I Wonder

At the stars in the night, I wonder
At Your lightning in the sky, I shudder
Your glory is a blanket that covers
Every living thing
I’m in awe at the majesty of who You are
Your love is a seal burnt inside my heart
All of the day I want to be where You are
Holy Father

And it feels like there’s not enough praise inside of me
With all these words, all my heart can sing is holy
You are holy

Jesus Christ
You bled Your love, laid down Yourself
And gave me life
In naked shame You hung and You were lifted high
Here I lay in awe and wonder
I am afraid
For no one’s ever sacrificed and loved me this way

So on my face I fall under Your heavy grace
Here I lay in awe and wonder
And I wonder

I’m in awe at the majesty of who You are
Your love is a seal burnt inside my heart
All of the day I want to be where You are
Holy Father

And it feels like there’s not enough praise inside of me
With all these words, all my heart can sing is holy
You are holy

Happy Easter!!!

 ®achel™

The Snowflake Man

 

"Perhaps no natural phenomenon occurring upon the earth is more of an object lesson, or portrays more fully both the power and majesty, and the gentleness of the Creator, than does a wide spread snowstorm."

~Wilson Bentley~

 

I like to call him The Snowflake Man. I just read about Wilson Bentley in school and I really liked him. 

I'll give you the 'text' vision of his life so you can be smarter today than you were yesterday and you still want get bored with me. (Unless you already know about him in which case.... I'm glad for you!)

  1. At 15 Wilson Bentley's mother gave him an old microscope. 

  2. On his 17th birthday his family gave him a camera. (At the time the camera could only be bought with an entire year's pay for a farmer and his father was a farmer. I think it sounds like Wilson had a really sweet Dad. Just like me!)

  3. When he was 19 Wilson became the first person to photograph a snowflake. 

  4. In an article he wrote Wilson Bentley declared his belief that no two snowflakes were the same. 

  5. Before his death he published his book "Snow Crystals" and it is still in print today.





Well Bye,

 ®achel™

Bewildered

"I cannot say as ever I was lost but I was bewildered once fore three days."

~Daniel Boone~

About a time when he was nineteen.

Well Bye, 

 ®achel™

Photo from "George Washington's World" 

 

Then Ten Commandments Southern style

Then Ten Commandments Southern style

1. Y'all have no other gods b'fore Me. 

2. No makin' idols.

3. When y'all use my name, y'better mean it. 

4. Lay off the trail one day a week. 

5. Mind yer ma and pa. 

6. No killin' folks.

7. Dance with who brung ya. 

8. No swipin'. 

9. No lyin'. 

10. No hankerin' for things that ain't yours. 

 ~Moe and the Big Exit~ 

Well Bye, 
 ®achel™

All Of The Words

"All Of The Words"

How do I speak of the indescribable to You
I will try to explain these feelings that are true
So looking to the sky I will sing and from my heart to You I bring

All of the words in all of my life that could never explain and never describe
All of my love, which is nothing to hide so I lift up my hands and I worship
I worship You

In your presence I forever choose to live
I will praise You for it's all I have to give
So looking to the sky I will sing and from my heart to You I bring

All of the words in all of my life that could never explain and never describe
All of my love, which is nothing to hide so I lift up my hands and I worship

By Your grace You let me come talk to You
It's not that I'm worthy I thank you Jesus
For the love that You have shown

All of the words in all of my life that could never explain and never describe
All of my love, which is nothing to hide so I lift up my hands and I worship

With all of the words in all of my life that could never explain and never describe
All of my love, which is nothing to hide so I lift up my hands and I worship
I worship You

 

 

 

Well Bye, 

®achel™

I didn't get to do a Valentines post....

"You aren't loved because you are valuable. You are valuable because God loves you." 

~Unknown~

"God's love is unconditional. Be sure that yours is too!" 

~Unknown~

"What's earth with all its art, verses, music, worth compared with love, found, gained, and kept?" 

~Robert Browning~ 

"Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." 

~Sydney Smith~ 

I didn't end up doing a post on Valentines' Day so this will have to count as a late post. 

