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Should Christians Be on Facebook?
from R.C. Sproul Jr.
Should Christians be on Facebook? What about all the privacy issues that are in the news these days?

I sometimes wonder if the devil doesn’t take great pleasure in irony, in watching us turn ourselves inside out while missing the point. While I am on Facebook, and therefore at least hold to a tentative conviction that such is allowable for Christians, there are any number of reasons to raise concerns over it. Privacy and the lack thereof, however, would likely be the last one I would raise. With Facebook’s very public and controversial announcement of its change in policy with respect to privacy, that, however, is what has many Christians concerned. How, I wonder, can a person take a technology that exists to say to the watching world, “Here I am. Come see about me” complain that the world is coming to see about them? Anyone who wishes more privacy can find such easily enough. Don’t use Facebook. If you already do, stop. We are in a moral uproar for all the wrong reasons. We are aghast at the owners of Facebook for daring to change their policy (which, remember, the original policy held out as at their discretion) rather than being appalled at ourselves for implicitly breaking the 8th Commandment. We think because we are a user of Facebook that such makes us an owner of Facebook, and so demand this and demand that from the real owners.

That said, here are some very real concerns I have about Facebook. First, has it become a god to us? When God commands that we have no other god’s before Him He doesn’t mean ranked higher than Him, but rather He means in His presence. If Facebook is too needful for you, you may need to stop. Second, has it become a graven image? Have you confused its reality with real reality? Do you really think you have 200 friends? Third, have you taken the Lord’s name in vain? That is, have you, in weaker moments, put a bad face publicly on your Christian witness? Are you laughing at your old sins with that old buddy from college or high school?

Fourth, is Facebook giving me the peace of the Lord, or agitating me? (And please note the very real difference between that peace that passes understanding and that “peace” we receive when we feed a habit, when we get a fix.) Am I jumpy when I don’t get to log on? Am I more keyed up after I’ve logged off? Fifth, am I honoring those in authority over me? Wives, are you failing to honor your husbands because you’re too busy reading about your friends? Children, are you failing to honor your parents because you’re too busy sending flair?

Sixth, is this technology honoring to life? The cyberworld can be a barren wasteland, not because it is filled with pornography and gambling, but because it isn’t real, because it is Gnostic. Seventh, are you loving your spouse on Facebook? Is the rush of nostalgia from finding long lost friends encouraging you to be dissatisfied? Are you secretly looking for that old girlfriend? Are you already caught up in adultery simply by wishing you could be sixteen again? Or do you not know that Facebook can all too easily devolve into relational pornography? The allure of porn is that you think you can have the joys of the sexual union without having to have a real relationship with a real person. The allure of Facebook is much the same. Eighth, are you stealing from your employer by not giving a full days work because you are moonlighting at Farmville, or as a Mafia Don? Or, simply because you are spending your hours at work at play?

Ninth, are you lying? That is, is the you you present on Facebook the real you? This technology has an insidious capacity to both hide reality and fool us into thinking we are both showing and seeing it. Why are our updates all about our victories- I just made cookies for the family; My son just hit the game winning home run; rather than our failures- I just shouted at my little girl; I left my computer on the airplane and it’s gone? Keep a particularly close eye on this one. And tenth, is Facebook encouraging contentment or resentment? Are you coveting your neighbor’s friend count? Are you jealous of how many “likes” there are for his posts compared to yours? And are you content with the real life you are shutting out while hunched over your keyboard?

Please don’t misunderstand this little thought experiment. I suspect we could walk through the Ten Commandments in light of our church, and find many of the same temptations. That doesn’t mean you should stay away from church. It does mean we ought to be deliberate enough to know what we are doing, and why we are doing it. And deliberate begins by affirming that our own hearts are not just desperately wicked, but deceitful as well. We don’t need to protect our privacy. We need instead to expose our sins to the light, the light of Scripture that we might repent and believe, that His face might shine upon us.

My prayer

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"O God, to have the Almight Sovereign of the universe as my personal, watchful, caring friend, hovering over me, showering daily graces upon me-this changes everything. In your infinite perfection, you are sufficient for all my needs, now and forever. Your love will never abandon me, even when I sin. Your plan will never fail me, even when I lose my way. Your sovereignty will never unthrone itself, allowing the enemies of my soul to rob me of your promises. All is well, for you are there, and you are mine. I boast in you, mighty Friend. In the holy name of Christ. Amen"

Love this guy!!

