Here's our lineup for church Sunday...
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Matchless
WELCOME
In The Sanctuary
LifeSong
Better Is One Day
Elders Meditation/Communion
Offering...
MESSAGE
Invitation/Business With God
Offering
Seek Ye First
Your Beloved
CLOSING WORDS
LifeSong (chorus only)
Friday, February 16, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Achy and Ugly
At work today, there was one common phrase that I heard more than any other...I hope you're not offended by my language, but the phrase most spoken to me today was this..."Whoa, you look like crap today..." That's what most of my co-workers said. However, when my boss, Jim, saw me, he literally stepped back, and said this, "wow, some people look bad when they're sick, and then some people look bad." It's a good thing I'm not easily offended! :-)
I've been sick since Friday. Denny and I both have. We've got really bad colds. Saturday, I was so achy that I could barely stand up straight. I felt better Sunday morning, so I went to church, but of course I struggled singing. (no comments please, like "how's that different than normal?"). Anyway, thank God for Sherri and Amanda who did a great job of covering me.
Because I have a cold I haven't slept very well. I've been up a couple of hours each night. When I wake up, I watch TV. I've learned alot about Anna Nicole Smith. :-) If any of you have questions regarding her life, I'm pretty sure I can answer them. :-)
The good news about being sick is, I'd been looking for a good excuse to just lay around the house, and that's pretty much what I did ALL weekend excluding church.
All that to say, all prayers for a speedy recovery would be appreciated!
I've been sick since Friday. Denny and I both have. We've got really bad colds. Saturday, I was so achy that I could barely stand up straight. I felt better Sunday morning, so I went to church, but of course I struggled singing. (no comments please, like "how's that different than normal?"). Anyway, thank God for Sherri and Amanda who did a great job of covering me.
Because I have a cold I haven't slept very well. I've been up a couple of hours each night. When I wake up, I watch TV. I've learned alot about Anna Nicole Smith. :-) If any of you have questions regarding her life, I'm pretty sure I can answer them. :-)
The good news about being sick is, I'd been looking for a good excuse to just lay around the house, and that's pretty much what I did ALL weekend excluding church.
All that to say, all prayers for a speedy recovery would be appreciated!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Blessed
well, I should be getting ready for church right now, but instead, here I am on my blog.
I'm feeling so blessed this morning, and this is my outlet to share my thoughts. It started (the blessed feeling) when I reached in the cabinet and grabbed a coffee mug. I picked one that had Valentine hearts all over it, and was reminded that someone had left that on my doorstep a couple of years ago, filled with candy. I know that we weren't the only house "hit" with the valentine mug, but still...I was blessed.
Then I thought about a couple of Sunday's ago. As I walked into church I was met by my friend Stephanie. She handed me a gift. Let me explain....when I was growing up, I LOVED Barbara Mandrell. Even after Denny and I were married, we would still go see Barbara in concert about once a year. Barbara retired about 10 years ago, and when she retired she meant it. You pretty much didn't see anything out of her anymore. Well, this fall, her peers did a tribute album to her, so there were many shows, probably about five hours worth, that Barbara was on this fall. I had mentioned to Stephanie that I had tried to tape those, and failed. Well, the gift Steph gave me was a DVD. She sought out when those shows were gonna be replayed, and she recorded them for me. I almost cried when she gave me the DVD, not because it was of Barbara....but because of the loving kindness that Steph showed in doing that for me. She had made both a jewel case label and CD label that had pictures of Barbara on it...I've designed CD labels before, and it takes time, and Steph's looked SO professionally done. Her loving kindness touched me that morning...it still does.
Then my thoughts went to Mariann. Again, a couple of Sunday's ago, she approached me after church. She said something to the effect of, "I'm supposed to ask you how I can pray for you." I gave her kind of a questioning look, and she said, "during 3rd service, I was in the prayer room, and God kept bringing you up, so how can I pray for you..." This time, I did start crying, because there was something weighing very heavy on me, and I INDEED needed someone to come alongside a pray for me. It meant so much to me that God knew my struggle, and had sent Mariann to assist. I thanked her for her obedience in approaching me. Today as I type this, I'm still thankful for her obedience.
If I were to write all the ways I've been blessed in the past two weeks, this blog would go on forever. So, I'm going to get ready for church now...Thanks, friends, for being Jesus to me, and thanks Father for blessing me through your people.
I'm feeling so blessed this morning, and this is my outlet to share my thoughts. It started (the blessed feeling) when I reached in the cabinet and grabbed a coffee mug. I picked one that had Valentine hearts all over it, and was reminded that someone had left that on my doorstep a couple of years ago, filled with candy. I know that we weren't the only house "hit" with the valentine mug, but still...I was blessed.
