I'm 40!!
I had a wonderful birthday and felt very loved by family and friends. My Dad took our family to play laser tag, which was a total blast! I haven't done that for years and all three generations had a great time.
I have no negative feelings about being 40, I say bring it on!! :-) It is going to be a great decade.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
My kids...
are downstairs making their lunch. Instead of the normal silly-ness or bickering I hear them singing.....in harmony. It sounds so beautiful. They are learning this song in their music class and it is really pretty. (It's a Wonderful Thing to be Me) They are getting really good at holding their parts and it is just making me smile. The other day they asked me to play it on the piano and all 3 of us sang it together. My dream come true! This is normal for Annsley, but Seth is a little more hesitant to join in and share his gift. He actually has a very pretty, sweet boy voice.
Happy day, people!
Happy day, people!
Monday, March 24, 2008
I've been reading
The Pursuit of God by A.W.Tozer. It is actually a re-read since I read the book when I was in college at Biola for a class. For some reason at that time I found the book boring. Huh?! Boring?! Was I really in a place then to not respond to Tozer's amazing, simple and convicting message?
The subtitle is The Human Thirst for the Divine and I find myself thirsty for more of God. If I quoted all the passages that have moved me, I would be quoting a good portion of the book, so I will settle for just a few favorite parts. I would encourage you to read the book. It isn't anything new, just the simple truths of our relationship with a holy God.
Failure to see this (our receptivity to God) is the cause of a very serious breakdown in modern evangelicalism. The idea of cultivation and exercise, so dear to the saints of old, has now no place in our total religious picture. It is too slow, too common. We now demand glamour and fast-flowing dramatic action. A generation of Christians raised among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct methods of reaching their goals...We read our chapter, have our short devotions and rush away, hoping to make up for our deep inward bankruptcy by attending another gospel meeting....
The subtitle is The Human Thirst for the Divine and I find myself thirsty for more of God. If I quoted all the passages that have moved me, I would be quoting a good portion of the book, so I will settle for just a few favorite parts. I would encourage you to read the book. It isn't anything new, just the simple truths of our relationship with a holy God.
Failure to see this (our receptivity to God) is the cause of a very serious breakdown in modern evangelicalism. The idea of cultivation and exercise, so dear to the saints of old, has now no place in our total religious picture. It is too slow, too common. We now demand glamour and fast-flowing dramatic action. A generation of Christians raised among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct methods of reaching their goals...We read our chapter, have our short devotions and rush away, hoping to make up for our deep inward bankruptcy by attending another gospel meeting....
The tragic results of this spirit are all about us: shallow lives, hollow religious philosophies, the preponderance of the element of fun in gospel meetings, the glorification of men, trust in religious externalities, quasi-religious fellowships, the mistaking of dynamic personalities for the power of the Spirit.
Tozer published this book in 1948. It is interesting that he so clearly diagnosed a problem then that would only grow worse as our society developed more "automatic machines." I am convinted by the part that I bolded (emphasis mine). "Too slow, too common." I am praying that God would change this about me!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Is anyone out there?
HELLO?!!!! (echo....echo)
I don't really know why I haven't blogged in so long, but I just haven't had much to say. Life is good, really good.
Do y'all know that I only have 14 days left of being in my 30's?!? There is still time to get the gifts in the mail.
Americal Idol talk, anyone?
I was happy to see David go. I was a bit surprised because I thought it would be Kristy Lee to leave last night. She definitely had the worst of the performances, in my opinion. My favorites are Brooke and darling little David Archeletta. He had a hard night on Tuesday, but hopefully he will learn from that. There were some good performances on Tuesday, but none that motivated me to pick up the phone and vote. For the first time this year there is no-one in the top twelve that I just can't wait until they go. I don't love them all, and I don't prefer the rock of Amanda, but I still like her. Thankfully, there is no "Sanjaya" this year!
I don't really know why I haven't blogged in so long, but I just haven't had much to say. Life is good, really good.
Do y'all know that I only have 14 days left of being in my 30's?!? There is still time to get the gifts in the mail.
Americal Idol talk, anyone?
I was happy to see David go. I was a bit surprised because I thought it would be Kristy Lee to leave last night. She definitely had the worst of the performances, in my opinion. My favorites are Brooke and darling little David Archeletta. He had a hard night on Tuesday, but hopefully he will learn from that. There were some good performances on Tuesday, but none that motivated me to pick up the phone and vote. For the first time this year there is no-one in the top twelve that I just can't wait until they go. I don't love them all, and I don't prefer the rock of Amanda, but I still like her. Thankfully, there is no "Sanjaya" this year!
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