Great Quotes

" I have been driven many times to my knees by the
overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. 
My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed
insufficient for the day."   Abraham Lincoln

We think we must climb to a certain height of goodness before we 
can reach God.  But... if we are in a hole the Way begins in the 
hole.  The moment we set our face in the same direction as 
His, we are walking with God. 
Helen Wodehouse

O Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to 
leave undone. 
Elizabeth Fry

God cannot reveal anything to us if we have not His spirit. 
Oswald Chambers

Don't worry about what you do not understand... Worry 
about what you do understand in the Bible but do not 
live by. 
Corrie ten Boom

If we were arrested for being Christians
Would there be enough evidence to
Convict us?
Unknown

George Washington Carver

"Without my Savior, I am nothing."

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station,
through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in."

Sir Isaac Newton

This most beautiful system of sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

This thing [a scale model of our solar system] is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know, and I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer and maker; yet you, as an atheist, profess to believe that the great original from which the design is taken has come into being without either designer or maker! Now tell me by what sort of reasoning do you reach such an incongruous conclusion?

Happy Thanksgiving

Last night when we got home from church we were upstairs in the bedroom and Dave was getting ready to take a bath.  He left the bedroom door open to the hall.  You would have thought there was something ferocious chasing Henry because he booked it as fast as he could out the door.  I guess he has realized he has to seize the opportunity.

Henry’s quite the entertainer as well.  Yesterday we (Henry and I) went to the grocery store.  The store in Camden is small and over crowded on a good day… imagine the day before Thanksgiving.  It was Henry’s first time sitting in the cart during grocery shopping.  Well, as you can imagine, most people were in the holiday mood of stress and grumpiness.  Henry and I had a great time anyway.  At one point he was singing at the top of his lungs at the people walking by.  I found it adorable being the typical mom.

Today is Henry’s first Thanksgiving.  For that I am thankful.  I am also thankful for our new home and that my brother Zac is doing so well.  Most of all I am thankful that we worship a risen God.

Give Thanks

I have always loved this song.  My favorite memory of it – not just since Vinny went to heaven – but before is when Vinny returned home from Germany the summer of ‘98.  I was home from my first year in Maryland.  I went there to MBC&S the previous summer begrudgingly.  Not towards any person because it was a decision I made solely on my own and didn’t tell many people before I packed up my car, left college and drove down highway 95 all by myself.  My life had changed so much in a year.  My heart had been healed deeply (not completely) through my growing relationship with God.  So Vinny arrived home after getting out of the service.  He wasn’t sure what he wanted to do.  We had always fought growing up – I mean ALWAYS.  He had been away in the service for 4 years and absence really did make our hearts grow fonder.  We realized how deep our bond was.   In ‘97 my decision to leave everything (seemed like a lot then) and move to Maryland was sealed the night of a sermon preached by the visiting founder of MBC&S.  No one asked me to make that decision that night.  I just knew that was what God wanted me to do.  I have to say I had many conversations with God about it.  I did it but I wasn’t happy and I wasn’t planning on staying in Maryland for long.  It’s amazing what a year’s time will do.  Vinny went to the same event the next year.  I can say before God I never told him what to do.  I remember we drove to Portland together.  I remember singing Give Thanks.  Vinny moved to Maryland within a month.  The times we had together there with our friends are some of the best memories of my life and memories with Vinny.  Zac lived down there a few times as well.  The time we had as adults is a blessing not many siblings get.  I am giving thanks with a grateful heart.

GIVE THANKS
WITH A GRATEFUL HEART
GIVE THANKS
TO THE HOLY ONE
GIVE THANKS
FOR HE'S GIVEN
JESUS CHRIST, HIS SON
(X2)
AND NOW LET THE WEAK SAY
I AM STRONG
LET THE POOR SAY
I AM RICH
BECAUSE OF WHAT
THE LORD HAS DONE
FOR US (me)
(X2)
GIVE THANKS...

Happy Birthday Hana

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