Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving at the Stedmans

the boys

 Emily making homemade Egg Nog

 Jon making green bean casserole

 Super1 Bakery made the pumpkin pie!!!

 the finished Egg Nog! mmmmm yummy

 Egg Nog made fancy with whipped cream and nutmeg

school days

Emily teaching Chloe

        

Liberty Boy gets the bad guy!!!

The Lootigan club (aka The Marachan Resistance Club- Only eat Top RAMEN)

Rachel, Alamo and Caleb going for a ride in Rachel's truck

Spiritual Gifts

Spiritual GIfts. This is a topic that always has me perplexed. Whenever it is discussed I start to get DOWN on myself and think that I have NONE. Realizing this is not true (think on these things- whatsoever is TRUE), I hope to spend some time searching this out. Many times in my flesh I think of the gifts that man sees, preaching, teaching, playing piano and teaching Sunday school, other things that are in the SPOTLIGHT. There are  many gifts that are behind the scenes. I dont like people looking at me. When I was a child, I took gymnastics for many years and I liked to do all of the cartwheels and routines and such. But when it came to being on the stage for all to see, UGH I hated it, dreaded it. I still dont care for being in front of an audience, I avoid it as much as possible. There have been a few times that the Lord asked me to speak or pray in front of a group of ladies and I have to spend alot of time in prayer and seeking HELP to make it thru. I CAN do it with the Lord's help, but I dont necessarily enjoy it.

Romans 12: 5-21 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation; he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity;  he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Then it continues on with a list of other things: Love, abhor that which is evil, cleave to the good, be kindly affectioned one to another, not slothful in businesss....on down thru the chapter.