Growin' Up Gregory

It has taken us a lot of time, effort, and money to get the nursery from a partially furnished bedroom into the brand new looking room designed with love for our new baby.   I think we are finally ready to bring Thomas home.  Now just to get him into the world this Friday.

I read this devotion this morning and thought it was a pretty good one. Have you ever tried getting a deep stain out of a crisp white business shirt?  You can try loading it into a washer and dumping some detergent into the water.  Then you just hope that when you take out the shirt following the spin cycle, PRESTO the stain is gone. Only in commercials does that happen. Fact is, with most stains, you have to confront the stain head-on with concentrated cleaning solution applied directly to the soiled spot.  Same with confession.  You can't just throw a blanket "sorry for anything I might have done wrong this year God" into the general list of requests of the Almighty Father.  If you really are sorry for the stain you put on your relationship with God, you've got to get specific.  Localize.  Focus on what you did wrong, 'fess up, and ask for mercy in the name of Jesus Christ. And then brandish your new, spotless relationship. "If we confess...

"Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done." - 1 Chronicles 16:8 With today being July 1st, I wanted to pause for a minute to thank the Lord for all the blessing He has given me over the first half of 2014.  My family, friends, and I have been so blessed this year from engagements, healthy pregnancies, new pregnancies, vacations, anniversaries, birthdays, and good health.  It's hard to be too specific without leaving something out but as good as the first half has been knowing that our son is due in the 2nd half I cannot imagine how much better it's going to be! What was really cool was as I was looking for a verse of thankfulness this one came up as the VOD.  We take so much for granted that we should give God praise for, and always give him the glory (Galations 6:14) and proclaim his mighty and powerful name.  There really is no one more powerful than Him. And if He's done so many wonderful things for us wh...