The Names of Jesus

I don't remember where this is from, but I'm sure it's on the Internet. I just really felt like I should read through this again to inspire remembrance, praise, and adoration :) A banner for the peoples 

A Nazarene  

All  

Alpha and Omega 

Ancient of Days 

Anointed One 

Apostle and high priest 

Author and perfecter of our faith 

Author of life 

Author of their salvation 

Blessed and only Ruler 

Branch of the Lord 

Bread of God 

Bread of life 

Bridegroom 

Chief cornerstone 

Chief Shepherd 

Chosen and precious cornerstone 

Christ Jesus my Lord 

Christ Jesus our hope 

Christ of God 

Consolation of Israel 

Covenant for the people 

Crown of splendor 

Eternal life 

Faithful and True 

Faithful and true witness 

First to rise from the dead 

Firstborn from among the dead 

Firstborn over all creation 

Firstfruits of those that have fallen asleep 

Fragrant offering and sacrifice to God 

Friend of tax collectors and "sinners" 

God of all the earth 

God over all 

God's Son 

Great high priest 

Great light

Great Shepherd of the sheep 

Guarantee of a better covenant 

He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world 

He who searches hearts and minds 

Head of every man 

Head of the body, the church 

Head of the church 

Head over every power and authority 

Heir of all things 

Him who died and came to life again 

Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins 

His one and only son 

Holy and Righteous One 

Holy One of God 

Holy servant Jesus 

Hope of Israel 

Horn of salvation 

Image of the invisible God 

Immanuel (God with us) 

Indescribable gift 

Jesus 

Jesus Christ 

Jesus Christ our Lord 

Jesus Christ our Savior 

Jesus of Nazareth 

Judge of the living and the dead 

KING OF KINGS 

King of the ages 

Lamb of God 

Light for revelation to the Gentiles 

Light of life 

Light of men 

Light of the world 

Living bread that came down from heaven 

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 

Lord (Kurios) 

Lord of glory 

LORD OF LORDS 

Lord of peace 

Lord of the harvest 

Lord of the Sabbath 

Lord (Rabboni) 

Man accredited by God 

Man of sorrows 

Master 

Mediator of a new covenant 

Merciful and faithful high priest

Messenger of the covenant 

Messiah 

Morning star 

My friend 

My intercessor 

One who makes men holy 

One who speaks to the Father in our defense 

One who will arise to rule over the nations 

Our glorious Lord Jesus Christ 

Our God and Savior Jesus Christ 

Our only Sovereign and Lord 

Our Passover lamb 

Our peace 

Our righteousness, holiness, and redemption 

Physician 

Prince and Savior 

Prince of Peace 

Prince of princes 

Prince of the hosts 

Ransom for all men 

Refiner and purifier 

Resurrection and the life 

Righteous judge 

Righteous man 

Righteous One 

Rock eternal (rock of ages) 

Ruler of God's creation 

Ruler of the kings of the earth 

Savior of the world 

Second man 

Shepherd and Overseer of your souls 

Son of Man 

Son of the Blessed One 

Son of the living God 

Son of the Most High God 

Source of eternal salvation 

Sure foundation 

Teacher 

The Amen 

The atoning sacrifice for our sins 

The Beginning and the End 

The bright Morning Star 

The exact representation of his being 

The First and the Last 

The gate (door) 

The good shepherd 

The Head 

The last Adam 

The life 

The Living One 

The living Stone 

The Lord Our Righteousness 

The man from heaven 

The man Jesus Christ 

The most holy 

The One and Only 

The only God our Savior 

The radiance of God's glory 

The rising of the sun (Dayspring) 

The stone the builders rejected 

The testimony given in its proper time 

The true light 

The true vine 

The truth 

The way 

The Word (logos) 

