I’M BA-A-ACK
I find it hard to believe that it’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post. It’s not that I’ve had nothing to share – I've actually had plenty to share, having time to share it is another story.
OK – it’s official – it has now been two weeks since my last post – the first paragraph of this post was typed about 24 hours ago – then the pace picked up a little.
So here is my attempt at getting everything up to speed…
Today – February, 22nd is a great day… its Kendall’s 4th Birthday. I’m so thankful to God that she has been in our lives for four years – or 1460 days now. What an amazing blessing!
The three greatest blessings in my life – are just that – blessings. I had nothing to do with deserving, acquiring, or earning them, I was blessed with them…as gifts from God.
They are --
1. Salvation – Jesus on the cross to save me, now that’s a gift! Not only that, but because of His sacrifice I am blessed with the opportunity to be in relationship with Him. It’s like Paul said…
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15
2. My Wife Kristin – If you know us, then you know very well that only God’s hand could have brought us together. I am blessed to have married way out of my league. My wife is a beautiful, wonderful, godly wife and mother, and I’m thankful for the gift of her in my life.
3. My daughter Kendall – the Birthday girl! She’s beautiful, (like her mother) amazing, and lots of fun. I couldn’t begin to state all the ways that our relationship has shed light on my relationship with God. It is my belief that I have been blessed with the most wonderful little girl that God ever created. Now look guys, I know that you think you have the most wonderful little girl ever -- and I’ll let you think that -- but I know the truth.
Well there they are – my three greatest blessings! If you weren’t mentioned – don’t panic – I just can’t list more than three today, but that doesn’t mean you’re not on the list.
February 17th -19th -- We took several teens and college students to Winterfest in Gatlinburg, TN. The trip was Great! We enjoyed great worship, encouraging keynotes, wonderful fellowship, and the bus ride was fun as well. It’s always a spiritual blast to experience the presence of God at mass gatherings such as Winterfest, Tulsa, or Sunday morning worship at Sunshine. (I know Sunshine is only about 240 -250 on Sunday mornings vs Winterfest and Tulsa’s 14,000. But God is still there.)
Back to Winterfest – I’ve been taking teens and college students since 1996 and it’s always been an incredible blessing to be a part of this weekend. In 1999 0r 2000 my friend/bro in Christ, Shaun McCray joined me in this effort, and he has been a huge blessing to me and everyone who makes the venture with us. Thanks Shaun! God has blessed us in a wonderful way for our part in this.
Tuesday, February 14th – Valentines Day – I took my wife and daughter to Chili’s for supper, after that we went shopping and then back home. We really had a great time together, I love spending time with Kristin and Kendall, they’re great dates!
After we returned home from our evening out, I received a call at 2:40 am -- the alarm at Innermission was ringing. So I got dressed and drove into town to check it out. The drive to Innermission was beautiful. The moon was full, and it had snowed a few days earlier, the combination of those two things, and a drive over Ft. Hill road was worth getting up in the middle of the night for. Even the darkness is as light to God. The alarm turned out to be no big deal, so I enjoyed the beautiful drive home and arrived around 3:45am, and went right back to bed.
Monday, February 13th -- Kristin and I went to the Boston Beanery for a Pre-Valentines Day date, she's great! God is good to me.
Ok – so I know there are some gaps in this record of the happenings of my life over the past few weeks. But some things are supposed to stay on the down-low, others are to long to mention, and some I’ve probably forgotten. But I really feel compelled to tell you – though my blog posts have been few lately, God’s blessings on me have not. He has showered me with blessing upon blessing; maybe we’ll get to sit-down sometime and talk about it.
I find it hard to believe that it’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post. It’s not that I’ve had nothing to share – I've actually had plenty to share, having time to share it is another story.
OK – it’s official – it has now been two weeks since my last post – the first paragraph of this post was typed about 24 hours ago – then the pace picked up a little.
So here is my attempt at getting everything up to speed…
Today – February, 22nd is a great day… its Kendall’s 4th Birthday. I’m so thankful to God that she has been in our lives for four years – or 1460 days now. What an amazing blessing!
The three greatest blessings in my life – are just that – blessings. I had nothing to do with deserving, acquiring, or earning them, I was blessed with them…as gifts from God.
They are --
1. Salvation – Jesus on the cross to save me, now that’s a gift! Not only that, but because of His sacrifice I am blessed with the opportunity to be in relationship with Him. It’s like Paul said…
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15
2. My Wife Kristin – If you know us, then you know very well that only God’s hand could have brought us together. I am blessed to have married way out of my league. My wife is a beautiful, wonderful, godly wife and mother, and I’m thankful for the gift of her in my life.
3. My daughter Kendall – the Birthday girl! She’s beautiful, (like her mother) amazing, and lots of fun. I couldn’t begin to state all the ways that our relationship has shed light on my relationship with God. It is my belief that I have been blessed with the most wonderful little girl that God ever created. Now look guys, I know that you think you have the most wonderful little girl ever -- and I’ll let you think that -- but I know the truth.
Well there they are – my three greatest blessings! If you weren’t mentioned – don’t panic – I just can’t list more than three today, but that doesn’t mean you’re not on the list.
February 17th -19th -- We took several teens and college students to Winterfest in Gatlinburg, TN. The trip was Great! We enjoyed great worship, encouraging keynotes, wonderful fellowship, and the bus ride was fun as well. It’s always a spiritual blast to experience the presence of God at mass gatherings such as Winterfest, Tulsa, or Sunday morning worship at Sunshine. (I know Sunshine is only about 240 -250 on Sunday mornings vs Winterfest and Tulsa’s 14,000. But God is still there.)
Back to Winterfest – I’ve been taking teens and college students since 1996 and it’s always been an incredible blessing to be a part of this weekend. In 1999 0r 2000 my friend/bro in Christ, Shaun McCray joined me in this effort, and he has been a huge blessing to me and everyone who makes the venture with us. Thanks Shaun! God has blessed us in a wonderful way for our part in this.
Tuesday, February 14th – Valentines Day – I took my wife and daughter to Chili’s for supper, after that we went shopping and then back home. We really had a great time together, I love spending time with Kristin and Kendall, they’re great dates!
After we returned home from our evening out, I received a call at 2:40 am -- the alarm at Innermission was ringing. So I got dressed and drove into town to check it out. The drive to Innermission was beautiful. The moon was full, and it had snowed a few days earlier, the combination of those two things, and a drive over Ft. Hill road was worth getting up in the middle of the night for. Even the darkness is as light to God. The alarm turned out to be no big deal, so I enjoyed the beautiful drive home and arrived around 3:45am, and went right back to bed.
Monday, February 13th -- Kristin and I went to the Boston Beanery for a Pre-Valentines Day date, she's great! God is good to me.
Ok – so I know there are some gaps in this record of the happenings of my life over the past few weeks. But some things are supposed to stay on the down-low, others are to long to mention, and some I’ve probably forgotten. But I really feel compelled to tell you – though my blog posts have been few lately, God’s blessings on me have not. He has showered me with blessing upon blessing; maybe we’ll get to sit-down sometime and talk about it.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing about your blessings. It makes me stop and think about some of those blessing that I take for granted. God is Good, God is so Good to me.
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