Still thinking about Grace---

Theologian J. I. Packer describes grace this way:

What is grace? In the New Testament grace means God’s love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves. Grace means God sending His only Son to descend into hell on the cross so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven. ‘(God) hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.’[2 Cor. 5:21]

Saving Grace---Eph 2: 8-10


I like this quote from a book I've been reading.
It is grace, grace, grace. God does it all. Ours is only to believe -
It is by grace that we are saved.
It is by grace that we know Him intimately.
It is by grace that we live day by day.
By grace we deal with the traumas of life.
By grace we serve God.
By grace we please God
By grace and grace alone, we approach God and recieve things which we need.
-----Lord, I need Grace to Make It Today--by Kay Arthur

Thought that comes to my mind is that Faith is Life's Anchor in times of Storm. I couldn't come up with exact picture I wanted.

Life is short

This week, including last Sat. I will have attended 3 visitations and one funeral. I opened the news paper last Thurs to discover a friend's daughter in law had died, Sat was the visitation, Sandra was just 40. It was sadness mingled with good- seeing old friends we hadn't seen for awhile, sad finding out another friend isn't doing well. Sat. a dear friend from church passed away- she'd had breast cancer, it turned into lung and bone cancer. I went with a group of friends to visit with her week ago last wed. She was cheerful and upbeat, wanting to know how each of our lives had been going. Another friend read Ps. 139, we all sang a hymn together and left. One friend and I went to lunch and visited. Sun. morning I got up early not being able to sleep and received a call from a dear friend, her grandson, she raised had been killed in an automobile accident. All of us had gone to Grace Bapt. together. He was between Sarah and Nathan's age 22. He leaves a small son, soon to be 4. Shock and unbelief has turned to sadness - life so short. Make sure you tell family and friends you love them. My friend is like a dear sister to me, we share the same last name but as far as we know our husbands are not related. Times like these draw us close to one another. Through Grace Bapt. is no longer, the families there are like family to us, the love of the Lord, difficult times have drawn us together. Years ago when we lost our 2 infant daughters these people ministered to us. During the time of wayward child, two of the women there went through the same things, we shared tears, hugs, and many prayers. Our children all pulled out of the rebellious stage. Two not before 2 sweet little boys were born, Many hard lessons learned. Life is short, sweet, sometimes oh so hard. God gives us GRACE for these times. Grace is the quiet peace of heart under the grief and tears. I will never forget when I was in the hospital after having my 5th child- Rebbecca - she'd died the day before- I wasn't able to sleep I was in my bed watching the sun come up, the song- Some Golden Day Break Jesus will come was going through my mind. Yes, my heart was broken yet I felt God's presence with me. I knew someday I'd see my daughter again. I felt like someone had put a hole in my heart yet I also felt a peace- that is God's Grace he gives during these times.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) - "in everything give thanks;

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) - "in everything give thanks; ------------- This verse has been going through my mind for past few weeks. It is a hard one. I remember when we first met our pastor friend Walt Willett, he used to remind everyone of this verse each sunday. At that time, we were going through some hard times - I found it very hard to be thankful for all things. I find that I am in that place again, although I know and trust God to work it out. My sister Nita got the news that she has cancer in her spine, she was thinking that she had done too much at her daughters. She wasn't used to all the lifting, there was a lot to do with new granddaughter arriving. Her first granddaughter. I was shocked when she called and said her MRI had shown cancer from her neck down. Tues. she starts radiation everyday for 3 wks. I hope to be going out to Wyo. to be with her after that. Never know where the road of life will lead us.

Lafayette, IN

I decided to post some pictures so you could see what different places around Lafayette looked like-
these pictures came from http://asergeev.com/php/searchph/links.php?keywords=lafayette+indiana
Some are pictures from down town, one is the Tippecanoe River, other one is Purdue University which is across River from us.

blog give aways

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She has a beautiful blog. Go look.

Arm Forces Day- May 16

Salute to my son Nathan and all the other serving all over the World.
Freedom isn't Free.

Show Them Your support.