awesome, awesome, awesome

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine

John Newton

i like this enough to share it with you

i liked this video. the way it was made and what it said.

esther

am i missing something, or does esther have something she really needs to tell us? this is a cool God-instanse, as my wife would say. my wife is working on the series. my cousin, who i have just become friends with on facebook, is doing it. not to mention, a fellow blogger is doing the series. plus, they all have started in the last week or two. now how cool is that?

i’m gonna read about her very, very soon!

just another day for the FBI

its inauguration day, and the FBI has been preparing for this day for awhile …

here’s a look in at the nerve center of operations at the command center at the washington field office.

at work

isn’t this just awesome!

³⁸And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. ³⁹Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

i am headed to franklin, tn, in a few days with some fellow members of port city to attend ‘stream franklin‘ 2009 edition. to help prepare us for the weekend, ken young sent us a 5 days of preparation devotional. the scripture for yesterday was the one above. read it again, if you haven’t already. what an amazing confidence paul wrote with! a confidence we too can and should have. how reassuring is verse 39; “nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

i just wanted to share this thought with you. have a great day! ;o)

y’all, i have to say this again …

if you are not the techo guy/girl for your church and you do not know about igniter media, then you are missing out! if you are not that person, then tell yours about this site, not this blog, but igniter media. they do have a blog, as well. here’s their blog’s link.

igniter is a company that specializes in media stuff for churches. one of the main guys is brandon scott thomas’ brother rob. many of you know about brandon’s association with the zoe group and the zoe conferences. if i had to guess, i bet rob has helped out there, too.

igniter has been giving away free stuff and its not junk they are just offloading. its good stuff that i use a lot at port city! i can’t wait to use their newest freebie; night sky.

give them a shot. you will be pleased. no regrets.

NOTICE: i have posted info on this blog in error. brandon and rob are not brothers, yet they are in Christ. i confused myself, not hard, mind you, when i read bst’s blog back in november 2006. read the comments below and maybe this will become clearer.

thanks linus!

12 Days of Christmas

Unscrooge Your Christmas

i really like the way max shares his stories.

where have i been?

it sure has been a long time since i have been here. i have been working (like y’all) and everything else that goes along with that.

the season of sharing and being with family is here, and i have been so busy, i haven’t been with them. my daughter is here from college for Christmas break, and we haven’t done anything “father-daughter” yet.

yesterday was a tough day. we had a funeral for one of the sweetest ladies you would ever meet. she was in her 40’s and she is leaving a teenage daughter here. now allison didn’t just up and leave, but she had a tumor that sent her home early. the doctors were operating on her and everthing was going a-ok, and then something got in her blood stream right there at the end as they were closing, and it went and got to her heart, and then she was gone.

the funeral home was PACKED and it was SRO, buddy! not a dry eye in sight. she knew where she was going and she told everybody before she left for the surgery that if she did not get off the table she knew where she would wake up. now that is faith, buddy. i want that!

i hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season. i was going to change my theme to something festive and Christmasy for the only one i saw was the one that donna already is using, and i didn’t want her to think i was copying her.