Wow, Jenna had a healthy baby, Myles went to his first High School dance. Life is Good, no Great!
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MYLES
YOU WERE LOOKING GOOD.
THERE IS JUST ONE THING YOU FORGOT TO DO.
YOU NEED A HAIR CUT.
I'M NOT SAYING, GETTING IT HIGH AND TIGHT.
GET YOU HAIR STYLED. NOW IF YOU ARE ONE UGLY LOOKING MONKEY. THEN WEAR YOU HAIR LIKE UNCLE IT. BUT YOU ARN'T. SO GET IT DONE WHERE IT FLOWS BACK. AND THE WOMEN CAN SEE YOUR EYES.
REMEMBER IT'S NOT YOUR HAIR THAT MAKES THE WOMAN MELT. IT'S YOUR EYES. SO DON'T HIDE YOUR EYES BEHIND THAT MOP.
ALRIGHT MYLES, THAT IS ALL I NEED TO SAY NOW. YOU TAKE CARE, AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOTHER.
Myles . .. I LOVE your cute hair, and your cute face. Don't listen to Uncle Ned, cause I can show you a LOT of pictures of him with the same dig daggity hair-do!!! If people want to see you . . .they'll work hard to find your cute face, cause it is sooooo there!!!!!! Congrats to Jenna!! Much love and continued prayers to ALL!!
“God Is For Me” Monday, September 22, 2008 “You number my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle.” Psalm 56:8 NKJV
God knows you. He engraved your name on his hands and keeps your tears in a bottle (Isa. 49:16; Ps. 56:8)…
God knows you. And he is near you! How far is the shepherd from the sheep (John 10:14)? The branch from the vine (John 15:5)? That’s how far God is from you. He is near. See how these four words look taped to your bathroom mirror: “God is for me” (Ps. 56:9 NKJV).
And his kingdom needs you. The poor need you; the lonely need you; the church needs you…the cause of God needs you. You are part of “the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone” (Eph. 1:11 MSG). The kingdom needs you to discover and deploy your unique skill. Use it to make much out of God. Get the word out. God is with us; we are not alone.
Refuse Trashy Thoughts Tuesday, September 23, 2008 “As he thinks in his heart, so he is.” Proverbs 23:7 NKJV
To listen to our vocabulary you’d think we are the victims of our thoughts. “Don’t talk to me,” we say. “I’m in a bad mood.” As if a mood were a place to which we were assigned (“I can’t call you. I’m in Bosnia.”) rather than an emotion we permit.
Or we say, “Don’t mess with her. She has a bad disposition.” Is a disposition something we “have”? Like a cold or the flu? Are we the victims of the emotional bacteria of the season? Or do we have a choice?
Paul says we do: “We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ” (2 Cor. 10:5).
Do you hear some battlefield jargon in that passage—“capture every thought,” “make it give up” and “obey Christ”? You get the impression that we are the soldiers and the thoughts are the enemies. Our assignment is to protect the boat and refuse entrance to trashy thoughts. The minute they appear…we go into action. “This heart belongs
Much love to all. Weather is beginning to change, here comes my favorite season! Can't wait. Much love and continued prayers to all! ~k8
Get Over Yourself Wednesday, September 24, 2008 “In humility consider others better than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 NIV
Columnist Rick Reilly gave this advice to rookie professional athletes: “Stop thumping your chest. The line blocked, the quarterback threw you a perfect spiral while getting his head knocked off, and the good receiver blew the double coverage. Get over yourself.”
The truth is, every touchdown in life is a team effort. Applaud your teammates. An elementary-age boy came home from the tryouts for the school play. “Mommy, Mommy,” he announced, “I got a part. I’ve been chosen to sit in the audience and cheer.” When you have a chance to clap and cheer, do you take it? If you do, your head is starting to fit your hat size.
