Are we the only family that wakes up at 3 am every morning stripping the bed to find a binky!?!? Kyndall will fall asleep with it and then throughout the night it makes its way around the bed until she wakes up SCREAMING for it! Haha. So we get up and look forever. Those little nasty things are magical or something i swear! You can take every blanket and pillow off the bed and shake them a hundred times and then turn around for one second and there it is!! sitting nicely perched right in front of your face the whole time!!! Then everyone is cranky by then. UGH. Annoying. Which means its probably about time to break the binky habit AGAIN. We should have stuck with it last time because i think shes actually addicted to it now. Oops.
Anyway, I finally got to do my first testimony this week but before i get into that ill do a recap of my week
First off, Kyndall takes her last dose of antibiotics today which is a relief because shes never been on them before and im tired of the poopy diapers lol. Almost two weeks ago She was cleared for pneumonia and RSV but was still getting pretty sick so they gave her antibiotics. She still has a nasty cough first thing in the morning and a pretty runny nose but shes much better now.
Even tho shes sick isnt she super gorgeous!!!?
Anthony and i watched a documentary last night about being a minimalist. So our list of things to do this year is growing:
- Build a greenhouse and cut our grocery bill in half
- get on a strict budget plan
- Pay off escrow and other debts with income taxes
- throw away ALL CLUTTER in every single room
- SIMPLIFY
- Do more bible study
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Testimony time!!
OK, so i got to do Januarys Testimony yesterday after church and it was a blast. It was literally 18 degrees outside and my fingers were so cold i could barely work my camera!
Ill share it tho because its pretty cool <3
Ruby Images Testimony Project 2017
January Testimony:
Melissa Duke
January Testimony:
Melissa Duke
THE GATE NAMED BEAUTIFUL
(Acts 3:2)
"For the majority of my life I have sat crippled and begging at the gate named Beautiful! I have heard the story of the crippled begger many times since I was a child, but only this past year God has revealed how closely related this story is to my own testimony! Exactly one year ago God laid all of this on my heart. So it is by no coincidence that God presented this project to Kali and it is by no coincidence that she has chosen mine to be her January Testimony and the story goes like this;
just shortly after the day of pentecost at 3 in the afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to temple to pray, at the same time a crippled begger was being carried to the gate named Beautiful were he sat everyday to beg for money.....the gate named Beautiful was the entrance to the Temple courts! When Peter and John reached the crippled begger he asked if they could spare any money.....they both stared at him for a moment and Peter being filled with the Holy Spirit said to him, silver and gold I do not have but I give to you what is within me. Grabbing the right hand of the crippled begger Peter Says in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth get up and walk!! Instantly the crippled begger's feet and ankles were made strong and finally he went with them into the to temple courts leaping and shouting and praising God!!!! When the people saw him they all recognized him as the crippled who always sat at the temple gate called beautiful and they looked on him with wonder and amazement!
For the majority of my life I have been the one who has sat crippled and begging at the beautiful gate leading into the Temple courts! I was born into the Church, I have seen many people filled with the Holy Spirit! I have watched first hand what that spirit could do!! I have watched God move in miraculous and mighty ways but from what always seemed to be afar! You see from a very early age satan had me convinced that, that life was for others and not for me! Satan crippled me with deceit and had me bound by fear and addiction after addiction! I would beg for God to use me as I had seen Him use so many others but the enemy's deceit and corruption had me bound and believing that I would never be good enough for God to use me after all of the terrible things I had done!! I couldn't understand why God would keep me locked outside the beautiful gate only to watch from afar all of the beautiful things He was doing for those inside of the Temple courts! It hurt me deeply and the yearning to be in the Holy Place and in the presence of God was so painful! I feared that would spend the rest of my life only being able to watch God do so many incredible things in others lives and never in mine but in these last couple of years God has started moving mountains in my life and my faith in God and my love for God, or should I say His love for me has broken the chains of addiction and being of a sober mind God has finally been able to speak to my heart, He has finally opened up that Beautiful gate! He has lead me through the temple courts, past the graven alter and is allowing me to enter into His Holy Place! God has told me that He had been right beside me the entire time and that the pain and trials I had suffered through were not in vain! That I was one of His strongest soldiers and that even though He had me living in hell on earth that I never once stopped loving and believing in Him! He knew when He created me that no matter how far away I got that I would always return to him and that each and every hardship i had gone through made me stronger to prepare me for the work He needed to do through me!! He told that He has made my feet and ankles strong now and that it was time for me to get up and walk!!! God had me in between the two worlds of good and evil so that I would be grounded in my faith yet still would have the testimony of walking through fire to reach the ones who will be walking through it now so that i could reach them on their level!! All those times I cried out to my Father thinking He had forgotten about me and left me alone He was right there crying with me saying there there child for I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU!! Satan thought he had me but My God was kicked back on His throne laughing and saying; satan you can never have her, SHE IS MY CHILD and SHE IS WORTH FAR MORE THAN RUBIES!"