Well Bye, 

®achel™

The Outsider

 Alexander Hamilton:The outsider

I really like American history so this was especially interesting to me but I think a lot of people would like it. (Or at least I like to think they would.) I’ve been trying to work out the whole Anti-federalist, Federalist, Democratic-Republican thing for a long time and this book really helped me. (If all that I just said made zero since than you might want to read this book.)
This was a simple but very well written book. I really enjoyed it.
This would be an excellent moment to tell my opinion of Mr. Hamilton but this is a book review not a political debate.

Jean Fritz is a really good author who has written many good biographies. She always makes you like the ‘hero’ of the book even if in another book you might not agree with what he did or might not like him.
Her description really well done and everything is really clear.
If you are going to be reading a book about the starting of American government this is a really good (and short which is always a good thing for me) book to read.
Or if you’re like me and just read history books for ‘fun’ than that is even better and you might to try this one out.

“The Outsider” is a short book but don’t scorn it because of it’s length, there is a lot of stuff in it that you probably don’t know.

Genres: Non-Fiction, United States history, United States Government, Biographies,

Copy right: 2010

Page count: 144 

B.T.W.
Jean Fritz also writes young children’s biographies that are really cute. “Then What Happened Paul Revere”, “Where was Patrick Henry on the Twenty Ninth of May”, Why don’t you get a Horse Sam Adams?”, and “Cant You Make Them Behave King George” are some great ones.

And as a little side note, Erin and I always thought that Alexander Hamilton was the best looking face on any of our money. He looks as if he were trying not to smile at something. Just so you know. 

Well Bye, 

®achel™

To Wisely Waste My Days

 

 

"To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clean mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the Ultimate Purpose toward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done- this is how I desire to waste wisely my days." 

~Thomas Dekker~ 

1572-1632 

Well Bye,
®achel™

The Laughing Cavalier!

 

I LOVED this book!

The Laughing Cavalier by Baroness Orczy is the story of the ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel(Percy Blankly).
If that means nothing to you than don’t worry about it. The only thing I’m saying is that if you’ve read “The Scarlet Pimpernel” you were actually reading the third book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series not the first. 

The Laughing Cavalier is the first book in a series of fourteen books.

1. The Laughing Cavalier
2. The First Sir Percy
3. The Scarlet Pimpernel
4. Sir Percy Leads the Band
5. I Will Repay
6. The Elusive Pimpernel
7. Lord Tony's Wife
8. The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel
9. Mam'zelle Guillotine
10. El dorado
11. Sir Percy Hits Back
12. The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
13. A Child of the Revolution
14. Pimpernel and Rosemary

So far I’ve only read the first three.

But let me tell you about “The Laughing Cavalier”.

Diogenes(the hero) lives on the streets of Haarlem, Holland. He lives for adventure and spends his time seeks it out.
On new year’s eve 1623 he finds the adventure of a life time while trying to help a desperately poor spanish woman and her father.
Diogenes helps the lady by paying, with the last of his money, for a place where she and her sickly father to stay.
His noble actions are witnessed by two men. One a outlaw and the other the son of wealthy man and the brother of a very sweet and troublesome lady.
These two man have a problem and they see the answer to their problem in this man with no real name but a kind heart.
The problem?
Well, these two man have a plan to kill the Prince of Orange and the second man’s (his name is Nicolaes Beresteyn) sister (the sweet lady), Gilda over heard the plan.
Nicolaes and his friend, Stoutenburg (who is in love with Gilda and is the true villain of the story) hirer Diogenes to kidnap Gilda.
Diogenes needs the money, and sees the adventure that could come from this, so he keeps his thoughts about how Nicolaes should be treating his sister to himself and takes the job.

And so Diogenes begins he lively adventure!

Genres: Adventure/Historical Fiction
Don’t let the ‘historical fiction’ scare you off. I have never been a very big fan of what people call “Historical Fiction” but this was a really good book. 

Copy right: 1914
Yes it is a rather old book and at times it’s a little heard to understand what is going on, especially if you’re not used to this style of writing, but it is funny and if you will just take your time and believe that it is a really good book you can learn to like the style.
It’s more of a challenge and everyone needs a challenge ever once in a while. Not to mention that it makes it more fun to finish!            

