Friday, July 18, 2008

Cadence

I had the privilege of meeting my niece for the first time yesterday. She is so sweet. Just had to share with everyone!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Impossible?



I just had to share this with everyone. No matter what your political views are, you have to admit that this is an amazing video! I actually got goosebumps when I watched it for the first time. I love how this organization has taken the most opposite people and pair them on a couch to sit and agree for just one moment. You know the saying, "When Pigs Fly" or "When the Cubs win the World Series"? I think that this is up there with that. The thing is, people listen to a statement this big. It is nothing to see these two people argue, but to be peaceful and agree? This is exactly the impact God's love and compassion can make on others. It isn't the nice to the nice, but the kind to those who probably don't deserve it. But who really deserves kindness? I know I don't. I love that God has been kind to me regardless of my displays of imperfection.
I love the following passage, it goes along with the "When Pigs fly" theme.

Isaiah 11:1-9

The Branch From Jesse
" A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power,
the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD -

and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;

but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling [a] together;
and a little child will lead them.

The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

The infant will play near the hole of the cobra,
and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.

They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea. "

Monday, July 14, 2008

The Table


I took this picture when Brent's parents came to visit us a couple of weeks ago and we were all sitting down to enjoy a meal together. It made me think about the whole idea of sitting at the table with friends or family and the feeling you have when you know you are wanted. We were at a church function last Friday and there looked to be no place to sit as we came in with our food. Some friends saw us and motioned for us to join them. There looked to be no room at the table to me, but somehow with some creative rearranging, they made room for us to sit. That is such a wonderful feeling, isn't it? God provides that for us every day. In the bible He brings that same analogy of being invited to sit at the table. I am thankful for that opportunity.
Luke 14:9-11
" and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”