Hey Myles!! Just shot your picture off to all the peeeeeps I had on your prayer list. Can't believe how great you look. Many many people still have you on their list. Much love and continued prayers to all!! ~K8
Go the Distance Thursday, September 25, 2008 “Those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.” Matthew 24:13
Jesus doesn’t say if you succeed you will be saved. Or if you come out on top you will be saved. He says if you endure. An accurate rendering would be, “If you hang in there until the end…if you go the distance.”
The Brazilians have a great phrase for this. In Portuguese, a person who has the ability to hang in and not give up has garra. Garra means “claws.” What imagery! A person with garra has claws that burrow into the side of the cliff and keep him from falling.
So do the saved. They may get close to the edge; they may even stumble and slide. But they will dig their nails into the rock of God and hang on.
Jesus gives you this assurance. Hang on. He’ll make sure you get home.
Hope all is well. Kaitlin comes home in a week, for a week. We can't wait. We sure do miss her. Much love and continued prayers to all! Aunt K8
Six Hours One Friday Monday, September 29, 2008 “He really was the Son of God!” Matthew 27:54
To the casual observer the six hours are mundane…
God is on a cross. The creator of the universe is being executed.
Spit and blood are caked on his cheeks, and his lips are cracked and swollen. Thorns rip his scalp. His lungs scream with pain. His legs knot with cramps. Taut nerves threaten to snap as pain twangs her morbid melody. Yet, death is not ready. And there is no one to save him, for he is sacrificing himself.
It is no normal six hours…it is no normal Friday.
Let me ask you a question: What do you do with this day in history? What do you do with its claims?
If it really happened…if God did commandeer his own crucifixion…if he did turn his back on his own son…those six hours were no normal six hours. They were the most critical hours is history.
Uniquely You Tuesday, September 30, 2008 “He gave…to each according to his ability.” Matthew 25:15 NKJV
Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you. He custom designed you for a one-of-a-kind assignment. Mine like a gold digger the unique-to-you nuggets from your life…
When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.
Look at you. Your uncanny ease with numbers. Your quenchless curiosity about chemistry. Others stare at blueprints and yawn; you read them and drool. “I was made to do this,” you say.
Our Maker gives assignments to people, “to each according to each one’s unique ability.” As he calls, he equips. Look back over your life. What have you consistently done well? What have you loved to do? Stand at the intersection of your affections and successes and find your uniqueness.
I love this devotion, cause God did make me to be a nurse. I believe it from the depth of my soul. Much love and continued prayers to all!! ~Aunt k8
Is That All There Is? Wednesday, October 01, 2008 “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.” I Corinthians 15:3 NIV
Maybe you’ve gone through the acts of religion and faith and yet found yourself more often than not at a dry well. Prayers seem empty. Goals seem unthinkable. Christianity becomes a warped record full of highs and lows and off-key notes.
Is this all there is? Sunday attendance. Pretty songs. Faithful tithings. Golden crosses. Three-piece suits. Big choirs. Leather Bibles. It is nice and all, but…where is the heart of it?…
Think about these words from Paul in I Corinthians, chapter 15. “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures” (NIV).
There it is. Almost too simple. Jesus was killed, buried, and resurrected. Surprised? The part that matters is the cross. No more and no less.
Can't believe that God made it so easy for us . . . we've made it so hard. Hope all is well with all. I'm excited today, Kaitlin comes home from college today. I can't wait. Much love and continued prayers!! Aunt k8
A Personal Invitation Thursday, October 02, 2008 “Come to me…and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
When Jesus says, “Come to me,” he doesn’t say come to religion, come to a system, or come to a certain doctrine. This is a very personal invitation to a God, and invitation to a Savior.
Our God is not aloof—he’s not so far above us that he can’t see and understand our problems. Jesus isn’t a God who stayed on the mountaintop—he’s a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people. Everywhere he went, the crowds followed, drawn together by the magnet that was—and is—the Savior.
The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.
Hey all!!! Kaitlin's home!! It's been great to see her. She was away almost 2 months. Much love, and continued prayers for all!!!! k8
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Wow, Jenna had a healthy baby, Myles went to his first High School dance. Life is Good, no Great!
