Beautiful Boy on your Birthday

Last night I couldn't go to sleep while this song was running through my mind. A few years back I was on the verge of giving birth to you and I was thinking about all that you have brought to my life. I learned from you that personalities begin before birth. You wriggled twice as much as your sister and you were/are that much more boisterous and active.

Now you're halfway around the world on a big adventure. I pray for you every day that God will be your greatest treasure no matter where you are or what you do. And that all of your days you will wake up only to bring glory to him.

Pray to know the Truth

"While the gospel reveals God's gift of justification, it does not begin there. It begins by revealing to us the wrath of God. The good news begins with this bad news: The wrath of God is pouring out of heaven upon all human sin. People defy God by ignoring him. Their sinful way of life is suppressing the truth." From A Passion for God by Raymond C Ortlund, Jr., a paraphrase and devotional on the book of Romans.

We are so mired in untruth that we have convinced ourselves we are in the right and have spurred on others to believe the same untruth. We are damning us all to hell. "Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they no only do them but give approval to those who practice them." Romans 1:32

Each day I realize how much less the truth is regarded because everything is relative nowadays. It used to be that Christianity was believed to be true, but now our world is veering away from Christian truth and in fact it is often ridiculed and mocked.

The President and Mrs. Bush

I still respect the president. I pray for him because he is the president and because he believes in Christ. Because of his position and because he's a fellow believer he is due our respect and our prayers. Pray for him to have wisdom to carry out his role in way that would bring glory to God.

From a PBS Frontline interview of a fellow Christian who attended a Bible study with Bush:

"And I was really taken aback by the fervor. The way he said it was not just saying, "Oh, I really enjoyed it. It was a nice Bible study." It was something deep. And he talked about the fact that when we had studied about Nicodemus … and he had asked Jesus about life. And Jesus told him, "Nicodemus, you've got to be born again." And that little story really impacted him because he told me at that point, he said, "You know, I realized through studying that I had to be born again." And it was pretty obvious what he was saying to me, at that point, was that he'd had a real encounter with Jesus, in a very real way.

I've heard many stories about how he actually came to faith. But I know that CBS was a part of that. And really, with CBS, what really changed him, and what changed me, too, is the Scriptures. They're alive, and they're powerful. And reading them makes a difference in your life. Really impacts you."

You can read the whole article here.

The Fragility of the Good Life- Victor Hanson

"The good life sometimes can be lost quite unexpectedly and abruptly when people demand rights more than they accept responsibilities, or live for present consumption rather than sacrifice for future investment, or feel their own culture is not particularly exceptional and therefore in no need of constant support and defense." Read the rest of the article here and today's article here.

From www.realclearpolitics.com the best daily summary of the political pundits.

Artifacts

There have been so many interesting, old things in my mom's house that we've been cleaning for several months now as she gets ready to sell it and move in with us. We found a German Bible based on Luther's version and a second or third edition of Webster's dictionary.

I remember when my grandma died and the family was so disappointed because the state required her things be sold at auction to pay for my grandpa's nursing home care. I bought my grandma's bed, dresser and vanity. When we moved the vanity drawers fell on the highway. Somehow the bed disappeared. I keep accusing my husband on that one. All I have left is the dresser which is now scarred and smelly.

My son wanted this chair in the picture and it turns out that it belonged to my grandma and was sold at that same auction. I wish I knew the rest of the story.

The passing on of history is becoming more important to me as I live with my mom and hear her stories. I pray that we can be together long enough to get them written down.

By the way, his room never looked that good when he lived at our house. In fact, you wouldn't have been able to see the floor.

"May they fear the Lord while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations." Ps 72:5 ESV