Dancing in the Rain

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."  --Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (Chief of Staff of the Prussian army before World War 1) Well, so much for posting once a week! Although, I suppose if I had really thought about it I would have realized that right at the beginning of summer was not the time to take on that lofty goal. It was a busy summer, as per usual, and there was a grand finale of camp directly followed by a mission trip. Y'all, I'm not as young as I once was, and those 2 weeks back-to-back just about did me in!! However, they were great weeks and the Lord moved and worked and did great things, so it was TOTALLY worth it!  But now, it's August. This is the month where everyone at House of Faith takes a step back and just breathes for a little while. It's the only month of the year where we don't have programs, so everyone takes vacation during this month. And even when we are at work, it's nice and quiet and slow. C...

"The given life"...I'm not sure who coined that phrase, but I'm quite sure it wasn't me. :) Hudson Taylor called it "the exchanged life", A.W. Tozer called it "the crucified life"...it's entirely possible that Eric Ludy is the first person I heard call it "the given life", but I don't really think he came up with the name, either. Regardless of its origin, it's a descriptive name I am coming to love more and more for the life I live. Jonathan Edwards said, "I have been this day before God, and have given myself, all that I am and all that I have, to God; so that I am in no respect my own. I claim no right to myself, no right to this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me. Neither do I have any right to this body or its members, no right to this tongue, to these hands, feet, ears or eyes. I have given myself clear away and not retained anything of my own." "I have given myself clea...

OK, I really do have a "real" blog post in the works...y'know, something besides some trivial fact or a quote or a picture. Hopefully, maybe I'll get it finished and published sometime tomorrow...but if not tomorrow, it will be at least Sunday before I *do* get to it, because we're going to Tulia to see my grandmother this weekend. And now, I'll give you a great quote and then I'm off to bed, BEFORE midnight!! :D "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." --Mark Twain (love you, Momma! :D)

Hey, y'all! :D I'm just on for a brief moment...I'm in Little Elm this week. But, here is today's "wise and witty" quote! :D There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis

Here's a quote for Wise & Witty Wednesday: "Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." --Henry van Dyke A longer post is on its way... :D

Hey, y'all! :D How do you like the new look? I know, if you're getting this through e-mail, that you may be wondering, "what new look?" Well, you'll just have to actually click the link and visit the blog to see it! :D There are all kinds of cute, cool, classy backgrounds, etc. at TheCutestBlogOnTheBlock.com --y'all should check 'em out. The best part is that it's free... :D And here is today's "wise and witty" quote: "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." --Langston Hughes That's all I have to say right now...or maybe just all the time I have to say it. :D I'll try to post again later...y'all have a GREAT day, richly blessed with the Father's grace and encouragement! (Psalm 3:3)

Well, "Wise & Witty Wednesday" won on the poll so that's what we'll go with. Here, once again just barely on Wednesday, is today's quote: "If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." --Abraham Sutzkever Merry Christmas Eve! :D

There's less than 45 minutes left in Wednesday, but it IS still Wednesday and here's the post I promised. :D I collect quotes. I love those short little bits of wise or witty (or sometimes both!) words that various people through the ages have said. But what fun is a quote if you can't share it with somebody?! So, since this is *my* blog...I'm going to use it to share my collection of quotes with you! One at a time, of course. On Wednesdays. The only question is: what should we call it? I've thought of two different names for this "theme"-- Wise & Witty Wednesday Who Said It? Wednesday If we decide on "Wise & Witty", I'll just post a quote each Wednesday, naming the author. If we go with "Who Said It?", I'll post a quote each Wednesday without naming the author and you will have until the next time I post to guess "who said it"--in a comment of course! :D The fun part of that idea is the interaction and feedbac...