So you think you can juggle

The beauty of God is that he will always love you by Vanessa

I was happy to see that my job of raising Vanessa to be a child of God has been accomplished. When I looked at her myspace yesterday she wrote "Going to San Diego" status: In God's hands. My goal was to raise my children to be able to trust in the Lord at all costs, no matter what the trial, no matter what the outcome. I have seen by reading her space that this is where she is at. Right where I want her to be. So I am putting up one of her favorite songs, sung live, by Barlowgirl.

Update on Vanessa

We got to see a comparison of her MRI's 4 years ago and the one on Monday. The pinneal cyst went from the size of a pea to the size of a grape. The fluid has leaked onto the brain causing hydrocephalus. The doctor told us it is at the life threatening point as we could see how swollen the veins were. They looked like threads 4 years ago and now look like the size of little not dogs. She is being medivaced to Balboa Navy Medical Center with a private nurse as soon as the trip is coordinated. Balboa is expecting her and they will admit her immediately and get the surgery done and within days she will travel back to Oahu. My good friends are stationed in Oahu and I will be calling them so they can offer her support. All your prayers would be appreciated. Vanessa was actually relieved because she said she knew something serious was going on by the symptoms she was having.

Another prayer request

My daughter, Vanessa, who is 18 has had a cyst on her pituitary gland for years. They discovered that the cyst has refilled on her MRI last night and she now has hydrocephali, water on the brain. She needs to see the neurosurgeon tomorrow so please pray that the right desicions are made for her next step.

prayers

Please say a prayer for my sister Stephanie who is having her surgery this week. She is almost all done with her cancer treatment and nearing the end of her surgeries. If you want you can see her over at her blog The Written Word.

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays

I am posting this song for my son Josh.

Friday Funnies

Where's God

Two little boys were best friends at church, but they both had a reputation for getting into trouble.
One Sunday, one of the boys was home sick, but the other boy, not wanting to let his friend down,
was twice as bad as normal.


As he was running through the sanctuary after church, the pastor grabbed him and angrily said,
"Where's God?!"


The little boy was frightened and didn't know what to say.


The pastor continued, "I want you to go home and think about it and I don't want you to come back
until you can tell me where God is."


The boy went home and called his sick friend on the telephone.
"Guess what," he said. "They've lost God, and they're trying to blame that one on us, too."
Author is Unknown
For more Friday Funnies go to Homesteader's heart.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my niece Leah who is 7 years old today. Also congratulations to Jenny of Addison Road on the birth of her daughter Anniston Cate Simmons.

Just a little Hillsong

We sung this in church on Sunday and it stuck with me so I thought I would post it. Besides who doesn't love Hillsong.

A little study on Baptism in preperation for my 9 year old

We have been studying baptism and have come across some interesting points.
Baptism is a burial in water (immersion).
The Greek word "baptizo" means immersion. It cannot be translated in any other way and give the meaning of the original language. baptizo {bap-tid'-zo} - Translated in the KJV - baptize (76),wash 2, baptist 1, baptized + 2258 1; 80

1) to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk)
2) to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe
3) to overwhelm

Not to be confused with "bapto." The clearest example that shows the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be 'dipped' (bapto) into boiling water and then 'baptized' (baptizo) in the vinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of vegetables in a solution. But the first is temporary. The second, the act of baptizing the vegetable, produces a permanent change. When used in the New Testament, this word more often refers to our union and identification with Christ than to our water baptism. e.g. Mark 16:16. 'He that believes and is baptized shall be saved'. Christ is saying that mere intellectual assent is not enough. There must be a union with him, a real change, like the vegetable to the pickle!

All of the examples in the New Testament indicate immersion. Consider for example the baptism of Jesus:

Joh 3:23 "John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized--"

John would not need "much water" to baptize any other way.

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Happy Easter

Book winner and great song video

Congratulations to Jennifer over at dustbunnyhostage, she won my book. I'm sorry I did not have more to give away. My son picked her name out of a bowl I shook up real good. I know not real scientific, but I think fair.

I leave you all with this song today. It is one that I love and we sang it last Sunday at church so it has been on my mind all week. No one does it better then this guy.

Darrian home from school field trip to Sea Life Park

Frittles and give-a-way

My 5 year old was describing a girl at school to me and he said she had frittles. I said "what are frittles?" He said "you know girls have them." My first thought was "that's what there calling them now." I said to Darrian "where are frittles?" He said "on their face all over." I said "Oh you mean freckles." He said "Ya freckles." Who knew.

Tomorrow I am picking the winner for my friend Nadine's book. I posted about it 8 posts down but if you want to get in on it you can leave a comment here too. It was an awesome Christian read and whoever gets it will really enjoy it. Click on the link and you can read about it and see the reviews over at Amazon.

Easter at school

Tripler

I did not know that the Tripler chemo corner received this award in 2007. It is an amazing place that allows you to combine all kinds of care, physical, mental, natural, etc. My friend was cured of advanced colon cancer and leukemia here, now I can see why. I remember her journey not being all that bad although it lasted a few years. She has been cancer free for at least 3. Here is a clip from awhile back this link takes about 20 seconds to load :LINK

God is in the Small stuff by Bruce & Stan

If you don't have a Bible, get one.
If you've got a Bible, read it.
If you read the Bible, believe it.
If you believe the Bible, live it.

Books, books, books

My sister who has a really cool book blog is having a give a way. 2 books. Go on over to her blog and leave a comment if you are interested, just click here.

For this week I am posting a song that I have always loved for more then 20 years. A girl I once worked introduced me to this guy and all the awesome songs he does. It is an awesome song for Easter.

Friday Funnies

Lesson in Lying

A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17."

The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. Every hand went up. The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only sixteen chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."
For more Friday Funnies go on over to Homesteader's Heart.
For a great Christian book give-a-way go down two posts and see the Review I wrote on Nadine's book. She is a blogger over at Just Being Me and the book was so good. I will keep the give-a-way open until Friday and then pick a name. Leave a comment and I am sure the winner will really enjoy this book.

Darrian riding his bike