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This is a powerful video about our AWESOME GOD and HIS bountiful grace. Please take a few minutes to watch the entire video presentation. Reflect on HIS unconditional love.

Bops and Nanny by Aby

Today my granddaughter Aby came for a visit bearing a special drawing she had made. She had drawn a picture of her "Bops and Nanny" using a purple crayon. Notice it is an autograhped original (she is 3 years old). I added the typed information to a scanned copy of the original which hangs proudly in my office. Aby has a really big imagination. In her drawing of me she decided that I needed some hair -- which departed this life many years ago. Sherry and I (Nanny and Bops) have been truly blessed with two wonderful children and their spouses and four precious grandchildren. I have often boasted, "If I would have known how much fun grandkids were, I would have had them first." [Please, no comments about how that is impossible.] If your a grandparent you know hat I mean. In my Bible readings yesterday, I came across this verse in Proverbs 17:6a, "Children's children are a crown to the aged." The Bible calls grandchildren a crown to the aged. I like that. Not the "aged" part, but the ideal of grandchildren being a "crown." They truly are a blessing. The Lord willing --- I hope to see them grow up and become responsible adults like their parents. My prayer today for them is that the Lord would give them a heart that seeks after HIM, and that they would serve HIM all the days of their lives.

P.U.S.H.

A friend who works as an administrator in a local school district was sharing with me about a situation that recently occured. Some unknown students had committed a serious offense that required his swift and immediate attention. During the course of the investigation things had kind of stalled when one of the Police Officers encouraged him to "PUSH." My friend did not know what to think at first. When my friend looked puzzled by the Officer's comment, the Officer explained by saying, "Pray Until Something Happens." My friend began to pray as he continued to investigate the matter and within a short period of time the situation was resolved. The students responsible were identified and the case closed. What a simple concept. I wonder how less complicated my life would be if daily I practiced P.U.S.H. The Bible tells us to "pray about everthing," but too often I have the mistaken notion that the issues or problems that I'm struggling with are too small for God to be bothered with. So I continue struggling with the issues until I've exhausted all options, and then I pray. Can you relate? How much wiser it would be to trust the LORD with everything. I am learning that the attitude of self-sufficency is sin. We have believed the Devils lie -- "That the LORD helps those who help themselves." Lord, help me to P.U.S.H. daily in my journey allowing You the freedom to freely work in my life.

The Glory of God

When I was a kid I remember spending hours just laying on the ground gazing into the night's sky looking at the stars. I have not done that in a long time. I was about 42 years old before I every saw the Milky Way. I was with a group of men returning from a work trip from the Matamoros Children's home (http://www.matamoroschildrenshome.org/). We had stopped in an unlite roadside rest stop and were eating some ice cold watermelons from south Texas when my frined Jim said, "There's the Milky Way." We were stopped out in the middle of no where on a moonless night. When I looked up, I was amazed at the wonderful sight of something I had only read about. There above me was the Milky Way in all its splendor. What an absolutely wonderful sight to see. It was one of those special moments in life for me. I don't know about you but when I look into the sky I'm reminded of how awesome our God is. Psalm 19 declares that the heavens declare the glory of God.
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When you look into the skies do you hear the testimony of all of creation about the glory of our God?