Resurrection

Do you ever go through slumps? It seems like one minute everything is going well, and the next it all falls apart. I wonder if that is the way the followers of Jesus felt when he was crucified. I wonder if they thought all hope was lost. We know they were scared and many of them ran for their lives. Then after three days of sadness and confusion; Jesus rose! Resurrection made these same followers become courageous. Resurrection brought a joy to their lives they had never experienced. Maybe your in a slump today. Maybe your like me, and have gone through an extended slump at times. Just remember that the Lord is the God of Resurrection. Turn to the one who can bring you out of the pit. Easter may have passed for this year, but Resurrection is something to remember everyday.

VBS 2010--What will 2011 have in store for us???

This was our slide show from VBS last year. I can't wait to see what we do this year. Can you?

The Long Road

Have you ever made plans to do something that once you finally get around to it your realize just how long it took to get there? I suppose this is how I feel typing this right now. I would like to say I have something amazing to share, but alas I am just trying to write again. I figure if I just start typing then something might eventually spring out from this crazy brain of mine. I pray everyone is well, and I am hopeful that I have a renewed spirit for this blog. It has been a long road, but sometimes life is full of those roads...

Whiter Than Snow

A few days ago Bixby was blessed with a beautiful covering of snow. I know problems come with winter storms, and that many are weary from clearing the streets to provide safe passage for all; but there is nothing that makes our world look more pure and clean.

As a child I can still remember enjoying collecting fresh snow to make "snow ice cream", avoiding the colored snow of course. However, it is not long until all the snow becomes contaminated. After a couple of days the beauty begins to turn dingy and dirty. The moment of purity fading away.

In Isaiah we read, "Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow..." (Isaiah 1:18). How amazing is it that our once contaminated lives can be made perfectly clean? Yet going beyond that we realize that through the blood of Christ we are not only made clean from past sins, but are also being kept clean (1 John 1:7). So unlike the snow that after a few days becomes contaminated and dirty once again, we are made clean and kept clean in the eyes of the Lord.

Praise be to God!