Greensboro Grasshoppers Game

Hope was chosen to be part of the color guard presenting the flags at the Greensboro Grasshoppers game last night. She is holding the NC flag. If you click on the photo to enlarge it you can see which one she is. The are looking pretty spiffy in their dress uniforms and chrome domes! She is in the top 6 at RCHS in the JROTC and really excells at everything she does in the program. We are very proud of her achievements. As you can tell by her ribbons she is moving up in rank as well. Ben was her guest and afterward they enjoyed the game. It was a beautiful day, probably the prettiest one we've had yet this spring, so God was gracious as always!

Hope and Me....

I love my Hopie! She brings such joy to our lives!

More Pics of Miss Hannah

Walls....

I went to revival tonight at a friends church and the evangelist preached out of Proverbs chapter 24 starting in verse 30 and one of the things he touched on was how the walls were broken down. He said that a wall in the Bible is always a sign of security and protection. He explained how that Solomon noticed #1. the Condition of the field and vineyard #2. the Character of the man. #3. The cost. The man was lazy. So lazy in fact that he had become complacent and didn't even recognize how bad the fields were or that the wall was broken down and because of it, things that the wall was meant to keep out, were getting in and things that were behind the wall, were now getting out.

My mind wandered to the story of job and how God had a "hedge" about him. I know we are to inspect our hedge....it is our job. God puts it there but we are to maintain it. Making sure there are no cracks that satan can get in. My mind then went to the story of Nehemiah as he was rebuilding the wall at Jerusalem and I couldn't help but remember how he wept when he heard the condition of the wall. He confessed the people's sin and how they had failed God and he included himself in that confession. He then traveled to Jerusalem and began the work of rebuilding the wall. However, there was great opposition and he ended up literally having to work with one hand and hold a sword to fight in the other. Wow....what a picture of how satan does not want us to rebuild! If we are foolish enough to become complacent in our lives and let our wall down....let the world in and let us out into the world then satan will fight tooth and nail to keep us from rebuilding. It will be hard, discouraging and exhausting. It can be done with the Lord's help but how much easier it is to inspect regularly and handle the little things while they are just that "little". Confess our sins, have the desire to live consecrated lives and pray daily for God to search our hearts and show us if there be any wicked way in us. I don't want to look back at what it might cost me for not being faithful. Let us also be thankful for the walls of protection and security he has placed in our lives and let us be faithful to do the maintenance!

Hannah's Spring Pictures

I added this pic because I couldn't believe how flexed her muscles were just jumping off of those pipes....that girl is solid!

Romans 8:38-39

"For I am persuaded , that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord"

Wow! What a promise! What comfort I draw from those verses. God's love for me can never be severed! I chose these verses as our memory verse for last week (for the girls, Ben and Brian and I) because I really started looking at them in a new light and just had such a desire to commit them to memory. I know that all scripture is written for our benefit. The word tells us that. So I started looking at all the things God had inspired the Apostle Paul to pen down in these 2 verses. God in his power to know all things knew that we would be sold the false bill of goods that these very things COULD separate us from His love so he had Paul pen them down to remind us that NOTHING can separate us from his love.

We don't have to fear death, because not only are we promised a home in heaven and eternity with our Savior, he will go with us through the process. His love will never, not even for a second leave us during death.

We don't have to fear satan (principalities and powers) because God's love will still be present for us and there is not power great enough to separate us from it! No, in life we don't have to fear that our failures will be so great that God's love will be severed......He reminds us, no dear child....I'm still here....I still love you!

There's no physical place to high or to low that he won't go with us. Hallelujah! He then just states, "nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." That's it! NOTHING....EVER...will separate us from the love of God. WE are IN CHRIST JESUS!! The scripture tells us no man can pluck us out of His hand.

Verse 37 of this same chapter says "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." How can we be conquerors in this life? Because we can bank on the fact that God will never stop loving us!

Love is a powerful thing. We love our spouses, our children, our family and friends. We are emotionally driven beings. I work along side Doug in the good times and bad because I love him, and because I KNOW he loves me. How much more it drives me to work for the Lord knowing He loves me and ALWAYS will. The scripture also says "We love him because he first loved us"....Thank you Jesus....I am humbled at that fact.

Praise Him
Praise Him
Jesus our blessed redeemer!

Don't ever let satan tell you God doesn't love you. If you are His, you have a promise you can stand on...His love will never be severed!