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"Our souls cannot climb out of the mire of sin because they are dead. Salvation comes not to those who cry out, “Show me the way to heaven,” but to those who cry, “Take me there for I cannot.”

Lest we see the sinner’s prayer as mere technique, we must remember that Christ raises the dead that they might walk. We do not mumble the magic words and then wait to die. Christianity is about spiritual growth as well. It is about work, the hard work of sanctification. Regeneration is monergistic, God’s work alone. Sanctification, the process by which we are made holy, is synergistic, God’s work with us.

God’s part is easy for Him. He needs no shortcuts because He never tires. We, though, must ever fight the temptation to seek the shortcut. No technique will make us holy. No technique of the Devil’s, though, can stop the process of Christ making us into His image. Those whom He calls He sanctifies.

Our sanctification requires the Spirit of God and, because He has so ordered His world, sanctification requires the disciplined and repeated use of the means of grace. Five minutes a day of Bible study smells like technique. Arid, it is sure to fail. We must immerse ourselves in the Word of God. Then, as Jesus promised, we will know the truth and the truth will set us free. Then we will be His disciples (John 8:31–32)." -- RC Sproul

Who cares??

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"Who cares? Do you care?

I care… well sometimes I do. I probably don’t care as much as I think I do, or as much as I ‘should’. I want to care, I want to help, I want to love! The problem is…me!

In the past year my family has encountered some of the most caring people we have ever met, and then, on the other hand, we have also been around ‘the others’.

People who care are an amazing set of individuals, who I am incredibly grateful for and challenged by. People who care demonstrate love and compassion, empathy, selflessness, and a host of other traits that meet the deep needs of the hurting and truly bear each others burdens.

‘The others’ are also an interesting group, some of these don’t care and don’t even care that they don’t care, and still others think they care but really their care is only towards their own well-being, which I don’t think fits the definition of what I am talking about.

If there is anything I have learned about myself in the past year it is that on most days I fit in better with ‘the others’ than with the people who care. Honestly, I hate this about myself and something has to change. For years, I have often been admonished to care, by statements such as…

-People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care!

-Galatians 6:2Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

So what’s my problem? That’s the wrong question, the more proper question is what are my problems, there are a lot of them. However, here is I think, the root of the problem. I don’t care, because I am not receiving the care I need. Too often, I look to lesser things to meet my ultimate needs and the desires of my heart. These lesser things bring false fulfillment and leave me longing for more and looking to other sources. All the while, I have a gracious and powerful Father who offers me this…

1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Only when I humbly place my cares in God’s mighty hands, and receive his love am I fully prepared to show others the care they so desperately need. So my conclusion has to be this…Remember ‘the others’, the ones that don’t seem to care, they are not living in or experiencing the unfailing love of God. They are not being filled with his mercy and compassion, for if they were they couldn’t help but to love people radically and care selflessly for the hurting.

The solution: Humble yourself by looking to Jesus, the one whose eyes are full of compassion and hands are mighty to save, or to just give you a hug. Take all of your personal cares, anxiety, worries and everyday give them to Jesus. Why? The answer to why, is the answer to my initial question…Who cares? Jesus cares! Jesus cares and is the spring of life and love, the God of compassion and our example of sacrificial, redeeming love." - Aaron McRae

Summer

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This summer looks much different than last. It, to be honest, has been a struggle for me and something that I had to wrestle out with God.

Last summer it was a summer of fun, traveling, and literally just kinda flying by the seat of my pants. I took in two great pro baseball games, traveled to Branson, Fayetteville, Lakeside, Mackinac, St. Louis, Chicago, Hawaii, and on and on. I went to Cedar Point and finally got on the top thrill dragster. It was just a fun summer and I didn't have to work, I had plenty of money, and a fun traveling buddy.

This summer I had to "grow-up". I got a full time job, going to school full time, raising two, now official, teenage sons, teach one to drive, and no "buddy" to hang with.

There has been a little bit of bitterness cause not everyone is having my summer. Out of no where it hit me.

IT'S NOT BETTER THAN GOD!!!

