THE LAMP!


Ok, so i hope that some of you remember how much i loved this commercial when it was out 5 years ago! i've been googling it forever and this morning i thought i'd check out youtube and there it was!

i know lizzy and brady you watched this with me a number of times - and so here it is again :)

have a wonderful thanksgiving!

... prayer...

What a day! God has been so kind today -- thankfully my attitude changed toward the holidays. This time of year is always difficult with dad being gone. Christmas was always so much fun with dad. He would wake me up to the blaring Hallelujah Chorus early in the morning and we'd make breakfast and then open gifts. There was always the normal gifts like the traditional red sweater, some Nixon stuff, a plan ticket to a presidential library, that kind of thing. But, then there was always the gift at the end that I had no idea about. I was always surprised! The gift was something that I had mentioned that I liked or pointed out during the year -- and there it was - in a box for me :)

I feel like the Lord has been encouraging me over the past few days especially. Being 31 and single and not close with my family is a situation that easily allows me to have pity on myself. I want a family of my own and yet there are times that I doubt the Lord has heard my prayers on that matter. And then there are times when I think about the box at Christmas -- there is ALWAYS something that He has in store for me that I have absolutely no clue about. The Lord has been kind and gracious to me this holiday season. I'm humbled to think of the greatest gift that He gave to us... His Son. I know that Jesus felt alone while He walked the earth, He felt fear, and yet He continued to pray.

May this week of Thanksgiving - bring about and encourage you (and me) to reflect on what we have been given.
"Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love for me!" Psalm 66:20

... yet another blessing ...

The Lord has been so kind this week. He blessed me with a new position at work that will allow me to use my skills of being social and relational to build relationships with local churches and organizations that share in the spreading of the Gospel.

And as the holidays are quickly approaching - I was getting nervous. As I get older and have no family of my own - it has gotten a little difficult. Thankfully, I'm sharing Thanksgiving with 2 saregate families that are dear to me. AND yesterday I talked with the De Laney's and am heading to Bama to spend Christmas with them. Another year I will get to wake up the family to the blarling and beautiful sound of the Hallelujah Chorus :)
No more worrying about Thanksgiving and Christmas! Why? Because the Lord has chosen to be gracious to me again.

5 years

Five years has gone by so fast. So much has changed in the past 5 years. I'm finally out here in DC and dad is in heaven. What blessings. I'm so thankful that the Lord allowed me to be part of my dad becoming a Christian. Nothing in my life thus far has had such an impact on my life.

I miss him terribly, but am looking forward to spending eternity with him in the presence of the Lord.

Isaiah 40:31

Yeah Henry!

Henry rocked the New York City Marathon this past weekend. I find his drive amazing and discipline. Here are the results of Henry's run in the NYC Marathon