Here's to me typing the fastest blog entry EVER.A summary of my week during the Greatest Youth Camp Trip EVER?Too much sugar, too little sleep!I gained a new nickname. "Fruit Loop" from The Raven-Haired Girl. Because I yell "OCHO!" in a gravelly voice without warning, I don't like Skittles, cake or salty snacks, I break into song at random times and many other...
The Campus Group. They shared the Word and partied with us on Wednesday night as we celebrated the "Movin' On Up" of The Little Bro and The Raven-haired Girl. As always, I wish I could see them more often! Bookshelves! The last bookshelf is assembled and standing tall in my apartment. All the books are sorted, alphabetized and organized. And the books are...
Classic books like Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen and the Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery have got me thinking about love at first sight. These books have been made into movies (countless times). While I love the movies, I have a figurative bone to pick with all of them. They completely skip the friendship part! There is no mention...
FridayRushing through the raindrops... almost soaking wet... to a park pavilion. Kickball with the Youth Group... The Country Guy tackles The Crazy Kid mid-run onto the wet sand. The Sparkly Girl is oblivious to it all as she plays in the mud. (I suggested that we scratch the kickball game and all the girls do facial mud masks). :) The New Kid rolls...
The Raven-Haired Girl said that she wanted poetry... and so here's a little for ya.Sweet fantasyWhat a romantic dreamLike honey to the tasteBut bitterness within me.Harmless longingsBut can they truly beIf they draw me from the MasterAnd take true life from me?Sinful tendenciesWhat a thorn to meHow I struggle just to findIllusive path to victoryGrace of God beyond degreeMakes this Christian now completeI...
Strawberries are my favorite fruit. Last night, The Sis and I spent 2 1/2 hours picking strawberries and having intense conversations. So intense that we didn't even hear The Bro drive up in his work truck (which is so loud that it sounds like a tank or a broken tractor) and didn't see him walk up and didn't notice him 'til he was...
Insert Recommendation: http://www.boundless.org/. This is a GREAT website associated with Focus on the Family. Their target audience is young adults, "twenty-somethings", singles immersed in college and/or career. I like this website for its focus on Christ and family, and its diverse, yet balanced perspective on life issues. I don't agree with everything, of course, but they generally have great stuff to say!Anyway, I...
My church is a pretty happy place. I'm serious! That's not to say that we are flippant or irreverent about the things of God. We take holiness and godliness very seriously, and unashamed hold up the standard of God's Word... But somehow that also translates into making us very happy people. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the joy of...
Soooooooooo... it's all about you today! You, my wonderful blog-readers!Readers make me happy, happy, HAPPY (for some reason, I say "happy, happy, HAPPY!" almost every Sunday morning after worship practice. Odd.) Recently, I learned how to use my electronic blogger eyes and see that, wow, sometimes people actually read this blog! :) Sometimes I do wonder if the words just fade into the...
I asked Him what He would say to us (the youth group).He said, "Follow Me."It seems so simple. Who knew it could be so difficult?The disciples followed Him immediately. They left everything: homes, businesses, families, wives, children and even their own lives and followed Christ. No hesitation. Just instant obedience.Other "disciples" wanted to follow, but couldn't and wouldn't make the sacrifice.Luke 9:57-62 tells...
There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.Brother LawrenceThe holy man is not one who cannot sin. A holy man is one who will not sin.A.W. TozerWhen there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it: legalism.Leonard RavenhillMen may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose...
Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 43:5Hope in God!Not "hope in man," or "hope in circumstances," or "hope in chance" or anything else. I put my hope in God alone. He lifts up my head and...
I'm now the proud owner of a rock from a castle in England. It doesn't look like an English rock. It just looks like a piece of gravel. But I like it. Thanks, Mr. Darcy!700 is the magic number. 700 books cataloged in my personal library. Don't you just wanna cry from happiness?TWICE in 3 days, my hair got stuck in a car...
