Miriam's Moments

The purpose of this blog is to draw you and I to a closer relationship with the living God and to be an encouragement to you who live in the same world as I. This world seeks to bring us down and keep us from catching even a glimpse of our Heavenly Father, so it's our duty as Christians to shine Christ's light in the darkness and help people to see the One Who has created us. I would love to talk with you all about Jesus and share the exciting things He is doing in our lives!

30.9.08

Wow! My 2 favorite things in 1 spot!

A horse AND Starbuck's!! Doesn't get much better

than that! =}

the guys hard at work....

or hardly workin' ... ;)

in which we meet our new friends the Dewhursts who

came to a concert and had nachos with us =)

~~ during Revival P.E.I. ~~

a group of our dear friends who made it up to pray

with us!

more courageous souls who braved various trials

to make it up here =)

and the Luekens made it! At long last and through many

troubles indeed!

and our DEAR friends Jacqueline and James

from Quebec =)

So I think I'll close with this for now because it's the end of my pictures

taken during the Revival meetings.

God bless you all!!!!!

1.7.08

Hello All!

Praise God! These next pictures are from our time in Annapolis at the City Dock and wow, God did so many miracles to make it possible to play there! The testimonies would really take up at least half of my blog page... so I'll only say a couple of the miracles. :)

Okay, so the day we arrived at my Aunt and Uncle's house in Annapolis, the weather was pretty yucky. It was cold, windy, raining... we went to check out the dock area and could hardly even stand out there because of the cold and everything... it was really perfect sickness weather... then it poured rain all night long. The next morning (day we were going to play) it was still pouring rain and the forecast was for rain all day and the next few days, and gosh did it ever look it! The clouds were so thick and heavy. So we waited and prayed until we just had to go down to the dock in time to set up (concert was at 2 o'clock). Well, we noticed as soon as we stepped out of the camper that God had warmed up the temperature [!], but it was still pouring and really blustery out. So we kept praying in the camper and... one thing that we were praying specifically for... was that we felt like God was going to preserve the city of Annapolis in the coming judgement on America... so we prayed that He would pour out His Holy Spirit upon that city, bringing holiness and repentance, and that He would indeed preserve it through the end times. So we asked that if God had heard and would answer, that He would completely stop the rain, calm the wind and the waves, and open up the clouds so that the sun would shine. Well, the rain stopped enough for us to go out and set up. We started the show and by the second set, God not only had stopped the wind and brought the sun out, but there was not a single cloud in the sky and we actually got sunburned! WOW haha it was awesome! And... even more importantly... a real statement of God, promising to preserve Annapolis... so it was really an awesome testimony.

So praise God! =)
These pictures are of that time and our walking tour around the city led by our uncle Jim... some of them (I admit) are a bit random, but I didn't post half of the pictures that were really to random to even justify! ;)
God bless you!!
In Christ, Miriam
P.S. After we finished it rained for the next few days solid!!!

28.6.08

God's concert at City Dock in Annapolis, MD

during the show

*note the blue sky! And it only got blue-er!* =)

after the concert:

us with the Stoners!

and our Uncle and Aunt and cousins! :D

I know this is a random shot, but the picture-taking for this wedding

took place at the dock we were performing on and I thought it so beautiful that I wanted to get a picture. :)

and just look: an Island-made boat in the midst of the

craft in the harbour! :)

*the center one*

Seth and I eating gelato!! It's our first time trying

it - ultra yum! haha :)

in which we visit the Naval Academy with

our cousin Michael

the stalwart captain on land

man, you should just see this thing in action -

Woo-ie!

the guys peering over the wall to the gardens below

not quite clear, but an idea of the view :)

but a glimpse into one of many hidden gardens in this city...it seemed

as if every home had one but you could never quite see into them

the great old capital building which has seen so

much of the great history of our nation, especially

those noble, humble, and self-sacrificing

deeds of General/President George Washington

and finally the most beautiful sight/point of interest in my

personal opinion, in the great city of Annapolis.

All those touristing there ought to stop at this

particular sight. :)

at the 2nd Baptist Church in Palmer, MA

Oh how special it was to us, after being gone for several

weeks in the South, to come back and have so many friends gather!

It was like a big family night...thank you all so much!

I leave you with this shot that we left

off with- our dear friends gathered around, the same

ones we get to spend eternity with. :)

20.6.08

God knows you - Oh God knows you!

Oh, oh... He fills this earth and there's not one corner in one building or one nook in one cave that He doesn't know about. Think about these verses! :

" Am I a God Who is near," declares the Lord, "And not a God far off?

Can a man hide himself in hiding places, so I do not see him?" declares the Lord.

"Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"

declares the LORD (!)

Our GOD fills all of the heavens and the earth - just thinking about it gives me the mental picture and feeling of His Spirit filling our streets - between and throughout buildings and all over the country sides and - oh - like He is in the air we breath! Ah its like, that's why He knows our beings so well -because He is in the air circulating through our bodies! It might be faulty reasoning, but it sure is wonderful to think about!

He knows us. He is in our room...and in our car...and in our conversations... and in our inward mental battles. And gosh, we ought to watch what we say and quickly ask Him to forgive us for wrong thoughts because He knows them!

But... He also knows how we struggle. And that, my friend, is why His Holy Spirit was sent as a Helper to us (see John 14:16-17 & 26) and indeed fills this place. To help us! He will help us... our Father will complete the work He has begun in us and purify us if we ask Him to. Eventually. And I hold on to that promise will all of my heart.

" And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever."

"...you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you."

~ John 14:16-17 ~

Thank You Lord!

In Christ's Love,

Miriam