GIDDY UP

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Interesting mug-shot don't you think...

Sinner Saved by Grace

I love southern gospel and my favorite southern gospel group is Gaither Vocal Band (GVB), straight forward four part harmony. I love it! As I was listening or rather singing my way through traffic the thought occured to me that if one of those voices were missing the song would not be the same, it would be incomplete. I mean without the bass, baritone and first tenor the lead vocal would be alone, unsupported and without the ability to build a chord. I was reminded of how the family of God (another great Gaither song) supports and builds up each other. I've met many christians in my walk with Christ that I will never meet again this side of heaven, members of the GVB for example. I've met christians along my walk that make me shiver because the spirit within me does not agree with theirs. This causes me to pontificate on a whole other subject....are they really christians or maybe they are just carnal christians...another time, another place. As I was singing along I began to think about how we just don't like some christians, their personality does not mesh with ours or maybe something else, something deeper like unforgiveness, bitterness, rumored bad behavior or a poor attitude, which goes back to us-maybe we are the problem, not them!

I leave you with the words of my favorite song written by Gloria and Bill Gaither, A sinner saved by grace.

If you could seeWhat I once was If you could go with me Back to where I started fromThen, I know you would see A miracle of Love that put me in it's sweet embrace and made me what I am today just an old sinner Saved by grace Im just a sinner Saved by grace when I stood condemned to death He took my place Now I live and breathe in freedom with each breath of life I take loved and forgiven back with the living I'm just a sinner Saved by grace How could I boast on anything I've ever seen or done, how could I dare to claim as mine the victories GOD has won where would I be had GOD not brought me gently to this place I'm here to say I'm nothing but a sinner Saved by grace I'm just a sinner Saved by grace when I stood condemned to death He took my place Now I grow and breathe in freedom with each breath of life I take I'm loved and forgiven back with the living I'm just a sinner Saved by grace Now I grow and breathe in freedom with each breath of life I take I'm loved and forgiven back with the living I'm just a sinner Saved by grace Saved by grace

The old meeting the new

I met Emma Victoria Taylor tonight. I have known about her for 9 months and have long awaited her arrival. She belongs to my friends Jeff and Krissy and was reminded over the weekend of her impending arrival. As Monday morning rolled around in it's sometimes brutal fashion I spoke to my sweet Krissy on their way to the hospital and I encouraged her that she would be lifted up in prayer.

Throughout the day my mind kept remembering the words in Psalm 139--For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.-- As I arrived at the hospital to meet the child that has been prayed for since before her conception I had to stop and pray that the Lord would give me fullness of joy and that the painful part of the next few hours would be abated by his grace and mercy. (The painful part is where I sit back and wonder how or when God is going to "deliver the goods" to my door). Words can hardly express what a beautiful time I had, aside from her parents I was the first to hold this precious cargo, God in his most magnificent way reminded me that his timing is perfect. I had to smile as tears of jubilant joy streamed down my face as I looked at a "little Krissy". Why is that all babies look the same until you know and love the parents of one of these infants and you can see them in the child?

I left two hours later with a feeling of peace, comfort and contentment. Praise God! As I was leaving the family began to arrive and the feeling of a "family reunion" was strong. I visited with Krissy's cousin that I have not seen since the wedding and hugged and kissed the several friends that had arrived to meet Emma. It was the old meeting the new so to speak. I love it when our past that is the old self, the flesh and the lies we have believed is transformed by our newness in Christ. Please read II Corinthians 5. Driving home I listened to the words of Steven Curtiss Chapman "believe the unbelievable, receive the inconceivable and dream beyond our wildest imagination...Lord we come with great expectations".

I leave you with--God's timing is perfect!