A Deceived Generation
By Paul Chappell



Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Proverbs 30:12

The Scottish poet Robert Burns’ best known verses is entitled To a Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church. In the poem Burns describes the audacity of the little creature crawling around with impunity on the fine bonnet worn by a high society matron to the service. The poem concludes with these lines (put in modern English from Burns’ original)

And would some Power the small gift give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress and gait would leave us,
And even devotion!

All of us are capable of thinking ourselves as being far better than we actually are. Studies show that people routinely over-estimate their skills, intelligence, and abilities in comparison to others. One study famously found that half of all men rated themselves in the top ten percent nationally in athletic ability!

Often we do not see problems in our own lives, although we can be quite skilled at detecting the problems of others. This tendency to judge others while giving ourselves a pass can lead to both a harsh spirit toward others and a tolerance of sin in our own lives. As the prophet Jeremiah reminds us, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 19:7). If we are depending on our ability to evaluate ourselves, we are heading for trouble. Instead we need an absolute standard of truth that is reliable against which we can measure ourselves. That standard is the Word of God. It is “a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). To properly judge ourselves we must truly be diligent students of the Bible and apply what we read to our lives.

Absolutely thought provoking, inspiring, convicting.

God Does Mysterious Things ~ By Charles R. Swindoll

"{When} I saw every work of GOd,
 I concluded 
that man cannot discover the work
 which has been done under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 8:17

There are numerous riddles in life that remain wrapped in mystery and shrouded inside an enigma. 

The sea, for example, is an unexplainable phenomenon. . . .
There are diseases that still remain a mystery . . .  
yet we seem to have little trouble going on through life with dozens of riddles still unanswered, hundreds of mysteries still unsolved. 

But when God leaves us with a mystery that isn't solved in a week or two, 
most of us go through desperate struggles believing that He is good or fair.
I mean, after all, if we're going to trust a good God, 
He should do only good things, right?
No fair doing mysterious stuff!

Yet God's Word, like God's will, 
is full of mysteries. 

Why should we be surprised, then,
 when God steps in and does mysterious things? 
Why should that make us wonder if He is good---or
wonder if we want to keep believing?

Since when must everything be easily or logically explained?

{Excerpts from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the way}

Shania with her Daddy =)

Family Time

Love spending time as a Family playing games together!

Few pic's from a couple nights of games...

Easter 2013

Y4C

Not in any particular order
Some of the pic's from last weekends Y4C in PalmDale CA!

Was an eventful, fun filled, encouraging, many victories won, exhausting weekend.

The Girls had a blast & can't wait for next year!!! Still talking about it.. Love it!! =)

God showed His amazing presence and we are so ever thankful.

We have more pic's on our other camera and many being posted on FaceBook..
Can't wait to scrapbook these memories.

I surrender all