Love This Quote!

"Religion is spelled 'D-O.' Christianity is spelled, 'D-O-N-E.' There's nothing I can DO except receive what's been DONE for me!" ~Ed Young Jr.- Pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine Texas~

What's The Problem?

Our family has come to the conclusion that my five year old nephew's pre-k class is covering math facts right now. We've decided this because Austin is now constantly coming up to one of us and asking, "do you know what "insert random number here" plus "insert another random number here" is?" and then he will tell us. And he's right! If there's two things people know about me, chances are they are 1) I love Jesus and 2) I HATE Math (in that order). So, the constant and I do mean CONSTANT talk of Math was a bit jarring for this Aunt. That being said, I never want Alexis or Austin to struggle with math the way I did, so if I have to listen to a flow of Math problems for awhile, so be it. Having said that, here is a recent conversation between Austin and myself:

Austin: "Do you know what ten plus ten is?"
Me (playing dumb): "I don't know....What?"
Austin: "Twenty!" (With a huge smile on his face and looking so proud)
Me: "Austin, you are so right! I'm so proud that you know that!"
Austin: "Nat-Nat, you should have learned that in school!"

Out of the mouth of babes....LOL!

Amen To This!

"What everybody wants to know is: 'Do you see me? Did you hear me? And did what I say mean anything to you'" ~Oprah Winfrey

A REALLY BIG Kind of Love

Michael W. Smith recently tweeted this on his twitter page: "Everything about your life hinges on the answer to one simple question: Do you know how loved you really are?"

Only days later a similar question was posed by someone else..."Don't you understand that Christ DIED for you?? Don't you get it??"

And my answer to both of those questions is: No.

I don't know how loved I really am. I don't know, BECAUSE no one on this earth can love me as much as God does. I can try to understand it, and I can try to know how loved I really am but I'm doing so in my tiny little human understanding....My brain CAN'T KNOW. I CAN'T understand.

I don't know ANYONE on this earth that knows me so intimately that they know the number of hairs on my head, that they count every single tear, that they think about me so much that their thoughts about me out number the grains of sand. I don't know ANYONE who adores me like He does. And no, I DON'T get it. I don't get how He would die for someone like me. Someone who fails Him daily, who has sinned, turned my back on Him numerous times, and done COUNTLESS other things that are so unworthy of Him dying for me. And to know He would do it all again if He had to, and He would do it all again, even if I was the ONLY one He had to die for....That He would. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT!

But here's the thing: I'm NOT SUPPOSED TO!!! WE are not supposed to understand it!

There's another quote that my friend Scott Crenshaw recently put on his Facebook WAY before any of the above questions were posed and it keeps coming back to me. I have since put it on a sticky note and stuck it to my desk:

"If God were small enough to be understood, He wouldn't be big enough to be worshiped."

We're not supposed to understand! His love is THAT big!! It's beyond ALL human comprehension! If we understood the things of God, would we still stand in awe of Him? It's like knowing how a magician performs a magic trick....We're not so impressed by it when we know it works.

So, if you're like me and don't "get it" or don't understand His love for you.... Relax. It's okay. You're not supposed to. Just know that you ARE loved and adored in a way no other can love you! Isn't that an INCREDIBLE feeling?!

2009 Emmy Quotes of the Night

"For those of you who may be wondering why somebody from the "West Wing" or "Brothers & Sisters" would be presenting the award for lead actor in a comedy series clearly you have forgotten my work in a comedy I starred in called..."Dr. Vegas". Oh yeah...No, I chose that over "Grey's Anatomy". So if any of you tonight are looking for some career advice....I'm your guy." ~Rob Lowe~ (Rob was up for the role of Derek Shepherd which later went to Patrick Dempsey)

"I want to share this with anybody who has a dream, because I am living my dream right now in this moment. If you have a dream, dream big. Pursue it with a passion." ~Jeff Probst~

"I will keep my speech short in hopes of not getting interrupted by a congressman or a rapper." ~Ken Howard~

"If you're having trouble with someone on the set, learn how to tell them to 'go to hell' in such a way that they will want to go." ~Didn't get the name of the guy who said this~

"To love is to nourish with hope. With live for another who is living for us, and each must breathe hope into another." Michael Sucsy~

"The ratings weren't great, one week we got a minus seven. The way you get a minus seven is not only is no one watching the show, but several people without t.v. sets had heard about the show and said they wouldn't watch it even if they had one." ~Bob Newhart~

Quote of the Week

The conversation at lunch today with my two year old nephew, Austin:

My Mom: "Who is this?" (patting Austin's chest)

Austin: "Aw-din"

My Mom: "What does Mommy call you?"

Austin: "Aw-din"

My Mom: "What does Daddy call you?"

Austin: "No no no"

Love This Quote....

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them... he cried, "Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?" God said, "I did do something. I made you." ~Author Unknown

Hope

"While we breathe, we hope." ~President-Elect Barack Obama.~

As I sat and listened to his victory speech last night, it was that line that struck me and that is still with me this morning. I love it!

We hope. Yes, we do. We should be filled with hope because the alternative.....The alternative can't be an option.

My hope is in Christ. He's on the Throne, He's in control, and He has a plan. A plan FILLED with hope!

We breathe. We hope. We believe. We trust Him to lead us and our next president to GREAT places!

I pray YOU are full of hope today!

Amen To This...

Thanks to Kara for this. How true it is...