Faith like a child!

In our culture today, do we really know and understand what it means to love someone like Jesus would? Many of you have read the book,The Shack. If you haven't, you should, not because it is a great doctrinal reading but because it is has great imagery.

Anway, what strikes me in this book, is the realness of Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. It is thought provoking to the point that I question if in fact the author has met Jesus in a way that I wish I could! The relationship between Jesus and Mac, the main character, is a friendship of love, respect, and bold conversation.
Through this friendship,Mac begins to understand Jesus in ways he never has before.

Do we love people in our lives that way? Do we love and respect them? Do we have bold conversations with them? Do we ask the hard questions in love and with respect? Not because we want to prove anything but because we truly love?

Grace, our 11 year old, loved a friend yesterday in such a way that she asked some bold and hard questions. She loved this friend so much that she was able to introduce this friend to Jesus.

Cna yuo raed tihs?

Olny 55 plepoeout of 100 can.

fi yuo cna
raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cehck the lnik at the bttoom!

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Laern to mkae the onpenig and cnosilg of yuor secpeh precfet.

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A Psalm for troubling times

23RD PSALM

The Lord is my real boss and I shall not want.
He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.
He gently reminds me to pray before I speak and to do all things without murmuring and complaining.
He reminds me that He is my Source and not my job.
He restores my sanity every day and guides my decisions that I might honor Him in everything I do.

Even though I face absurd amounts of emails, system crashes, unrealistic deadlines, budget cutbacks, gossiping co-workers, discriminating supervisors, and an aging body that doesn't cooperate every morning, I will not stop--for He is with me!

His presence, His peace, and His power will see me through.
He raises me up, even when they fail to promote me.
He claims me as His own, even when the company threatens to let me go.

His faithfulness and love are better than any bonus check.
His retirement plan beats every 401K there is.
When it's all said and done, I'll be working for Him a whole lot longer and for that, I bless His Name.

Peace~
J&L

The family!

It will come back to bite you in the....!

So I have a really bad habit of planting myself everynight in my chair. I get all comfy and cozy under my "woobie" (which is laura verbage for blanket). THEN I WAIT!

For what? you may ask...I wait for Torrey to move. When he moves to stand up for any reason, I politely ask him to get me "something" - it may be a piece of candy, a kleenex, a magazine....it could be anything.

My point is this...I purposely wait until he moves before I need something. I actually think it through! I am awful! I may need a kleenex right now but if Torrey is not moving I wait as opposed to getting up myself and getting it when I need it! That would mean I would have to get up from under my cozy woobie and move!

Well,he figured me out! Last night, when he moved to stand up; I needed chocolate! I asked in that polite loving mommy voice, "T, would you get me a piece of chocolate while you're up?" He laughed, and responded, "you mean instead of you getting up and getting yourself some chocolate? How long have you wanted chocolate mother? Did the hunger hit you right when I stood up?"

Dang, that kid! I then responded with, "look I gave birth to you! Do you think it would be too much trouble to get me a piece of chocolate!?" He laughed again.

"Mother, I never thought you would stoop to using the birth guilt card!"

I did...I am not proud of it...but...

I DID GET MY CHOCOLATE!

YIKES!

Well today is the day! I am officially old!

NO, it is not my birthday.

No, I can still run 3 miles.

No, I have forgotten anything important...not today anyway!

I am old because I got bifocals today! Of course, due to vanity, my new glasses will NOT have a line in the middle so you will not be able to tell I have bifocals! It was the least I could do!

Pray for Jay though he is not taking the news well...he is married to an old woman now!