amazing surgical procedures I found! I watched the first one, there's like 20. It's so cool!
http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/surgical_videos/surgical_movs.html
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
I made 16 years today
...and it doesn't feel any different. It never does...yet. I look back and see what God has done and where He has taken me in the last 16 years and see how much farther I have to go. He is so patient with me, even in my stubbornness. I thank Him for His grace and mercy that is the only thing that sustains me. I want to take a moment and recognize just a few of the many people in my life that mean a lot to me. The list is long and you don't have to read it.
My Parents: Thank you for all you two have done for me. It truly is a blessing to have godly parents who strive to be closer to Christ. Thank you for your patience and your constant love even when I am difficult. I want to tell you both from the bottom of my heart that I love you. You both have always been there and I am so thankful. A lot has happened these past 16 years and God has changed us as individuals and as a family as a whole. He is faithful. I love you both and couldn't ask for anything more.
Nan & Bro. Teryl: You two are right up there with my parents. I love you both with an inexpressible love. You both have always been there and shown my family what The love of God truly is. You have stayed with all of us through the good and the bad. All the late night phone calls and coffee runs (Nan). Thank you both for your dedication and the grace that you both walk in. I LOVE YOU. Yes, you too Bro.Teryl and I'm really sorry I called you a heifer! I'll take one dance for my wedding off the list.
Penny: "you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me hapPY when skies are grey..." That's how I really feel- I just smile when I think of you! I love you so much! (and Jocko)
Amber: Wow. I don't even think I can type this all up. You mean so much to me, you are such a blessing! I know I can call you at anytime and you're there and will talk to me. I've watched you grow up since you were 14 and it has been and still is such an encouragement to me. Your like my big sister...I'm serious. You're faithful...that's the best word I can think of at this moment. You have challenged me in the Word and I'm so blessed to have you in my life. I love you more than I can say.
Bekah&Jordan: God has brought us a LONG way and we have a lot more to go but, I want to tell you both that I love you. Thank you for everything ya'll have done for me. I pray that the Truth would continue to rule and reign in our relationships with each other and God would move us on to perfection.
Ally: Like you said in my card, there has been many notes and letters about how thankful I am for you! I'm going to write another one because I' m running short on time.
Breigh&Hannah: I love you both with all my heart. It is amazing and such a privilege to be able to watch you two grow up in Him. I love to just listen to ya'll. You both light up my day when I think or see you. I love you both and can't wait to see what God is going to do.
Jamie: well, I must say we too have been through a lot. The police were involved most of the time but hey...childhood memories I will never forget. I know I don't see you often but I want you to know that I love you. And I am trying to finish this post before midnight so I have to cut it short.
and last...just because I have no more time, there is many more people...Lesley: I love you so much. you and an answered prayer and every time I look at you you are a reminder to me that He is real. Keep your eyes on Him and run on the path of righteousness never looking to the left or right. Don't follow in my footsteps but His. I love you a whole bunch.
My Parents: Thank you for all you two have done for me. It truly is a blessing to have godly parents who strive to be closer to Christ. Thank you for your patience and your constant love even when I am difficult. I want to tell you both from the bottom of my heart that I love you. You both have always been there and I am so thankful. A lot has happened these past 16 years and God has changed us as individuals and as a family as a whole. He is faithful. I love you both and couldn't ask for anything more.
Nan & Bro. Teryl: You two are right up there with my parents. I love you both with an inexpressible love. You both have always been there and shown my family what The love of God truly is. You have stayed with all of us through the good and the bad. All the late night phone calls and coffee runs (Nan). Thank you both for your dedication and the grace that you both walk in. I LOVE YOU. Yes, you too Bro.Teryl and I'm really sorry I called you a heifer! I'll take one dance for my wedding off the list.
Penny: "you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me hapPY when skies are grey..." That's how I really feel- I just smile when I think of you! I love you so much! (and Jocko)
Amber: Wow. I don't even think I can type this all up. You mean so much to me, you are such a blessing! I know I can call you at anytime and you're there and will talk to me. I've watched you grow up since you were 14 and it has been and still is such an encouragement to me. Your like my big sister...I'm serious. You're faithful...that's the best word I can think of at this moment. You have challenged me in the Word and I'm so blessed to have you in my life. I love you more than I can say.
Bekah&Jordan: God has brought us a LONG way and we have a lot more to go but, I want to tell you both that I love you. Thank you for everything ya'll have done for me. I pray that the Truth would continue to rule and reign in our relationships with each other and God would move us on to perfection.
Ally: Like you said in my card, there has been many notes and letters about how thankful I am for you! I'm going to write another one because I' m running short on time.
Breigh&Hannah: I love you both with all my heart. It is amazing and such a privilege to be able to watch you two grow up in Him. I love to just listen to ya'll. You both light up my day when I think or see you. I love you both and can't wait to see what God is going to do.
Jamie: well, I must say we too have been through a lot. The police were involved most of the time but hey...childhood memories I will never forget. I know I don't see you often but I want you to know that I love you. And I am trying to finish this post before midnight so I have to cut it short.
and last...just because I have no more time, there is many more people...Lesley: I love you so much. you and an answered prayer and every time I look at you you are a reminder to me that He is real. Keep your eyes on Him and run on the path of righteousness never looking to the left or right. Don't follow in my footsteps but His. I love you a whole bunch.
Monday, June 18, 2007
2 Peter 1:3-7
"To those who have obtained like precious faith:
with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth."
Christianity seems so simple. It says if you do the things in bold you will never stumble. So...if it is possible for us not to sin and He has given us everything we need to walk in righteousness, then why don't we?? We say that it is impossible but the Word says the complete opposite. We don't like to do it because it hurts. It's supposed to hurt though, that's why it's called dying. It just blows my mind away that we try to make it so complicated yet it is so simple and we still can't follow him. If we are established in the PRESENT truth, not past or future truth, but NOW, we will walk in love, self-control, diligence, the fruit of the Spirit, not the fruits. The fruit of the Spirit is the characteristics of a Christian..... God is calling us on to perfection yet we can't move until we forsake the sin. How can we grow if God has to keep feeding us the same baby food we can't move on. If we keep going around the same bush, if we refuse to repent and move on, it's sin. We talked Tuesday about a good conscience. Do we have a good conscience in what the passage above is talking about? I would say that is a valid question. We need to allow Him to show us our heart and change.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Dominican
Hey everybody! I just wanted ya'll to know that I'm going to be posting words that people send out that you probably get in email on here so that our family in Dominican Republic can see what God is saying and doing. As soon as I get everybody's pictures I'll post some on here. Hopefully be Sunday night I'll have them so I can combine them into one.
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