Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Erin
What do you think?
Didn't Tracey over at Little Bitty Blogs do a FANTASTIC job of designing my site? If you are thinking of giving your blog a makeover, please go visit Tracey. She is good. Really good.
See my tabs across the top? Check out my photography tab. I just posted a few pictures of my friend's family. These pictures were taken the night before her husband deployed. I think her idea of having portraits made the night before he left was SO SMART!
If you think about it, will you pray for my friend and her husband? In fact, we should always hold up our nations' soldiers in prayer. They sacrifice so much for us.
We made it home from vacation but only because we had to. I could live at the beach. I don't understand why my husband won't buy me a beach house. (Could it be the money? Naaaahhhhh.) When we turned onto our road, I closed my eyes and BEGGED him to keep driving.
Alas. Here I am, back in the real world.
It's not so bad.
I feel very refreshed and renewed.
Although I didn't read as much at the beach as I had anticpated, I did re-read Deuteronomy Chapter 6. Which is one of my favorites.
Verses 5-9 say:
That first sentence is a theme in this chapter. The theme continues throughout the Old Testament and makes other appearances in the New Testament. Mark 12:29 specifically refers back to this section when it talks about this being the most important of all the commandments.
The most important of all the commandments is to love the Lord Your God with all your heart.
The most important commandment...
My favorite part of this section from Deuteronomy 6, though, is what Moses says next.
Impress [these commandments] upon your children.
He tells the children of Israel how to accomplish the commandment. Talk about God. Bind it on your foreheads. Write it on the doorframes of your houses.
He tells the children of Israel when to accomplish the commandment. At home and when you are walking. When you lie down and when you get up.
And with that, Moses pretty much covers....everything.
We should impress God upon the hearts of our children when we are home and when we are not home; when we stand and when we sit. We should wear it so that others can see it.
I talk about God to Kelsey. We listen to Christian music. We go to church. We read The Bible together.
But I have a renewed sense of purpose thanks to this verse.
Didn't Tracey over at Little Bitty Blogs do a FANTASTIC job of designing my site? If you are thinking of giving your blog a makeover, please go visit Tracey. She is good. Really good.
See my tabs across the top? Check out my photography tab. I just posted a few pictures of my friend's family. These pictures were taken the night before her husband deployed. I think her idea of having portraits made the night before he left was SO SMART!
If you think about it, will you pray for my friend and her husband? In fact, we should always hold up our nations' soldiers in prayer. They sacrifice so much for us.
We made it home from vacation but only because we had to. I could live at the beach. I don't understand why my husband won't buy me a beach house. (Could it be the money? Naaaahhhhh.) When we turned onto our road, I closed my eyes and BEGGED him to keep driving.
Alas. Here I am, back in the real world.
It's not so bad.
I feel very refreshed and renewed.
Although I didn't read as much at the beach as I had anticpated, I did re-read Deuteronomy Chapter 6. Which is one of my favorites.
Verses 5-9 say:
"Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(NIV)"
That first sentence is a theme in this chapter. The theme continues throughout the Old Testament and makes other appearances in the New Testament. Mark 12:29 specifically refers back to this section when it talks about this being the most important of all the commandments.
The most important of all the commandments is to love the Lord Your God with all your heart.
The most important commandment...
My favorite part of this section from Deuteronomy 6, though, is what Moses says next.
Impress [these commandments] upon your children.
He tells the children of Israel how to accomplish the commandment. Talk about God. Bind it on your foreheads. Write it on the doorframes of your houses.
He tells the children of Israel when to accomplish the commandment. At home and when you are walking. When you lie down and when you get up.
And with that, Moses pretty much covers....everything.
We should impress God upon the hearts of our children when we are home and when we are not home; when we stand and when we sit. We should wear it so that others can see it.
I talk about God to Kelsey. We listen to Christian music. We go to church. We read The Bible together.
But I have a renewed sense of purpose thanks to this verse.
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2 comments:
Pretty! :)
Your redesign is very pretty. I really like your header.
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