I just realized that the frosty trees this morning looked JUST like the ones in the header on my blog! B-E-U-T-I-F-U-L!!! :)

"Whoever does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me."

Please, I am begging you, take 3 minutes out of your day to watch this short video. It's message is so, so very powerful!


(You will need to scroll down and pause my blog music before playing the video.)

This encouraged me today...

Disciple's Notebook had an excellent post this morning. It's quite short, so please, take a minute and read it.
It's entitled "Faithful to Seek God".

Thoughts...

So I was thinking a lot tonight, Christmas night, about what it means to be a Christian. The word "Christian" means "Christ follower". When you say that you're a Christian, you are inferring that you follow Christ. However, you may be sitting on the fence--one side is a passionate, sold-out life for Christ and the other side, a lukewarm, carnal, world loving life. Which are you going to choose? You must choose to follow Christ, because to not choose or to "put off" choosing one is to choose to follow after the world, live carnally and that defames the name of Jesus! Do not claim the name of Christ if you do not intend to represent Him as He is. God is a jealous God. He desires that you seek after Him and Him alone.
Obviously we are not going to live in absolute perfection for the rest of our lives, but we do live our lives on one side of the fence, which side are you on?

Quote of the week...

“What kind of a God is it who asks everything of us? The same God who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all; and with this gift how can He fail to lavish upon us all He has to give?’ He gives all. He asks all.” -Elisabeth Elliot

Branson pictures to come...! :)

24 more days...

... till Ellie gets back!!