Last summer is not better than GOD. Wondering if I am offending, doing what God is calling me to do, leading someone astray, not being faithful, forgoing friends. Don't get my wrong it was by far the funnest summer of my adult life but...

NO, LAST SUMMER IS NOT BETTER THAN GOD.

This summer is about GOD and that is BETTER!!!

Storm

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I'm spending the day fasting today and it has already been such a sweet time. I'm not working until end of the week and so I the day and as I am walking through this time God has just been so merciful to me. I love what I heard from Matt this morning and truly wanting to love God with more of my mind and more of my heart. I also love what he said about building our house on the sand or the rock. "just because our house is built on the rock doesn't mean the storm is not coming." I think so many times "God why am I suffering, why is this storm present I'm on the rock?" I love where I am, as much rain is falling. The anticipation of the Son is great!!!

Wait

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"I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD."

Psalm 28:13-14

Wrestling it out

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This is my little place that each morning I sit on my little trunk at the end of my bed and have my time with God. Something that Beth Moore and Matt Chandler both say quite a bit is to “wrestle it out with God.” I think about that a lot. Beth Moore talks about us having questions, not hiding our disappointments and devastations but just asking God to help us through them. I’ve had my share of disappointments and I have been devastated before, not that long ago, but here’s the thing. It takes time and as you walk through that time you want your character to be strengthened.

The picture of my last devastation and one that I am still healing from has not been pretty. There have been times I have just kinda looked back and said, “did I really just do that, is that really the way I just responded?"

Here’s the truth. God’s will for our lives are filled with sanctification, submission, and suffering. Through all of this we are called to obey. To do it as graceful as possible and with thanksgiving for God’s great mercy.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/A_Quick_Word_with_Beth_Moore/archives.asp?bcd=4/7/2010

This is a great word from Beth. Just a quick two minutes. Take the time!!

Beautiful words...

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"We know God by two means: first, by the creation, preservation and government of the universe, which is before our eyes like a most elegant book, wherein all creatures, great and small, are as so many characters leading us to contemplate the invisible things of God, namely, his eternal power and Godhead, as the Apostle Paul says. All which things are sufficient to convince men and leave them without excuse. Second, he makes himself more clearly and fully known to us by his holy and divine Word, that is to say, as far as is necessary for us to know in this life, for his glory and our salvation.

The Belgic Confession, 1516

Deep Ellum

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We went to Deep Ellum (downtown dallas) today to the arts fair. We had a great time. Joy and I both got super awesome rings. We took Drew with us but I'm not sure how into it he was. I love Dallas. This was a great place to hang out. They had great music, tons of beautiful art, and lots of good food.

Joy and Drew just sharing their food

Joy and I being happy!!!

Not really sure but everything was cool including all the people.

Books!!!!

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Okay, so one thing I love about this new season of life and all my classes being online is that I have my morning again. I make my coffee, grab a cup, grab all my books, and start in. For some people who know me deeply they know that I love to sit with all my books and just read little bits here and there, look up scripture references, and then journal. It might be one of my favorite things in the world.

I recently got this new book. I have spent a lot of time hunting this one down. Finally find it on Amazon but then they had to connect to someone outside who then sent it to me personally so the whole process took a while. It was worth it!! I love this book!!

Along with starting this one I am back in Desiring God by John Piper. Every single morning I seem to flip back to page 74 with these beautiful words. I have to share them with you.

" There is the fruit of daily gladness that Paul speaks of in Romans 15:13: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing." Here joy and peace flow from faith into the whole of life. In conversion we find the hidden Treasure of the kingdom of God. We venture all on it. And year after year in the struggle of life, we prove the value of the treasure again and again, and we discover depths of riches we had never known. And so the joy of faith grows. When Christ calls us to a new act of obedience that will cost us some temporal pleasure, we call to mind the surpassing value of following Him, and by faith in His proven worth, we forsake the worldly pleasure. The result? More joy! More faith! Deeper than before. And so we go on from joy to joy and faith to faith.

Behind the repentance that turns away from sin, and behind the faith that embraces Christ, is the birth of a new taste, a new longing, a new passion for the pleasure of God's presence. This is the root of conversion."

Have a blessed day!!!

