Entries from December 2008

December 22, 2008

Current Memory Verse

Look carefully then how you walk, not as the unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
- Ephesians 5:15 (ESV)
Been having a really stinky, ungrateful attitude lately…I need to reflect on what I [...]

December 19, 2008

My Muscle Woman

On G-chat, starting at 10:30 a.m.
Anna: AHAHAHHA
silly
i miss you punk!
gosh i just want to wrestle you to the ground!
hahaha
i’m working out by carrying 21 lbs of isaiah haha
watch ouT!
 Sent at 10:39 AM on Friday
me: oh pleeeeeeeeeease
i can still take you down
Anna: HAHAHHA!
psh whatever!
me: one hand
just with one hand.
Anna: try holding heavy babies!
hahaha
i have microtears in [...]

December 18, 2008

Happy-ness part III

Ethan, you made me happy today . I can’t till the next time I get to play with you.
Thanks Mommy Ho for sharing with me.

December 16, 2008

Joseph & Mary

I am loooooooving this song:

Labor of Love – Andrew Peterson
And thoroughly appreciated this blog entry from Desiring God:
Joseph’s Painful Decisions {by Jon Bloom}
Mary wasn’t herself. Joseph had sensed some urgency in her request that he meet her at “their” tree. She was staring at the ground. She seemed burdened.
“Mary, is something wrong?”
She looked up at [...]

December 15, 2008

Hitting the refresh button

The girls (as in my small group) are headed home over the next week so they have a small respite from my questions and hole-boring stun gun eyes during accountability meetings…for me, I have more time to read, pray, and go off on my own. Naturally, I’ve already started to store up some thoughts to [...]

December 14, 2008

These sufferings, this passing tide
under Your wings I will abide,
and every enemy shall flee;
You are my hope and victory.
[chris tomlin]

December 11, 2008

Putting my finger on it

The issues surrounding Prop 2 have never sat well with me…particularly because I didn’t know exactly how to address it…honestly, I just didn’t know how to answer to the issue of homosexuality through my testimony conerning Christ. I’m not talking about the moral issue (which is very straightforward in the Bible) but I’m talking more about how to [...]

December 4, 2008

aim low

Those that would stand fast must not covet to stand high; and humble souls aim not to dwell in royal cities.
- Matthew Henry

December 1, 2008

The List…what I want to be.

I had a brief heart-to-heart with Esther a few weeks ago (i have a feeling that anytime she talks with one of us younger ladies its a from the heart). First she had reminded me that who you are at home, is who you really are. After I shared with her how I am disciplined…in [...]