Bragging Rights

It usually drives me crazy when moms go on and on about how their child can do "something" special before normal...look Johnny can walk at 9 months or Suzy can write her name at 1....things like that. So I am going to do the thing that drives me crazy...cuz I guess its my kid and my blog :)

Tonight my 3.5 year old read her first book!!!!

Granted it is just a Bob book and the word list is very, very simple..Mat sat. etc.. but it does bring a smile to any parent's face when their child actually sounds out the letters to make a word and reads! Maybe its a first-born thing, but it is still pretty cool.

And just so my head doesn't get too big..she still struggles to correctly ride a tricycle..mostly because her little legs can't reach the petals :)

John Piper

On Sunday night I had the privilege to hear John Piper speak live for the first time. He came to Park Street Church in downtown Boston and we were sitting in the 3rd row. Oh, what a treat! The great thing about him is that you know when you hear him, you won't just have your ears tickled. He speaks hard truth...but with humility. You are always convicted, but it is always good.

He spoke mostly on this verse: "We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part" 2 Corin. 8:1-3

His main point (which he writes a lot about in his books... http://www.desiringgod.org/) is that when we find our full satisfaction and joy in God it will spill out in love for others. The convicting part for me was in this particular passage the people in Macedonia who were extremely poor and going through a lot of affliction were giving abundantly and joyfully. God is more concerned with my heart than my husband finding that perfect job or that all my life's circumstances are easy and the way I want them to be.

Also, Mike got him to sign my Bible and our friend Bry snagged a pic. of us with him:
Well... a picture of Mike and the back of my shirt :)

Prego shots & egg hunt

Happy Easter

With Good Friday and Easter approaching, I thought I would share something more deep...

Confidence

O God, thou art very great..
I am unworthy, but thou dost welcome;
guilty, but thou art merciful;
indigent, but thy riches are unsearchable.

Thou hast shown boundless compassion towards me
by not sparing thy Son,
and by giving me freely all things in him;

This is the foundation of my hope,
the refuge of my safety,
the new and living way to thee
the means of that conviction of sin,
brokenness of heart, and self-despair,
which will endear to me the gospel.

Happy are they who are Christ's,
in him at peace with thee,
justified from all things,
delivered from coming wrath,
made heirs of future glory.

Valley of Vision; A collection of Puritan prayers & Devotions

If you have a desire to read more about how God works through Christ in a more modern way, check out my friend's website: www.godsavedmiles.com