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Tori wrote a good short article about what is going on with the baby. So rather than me rewrite...just go to Little Sugar Mama.

Idol

Any of you watching IDOL?

Who are you liking? My favorite is Blake Lewis. But that Dolittle woman can sing for real. But I most enjoy the Blake guy. Actually I have an "its a small world" story. Sligh, the fat guy with curly hair (who by the way, I loved his fans in the crowd holding the sign that said "Bringing Chubby Back"...is a Christian and there's a guy in my small group...who, his nephew died and Sligh was his friend and came to the funeral with his band from church and played at his friend (this guy's nephew)'s funeral.

bye bye Shaub

The Falcons traded their great backup QB Matt Shaub to the Texans. I would have rather them traded Vick.

'68 Firebird

We went down to Warner Robins to visit Tori's parents this weekend. Micah's Paw Paw has pretty much finished restoring his '68 Firebird. I got to take it for a spin. ....oh yeah....it was awesome. I love this first two pictures the most. Check out Micah's "bad to the bone" expression in the first one.

Growing up

I'm sure some of you have already experienced this quite awhile ago, but it amazing to me looking at Micah get around and play now. He is not a baby anymore. He is a boy. He hops on big wheels and takes off, he climbs up on the couch and reads (or looks at) a book, he sleeps in a big boy bed. He not a baby, but a boy. Thats awesome. I suppose that is forced into perspective again, as we are about to have a baby again. How seamlessly they change from one to the other.

I am going to hear Ravi on March 25th

The marriage conference that I was supposed to be going to has been canceled. So now I am available and am going to hear Ravi speak at FBC Woodstock. If anyone out there in blog world would like to go with me or meet me there, let me know. I plan to go regardless, but I'd be nice to have some company.

March 25th (Sunday) in the evening.

Remember that Ravi thing I said I couldn't go to.....well...that still may be true....but it might turn out that I can go after all......

keep that in mind.

funny

This is at the hotel some students stayed at during the Clarity conference. Its a rather new, black mustang. ...Its hanging off the parking lot. Apparently, some hotshot tried to back up quickly or something. Pretty funny.

Clarity Conference

I drove the youth to a conference called Clarity this weekend. It was very, very good. The main speaker was Dr. David Platt. To see a vdeo, click here. (The first half is kind of a flashback, but the 2nd half gives reference to this year's conference.

According to a University of Chicago study, the average person who describe themselves as "very interested in anime" showers once every three days.

Finger-lickin' good

Today in class at work, a kid fell over in his desk and cut the tip of his finger practically to the bone. He had to get 20 stitches.

Later, another girl went out the door and threw up in the hall.

Wonderful day.

Tomb of Jesus

In case you watch the "documentary" about the tomb of Jesus, this might interest you. Jacob told me about his OT prof's blog where he is doing a rebuttal. If you wish to see it, it is here.

Emperor Michael has ruled long enough...

To help the forces of squirel good-dom, and battle Emperor Michael and his apprentice Jon Vader, the Jedi squirels have been summoned.

Here they are practicing their techniques.

J.Putnam

This guy's name IS Jared Putnam. And he does have a myspace. I just think its funny. Love the picture.

Eerie, Powerful, Time-travel Preaching

Unless you have been on another planet, you have seen and heard about two major disasters that have taken place in the Southeast. The last count I heard was that 19 people were killed in the tornadoes, and 6 college students were killed from the bus going off the overpass in Atlanta.

I found it quite amazing, because just the day before I had read something that applies to these tragedies in an ironically profound way.

I was reading about the renown C.H. Spurgeon on Wikipedia. He is considered by some to be the greatest preacher who ever lived (Jesus excluded). His nickname is "The Prince of Preachers". I came across an interesting passage while reading about him:

On the death of missionary David Livingstone, a discolored and much used copy of one of Spurgeon's printed sermons "Accidents, Not Punishments" was found among his few possessions, along with the handwritten comment at the top of the first page "Very good, D.L." He had carried it with him throughout his travels in Africa, and it was returned to Spurgeon and treasured by him (W. Y. Fullerton, Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography, ch. 10).

Of course, David Livingstone is the famous missionary to Africa. And I thought, wow…one of his few physical possessions was this typed sermon by Spurgeon. So I decided I wanted to read this sermon, held in such personal regard. So I followed the link to the sermon, "Accidents, not Punishments."

Here is the paragraph summary of the topic of the sermon:

Spurgeon preached this message in response to two disasters that had hit very close to home. On Sunday, August 25, 1861, a nightmarish collision between two trains in the Clayton Tunnel (a 1.5-mile long tunnel between London and Brighton) had claimed 23 lives and severely injured hundreds. Barely more than two weeks later, on Monday, September 2, another train wreck in Kentish Town Fields (in North London) claimed 15 more lives.

Little did I know, how relevant this sermon could be in the next 24 hours. It is a powerful sermon. Besides speaking to the topic, the latter part of the sermon deals with death, which comes for us all. The man had a God given gift of powerful preaching, and it gave me goosebumps.

I realize that some of us don't like extensive reading…but if you want to hear the sermon that the Prince of Preachers would preach this coming Sunday, had he lived during this tragic week, I implore you to read this powerful sermon.

"ACCIDENTS, NOT PUNISHMENTS"

¹⁹ Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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At the risk of looking and sounding corny, I wanted to share this moment. I was just in the living room and I was listening to praise music. I was just fiddling around, but you know, when you are listening to a praise song you like, and you get into it for a minute. Well, I took a few moments from whatever I was doing and was having a moment of personal worship though the song. I look over at Micah, whose in his high chair, and I see him doing the same thing I am doing. I used my laptop to get a picture of us doing what we were doing ...Now I know he is just emulating my movements, but when I saw him doing this, it really touched me. He is watching me. How much I want for him to serve the Lord with all his heart, soul and mind. A big part of leading him to that comes from me. I pray that I will be the example of a servant, who loves God in Spirit and truth, that I must be for him. What a responsibility...what a privilege.

I want to be a man after God's own heart.
Now he duplicates my movements.....one day I pray he will duplicate what is in my heart.



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