A firm place

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The One Year Bible?

So I am not much on new year's resolutions...follow-through has never been my strong point! So this is not a resolution...we'll call it a goal. I was in the Christian bookstore this past week and saw the One Year Bible. I decided to make this my goal for 2009. The truth is I seem to flounder aimlessly with my bible study without some sort of bible study or plan! I usually read a little Psalms...maybe a little Corinthians...and catch a little Genesis on the way out as I pray the Lord would show me something! Needless to say my effort is not what it should be...oh how I fall short. So I today is Jan. 7th and I am loving reading it! Do you find that the more you read and study...the desire to also increases? I always find that this is the case for me. The one I got begins in Genesis and Matthew and also has Psalms and Proverbs each day. The reading amount is very do-able (how in the world do you spell do-able??) So I am praying the Lord will open my eyes to His truths as I plunge ahead and for faithfulness to daily read His word.

I also got the NLT. I know everyone has different opinions on translations..but this one is simple for me to understand. I also like the NIV as well.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Daddy needs a new Christmas Shirt!

2008

2007
Or maybe this will be a new tradition! Look how little my e was last year! So sad how fast they grow!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Giants??

Last night as we were channel surfing we came across Facing the Giants. This is a Christian movie that came out in late 2006 (i think). It is a Christian movie..opposed to a big budget Hollywood movie...and has a powerful message! The acting was pretty good too I think! I remember watching this movie in the theater not long after it came out...with the majority of our church..I think they sold the tickets. I think I cried..or maybe I should say sobbed through most of the movie. It isn't even a "tear-jerker" and I am not even an easy crier! It spoke so clearly to my heart unlike any movie ever has. It was such an encouragement to Kevin and I. So we stayed up until midnight watching it again last night...and once again it was just what I needed!

Some of my favorite lines from the movie...

"We'll praise Him when we win and we'll still praise Him when we lose!" (Don't we all need to really get that message!)

"If he never gives us a baby...will you still love HIM?"

"I ask you, what is impossible for God?"

"I am just preparing for rain!" (watch the movie and you'll understand)

Have you seen it? What did you think?

Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year and recap of 2008

January

May

July

October

November

Happy New Year. Is it really 2009 already! Seems like it's got to still be like 2003...where do the years go? I am excited about starting a new year and honestly a bit nervous too. I love putting my Christmas tree up early...this year we did right before thanksgiving in hopes to "enjoy it a little longer"...but as soon as Christmas is over I am ready to take it all down! I mean... like the next day! I am always ready to clean up the house, de clutter holiday stuff, buy a new planner for the upcoming year and get on with it!

2008 was a great year for us as a family. We celebrated lots of first with our precious little one. It is crazy how little she was last Jan. and now I have a toddler! January brought us trying out the exersauser for the first time learning to roll...what a big accomplishment that felt like. February brought beginning yummy rice cereal and going to the church nursery. March began in a flur..with Jess and Ryan's beautiful wedding and e's first Easter! April brought sitting up and scooting..and beautiful spring days. May brought crawling, giving hi-fives and first ear infections. June meant first beach visits and the neighborhood pool. July brought real food for e and pulling up on everything! In August we celebrated daddy's 30th and a trip to Fripp Island. In September we traveled to Atlanta for a wedding and e learned to walk. October began with e's first birthday party and ended with the cutest cow I'd ever seen. November brought Thankfulness for the new life God had given our family. December brought heartache and joy all mingled together. What a great and blessed year it has been.