God's Mercy

His father saw him - there were eyes of mercy;
He ran to meet him - there were legs of mercy;
He put his arms round his neck - there were arms of mercy;
He kissed him - there were kisses of mercy;
He said to him - there were words of mercy;
'Bring here the best robe' - there were deeds of mercy;
Wonders of mercy - all mercy!
Oh, what a God of mercy he is!

~Matthew Henry~

Whew!

Whew! What a day! A wonderful one, but a long one. I began a new three-day-a-week nannying position caring for three year old triplets today. I'm very excited, and I know I am going to love the job. The kids are very well behaved, absolutely adorable and a BIG plus isthat I am working for a Christian family. I've also been blessed to get another nanny job I am able to work on the other two days of the week.

I'm very excited to see how God is providing for my step of faith. He has covered insurance, money, scheduling, and is continually showing me His faithfulness in obeying His call. I know that it's true, I can't build my faith by sitting in the boat thinking about taking action, I have to get up (work up the courage), get out (take the first step), and walk (go beyond the first step). AND might I add, KEEP WALKING and not ever take my eyes off the One in control of the raging seas.

Well, I'm off to bed, but hopefully, I'll be posting again soon, I really need to form a better habit of sitting down and writing at LEAST every other day. I'm working on it... :)

In the End

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living. For out of this wellspring of our soul flow all true caring and all meaningful work, all real worship and all sacrifice. Our faith, hope, and love issue from this fount, as well. Because it is in our heart that we first hear the voice of God and it is in the heart that we come to know him and learn to live in his love.

So you can see that to lose heart is to lose everything. And a “loss of heart” best describes most men and women in our day. It isn’t just the addictions and affairs and depression and heartaches, though, God knows, there are enough of these to cause even the best of us to lose heart. But there is the busyness, the drivenness, the fact that most of us are living merely to survive. Beneath it we feel restless, weary, and vulnerable.

Indeed, the many forces driving modern life have not only assaulted the life of our heart, they have also dismantled the heart’s habitat—that geography of mystery and transcendence we knew so well as children.

All of us have had that experience at one time or another, whether it be as we walked away from our teachers, our parents, a church service, or sexual intimacy; the sense that something important, perhaps the only thing important, had been explained away or tarnished and lost to us forever. Sometimes little by little, sometimes in large chunks, life has appropriated the terrain meant to sustain and nourish the wilder life of the heart, forcing it to retreat as an endangered species into smaller, more secluded, and often darker geographies for its survival. As this has happened, something has been lost, something vital.

(The Sacred Romance, 3-5)

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Evangelism

The command to evangelize is a part of God's law. It belongs to God's revealed will for His people. It could not, then, in principle be affected in the slightest degree by anything that we might believe about God's sovereignty in election and calling.

~J. I. Packer~

Marriage Myths According to Modern-Day Psychologists

I saw this article called "'Don’t Go to Bed Angry’ and Other Marriage Myths" on the MSN homepage today. I found it quite sad really. You tell me, what do you think? If I followed their advice, I know I would be unhappy. Maybe some people are satisfied with that kind of relationship, but marriage is supposed to be a demonstration of Christ and the Church (us). It's the greatest relationship we will every have on this earth and it is meant to be an example of Christ's love to us. That means you should tell your spouse everything, keeping things from them does nothing for oneness. You shouldn't go to bed angry, don't let the sun go down on your anger. And your spouse most certainly should be your closest friend and confidant.

I know I have no experience in a marriage relationship, so I'm not calling myself an expert, but I see so many marriages that can be so much more. Divorce is not the only enemy of marriages. Lifeless, unproductive marriages that have ceased to grow are just as big a threat to the union. God doesn't call us to settle with an okay relationship, He wants it to be an incredible display of His power, glory, and love. In fact, that's why He made marriage. He made marriage, not for us, but His glory.

Mike Huckabee On Homeschooling and Abortion

I'm sure you can't tell that I've been on YouTube today. I've been following a few of the presedential candidates lately and Mike Huckabee though not perfect seems to hold some pretty important values. I heard him preach (he is a former Baptist minister) a few months ago at church and was quite impressed. I'm just praying that whoever gets elected as the next leader of our country leads us in the right direction...back to our true Christian heritage.

Homeschool Family

I love this video!! :) (Even though it's a little exaggerated...)



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