The purpose of my web log is to be a connection to my children, extended family and friends. However, all are welcome! Verse of the year: Philippians 4:12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| Sloth Soup |
At school, Christopher is known as "Sloth" as in Sid the Sloth because he looks like the caracter off of Ice Age.
For one of his classes, he came up with this wonderful recipe.
Sloth Soup
15 cups of fresh picked grass (you can get it right out side)
19 -30 cups of pine cones (depending on how much flavor you want)
12 cups of fresh leaves (mush be freshly plucked, no matter how long it might take)
10 cups of dandelions (must have the fuzzys still on, dont blow them all off)
ONE BIG pot FILLED with water (you can get at a stream or lake)
Directions
First, make a fire by hitting 2 rocks together and making sparks. Then put the BIG pot of water over it. Then cut up the grass leaves and dandelions. Some times I gather more leaves to have a snack while making it.
 Take the pinecones and break them up, you know, take off the little pokey thingies. When the water is at a boil you SlOWLY put in (in this order or else it won't work) 1/2 of the leaves, 1/4 the pinecones, 1/2 the grass, 1/4 pinecones, 1/2 dandelions, 1/4 pinecones,
Other half now; 1/2 the dandelions, 1/2 the leaves, 1/2 the grass, and last put (most definately not least) the last 1/4 pinecones.
While it’s cooking you might want a little snack. (THE EXTRA LEAVES!!!!!) Also while its cooking now would be a good time to invite all your friends, like Mammy, the Sabre Tooth, oh and the Little Baby might want some... you friends like that (the good ones).
OK, when its done cooking let sit for at least 10 min. it WILL be hot. You also might want to get some refreshments. You can be creative as you want with that.Labels: Chris |
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| Monday, February 19, 2007 |
| Its Official |
 We weren't in the loop earlier, but now we know.... .Jacob's tour has been extended for another full year. He will be there until February 2008. .He called today and said that they'd been out on a four-day mission. He was going to send me my present, but they had to leave suddenly. He had just retruned an hour before he called me. Its still there and he will get it to me soon. . Our gifts will pass in the mail. I'm sending his quilt to him tomorrow. I would have today except that its President's day. Here's a picture that Gina took for me before I wrapped it up to send off.  Jacob's address is: PFC Coreson, Jacob 72nd Engineer Co., 1EN BN FOB Warhorse APO AE 09336 Labels: Jacob, Military |
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| Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| Marine Promoted |
 I was at Federal Express today for my day job. Keith Webster who works there has a son who is a marine. His name is Marcus. He told me that his son was just promoted to Marine Corps Corporal and will be deploying soon.
There are so many people in our area that have loved ones serving in the military. My research to start a Family Support Group is coming along. I have a few more places to go and some more informaiton to gather. It's just like me to research too much. I think I need to learn from my past mistakes and take the first tangible step forward. I think it's about a month away.Labels: Military |
| posted by Kim Coreson @ 7:16 PM |
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| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| The Dilemma of Emptiness |
 There was a very dry, arid valley. Shallow and naked, no overhang to rest even for a moment from the sun's angry damage. Not many plants appreciated the barrenness the valley had to offer.
Year after year after year the valley was subjected to the dryness. No hope, no change. Only more of the same heat, neglect and abuse that nature threw at it. The challenge of the heat of the sun is a good thing in balance. But for this valley there was no balance. No rain to refresh, no cool breeze to cleanse, no flora or fauna to provide light-hearted joy. Its soil rejecting nearly every seed that dared to try to embed itself in its nutritionally vacant soil. In this manner it existed; perpetual emptiness.
Eighty miles to the west, in a mountainous terrain, was a raging river that flowed with abundance. It settled for awhile into a large, natural reservoir, then dispersed into two different branches, both flowing - one to the north and one to the south of the dry valley. Each wandered its way through fertile land where grass and flowers grew, where animals came to drink and children came to play.
Then one wild spring storm brought more tumult from the river than the large reservoir could hold. The banks rose and rose with far more water than it could empty into the rivers it fed. Finally, at the far end of the reservoir, the edges gave way and a new branch was born. Off raced the trickles at first, into uncharted territory. Running like a colony mice from alley cats, the trickles wandered randomly, quickly around trees, mounds, flooding over onto the plain until it settled on a new path. Together now, all the little wandering streams became a deluge of it's own, demanding it's place on this virgin ground.
