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Monday, December 31, 2007cat burglar taleLast night we had a bit of a thrill at 4 in the morning. Rather than just tell the story, I have composed a narrative! :-) Hope you enjoy... The Cat Burglar In the dead of the night, when everyone's sleeping, and no noise is heard, not even a peeping... A small house in Chandler was quiet and peaceful, until through the night, sound broke - quite an earful! I sat up in bed, my heart began racing, at thoughts of a burglar, I soon might be chasing. I slipped to the floor, grabbed a bat, said a whispered "stay there" to my wife - no time even to kiss her. I crept down the hallway, ready to tangle with whoever I found - I was ready to mangle! The house I soon cleared, no sign of them now, just our cat Charlie, who said hi with "meow." So I went and turned on all the lights in each room, looking for signs of what caused that "kaboom" When at last - the study - I entered and saw it, disaray on the floor, from an overturned bucket. The cat had been playing and had made the big clatter it turns out nothing was really the matter. 
Friday, December 28, 2007my Christmas presentLea was going to have to work on Christmas day - I don't know why the hospitals don't close :-), but then at about 5:20 a.m. she got a wonderful call - they cancelled her! That means I got to spend the day with my sweetie. As I'm sure you can imagine, that was the best Christmas gift! (Not to say Santa didn't bring some very nice things - it's just having Lea with me for Christmas is better than anything under the tree could be.) She even watched the Laker/Suns game with me! Lakers won. It's fun, she totally gets into with me and knows the players and everything... VERY VERY COOL! Here are a bunch of Christmas pics from the last few weeks:
Oh, and last but not least - we got accepted to ASU Law today, so praise God - we are 7 for 7! Sunday, December 23, 2007Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas! James and I went to the Christmas service at our church today, and it was very encouraging!! Our pastor, Linn, was talking about how the meaning of Christmas if often "stolen" by commercialism, stress, family issues and worries, busyness, etc...and increasingly so with every year (and he compared this to the grinch, and how he "stole" christmas). He talked about how, amidst all of this craziness, we can become grinches ourselves and our attitudes reflect this. We become task/list focused, trying to get through the busy parking lots without losing our tempers, stressing out about christmas schedules...where to go and what to do, getting frustrated with fellow shoppers and store clerks...and then we often end up dissappointed when Christmas doesn't turn out "just perfect," or the way we expected it to. Linn talked about how we need to steal Christmas back!! We need to focus on not only the true meaning of Christmas, but the "reason for the season." Christmastime is not about the best toy, the most perfect party, or a vacation from work. Referring to Matthew 1, Linn pointed out the very first Christmas...as quiet, as lonely and as humble as it was...it was truly BEAUTIFUL. Our savior was born on that day, in a stable! He was born to SAVE US from our sins, for WE NEEDED A SAVIOR! What a wonderful truth. We are the reason for this season! Christ came, lived, and died for us. If we can understand this truth, then nothing and nobody can steal Christmas from us!! We really loved this message because it was a wonderful reminder of our inadequacies, and of God's humble and perfect strength...displayed by how he sent our Savior to us!! We also sang "Wonderful Maker" at Church, which is one of my favorite!! Here is the chorus... What a wonderful maker What a wonderful savior How majestic your whispers And how humble your love With a strength like no other And the heart of a father How majestic your whispers What a wonderful God You made the world and saw that it was good You sent your only son, for you are good ***I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him*** Ecclesiastes 3:14 Friday, December 14, 2007couple updatesFor those of you keeping track, we have a couple recent law school additions: we've been accepted at Cornell and Vanderbilt! Yeehaw! We had some family over last night for Christmas treats and a couple little games. Lea made AWESOME food - cookies, homemade peanut butter cups, popcorn balls... and she had coffee, hot chocolate, apple cider... sooooooo good! I love you honey - you're amazing. Thursday, December 13, 2007Thank you God!!James and I are studying the book of Daniel in our home group now. Last night before study, we were just talking about how in Daniel 10, the vision of Christ caused Daniel to lose all of his strength. As Christ spoke to him, Daniel fell into a deep sleep with his face to the ground. Daniel didn't jump up and down and start singing hymns right away. In fact, the other men with Daniel ran away from the vision to hide. I wondered why this kind of reaction...TO CHRIST!!?? I told James that I always pictured running to God when I see Him in Heaven, both in awe of His glory and yet overwhelmed with thankfulness and gratitude towards Him. But then we talked (well, James pointed out) that some people in the Bible fell to the ground in fear and trembling when they saw God...not because they were afraid of him...but because He was just so holy and amazing that His presence was almost too much to bear. James and I were discussing how God is so much more holy than we can understand and even comprehend. James mentioned how silly it is when humans compare themselves with one another, according to their goodness and works....it's like having a goal of jumping to the moon and you say that you are so much better than this other guy because you can jump 2 ft and he can only jump 1.5ft. None of us will never jump high enough to touch the moon! It is so silly to compare ourselves, when we are SO FAR from God's holiness. In comparison to God, our righteousnesses are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64) WOW. I don't know about you, but this is just beyond me... that we have a God that is this powerful, perfect, and pure...and He chose to love us for who we are (filthy rags and all)!! We love you God! THANK YOU!! Monday, December 10, 2007James' birthdayHey everyone, here are some pictures from my birthday weekend! Oh, and we got a late birthday present - we got accepted to Vanderbilt Law School today!
Friday, December 07, 2007some recent picturesHey there all! This is gonna be quick cause I'm about to go celebrate my birthday with my lovely wife, but we just wanted to post links to recent pictures. Soooooo, here they are:
Happy Birthday James!Today is James' 31st birthday! Or, as he likes to describe it...it's the 3rd celebration of his 29th birthday. James, I love you and I am so excited that I get to share this special day with you! I hope this day is full of wonderful reminders of God's love for you, and of how your life blesses so many others! Love Lea |
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