¹I will bless the LORD at all times;
   his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
²My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
   let the humble hear and be glad.
³Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
   and let us exalt his name together!

⁴I sought the LORD, and he answered me
   and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵Those who look to him are radiant,
   and their faces shall never be ashamed.
⁶ This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
   and saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel of the LORD encamps
   around those who fear him, and delivers them.

⁸Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
⁹Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints,
   for those who fear him have no lack!
¹⁰ The young lions suffer want and hunger;
   but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

¹¹ Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
¹² What man is there who desires life
   and loves many days, that he may see good?
¹³ Keep your tongue from evil
   and your lips from speaking deceit.
¹⁴ Turn away from evil and do good;
   seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
   to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷ When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears
   and delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
   and saves the crushed in spirit.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
²⁰He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
²¹ Affliction will slay the wicked,
   and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
²²The LORD redeems the life of his servants;
   none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Tonight at dinner Beth and I had a brief discussion that went like this

Beth: “What kind of chicken is that?”

Me: “It’s fish.”

     Saturday we started the long process of moving rooms.  We need to make a fourth bedroom in our home so that when Naya arrives we have room for her.  We started by moving the boys to what used to be the playroom, just off the living room.  It seems like it was time to purge their room anyway so we got rid of a lot of junk as we went.  Their room was really a mess under the clean appearance.

We spent much of the day just moving their stuff out to the new room and putting the toys in the living room.  Believe me, by about half way though the day it only looked like a bomb exploded in my house.  We took their bed apart simply to get it out the door and then reassembled it, after cleaning it, in their new room.  It looked much better when we got the bed in place.  

But then my husband came in and suggested he didn’t like the bed there and thought it should go against the far window.  I was so glad we didn’t have to take the bed apart again.  We just flipped it around and it fit right into the spot he had picked out.  The boys were so excited to spend the night in their new room!

They still have to put some of their things away but it’s coming along nicely.  Mike is going to find out about getting some cubical panels that we can put just behind the couch (you can see the top of the couch in the picture) to give them a bit more privacy.

The boys old room is mostly cleared out now.  It’s amazing how much bigger it looks without anything in it.  Now we are starting to fill in the gaps of the ugly paneling with some putty.  We will let it dry and then sand it smooth.  After that is done we may have to repeat the job just to make sure there are no gaps left.  Then comes the fun part, painting!  The plan is to paint the walls and the ceiling white so no matter  who uses the room it will work.  I hope to get a new light fixture too just to spruce the room up a bit.

Stay tuned for the next part of our adventure!