Psalm 63

Psalm 63

The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches,
For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.
But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.
They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.
But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped

Longing for a bit more...

Tonight find myself having quite a lot of longing to be in Old Naledi, Botswana. Not too sure why. Maybe a bit too much time on the old BBC Africa new site or reading about the KSU students who recently got there or maybe it was seeing Becky for a short while. Regardless, I'd really much rather be there tonight. Not so much in an angry or sad sort of way. More of an anticipation I suppose. I guess what I mean to say is that it's a rather good thing. I can't explain it too well. A joyful longing is about the best I can do.

Then I got to thinking about how if I really understood God for all that He is I would yearn to be worshiping in heaven with every part of me. Old Naledi - this small glimpse of what a beautiful God of restoration and grace we serve stirs up such a longing in me. For me, it's one of the exciting ways for me to tangibly see the character of God. Yet, even though it's about the best I know it's really just a very poor reflection of the tiniest part of the vast richness and beauty of God.

I pray that He would teach us to see Him more completely that we might learn to yearn for the only real thing that will fulfill us. The only real thing worth pursuing.

"Teacher Stages Fake Gun Attack on Students"

Wow. Talk about the worst idea ever. You'd think that being a teacher would disqualify you from thinking this was a good idea. Apparently not...

Zig Ziglar!

I knew I had to go to a seminar for work tomorrow on time management and motivation and such... but I never would have guessed that it was featuring none other than Zig Ziglar! Not sure who Zig Ziglar is? It's this guy...

That's right. You so wish you were coming too.

There's also 6 other speakers or so. Including Bill Self. I should be quite a day. If I can find a link about the seminar I'll post it.

~Jim Halpert

Summer is around the corner...

and Er and I are turning over a new leaf. We're trying to figure as much cool FREE stuff to do with friends, together as a family, or as a date as we can. It should be fun - maybe a good way to get people in the church spending more time with each other outside Sunday morning. After 20 minutes of brainstorming here's what we got.

Fun Things We Like To Do For Free
1. Go on picnics
2. Go on a walk
3. Arts in the Park Music Series
4. Go swimming at City Pool (thanks for the pool passes Poulsons)
5. Take Elijah to the park
6. Go to the Riley County Museam
7. Go for a walk out at Konza
8. Go out to Pilsbury Crossing
9. Couple's game night
10. Grill out at city park
11. Pot Luck/Sand Volleball Night at City Park with Friends 12. Fly a kite (Thanks to Chris Barker for 12-14) 13. Go for a bike ride 14. Walk around campus We'd like some more good ideas and cool people to do them with if you're intrested...

New look!

That black one was a bit too drab. This one is way more chipper.

A qoute worth reading...

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”

- The Talmud

I ran into this today while I was killing some time before work. Friday's are a slow day here at Century Business.

If you're like me aren't very familiar with what the Talmud is go here. It's interesting an educational! Whowza! Thanks wikipedia.

It's interesting how God's desire for His creation hasn't changed between the Old Covenant and the New. It's even more interesting how we're no different than Isreal. We suck at living it out.

Cheers!

And the baby is...

a healty little girl. We're super excited. Names are pending but we're thinking about Nora. Middle names anyone?

I'll post the pictures we got when I can pry them out of my wife's hands long enough to bring them to work and scan them.