Here are some great posts from Ray Ortlund over at the Gospel Coalition blog. Ray Ortlund is one of my favorite bloggers and I am always excited when I see his name in my RSS feeder.
Each of these posts are short; some are only a few sentences long, so I encourage you to read them all. However, if you are in a hurry or if link clicking isn't really your thing, I would say read #2, #6, and #8. The last two made me tear up.
#1 Husband and Wife
#2 Wholehearted
#5 The Uncool Glory of the Gospel
# 6 Happy Beyond Description
# 7 Centered on one or the other
# 8 My dad's message to me on the day he died
Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
4th of July Weekend
Happy Thursday Ladies! I have to admit, I've been going through a period of writers block the last few weeks (as you could probably tell by my highly original posting of song lyrics last Thursday - and not even with my own comments!) This week is even worse than last week because my favorite holiday is coming up AND I'm going camping this weekend!! So my mind is filled with packing lists (must not forget the toothbrush) and to-dos (clean all the books out of my backseat so people can fit in my car) and not at all with interesting, helpful, or vaguely pertinent topics for a blog post.
I do want to point out my 'Interesting Links' section off to the right which I've been doing a pretty good job of keeping up on lately. There are some great posts from far smarter and wiser people than me that I would encourage you to look at. I would specifically recommend the "For a Time" link for everyone and "Advice for Brides" for all you married ladies out there.
I hope you are all planning to go out and watch the fireworks this weekend. Fireworks seriously make this holiday for me, I look forward to them all year and then as soon as the show is over I think "Man....I have to wait another year for this!" You should also make a point of going out to the Missio Dei picnic spot Saturday. 4th of July picnics are always a good time and this year Tom and Judy Love's small group is hosting so the party is sure to be well done.
Have a good holiday weekend, Ladies. Keep in mind that every good, exciting, enjoyable thing is a gift from our heavenly Father, who loves his children very much.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Is It Ok for Moms to Work Outside The Home?
In this video, John Piper answers the question: Is it okay for moms to have jobs outside the home?
I think he is worth listening to. I think even challenging to the mom who is able to stay home. Are we using our homes as a place to raise up godly, Christ loving children? Are we using Homemaking as an opportunity to be a place of rest and peace to those hurting? Do we role up our sleeves and serve the body of Christ with the time we have not working outside the home?
I think it will also encourage any that have been made to feel that if you don't work outside the home you can't possibly be missional.
John Piper is calling for full-time ministry:
May God transform our hearts, and minds, and homes and give us greater eternal vision for them.
I think he is worth listening to. I think even challenging to the mom who is able to stay home. Are we using our homes as a place to raise up godly, Christ loving children? Are we using Homemaking as an opportunity to be a place of rest and peace to those hurting? Do we role up our sleeves and serve the body of Christ with the time we have not working outside the home?
I think it will also encourage any that have been made to feel that if you don't work outside the home you can't possibly be missional.
John Piper is calling for full-time ministry:
"So, I'm calling for ministry full-time when I say "don't work full-time if you have a family." Turn your family into ministry. Turn your family into a global dream for what this family might become, or what this man might be, or what we might be together as we are home.
Those are the kind of dreams I want to offer the younger women that are coming along so that they don't think, "If I don't get a career and make lots of money and be equal with men in pay and time and everything, I've somehow sold out to something small or something that doesn't require intellectual capabilities.
It is a great and glorious calling to be a mother and a homemaker and a wife and a neighborhood make-it-happen kind of person and a church minister. Who knows what God might be pleased to do."
May God transform our hearts, and minds, and homes and give us greater eternal vision for them.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Shout to the King
Shout to the King
Matt Maher - Alive Again
You're not like man that You should lie
You do not falter or change Your mind
All that You say is what You do
All that You've promised You're seeing through
So we wait on You, Lord
And we rise to Your voice
The shout of the King, the son of God
Your presence now here with us
The sound of praise all in a name
Jesus Christ, the one who saves
All you people rise to the shout of the King
There is no power, no scheme of man
That separates us from Your hand
We will not move far from Your gaze
Here in Your presence we will remain
So we stand on Your word
And we run to Your voice
The shout of the King, the son of God
Your presence now here with us
The sound of praise all in a name
Jesus Christ, the one who saves
The shout of the King, the son of God
Your presence now here with us
The sound of praise all in a name
Jesus Christ, the one who saves
Its the sound that breaks down strongholds
It's the sound that makes a sinner whole
It's the sound of freedom falling on the earth
The sound of victory
The shout of the King, the son of God
Your presence now here with us
The sound of praise all in a name
Jesus Christ, the one who saves
All you people rise, all you people rise
To the shout of the King, to the shout of the King
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