Love

"We all wanna to be loved, loved, looooved. We all want just a little respect, ya-e-ah. We all wanna be looooooved- tell me what's wrong with that?" DC TALK

Today our Youth Pastor preached the third message in a series titled "Naturally Supernatural". It was a good message and I enjoyed it. One of the things God blessed me with was this: "God made you to love you."

God made me, Bianca, to love me, Bianca.
God loves Bianca.
It's not new news, but it's good news.

I want another child for the same reason. I want to share my love with another child. I want Bella love a sibling like I deeply love my lil' sista. I want our family to grow in it's love out-put.
I am not always a loving person. I get angry and yell. I even push back when I get angry and backed into a corner emotionally. It's true. I just hope you (collectively, all) have received more love from me than anger, more love than disappointment, and more love than apathy. I want to be a lover. Not....well.... anything else.


Another note of freedom from today's message: God gives gifts to me (prophecy, words of knowledge, wisdom, healing, miracles, etc.) so that He can bless others through me even though He knows that I screw up sometimes and things get messy. He still wants me to be involved in the whole gift-giving process. (Example- He wants to give someone the gift of joy- He uses me to give them a word of knowledge concerning their life- I get uncomfortable and stumble over my words- it gets awkward, but the person still receives the gift of joy. God could have done it infinitely better than me, but He wants me to be a part of the wonder of giving gifts to others.)

Because He is a lover.
I want to be one, too.


Love is a choice, an action, a much sought after emotion. It reaches the depths of a person in ways nothing else can; it makes people whole and has the power to change people. It's beautiful, wonderful, hard and painful. It sacrifices, surrenders, has courage and is brave.

A person who possesses love must be the same way.

God, please help me to be a lover- one who is patient, kind, that does not envy, does not have pride. Help me to be a lover that isn't rude, selfish or provoked. Help me to be a lover that rejoices in truth and righteousness. Help me to be a strong lover that believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things. Help me to be a lover that never stops loving.

I LUV Indian food!

Ok, check it out... I've talked about it for YEARS, but www.recipezaar.com comes through for me again!

Butter Chicken, Recipe #88578

DELICIOUS!!

yum, yum, yum!

Try it, love it.

I did.

Hanging with the kids

let the comedy ensue....

Just a little lovin' from Troy....
wait...
OW! (great shot, Jeff!)










Have I told you how much I love these kids????? They are so adorable together... and really just the sweetest!

We decided to take some stats on them since we had them together...

Shout Fest!

Our little family attended a large Christian music fest down in MB Saturday. It was a lot of fun! We packed a lunch and rolled out some beach towels and just lounged in the grass listening to some widely different artists.

My favorite part? Watching Jeff and Bella chasing each other, playing catch and rolling around in the grass playing Bella's favorite game- tickle. They could have been on our living room floor for all the care they gave to the hundreds of smiling faces watching them. They were in their own world- daddy and daughter. You just gotta love.








(she dances like her father)
ha ha ha