It's July!

It's July, which means new pictures are up on our Flicker page. There are some from Father's Day, our afternoon at Grangee & Dodad's, an afternoon at Jimmy & Sheila's house, and pictures from our trip to the Dallas Zoo. Hope you all enjoy!

Love,
The Ross Family

From A.W. Tozer

"The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything- we have all the rest." This quote is the concluding comment in my Bible study lesson for this week and while I've known for a long time that God wants us to worship Him, it never occured to me in this way. Everyone wants to be loved simply for who they are. Why wouldn't the God whose image we are created in want the same thing? I often thank Him for all that He's done for me and my loved ones, but I don't spend enough time praising Him just for who He is. He doesn't need my praise, but He definitely deserves it.

You can enjoy the lessons from my Bible study too. Click the "theroost" link under "OUR FAVORITE WEBSITES" (to the right) to go to the group's blog. You'll find the lessons under the "Weekly Lessons" tab. They've blessed me, I hope they do the same for you. Enjoy!
Blessings to All,
Crystal

Catching Up

Hello All,
Sorry it's been so long between posts. Father's Day seems like so long ago already. We don't have much to report, just pictures to share. Unfortunately, my delayed uploading of pictures taken in May has maxed out my monthly uploading allowance for June. Sorry, you guys will have to wait until next week (July) to see new pictures. I'll try to better space out my downloads throughout the month. Again- Sorry.
God is Good,
The Ross Family

If this is your first time visiting our blog- click the link to the right (under "OUR FAVORITE WEBSITES") that starts out http://www.flicker.com/ to see our family photos. Enjoy!

Father's Day

God is in control.

Happy Father's Day indeed!

More Blessings

Hello All,

I've been meaning to write since Sunday, but you know how life goes...

Sunday was another wonderful blessing. That very morning I had voiced some personal issues in prayer to God. He already knew my heart though, because he had already arranged for a guest speaker in our Sunday School class. He didn't keep with our lesson plan, and ended up speaking both to me and Casey. The speaker discussed exactly what I had prayed about before getting out of bed that morning, and then went on to talk about something that Casey has been struggling with for the last few weeks. God is good, what can I say. "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" Philippians 4:4

Have a blessed day,

Crystal

He's Everywhere

Hello Again,

It's amazing how your perspective can change. Casey and I have begun looking for Jesus in our everyday lives, to see Him at work. Yesterday He was everywhere. Casey took his car in where it was diagnosed, the work was quoted, and the finish time was given- none of it good news. Jesus turned it around though and took care of us in our time of tight budgeting. Just as Casey secured a ride home, as he was without his car, he got a call saying his car had been misdiagnosed, it was going to be hundreds of dollars cheaper, and that it would be ready at 6pm that day. Plus, they took a coupon that was slightly expired! A few weeks ago even, we would have considered all of this an interesting coincidence, but as I've heard said "interesting isn't interesting, it's God." So true!

Have a Blessed Day,
Crystal

Nothing Much Going On

Hello All,

We had a busy weekend of Birthday Parties, actually going on a date, church, taking care of the lawn, etc. We rather enjoyed listening to the message in our Sunday School Class. It was inspired by God to meet us exactly where we are in our walk. It was great! Hope you're all doing well. Let us know by posting a comment-> click on the "Comments" link at the bottom and leave us a note!

Blessings to you all,

The Ross Family