The Shrum Family Adventures: Happy Independence Day!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy Independence Day!

Happy 4th of July from the Shrum Family! We hope you are having as much fun as we are!

We hope you have a very safe holiday!

Now its time to head to our church's cookout and fireworks............

5 comments:

The Burleys said...: Enjoyed seeing and talking to your sweet little girls tonight! They make me smile!; July 4, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Vanessa said...: We had an awesome day too!! Arianna loved the firewaorks this year!!; July 4, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Mama Bear said...: GREAT pictures. Loved seeing the girls and so loved the last picture of them together. So sweet. Glad you had a great 4th of July.
Hugs, Rhonda; July 4, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Jenny said...: Love the pictures!!! Hope you all had a GREAT 4th!!!; July 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Hannah said...: Happy 4th of July! Great pictures!; July 6, 2009 at 9:20 PM

Verses that really spoke to me and helped me get through our adoptions.

(John 14:18) " I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."

(Isaiah 43:5-6) "Do not be afraid, for I am with you,
I will bring your children from the west. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth."

(Proverbs 25:25) "As cold water is to a thirsty soul : so is good
news from a far country."

(Matthew 6:25-34) The do not worry chapter.
This is the chapter that told me we would adopt again and the
baby girl woud be named Lily (Lilee). "The lilies of the field".
This is a great reminder of why we should not worry, God will take care of his people!

(Psalms 82: 3-4) "Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Resue the weak and neady; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

(Psalms 68: 5) "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

(Deuteronomy 10:18) " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving them food and clothing."

(Philippians 4:13) "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:6-7) " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your request to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

(Romans 8:28) " And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

(James 1:27) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their destress, and to keep oneself from being polluted from by the world."