Wednesday, June 17, 2009

adoption updates!!!

If you're wanting to follow along in our adoption journey of little Levi...you can get all the updates on our family blog at http://www.psalm-2714.blogspot.com/ (I have to give credit where its due, so Mandy is really the brains and does all the entries...she's a great blogger).

Psalm 27:14

Peace

God Gives EVERYONE Influence

Here's a great quote from a great author. READ CAREFULLY (or else you might miss something):
"You know where to begin: take initiative. You know who God is, so embrace life's uncertainty. Remember that the person you are becoming in Jesus Christ is your greatest gift to others, so use your influence. Every great adventure is filled with peril and danger, but the risk is worth it. You have already been authorized to move forward, so advance. Impact your world by fighting battles that are on God's heart. Engage in an adventure so compelling that it causes the awakening of the dead in spirit. In this moment each of us will have to choose. Will you seize your divine moment or let it slip away?"

Erwin McManus

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Don't Miss This

Sometimes in life, you hear something said that you don't want to forget. It's so profound and so good, that you don't want to miss it. One of those statements that I read once captured me and I don't want to forget its meaning. My Grandma (who's now in Heaven at the feet of Jesus) had a favorite poem that was framed and for many years it hung in her home. It stated: "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."

Don't miss the truth in the above poem. Read it again. Keep it. Hold on to it, and then remember it. Just make sure that you don't miss it!