B.T.W.
The prologue is a little strange but don’t be scared off by it; nothing bad happens.

The First Sir Percy is also about Diogenes; it's the sequel and it is really good too. (I'll review it soon.)

One last thing:
Not everyone is going to like this book. 

Well Bye, 

®achel™

Never give up on your dreams...

 

Erin found this on a blog she likes to read the other day and I laughed at it. 

Hope you do too.  

Well Bye, 

 ®achel™

Look at this day...

"Look at this day...For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision... but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope." 

~Author Unknown~

Well Bye, 

®achel™

I Can Only Imagine

 

 I can only imagine what it will be like
When I walk by Your side
I can only imagine what my eyes will see
When Your face is before be
I can only imagine, yeah

Surrounded by Your glory
What will my heart feel?
Will I dance for You Jesus?
Or in awe of You be still? 

Will I stand in Your presence
Or to my knees will I fall?
Will I sing Hallelujah?
Will I be able to speak at all?
I can only imagine
I can only imagine

I can only imagine when that day comes
And I find myself standing in the sun
I can only imagine when all I will do
Is forever, forever worship You
I can only imagine, yeah
I can only Imagine 

 

Surrounded by Your glory
What will my hear fell?
Will I dance for You Jesus?
Or in awe of You be still?

I can only imagine when that day comes
And I find myself standing in the sun
I can only imagine when all I will do
Is forever, forever worship You
I can only imagine, yeah
I can only Imagine

Well Bye, 

®achel™

The Best Legend of Taps

There are many legends of Taps, a tune that appeared after the Seven Days' Battle. I thought I would tell you about my favorite of the legends.

There once was a man with a son whom he loved very much. The son loved music, so the man sent him son to study music in the South. When the war between the states began the man joined the Union army and,  to his dismay, his son joined the Confederate army.

During the Battle of Seven Days', the man heard loud, sad moaning from a soldier on the battle field. He risked his life to get to the soldier. When he finally reached the man, dressed in a dirty gray uniform, it was too late too save him. As the man looked at the young confederate's face, he realized it was his son.

In one of his son's pockets, the man found a worn piece of paper with music notes written on it. At his son's burial, he had the bugler play the notes.

The notes were so beautiful that everyone remembered them afterward. Today we call the beautiful notes 'Taps'.

Well Bye,

®achel™ 

Through Heaven's Eyes

A single thread in a tapestry 

Though its color brightly shine 

Can never see its purpose 

In the pattern of the grand design 

And the stone that sits on the very top 

Of the mountain's might face 

Des it think it's more important

Than the stones that form the base?

So how can you see what your life is worth 

Or where your value lies? 

You can never see through the days of man 

You must look at your life 

Look at your life through heaven's eyes 

Lai-la-lai...

A lake of gold in the desert sand 

Is less than a cool fresh spring

And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy 

Is greater than the richest king

If a man lose ev'rything he owns

Has he truly lost his worth? 

Or is it the beginning

Of a new and brighter birth?

So how do you measure the worth of a man 

In wealth or strength or size? 

In how much he gained or how much he gave? 

The answer will come

The answer will come to him who tries 

To look at his life through heaven's eyes

And that's why we share all we have with you 

Though there's little to be found 

When all you've got is nothing 

There's a lot to go around

No life can escape being blown about 

By the winds of change and chance 

And through you never know all the steps 

You must learn to join the dance 

You must learn to join the dance 

Lai-la-lai...

 

So how do you judge what a man is worth 

By what he builds or buys?

You can never see with your eyes on earth 

Look through heaven's eyes 

Look at your life 

Look at your life 

Look at your life through heave's eyes!

Well Bye, 

®achel™  

I had fun too!

I know that  everyone in my family has already posted pictures of when we went rappelling with some friends but I had fun too and wanted to post the pictures along with the best of them so here are a bunch more for you to look at. 

 

 

I have to say that I loved the felling of being completely scared! 

When I was up at the top ready (or not so ready) to jump off Erin said I was whimpering, and I know that my legs were shaking. But I loved it so much! 

I would do it again in an instant and I guess prof that you liked something is if you will do it again. 

Well Bye, 

®achel™