Then I thought about a couple of Sunday's ago. As I walked into church I was met by my friend Stephanie. She handed me a gift. Let me explain....when I was growing up, I LOVED Barbara Mandrell. Even after Denny and I were married, we would still go see Barbara in concert about once a year. Barbara retired about 10 years ago, and when she retired she meant it. You pretty much didn't see anything out of her anymore. Well, this fall, her peers did a tribute album to her, so there were many shows, probably about five hours worth, that Barbara was on this fall. I had mentioned to Stephanie that I had tried to tape those, and failed. Well, the gift Steph gave me was a DVD. She sought out when those shows were gonna be replayed, and she recorded them for me. I almost cried when she gave me the DVD, not because it was of Barbara....but because of the loving kindness that Steph showed in doing that for me. She had made both a jewel case label and CD label that had pictures of Barbara on it...I've designed CD labels before, and it takes time, and Steph's looked SO professionally done. Her loving kindness touched me that morning...it still does.
Then my thoughts went to Mariann. Again, a couple of Sunday's ago, she approached me after church. She said something to the effect of, "I'm supposed to ask you how I can pray for you." I gave her kind of a questioning look, and she said, "during 3rd service, I was in the prayer room, and God kept bringing you up, so how can I pray for you..." This time, I did start crying, because there was something weighing very heavy on me, and I INDEED needed someone to come alongside a pray for me. It meant so much to me that God knew my struggle, and had sent Mariann to assist. I thanked her for her obedience in approaching me. Today as I type this, I'm still thankful for her obedience.
If I were to write all the ways I've been blessed in the past two weeks, this blog would go on forever. So, I'm going to get ready for church now...Thanks, friends, for being Jesus to me, and thanks Father for blessing me through your people.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
All About Will...
We recently started letting our oldest son play a game on-line. Several of his friends have been playing the game for about three years, and we had “held out” not being sure of how safe things were. I must say, it was pretty cool to me last night as Will was playing this game with my friend Beth Rudy’s boys out in Pennsylvania. It was so much fun for me to listen to him interact with them. I just met Beth this past year. Her link is in my side bar. She writes a daily devotion called “Prayer Pal”.
I have been able to maintain relationships with people over the web/e-mail, as I’m sure you all probably do. It’s been funny to me this year, because as I’ve spoken in our home about some of these people that I communicate with via e-mail, my son always says, “Who are you talking about, one of your imaginary friends?” So last night, I had a good time saying, “who are you playing games with, Will, your imaginary friends?!”
Last night, I started feeling a little sick. I woke up at 3am coughing my head off, so I went downstairs to get a drink, and ended up staying down there on the couch. At about 5am, I heard footsteps, I STILL was not back to sleep. Anyway, it was Will. He started rummaging through the movies. As he was looking, he said to me, “the Valentine dance is tonight.” To which I replied, “would you like to go?” He said, “yeah, I think so.” He grabbed a movie and headed back to his room. I asked, “what movie did you get?” His answer was, “Hitch”. I kind of laughed under my breath, and thought…hmmm, is he learning how to pick up “chicks”, or getting the dance instruction that Will Smith gave in the movie…
However, as I type this, he’s sitting right here beside his Momma…he opted to stay home with us…I like that :-)
I have been able to maintain relationships with people over the web/e-mail, as I’m sure you all probably do. It’s been funny to me this year, because as I’ve spoken in our home about some of these people that I communicate with via e-mail, my son always says, “Who are you talking about, one of your imaginary friends?” So last night, I had a good time saying, “who are you playing games with, Will, your imaginary friends?!”
Last night, I started feeling a little sick. I woke up at 3am coughing my head off, so I went downstairs to get a drink, and ended up staying down there on the couch. At about 5am, I heard footsteps, I STILL was not back to sleep. Anyway, it was Will. He started rummaging through the movies. As he was looking, he said to me, “the Valentine dance is tonight.” To which I replied, “would you like to go?” He said, “yeah, I think so.” He grabbed a movie and headed back to his room. I asked, “what movie did you get?” His answer was, “Hitch”. I kind of laughed under my breath, and thought…hmmm, is he learning how to pick up “chicks”, or getting the dance instruction that Will Smith gave in the movie…
However, as I type this, he’s sitting right here beside his Momma…he opted to stay home with us…I like that :-)
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Home Today...
Hey...I'm home today with two of my kids who aren't feeling their best. They picked a good day since it's snowed about three inches and is only 10 degrees outside! We've enjoyed watching movies, and watching the birds out the back door. Here's a couple of pic's. I tried to get one that showed the temp... 
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