One of the many cool things about working here at Faith Christian Assembly, is my office. One entire side of my office is floor to ceiling windows. (Did I mention my last office was smaller than my closet?)
As I was sitting her today working, out my window was a huge military jet taking off straight to the sky. It was quite a sight, and quite a sound! I LOVED IT!
It made me think of video footage I saw this morning of a sailor-dad surprising his 6 year old son returning home from Iraq. The little guy ran crying and grabbed his dad in a huge embrace. It was one of the most touching things I've EVER seen! I encourage you to watch it and see if you don't tear up. If this link doesn't work, go to the today show link.
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=889466da-5eb2-42da-aed6-2edd2b656525&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&t=m5&rf=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/&fg
God Bless our Soldiers! I am So thankful for their sacrifice, especially in the midst this sad time in America where the loudest mouths near the microphones are America-haters. I pray that our honor of our soldiers drowns them out!
LET FREEDOM RING!!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
As some are doing...
Hebrews 10:25, New Century Version says, "You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together and encourage each other. Do this even more as you see the day coming."
I would imagine in our society today, this isn't the most popular scripture. It is, however, a scripture that we in ministry love. The reason I love it so much is because it gets right down to why we should come together regularly to church. I'm so glad it doesn't say, "You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together, and listen to the sermon that tells you how bad you've been all week, and how mad God is at you..."
No, the scripture tells us the reason not to stay away from church is because we will miss out on encouraging each other.
This is something that I'd like to say to Bill Gates, but as our paths rarely cross, I decided to blog about it. I read a quote from him this week...
In an interview with TIME magazine, Bill Gates is quoted as saying: "Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning."
While I agree with Bill that religion is not very efficient, I pray that one day Mr. Gates comes to know a relationship with Jesus Christ. Efficiency doesn't even begin to describe a relationship with Jesus, and His Bride, the Church and the encouragement that comes from that!
Which makes me think of another verse...
Matthew 16:18, "...upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
I would imagine in our society today, this isn't the most popular scripture. It is, however, a scripture that we in ministry love. The reason I love it so much is because it gets right down to why we should come together regularly to church. I'm so glad it doesn't say, "You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together, and listen to the sermon that tells you how bad you've been all week, and how mad God is at you..."
No, the scripture tells us the reason not to stay away from church is because we will miss out on encouraging each other.
This is something that I'd like to say to Bill Gates, but as our paths rarely cross, I decided to blog about it. I read a quote from him this week...
In an interview with TIME magazine, Bill Gates is quoted as saying: "Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning."
While I agree with Bill that religion is not very efficient, I pray that one day Mr. Gates comes to know a relationship with Jesus Christ. Efficiency doesn't even begin to describe a relationship with Jesus, and His Bride, the Church and the encouragement that comes from that!
Which makes me think of another verse...
Matthew 16:18, "...upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Banner Day!
This past week I ordered 10,000 postcards and 1 big banner to announce our Easter Services. It's been fun and a little scary as I've proof-read them over and over to make sure we have no mis-spellings of anything.
Our banner arrived today. It was quite a moment. We all came in the office and looked at it. We're very excited.
I was reading a cool verse in Psalms that really seemed to capture how we all were feeling...
Psalm 60:4, "You have raised a banner to gather those who fear you. Now they can stand up against the enemy. Selah"
My study Bible says that banners were carried into battle to rally the troops and raise their morale.
That's exactly what it did in our church office today! :-)
Our banner arrived today. It was quite a moment. We all came in the office and looked at it. We're very excited.
I was reading a cool verse in Psalms that really seemed to capture how we all were feeling...
Psalm 60:4, "You have raised a banner to gather those who fear you. Now they can stand up against the enemy. Selah"
My study Bible says that banners were carried into battle to rally the troops and raise their morale.
That's exactly what it did in our church office today! :-)
Monday, March 19, 2007
How Are You???
So, the phone was ringing this morning, so I answered it. There was a friendly voice on the other end, "Hello Ms. Leming, How are you today?"
Sadly, it was at this moment that I realized that although I sign up for every Do Not Call list out that I can find, this was indeed a sale's call. The reason why I think this is sad, is that the thing that tipped me off to that fact was that she asked me, "How are you today?"
Some day I would really like to answer that question to the sales people who ask and see what they do...
"Well, right now there's a guy in my driveway fixing the flat tire that we discovered on our car late Saturday night...Ya know, we're starting a brand new church service in Seal Beach on Easter Sunday, and we've been working really hard, so the flat tire right before our Sunday gathering was a real pain...plus with the Spring season on its way and flowers starting to bloom, I've had a headache behind my left eye for about three days now..."
Wouldn't that be great? Some day I should do that. But for today, I politely said, "Please remove me from your list, Thank you." and hung up the phone.
I'm such a coward!
Sadly, it was at this moment that I realized that although I sign up for every Do Not Call list out that I can find, this was indeed a sale's call. The reason why I think this is sad, is that the thing that tipped me off to that fact was that she asked me, "How are you today?"
Some day I would really like to answer that question to the sales people who ask and see what they do...
"Well, right now there's a guy in my driveway fixing the flat tire that we discovered on our car late Saturday night...Ya know, we're starting a brand new church service in Seal Beach on Easter Sunday, and we've been working really hard, so the flat tire right before our Sunday gathering was a real pain...plus with the Spring season on its way and flowers starting to bloom, I've had a headache behind my left eye for about three days now..."
Wouldn't that be great? Some day I should do that. But for today, I politely said, "Please remove me from your list, Thank you." and hung up the phone.
I'm such a coward!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Big Garry
My husband Gary's father passed away this month, due to complications from a heart bypass. He was only 68 years old. He was one of those people who lived life to the fullest, and always seemed to have a twinkle in his eye. He always had something fun or funny to say and you looked forward to whatever that was going to be. He impacted my husband's life in a big way. Gary said that whenever Nolan Ryan pitched, he and his dad were at the game together. I know the memories and the time he spent with my husband as a boy helped shape the man and father that he is today. And for that, I am truly grateful and BLESSED. I have another reason to be thankful to Big Garry. He also was the one who kept asking my Gary when we were dating, and he was living in Southern California, and I was living in Washington, "When are you going to go see her?" He even went so far as to say, "I know you can afford it!". This gave my Gary the courage to come and visit me at Thanksgiving time back in 1981. Shortly after that trip, we became engaged. Yippee! I will always be thankful to Big Garry for that! :-)
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