Posted by Sudi in Church, Family on January 22nd, 2007 at 08:49pm
Last night we were officially welcomed as members at church. It was done during a Dessert Fellowship were Pastor Jeremiah tells the congregation where we’ve been and where we are heading in 2007.
Pastor showed a very nice slide show of the Bible distribution we did in April, to our surprise most of the pictures shown were pictures Steven took and submitted right after the event. It was so exciting to see his great photography up on giant screens.
Our hosts were Jim and Glenda Parker, they hosted a table with 10 guests, we were right in the front. Two hundred and fifty new members were welcomed and recognized. It was a full house, 1,500 people. All that to say it was a memorable and very special evening.
Posted by Sudi in General, Home, Places on January 17th, 2007 at 05:03pm
This morning for my devotional I read:
“Heaven and Christ are the same thing. To be with Christ is to be in heaven, and to be in heaven is to be with Christ.”
“O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without thee, it would be a hell; and if I could be in hell, and have thee still, it would be a heaven to me, for thou art all the heaven I want.”
All we need to be blessed, supremely blessed, is “to be with Christ.”
Posted by Steven in Home on January 15th, 2007 at 08:30am
A condo across the street seemed to have caught a few days ago. Here’s my video, including cheesy editing. Google Video rejected it so here it is on YouTube. It’s about 5 minutes.
Posted by Sudi in Fun on January 12th, 2007 at 12:55pm
Among many other lovely gifts, for Christmas, Steven made me a CD with my favorite Country Songs. I know some of you are rolling your eyes, but I have a case to make for country music. No, it’s not all twangy and it’s not all about drunks and lost loves. Quite the contrary some of the most beautiful lyrics can be found among Country’s best hits. Here’s a sample of the words to my favorite songs:
When I get where I’m going
When I get where I’m going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I’m gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
I’m gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it’s like
To ride a drop of rain
But when I get where I’m going
And I see my maker’s face
I’ll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace
Live like you were dyin’
Well I finally read the good book, and I took a good long hard look
At what I’d do if I could do it all again
And then
Chorus
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Shu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denyin’
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin’
Bridge
Like tomorrow was the end
And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
My wish
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you’re out there getting where you’re getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
I hope you never look back, but you never forget,
all the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
and you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God’s grace, in every mistake,
and always give more than you take.
Jesus take the wheel
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all on my own
I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel
She’s Everything
She’s the giver I wish I could be
And the stealer of the covers
She’s a picture in my wallet
Of my unborn children’s mother
She’s the hand that I’m holding
When I’m on my knees and praying
She’s the answer to my prayer
And she’s the song that I’m playing
She’s the voice I love to hear
Someday when I’m ninety
She’s that wooden rocking chair
I want rocking right beside me
Everyday that passes
I only love her more
Yeah, she’s the one
That I’d lay down my own life for
You see Country is about people, about loving God, your love, your family and your country.
Country music always tells a story and I love it!
Here are our New Year’s photos. We went to church and Panera Bread then had Sudi’s famous homemade vegetarian Lasagna for dinner that night. With blueberry cider and cherries. I’m trying “PictoBrowser” to pull our pictures from flickr. I think it’ll cause less stress on browsers since it doesn’t automatically download all photos upon loading.
Posted by Sudi in General on January 4th, 2007 at 02:07pm
“Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” —2 Peter 3:18
“Grow in grace”—not in one grace only, but in all grace.
Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy, simplicity.
Grow also in love. Ask that your love may become extended, more intense, more practical, influencing every thought, word, and deed.
Grow likewise in humility. Seek to lie very low, and know more of your own nothingness. As you grow downward in humility, seek also to grow upward—having nearer approaches to God in prayer and more intimate fellowship with Jesus.
“Grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.” He who grows not in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed. To know Him is “life eternal,” and to advance in the knowledge of Him is to increase in happiness. He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of Him yet. Whoever hath sipped this wine will thirst for more, for although Christ doth satisfy, yet it is such a satisfaction, that the appetite is not cloyed, but whetted. If you know the love of Jesus—as the hart panteth for the water-brooks, so will you pant after deeper draughts of His love. If you do not desire to know Him better, then you love Him not, for love always cries, “Nearer, nearer.” Absence from Christ is hell; but the presence of Jesus is heaven. Rest not then content without an increasing acquaintance with Jesus. Seek to know more of Him in His divine nature, in His human relationship, in His finished work, in His death, in His resurrection, in His present glorious intercession, and in His future royal advent. Abide hard by the Cross, and search the mystery of His wounds.
An increase of love to Jesus, and a more perfect apprehension of His love to us is one of the best tests of growth in grace.
