Alright, so its been a loooong time. I’m starting to feel like I might start blogging again, we’ll see. I may have lost too many people who actually read this thing. Regardless, Sara and I need to start keeping track of all the words Leah has mumbled out in the past weeks so we thought we’d share with you all at the same time:
Momma
Dadda
Daddy
Papa
Pop pop
Jo-Jo
Ball
A
B
C
H(aa-ch)
Flower
Oscar
Picture
Dog
Up
Out
Book
Baby
In Sign-Language:
More
Food
Drink
Banana(she’s made up her own sign for this one)
Shoes
Pacifier
Sleep
Dog
Sheep
MILK(this was the first one she learned at like 6 months)
Bye-Bye
Pray
Maybe We’ll find a video of her demonstrating some time, otherwise you’ll just have to see her face to face, she may even give you a slobbery kiss.
“I don’t wanna talk about You, like You’re not in the room. I want to look right at you, I want to sing right to you.”
Kim Walker, JesusCulture
“You Won’t Relent”
I just want to archive some random quotes from one church leader to another, talk to me if you want to know who said ‘em…
“Don’t be afraid if they leave. You can grow when people leave.”
“If this isn’t the place for you, go find someplace that is.”
“We have 6 kids because my wife won’t leave me alone. I beg her. Can we just cuddle tonight?”
“Do what we are uniquely called by God to do.”
“The only way we could do the things no one else was doing was stop doing the things everyone else was doing.”
“People are going to die and go to hell. When you realize that, you can do things that you used to think you couldn’t do.”
“If you have what you want, you may not see what God wants you to see.”
“his wife asked, “Are you going to be a husband or a pastor?”
“Bill Hybels: “The way I was doing the work of God was destroying the work of God in me.”
“The goal is to make disciples.” “Once you answer that question, then ask yourself, ‘What should I do today?’”
“I started to think, “What will bring people in?” rather than “What will glorify God?”
“Prioritize your ministry around your values. I will not sacrifice my family on the altar of ministry.”
“Delegating responsibilities creates followers. Delegating authority creates leaders.”
“You will not create or retain great leaders as long as you’re telling them what to do.”
“You’re the only one that can be a husband to your wife and a father to your children.”
“Be obedient to the promptings of the Spirit.”
“Success for me is hearing from God again.”
I’ll leave it at that. Maybe more for another day. Check out tonymorganlive.com for the source of this insight. I also just read his post on the New Traditional Church which made me love even more where I attend each Sunday.
Alright, for the few of you that read my blog…
Amen.
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Today:
* This morning I got to wake up next to my beautiful daughter and thank God for the chance to be a father like Him
* This afternoon I got to jump on a trampoline with the neighbor kids and feel like I was one of them again
* Today, someone bought me lunch
* Today, I made one of the best loaves of bread so far (and it is now completely gone…)
* This evening I got to prepare a meal for a bunch of our friends who invited a bunch of their friends and still had Just enough to fill everyone up (that’s where the bread went)
* Tonight people I didn’t even know got to sit around the Wii and play games and laugh together.
* Tonight I got to ~cuddle with my wife while she went to sleep
* Today I got a txt message and a phone call from students needing help and even one student helping to remind me to do something
* All day I’ve been keeping up with a fire in the wood stove that has provided heat for our house
* We celebrated a birthday at our house tonight of our friend Marcos
* Tonight I get to sleep next to a beautiful woman of God who carries our next addition our family
Now read all those over again saying “Because of Jesus…”
We don’t we fall on our knees more often and just say, “thank you Jesus.”
All the oranges were spread out evenly across the table. Which hand do you think is the most dominate?
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one more step toward freedom
This is the song Leah wrote about how grateful she is for the bottle of milk we just gave her.
