We played this video at church on Easter, but I love to hear it anytime. It’s a great reminder of who Jesus is.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Today is Sunday and I’m in church instead of playing bridge at a local tournament. I take this as a great indicator of how much I’ve grown in my faith over the past year.

I’m not kidding.

Carolyn and I played 3 sessions of bridge over the weekend, came in dead last in two of those, and 7th out of 9 in the other.

I am proud to say that I didn’t cuss out anyone out loud OR in my head. This is a huge improvement.

I’m not kidding.

We met some really nice people. This guy isn’t one of them. Ha Ha. ACTUALLY,  he and his wife were very nice and I liked them DESPITE the fact that they kicked our tail. He only fussed on her once out of five rounds which pretty much puts him in the Husband as Partner Hall of Fame.

I’m not kidding.

Bridge players are not known for their friendliness. It’s competition and most people take it very seriously. I knew going into this weekend that I wouldn’t win, but UNLIKE previous times, that wasn’t a goal. My goal was to have fun. Beyond being kind to the people I meet, I can’t really think of any Kingdom consequence to the game.

This may seem obvious to you, but it’s taken me a long way to figure it out. Even though I lost BIG, I still won. This is a huge praise.

I’m not kidding.

Enjoy your Sunday.

The next book I want to read – True Religion: Taking Pieces of Heaven to Places of Hell on Earth.

A rising voice in the mission movement, Palmer Chinchen challenges Christians to a new kind of spiritual formation – one focused on pouring out our lives for others and radical dependence upon God.

When we get out of our comfort zone, our souls are awakened – everything seems more alive and vibrant.  So why don’t we live our faith that way?  Why is it that our faith can easily become an old, tired routine instead of an exhilarating, God-honoring lifestyle?

Discover why true religion involves engaging the problems in our world as we go with the good news of the gospel.  And in the process of pouring ourselves out for others, we’ll see God radically transform our own hearts as well.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Kids and parents, adults and children coming together for praise and prayer on Tuesday nights. Join us!

July 20th Song 3

July 27th Song 7

Okay, I can’t REALLY give you any condensed data about Israel, because A) I don’t know anything about it, and B) it is too big of a subject. Obviously. But I DID spend the day last Saturday at an IHOP conference called Israel and the Kingdom and I learned some crazy, awesome, mind-blowing, over-whelming stuff.

A couple of  *freaky deaky examples:

Israel became a nation on May 14th, 1948. 1948 AD on the Gregorian calendar relates to the HEBREW year 5708 AM. The 5078th verse in Torah is Deuteronomy 30:5 -

The LORD your God will return you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will possess that land again. Then he will make you even more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors!

That’s right. AND the nation was born in a day. “During a 24-hour span of time, foreign control of the land of Israel had fromally ceased and Israel declared its independence. Modern Israel was literally born in a single day.” Let’s read Isaiah 66:6-7 shall we?

6 Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve. 7 ”Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. 8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.

This concludes the intellectual portion of Zolligirl for 2010. Your regularly scheduled programming consisting of couponing tips and moron cooking displays will resume shortly.

Shalom.

*By “freaky-deaky” I mean God is AWESOME.

I’ve already introduced you to a Jake Hamilton tune, but every song on the CD is awesome. This is another one of my favorites. Go to I-Tunes and get the whole thing!

Enjoy your Sunday!

Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Matthew 7: 9-11

Having a daughter has helped me understand how much God loves me. I know that His love for me is even more vast than mine for the MoonPie, but it’s hard to imagine. My love for her is VAST. If I lived in that truth daily, how would it affect my life? How would it affect the people closest to me? My goal for the week – living as a dearly beloved daughter of the King.

Here’s how I showed love to MY daughter this past week. First, the armoire -

First, it was cleaned and lightly sanded, (or sanded and lightly cleaned, whichever)

Then I painted the corners a light pink,

Then applied pink around the edges of the drawers,

THEN put wax on the edges,

finally, I spray-painted the whole think black, and rubbed down the edges to remove the wax and allow the pink to show through. I’m sure people who do this on a regular basis have a much simpler method. After I was done with the painting, JD and I found fabric and glass knobs.

It actually looks REALLY good in person. The pink shows through nicely, and the fabric is perfect for the room. And now – the finished product.

You have to see it to appreciate it. My photos don’t do it justice. Too bad I don’t know an architectural photographer. Oh well. The MoonPie was at a birthday party all day so she was totally surprised. When we got home, we asked her to take something to her bedroom.

“Seriously? This is my room? Seriously?”

Worth every dime, worth every minute spent painting in the hot sun. Trust me, His love is VAST.

Enjoy your Sunday!

I want to go here. I want to do this.

Oh, the MoonPie is welcome to come, too.

1st John 3:17 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?” We’re IT people. Show somebody some love.

Enjoy your Sunday.