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Name: Benj
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Metro: Dayton
Interests: follower of Christ, husband, papa, musician, reader, uncle, politically fascinated, traveller, crockpot cook
Expertise: nada mucho :-)
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Member Since:
2/11/2005
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| Paul David Tripp: "Your life is much bigger than a good job, an understanding spouse, and non-delinquent kids. It is bigger than beautiful gardens, nice vacations, and fashionable clothes. In reality, you are part of something immense, something that began before you were born and will continue after you die. God is rescuing fallen humanity, transporting them into his kingdom, and progressively shaping them into his likeness - and he wants you to a be part of it."
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| .... to this coming weekend !
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| 1. Long time readers of this blog (however few there are of you!) may remember me bashing facebook in previous posts, many moons ago.
No longer.
In the last few months, I have connected with some old friends - some going all the way back to my early childhood. I really doubt that I would have connected with them without Facebook. Exchanging messages, reading profiles, catching up has been fascinating and nothing short of awesome.
2. Speaking of early childhood, I continually am blessed and amazed at the pure gift that babies and children are. My baby daughter turns 8 months old today. My little son is 3.5! While the time is going quickly, I also am aware every single day of what a precious stage of life they/we are in, and sometimes I intentionally slow down from other so called "busy" things to just enjoy them. Making nonsense babyish sounds to the bambina in the morning's wee hours is a definite favorite!
3. As a family, we made a major transition this past June. I will probably write more about this later, but I am still too much in the transition itself to really be able to step apart and look into the whirlwind that life has been for some time.
4. Maryland feels like a forest to me, and I mean that in a good way! Everywhere one goes, trees upon trees upon foliage upon greenery. Often the treeline grows right up to the edge of the road, especially on back roads. Very very nice.
5. Coming up soon: a weekend trip to Boone, NC where La Familia is gathering. Yeahhh!!!
6. I feel like I have heard or sung this song at least a dozen times over the last few weeks at various churches and on the radio! Good and simple words, and very uplifting tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-08YZF87OBQ
Everyone needs compassion,
Love that's never failing;
Let mercy fall on me.
Everyone needs forgiveness,
The kindness of a Saviour;
The Hope of nations.
Saviour, 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.
My Saviour, 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.
Shine your light and let the whole world see,
We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus (x2)
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| From pastor Mark Batterson of National Community Church. Good stuff.
"I'm sharing some lessons learned from Disney over the next few days. Here is Disney lesson #2: the difference between a good experience and a great experience is often good old-fashioned hospitality. And nobody does hospitality like Disney. In Lora's words: "They dare you to present a need they cannot meet."
I forgot my camera cord so I couldn't charge it. First, the Disney concierge called their photo shop and it cost $53 versus $5 on Amazon.com. She said, "That's too much money." She said, "Let me send our runner to Walmart to get a cord for you." I was shocked. I said, "You do that?" She said, "Yup." Well, they couldn't find the cord at Walmart so they credited our account $25. Are you kidding? I'm the one who forgot it! Yet they went halvsies with us! But it doesn't end there. Long story short, their manager had the same cord I had so I borrowed it three times to charge my camera. Unbelievable! Now that's hospitality from the top down.
We absolutely loved the rides at Disney. The attractions were amazing. But it's that "welcome home" here and "have a magical day" there that makes your day.
Off the hook hospitality!
"Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without ever knowing it."
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