Now she's dancing

I was thinking this morning.... it's a good thing Maria Chapman got a lot of practice dancing with her earthly daddy, because now she's really dancing with a Prince- the Prince of Peace.

Some lyrics of SCC's came to mind as I was praying for their family this morning.

"Cinderella"
She spins and she sways to whatever song plays,
Without a care in the world.
And I'm sittin' here wearin' the weight of the world on my shoulders.
It's been a long day and there's still work to do,
She's pulling at me saying "Dad I need you!
There's a ball at the castle and I've been invited
and I need to practice my dancin'"
"Oh please, daddy, please!"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with Cinderella
I don't wanna miss even one song,
Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone.

"His Strength is Perfect"

His strength is perfect when our strength is gone;
He’ll carry us when we can’t carry on.
Raised in His power,
the weak become strong;
His strength is perfect,
His strength is perfect.

We can only know
The power that He holds
When we truly see how deep our weakness goes;
His strength in us begins
Where ours comes to an end.
He hears our humble cry and proves again . . .


"With Hope"

This is not at all
How we thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile

And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take away the pain
The pain of losing you, but ...

We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again

And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father's smile and say, "well done "
And I imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and ...
(CHORUS)

We have this hope as an anchor
'Cause we believe that everything
God promised us is true, so ...
(CHORUS)

We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope

Tragedy

My heart is saddened to hear of this horrible accident. God be with them all.

Link: Chapman daughter killed

Happy Birthday to my guitar hero

Brian's birthday isn't until Monday, but we party animals like to get started early. Here's the cake I (with plenty of help from the birthday boy himself) made for the occasion.

Theology, by Colby

"Mama, in the Bible it says that Satan is God's enemy."

...a few moments of quiet....

"I bet that in the end of the Bible, God wins."

Rocks in Socks

Leave it to a 2 year old to find such an ingenious use for socks. I just hope he doesn't use those to box the Gox.

The faith of a little child

"But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Luke 18:16-17

Common sense really is extinct

Yes, you're reading that right. It says, "CHOKING WARNING! Eat one at a time and chew thoroughly. May not be appropriate for children under 6."

These are Whopper-like candies which are small and round, and yes perhaps a choking hazard. But HELLO?!? Do we need to put eating instructions on every food now, lest people forget to "chew thoroughly?" And if they do neglect to chew before they swallow, isn't that their own fault?

No doubt there is a lawsuit somewhere claiming that they were never warned that they or their loved ones could choke on this candy. Heaven forbid someone use some common sense.

I wanna be a rock star!

Colby decided last week that he wants to be a rock star when he grows up. He wanted me to cut his hair into a mohawk, but I told him that would have to wait until summertime. We all have our roles to play in his band, and he even started writing some lyrics. You see, his rock band is going to praise Jesus, so their first song goes something like, "Jesus died to forgive us/Jesus died to forgive our sins." He's off to a good start, I'd say! And check out some of these moves (turn up the volume to hear the music)...


Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

(Not sure why this video and the t-ball one are so pixelated. It must have something to do with the upload to the internet, because they look fine on my computer. Hmmmm)

Shout to the Lord update

Apparently they added Jesus back in the next night when they sang it...

Idol Gives Back... and takes out "Jesus"

If you didn't see the final song on American Idol- Idol Gives Back last night, take a look:




The morning show on Air1 radio was all abuzz with people calling in and saying how it touched them so much, etc etc.

I, for one, have a real problem with this, mostly because they took the name of Jesus OUT of the song. They replaced, "My Jesus, My Savior" with "My shepherd, my Savior," which is highly ironic since the chorus of the song says, "mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of YOUR NAME." Which name, I wonder, were they singing in honor of? Certainly not Jesus'.

Looks like this song is going the way of "Amazing Grace," which is sung by anyone and everyone, whether or not the words apply to them personally. I don't know each of their hearts, but I wonder how many of the maybe 50(?) people singing on that stage really call Jesus their Savior; their tower of refuge and strenth; their King? Do they really commit every breath, all that they are, in never-ceasing worship to Him? Do they even think about the words they're singing?

Why are Christians so "blessed" by this performance, when Jesus' name was emphatically removed from the whole thing? I think it's offensive, myself.

What do you think?