My wife put my son to bed tonight. About a half hour later we heard Ethan making noises, which is uncommon for him. So I went in to change him and give him some milk. I then laid him down again, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Night, night. I love you."
Ethan then said the most amazing words ever, "I luv ew...da da."
Joy welled up in my heart. I have a really difficult time expressing emotions, which I am repenting of daily and seeking God for change. Yet I went straight to Amy and told her the amazing news about what had happened. She then called her mom to tell her the news. Tears then welled up in my eyes. Children are a blessing from the Lord as the Scriptures declare. I am so thankful to God for my son and everyday I have with him and pray for many more days and children.
How can I find the words to describe how great it is to hear my son tell me he loves me?
How God, too, longs to hear us tell him we love him?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Great Blog Post By Jeff Vanderstelt
I wish that most followers of Jesus in the West would read this following blog post. Here is an excerpt:
Recently, I have engaged in a conversation with my Acts 29 brothers regarding the challenges of raising up indigenous leaders to start new churches. Many struggle to find the men, the resources (many reference the high costs to plant) and the means to identify, equip and release for the starting of new Gospel works...
It seems to me that Paul didn't have much problem getting new works started and having sufficient leadership to put in place before moving on to the next place (granted it was hard work). I continue to hear a lot of talk about the lack of leaders and the difficulty of raising up leadership. So, I wonder: Do we have a non-biblical description of elder/leaders for the church? Is it possible that our description of who can lead a church is connected to our present model of Church (not the Biblical model) and therefore only "super-apostles" can lead?
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