Not much time today, but I thought I’d share from a few of the women I look forward to hearing from at TGCWC12
Paige Benton Brown on Singleness
Kathleen Nielson on Gospel and Gender
Elyse Fitzpatrick on being the ‘odd woman out’
As we wait just a few more days for the second in the Living Story Bible study series to arrive, I decided to revisit some of the things I’ve learned about who I am through Learning God’s Story of Grace:
For some wonderful reason, probably because I’m thinking of our son who is in Florence with the youth choir singing this – this tune is playing in my heart this morning. So good to start the week thinking of how we love because he first loved us. I encourage you to read and pray these lyrics as you listen to the lovely rendering by Red Mountain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0dAOR2ljk8&feature=youtube_gdata_playerMy Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
Having experienced some of these losses in the past few months, I’d love to write and write about my response to this article about “losing your voice,”, but since I don’t have that much writing stamina right now, I’ll just suggest you read this article and imagine how someone who thinks about our constant struggle with performance idolatry someone who sees grief as a holy emotion might view this challenge. Losing Voice( If you aren’t aware, Christopher Hitchens is a great writer and perhaps one of the world’s better-known atheists, author of the book, God Is Not Good.)
Getting excited about next week’s Gospel Coalition for women, I’ve been reading blogs from various speakers. I really liked this one by Noel Piper, who stayed at our house with her husband and two children almost 17 years ago during a hurricane, though that’s another story:-). I hope to get to reconnect with her at the conference. That’s Not Fair
In the just plain fascinating category – Monday Dots on a website devoted to helping create great presentations: Garr Reynolds and Jeff Monday
Because we all need cookies sometimes. And these are the.best.ever. Reina Cookies
So excited to announce…it is available for your great enjoyment! Watch trailer. Order book. Be changed:)!
So yesterday, in a sun-break during the worst deluge in 80-something Pensacola years, a funny thing happened. I had to drop our son off for choir rehearsal at 8:30 a.m., and then since I had 30 minutes to kill before they sang, I decided to drive the short mile to the bay park downtown to see if they had yet reopened the restaurant where we had been scheduled to celebrate my daughter’s 19th birthday the previous evening. Right around this time, some blue sky shoved its way in between a few moving clouds, and it was so beautiful I decided to park and take a moment to watch the powerful water. Just as I was trying to recall the words of Psalm 46 that I’ve been trying to memorize (“Therefore we will not fear though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam…” (I looked it up:-)) — a large wave crashed against the sea wall, and the spray from the wave shot up and rained down — heavier than being caught in a sprinkler but not quite like a bucket of water tossed — on me. I tried to take a self-pic to show how wet I was, but it doesn’t quite capture the moment. Anyway, driving back to church (and trying to decide if I would actually enter in my slightly sodden state), my Ipod landed on this song by All Songs and Daughters. I laughed — indeed, “we’ve been soaked in all the grace that we’ve been given.” (Which brings to mind the thought that grace doesn’t always look like we think it should, but that’s fodder for another day:).
Anthony Hoisington, Chris Hoisington, Leslie Jordan and David Leonard
© 2011 Integrity’s Praise! Music/BMI and Integrity’s Alleluia! Music/SESAC CCLI#5881082
This is a call to all the dead and disappointed
The ones who feel like they are done
This is a word to all the ones who feel forgotten
But you are not
Oh you are not
We’re alive, alive, alive we’re singing
We’re alive, alive, alive and we’re shaken
We’re alive, alive, alive, alive in You
We are soaked in all the grace that we’ve been given
Unchained from all that we have done
Your mercy’s rising like the sun on the horizon
We’re coming home
We’re alive, alive, alive we’re singing
We’re alive, alive, alive and we’re shaken
We’re alive, alive, alive, alive in You
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