Monday, January 25, 2010


You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord, to give up I'd be a fool
You are my all in all

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame
Rising up again I bless Your name
You are my all in all
When I fall down You pick me up
When I am dry You fill my cup
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name

You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord, to give up I'd be a fool
You are my all in all

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame
Rising up again I bless Your name
You are my all in all
When I fall down You pick me up
When I get dry You fill my cup
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name



Written by Dennis Jernigan

Thursday, January 21, 2010

A story of salvation


It happened again last Sunday night. Our Pastor loves the gospel. It is life and brings life to all who believe. And on Sunday night, people got up and shared their stories. Stories of redemption. Friends share how they have been taken out of darkness and brought into life.

There was a time when I wondered if I had a story. I knew I was saved, yet, in some ways my life has been pretty boring and while I would not want that to be different, I often would wonder what I would share. Several years ago I read a book by Beth Moore and I realized I had a story. Every story is different, every story is unique but each story is a record of His love.... His faithfulness... His mercy.... His grace.... all flowing down from Heaven.

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My mom was radically saved when I was two and it was at that point that I fell in love with the God who had rescued her. I was two and a half when I first asked Jesus in to my heart and while I don't remember it, I clearly remember always loving Him. I grew up wanting to walk with Him, wanting to share His love, wanting to serve Him... it was simple, I just passionaltley loved Him.

My heart was tender to Him and His ways.

And yet, there were times that I still questioned if I believed... if I was really saved... I wondered what would happen if I was to die right then, would I still enter Heaven... and I found myself continuing to say the sinners prayer again and again...

I was in ninth grade and the Lord began to touch my heart in a new way... He started proding and poking... Did I believe Him or was I putting my faith in the fact that I said the "sinner's prayer"? Did I believe that what He said was true? Did I trust His word to be true?



Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.
Acts 16:31


And it was in an instant... I did believe. I believe He died for me and he saved me, a sinner. I no longer questioned Him. I no longer questioned if I was saved...

I was saved.

While I was not brought out of depression or drugs, I was brought out of darkness and a life of sin. I was radically brought to light. Not because of anything I did, but because of His goodness.

It's a story of redemption... It's a testimony of a God that radically saves and brings life. It's the story of my salvation.

I can look back and see time and time again His hand alive and active in my life. It's the story of a Father showing His love to a daughter...



It's a miracle... each and every story of salvation is a miracle...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010




Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God, and the body in which it dwells is worth all it will cost, since it is abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mother’s heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, to her most tender cares, to her life-long prayers! Oh how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!

Elizabeth Prentiss
Stepping Heavenward

Monday, January 11, 2010

I have a little guy that loves to make snow caves after it snows and so a couple of weeks ago one evening before bedtime, Daddy pulled up some videos on how to make an igloo. This last weekend they discovered that the snow was perfect for making an igloo and so the building began....










After several hours and a lot of hard work, a basic igloo was beginning to take shape.

Monday, January 4, 2010

2009

Here we are standing at the beginning of a new year, a new decade.

Yet, I want to stand here and pause... to look back... to remember all that He has done...

Really, how can I not take a minute to stop and thank Him for His faithfulness, His goodness, His mercy?


I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OF THE LORD: SURELY I WILL REMEMBER THY WONDERS OF OLD. I WILL MEDITATE ALSO OF ALL THY WORK, AND TALK OF THY DOINGS. PSALM 77:11,12

It was a beautiful year and there is so much to be thankful for.


life brought forth ~ a sweet blessing joining our family... our Alaina

the sight of freshly fallen snow....



a job that keeps my love busy, busy, busy

the sound of laughter that escapes lips as the little people play with their daddy....



seeing the Lord unexpectedly and miraculously open the door for us to move onto a little land


the touch of the sun upon our faces as we work and played outside...



the joy of seeing minds opened, learning, a grasping of new concepts

the blessing of family, friends to walk with



on and on the list goes... seeing life in the everyday moments... He brought forth miracle after miracle... from the extraordinary to the simple...


we will praise Him.