It is show and tell at Kelli's http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/ I am showing some splashes of red in my kitchen. I love this coffee pot/ I love red and I love coffee and it is such a cheerful thing to go to throughout the day!!! I like strong coffee so I grind mine espresso! But I mix it half with a decaf Seattle roast---wonderful.
this is my old enameled table. It has the glasses on it because my back has been out and I haven't returned them to their cupboard. I love this table because it has two leafs that can be pulled out to make it twice as big. The slot you see was for a drawer , I think, but I use it to store a fat cook book and a big glass cooking pan. I have a cabinet built under this table where I store crockpots. I love the table because you can put hot things right on it!! Great for rolling pie crusts etc!!
Ps. My back is doing sooooo much better now that I have been on muscle relaxers and motrin!
I like Piper and I like his book on Desiring God. I happened upon this article on the Desiring God website about the relation between God and suffering --or some might call it the problem of pain. I thought this article had some good insights:
That is my theology of sickness in a nutshell. First, in this age all creation, including our bodies, has been subjected to futility and enslaved to corruption. Second, there is a new age coming when all those who endure to the end in faith will be set free from all pain and sickness. Third, Jesus Christ came and died to purchase our redemption, demonstrate its character as both spiritual and physical, and give us a foretaste of it now. Fourth, God controls who gets sick and who gets well, and all his decisions are for the good of his children even if they are painful. Fifth, we should pray for God's help both to heal and to strengthen faith while we are unhealed, and should depend on the Holy Spirit's intercession when we don't know which to pray for. Finally, we should always trust in the power and love of God, even in the darkest hour of suffering. "
To get a better understanding of what he has said go to the above link. He explains the balance of His not always healing especially in regards to Rom. 8:18-28
Speaking of Pain my back slowly slowly continues to improve. But!! I almost re-injured it when my bag of chocolate chips broke and a bunch of them cascaded to the floor--it was a surprise and I always have a jerking reaction to surprises!! This chocolate was my comfort food, Alas, Alas it is all gone!
Well blogger has a scheduled out time in 15 minutes--so trying to beat them!! I am doing slightly better --the Motrin and the muscle relaxer stuff is working! I had some great home made chicken soup (recipe on my other blog). http://nannykimsrecipes.blogspot.com/
Got to listen to some more of the conference in Seattle online too. And we had our Bible study here tonight on Philippians. (I just sat with my heating pad). So things are looking a bit up!!
Well I am going to write this and then add the picture--I will regret this because it usually messes the post totally up!! Little did I realize that the 30 day thing would be me on my back!! I finally went to the Dr. to be sure I was doing what I was supposed to do . So I have been spaced out on muscle relaxers---hope it will aid in the recovery process. I had to sleep at a really weird angle last night with my knees up and slanted and the rest of the body on my side---the only way I couldn't feel like I was in someones vise grip!!
The Dr. office is only 2 blocks away and I could have walked (I am afraid of driving because of weird spasms). But my hubby came home and took me.
But I have confidence that God has His purposes; so I will rest in this fact and try to use my time wisely---which is a bit of a difficult thing --I know I can spend more time in prayer and write some letters. When you have a gnawing pain it makes it hard to do certain activities---(like think ;-) . So now I will have to think more about this!! Ha!
Ok--so I have comfy clothes on--I'm going to crochet as I listen to the stuff below!
Since I am out with a bad back I hope to listen to some of this conference that is being streamlined online You can find it at http://theresurgence.com/live (it may not be up except for when they are streaming--look at the schedule below)
The pre-conference is on stress----(It is on Pacific time-)----the pre-conference is by a scientest who is a Christian .I do not think this preconference stuff is related to the rest of the conference---just something for those who have arrived early---it is not a preaching thing. Well--I am on a break and now I see how it relates. It is about using stress or seeing stress from God's point of view so that it can be used for our good and not for our harm. --so this relates to pastors as well as all of us. He spoke about the physiological aspects of stress and how we can let stress be used for our good--how to look at it from the Biblical lens --he also says that we as Christians may get 2 times the amount of stress as non-Christians because God wants to produce endurance or maturity in us---God does not want to leave us where we were when we got saved.
The regular conference is by the preachers listed below and on the subjects listed below. Should be interesting. The pre-conference stuff is on right now as I am posting this--so I am listening. (the pre-conference stuff is on stress-- whereas the rest of the conference is on a different subject--which is listed below (don't know if I will agree with all they have to say--but should be thought provoking):
National Resurgence Conference:Text & Context February 25-27, 2008 Resurgence and Acts 29 are excited to host a premiere conference on preaching. Featured speakers include pastor/author John Piper, pastor/author Mark Driscoll, pastor Matt Chandler and author/consultant Jim Gilmore. This conference will take a hard look at the text and context both in the word of God and in the world today. The desire to be faithful to the scriptures and how the gospel is proclaimed in a lost and broken culture is paramount now, more than ever.
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Streaming Schedule: All times PST
Monday, February 25, 2008
2:00 pm Session 1 – Mark Driscoll – Text & Context: Humble Incarnational Ministry
4:00 pm Session 2 – CJ Mahaney – Text & Context: Pastoral Character & Loving People
7:00 pm Session 3 – John Piper - Text: Why I Trust the Scriptures
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
9:00 am Session 4 – Jim Gilmore – Context: Fear and Trembling in the Experience Economy
10:45 am Session 5 – Matt Chandler - Text & Context: Preaching the Gospel in the Center of the Evangelical World 1:00 pm Session 6 – John Piper - Text & Context: How My Pastoral Ministry Shapes my Pulpit Ministry 2:45 pm Session 7 Mark Driscoll - The Ox: Qualifications of a Church Planter (Acts 29 Session)4:15 pm Session 8 Matt Chandler - Vision of a Church Planter (Acts 29 Session) 7:00 pm Session 9 – John Piper - Text: How Do I Distinguish Between Gospel and False Gospel?9:00 pm Q & A with John Piper
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:00 am Session 10 – Jim Gilmore – Context: Decoding the Future, the Phoniness, and the Shifting Sands11:20 am Q& A with Jim Gilmore1:00 pm Session 11 – Mark Driscoll – Text & Context: Preaching Jesus Christ To Pagan Culture2:15 pm Q & A with Mark Driscoll
Well, my hubby and I both missed church---first time in ages! Me with my back and He with his virus. He is doing much better tonight and plans to go to work on Monday. My spasms have become less, but the pelvis is very unstable. But I am thankful for online sermons--enjoyed a great intro to Philippians.....and the joy of seeing the gospel spread. I am so thankful for great books, Christian friends, the power of the word of God and the fellowship with others it brings.
Thankful for time to think and contemplate on his Word and what His Word means---it is always easy to read the words, but much harder to understand the meaning behind the words. God's Words are sometimes very deep; but I am thankful that He only requires a childlike faith In His Son's work ; a resting in all we have in Christ. ....thankful for the great love that sent Christ to claim us for His own.
Hopefully, I will get to visit some bloggers tomorrow (and a few tonight ;-) )
I love this coffee pot/ I love red and I love coffee and it is such a cheerful thing to go to throughout the day!!! I like strong coffee so I grind mine espresso! But I mix it half with a decaf Seattle roast---wonderful.
this is my old enameled table. It has the glasses on it because my back has been out and I haven't returned them to their cupboard. I love this table because it has two leafs that can be pulled out to make it twice as big. The slot you see was for a drawer , I think, but I use it to store a fat cook book and a big glass cooking pan. I have a cabinet built under this table where I store crockpots. I love the table because you can put hot things right on it!! Great for rolling pie crusts etc!!
