And the Shout out of the day goes to....

...the one, the only, and one of my most favoritest people in the entire world...

FERRIS RHEA WARNOCK

Today, 23 years ago- she was brought into the world by another one of my favorite people, but we'll save that one for August!

Unfortunately, she had to work today, so she's at the hospital working hard, I'm sure- about to get off and then go to dance. An exhausting, but hopefully fulfilling day. She is pretty amazing and I am so grateful to the Lord that He led her back to Nashville. Although I know there were many reasons for it, sometimes I feel as though it was just for me.

She is my closest girl friend and I love her an unmeasurable amount.



Ferris- I love you so so much! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Too much dirt!

So, I'm frustrated. I've got all this dirt and no where to put it. I'm not talking about gossip or talk, I'm talking about real, messy dirt. When mom and I worked on the shrubs the other day we had so much of this horrible clay-dirt and I tried to bag it up nicely for our oh-so-sweet garbage men to take today and they wouldn't! They left it all sitting there!

Oh the trials of living in suburbia! When I lived in Arkansas growing up, surrounded by woods, there was plenty of room for dirt, but now......nowhere, and I don't think our neighbors would appreciate us dumping into their lawn.

So, if anyone has any fantastic ideas of what to do with extra dirt- I'm all ears! :-)

Happy Monday!

Good morning everyone. What a wonderful weekend this was, and it just makes it so great that the weather is beautiful now! I love it- everyone has that spring fever, even though it feels like summer here (the high today is 81) but it's still wonderful to get to be outside.

Jordan was at Acquire the Fire this weekend, so I didn't actually get to see a whole lot of him, which is always sad, but he's back now, so it's okay! :-) Friday my mom came down to Spring Hill to help me with the front bed of our house. I am being forced to learn to garden and take care of yard now, which I must admit is not the most fun thing in the world, but I'm sure the more I learn, the more I will enjoy it. We spent some time at Home Depot getting some essentials, a few annuals, and a few new shrubs since some of ours were clearly not making it. She ended up spending the night, which was a lot of fun to get to see her.

We worked on it a little more in the morning before heading back up to Franklin, where we quickly stopped at Kohl's before she dropped me off at Subway to meet Ferris & Trish to pick up lunch for the ATF peeps. We got it and headed downtown to BiCentennial Park in Nashville, after Ernie & Robby made the mistake of leading us to Centennial park first- oh well. We hung out with everyone for a while, chatted, played some frisbee and got to hear a little about the conference so far.

Ferris and I then left and went back to Spring Hill- she ran and showered while I did a rehearsal for a quartet for Easter Sunday, then we both spent some time cleaning the house. (Thanks for the help Reese) The rest of the evening was spent running some errands in Franklin, and we went to bed early since we both had to be at NS Cool Springs ta 7:00am on Sunday.

Sunday, yesterday that is, I got up at 5:30am and we were at the church by 7. We had a joint-service with all the Newsong Congregations yesterday, so I was a part of worship. Ron Luce, the leader of Teen Mania and Acquire the Fire spoke. It was incredible!! He talked about the culture war that the teens of America are immersed in: what it is and then he challenged parents with what they can do about it. It was extremely helpful and just generally awesome. I couldn't help but just CRY both services as I looked from the platform at the faces of these amazing, gifted, alive and precious teens who need help in fighting to save their lives from this horrible war of lies, sexuality, depression, and falseness all around them! God gave me a fresh and increased passion to GO AFTER IT with these kids....SO after church (we finally got out about 1:45pm- 6 hours and 45 minutes after I arrive :-) we went to play Ultimate Frisbee with a whole bunch of the youth. Over 45 people showed up- which was amazing and we even had a few ppl join in our game. They played for like 4 stinkin' hours- my husband's obsessed. I had to make a Costco run, so I left and came back, but it was amazing and gorgeous outside.

