So, it’s officially almost one day short of two weeks that I’ve been engaged – I can hardly believe it! But, I’m so excited, Jeremy and I both are. I’m so thankful that he’s in my life and all that he teaches me on a daily basis. It’s so good to be loved by him and to love him. Also, we’ve started a new site for details initially for our wedding and for the future for our lives together. Here’s a few pictures from our engagement weekend. I hope you enjoy, and a little video for kicks…

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I know it’s been awhile. And I know I haven’t posted about a very exciting life event that has taken place, but I will, oh I will. I just need to get caught up a bit more – I’ve been behind, in a lot of areas, and feel rushed, and like I can’t get a good handle on things.

And, one of these things that occupies a bit of my time that maybe shouldn’t is this phenomenon called twitter, please watch this video, the first two minutes are funny, the last two I could really, probably do without…

Thank you Jim Elliot for this…

Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

-Jim Elliot

The salvation that is in Jesus Christ is not limited to the forgiveness of sins; it is also able to overcome sin’s dominion in our daily lives. Charles Wesley stated this truth quite well in a line of his famous hymn “O, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”: “He breaks the power of canceled sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood availed for me.” You see, it is quite possible to have sin canceled (forgiven), yet still be subject to its power over our lives. But Jesus’ salvation life, which pervades our hearts, is intended to go beyond simply forgiving sins to breaking sin’s power in our daily lives.

-Richard Foster

I first heard this quote when listening to a talk by Richie Marshall, one of the senior staff here at Port City Church. It resonated with me, and made me realize that I often refer back to what Christ has done (at salvation, His death and ressurection) instead of what Christ is doing now (how His ressurecting power is played out in my life). What about you?

To me, it’s so interesting that everyone wants to blame someone, always, until it comes to something good – and instantly, credit taken.

I just ran across this article on CNN – about, is it Obama’s economy yet?

The text saying:

The political question for the White House is how long those poll numbers will last. At some point, the “Bush Economy” is going to become the “Obama Economy.”

As if, one person, even our president could be “to blame” for the entire economy.

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I’ve found that I have this issue with only seeing what’s right in front of me – and not with a perspective that I really need to have, fixing my eyes on the one place that matters. I guess this has been really resonating with me a lot lately…

It seems that in the Bible there are a lot of references to vision and sight. They aren’t that hard to think of…

without ______ the people perish.

affix your ______ on Christ, the author & perfecter of your faith..

we walk by faith and not by _______.

It was probably not that hard for you to fill those in, or maybe it was. I didn’t use call references, because I wanted you to see how it isn’t that hard to find verses that deal with our eyes, our vision, and our sight. Which, makes me think that what we see, what we affix our eyes on, in a physical and spiritual sense are very important. What we allow our eyes to rest on – gives credence to how we live our lives.

I want my eyes to rest, to sit fully on Jesus. They don’t all the time. I look to a lot of other things for satisfaction and I don’t have any problem admitting that. How do you keep your spiritual eyes from wandering? I’m so curious to know.