We recently had some new pictures of the boys taken. I think they turned out amazingly well! Couldn't help but post a few of them...they are too cute not to share!
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Cutie Patooties!
We recently had some new pictures of the boys taken. I think they turned out amazingly well! Couldn't help but post a few of them...they are too cute not to share!
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Life is Fleeting
Psalm 39:4 "Lord...let me know how fleeting my life is!"
Or in the NASB: "Lord, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am."
A couple of weeks ago we received a call from a friend asking us to pray for Monica Worstell. She explained that she was in the hospital fighting for her life. Monica was a classmate in college and is my age. She and Matt have 1 year old twins. The same week we heard the news that Jenifer Danielson's sister Aricka had passed away. I am not sure of her age, but know she must have been in her early twenties. Last week we got the news that a friend here in Petersburg has breast cancer. She is only 35 and has 4 children ranging from 8 months to 11. Of course we have great hope in all of these situations because of Jesus Christ, but I am human and so each piece of news was very hard to hear.
Today, as I prayed for each of these families and reflected on each situation, I began to wonder what God had to teach me through them. Then I began to read Scripture..."let me know how fleeting life is...how transient I am." Because I am young, I must admit, I feel invincible. I have a long, healthy life ahead of me, right? I can get comfortable here, because I'm going to be around for awhile. There will be another day to take care of God's business...another day to share the love of Jesus...another day to get myself right with God. Maybe so, but maybe not--life is fragile and fleeting.
This is what God is doing for me right now...the lesson He is teaching me. I find that when God wants me to learn a lesson, He has to use every medium available for me to hear Him. And so, recently, in many ways, He's been whispering to me, "this is temporary...your life is fleeting...make it count."
Or in the NASB: "Lord, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am."
A couple of weeks ago we received a call from a friend asking us to pray for Monica Worstell. She explained that she was in the hospital fighting for her life. Monica was a classmate in college and is my age. She and Matt have 1 year old twins. The same week we heard the news that Jenifer Danielson's sister Aricka had passed away. I am not sure of her age, but know she must have been in her early twenties. Last week we got the news that a friend here in Petersburg has breast cancer. She is only 35 and has 4 children ranging from 8 months to 11. Of course we have great hope in all of these situations because of Jesus Christ, but I am human and so each piece of news was very hard to hear.
Today, as I prayed for each of these families and reflected on each situation, I began to wonder what God had to teach me through them. Then I began to read Scripture..."let me know how fleeting life is...how transient I am." Because I am young, I must admit, I feel invincible. I have a long, healthy life ahead of me, right? I can get comfortable here, because I'm going to be around for awhile. There will be another day to take care of God's business...another day to share the love of Jesus...another day to get myself right with God. Maybe so, but maybe not--life is fragile and fleeting.
This is what God is doing for me right now...the lesson He is teaching me. I find that when God wants me to learn a lesson, He has to use every medium available for me to hear Him. And so, recently, in many ways, He's been whispering to me, "this is temporary...your life is fleeting...make it count."
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