10 comments:
MYLES
YOU WERE LOOKING GOOD.
THERE IS JUST ONE THING YOU FORGOT TO DO.
YOU NEED A HAIR CUT.
I'M NOT SAYING, GETTING IT HIGH AND TIGHT.
GET YOU HAIR STYLED. NOW IF YOU ARE ONE UGLY LOOKING MONKEY. THEN WEAR YOU HAIR LIKE UNCLE IT. BUT YOU ARN'T. SO GET IT DONE WHERE IT FLOWS BACK. AND THE WOMEN CAN SEE YOUR EYES.
REMEMBER IT'S NOT YOUR HAIR THAT MAKES THE WOMAN MELT. IT'S YOUR EYES. SO DON'T HIDE YOUR EYES BEHIND THAT MOP.
ALRIGHT MYLES, THAT IS ALL I NEED TO SAY NOW. YOU TAKE CARE, AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOTHER.
LOVE YA NED
Myles . .. I LOVE your cute hair, and your cute face. Don't listen to Uncle Ned, cause I can show you a LOT of pictures of him with the same dig daggity hair-do!!! If people want to see you . . .they'll work hard to find your cute face, cause it is sooooo there!!!!!!
Congrats to Jenna!! Much love and continued prayers to ALL!!
“God Is For Me”
Monday, September 22, 2008
“You number my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle.”
Psalm 56:8 NKJV
God knows you. He engraved your name on his hands and keeps your tears in a bottle (Isa. 49:16; Ps. 56:8)…
God knows you. And he is near you! How far is the shepherd from the sheep (John 10:14)? The branch from the vine (John 15:5)? That’s how far God is from you. He is near. See how these four words look taped to your bathroom mirror: “God is for me” (Ps. 56:9 NKJV).
And his kingdom needs you. The poor need you; the lonely need you; the church needs you…the cause of God needs you. You are part of “the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone” (Eph. 1:11 MSG). The kingdom needs you to discover and deploy your unique skill. Use it to make much out of God. Get the word out. God is with us; we are not alone.
Refuse Trashy Thoughts
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
“As he thinks in his heart, so he is.”
Proverbs 23:7 NKJV
To listen to our vocabulary you’d think we are the victims of our thoughts. “Don’t talk to me,” we say. “I’m in a bad mood.” As if a mood were a place to which we were assigned (“I can’t call you. I’m in Bosnia.”) rather than an emotion we permit.
Or we say, “Don’t mess with her. She has a bad disposition.” Is a disposition something we “have”? Like a cold or the flu? Are we the victims of the emotional bacteria of the season? Or do we have a choice?
Paul says we do: “We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ” (2 Cor. 10:5).
Do you hear some battlefield jargon in that passage—“capture every thought,” “make it give up” and “obey Christ”? You get the impression that we are the soldiers and the thoughts are the enemies. Our assignment is to protect the boat and refuse entrance to trashy thoughts. The minute they appear…we go into action. “This heart belongs
Much love to all. Weather is beginning to change, here comes my favorite season! Can't wait. Much love and continued prayers to all! ~k8
Get Over Yourself
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
“In humility consider others better than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Columnist Rick Reilly gave this advice to rookie professional athletes: “Stop thumping your chest. The line blocked, the quarterback threw you a perfect spiral while getting his head knocked off, and the good receiver blew the double coverage. Get over yourself.”
The truth is, every touchdown in life is a team effort. Applaud your teammates. An elementary-age boy came home from the tryouts for the school play. “Mommy, Mommy,” he announced, “I got a part. I’ve been chosen to sit in the audience and cheer.” When you have a chance to clap and cheer, do you take it? If you do, your head is starting to fit your hat size.
Hey Myles!! Just shot your picture off to all the peeeeeps I had on your prayer list. Can't believe how great you look. Many many people still have you on their list. Much love and continued prayers to all!! ~K8
Go the Distance
Thursday, September 25, 2008
“Those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.”
