Faith as a Mustard Seed, Take 2

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I meant to take the camera and try for a better picture of those mustard fields by Bobchi's place today. True to form, however, between putting on my shoes and walking to the door, I completely forgot about it and didn't remember until about four and a half hours later. Fortunately, I was able to find the lovely picture above of a mustard field to give you some idea of what it really looks like (don't ask me where it was taken, though, because I haven't the foggiest).

Just imagine you're clutching at the battered passenger seat of a slightly dingy '96 Toyota Corolla as it hurtles down a dusty dirt road while I loosely hold the wheel, nonchalantly running my mouth in a very general, distant way that leaves no doubt in your mind that I've completely forgotten that I'm even driving. Just as you start praying fervently to your loving maker to please let your immanent death be quick and painless, you look out of your window and see acres and acres of that bright yellow mustard field blurring past the window. There, see how beautiful and calming it is?

By the way, the reason that I'm boring you with yet another mustard field picture is because we're off to Winnipeg today for the first half of Shiloh's assessment and won't be back until later this afternoon. In the meantime, you'll just have to make do with this warm and fuzzy 'picture thought'. Enjoy!
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Quindici

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This is week 15 of Julie's pregnancy. The baby might have started sucking his thumb this week!

Rapid growth continues at this point. The skin is very thin and you can see the blood vessels clearly underneath. The scalp hair pattern is developing while fine hair (called lanugo) covers the baby's body. The baby is approximately 3.7 to 4.1 inches and weighs about 1.75 to 2 ounces.

The baby's taste buds already look like a mature adult's and doctors have learned that the amniotic fluid that surrounds it can smell strongly of curry, cumin, garlic, onion and other essences from a mother's diet. The baby's bones continue to harden and retain calcium very rapidly. It's eyelids are now firmly shut, and will stay closed until the third trimester.
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Faith as a Mustard Seed

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I took this picture of a field of yellow mustard and a beautiful sky near Bobchi's place yesterday afternoon.
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My Rock and My Salvation

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Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Psalm 62:1-2
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