Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Home alone
Well I went this morning to drop off Joey at the airport in Amarillo. He's on the way to Puerto Rico! TDY I guess & least that's what he told me LOL!! JK! He should there around 6pm central time. I also told him to make sure to takes pics...we'll see! We woke up at 6am this morning got ready, and 7am got Destiny ready for school, drove her to school. After that we where on are way to Amarillo! We first went to Walmart he needed some stuff & then went to the sprint store because on my Blackberry there's this little track ball & it popped out for some reason! so I went to get a new one. Thank God!! it's fixed! I can get online again=D When I got back home I went to see my mom for alittle while. After ward I went to pick up Destiny at school! She said she had a good day. And so I'm here waiting on Joeys phone call to see if he made it in ok! Well that's all for now... take care everyone:P
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
*Daily Bible Reading*
I get Daily in the Word every morning threw my phone! so I thought I would share this one!
/"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."/
Matthew 7:3-5
/Many times we ignore sin in our lives because we don't want to deal with the sin.
/A pastor was once speaking at a large conference in Washington. Being the main speaker, his sessions were always full and everyone was very attentive, except for one man. One man always sat in the same seat in the front row of his sessions, and halfway into the sermon he would fall asleep. The first time it happened, the pastor thought the man had experienced a tough day of driving to get to the conference and accidently fell asleep. But night after night the same thing happened. Annoyed by the occurrence, the pastor had developed a bitter spirit toward this man. After the conference, the man's wife approached the pastor and apologized for the man's actions. As she explained, he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the new medicine made him drowsy. But his one wish was to hear that pastor preach before he died, so they had made the long, painful journey to be at the conference.
Yesterday we saw that God doesn't want us to judge others, but today we'll see that God does want us to judge ourselves. While we cannot know the heart of others, just like this pastor could not know the circumstances behind the man's sleeping, we can know our own hearts and motivations.
Notice the parable Christ gives in today's verses: /"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"/ How often have we judged others about sins or shortcomings that are in our lives as well? Why can't we see our own failures before seeing those of others?
Many times we ignore sin in our lives because we don't want to deal with the sin. It's easier to see the problems that other people have rather than dealing with our own problems. If we were honest with ourselves, we probably have more problems than the people we judge!Notice the symbolism Jesus uses. While a mote refers to a dry stalk or twig, a piece of grass, or a straw; a beam refers to a large plank of wood, similar to a 2x4. Christ says, "While you're scrutinizing the small issues of other people, there are large looming sins in your own life!
"Much of this teaching was aimed at the religious leaders of the day, those who wanted to point out the minor inconsistencies of the Jewish people while overlooking their blind ignorance of God's Word. Christ pointed out that rather than judging others, they needed to be judging themselves.
Do you sometimes act like the Pharisees, pointing out the sins of others while ignoring sin in your life? Have you become accustomed to judging others without judging yourself? Take time today to open your heart before God and let Him judge you. Lay out your actions, thoughts, and motives before Him and pray as the Psalmist, /"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts"/ (Psalm 139:23). The next time you're tempted to point out someone else's sins or failures, be reminded of your own shortcomings and pray that God will help both of you.
To learn more about the ministries of Lancaster Baptist Church and Pastor Chappell, please visit lancasterbaptist.org http://www.lancasterbaptist.org, paulchappell.com http://www.paulchappell.com, or follow him on twitter http://twitter.com/paulchappell.*Daily Bible Reading*Psalm 137-139 • 1 Corinthians 13
/"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."/
Matthew 7:3-5
/Many times we ignore sin in our lives because we don't want to deal with the sin.
/A pastor was once speaking at a large conference in Washington. Being the main speaker, his sessions were always full and everyone was very attentive, except for one man. One man always sat in the same seat in the front row of his sessions, and halfway into the sermon he would fall asleep. The first time it happened, the pastor thought the man had experienced a tough day of driving to get to the conference and accidently fell asleep. But night after night the same thing happened. Annoyed by the occurrence, the pastor had developed a bitter spirit toward this man. After the conference, the man's wife approached the pastor and apologized for the man's actions. As she explained, he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the new medicine made him drowsy. But his one wish was to hear that pastor preach before he died, so they had made the long, painful journey to be at the conference.
Yesterday we saw that God doesn't want us to judge others, but today we'll see that God does want us to judge ourselves. While we cannot know the heart of others, just like this pastor could not know the circumstances behind the man's sleeping, we can know our own hearts and motivations.
Notice the parable Christ gives in today's verses: /"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"/ How often have we judged others about sins or shortcomings that are in our lives as well? Why can't we see our own failures before seeing those of others?
Many times we ignore sin in our lives because we don't want to deal with the sin. It's easier to see the problems that other people have rather than dealing with our own problems. If we were honest with ourselves, we probably have more problems than the people we judge!Notice the symbolism Jesus uses. While a mote refers to a dry stalk or twig, a piece of grass, or a straw; a beam refers to a large plank of wood, similar to a 2x4. Christ says, "While you're scrutinizing the small issues of other people, there are large looming sins in your own life!
"Much of this teaching was aimed at the religious leaders of the day, those who wanted to point out the minor inconsistencies of the Jewish people while overlooking their blind ignorance of God's Word. Christ pointed out that rather than judging others, they needed to be judging themselves.
Do you sometimes act like the Pharisees, pointing out the sins of others while ignoring sin in your life? Have you become accustomed to judging others without judging yourself? Take time today to open your heart before God and let Him judge you. Lay out your actions, thoughts, and motives before Him and pray as the Psalmist, /"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts"/ (Psalm 139:23). The next time you're tempted to point out someone else's sins or failures, be reminded of your own shortcomings and pray that God will help both of you.
To learn more about the ministries of Lancaster Baptist Church and Pastor Chappell, please visit lancasterbaptist.org http://www.lancasterbaptist.org, paulchappell.com http://www.paulchappell.com, or follow him on twitter http://twitter.com/paulchappell.*Daily Bible Reading*Psalm 137-139 • 1 Corinthians 13
First day of school pic!
OK! I only took one pic of Destiny the first day of school....I know I'm such a bad mommy:( but I have one right! So this is Destinys first day of school pic!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
First day of school!!
On Monday Destiny stared her first day of school! She didn't really want to go at first, she said I wasn't going to be there:( But I told her it would be OK! & that I would be there to pick her up after...so we went to the cafeteria in the morning(didn't let her eat it) I already made her breakfast at home. Then we waited as her teacher came & said HI! then told all the kids to make a line. Destiny got up like a big girl & went off, so I thought:P she told me to follow her so I did, just to the room & then I snuck away. Around three I went to pick her up. She got into the car & told me she LOVED it!! played with kids, played on the computer & so on! I'm so very thankful that she likes it. Its been helping her with speech & taking turns as well. Well sorry to keep this short, my mom just called & made some corn on the cob!!! LOL later everyone:)
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