Commendation

Tonight at the chapel we enjoyed a special evening commending my cousin Rachel to the Lord's work in Brazil.

[The picture of Lydia at the table all by herself kind of cracks me up--especially given her "social" personality!]

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Happy Mother's Day

One more reason why moms are SO important!

[These are the shoes Lydia is wearing today. As you might guess, dad said, "white shoes" this morning, but didn't double check the selection.]

Could I Be Called a Christian

Could I be called a Christian if everybody knew

The secret thoughts and feelings of everything I do

Would they see the likeness of Christ in me each day

Could they hear Him speaking in every word I say

Could I be called a Christian if my faith I did not show

If I did not go to places where the Lord would have me go

If I do not love His truth, if I do not guard His trust

If I cherish more than Jesus, my greatest hidden lust

To be all He's commanded

To do all that He said

To be His true disciple

And place no confidence in the flesh

To glory in Christ Jesus

It's He who justifies

O, to find your life you must lose it

To live you first must die

Let every man examine his own life

Could I be called a Christian

Could I be called a Christian and believe not His holy word

If I take Him as my Savior and then refuse Him as my Lord

If I could not love the outcast and am not burdened for the lost

If I fail to deny myself and each day take up my cross

- Steve Camp

Scribbling Darkness on the Wall

A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling ‘darkness’ on the wall of his cell.

- C.S. Lewis (HT @Challies)

Lydia's Drawing for Psalm 7

He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.

- Psalm 7:15-16

Lydia's Drawing for Psalm 6

I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
- Psalm 6:6

First Trip to the Dentist for #3