Unsearchable Riches!: March 2008

3.25.2008

Looking more closely,

we realized that Scott is standing on Jay's shoulders!

IF I HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS IT IS BECAUSE

I HAVE STOOD ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

3.22.2008

Awhile back I changed my template as I looked forward to the Easter season. These days I feel like I hardly even have time to appreciate holidays - I haven't been able to host a family dinner in a long time! But thanks to Pyzam I actually realized a few weeks back that a holiday was coming up :) How many times I have read the verse in the bottom left corner - "He is not here, He is risen as He said."

Religion is an interesting thing. People all over the world follow leaders who have died and left nothing behind but a bunch of aimless, wandering sheep, maybe some good quotes, but no real hope! I think of I Cor. 15, what some refer to as the 'gospel in a nutshell.' Jesus died, was buried, rose on the 3rd day, and was seen! He was not just a man who had no power over death, He was the Son of God! And the same power that raised Him from the dead is the same power that keeps me every day! Wow!

I am so thankful to serve a risen Saviour today! I Cor. 15:19 says if we only have hope in this life, we are of men the most to be pitied. Oh, but with my hope lying in the risen Lord, don't pity me, because I have One who is making intercession for me. Oh yes, He is alive today seated at God the Father's own right hand!

"Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." Romans 8:34

I am eternally grateful to have a personal, loving God who is unlike any religious leader that ever walked this earth! I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ - He is a living Saviour, my hope, my help, my intercessor. He not only saved me, He keeps me! And to be kept by the power of God - well, there's nothing better than that!

I serve a risen Saviour, He's in the world today

I know that He is living, whatever men may say

The help of all who seek Him, the hope of all who find

None other is so loving, so good and kind

He Lives, He Lives

Christ Jesus Lives today!!!

He walks with me and talks with me

along life's narrow way

He Lives, He Lives

salvation to impart

You ask me how I know He lives?

HE lives within my heart!

And you know what I can't wait for - someday I too will see Him! ...because,

HE IS RISEN INDEED!

Ski trip...

Our ski trip was great fun! It was gorgeous weather for skiing and the mountains were beautiful! Just like Daniel last year, Rebekah picked everything up SO quickly. Day one was lessons, day 2 the greens, and day 3 the blues. By the end of day 3 she had me so worn out... Daddy went to ski with Jay Ball for awhile and I took the kids up their favorite blue run. Halfway down I looked up and they were out of sight, had left me in the dust! I realized then that I had no hope of keeping up with them - we'd ride a lift, and I'd say, "Have fun! Just wait for me at the bottom!"

We get to travel all over the place, but this time we actually got to spend our time all together and really have great family time! What a joy it was to share this with our kids and create such great memories :) Rebekah talked a mile a minute all week long - so we knew she was so loving it! Even on the lifts she'd be talking on and on about the beautiful mountains that God put there... I hadn't realized that she wouldn't remember seeing the mountains. And Danny, well, he's going to be scaring me as he gets older. That dude has no fear - he was just going along with the teens we were with and hitting the jumps some of the time. He loved the terrain parks - the ones I ski around! Oh well, nothing like a ski trip to make a mother remember that she must entrust her children's safety to her Father's care!!!

Cyndi

Dan and Danny riding the quad

View from the Continental divide

My 3 skiiers!

Scott is awesome - I think he's good at everything he does!

Jay Ball

3.19.2008

...from a hotel room

Well, I am sitting here in the dark because my kiddos are sleeping and Scott is with the youth group speaking. There's not much to do in a hotel room with 2 sleeping kids! I took some great photos of the kids skiing today. Just like Danny last year, Rebekah has caught on wonderfully. The first day she spent in class and on the bunny hill. Today she finished all the greens and we are going to hit the blues tomorrow. I just hope I can keep up with them!

The mountains are gorgeous! There is 120 in. of a snow base! Perfect weather for skiing too :) What a beautiful place to be - riding the lifts is so peaceful and one cannot help but to think of the Lord's handiwork and give Him praise! I have met so many believers here too - had great talks of the Lord on the lifts with kids from youth groups all over the place. One lady even shared a prayer request with me. I will probably never see her again until heaven, but it's so cool that we could have true fellowship through the common bond we have in the Lord Jesus! That's something I never grow tired of as we travel around :)

Pray for Scott as he shares with the kids here. We're not just here for the fun,although it certainly is. We want to have an impact on these kids lives, that they might see the value of having an eternal impact even at this tender age. How well I remeber those high school years, and so vividly the time when I decided that I so badly wanted my life to be sold out for the Lord! The Lord used a message that I heard that year to change my life, and prick me out of my lazy christianity!

Well, Scott is back and it's time to play cards with friends :) Catch ya' later!