Still waiting but things seem to be moving along. Hopefully it wont be too long…Don’t really know what too long is. Babies rule!
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10
Getting closer…
08
Feb
10
Still waiting…
Jedidiah will be here eventually.
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February 8, 2010
Sitting in the waiting room at Centenial. Babies take their own time letting you know who is really in control.
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February 7, 2010
Grandbaby number six is going to be (according to the Dr) born tomorrow. Jedidiah Isaac Davis. I’ll put some pictures up when he gets here. Monna goes in at 7:30 so hopefully by the end of the day…
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February 7, 2010
At worship today, listen for what God might be trying to say to us. Through the fellowship, the thanksgiving, the Word, the prayers, the hymns, the music, the sacrament… surrender our mind for that short hour and be open to the idea that God wants to interact with us…
Peace
Jim
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February 6, 2010
I’m thinking about the “call” of Christ in our life and how that “call” doesn’t have to mean that we are to go and do things. For sure it can mean that and frequently does, but the “call” can also be a word from God in different ways. It might be for encouragement or confirmation. God might want to get our attention, or give us specific information, or to alter our mission, or give us another mission, or God just might want to ask us what we want or need. As the book I’m reading, “A New Kind of Christian” says:
“The word of the Lord always comes to a specific somebody, in a specific somewhere, at some specific time.”
I like that because I know that when God gets my attention he has something specific in mind, and I’d like to be open to whatever that is.
Peace
Jim
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February 6, 2010
It’s about 1:30 a.m. and I can’t sleep. I’m wondering if it’s the medicine I’m taking for another sinus infection. So as I’m sitting here wondering if its going to snow in the morning I was thinking how this picture is calling my name right now.
It’s nice to dream a little bit.
Time to go raid the fridge. If I can’t sleep…I’ll eat. Sounds like a good alternative. Good morning.
Jim
P.S edit this morning at 8:00 and finally awake from a late sleep. The fridge gave up meatloaf, cheddar chese, pickles and buttermilk. Yum, Yum!
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February 5, 2010
Sometimes Jesus calls us to get our attention. Sometimes we are so busy for the kingdom, and we are so sure that we are being attentive to God’s call on our life…that we don’t always hear the call of Christ to give us some additional information. God might be trying to get our attention to give us some affirmation that we’re doing the right thing and we need to hear that affirmation from time to time. He might be trying to tell us to back off. But it might also be that Jesus is calling us to change our mission, to go in a different direction depending on the changes that happen around us.
Preachers have to deal with this all the time. And we get so ingrained with the idea that “calling” pertains to preachers that we don’t always stop and think that all people are subject to God’s calling.
And most important of all, if God is calling our name what might he be calling for? Could God be wanting to know what we think? Most of us believe God knows that anyway, but he seems to want to hear us say it. Jesus is recorded several times asking people, “What do you want me to do for you?” What we think takes on a greater meaning when we verbalize it. Try getting off to yourself and praying out loud and you will see what I mean.
Be open to the idea that God might be calling us to help us to grow, not just to do something, but to help us to grow.
Peace
Jim
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February 4, 2010
When we usually think about Jesus calling us, most of the time we think about him calling us to do something. What if Jesus calls us sometimes so that he can get our attention to hear what we have to say? What is it that we would like to ask Jesus to do for us?
Think about that.
Peace
Jim
02
Feb
10
Piano !
Our new church piano was delivered this evening.
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