Know therefore that the LORD your God is God;
He is the faithful God,
keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him
and keep His commands.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Monday, March 9. 2009
"Listen to Me, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived and have carried since your birth. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He and I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you. I will sustain you and I will rescue you."
-Isaiah 46:3-4
Thursday, March 5, 2009
prayer is
exhaling the spirit of man
and
inhaling the spirit of God.
edwin keith
Sunday, March 1, 2009
good grief. virginia is a funny place. this afternoon it started to snow. and then it stopped. there's some on the ground but you can still see the blades of grass poking thru. the roads are wet but there is zero snow on the asphalt.
and yet....
our flight was cancelled. not delayed..... CANCELLED.
AND.......
emma called to say that the entire university is closed tomorrow.
wow.
so paul and i are in roanoke staying another night in a hotel, and will hopefully be on the red-eye at 6 A.M. tomorrow.
hopefully. cuz, you know. it snowed an entire 1/2 inch. so, yeah.
EDIT at 10 pm: 6 a.m. flight cancelled! rebooked on one getting home around 2 pm... weather permitting. hmmmmm..... still don't see any snow out there. crazy.
EDIT at 11:30 am monday: flight cancelled AGAIN - are you even kidding me?!?!?!?!? booked on 6 am flight tomorrow. thank God that paul brought his laptop and we've got wifi in our hotel - he's getting lots of work done and we have a link to the outside world.
and yet....
our flight was cancelled. not delayed..... CANCELLED.
AND.......
emma called to say that the entire university is closed tomorrow.
wow.
so paul and i are in roanoke staying another night in a hotel, and will hopefully be on the red-eye at 6 A.M. tomorrow.
hopefully. cuz, you know. it snowed an entire 1/2 inch. so, yeah.
EDIT at 10 pm: 6 a.m. flight cancelled! rebooked on one getting home around 2 pm... weather permitting. hmmmmm..... still don't see any snow out there. crazy.
EDIT at 11:30 am monday: flight cancelled AGAIN - are you even kidding me?!?!?!?!? booked on 6 am flight tomorrow. thank God that paul brought his laptop and we've got wifi in our hotel - he's getting lots of work done and we have a link to the outside world.
Monday, February 16, 2009
may the
God of hope
fill you with all
joy.and.peace.in.believing
so that you may
abound
in hope
by the power of the
HolySpirit.
romans 15:13
Monday, February 9, 2009
2 Corinthians 5:17
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
I will not forget you.
I have inscribed you
on the palms of my hands.
isaiah 49: 15-16
Sunday, January 25, 2009
O LORD, You have searched me
and You know me.
and You know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
You are familiar with all my ways.
You are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
You know it completely, O LORD.
You know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before;
You have laid your hand upon me.
You have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?
Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, You are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.
if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there Your hand will guide me,
Your right hand will hold me fast.
Your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to You;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to You.
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to You.
For You created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
Your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in Your book
before one of them came to be.
All the days ordained for me
were written in Your book
before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with You.
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with You.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Monday, January 12, 2008
it is of no purpose
for you to rise up early
and go to bed late,
eating the bread of worry.
for God gives sleep
to His beloved.
psalm 127:2
Monday, January 5, 2009
i've decided to feature a Scripture verse on mondays. i hope it's an encouragement.
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Monday, February 4, 2013
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Isaiah 48:17
"This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go."
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
What dreadful hot weather we've been having!
It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance. --Jane Austen
It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance. --Jane Austen
Friday, May 23, 2008
there is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.
-donald miller-
there is something COMFORTING about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.
-me-
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
funny quote for today:
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Sunday, April 20, 2008
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it."
- Adolf Hitler -
i couldn't help but think of the presidential race when i read this. i'm sure glad i can trust God, becuz i certainly don't feel like i can trust any of the potential candidates. 
Thursday, April 17, 2008
So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him, “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2008
sometimes in our weakest moments
God is accomplishing the most.
what appears to be a dead end
contains the seeds of
God's
new
beginnings.
- jan beazely
Sunday, January 13, 2008
the choice to trust God isn't cushioned by deals and promises that everything will turn out the way we think it should. God's only promise is that He will work all things in our lives for our good and for His glory.
- jan beazley
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2007
When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation
brought joy to my soul.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
O God, it is amazing that men can talk so much
about man's creaturely power and goodness, when,
if Thou didst not hold us back every moment,
we should be devils incarnate.
- The Valley of Vision
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt of every situation you believe to be the will of God.
~Jim Elliot
Monday, January 28, 2013
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
and he adds no sorrow with it.
i've been chewing on this verse today... i'm not sure i completely understand it.
your thoughts please?
Friday, July 13, 2007
this verse encouraged me 3 years ago when i left for siberia to meet two little boys. tonight, it encourages me again. thanks to all of you who will be praying for us this week.
See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you.
Exodus 23:20
Monday, July 9, 2007
God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine.
A car is made to run on gasoline, and it would not run properly on anything else.
Now, God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on.
There is no other...God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity
Friday, June 29, 2007
this is so good and so true:
The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof,
and the worshiping heart needs none.
... A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)
and the worshiping heart needs none.
... A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)
Thursday, June 28, 2007
the self-sufficient
do not pray.
the self-satisfied
will not pray.
the self-righteous
can not pray.
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