Finally it found its way to the arid valley. After a full week of relentless storming the new creek became an established brook and flooded the valley with water, finding itself a home.
After some time the look of the valley changed. The banks became fertile, with grass, bushes, flowers and trees. Animals would come by to find refreshment. Flies, bunnies, deer... the valley was now a vessel for the giving of life.
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I have often wondered what this thing is of "Being Christlike." I don't think I really ever understood it. Didn't God make us to be unique individuals? Whenever I would hear this phrase I would dismiss it, much like a person would when they hear a word from another language. Sure, I get the general idea of it because of its context. Whatever I imagined it meant never did inspire me.
Today I was journaling, trying to identify my fears on paper. Often I have seen my ugly heart "stuff" as one song puts it... "canyons in my soul."
I sat there and journaled... "What's the answer for my emptiness?" And I waited for Him.
"Being a good person, behaving myself?" I suggested. .... silence.
"Reading the Bible?" I suggested. .... silence.
"Going to church?" I suggested again. ... silence.
Then I got a picture in my mind. A valley... dry, arid, hungry hungry hungry and no hope in sight. In want of something, but not having remembered ever being quenched, it could not even identify in words or images what might be the solution to the ever-present death. I contemplated this scene for some time.
"I know this place," I said to myself. It was much like looking at an analogy of the dark places in my soul.
Then He whispered, "Me..." and I saw the valley flood with lively, lovely, life-giving water. Eager, desperate and random at first. Then, as it filled and became comfortable in its place, it playfully lapped on the edges of the new banks.
The valley took on the identity of it's contents. The smell was fresh and rejuvenating. Soon it brought life to all it touched. Hope and refreshment. Health, abundance, prosperity and joy.
 That is Christlikeness. My emptiness filled with Him. I become that vessel. Still unique, still my very own person... but now full of Him, not of lost hope. No longer empty and so hungry that I feel as though I could disappear. No longer needing to find something - anything to fill the emptiness with, only to find that it does not satisfy. Now, I am not only satisfied, but I also exist as a source of life to others.
Fullness of Him is the answer to the dilemma of emptiness. Christlikeness. Now that I understand it... I want it.Labels: Fatih |
| posted by Kim Coreson @ 2:27 PM |
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| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| Wild At Heart |
 Jacob called this morning. He mentioned that he's reading the book I gave him for Christmas. I've read the girl's version, but this one is for the guys. . He said every turn of the page he was saying "THAT's ME!!!", "THAT's ME!!" and "THAT's TOTALLY ME!!" . I was so glad that he was getting into it. It has such a neat message. For a review, click the title at the beginning of this post. He said he's decided to get more serious about "the religion thing" after "some stuff" he says. He can't tell me much. I'm glad, in a way, but that's so selfish. Anyway.. my feelings along those lines are all over the page, so we won't talk about that. . He told me that he's reading another book I sent. He doesn't remember which one, but it's blue. He said that blue is his new favorite color. That book is the only blue thing in his space. . I guess I never thought about that kind of thing. How we are blessed with colors. We're blessed with a lot of things. I'm blessed with a boy over seas that I dearly love and am so very proud of. I see him become a wonderful man and a hero. . I am also blessed with 3 other boys at home that are kind hearted, loving and hard workers. What a lucky mom I am. Labels: Fatih, Jacob, Military, Reading |
| posted by Kim Coreson @ 3:26 PM |
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| Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| Becoming a More Informed Parent |
 PRIVATE (PVT/PV2)(Addressed as "Private") Lowest rank: a trainee who’s starting Basic Combat Training (BCT). Primary role is to carry out orders issued to them to the best of his/her ability. (PVT does not have an insignia) PRIVATE  FIRST CLASS (PFC)(Addressed as "Private") PV2s are promoted to this level after one year—or earlier by request of supervisor. Individual can begin BCT at this level with experience or prior military training. Carries out orders issued to them to the best of his/her ability.  SPECIALIST (SPC)(Addressed as "Specialist") Can manage other enlisted Soldiers of lower rank. Has served a minimum of two years and attended a specific training class to earn this promotion. People enlisting with a four year college degree can enter BCT as a Specialist.  CORPORAL (CPL)(Addressed as "Corporal") The base of the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) ranks, CPLs serve as team leader of the smallest Army units. Like SGTs, they are responsible for individual training, personal appearance and cleanliness of Soldiers.  SERGEANT (SGT)(Addressed as "Sergeant") Typically commands a squad (9 to 10 Soldiers). Considered to have the greatest impact on Soldiers because SGTs oversee them in their daily tasks. In short, SGTs set an example and the standard for Privates to look up to, and live up to.  STAFF SERGEANT (SSG)(Addressed as "Sergeant") Also commands a squad (9 to 10 Soldiers). Often has one or more SGTs under their leadership. Responsible for developing, maintaining and utilizing the full range of his Soldiers' potential. Labels: Military |
| posted by Kim Coreson @ 7:08 PM |
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| JACOB PROMOTED |
Jacob emailed me today. He has been promoted from PV2 to PFC. I don't know what all that means, but it's a good thing!
