In December of 2004, I listened to my pastor give a sermon on a list of spiritual challenges for the New Year. I never keep sermon notes from messages I hear, but five years later I still have this list. Here it is: “Ten Questions to Ask at the Start of a New Year” By Donald S. Whitney The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to stop, look up, and get our bearings. To that end, here are some questions to ask prayerfully in the presence of God. 1. What's one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God? 2. What's the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year? 3. What's the single most important … [Read more...]
Life Lessons at the Car Shop
My car was due for an oil change, so Grace & I headed over to our local car shop to get fixed up. The waiting room isn't a very exciting place, but Grace couldn't have been happier. She was smiling constantly! Every time someone came in and paid any attention to her, she gave a big smile. She was smiling at me until she finally gave in to her tiredness and fell asleep in my arms. Honestly, she couldn't have been a better baby. We should hang out at the car shop more often! While we were waiting, a pervious employee of the shop came in and was chatting with the owner. The owner asked him if he knew me. The owner then went on to … [Read more...]
What do you get a 3 month old for Christmas?
Several people have asked Nate & me what we are giving Grace for Christmas this year. It is her first Christmas, which is pretty special, but honestly she won't remember a THING! Plus, she doesn't really need anything right now. She isn't even playing with rattles all that much, let alone full-blown toys. However, it is Christmas. So this is what we are giving Grace this year... First of all we are giving Grace an ornament for the tree. Our tree is so small, that I honestly don't even know if it will fit! There are a lot of people who give ornaments as gifts every year, but we aren't planning on doing that. I just … [Read more...]
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