All three of my boys were born in October, so Emily has been searching for birthday gifts for her brothers. She really gets into giving! We have been excited to find a great resource for "boy" gifts! What is even more exciting is that the family that owns this business lives right here in Dassel! If you want to see the products before you buy them, they have a warehouse in Dassel where you can browse around and look, or you can even pick up your order (if you want to order online). Be sure to check this website out, they have great products!
http://www.jmcremps.com/
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Perfection
Last week Emily and I went to a bridal shower. The bride-to-be is a special friend of Emily's. She leads a girls Bible study that Emily attends. At the shower, she shared how she came to know the Lord and how her and her finace met. It was a great story!
There was something that she said that I have been mulling around in my mind ever since. She talked about how she had wanted her fiance to be perfect. And in her mind, she had an idea of what that looked like. But then she realized that if he was perfect, she would be tempted to worship him. He would become her God, and she would not need Jesus anymore. Wow! What an amazing thought from a young lady, not even married yet!
I have been thinking about how tempting it is to long for perfection, not only in a spouse, but also in our children or even in friends. But I would never verbalize it like that....that I am longing for perfection (even though that is really what I am doing). I just have an idea of how I think someone should act or behave. But what if my husband, children and friends did everything I wanted? What if they behaved exactly as I expected? I would worship them! I would put them on a pedestal and think more highly of them than I should.
Until now, I have never really thought seriously about how detrimental it would be to my spiritual life to have a perfect, or even near perfect person in my life! So why do I desire it? As much as we long for perfect relationships, we must realize that they would draw us away from our Lord. And that thought should help us celebrate our differences and be thankful for the unmet expectations that we have. Those longings that we have can never be filled by someone else!! Praise God!!
We do have a perfect husband and friend! His name is Jesus! He will meet every need that we have! He is our one and only....He is perfect!!! :)
There was something that she said that I have been mulling around in my mind ever since. She talked about how she had wanted her fiance to be perfect. And in her mind, she had an idea of what that looked like. But then she realized that if he was perfect, she would be tempted to worship him. He would become her God, and she would not need Jesus anymore. Wow! What an amazing thought from a young lady, not even married yet!
I have been thinking about how tempting it is to long for perfection, not only in a spouse, but also in our children or even in friends. But I would never verbalize it like that....that I am longing for perfection (even though that is really what I am doing). I just have an idea of how I think someone should act or behave. But what if my husband, children and friends did everything I wanted? What if they behaved exactly as I expected? I would worship them! I would put them on a pedestal and think more highly of them than I should.
Until now, I have never really thought seriously about how detrimental it would be to my spiritual life to have a perfect, or even near perfect person in my life! So why do I desire it? As much as we long for perfect relationships, we must realize that they would draw us away from our Lord. And that thought should help us celebrate our differences and be thankful for the unmet expectations that we have. Those longings that we have can never be filled by someone else!! Praise God!!
We do have a perfect husband and friend! His name is Jesus! He will meet every need that we have! He is our one and only....He is perfect!!! :)
Thursday, September 8, 2011
The Creation Museum
Last February our family went on vacation. One of the places we visited was the Creation Museum in Kentucky. It is an awesome destination for a family vacation! I have been saddened by the number of Christians that I have talked to that have never heard of the museum before. So I decided to do a post on it to help get the word out (at least to a couple people :) ). Maybe you could tell your friends about it too! ;)
Someone asked me what my favorite part of the museum was. I have to say, I was so impressed with everything! It was very well done! But there was one thing that really stuck out in my mind, one thing that impressed me the most, and that was the fact that they did not water down the truth! They were very bold and I was so moved, so thankful that they were willing to put their neck on the line to fearlessly proclaim God's Word. If you love God's Word, you will love the Creation Museum! :)
We all really enjoyed the walk through history.
One room that almost moved me to tears, was the room that showed the destruction of the church due to the rise in evolutionary teaching.
First you see into the window of a house where two brothers are hanging out. One is doing drugs and looking at pornography on his computer. His younger brother is playing a video game where he is trying to kill elderly people. In the next window, their sister is calling her friend to tell her that her pregnancy test is positive and she is planning to abort her baby. Then you see two women, their mom and a friend, talking in the next window. Actually, they are gossiping about other people in the church.
As you walk a little further you see their church. Looking into the windows, you see them all dressed up and looking pretty in their pew, listening to the sermon. The pastor is preaching against God's word, teaching that creation didn't really happen the way the Bible says it did. The foundation of the church is crumbling because of the lies of evolution.
People no longer believe the Bible and therefore their lives are train wrecks and their spiritual lives are a joke. It shows exactly what life in most American churches in like!! People living defeated lives because they refuse to believe God's Word as it is written!
On a more cheerful note, there were some great movies that we watched. We all had a good laugh watching the "Men in White" movie! Just in case you end up going there some day, I won't tell you anything about that movie because I don't want to spoil it for you. :) The planetarium was also very well done and we all really enjoyed that. We also attended lectures and had some great class time learning how to tell the difference between a human skull and a monkey skull and spent some time learning how to making sculptures.
Our family spent three days at the museum and I think that was the perfect amount of time. Although, it was cold when we went, so none of the outdoor stuff was open. You would want to allow more time for that. And if you went in the summer, the lines would be longer, therefore it would take longer to get through the museum.
All to say...I highly recommend the Creation Museum! You won't regret taking a trip there! :)
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| Man and dinosaurs together as God's Word teaches |
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| A dig site |
We all really enjoyed the walk through history.
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| The garden of Eden |
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| Adam names all the animals |
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| The Tree of Life |
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| Here you see the speaker above Mike. As you walk through, you hear the scriptures that describe what you are seeing. |
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| Behind Ben's head you can see Adam and Eve in a pool of water with water falls all around...beautiful!. The serpent is in the tree and will soon deceive Eve. |
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| Sin has entered the world..... |
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| ...and so has death, heartache, pain, and misery! |
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| Adam working the ground with Cain and Able. |
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| Noah and his sons building the ark |
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| Ark trivia |
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| Visiting Noah |
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| The ice age |
One room that almost moved me to tears, was the room that showed the destruction of the church due to the rise in evolutionary teaching.
First you see into the window of a house where two brothers are hanging out. One is doing drugs and looking at pornography on his computer. His younger brother is playing a video game where he is trying to kill elderly people. In the next window, their sister is calling her friend to tell her that her pregnancy test is positive and she is planning to abort her baby. Then you see two women, their mom and a friend, talking in the next window. Actually, they are gossiping about other people in the church.
As you walk a little further you see their church. Looking into the windows, you see them all dressed up and looking pretty in their pew, listening to the sermon. The pastor is preaching against God's word, teaching that creation didn't really happen the way the Bible says it did. The foundation of the church is crumbling because of the lies of evolution.
On a more cheerful note, there were some great movies that we watched. We all had a good laugh watching the "Men in White" movie! Just in case you end up going there some day, I won't tell you anything about that movie because I don't want to spoil it for you. :) The planetarium was also very well done and we all really enjoyed that. We also attended lectures and had some great class time learning how to tell the difference between a human skull and a monkey skull and spent some time learning how to making sculptures.
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| Look out, Emily! |
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| Our family with Ken Ham the founder of the Creation Museum |
All to say...I highly recommend the Creation Museum! You won't regret taking a trip there! :)
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