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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

A Good Soldier

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 2:3


No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 2 Timothy 2:4


Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12


...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Hebrews 12:1-3


Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31


Has thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Isaiah 40:28-29

This post was inspired by Luke's obsession with either hunting or playing "soldier/army man". He has pretty much not stop playing this since I brought home a plastic army hat that I bought for .75 at a thrift store this past weekend. As I watched him playing today, God brought some of these verses to my mind. I could not resist the temptation for a blog post! Hope you enjoyed!!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

What kind of example are you?

We do nothing to encourage it but there's no escaping it, this boy LOVES football!


Here's Bella Peace trying to imitate her "Bubba"! She is actually pretending to play football!


When he's not playing football, Luke is usually pretending to hunt. He likes to pretend he is Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone. Here's Mary Ruth, decked out in Luke's pretend clothes, also trying to imitate her big brother!


One day I over heard my BIL, Matt talking to Luke about setting a good example for his sisters and cousins, after all he is the oldest grandchild. Matt told Luke that we are always setting some kind of example, it may be good or it may be bad. He reminded Luke that there were a lot of siblings and cousins watching him and taking their cues from him.

I have often thought about that for myself. There are a lot of people watching me everyday too. If I'm moody, they are likely to be moody. If I respond in love, grace, and mercy, it changes everything. Have you ever noticed that when you smile at someone, they usually smile back? Just a little something to think about as you go through your day.

Now just to make you smile, check out Luke's new smile. He lost his 6th tooth today! The bottom two in the middle have already came back. I cannot believe he is old enough to be losing teeth! Isn't he sooo cute!


Remember to be a "good example" today, I know I will be trying to do the same!