Thanks Han, for the pics!L.s.R
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
In High Gear
Well, I was up at 5:15 am this morning.
Dad and I are on the last leg of our training and accomplished 22 miles today.
We were both really excited about how well it went and how good we felt afterwards.
I am looking forward to the marathon next week!
Thanks Dad for all of your encouragement and support, I couldn't do it without you!
Love you!
L.s.R
Dad and I are on the last leg of our training and accomplished 22 miles today.
We were both really excited about how well it went and how good we felt afterwards.
I am looking forward to the marathon next week!
Thanks Dad for all of your encouragement and support, I couldn't do it without you!
Love you!
L.s.R
Sunday, April 12, 2009
My Freedom-Giver. In every way.
***
Excerpts from Beth Moore's "Jesus, The One and Only"
(Pages 321-322)
***
However, nothing can deflate the spirits of an enthusiastic woman like an apprehensive audience.
They couldn't testify as witnesses.
Now isn't it just like my Jesus?
He threatened the status quo in countless ways, not the least of which concerned women. He involved them into Bible class (Luke 10:39) after they had spent centuries learning what little Scripture they could from their husbands.
He honored their service during a time in which men were the only ones who ministered publicly (Mark 15:41).
He healed, forgave, delivered, and made whole the very ones society shunned.
Women of ill repute.
Appointing these women [Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James] as the first to share the news of Jesus' Resurrection was a definite "custom shaker."
Jesus knew the apostles wouldn't believe them, but perhaps He felt that the pending discovery of their authenticity would breed a fresh respect.
After all, at the first roll-call in the post-ascension New Testament church you'll see women listed as apart of the first New Testament cell group (Acts 1: 13-14)
***
....Christ built His church on a foundation of mutual respect.
Don't misunderstand.
Christ wasn't prioritizing women over men. He simply took the ladder down to the basement where society had lowered women.
With His nail-scarred hands, He lifted them to a place of respect and credibility.
The last thing women should want to do in the body of Christ is to take men's places.
They have far too much responsibility for my taste!
But by all means, let's take our place!
We have also been called to be credible witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Excerpts from Beth Moore's "Jesus, The One and Only"
(Pages 321-322)
Luke 23:50-24:12
"....If I may say with a chuckle the one possible reason God chose to reveal the Resurrection first to women is because He can trust us to get the word out! Telling what we've been told is our speciality! ***
However, nothing can deflate the spirits of an enthusiastic woman like an apprehensive audience.
Luke 24:11 records that the apostles "did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense."
Sisters, don't be insulted by this scene in Luke 24:11. Rather, be blessed that God was up to something awesome in this seemingly insignificant detail.
You see, "the witness of women was not acceptable in that day."
They couldn't testify as witnesses.
Now isn't it just like my Jesus?
He threatened the status quo in countless ways, not the least of which concerned women. He involved them into Bible class (Luke 10:39) after they had spent centuries learning what little Scripture they could from their husbands.
He honored their service during a time in which men were the only ones who ministered publicly (Mark 15:41).
He healed, forgave, delivered, and made whole the very ones society shunned.
Women of ill repute.
Appointing these women [Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James] as the first to share the news of Jesus' Resurrection was a definite "custom shaker."
Jesus knew the apostles wouldn't believe them, but perhaps He felt that the pending discovery of their authenticity would breed a fresh respect.
After all, at the first roll-call in the post-ascension New Testament church you'll see women listed as apart of the first New Testament cell group (Acts 1: 13-14)
***
....Christ built His church on a foundation of mutual respect.
Don't misunderstand.
Christ wasn't prioritizing women over men. He simply took the ladder down to the basement where society had lowered women.
With His nail-scarred hands, He lifted them to a place of respect and credibility.
The last thing women should want to do in the body of Christ is to take men's places.
They have far too much responsibility for my taste!
But by all means, let's take our place!
We have also been called to be credible witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ."
I have been called to be a crediable witness for Jesus Christ.
He is Risen!
L.s.R
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
My Blurb for Today
I hate scrap-booking.
Do not get me wrong. I think it is a great idea, and admire anyone that does it, but I do not have enough patience. And while I am not organized enough for scrap-booking, I also don't like putting pictures in plain photo albums.
So enter Blurb.
It is a on-line site that allows you to create and design your own scrapbooks.
My goal is to do a book at the end of every year.
Thus the corny title of "My Life."
Didn't Bill Clinton have an autobio called that? Hahaha!
It was simple and fun to do.
My book was only twenty pages and cost $35 when it was all finished.
L.s.R
Sunday, March 29, 2009
New Beginnings
Spring is one of my favorite seasons.
I like to think of it as a new beginning.
The trees and flowers have a fresh start to show their possible beauty.
The sky seems bluer. The air seems clearer.
Spring is a season full of battles. Summer one day, winter the next.
Only rarely is there a balance between the temperatures to create the perfect Spring day.
Easter, the celebration of Christ rising from His grave, is in Spring.
Christ, by dying on the cross and rising again, won the battle over death.
Spring is a new beginning for nature and for us.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!"
2 Corinthians 5:17
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My Big Sister is Better than Yours!
Hannah and I took a road trip today!
Took pictures, shopped, antiqued, and talked....
I love you, Hannah!
L.s.R
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