Matthew 24:13
Jesus doesn’t say if you succeed you will be saved. Or if you come out on top you will be saved. He says if you endure. An accurate rendering would be, “If you hang in there until the end…if you go the distance.”
The Brazilians have a great phrase for this. In Portuguese, a person who has the ability to hang in and not give up has garra. Garra means “claws.” What imagery! A person with garra has claws that burrow into the side of the cliff and keep him from falling.
So do the saved. They may get close to the edge; they may even stumble and slide. But they will dig their nails into the rock of God and hang on.
Jesus gives you this assurance. Hang on. He’ll make sure you get home.
Hope all is well. Kaitlin comes home in a week, for a week. We can't wait. We sure do miss her. Much love and continued prayers to all! Aunt K8
I agree with Uncle Ned-Ed.
Hope you had fun at the gala.
Uncle Tom
Six Hours One Friday
Monday, September 29, 2008
“He really was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54
To the casual observer the six hours are mundane…
God is on a cross. The creator of the universe is being executed.
Spit and blood are caked on his cheeks, and his lips are cracked and swollen. Thorns rip his scalp. His lungs scream with pain. His legs knot with cramps. Taut nerves threaten to snap as pain twangs her morbid melody. Yet, death is not ready. And there is no one to save him, for he is sacrificing himself.
It is no normal six hours…it is no normal Friday.
Let me ask you a question: What do you do with this day in history? What do you do with its claims?
If it really happened…if God did commandeer his own crucifixion…if he did turn his back on his own son…those six hours were no normal six hours. They were the most critical hours is history.
Uniquely You
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
“He gave…to each according to his ability.”
Matthew 25:15 NKJV
Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you. He custom designed you for a one-of-a-kind assignment. Mine like a gold digger the unique-to-you nuggets from your life…
When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.
Look at you. Your uncanny ease with numbers. Your quenchless curiosity about chemistry. Others stare at blueprints and yawn; you read them and drool. “I was made to do this,” you say.
Our Maker gives assignments to people, “to each according to each one’s unique ability.” As he calls, he equips. Look back over your life. What have you consistently done well? What have you loved to do? Stand at the intersection of your affections and successes and find your uniqueness.
I love this devotion, cause God did make me to be a nurse. I believe it from the depth of my soul. Much love and continued prayers to all!! ~Aunt k8
Is That All There Is?
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
“Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.”
I Corinthians 15:3 NIV
Maybe you’ve gone through the acts of religion and faith and yet found yourself more often than not at a dry well. Prayers seem empty. Goals seem unthinkable. Christianity becomes a warped record full of highs and lows and off-key notes.
Is this all there is? Sunday attendance. Pretty songs. Faithful tithings. Golden crosses. Three-piece suits. Big choirs. Leather Bibles. It is nice and all, but…where is the heart of it?…
Think about these words from Paul in I Corinthians, chapter 15. “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures” (NIV).
There it is. Almost too simple. Jesus was killed, buried, and resurrected. Surprised? The part that matters is the cross. No more and no less.
Can't believe that God made it so easy for us . . . we've made it so hard. Hope all is well with all. I'm excited today, Kaitlin comes home from college today. I can't wait. Much love and continued prayers!! Aunt k8
A Personal Invitation
Thursday, October 02, 2008
“Come to me…and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28
When Jesus says, “Come to me,” he doesn’t say come to religion, come to a system, or come to a certain doctrine. This is a very personal invitation to a God, and invitation to a Savior.
Our God is not aloof—he’s not so far above us that he can’t see and understand our problems. Jesus isn’t a God who stayed on the mountaintop—he’s a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people. Everywhere he went, the crowds followed, drawn together by the magnet that was—and is—the Savior.
The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.
Hey all!!! Kaitlin's home!! It's been great to see her. She was away almost 2 months. Much love, and continued prayers for all!!!! k8
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