.What do the following have in common?
- celebrating Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection?
- a baby girl born in Chicago?
- someone's husband being honored at the Pentagon?
- a gift of 1200 turkeys in South Jersey?
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I'm overflowing with thankfulness for them all!!!!
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1. Although I believe that my life is to be lived out daily as a celebration in honor of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection AND that every Sunday I gather with christians to take communion to focus on remembering what Christ has done for us...there is still something very special about Easter. Spring has sprung! There's more hours of light! Jesus has indeed risen! Thank you, God, for the signs of resurrection and NEW LIFE all around!.
2. Last Thursday, our oldest son's wife gave birth to their first child...our first grandchild: Chloe Mae... Thank you, God, for this NEW LIFE!
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3. Today, transformed mom, Vanessa's husband Brad will receive an award at the Pentagon from a 3 Star General! The award?
.Civilian of the Quarter
for the Headquarters of
United States Air Force
Deputy Chief of Staff
for Logistics,
Installations
and Mission Support
for the Headquarters of
United States Air Force
Deputy Chief of Staff
for Logistics,
Installations
and Mission Support
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This means that in the midst of working with many much older than he is, Brad has shown a superior committment and service via his 32 year old Christ-like servant heart. We're SO super proud of you, Brad!! Thank you for modeling your life after the chiefest of servants. Thank you, Vanessa, for going way over the top in supporting Brad in this appointment to DC for the past two years.
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We've been studying Christ's "Be-attitude's" on this blog. He follows them up by saying that people who live the "Be-attitude's" are salt and the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Thank You, God, for the LIFE of Brad and the LIFE of Vanessa. Thank You, God, for allowing Brad and Vanessa to stay plugged in to You, so that they can be salt and LIGHT to their world!
We've been studying Christ's "Be-attitude's" on this blog. He follows them up by saying that people who live the "Be-attitude's" are salt and the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Thank You, God, for the LIFE of Brad and the LIFE of Vanessa. Thank You, God, for allowing Brad and Vanessa to stay plugged in to You, so that they can be salt and LIGHT to their world!
4. Turkeys in South Jersey! A distributor had 1,200 to give away to people in need. The Pitman church of Christ said, "Bring 'em on! We can give them away to people in need!" I'm not sure what the final count was, but someone said most of the turkeys weighed 20 lbs. I carried a few and they were heavy! How many tons of turkey is that?!??! Thank You, God, for the opportunity for us to be salt and LIGHT to an impoverished world! May each LIFE that is touched by this gift come to know You and the NEW LIFE that You give!
For more about BABY CHLOE go to: http://jordandjacqueline.blogspot.com/
For more about Brad and Vanessa go to: http://nessamomof3.blogspot.com/
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2 comments:
What wonderful praises! Congratulations on a beautiful grandbaby!
Just stopped by from Heavenly Homemakers.
What a great, uplifting post! Congrats on the new granddaughter.
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