Seriously

I've written in this blog like 14 (or 2) times and tried to put up a sweet video of Caedmon, or a few pictures and it wouldn't work! I'm thinking the issue is with the computer as I can't load any pictures onto Facebook right now either *sigh. So my writings are going to have to paint a picture until we can get something else going here.
Mark has left for Nebraska and I'm feeling lonely (he's been gone for 2 hours now). Of course Caedmon is here with me (Mark toyed with the idea of taking him, but I convinced him that taking a 2 year old to Nebraska in January to snipe prairie dogs and coyotes is just not smart) and my dear mother in law has come to stay (it really makes the nighttime less scary!), so I'm not alone. I'm just sad that my best friend is gone for a few days. Once when we were dating Mark and I fell asleep on the couch at my parents house in Colorado--my parents were MAD!!! (We only slept for an hour or so, as Mark got in really late and we had just stayed up talking) My dad said something wise to me later saying, "Once you sleep next to Mark it'll be really hard not to want to." And he was right. It's so wonderful to have your best friend always with you! Oh well, I'll not mope about it. How's that for a lovely word picture? (we'd better get this computer problem fixed, fast!)

Carried Me (OK, I'm Avoiding Laundry)

1. Put your iPod music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!




IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Deck the Halls

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Within Me

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Life, Love, and Why

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY
Siberian Sleigh Ride

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Power in the Blood

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Mistaken

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Love Them Like Jesus

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
What is This Thing Called Love

WHAT IS 2+2?
When You Say Nothing At All

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Longing Heart

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Why Walk When You Can Fly

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
You Do All Things Well

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Let Us Pray

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE
Bubbly

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU
Remedy

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Can You Feel It

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Mighty To Save

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Laurie De' Tullins

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Father Your Glorious

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
On God's Green Earth

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Whisper to Me

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Remember

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
He's the King

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Let the Church Rise

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Stained Glass Masquerade

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Before the Throne of Grace

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
For Freedom

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Fearless Heart

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Power of Your Love

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
You Are Good

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Carried Me

2008 (abridged, written by Mark and published in our church newsletter)

Christmas of 2008 has come and gone; 2008 has come and is almost gone! This year has been one of many blessings, and much heartbreak. In the last year I can see how many blessings God has given us as His family. From where I sit I can see so many people who have a renewed vigor for serving Christ. I love to see people in this [church] family that love to be here and love to bring people here, who love to sit and listen to God's Word and share with others what they've learned. People who have felt an urgency to tell someone about this Jesus that we love and serve.
Yes, the economy may not be what we would hope it to be, there may be some tougher times ahead, but this God we serve is bigger that all of that. He is bigger than the fear we feel when the boss says, "you aren't needed anymore." He's bigger that the news that the "cancer is back." He's bigger than the words, "I don't see a heartbeat on the ultrasound."
We serve a big God and we need to remember that. Look throughout the Bible and you will find many times when people are at their lowest and God showed his "bigness." When Joseph was in prison for something he didn't do, it was God who brought him out. When Daniel was in the lion's den, God's angel shut the [lion's] mouths. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were in a fiery furnace, someone like that "Son of God" was there with them. And He will be with us, so long as we love and serve Him.
As we start this New Year I was to tell everyone that when our focus is on Him and on serving Him, He will do great things. Bigger than anything we could imagine.
"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!" (Ephesians 3.20-21)
Happy New Year