Humble Pie

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Aww...

After 6 months, I feel like the Lord is giving back to me that special time with Him that I SO missed, more than I realized. I am excited to be listening to Piper again...reading good books and desiring God and enjoying Him rather than simply surviving each day. I was empty and now I feel renewed. Thank you Lord Jesus for helping me find you again.

Freedom Is Glorifying God

"1 Corinthians 10:31. "Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." I asked, "Is it sin to disobey this Biblical commandment?" Yes.

So I draw this somber conclusion: It is sin to eat or drink or do anything NOT for the glory of God. In other words, sin is NOT just a list of harmful things (killing, stealing, etc.). Sin is leaving God out of account in the ordinary affairs of your life. Sin is anything you do that you don't do for the glory of God. " ~Piper (of course)

Doing a lot of thinking on this. I want to walk in the freedom of Christ- I don't want to live by lists or the fear of man.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Five

Loved

The sweet girls that came to celebrate little one's life

More Firsts...

Turning 5!

Inopportune timing- the refrigerator died the night before her party. I had stayed up to midnight cutting out heart sandwiches and preparing all of the food. When I woke up in the morning, all of the food was warm and we had to toss it all out. I got back from the Nutcracker Ballet at 1:00 and had a few hours before the party started to make everything all over again-ugh! The frig had been empty for several days, why couldn't it have died then? Why before a party and after we filled it with several hundred dollars worth of food? Crazy thing is, it's working again. I am blessed though- my kids and hubby helped me immensely; I couldn't have done it without them. It's one of those "just life" lessons.