I have no reason to think this guy is a believer, but he's certainly on-spot in the idea of evolution.
It's amazing to think how many people believe the incredible complexity in our world could come from random chance!
Month: September 2006
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My precious and beloved wife already mentioned that the wedding went really well. I thought someone might be interested in the pastoral charge I gave to the couple, so here it is:
Joshua
& Jessica, you are about to enter into one of the most awesome
adventures that will ever happen to you. If you do it right, marriage
will be one of the greatest experiences that will ever happen to you.
But if you do it wrong, there are few things more miserable.There
are a lot of ingredients to a great marriage, but most of them come
back to one word – commitment. Commitment to each other,
to your relationship,
to love and
forgiveness, and
to the Lord Jesus.Today
you'll take vows that include the words, “as long as you both shall
live” and “as long as we both shall live”. Those are solemn
promises not to be taken lightly. You promise today before God that
you will remain committed and true to each other no matter what the
storms of life throw at you. No matter how unbearable and unlovable
your spouse becomes, you vow before God to stay together and to
choose to love each other.Maybe
the main reason that the Lord planned marriage this way is because it
is a picture of His relationship with His people. When we've trusted
Jesus to be our Savior, He promises to never leave us nor forsake us.
That's awesome!No
one has the power to love like this on his own. You can only do this
in God's strength. That's why you need to walk in submission to Jesus
and live according to His Word. If you do that, your marriage can be
a phenomenally great adventure!
One of my sisters joked that she was surprised they didn't flee out of the church when they heard that.
By popular demand by my sweetie, here are a few pictures:
Dylan with his oldest cousin Zach, the bride's big brother
My Dad with his wife Beth
Dylan took this photo
Kaitie, Tara and cousin Amanda
My Mom and sister-in-law Kim
More kissing pictures (one of my favorite activities!)
Dyl took this picture too.
Most of the cousins
My brother Steve and me. One of us is brilliant and the other is good-looking.
The happy couple's first dance
Tara dancing with her cousin Mike and Dyl dancing with Mike's sister Amanda
SpiderDad and SpideyLady. I think this is the first time we've ever danced together!
More cuddling in the background!
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I thought for sure the cryptic entry would be enough to rouse at least a few comments, but nooooooo......
Here's what happened. My dear son Greg was playing with one of Dylan's toys on Friday and managed to stick himself in the eye with it. I have no idea how he did it. He never did give me a straight answer. The doctor recommended we take him to the ER since they have the equipment to check him out. The triage nurse actually laughed when Greg explained what happened.
So they checked him out and he had scratched his cornea. Antibiotic drops etc., and he's all set, right? Wrong.
Saturday evening, I asked Greg if he would run out to the car and bring in two of the bags of water softener salt that we'd gotten at the store. It was raining out so when he stepped into the door, his foot slipped on the floor and he fell - hard! He landed halfway out the door. His ribs crashed right on the threshold with 80 pounds of solar salt right on top of him.
Greg has one of the highest pain tolerances of anyone I've ever seen. He is undoubtedly one of the toughest kids you'll ever meet, but he was in agony! He could hardly sit up and he was ready to call the ambulance from his cell phone because we weren't doing it fast enough to suit him.
Tara was trying to listen to his chest to be sure he hadn't burst a lung (a very real possibility with an injury like that), and he was complaining to her and generally being very unhappy. It was actually funny. Tara told him, "Greg, would you just shut up! I know what I'm doing!"
So Greg and I made the next trip to the ER. It was a completely different staff than the night before. We were joking that the child protection people were going to come take him away (they'd give him back pretty quickly!).
He didn't have any broken ribs or kidney damage, so they just said to take it easy.So that was the deal. Lots of fun. I'll try to update more soon.
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