Meanwhile, on the homefront, I am looking for some resources to start a Family Support group for those who have family serving active duty from any branch of the military. My sister-in-law facilitated a group when her husband was in Iraq.
She said she was involved in it for the two years he was in Iraq and it was a real blessing. They were able to get together frequently in support to one another. But they also were able to raise money to send care packages to the soldiers. I'd love to be able to know that I'm doing something outright that increases morale for Jacob and his unit. Labels: Jacob, Kim, Military |
| posted by Kim Coreson @ 10:31 AM |
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| Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| The Black Hole |
The Black Hole
TGIF Today God Is First,
by Os Hillman
..."My grace is sufficient for you...." - 2 Corinthians 12:9If you are older than 35, you may recall the early days of the space program. I remember the early spacecraft launch with John Glenn. One of the most exciting and tense moments of his return to earth was his reentry to the earth's atmosphere. I recall the diagram on television of the heat shield on the capsule that had to withstand incredible temperatures to avoid complete destruction. There was a blackout period for several minutes in which mission control had no radio contact. He was in the "black hole." It was a tense time. Either he would make it through, or the spacecraft would burn up in the atmosphere. There were several minutes of silence that seemed like an eternity. Then, mission control shouted with joy when they reestablished contact with the spacecraft. It was a time of rejoicing.
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Have you ever had a time when you were in a spiritual black hole in your life? I have. The pressure was unbearable. No sense of God's presence. No sense of anything going on around me. God was about as far away as the man in the moon - at least from my perspective. I think every Christian who is called to make a significant difference in his world experiences times like these. These are the times when we question the reality of God, the love of God, the personal care of God. And He demonstrates to us that He was there all the time. These are "faith experiences" that God does in every person who is called to a higher level of relationship with Him. These times are needful in order to know that we have the "heat shield" that can withstand the incredible heat that comes when we follow Him with a whole heart - a heart that is radical in a commitment to fully follow His ways. Elisha had that spirit. He slaughtered his 12 oxen and burned his plowing equipment so that he would not have the opportunity to return to anything if God didn't come through (see 1 Kings 19:21).
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The apostle Paul asked God to remove the heat from his own life one time. God's answer was not what he wanted to hear.
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But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! (2 Corinthians 12:9 AMP)
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How's your heat shield today? Can it withstand the heat that would want to burn up everything in your life not based in Him? Christ said, "My grace is sufficient." Is that really true in your life? Let His grace be your shield today.Labels: Fatih |
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| Sunday, February 04, 2007 |
| Super Bowl XLI |
 Our family Prohphet, Thomas, had a dream that the Bears would win 20-3. The first play of the game, an opening kick off punt return for touchdown, made us wonder if he really had the gift or not. Then the Harris interception only 10 plays into the game made us wonder if we should be consulting with him about other things... like maybe lottery numbers or something. But then the Colts made 6 points on the touch down, so we knew his gift was flawed. 
Thomas concluded that he is either going to have to seek another career path other than Prophcy, or at least not quit his day job. I think the MVP was given to the wrong person. There was no stellar performance from Manning. I believe it should have gone to Adai.
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| Saturday, February 03, 2007 |
| Transfiguration |
I'm told that there is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy. 25 in rural Iowa . For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times.
A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. It's quite an impressive sight.
 
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