Lea and James' blog
Friday, February 29, 2008mouth wateringLea is a wonderful cook - the best, in fact! She made chicken and rice & broccoli on Wednesday for dinner and I brought leftovers for lunch on Thursday, forgetting that we had a team lunch for someone's birthday. She was laughing because I was telling her how I was disappointed that I had to go out to eat cause I would have rather had her leftovers cause she makes such great food! Anyway, just wanted to share...if you ever get invited for dinner and Lea is cooking, clear your schedule so you can come! :-) Thursday, February 28, 2008My guyI just wanted to share just how much I love James!! He is such an amazing, incredible man of God. He works so hard to keep our marriage and our lives centered around Christ. We both agreed when we married that we wanted our home to be Christ-centered. And I know that is a big reason we have such a wonderful and fulfilling marriage. James models Christ's character to me everyday by the way he cares for and spends time with me, works to support our family, and by affirming God's truth in our lives. I tend to get emotional at times (surprise surprise right!?), and James is so calm and steady. He loves God and wants to honor Him with his life. James thinks I am silly when I say this, but I really look up to him. I am so glad he is my guy!! The Blazing FurnaceI must be in a blogging mood or something... Last night in BS (that's bible study) we talked about our study in Daniel. We discussed how even though it is a very deep and sometimes confusing book, we each learned something that we hadn't known or realized before. There are some cool stories in Daniel; clear testimonies to God's power and mercy. James and I were also very impressed by Daniel's humility, integrity, and conviction. And the Bible says that because of Daniel's character, God gave him knowledge and understanding. There was one story that I had heard many times before, but I gained a new perspective on it this time. It is the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The Kind Nebuchadnezzar was enraged when these three would not worship the image of gold that he set up. He threatened to throw them all into the fiery furnace if they did not bow down to him. This is what happened... Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." Daniel 3:16-18 Like Daniel, these three men believed that God was able to deliver them, but that His power and ability to do so was not limited by His choice. They trusted that God was unchanging (all-powerful, all-knowing, all-merciful, and GOOD), no matter what circumstances they found themselves in. They feared God above their circumstances, and their loyalty to Him was unwavering. They were willing to give up their lives rather than serve any god except their God (the true God)!! So God sent an angel to deliver them from the furnace, unharmed (Dan 3:27). Furthermore, this caused Neb to praise God saying, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants!" Dan 3:28 This story makes me think about how I can trust God more with the circumstances in my life. Am I really trusting Him with the present, and the future?? My prayer is that I will have less interest in being comfortable and happy, but more interest in following God and trusting Him with my dreams and my life. I want to dwell on His promises no matter the situations I find myself in. I recommend listening to "Burn us up," by Shane & Shane. It is on U-Tube. Tuesday, February 26, 2008Cornell shows us the moneyPraise God - we received the Cornell Law "Dean's Scholarship" yesterday. The scholarship is for $35k/year and I feel honored to be offered a scholarship from such a great school. This is only possible because of God - He deserves all the praise! Monday, February 25, 2008The Treasure PrincipleI am reading this book by Randy Alcorn titled, ‘The Treasure Principle’. Our pastor Linn strongly encouraged us to read this book because we are going through a sermon series called Pirates. We are discussing the pirates in our lives that try and steal our treasure. Anyways, God is teaching me a lot through this book. The book is primarily centered around Matthew 6:19-21… “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Basically, the author discusses how much joy and freedom he has found in giving. He shares the power of learning and believing that God is the owner of all we have, and its importance in our daily Christian walk. With biblical references, he talks about how we are meant to be the “managers” of what God has given to us. And along with our pastor, he urged us to ask ourselves the question, “What would the owner (God) want me to do with my money…my things…my time, etc?” Although challenging, this question encourages me to really evaluate where I spend my money and my time. Do I freely give what God asks of me? More importantly I think, do I give more than what is asked of me? I love God, and I want to make a difference for Him and for eternity. I know that the only way that I can do that is by understanding and believing that I am the manager of God’s “stuff.” All of it was given to me FOR A PURPOSE, and what I do with it ultimately reflects where my heart is. Praise God for His patience and grace toward me as I learn this incredible truth!!! Pics...and more...and more!We have a lot of new pictures! And you will notice that our blog page, our "Lea and James" page and our "Pictures" page all have new header pics! :-) Hope you enjoy!
Friday, February 15, 2008amendment...I just gathered all the cards Lea wrote me for Valentine's Day - there were EIGHT of them! For those of you math fans...that's one for every three hours of the day! :-) Love you sweetie! My lovely Valentine!Hi all! Well, my sweetie wrote me about half a dozen cards for Valentine's Day - they were all over the place. I love getting notes from her, so it was awesome. And she got me personalized M&Ms - I didn't even know you could get those, it was so cool! And two very snazzy shirts, one of which I wore today and got a couple compliments on. Gee - it's like it was Christmas or something! Anyway, we went to dinner at Sam's Cafe - this nice little restaurant downtown and then went to a movie. Wonderful night with my wonderful bride! Some more pictures from V-day and the last couple weeks are at the link below.
Friday, February 08, 2008YALE!...said no :-)I got a special letter from Yale today. Unfortunately, it did not have a special message. Instead, it said, "We regreat that we are unable to offer you admission..." It was mildly disappointing to get my first law school rejections. However, the fact is, Yale is the #1 school in the country...they reject a lot of people. I have joined a very prestigious group! I have a feeling my Yale essay didn't help much. It was a bit um...controversial! Anyway, tell you what, it was a lot easier to stomach the rejection two days after Northwestern awarded us the Wigmore scholarship! Thanks NU! Wednesday, February 06, 2008Northwestern - Praise God!So I got an email today from Northwestern and they have awarded us the John Henry Wigmore Scholarship! This is for $120k over three years!! Northwestern is 42k per year so it is basically a full-tuition scholarship. Northwestern is ranked 12th in the country and by all accounts, is an incredible school! Praise God for this amazing blessing! Monday, February 04, 2008how do ya do, said MichiganThat's right - we got our acceptance from Michigan in the mail today! The dean wrote a little note that said, "We'd love to have you here!" - I'm sure that she only wrote that on my acceptance letter, and no one else's. Ok, maybe not. Although my sweet wife responded with, "they'd be lucky to have you there." And she is NOT biased, that was totally objective! :-) Ok, again maybe not. But it was still really sweet and I liked it! 15 monthsHappy 15-month anniversary to my love. Lea has officially made me the luckiest man in the world for 456 days - unofficially, it's been longer than that, since she has loved me for longer, but it has been 456 days since our wedding. Anyway, that was a long explanation! I just wanted to tell everyone that I love Lea!! Lea, sweetie, I love you and hope that you know how special you are! my Super cool wifeI hear some people have been dying to see pics of Lea's super-cute new "do." Well, here they are, as well as a few other pics from the last couple weeks. Lea and I went to a Superbowl party yesterday. Until the 4th quarter, most of the girls were downstairs and the guys were upstairs watching it on the huge screen. But Lea came up and watched a lot of it with us upstairs - it was awesome. My wife is so cool. (We'll probably add a few Superbowl picks to this link soon.)
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