Friday, March 13
Modesty Heart Check
Check out this link! There's some good stuff there. Prepare to be refreshed, encouraged, and convicted. :)
A Sound Geek's Dreaming...
They actually make a 40-channel sound board. Can you imagine how fun it would be to mix with this thing?!?! The bad part is that it's a bit out of my price range: $5,400. The magazine has a much better picture, btw.
Why do wireless monitor systems have to be so expensive? *Sigh* This little gem costs about $2,000.
Tuesday, March 10
Terrific Tuesday Quiet Time
Yes, I like alliteration! :) Anyways... God was wonderfully kind and really blessed my devotions this morning. I thought I'd share it!
The Gift of Gifts
"O Source of all good, what shall I render to thee for the gifts of gifts. thine own dear Son, begotten, not created, my redeemer, proxy, surety, substitue, his self-emptying incomprehensible, his infinity of love beyond the the heart's grasp. Herein is wonder of wonders; he came below to raise me above, was born like me that I might become like him. Herein is love; when I cannot rise to him he draws near on wings of grace, to raise me to himself. Herein is power; when Deity and humanity were infintely apart he united them in indossoluble unity, the uncreate and the created. Herein is wisdom; when I ws undone, with no will to return to him, and no intellect to devise recovery, he came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost, as man to die my death, to shed satisfying blood on my behalf, to work out a perfect righteousness for me. O God, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds, and enlarge my mind; let me hear good tidings of great joy, and hearing, believe, rejouice, praise adore, my conscience bathed in an ocean of repose, my eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father; place me with ox, ass camel, goat, to look with them upon my redeemer's face, and in him account myself delivered from sin; let me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart, embrace him with undying faith, exulting that he is mine and I am his. In him thou hast given me so much that heaven can give no more."
The Valley of Vision, A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions. © The Banner of Truth Trust 1975. Reprinted in 2007.
Romans 8:1-11
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you."
The Gift of Gifts
"O Source of all good, what shall I render to thee for the gifts of gifts. thine own dear Son, begotten, not created, my redeemer, proxy, surety, substitue, his self-emptying incomprehensible, his infinity of love beyond the the heart's grasp. Herein is wonder of wonders; he came below to raise me above, was born like me that I might become like him. Herein is love; when I cannot rise to him he draws near on wings of grace, to raise me to himself. Herein is power; when Deity and humanity were infintely apart he united them in indossoluble unity, the uncreate and the created. Herein is wisdom; when I ws undone, with no will to return to him, and no intellect to devise recovery, he came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost, as man to die my death, to shed satisfying blood on my behalf, to work out a perfect righteousness for me. O God, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds, and enlarge my mind; let me hear good tidings of great joy, and hearing, believe, rejouice, praise adore, my conscience bathed in an ocean of repose, my eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father; place me with ox, ass camel, goat, to look with them upon my redeemer's face, and in him account myself delivered from sin; let me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart, embrace him with undying faith, exulting that he is mine and I am his. In him thou hast given me so much that heaven can give no more."
The Valley of Vision, A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions. © The Banner of Truth Trust 1975. Reprinted in 2007.
Romans 8:1-11
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you."
Friday, March 6
Wednesday, March 4
Poor Little Blog
Ok. So it's been a while since I've posted anything. Thus, bullet points are in order. Here we go!
- 4 hour conversation with a dear, dear friend who lives out of state! Best part of last week!!! I didn't go to bed until 2:30am!
- Girls's CG on Friday night. Had dinner with Sarah beforehand. I can't believe I actually suggested Jason's Deli!!! I never eat there. It was actually good though. You can't go wrong with a salad. And since that's kinda what I'm eating now, it was a good choice! Great fellowship with my Sarah. Love that girl! CG afterwards was wonderful!
- Church on Sunday. Then I got to hang with my big sis and little bro that night. We watched movies and snacked.
- It started snowing Sunday afternoon.
- We lost our power at 9:00pm that night and didn't get it back until 12:00pm on Tuesday.
- Our family slept in the family room for two nights, in front of the wood stove. Dad and Jimmy are the heroes of the week! They had to get up every two hours or so to keep the fire going. We stayed warm though and our pipes didn't bust! The Lord was very kind go us!
- I took a walk in the snowy woods with Jimmy on Monday. It looked like Narnia. :)
- Jess and I went to Panera on Tuesday. It was nice to get out of the house. We were going a little stir crazy. It's amazing how much you can take electricity for grantid.
- I got to babysit the kids at the Naisang CG tonight! That was fun. We had a lego contest- boys against girls. Let's just say there was some competition going on. Packs of Welch's gummie fruits were the prizes. I was asked for seconds. :)
- The Naisangs are having a boy!!! Yay! Another little guy I'll get to babysit. :)
- Esther N. is getting too big. She's about 2 1/2 now. My little baby is actually starting to do things on her own now. :( Aren't they supposed to stay little FOREVER?
- I get to eat Mom's fantastically wonderful Cuban food tomorrow night for dinner!
So that's been my life for the past week or two.
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