Commitments

On New Year's Eve Kabe and I were in the car driving down the road when he asked what we were doing the next day. We then proceeded to have the following conversation that went something like this:

me: why?
Kabe: Tomorrow (the 1st) will be a very busy day!
me: why?
Kabe: because of the commitments.
me: commitments?
Kabe: yeah - people make commitments at the end of the year like exercising more, being nicer, talking about Jesus more or being a better friend and it all starts tomorrow so everyone is going to be very busy with those commitments!
me: so, do you think we should make some commitments?
Kabe: yeah, we should probably work on making people love Jesus.

Okay...so our conversation didn't end there. We talked a bit about what we could do to make people love Jesus and whether we could actually make people love Jesus or whether we should just show people about Jesus through our words and actions. In the end we decided that showing people Jesus would be one of the commitments we would work on, Kabe & me.

What about you? Did you make any commitments you can share? I'd love to hear about them!

I proceeded to ask him why. He then told me he thought Thursday (the 1st) would be a very busy day. I was curious about this and asked

Did you make Resolutions / Goals / Commitments this year?

Greatest Need

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent an economist. But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior.

Christmas cards. Punctuated promises. Phrases filled with the reason we do it all anyway.

He became like us, so we could become like him.
Angels still sing and the star still beckons.
He loves each one of us like there was only one of us to love.
~~Max Lucado When God Whispers Your Name

Blessings

I have a lot to be thankful for in my life and I know I don't take time regularly enough to count those blessings. I am married to my best friend -- a Godly Man and a great dad -- for almost 11 years now! I have a wonderful son who has a tender heart full of compassion. I have parents, siblings, friends and family who love me, whom I love. I have a roof over my head and food to eat. I have a good, merciful, and loving Jesus who loves me, despite all my faults and failures. That's a lot to be thankful for!

Yesterday we celebrated Palm Sunday at church, saying "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Blessed is HE who comes in the Name of the Lord!" Can you even imagine what it would have been like to be in Jerusalem with Jesus as He came riding through on a donkey amid shouts of praise and adoration?

Then, by week's end, Jesus will have made the ultimate sacrifice, taking my sins--your sins, being crucified on a cross for you and for me. Do you know His Blessings?