From a portion of this week's Breaking Free daily study...

"The best of our churches tend to welcome those captive (to alcohol, drugs, homosexuality, promiscuity, and so forth) at first, but if they don't 'fix' pretty quickly, they will probably soon be despised. We like success stories--powerful testimonies. A captive in our midst soon wears out her welcome if she doesn't get with it pretty quickly.

"In gracious contrast, God stands by us until we are free. He uses various forms of discomfort to woo us to cry out to Him, but He never forsakes us. God is the only One who is not repelled by the depth and length of our needs. Although God never excuses our sin and rebellion, He is fully aware of what drives our actions. In fact, He understands things about us we cannot even understand." ~Beth Moore

In. Absolute. Love.

....with this treasure!


I was at my mom and dad's this weekend, and mom wanted me to go through some of my grandparents' items and see if there was anything I wanted to take home. Dad wanted to show me some end tables that were in the storage shed, and I saw this while we were out there.

I don't ever remember seeing it at my Granny and Pa's house, so I asked my dad if he had known they had it. He said that this was from when my Pa worked on the oil lease when my dad was growing up. It was kept in the doghouse on the lease in case of emergencies. It doesn't have the original contents in it, but on each drawer is listed what is supposed to go in that drawer. There isn't a date anywhere on it, but my guess is that it is probably from the 1950's.

I LOVE IT!!!