Romans Wordles

Here are a few 'wordles' of Romans I made using Wordle.net. I copied the text from BibleGateway, then put the result in Notepad. Then I did edit/replace to get rid of all verse numbers. Enjoy!

Ever read through Paul's glorious letter to the Romans? Why not pick it up today?

Journey to Financial Freedom

Just a quick note to give praise and thanks to God for answering our prayer to pay off our most daunting credit card. We held this one for 12 years and have ALWAYS carried a balance, with interest rates up to 23%. God impressed on a good friend to confront me with my sinful lack of diligence and responsibility in this area. We are now committed to free up our finances to be used by the Lord for His purposes. Our credit card debt has dropped 58% after that talk. Once these are gone we will trust God to continue with our other debt!

Like us, if you carry credit card debt, please go to your knees and plead with God for wisdom and strength. Then watch for Him do amazing things in answering your prayers! BUT DON'T JUST WATCH, He is calling you to actively do what it requires to get out of debt (and this will mean sacrifice). But do all this in His power and strength!

Jim Elliff has written at least two great articles about finance. Please read!

Dying with Debt
7 Principles of Finance for the Believer

Thanks to those who have counseled, prayed and encouraged us on this journey! We will update periodically to boast in the LORD!

Fall pictures

Just wanted to share a few fall pictures.

First, a couple of pics of Myles enjoying the KC Pumpkin Patch. He's got some older buddies (the House boys) who he loves to hang out with. Here he is with one joyfully running to the next attraction.



You have to enlarge this one and notice the complete joy on his face as he goes down the slide!


Perhaps the caption for this one should read. "Granddad and Myles have heart-to-heart talk after Myles knocks out soccer kid." (this is NOT what happened, just kind of looked like it)

A couple weeks ago, Aimee painted our living room walls as high as she could, then I finished up with a friend's scaffolding and ladders (thanks Mark!) to get those really high walls!


We are getting our house ready to sell and painting was a huge step that is now out of the way!

Finally, our dear friend Deb shot some family pics at the OP Arboretum. It was a beautiful day and the pics came out great!

Happy Birthday Augustine!

Happy Birthday, Augustine of Hippo! The great Christian leader was, next to Paul and Christ, the most influential to Christianity!

He loves Thee too little
Who loves anything together with Thee,
Which he loves not for Thy sake.
-Augustine

The heavens declare the glory of God ...

I learned recently the number of stars that are estimated to be in our 'observable universe', with the aid of telescopes and computers.

That number is 10 to the 25th power or 1 followed by 25 zero's ...

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000!

It has made me praise God for His incredible creative power, and it's blown my mind to think that this Creator sent Christ to die in my place for my sin, giving me an eternal relationship with the One who created this infinite universe!

Found a great article that discusses this and puts it in perspective ...

http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v19/i2/stars.asp

I hope this causes you to rejoice in the Lord (always - Phil 4:4) despite the fact that it's Monday.

"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. (Psalm 19:1)"

Good article on a Christian response to the election ...

My wife's cousin, an Obama-supporter, sent a 'mass email' with a quote from Leon Wieseltier, of The New Republic:

“Americans who were not moved by what happened the other night were in some way un-American. A dry eye was a misinterpretation of American history.”

For the most part I agree. Many tears were shed, but those who voted ProLife were not shedding giddy tears of joy. But all is not lost. The Lord still reigns!

I loved these helpful words from 'My 2 Cents' ...

America has a new President-elect—one to whom most evangelicals (myself included) were opposed during the election due to his stance on abortion. So what?

* So we rejoice and rest in God’s sovereignty (Dan 2; 4:34-35; Psalm 75:5-7; Prov 21:1).

* So we start praying for our new leaders (1 Tim 2:1-4).

* So we put to rest the hysteria that I’ve heard from many Christians and pastors. Some have suggested that the future of the church and our ability to minister the gospel hung in the balance along with Oval Office during this election (and the ones in 2000 and 2004). Well, here’s a news flash: The gates of hell are no closer to prevailing against Christ’s church today than they were last week, last century, or during any political regime of the last 2000 years (Matt 16:18). The church will be fine. Mercy, it might be better off. The progress of the gospel has never depended on governmental leaders. It has thrived under Presidents, Kings, Emperors, and Dictators (2 Tim 2:9b). It will continue to do so.

Read the entire article, ...

Christians and the Obama Administration

You won't be sorry.

Finally, here's a funny picture I found today ...

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