Fun Time with Friends

Here are some pictures from our weekend trip to Alabama. We really enjoyed the fellowship with our friends the Gues. They have 7 children still at home-1 married. It was great to spend time with them! They have five girls too! Here we are with four of them!

Sarah, Bethany, Hannah

Me with Emily

Worldliness

Here is a review of C.J. Mahaney's new book Worldliness that I got off the Girl Talk blog site. Books that Nourish, our bookstore, just got in a shipment of these books. Email me (ilovewolfgang08@yahoo.com) if you'd like to order one!

"Most of us are vaguely familiar with the verse in 1 John 2:15—“Do not love the world or anything in the world”—but we’re often unsure how to obey this command. Confused, and perhaps a little uncomfortable, we may ignore it altogether, sweeping it under the rug (along with other similarly difficult passages in God’s inspired Word).

But the authors of a new book, Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World, want to remind us of the vital importance of this verse (and indeed all of Scripture), and help us understand how to apply this command to our hearts, our bank accounts, ipod playlists, dvd collections, and clothes—in short, every corner of our lives.

In the first chapter, Dad (editor and contributor), identifies with the confusion many Christians feel about this topic of worldliness:

“What does it mean for a Christian — what does it mean for me — not to love the world?"
...To read more, click here.

Since we have no lasting city here, stop working so hard trying to make it lasting and luxurious, and 'go forth to him outside the camp'--outside the safe place, outside the comfortable place.

—John Piper, The Hidden Smile of God, p. 170.

More Love to Thee

The hymn, "More Love to Thee" has been playing through my mind all day. I've especially been thinking on verse two, which is my favorite:

Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest;

Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best.

This all my prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;

More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

For all of the verses, click here.

Idle Words

Here are a few thoughts on what I read in the bible this morning that I wrote in my journal:

"But I say to you that for every idle word men

may speak, they will give account of it

in the day of judgement. For by your

words you are justified, or by your words you

will be condemned."

Matthew 12:36-37

I've been thinking a lot lately about the theme of this verse. For unbelievers, talking "idly" is all that ever comes out of their mouth. For Christians, this is too often the case as well. If we have such a hope as Christ, how can we not speak of Him and His greatness? We are too content to talk of politics, the weather, work, school, or play. Yes, those things need to be spoken of and discussed at times. However, the theme of our life needs to be Christ and the work He is doing.

my little cupcake

If you know me even a little, you know that I love baking and cooking. For a while now, I've wanted to start a little business baking cakes or other desserts for people. I'm finally trying to get that up and going and just made a blog for it today. Please check it out, and tell all your friends! Right now I am calling it "my little cupcake."

www.my-little-cupcake.blogspot.com