http://bigchurch.com/blog/GraceStillAmazes/?pid=f3104 [SIZE 3][COLOR royalblue]Random thoughts, unrestrained meanderings, occasional rants, and joyful enthusiasm.[/COLOR][/SIZE][image][SIZE 2][COLOR purple]My Faithful Father, Enduring FriendYour tender Mercy is like a river with no windIt overwhelms me, covers my sinEach time I come into Your Presence I stand in wonder once again(chorus)Your Grace still amazes meYour Love is still a mysteryEach day i fall on my knees'Cause Your Grace still amazes meOh Patient Savior, You make me wholeYou are the Author and the Healer of my soulWhat can I give You? Lord what can I say?I know there's no way to repay You Only to offer You my praiseYour Grace still amazes meYour Love is still a mysteryEach day i fall on my knees'Cause Your Grace still amazes meIts deeper, its wider, its stronger, its higherIts deeper, its wider, its stronger, its higherThan anything my eyes can seeYour Grace still amazes meYour Love is still a mysteryEach day i fall on my knees'Cause Your Grace still amazes meYour Grace...still AMAZES me.[/COLOR][/SIZE][B][SIZE 3][COLOR crimson]P.S. My name isn't really "Grace". But don't tell anyone, cause we're supposed to be traveling incognito here, and it's a big secret.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][SIZE 2][U][COLOR indigo]P.P.S. Just because heaven is a gated community, doesn't mean that God is a republican! [/COLOR][/U][/SIZE]:D http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_136068.html?pid=f3104 I spent the past weekend with a friend in the Seattle area. It was a complete joy. We had fun, we enjoyed God’s beautiful creation together, we worshipped together, and I was treated to a lovely celeb Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:51:15 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_136068.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_135465.html?pid=f3104 I’ve been doing internet dating for 2 ½ years now, off and on. In that time I’ve noted a recurring theme. It captured my attention more and more with the passage of time, and for a while I found it fa Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:57:31 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_135465.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_135225.html?pid=f3104 This past week housed a painful anniversary for me; the ending of a 2 year on-and-off relationship with someone I genuinely loved. But that occasion isn’t really important, not so much as the the resu Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:45:18 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_135225.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134860.html?pid=f3104 [image]MMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:36:11 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134860.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134859.html?pid=f3104 [image]ME! Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:34:17 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134859.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134858.html?pid=f3104 [image]ME!!!!! Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:32:20 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134858.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134747.html?pid=f3104 What an odd place to which I have been brought. I have no analogies, no funny stories, no personal revelations, or words of wisdom. Imagine...me, with nothing to say.I sit in a place of stillness. Ju Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:10:28 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134747.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134399.html?pid=f3104 Kristy, her dad, Jim, and I are just home from a 10 day road trip to Montana, where I got to meet some of her delightful relatives and was lovingly accepted as part of the family.While I was gone, my Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:06:27 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_134399.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132836.html?pid=f3104 I am experiencing a new thing. There is a deep restlessness in my heart. It is not malcontent or dissatisfaction with life. I am happy with where I am. No, it is more; it is deeper. There is an aching Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:34:36 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132836.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132756.html?pid=f3104 Pet peeve time. Too often I have found here repetitions of email baloney being spread during this election season on both sides of the fence. Come on, folks....we are called to be a people of truth! I Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:19:26 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132756.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132496.html?pid=f3104 A few odd little factoidsI jump up and down and yell at the TV during football games. Seriously.I cannot, absolutely cannot, go to the beach without taking off my shoes and wading.I’m from Georgia, I Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:58:28 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132496.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132417.html?pid=f3104 I’ve thought and thought and thought for years about the concept of forgiveness. I’ve listened to Christians tell others and me that we are required to forgive all-always-and then proceed to tell us w Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:24:28 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132417.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132131.html?pid=f3104 Worst scammer of the weekThis guy winked at me today. I haven't had such a good laugh in a while. Here's his text:I'M a good christian man and a hard working MAN of GOD,i put God first in everything i Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:46:07 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132131.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132033.html?pid=f3104 I called my doctor Monday, weaned myself from the medication that I had the reaction to, and am going for an appointment late this afternoon.The rash has mostly resolved, my skin is still a bit tender Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:25:16 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_132033.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131825.html?pid=f3104 Back in the early days of my walk with Christ, this is something that was strongly impressed upon my heart by God.“You can't cut your hair.”Now, to me, them’s fightin’words! EXCUSE ME!! This is MY hai Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:56:40 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131825.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131790.html?pid=f3104 I received this email just a few moments ago:hiSo often when there is something we decide we want, we spend all of our focus and energy on the flow of getting it. Unfortunately, what we don't realize Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:43:18 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131790.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131606.html?pid=f3104 At precisely midnight, I received this text message on my phone:"Happy Anniversary, Mom, of the day you had a daughter!"Yep, my middle child is 30. HOLY CRAP!!! I can't possibly be that old!!!!Gotta l Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:11:50 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131606.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131519.html?pid=f3104 I am experiencing what could be side-effects of a medication I recently started taking. I have developed a rash on my face, eyes, and chest; and the skin on the rest of my body feels like it is being Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:48:06 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131519.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131281.html?pid=f3104 I'm sitting at my computer desk under a window that looks out upon the woods at the back of my house. I'm watching as the sun gets higher in the sky; and the light changes as it plays over the tall fi Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:25:39 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131281.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131181.html?pid=f3104 Private messages, prayer requests, concerns, read me the riot act, set me up with your brother's wife's niece's cousin's boyfriend's best friend (please please please please please --). Just between y Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:02:56 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/10021/post_131181.html?pid=f3104