Wednesday, April 28, 2010

We love because He first loved us. - 1 John 4:19

Lord help me to love like you do.  Help me to be respectful and full of joy.  Full of trust and faith.
Amen.

Monday, April 26, 2010

What a gift!

The Lord kept his promise...he gave us an amazing weekend.  Rick, Grace Episcopal, Sam, the kids, the servant-hood leaders, sharing communion, the beach with all its elements, the Inlet, the waves, the armadillo and woodpecker, the manatees, rays and dolphins.  The Lord is good.  Very good.

Thank you Lord for your love for us. Forgive me for my tiredness and when I was almost at-wits-end. Forgive my for my own pride and frustrations - that I would even have them. Satan...you are overthrown.

Lord, thank you, thank you.  Jesus we love you. Renew us. Refresh us with your Holy Spirit.  Guide us. Be in us. Let us be on fire.

Praise you Heavenly Father.
Amen.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010

Praise the Lord

I praise the Lord this morning, for His banner over me is Love.  Thank you Lord for a beautiful weekend, full of sunshine and lots of joy.  Forgive me for all my sins and my fears, and please let your peace fall on us, your beloved children.  Thank you for your mercies, which are new every morning - great is thy faithfuless, oh Lord, my strength and my Redeemer! And Lord, thank you for Jamie, who has great patience with me and for his love and faithfulness toward me; for Melinda, my good friend and sister in the Lord, for my family, my friends, and my life!

Amen.

Psalm 33
1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4 For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars ; he puts the deep into storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

OREO Cakesters - True love with my niece...

So last night I had an "Auntie's night out" with my eldest nice, Aubrey.  Aubrey is visiting with my sister and her family for Spring Break.  They love to come to the beach and stay at my parent's house and just chill out.  Who wouln't---they are on Hilton Head...

Anyhoo..Aubrey is 11 and is way more nature than her age tells.  She, in her own words, "reads at a twelvth grade level" - which is so true, and she's also very demure and a collected little woman.  Much to be admired already.

Well, we began the night after I got off work exactly wher I like to be...at the beach.  It was a gorgeous soft, cool Spring evening.  THe wind was gently blowing on the beach and teh sun was still high enough in the sky to give everything a warm glow.  The sun had heated up the water enoughtthat it was fun to walk along the waters edge, splahing the inclomg ripples of the tide with our feet as we enjoyed ach others' company and chatted.  Following this, I took her on a little side excursion along the beach...we visited the Folly.

...more to come...

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Lord, please help me to shine like a star!

Shining as Stars

12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16 as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Philippians 2