More Conversations with a Toddler

Me: Good morning Sweat pea!
Rylie: Did Daddy go to work yet?
Me: No, remember, Daddy gets to stay home with you today and have a Daddy day.
Rylie: Can you go to work?
Me: Why, are you excited about Daddy day?
Rylie: (with a big grin) Cheeseburgers!!!

So, I lost out to the allure of Daddy and cheeseburgers!

New Movie!

For those of you that love Beverly Lewis' books, there is exciting news! Her book, The Redemption of Sarah Cain, is being made into a major motion picture set to debut in theatres this summer! It is called, Saving Sarah. Very exciting!

Thursday Thoughts

Two weeks ago, I started a study in Psalm 33. I found 14 reasons to praise God. Last week, I explored what it means by "His Word is right and true". This week I was thinking about the second reason, "He is faithful in all He does". This comes from verse 4. I looked up "faithful" in some Hebrew dictionaries and lexicons. The words used to describe this word were, trustworthy, realiable, steadfast, dependable, true, fidelity. These are definetly descriptive of God! He is by His very nature, faithful. He is faithful in His perfection, in His sinlessness. He has never sinned, nor will ever sin. What a comfort! The One who is in charge will be faithful to remain Holy. He is faithful to all of His promises. He promised to save me, adopt me as a joint heir with Christ, to keep me, to sustain me, to love me, to show me mercy, to protect me, to provide for me, to commune with me. . . I could go on and on. I do not deserve a single particle of any of these things. I am but dust, but He will be faithful to keep these promises to me! Amazing! (Thank you!) He is also faithful in His warnings of judgement and punishment. You can believe and trust in everything that He says.
I love Mount Rainier. Everytime I look at it, I feel a sense of power and permanence. I feel like it is realiable, it's not going to change or move. How much more powerful and immutable God is! Thousands upon thousands of times more reliable! This is a central part of God's character. This brings Him glory. He is not faithful to us to be nice to us, He is faithful to us because that is who He is and it brings Him glory. We just get the benefits of it. I need to not take things for granted or by any means assume that I deserve something. I need to be greatful for His faithfulness to me and others and give Him the praise and glory that He deserves! In this world of shifting shadows and unreliabilty around every corner I am so thankful I have a Rock that is called Faithful!

Wordless Wednesday! BBQ

Fun with Friends

John Paton Quote

My friend, Stephanie (of the Ryan and Stephanie blog fame), recently posted this quote by John Paton. I thought it was so convicting on where my perspective is. I asked her if I could steal it and she graciously said I could (thanks Stephanie!). So here you have it:
In the early 1800's, John Paton knew the Lord was calling him to the New Hebrides. However, he was already a successful pastor to a growing church ministry in Scotland. Many people tried to convince him not to go, but this only confirmed in his heart more that the Lord wanted him there.One gentleman protested, "The Cannibals! you will be eaten by Cannibals!" to which Paton simply replied, "Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is so to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms: I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honouring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my resurrection body will arise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer."Quote taken from John Paton's autobiography, John G. Paton; missionary to the New Hebrides.

Congratulations Edgar!

Edgar Martinez, the best Designated Hitter in all of baseball, was inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame tonight! For those of you who don't know much about him, he retired three years ago after spending his entire major league career in Seattle. He received high praises from fellow players, coaches, the mayor, etc. He had a street named after him and a week dedicated to him. Bud Selig, the commissioner of baseball, gave him the very astute honor of forever naming the DH award after him! So, you have the Cy Young award and the Edgar Martinez award (and a few others, but it's very prestigious!). Edgar is a very humble person and accepted the hall of fame with grace. He even mentioned some people that he was worried that he forgot to thank in his retirement speech three years ago! That's just the kind of guy he is! I have heard that he is a Christian as well. He is an outstanding person, on and off the field (and coincidentally, my all time favorite player!) There is a campaign to get him inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, so if you know any sports writers, encourage them to vote for him! (Yes, the DH is a valid position!!!) In this picture that I've included, it shows him with 5 other legendary baseball players. He is pictured with them because he has the same series of stats as them! This humble, unassuming man started his career in Puerto Rico where he was too poor to have a real bat and glove, now he has a street and an award and deserves to be in Cooperstown!

Baseball Fun!

We are blessed to live very close to a minor league baseball park. We decided that the weather was perfect for a baseball game today! We had a blast! Rylie had fun yelling and dancing and eating a hot dog, but that wasn't her favorite part. Her favorite part was popcorn! The girl is serious about popcorn! We got a big tub of it and she ate nearly the whole thing by herself! Here are a few pictures from our evening. (By the way, we lost, but it came down to the last pitch, so it was an exciting game.)