. Sin is wanting to do things her own way rather than God's way. It is presuming God will help her even when she is neglecting His truth (ouch. that one hit me hard). Sin is thinking we can get by without God's help. The bad news is that there are a number od ways to sin. The good news is that God Himself has provided a remedy for sin.

Scrap Yarn Fun

I had some red and green scrap yarn that needed to be used. A few Saturdays a group of women from church got together to make coasters, and I got the idea to make these ones :)

Super easy. Super fast. Super cute.

Next on the crochet coaster list is pears and owls... we'll see how the owls go ;)

If you would like to see more things I make crocheting, go to my Etsy Shop, Kirsty's Korner.

Have fun!

Yet I Sin...

A Prayer from the Valley of Vision: Yet I Sin.

Eternal Father,

Thou art good beyond all thought,

But I am vile, wretched, miserable, blind;

My lips are ready to confess,

but my heart is slow to feel,

... and my ways reluctant to amend.

I bring my soul to Thee;

break it, wound it,

bend it, mould it.

Unmask to me sin's deformity, that I may

hate it, abhor it, flee from it.

My faculties have been a weapon of revolt against Thee;

as a rebel I have misused my strength,

and served the foul adversary of Thy Kingdom.

Give me grace to bewail my insensate folly,

Grant me to know that the way of transgressors is hard,

that evil paths are wretched paths,

that to depart from Thee is to lose all good.

I have seen the purity and beauty of Thy perfect law,

the happiness of those in whose heart it reigns,

the calm dignity of the walk to which it calls,

... yet I daily violate and contemn its precepts.

Thy loving Spirit strives within me,

brings me Scripture warnings,

speaks in startling providences,

allures by secret whispers,

yet I choose devices and desires to my own hurt,

impiously resent,

grieve,

and provoke Him to abandon me.

All these sins I mourn, lament, and for them cry pardon.

Work in me more profound and abiding repentance;

Give me the fullness of a godly grief that trembles and fears,

yet ever trusts and loves,

which is ever powerful,

and ever confident;

Grant that through the tears of repentance I may see more clearly

the brightness and glories of the saving cross.

Coooooookieeeees!!!

I love being in the kitchen- in case you can't tell already- and when it comes to cookies, I almost never follow the recipe. A huge faux-pas, I know, but I like to experiment and jazz things up :)

While in the kitchen today, the cookies I made came out exceptional and I want to share them.

Best-Ever-Secret-Ingredient-Chocochip-Cookies

• Butter, softened- 1 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Brown Sugar - 3/4 cup

Lightly cream in mixer.

• Eggs - 2
• Vanilla Extract- 1 Tbsp

Again, mix until creamy.

• Flour - 3 cups
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Baking Soda - 1 tsp
• Secret Ingredient- 1 Tbsp Chili Powder

Mix these four dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add slowly to the wet ingredients, mixing at intervals. Don't dump it all in at once or it'll snow flour in your kitchen!!! And trust me about the chili powder... just maybe don't tell it to the people you're feeding the cookies to until they try cookies and praise them to the skies ;)

Add a package of choco chips (approx 1 cup).

Drop the dough by tablespoons and 2 inches apart on a grease or foil covered cookie sheet.

Bake by 350 degrees for 10-12 mins or until slightly golden brown.

Cool off and enjoy... just don't tell your guests the secret ingredient until you're sure they can handle it ;)

Nutritional Info

• Servings Per Recipe: 60
• Amount Per Serving: 1 Cookie
• Calories: 79.9

• Total Fat: 4.2 g
• Cholesterol: 14.5 mg
• Sodium: 64.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 10.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
• Protein: 1.0 g

Climbing: Rosalind Goforth

This book has become one of my favorite missionary biographies.

Each page is filled with honest, genuine, human trials and temptations, how Rosalind Goforth succeeded and failed, and how God brought about His glory through it. She is most definitely one of my heros of the Faith because she knows her faults/weaknesses and is not afraid to discuss them- showing how God used them to manifest and magnify His strength.

Indeed, there are so many parts of this book that I would love to highlight for you, and it is almost impossible to choose one section, yet I think this story that Rosalind shares shows her heart for people and for the work of the Gospel.

May we all desire this heart.

My husband and I were on our way to a certain large center- and important outstation. It was Saturday, and we were due to begin a series of meetings the following day. When about half way, we had to stop at a village to water the animals. We women- myself and the Bible women- were perched on a larger farm cart loaded high with baggage. Dr. Goforth walked with the evanelists, taking his turn with them in an occasional lift by the cart.

Just as we stopped, a woman came running up to the side of the cart. Taking hold of my hand, and peering closely into my face, she cried: "Is it Miss Pyke? No, oh no it is not! I was in the hospital at Changte for several months and Miss Pyke taught me how to pray. I've tried to tell my neighbors (by this time quite a crowd had gathered about us) but I don't know how. All I can do is put my hands together and say 'Jesus, Savior, forgive my sins; pity me; cleanse my heart and save me!' Oh, do tell my neighbors quickly!"

I tried to tell, but my voice broke so I had to sign to Mrs. Wang, my Bible woman, to speak. I had recovered just enough to say only a few words when the call came for us to go on. The poor woman tried, almost frantically, to persuade out men to stop 'just one night'. The villagers joined in pleading, 'We want to hear!'

But we had to go on... we never saw those dear people again, for we left the Changte field soon after.

Truly, a moving story. Rosalind talks about the 'what if' question haunting her for the rest of her life. 'What if' they did stop? 'What if' they were the only Christians those people would ever meet?... 'What if'? I believe those people came to know the Lord- through Rosalind or someone else- but it does leave me to wonder... 'What if' I were in the position- what would I do?

Or more like 'When I'm in that position- what do I do?'

Continuation of Crocheted Purse Project

The inspiring pictures I saw on FutureGirl:

The purses my mind and hands shaped:

The first two pictures are a small tote-like purse. I just made a whole bunch of different kinds of flowers and sewed them on... to me it's too cluttered; so the second purse (third picture) was birthed. Simple design of flowers on one side and brown on the other, large enough for your computer, lined with cloth inside... I prefer it at least ;)

In a couple of days I'll get the pattern up for you all, if you would like... once I figure what I did ;) I loved doing it- if I could do this and read and teach for the rest of my life, I would be quite content! Thank God that I have extra time to do it right now, He's blessed me with that :)