life flat-lined today. i didn't die, but there was no happiest or saddest part of my day. that's surprising since we were up until nearly 1 last night watching sense and sensibility... okay, sarah watched it. i fell asleep. so we'll give it another go tonight.
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the girls did something pretty funny today. while sarah was inside making dinner and i had yet to come home, they grabbed the sandbox we recently were given from our neighbors across the streeth and drug it up the concrete stairs out back (or out and around the pine trees the long way). they were able to lift the end of a small slide nisha had given us to put the end of the slide into the sandbox. then they got the hose and filled the sandbox with water. presto! instant water slide! all this with no help... the little monkeys!
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so i'm three days short of my thru-the-bible-in-90-days gig. if i'm done by the end of the day father's day, it will have taken me 105 days. not bad. my original goal was to start back up july 1st and read the bible thru in 90 days once per quarter. my plan has now changed to include that plan as well as a new one on top of that. a friend of mine just gave me a chronological bible, which puts everything into time order. it has a 365-day reading plan. so with any luck, i'll read the bible 5 times per year. i hope i can commit everything to memory with that type of repitition.
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i read all of hebrews and most of james today. hebrews 11 and all of james typically chew me up and spit me out. today, hebrews 10:26-27 gave me a nice left hook: "if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgement and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of god." ouch.
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so i've really been at a loss lately as to figuring out why the truth of the bible doesn't hit people. many say it's a good thing and you should follow it, but there's so much more to it... we are to walk as jesus walked. be perfect as god is perfect. don't just believe, but act. stop sinning. all of these things, and more. it's not the law, but it's obedience and love for our lord jesus christ which should compel us to live this way. if not... unquenchable fire awaits. burn with passion for christ's kingdom... or just burn. my hope is that all may come to know the lord and savior christ jesus. but we each must answer for our own self.
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a picture packed full of sparkler fun from our memorial day camping trip:
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