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.
Monday, April 26, 2010
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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.
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...
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!
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
Monday, March 29, 2010
We are God's priests. In the morning, let's praise!
1 Chronicles 2328 The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD : to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. 29 They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. 30 They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD. They were to do the same in the evening 31 and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on Sabbaths and at New Moon festivals and at appointed feasts. They were to serve before the LORD regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
1 Peter 2
9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2
9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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