I love to organize

Yes, I love to organize. To be honest, you wouldn’t know it because I live with five other individuals that don’t exactly share my love. I do see a couple of my kids that may have the bent towards it. There is always hope. Right now, I am trying to devise a plan that will be more efficient and will keep everyone involved in the running of the Fountain household. Thankfully, I have a husband that is willing to help wherever needed. I am trying to figure out what is too much organization and time management. I know God wants us to be available for interruptions and flexible for what He would have me do. So, I pray I can come up with a plan that is God honoring. I will let you all know.

His Fruit in My Service

I have been reading the Gospel of John recently & I have been brought back to the verses about bearing fruit. It is such a foundational truth.

John 15:4-6

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

In these three verses He says "remain" six times. Remain means to abide. What a really cool word. Abide... I don't want it any other way. I desire for this to be my goal all the time. The factor that doesn't change is God. The other part of the equation that can change is us. The word "if" appears each time before words related to us. He is unchanging. We are the "iffy" factor. I want & need more FRUIT in my life that can only come from Him!

Hamburger in a back pocket

I can't believe I have found a way to put the words "hamburger" and "back pocket" into the same sentence. This past week we had a Super Bowl Party at our house for the teenagers. Mike grilled hamburgers and hotdogs. Well, my kids enjoy eating both but apparently Sarah really likes hamburgers. Monday morning I went to wash clothes as I usually do on Mondays and to my surprise in the bottom of the washing machine was a 1/4 of a grilled hamburger patty. I couldn't figure out where it had come from. Then I dry that load of clothes only to find another 1/4 of a hamburger patty.
Well, you can probably see where this is headed. My daughter Sarah decided that she wanted to save some of her hamburger for later so she stuck the hamburger patty in her back pocket just in case she got hungry. I truly can't believe what they can come up with to keep my laughing. Well, that wasn't her original intent but it worked. I hope it makes you laugh too.