Thankful for a friend

Have just been reminded recently of how very blessed I am to have this girl as my friend!

People usually speak of peer pressure as a bad thing...but when you have godly friends "peer pressure" from them can be a very good thing! :) So thankful for this godly friend!  

Wherever He may guide me,

No want shall turn me back;

My Shepherd is beside me,

And nothing can I lack.

His wisdom ever waketh;

His sight is never dim;

He knows the way He taketh,

And I will walk with Him.

- Anna L. Waring

The Glory of the Cross

Here promises were exchange for fulfillment, shadows give way to reality, sin is judges, forgiveness is offered, wrath is propitiated, grace is enthroned, death is defeated, life and immortality come to light, Satan received his mortal wound, the glorious victory of righteousness is assured, the kingdom of darkness received its deathblow and the kingdom of His dear Son triumphs. The cross separated darkness from light, the temporal from the eternal, the carnal for the spiritual, death from immortality, perdition from life, hell from heaven. It is the foundation of the salvation of God, the only hope for mankind, the pinnacle of Christ's self-giving love for man.It is the manifestation of the holiness and righteousness of God in relation to sin. It brings reconciliation, redemption, restoration, and the eventual realization of glorification. It brings praise and glory to the one and only God who Himself actualized it!

This is the glory of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! 

Infinite Plan

"In infinite wisdom God designed salvation; in infinite grace and at infinite cost God procured salvation in Christ Jesus, His only begotten Son; in infinite power God sent forth the Holy Spirit to actualize salvation in the individual; in infinite compassion God instituted missions - first through Israel and now through His Church - in order that helpless and hopeless mankind might hear, know and believe the Good News of the infinite salvation of God for mankind." - George Peters in A Biblical Theology of Missions

"Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." - Philippians 2:6-8 

These are amazing verses! Jesus Christ is God Almighty and He took on the form of a man. Hebrews 2 tells us that man is lower than the angels. God’s Son took on the form of His creation but not even of His highest creation (Angels) but of an even lower creation (Man), veiled His awesome glory, chose to abide under certain limitations of humanity and died an extremely cruel death in order to provide salvation for sinners like me. Who is more worthy of my life? None! 

September 26th, 2013

50 years ago today my Papa was born. In 1991 the doctors told him that his second child would be born to him on September 26th. I was that second child but come as his early birthday present on September 23rd. Papa and Mama did not know if they were going to have a girl or a boy and Papa was afraid to have a daughter because he didn't think he had what it would take to raise a girl. I stand here today, 22 years later, and say with all my heart that he has been the best Papa a girl has ever had!

Happy Birthday Papa! Thank you for walking with God! I love you!

What Grace!

"What Grace! From heaven to earth, from glory to shame, from Master to servant, from life to death, even the death of the cross!" 

Warren Wiersbe in his commentary on Philippians 2