(Acts 3:2)
"For the majority of my life I have sat crippled and begging at the gate named Beautiful! I have heard the story of the crippled begger many times since I was a child, but only this past year God has revealed how closely related this story is to my own testimony! Exactly one year ago God laid all of this on my heart. So it is by no coincidence that God presented this project to Kali and it is by no coincidence that she has chosen mine to be her January Testimony and the story goes like this;
just shortly after the day of pentecost at 3 in the afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to temple to pray, at the same time a crippled begger was being carried to the gate named Beautiful were he sat everyday to beg for money.....the gate named Beautiful was the entrance to the Temple courts! When Peter and John reached the crippled begger he asked if they could spare any money.....they both stared at him for a moment and Peter being filled with the Holy Spirit said to him, silver and gold I do not have but I give to you what is within me. Grabbing the right hand of the crippled begger Peter Says in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth get up and walk!! Instantly the crippled begger's feet and ankles were made strong and finally he went with them into the to temple courts leaping and shouting and praising God!!!! When the people saw him they all recognized him as the crippled who always sat at the temple gate called beautiful and they looked on him with wonder and amazement!
For the majority of my life I have been the one who has sat crippled and begging at the beautiful gate leading into the Temple courts! I was born into the Church, I have seen many people filled with the Holy Spirit! I have watched first hand what that spirit could do!! I have watched God move in miraculous and mighty ways but from what always seemed to be afar! You see from a very early age satan had me convinced that, that life was for others and not for me! Satan crippled me with deceit and had me bound by fear and addiction after addiction! I would beg for God to use me as I had seen Him use so many others but the enemy's deceit and corruption had me bound and believing that I would never be good enough for God to use me after all of the terrible things I had done!! I couldn't understand why God would keep me locked outside the beautiful gate only to watch from afar all of the beautiful things He was doing for those inside of the Temple courts! It hurt me deeply and the yearning to be in the Holy Place and in the presence of God was so painful! I feared that would spend the rest of my life only being able to watch God do so many incredible things in others lives and never in mine but in these last couple of years God has started moving mountains in my life and my faith in God and my love for God, or should I say His love for me has broken the chains of addiction and being of a sober mind God has finally been able to speak to my heart, He has finally opened up that Beautiful gate! He has lead me through the temple courts, past the graven alter and is allowing me to enter into His Holy Place! God has told me that He had been right beside me the entire time and that the pain and trials I had suffered through were not in vain! That I was one of His strongest soldiers and that even though He had me living in hell on earth that I never once stopped loving and believing in Him! He knew when He created me that no matter how far away I got that I would always return to him and that each and every hardship i had gone through made me stronger to prepare me for the work He needed to do through me!! He told that He has made my feet and ankles strong now and that it was time for me to get up and walk!!! God had me in between the two worlds of good and evil so that I would be grounded in my faith yet still would have the testimony of walking through fire to reach the ones who will be walking through it now so that i could reach them on their level!! All those times I cried out to my Father thinking He had forgotten about me and left me alone He was right there crying with me saying there there child for I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU!! Satan thought he had me but My God was kicked back on His throne laughing and saying; satan you can never have her, SHE IS MY CHILD and SHE IS WORTH FAR MORE THAN RUBIES!"
Is that beautiful or what!!!
Melissa is my husbands ex sister in law i think... lol Shes the sweetest person and knows a lot about scripture. If i ever need someone to pray for me or with me i go to her!!!
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Well today ill shoot my LAST session for one of my Baby's 1st Year babys so ill have a smash cake session to share soon! Be on the look out for that
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Before i forget:
Anthony and i are fans of avocado. I like to just mash it up and sprinkle salt and pepper on it. You can add lemon juice or chopped tomatoes. Its super tasty and REALLY healthy for you! I was eating it a lot while pregnant and while i was nursing. heres a link to 10 different ways you can eat it on toast. I can put it on toasted multigrain bread and kyndall eats it! Its really nutritious for her and it makes me feel like im doing something right haha.
click this link ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
Blessings to Ya,
Kali M
First, I want a before and after picture of the 'clutter' cleanup !! lol Second, and this may sound strange, but I love to hear about your struggles. Why, because I know it grows your faith and your marriage. You two are just precious for each other and that baby flower is proof. And, as to the binky, if you ever figure that one out let us all know cuz no one has mastered it that I know of!!
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Kali thank you so much for blessing me with the opportunity to share my testimony in such a beautiful way!!! You are such an obedient beautiful servant of the most high.....stay that way and just watch as the blessings pour down from Heaven upon you,your family and your ministry!! As far as the binky thing goes......it's hard very hard! I know the struggle is real, I went through it with Kait! You just have to stick to your guns no matter how hard it gets and not give in! It's also sad but don't let that break you and remember.....there is absolutely nothing to small or irrelevant to ask God the Father for! Pray for Him to be in the midst of the situation, how to approach it and to make the process as easy as possible for all of you!��
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