Hey Anatoly!!! Thank you for all the love and support you have shown to this blog... Lol.  Hope you enjoyed the ancient muses of 15 year old Abby. 

VOTE PRO LIFE

 When my mother was expecting, the doctor told her that she would have a down syndrome baby. The doctors encouraged her to abort her baby but she refused. Thankfully my mother understood that every life is a gift from God and that every life is beautiful. On August 23, 1996 a baby was born. This baby was not the down syndrome baby my parents or the doctor expected. She was a healthy baby girl with no sign of down syndrome in her. The doctors were wrong. I was that little baby girl. I am now a thankful 16 year old! God made me! And my life is BEAUTIFUL!

Every life is beautiful! VOTE PRO LIFE!!!!!

Gold Fall

Gold Fall by afathersjoy featuring fat face

Editing Photos

I love editing photos! Getting these pictures to look antique was so much fun! Enjoy!

Children are a Blessing

Children are a blessing! Why? Well first and above all else they are a blessing because God says so in His Word.
    Psalm 127:3  Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Why have we become so touchy in our view of children? Why is it almost disgraceful to talk about having as many children as the LORD blesses us with? Why? I can only make one guess. Is is probably because we have not taken the Word of God seriously. If we love Christ we would want to learn more about Him. What He loves and what he hates. God loves Children! He considers them a Blessing! He hates it when one of His children has been offended or hurt. He hates it so much that he thinks it better for the offender to hang a millstone around his neck and be cast into the see!
   Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.


A millstone was a concrete piece of equipment used by the the women of the day to grind wheat.

Brothers and sisters, especially the older ones should consider their younger siblings a blessing!

     
Fathers should rejoice in the children of their youth! 

    
Psalm 127:4-5    4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. ^5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.








Mothers should rejoice in the blessed stage of motherhood!

    Psalm 113:9   He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

So when you see a Child, look at him/her and tell them that they are considered a blessing in Christ sight! And that you are a grateful receiver of that blessing! And I Praise the LORD for you!

When Another Fathers Joy was Born!

On December the 12th 2004 my baby sister, another little fathers joy was born! She is now seven years old. Oh how time flies. I can still remember that precious first time I held her in my arms.  I was eight years old, and the thought of taking on the responsibility of taking care of my baby sister was just fabulous! Well I can go on and on with all the wonderful memories! Since pictures are worth a thousand words you are just going to have to be content with the following.

Happy Birthday Jochebed!

Your Big Sis Abby,

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Happy Birthday Mom!

       On August 29 my mother completed -- revolutions around the sun! I also have to add that my mother shares her birthday with her twin uncle Greg! Happy 40th Birthday uncle Greg! Mother has always showed herself to be a virtuous woman who fears and honors God! 
Proverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 
  
I feel blessed by the Lord that he has given me a mother that fears the Lord and is Beautiful! I pray that the Lord will give me a heart like my mothers. I also pray that he will give me such a strong desire to please God and honor him just like my mommy! I am truly grateful that he has already given me 15 years in the loving company of such a great example! 

Love You Mommy! May the Lord bless you with more years of being a great example to other believers.  
P.S. I hope that I can show you all some more pics soon! Some how the scan photos aren't uploading.

Word of the Day 1; Matthew 11:28

Word of the Day 1

I went over to the chicken coops to give our chickens some leftover fruit. When I passed the chicken coops one by one I noticed that in the last coop there was a cardinal. This cardinal was apparently female judging by the soft brown feathers. As I saw its mouth open in a thirsty, tired, and hot manner I immediately felt sorry for this poor creature. I thrust the chicken coop door open and stood on the opposite side of the cage (where I discovered the bird) in order to scare it threw the open door. This cardinal obviously did not get the idea. Instead of flying out the door (which I thought he was sure to do) he flew around on the opposite sides of the cage hitting everything in its way. It was pretty sad to see her flying around and slowly losing her strength. It made me think about us. How quickly we are to turn away from the open door God has providentially opened for us. We are hungry and thirsty for something more than what the world has to offer. Sometimes we are even blinded by the indulgences of the world and cannot see that we are hungry and thirsty, consequently we don't see that open door. I could only provide freedom from the cage to this bird,but God can provide much more for his children.

Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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Canon Field Photography

A few weeks ago,our family went to the Bluebonnet Festival. My brother had his second chance to get on an airplane. Christopher also had the opportunity to participate in the flower bombing contest (to his great delight) ! I had so much fun photographing this event with a very dear friend of mine! Vintage airplanes are so fun to shoot! Well without further ado, here are some

of my favorite shots of the day.