Dallas Stars

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Kent was so wonderful to get all of us tickets to the Dallas Stars game Saturday. This was a first for the boys. They have never been to a pro hockey game before let alone in the Platinum level seating with all kinds of perks. We had so much fun!!!! Kent is such a wonderful friend and a real blessing to our family!!!

YEAHHHHH KENT!!!!!!!!!!!

Drew, myself, and Hunter

These were are seats. There were ten of us!!

The boys always love a picture with their mom!!!!! hee hee

This one is the best!!!! The day before the game Judi and I decided to go to the Versa Spa. Again, thanks Kent!! We might of turned a little orange.

It really was one super day and a great way to end the break with great family and friends!!

Quick Post

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You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11

I wanted to post pics and some fun things from break but before I do I had to put this up. As I have looked back on my last year and look at my life in this current year it's easy for me to go either way. I seem to daily have to make a choice on how I look at it. I must say there have been a few days, one not to long ago, that I choose the wrong way to look at it and it's a miserable day.

God is just too good to let me wollow (that's a texas word and i don't even know if i spelled it right) in it. He has lifted me up so much this year and just given me so many sweet moments and friends in it. I truly am blessed. I love school. I love Judi. I love that Joy will be here soon. I love these boys and watching them totally get into their church activities. I could just go on and on.

I'll leave it at that. I love this verse and I love that God loves me, even me!!!

Lost!!

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I am crazy into Lost this season. I'm sure that it has something to do with the fact that I lived in Hawaii and was always stalking the set. Thought I'd share a little.

This is the Other's Village when they burnt down one of the houses. Justin and I went one day.

Me in front of Locke's trailer. Did get to see him that night just he and I walking in between the trailers. He was so nice and so cool.

Justin and Sun. I was to chicken to ask for a photo but Justin wasn't. Of course now I regret it. Crazy to see the episodes this season when she is wearing that and we saw it filmed.

This is at the Other's Village. This is the garage that Juilette worked at. Justin and I went there one day.

One night on the set one of the crew members gave me a hot dog and coke. It was so cool!!

Okay, so yes I appear a little obsessed but it was so cool and so much fun sneaking on set and meeting the different cast and seeing everything. Now that I live back on the mainland I am so happy I did it.

Providence.......

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Well, I am finally feeling settled here in Texas. Life is so full of twists and turns that sometimes it just leaves us stunned. I would have to say I’ve had a few months like that in the last three years. I would have never dreamed I would end up in Texas back in school full time. Nor would I have dreamed that journey would take me through Hawaii. It’s been good, not to say it’s not been hard but it has been good.

I would love to say that everything went great. That things unfolded smoothly, friendships all stayed in tack, and things that feel apart I was able to mend. That wasn’t the case for me but I don’t think it is for many so that’s okay.

One thing I have learned these last few weeks is that God provides more sweet providences than bitter. Sometimes we just don’t see it that way. In the book of Ruth Naomi has lost her husband, her two sons, and one daughter-in-law and she professes that the Lord has dealt bitterly with her. That she went away full and was sent back empty. I can’t say that there have not been a few occasions that I have not wanted to agree. But in what appears to be a bitter providence God has given her much sweet providence as well. She has a wonderful daughter-in-law who as pledged to not leave her side. She was returned to a land that has no famine. I read this story and although I have not suffered death I can easily feel sorry for myself and feel bitterness wanting to show it’s ugly face in my life. I want everyone to be happy, I want second chances at friendships, and I want to never have to suffer. I could really go on all day….

God is good!!!! He knows my comings and my goings. He has my days planned before I ever wake and so in light of that good news I accept what I might momentarily want to see as bitter providence and I hold out for that beautiful day when I see his sweet face and rejoice with the King of Glory!!!!

Maximus

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I wanted to update on our new little guy, Max. We love him so much!! Well, let me say that Drew and I love him so much, Hunter is still warming up. He's getting there though. We caught him playing with him the other night with one of his toys so it won't be long.

The little guy is just so cute and so much fun!! We weighed him the other day. When we put him on the scale he's still to light so Drew had to weigh and then hold him. He weighed in at 2.4 pounds. He loves to play and doing so well with his potty training. He sleeps with Drew in his bed at night and Drew is yet to smash him so that's good!!!

