Archive for February, 2006
Quote from George Barna
“Evangelism without discipleship is spiritual abuse.”
On January 23 and 24, 2006 George Barna, the Barna Research Group founder, was on FamilyLife Today talking about his book Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions
Add comment February 28, 2006
You’ll be amazed!
I watched Signs! You know, the movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan and staring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix.
Anyone who knows me knows that I do not watch scary movies or any movie that looks like it might be scary! I watched Jaws when I was young and had nightmares for months. Ever since then, I have just chosen to stay awhile from movies like that.
However, I have watched most of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies. First, I watched The Sixth Sense (which I wasn’t sure about, but I handled it better the second time) and then Unbreakable. After Matt had already told me everything about The Village, I watched it. He definitely ruined it, but he wasn’t expecting me to ever want to watch it. Now, I just finished Signs. I think it’s because his movies aren’t gore-filled with characters that are only there to have one more person to show being killed, but his movies are good stories that are suspenseful and dramatic with real characters that you actually get to know.
1 comment February 26, 2006
Read this…
trust your heart?
by Robin Lee Hatcher
http://robinlee.typepad.com/i_was_just_thinking_/2006/02/trust_your_hear.html
Add comment February 25, 2006
The Cure for Anxiety
I need to read these verses more often!!
God, help us to remember that You know what we need. We must continually seek You first, then everything else will be provided. Also, we don’t need to worry about tomorrow! (Can we fix ANYTHING by worrying?!) God, no matter what’s going on in our lives, help us to allow Your peace to reign!
Matthew 6:25-34 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
The Cure for Anxiety
25″This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the sky: they don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying? 28And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! 30If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you—you of little faith? 31So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. 34Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:25-34&version=77;
2 comments February 25, 2006
A Few Fun Quotes
This quote is dedicated to my brother, David…”Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.”
This one goes out to my dear friends…” A good friend is someone who likes you even though you are slightly cracked”
And the last one is dedicated to my most important person, my husband Matt… ”Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.”
I don’t know who said any of these, but I found them and wanted to share them with you! =)
4 comments February 22, 2006
Immediately
How many of us long for our children to immediately obey?! (The phrase “immediately obey” is kind of redundant, because is there really another way to obey?)
Anyway, I was reading Matthew 4-5 and “immediately” kept jumping out at me. It is talking about when Jesus called some of the Disciples. These are the same Disciples that we seem to look down on, because they just didn’t understand things that seem so obvious to us!?! =} However, let’s look at what it says in chapter 4. These guys were fishing and Jesus walks up and says, “Follow me.” Then “Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.” The next time Jesus “called them” and “immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.” Wow! Now, the Disciples may of have some “blonde moments,” but who hasn’t. Also, it’s a lot easier to see more clearly when we’re looking back. What’s the quote about hindsight? (I don’t remember, but it would have fit great here!!)
Well, what I took a way from this is that God desires my immediate obedience just like I desire it from my children. I want to respond immediately like the Disciples did, don’t you?!!
2 comments February 22, 2006
The Visitation
The Visitation by Frank Peritti is coming out as a movie! It’s showing in selected theaters and coming out next Tuesday (2/28/06). Matt and I are thinking we need to quickly reread the book, because it’s been awhile since we read it. Also, we’re hoping that it doesn’t get messed up!! You know, when books are made in to movies it’s not always as good.
You can check out the site for the movie here: http://www.foxhome.com/visitation/
Add comment February 21, 2006
My Purpose?
There’s a lot of talk and books about our purpose in life, but I’m still lost!
I’ve been the president of our church’s ladies group for the last two years, and before that I was the vice president for two years. I’m done in May, but I’m not sure if I want to be done!? I really want to be involved in the body of Christ and minister to others both inside and outside of the church. However, I’m not sure where I belong. I’ve done nursery, taught preschool Sunday school, helped with youth, taught math in high school…so I’ve had experience with different ages of kids. It’s not that I don’t like kids, but I just don’t think that’s where I fit in.
I think my place is ministering to ladies, but it’s hard when you’re young and most of the ladies who you’re suppose to be ministering to have known you for a while!! I’m 27, and I’m pretty sure my family going to our church when I was six. I was gone for four years for college, but it was still my home church. Maybe it’s just my imagination working overtime. However, I feel like they don’t see me as Sarah-the adult, but Sarah-the kid. This year has been difficult. I have a two year old and a nine month old. I am nursing Hannah, who’s the nine month old just in case you were wondering!! So, yes, it is harder for me to do some things than someone whose kids are older or someone who has an empty nest. However, that doesn’t mean I should be replaced or left out or my responsibility taken away! How can I do my job when someone else is trying to do it? I guess I could have stepped up and said something, but I didn’t. I thought, “Well, I’m a little irritated, but I guess that just means it’s less work for me.” Later, I realized that I was more irritated and hurt than I thought I was. If this is where I believe that God wanted me to be, than I needed to take care of my ministry. God wanted to use me, so I was placed in a position of authority. However, I failed! I’m not sure how I would have done it differently because the other person’s personality is very domineering. It’s not like I don’t like her, but I felt like she overstepped her position. I finish out my presidential term in May. I still will be involved in our ladies group, but I think there’s more!?
Well, this is a lot that I’ve spilled out. I think this was written more for me to get it out, so it may be confusing! The main point is that I really want to be involved, and I think that I belong in women’s ministry. However, I’m not sure what it looks like…maybe a small group? Also, I’m worried that I’ll get run over again. I never had a problem with that when I taught in high school dealing with freshman through seniors!! So, maybe it’s my view of myself. Maybe I still view myself, in relationship to these ladies that I’ve known for so long, as Sarah-the kid, not as Sarah-the adult?!
9 comments February 19, 2006
A Verse for You this Morning…
“The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him; His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is His faithfulness.”
(It’s in Jeremiah, but I can’t find it! Since it’s almost midnight, I don’t think I’ll stay up any later trying to find it. If you know where it’s located in Jeremiah, please let us know!)
February 19th is Matt’s birthday! So…”Happy Birthday, Baby! I love you! I want to remind you that the girls and I love you very much and appreciate everything you do. Thank you! You are a wonderful husband and an awesome daddy!!” =)
2 comments February 18, 2006
Feb. 18, 2006 – Entertainment Update
- Book – Light from Heaven by Jan Karon is the book I’m reading now. It’s the last novel in the Mitford Series.
- Music – I Could Sing of Your Love Forever Kids cd
- TV Show – Gilmore Girls
- Game – Little Angels’ Fruit of the Spirit Game with Matt and Abbye. It’s like Candy Land, but with the Fruit of the Spirit added.
- Movie – The Way We Were
Add comment February 18, 2006
