Mr. Tall

She said YES!

Friday (5/23) night, three months to the date that we started dating, I asked Lauren to marry me. Three months ago, after seeking God’s guidance, Lauren and I decided to date with the intent of seeking God and His will regarding our future.
In the way that He was working in our lives and growing us closer together, it became certain to me that we should marry. Now I had to propose!

]]> We had dinner downtown at one of our favorite places and then we wandered around the park. Lauren had no clue that I would be asking and on top of that I played a little trick to further throw her off. We found one of the swinging benches and were sitting talking about a number of things, enjoying the beautiful park and weather. Over the past month, we have been working through “101 Questions To Ask Before Getting Engaged”, so I had brought the book along to go through some questions. After a couple of questions, the conversation led to a point where I asked: “What would you do if I gave you a ring tonight?” She said something to the effect that it would really shock her. So, I reached over to my coat, dug around in one my pockets, and pulled out a Candy Ring Pop. We laughed and Lauren asked if she could trade it in for a real diamond one day. I told her maybe someday…

We got up and walked around the park some more (it was a perfectly beautiful evening!). We went around to a little secluded “secret garden” that a friend had showed me a while ago. It’s basically a little cubby in between some buildings with a little cobbled path, some plants and a bench. We sat there and talked for some time, and then I told her I had a question for her, as I got down on one knee. “Would you marry me?” I asked. And she said: “Are you kidding me?” So I pulled out the ring and handed it to her and she said: “Are you serious, is this for real?” And then she said: “YES!”

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"Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts![c]
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!"
Psalm 139:23-24

"Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 12:2-3

Inside Out

We've been studying through Luke 11 on 'Hypocrisy - Seeing Ourselves in the Pharisees.' (www.nhccfamily.org)
We've learned the following amazing song!

A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting - Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending - Your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting - Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending - Your glory goes beyond all fame

In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Everlasting - Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending - Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

Hillsong - United We Stand (2006)

Thinking about this...

"Your words were found,
And I ate them,
And your words became to me a joy
And the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O LORD, God of hosts."

Jeremiah 15:16 (ESV)

Snowball Fight!

Check out this fun little game:

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Merry Christmas!

Great Song!

Embracing Accusation

The father of lies coming to steal, kill, and destory
All my hopes of being good enough.

I hear him saying, "cursed are the ones who can't abide."
He's right. Halleluiah, he's right.
The devil is preaching the song of the redeemed.
That I am cursed and gone astray.
I cannot gain salvation, embracing accusation.

Could the father of lies be telling the truth of God to me tonight?
If the penalty of sin is death, then death is mine.

Oh the devil is singing over me an age-old song...
That I am cursed and gone astray.
Singing the first verse so conveniently, he's forgotten the refrain.
Jesus Saves. He redeemed us from the curse of sin.

Shane and Shane - Pages

Camp - Mighty to Save

I had the great priviledge to go to my church's middle school camp as a sponsor. We went to Woodlands camp for a week - http://www.woodlandscamp.org/
I had a blast!! One of the best things was that there were approx. 7 middle schoolers that came to know Christ as their Lord and Saviour.

We sang the following song in chapel and it was the music to the video of highlights of the week. I love it and I can't stop listening to the words. He truly is MIGHTY TO SAVE!!

Everyone needs compassion
A love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
A kindness of a Savior
The hope of nations

My Savior
He can move the mountains
My God is Mighty to save
He is Mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave

So take me as You find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything i believe in
Now i surrender

Shine your light and let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus

Might to Save - Hillsong

Niece and Nephew

A couple weekends ago, we had a little family get together in Greenville. Dad and Mom were in town and they brought Jason, Tammy and Robert. Ivan, Tania and Katy Joy came to visit Greenville as well. We had a great time!! It was very nice to see them all. Here are some pictures of my gorgeous niece Katy and my monster nephew Robert. =D

Dad and Robert / Mom and Katy

Robert loved holding "baby?"

Katy

Super cuteness!!

Girlfriend

FYI, if you haven't heard already. I have a girlfriend! Her name is Michelle is and she is amazing. Ask me about her sometime. =D

Standout Poster

Here are a couple recent posters that I've made for StandOut - www.myspace.com/standoutmusicministries (CCM).

Jesus, You are worthy

Jesus You are mercy, Jesus You are justice
Jesus You are worthy, that is what You are

You died alone to save me, Your rose so You could raise me
You did this all to make me a chosen child of God

(How) Worthy is the Lamb that once was slain
To receive all glory power and praise
For with Your blood You purchased us for God
Jesus You are worthy, that is what You are

Perfect sacrifice crushed by God for us
Bearing in Your hurt all that i deserve
Misjudged for my misdeeds You suffered silently
The only guiltless man in all of history

Brenton Brown/Don Williams - "Everlasting God"

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This girl is amazing and beautiful!

Spurgeon was a prophet

I love this quote!! Amazing that Spurgeon has such foresight or maybe insight into how God works through His unique and individualistic children as culture and traditions change.

"Do not let us think of limiting the Holy One of Israel to any special mode of action. When we hear of men being led to break out into new ways of going to work (ministering), do not let us feel, 'This must be wrong'; rather let us hope that it is very probably right, for we need to escape from these horrid ruts, and wretched conventionalisms, which are rather hindrances than helps. Some very stereotyped brethren judge it to be a crime for an evangelist to sing the Gospel; and as to that American organ - dreadful! One of these days another set of conservative souls will hardly endure a service without such things, for the horror of one age is the idol of the next. Every man in his own order, and God using them all; and if there happens to be some peculiarity, some idiosyncrasy, so much the better. God does not make His servants by the score as men run iron into molds; He has a separate work for each man, and let each man do his own work in his own way, and may God bless him."

Spurgeon, Bright Days, Dark Nights, 90.

God Did!

Growin’ up I overheard all the grown ups sayin’
You better be prayin’ and sayin’
All the right little things at the right little times
And I had it down... at least on the outside
I’d put my best side forward I could smile with the best
And dress like the rest of the messed up church folk singin’ a song

Are you sitting down with all your sin and shame all stored up
Are you ready to live for what the law could not do
God did

Could it be that morality got the best of you and me
Got us thinking that we’re on the brink
Of a drink of the cup that’s all filled up
With the cross havin’ even a little to do with us
It was His day and it was His way
To the glory of His grace
Took our disease enough to please
The Father of lights to bruise Jesus

Maybe do’s and don’ts were made to show
How much we do and don’t ever make it

God Did - Shane and Shane - Clean

“Lord, help us to understand the depth of Your ever sovereign sacrifice in Jesus. That what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh…” (Rom 8:3)

JPG Mag

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