I recently bought the book On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson. After reading aloud a snippet the prologue, most of my family is clamoring to read it as well! According to the cover it's a tale of "Adventure. Peril. Lost Jewels. And the Fearsome Toothy Cows of Skree." And they are fearsome! I look forward to finishing this book and moving on to its sequel, North! Or be Eaten.
Since I've started reading his books, I decided to finally listen to some of his music. Wow! We may have found a new Christian artist to listen to! Below is a beautiful song, Dancing in the Mineifelds, from his latest album Counting the Stars.
Risa
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Motor Mayhem
...is exactly what we have been having lately! As some of you may know, our van has not been working properly for over a month now, preventing my dad from using a trailor at work and preventing us from going anywhere together as a family. Several times we've thought we fixed it and several times we were wrong. So we took it in for evaluation (again) but, after hearing the problem would be way to much for us, we decide to invest in a new vehicle...
This '89 suburban! It runs really well though it was digusting on the inside (we spent all morning scrubbing it clean) and was a great price. But then, when we bring the van home, we find out it works!! So...who knows what God's plan was for that.
Anyway we are very grateful to be able to go to church again!
Have a great weekend!
SAM
Anyway we are very grateful to be able to go to church again!
Have a great weekend!
SAM
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Happy Birthday, Kiki!
She is a great little sister. . .
Adventurous . . .
Practical. . .
and growing up to be a beautiful and godly young lady!
Sam may not be the most affectionate or the most huggy person,
But she sure is a sweet sis. . .
Fun Lovin'. . .
Easy Going. . .
and we love her!
Happy birthday, Sam!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Risa
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Risa
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Be On Guard!
Recently my devotions have been in the book of Colossians. I thought I might share something I've learned.
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. (Colossians 2:6-15)
Can you imagine a miner spending day after day in a cave mining for gold or precious gems, and then after gathering his treasure he leaves it unguarded? Paul tells us that the treasure we have received are not unlike earthly treasures in that respect. We shouldn't leave the treasures we have been given in Christ unguarded.
Did you know that one of the biggest computer hackers of all time is currently appealing his 70 year sentence after being found guilty of causing the U.S. government $1 billion of damage by breaking into it's most secure computers at Pentagon, NASA, the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, in 2005? The very important information stored in these computers were heavily protected, but they were still compromised. The treasures we have been given are the Bible, the Spirit, and salvation in Christ. Our treasure is the greatest gift of all time! It is worth more than billions of dollars! We must guard this treasure!
I believe it is difficult for us to fully understand or appreciate all that we have been given in Christ and how important it is for us to guard this amazing treasure. Unknowingly, we may be letting down our guard to peer pressure, the media,or the newest philosophies. We may allow them to come in and influence our thinking, deceiving us in the process. Think of a computer; it may look fine on the outside but it may have corrupt files or a virus infecting it. We may think we are fine, we may look fine, but our thinking may be corrupt. If we compromise the truth it is no longer truth. Think about it; if something is 90% true, is it still true? If water has just 1% arsenic in it, is the water still pure? Do any of us really live out the truth 100%? No. But if we try to blend the ways of the world with the way of Christ, we will lose the true way.
Colossians 2:8: Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
~Momo
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. (Colossians 2:6-15)
Can you imagine a miner spending day after day in a cave mining for gold or precious gems, and then after gathering his treasure he leaves it unguarded? Paul tells us that the treasure we have received are not unlike earthly treasures in that respect. We shouldn't leave the treasures we have been given in Christ unguarded.
Did you know that one of the biggest computer hackers of all time is currently appealing his 70 year sentence after being found guilty of causing the U.S. government $1 billion of damage by breaking into it's most secure computers at Pentagon, NASA, the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, in 2005? The very important information stored in these computers were heavily protected, but they were still compromised. The treasures we have been given are the Bible, the Spirit, and salvation in Christ. Our treasure is the greatest gift of all time! It is worth more than billions of dollars! We must guard this treasure!
I believe it is difficult for us to fully understand or appreciate all that we have been given in Christ and how important it is for us to guard this amazing treasure. Unknowingly, we may be letting down our guard to peer pressure, the media,or the newest philosophies. We may allow them to come in and influence our thinking, deceiving us in the process. Think of a computer; it may look fine on the outside but it may have corrupt files or a virus infecting it. We may think we are fine, we may look fine, but our thinking may be corrupt. If we compromise the truth it is no longer truth. Think about it; if something is 90% true, is it still true? If water has just 1% arsenic in it, is the water still pure? Do any of us really live out the truth 100%? No. But if we try to blend the ways of the world with the way of Christ, we will lose the true way.
Colossians 2:8: Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
~Momo
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