At church yesterday, John Ortberg told the story of how sometimes a strong-willed child can become an excellent leader later in life. He talked about how the closer we get to God, the more we are becoming what He wants us to be...but we'll still be ourselves. I love this story:
A mom was having trouble with her 4-year-old daughter riding her tricycle everywhere in the street. The mom sat down with the little girl and told her the parameters. She said, "If you go beyond where Mommy said, I will spank you. Do you understand?" The little girl looked right at her mom and said, "You can go ahead and spank me, 'cause I have places to go!"
Mandy was telling me the story about her friend Melissa's little girl, about the same age, who was having trouble keeping her room clean. Melissa told her, "If you clean your room, you may keep all your toys. But if Mommy has to clean your room, I will take three toys out and you will not get them back." A little while later, Allison (the little girl), came to Melissa with 3 toys that she had carefully selected, and proceeded to tell her why she didn't need these three anymore and that Melissa could have them. HA!
Kids are so great, aren't they?
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Savannah & Diet Coke
Oh really, Fox Theatre? These bottles are manufactured, "Exclusively for the Fox?" Because I definitely found one here in Savannah, GA at the River Street Sweets. That's right. Boo-ya!Monday, January 25, 2010
Thanks PCC...Much Needed, Louie!
Romans 8:26-39 (The Message)
29-30 God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.
31-39 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture: They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
26-28 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
29-30 God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.
31-39 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture: They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Two Things
Even though my kitchen flooded over the weekend and none of it is really solved yet, I found this on a friend of a friend's blog today, and it made me smile :o)
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Good Old Movies
Did you know that the 1940 film, "The Shop Around the Corner," was the basis for the 1998 movie, "You've Got Mail?" Both films starred big name actors of the time. Margaret Sullivan and Jimmy Stewart in the 1940 flick and of course Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the follow-up 58 years later. I recently had the opportunity to watch "The Shop Around the Corner," on AMC one evening and it was marvelous. The similarities are striking. If you have the chance, I'd suggest watching it! In the meantime, E! is featuring "You've Got Mail" this week!
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