We are taking a little trip over Spring Break and we can't wait to take him with us. It will be so fun to introduce him to everyone.

24 Hours

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It's amazing what 24 hours can do with the weather in Texas. We woke up to this winter wonderland on Friday morning and then next morning it was gone. It's crazy!!!! The boys were excited though to get out of school two days. That give us a five day holiday!!!

Saturday Morning

Friday Morning

Saturday Morning

Friday Morning

This is the Saturday Morning shot from my first post, SNOW DAY

SNOW DAY

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Okay, so the weather is crazy today!! We are supposed to be getting 10 inches of snow and my friend Judi, most awesome person in the world, said this is the most snow she has seen in the 18 years she's been in Dallas. It's a really wet and heavy snow. Hunter and I went out earlier and the snow was weighing down all the trees. We had to get to sonic between 2-4pm for our half price drink!! We thought about heading out of town since we knew there would be no school tomorrow either but we couldn't decide if we should go to Fayetteville or Big Cedar Lodge so we just decided to hang around here. We got a bunch of movies and thought we'd just laugh our heads off by the fire tonight instead!

The picture above is outside my back door. It reminds me so much of Narnia it's crazy. I have been sitting in the window all day dreaming that it was Narnia and so want to go find the light post. I keep asking the boys if thats Mr. Tummus I see. They can't quit making fun of me but I don't care.

The Love Month!!!!!

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Well here we go into another month. They seem to just be flying by. School is well under way and I am loving it. So very thankful that it has worked out for me to be able to go back. The schedule is working perfect with the boys and they are doing great in school as well. Yeah school!!!!!!!

January was a tough month! God's doing a lot in my life. Just showing me so many areas of my life that need work. Not always the most pleasant way but I am learning to trust Him. I am so thankful to be at the village and all the resources it has to offer. It's so easy for me to want to plan my own steps. God has been very present in helping me see that He is fulling my purpose, planning my steps, and making everything beautiful in His time. I love this little statement, "Each loss is truest gain if, day by day, He fills the place of all He takes away."

Well people it's the love month. Got Megan coming this month. Yeah!!!!!! Learning to continue to make God my first love. Got a good supply of candy hearts!!!! I think we'll be fine!!!

Few things!!

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I have a few things tonight. It has been awhile since I got on here. I am going to make more of an effort since I am no longer on facebook. I have closed my account. Judi gives me one week and Drew is going with three days. It kinda feels good to not be so controlled by facebook. It seems that I was checking it constantly all day long. For those people that live away from us they know my blog address and can keep up with us that way

So it has been a crazy day!! Started out working at The Village and it turns out they had me down for the wrong day and I didn’t work after all. I will be next Friday though. I love that little job. It’s great to get to know everyone from church and hang out. I then tried to go to the library to study and it was closed. Then went to two different Starbucks both were full with no tables. Then landed at one that was so crazy loud I couldn’t focus. Ugh……… Tried to eat healthy by going to Subway for a veggie sandwich and had to wait 25 minutes cause only one guy was working and could of cared less how long the line was becoming. Just one crazy day!!!!

I got a new MacBook Pro last week and I am not picking it up very well at all. In the morning Kent is going to set me up with a guy in Nashville that is somehow going to take over my computer from Nashville and do everything I need and get all the stuff set up the way I want. Meanwhile, I was at Barnes and Noble tonight and guess what I bought.

The biggest news of all is our little addition to the family. He is weighing in at one pound and won’t get any bigger than five pounds. He’s such a great little guy and sleeping all night, not crying, and potty training like a champ. Poor Drew and Hunter didn’t hold a candle to our new little Maximus. We call him Max.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Little Update

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We are getting all settled in and still loving Texas!!! God has just done so many wonderful things since we arrived. Just a very blessed time!!! It feels so good to have some peace. Thought I'd post a few pics of our place. Things are a little cluttered still but here ya go.

drew on the couch

looking to the living room

kitchen


dining room with drew's clutter

my fireplace

christmas tree

hunter on PS3 always......

Texas!!

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So we arrived in Texas safe and sound!!! Starting to feel a little weary from all the unpacking, time change, not having beds yet (long story), etc...... but we are loving it. It feels so much like home and we have had a wonderful time getting reacquainted with old friends.

