Well, homeschool kicked in on Monday after weeks of preparing and locking in to exactly what this year’s curriculum would be. It’s been an eventful and fun first 4 days…
Read MoreTo read Part 1 (Parent Trap) click here or Part 2 (Helpful Hardship) click here. This will be the third and final post of this series. My first post recognized the gracious process of the Lord to humble my pride-filled heart over time through merely one example and facet of life (parenting), although I could have shared many others. The second post highlighted the transition that our lives made as God humbled us and we began to follow...
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Since arriving in Portland, the subject of death has come up in several different ways and been closer to home than usual. Yesterday (February 13, 2012) we received some news that we had been dreading. Our 9 year old niece Mercede (Grace’s side of the family) had passed away after an intense battle with leukemia. On June 9, 2011, Mercede Joy was diagnosed with Acute Monoblastic Leukemia(m5). She fought the aggressive cancer...
Read MoreThis blog post was basically written in one day but got pushed aside for weeks before I could tweak it some. For the brave souls willing to read this, here you go. SIGNS AND WONDERS WITNESS TO COMING RESTORATION In a previous post I briefly mentioned God’s covenant with creation and in a future post I hope to give a solid Biblical anchor on how God will NOT annihilate the creation He has made, but restore it. God in His full...
Read MoreA few nights ago I watched the Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson with some friends. Â I know that this movie was produced and directed by a fallen man, just like the rest of us, but was struck with the portrayal of Jesus’ humility nonetheless. Â After a year of God redefining my heart and life in so many ways, this movie came alive to me unlike any other time I have watched it. Â And the Easter story now makes sense at a...
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To see part 1 of this series, click here. I used to think that studying the Bible for the purpose of pursuing theology, was for the scholars, rabbis, theologians and those who felt called to that type of in-depth study. Now I see it as essential to every believer because a person’s theology (knowledge of God) and then belief in that theology, leads to their praxis (how they live their lives day to day). For me it has become an...
Read MoreSo much has been going on in my heart, and it is swirling around my head in a rapid way at the moment. Usually that ends with a forceful, forward movement in my heart when it is all said and done. We’ll see where it ends up, but I am excited at what the Lord is revealing in this hour of history and how God’s mercy has beckoned me to be a part of it. Something that has been rooting and grounding itself deep on the inside of...
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To read the second part to this 2 part series, click here. I have a feeling that there will be many other posts like this one. Where I take current revelations and lay bare (confess) the true reality I have found in my own heart throughout the journey of grasping the truth of His Word. Buckle up if you choose to continue on in this post. Know that the realness you read in posts like this one, have come through a work of the Spirit in...
Read MoreREMINDER: My blog is really to get my processing from prayer and study into a place that actually helps it to become streamlined in my own mind and heart…even if it might be a little long. But if you track with me, I see some of what I blog as being critical to my own walk with the Lord and even my own salvation. For those who like simple blogs filled with pictures and only a few sentences (that’s me too), mine will...
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