True bread from heaven 

Wisdom from God 

Witness to the peoples

Wonderful Counselor 

Word of God 

Word of life 

Your life 

Your salvation

Finding God and Farm Festivities

• The week before Christmas: We enjoyed our Advent activities, Ricky went to the movies with some friends, and we enjoyed our first holiday at home! On Christmas Eve, we went on a prayer walk and delivered cookies which was a great door-opener! A friend joined us (fun), and he wants to join us each future time :) We also got to attend our church's Christmas Eve service for the first time. On Christmas morning, Ricky got up early to start making a big brunch for seven (we had three Marshallese teenage boys over). We ate, talked, and played with them until late afternoon. Then, we had our own little celebration! After having the birthday dessert (pumpkin-apple pie and coffee ice cream and ginger ale -- kids' picks) and talking about the gifts we got Him and singing carols, we went outside before it grew dark to find 10 gifts from God to give him thanksgiving. Afterwards, we did our first scavenger hunt. This was so much fun; we hope to make this a new tradition! We had six clues, and the theme was Finding God -- washing machine, Ricky's back pocket, inside his Bible, tucked into a star hanging, in their bunk beds, and taped on the mirror. [We can find God in work, Daddy, His Word, nature, dreams/rest, and you! There's more, those are just the ones we did.] We finished the evening off with pizza and a Christmas movie :) It was a great first Christmas-at-home doing what we wanted and look forward to more!
• The week after Christmas: We got to visit a dear friend at her home for the first time in five years! Then, we cleaned and packed and headed down to my parents' new house on their farm -- DaySpring! It's beautiful, and my parents did a lot of work to suit me and my needs :) My brother and his family joined us after a couple days. There's a video below of a lot of the fun we had, so I won't list it here ;) Some additional notes: I finally played Agricola solo for the first time; my parents gifted us with a new Bible (Joni Eraekson Tada's Beyond Suffering Bible, NLT -- love it!) and a globe, etc; I got to start reading Ann Voskamp's The Broken Way, easily one of favorite books!; Ricky got to hit golf balls into the woods (his favorite thing to do there ;); and, we were the only two who stayed up to ring in the new year!

Helping Daddy make the birthday dessert for Jesus -- pumpkin-apple pie :)

Acting out the nativity story (w/ friends)

Ready for delivery!

A Marshallese family we met on our prayer walk gave us some of their bamboo decorations, including some flowers :)

Symptometry Update (after three years)

I'll be brief and to the point.

Year 1 -- Improvements!

Year 2 -- Stagnant

Year 3 -- Decline (Doctor constantly trying new plans to figure out why I stopped responding); I lost half my improvements, kept half. We still did not feel like God had released us from Symptometry, though.

Now -- Last month, Doctor realized my circulation has become so poor that the particulates cannot flow through my veins well enough to be beneficial. So, we began a new treatment plan to focus slowly on improving circulation and increasing blood flow. I began it right before the new year, and... long story short -- it's working! My right ankle that had turned out in May 2013 has finally (drastically) improved! I had three pressure sores on it and could not stand on it as it kept growing worse ever since, eventually leading to a loss of leg muscle. It did point to 2 o'clock (at it's worse) but now it's like half past 12 (not all perfect but wow!) I am now able to stand on my foot! I can practice walking a little now :) My right ankle/foot was my #1 concern, so I'm quite happy and praise God for hearing my cries and alleviating the pain!

This video was taken on 7/6/2014.

This picture is from 10 days ago.

I hope to update my health improvements chart this week.

We're note sure where this is going, but we're going with God!

Bits and Pieces

• I'll catch up on the first two weeks of December now, and I hope to go through New Year's next week. I aim to post a Symptometry update in between them.
• The first full week of December: The kids so enjoyed no school and our Advent days! We had friends over for St. Nicholas Day; Grandma came for four days -- helped Ricky move out of our storage unit one day, made birthday cupcakes...; Grandpa and Uncle Robby came down; and, we all celebrated Micaiah's 5th birthday (more below)!
• The next week: We had the Christmas movie marathon on his actual birthday and let him select our meals and pizza. We, also, got to hold a small birthday celebration for our friend, who turned 30 ;)
• For birthday presents, we usually get our kids a book and a toy and renew their magazine subscription (Highlights/Ranger Rick). 

I just love the way these turned out! Micaiah wrote his name on them all (with Kwik Stix), and both kids stamped (with acrylic paint) the lego border :)

Making and icing 70+ gingerbread cookies

• Micaiah turned five, so we had a big (20+) party for him complete with boy-friends and presents. It was a LEGO-themed party to celebrate his transition from Duplos to Legos. He loved it, and he is now obsessed with legos! For gifts, he received Legos, books, and dress-up costume stuff :)