In all my tiredness I was a little emotional last night. I know it's hard to believe, me emotional. Ha Ha yes, I'm laughing with all of you. But God has given me some much needed quiet time this morning and I was reading a friends blog and read down her list of things that she was thankful for and it just spurred me to realize how very blessed I am. In all the chaos of life I have so much. So here goes my list..................

1. First and foremost I have to say God's word. I have been doing this study of God's love and I had put it down for a few days with the move. Well, I got back into it this morning and had about 10 verses to record. I am up to nine pages right now and it just blessed me and gave me such peace. God's word is so unbelievably rich. Find a guide if you need to but start recording His word. You will be astonished at how life changing it can be when you just submerge yourself in it. Okay, I'll get off my soap box!!!!

2. My family! These boys have been through so much in the last two years and while they still can pick and fight with each other they are wonderful children. They have held it together and we have stuck together through a lot. I couldn't do it without them and their funny, quirky ways. At that end of if all they always make me laugh!!!!!

3. My friends! Through all of this God has just so beautiful placed the gift of friends all along the way when I have needed it most. My friends are as goofy as I and I LOVE TO LAUGH WITH THEM.

4. Don't worry food is coming up!! We got to try some of the coolest food while we lived in Hawaii. Yes, we love SPAM!!! Had a great Thanksgiving feast with our friends the Kinney's. Already had some great BBQ here in Texas.

5. I don't want to leave out all the little blessing we don't realize. Getting something on sale, having a stranger smile at us, a sweet little pat on the back from the guy at Walmart, the dollar menu, a great office episode, towels drying in one cycle and saving the quarters, the list goes on and on. It's these things that God gives us each day that let us know just how much He loves us. This is one of my favorite!!!

Okay, so there you have it. We're in Texas and we are so very thankful!!!!

God's Love and Laughter

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So the day after my birthday I decided to start this 31 day study of God's love. At the end of each day are a few extra verses to look up. I decided to type the verses out each day. Then I decided to make a binder entitled God's Love and print them. Well, from there I decided to add my thoughts each day and then I got really crazy (ha ha) and decided to put down each day a few small simple ways God shows me his love. Well, as you can see this project is just taking on a life of its own. I LOVE IT!!!!!!! It has become this wonderful way each day I can continue to strive to make God my first love.

All this to say that today I put that my little gift of God's love is laughter. I have been much more specific than that each day but today I started to type these things out and realized it was all laughter. I love to laugh. It's so much fun. I love laughing with people. I have this friend Joy and I think that's our most common interest that we share. We laugh are heads off. We quote the most random things from Arrested Development, The Office, Curb, Seinfeld, etc...... No one around us has a clue which just makes us laugh even harder. Here's the great thing, the office had this great opening last week and so I showed it to my fellow employees and they all just kinda looked at me. I was on the floor laughing so hard. Bam! in walks Joy and we just take off with the quotes. It was beautiful.

I have to just say I love God's little gifts and one of my favorite is laughter. Get on you tube, find something funny, grab a friend and laugh!!!!!!!!!!

Yogurtland!!!!

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Okay for the next week or so I'm gonna be posting like crazy all our favs in Hawaii.

This is my yogurtland, coconut with fresh strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi.

The boys eating!

So we love this place! It's so cool. You go in and get a cup and serve yourself your own frozen yogurt and then you go to this bar, kinda like a salad bar, and you put on all your own toppings. They have everything. Drew had mango yogurt with butterfingers and Hunter had some kind of berry with gummy worms and sprinkles. Then they weight it and you pay by the ounce. It's awesome!!

This beautiful day!

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God's beautiful words to me today........

"I like Psalm 16:2,5 in the New Century Version: "Every good thing I have comes from you.... The Lord is all I need." The more we let God be God in our lives, the more we find that He is the answer to what we're lacking, the answer to what we're longing for. Our needs and our trials give Him a chance to reveal Himself in new ways. For every need in our emotional or mental or spiritual life, for every problem in our relationships, for every trial we go through, God offers something (such as His love, His power, His provision) that can bring us through triumphantly-if we know and believe and count on Him in the hour of need. God is our first Source, and

ultimately the only Source, of all we need for a full and satisfied life."

To make Him my first love and source...