By the time J & I got home- we were seriously almost too tired to talk- I made some chicken, brown rice and salad and we ate, sat for a while and literally fell into bed about 9:30. I slept like a baby and woke up full and refreshed this morning: partially by good sleep and mostly by the spirit of God which I can just feel moving in newness! It's so exciting and I am so thankful for that life each and every moment.

We are excited about all that's going on this week: Our friends Austin & Monica Selby from Memphis are coming in briefly tomorrow afternoon....so we'll see them for coffee, then Jordan's parents, Grandpa Chalker, and Erin & Dan come in on Wednesday and Thursday at various times. And we have Life Group and Ferris's birthday this week! So, it's going to be full, but great! Okay, on that note- I gotta go.

Bless you today!

10 days from my last post...

...finds us leaving Naples after a week here in Florida. Jordan and I made a determination to fly down last minute this past Tuesday, because of the much heightened worsening of his Grandma Chalker from her Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. After a long battle with this, she passed away first thing on Thursday morning. Wednesday had been a great day spent with all the family at Harbor Chase (the assisted living where she & Grandpa have both been for the past 2 years) taking turns going in 2 or 3 at a time to sit with her. The whole family, including Anne and the kids, has been down and they just left today.

So you'll excuse my delinquint blogging, as I've been rather busy in another world for the past week.

We had the funeral service on Saturday afternoon, directly after the 11-1 visitation. It was a beautiful service, and left everyone feeling victorious and uplifted, which is what Grandma's life did for people, so it was perfectly appropriate.

It's been a wonderful week- tiring at times, but purposeful and full. Thanks for everyone's prayers and stepping in to help us cover all our tracks last minute.

Much love!

Ps- and yes! I did make it to Teavana :-)

Beauty

What an INCREDIBLE day today is. I woke up this morning, made my usual cup of tea (Earl Grey today) and went upstairs to do some reading. After looking outside and seeing how beautiful it is, I determined not to do Pilates this morning, but instead to take a walk around the neighborhood. I was so glad I did. Everything is so gorgeous out there! Praise God for His unbelievable creation.

Romans 1:20a "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made..." and Romans 8:19 "For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God."

God can be found everywhere! God is not IN everything, but His attributes, His love, His mercy, His kindness, His BEAUTY, His tenderness, His sovreignty.....it is all over the place- ready for us to discover if we can take the time to stop and listen to what He is saying to us.

Have a wonderful Friday and an even better weekend. May your day be full of God's grace and love as you abide in Him.

Hiking, Movies & 24

It was a really wonderful weekend! Saturday was restful, relaxing, and fun! U-turn was great that night, and then service on Sunday morning was wonderful too. Kyle Cooper led worship at Spring Hill, Jordan was at the Woodbine campus- it's been amazing to see this rotating thing happen. It really does feel like one church with many congregations and it's amazing how God is using this in so many awesome ways.

After church, Ian, Ferris, Jordan & I had lunch together at the house. After relaxing for a little while, Robby stopped by and we all went hiking at this really neat trail in Columbia. We threw the frisbee for a while first and then hiked I think about 3 miles. It was a gorgeous day and SO good to be outside! I am excited about the warm weather coming up.

After hiking, we decided to make breakfast for dinner: whole wheat pancakes, turkey sausage and bacon, fresh fruit, mmm, mmm, good! We decided to rent the movie, "The Guardian" which none of us had seen yet but Jordan and I had really been wanting to see. After we got back to the house, Mr. Robby promptly fell asleep to "take a nap" in Jordan's office, and the rest of us made a yummy dinner and settled in to watch the movie. Robby ended up sleeping for about 4 hours before waking up to go home- the boy was tired!! Ferris had to leave a little before the movie ended, as she had to work EARLY the next day. She always has to work early, but anway.....the movie was really really good. Definitely worth a rental if you haven't seen it yet.

Last night we had family dinner night, and got to hear about Chris's mission's trip to Ecuador that he just got back from on Sunday night. It sounded awesome! We ate and talked and caught up with each other before watching 24 on TiVo. Jordan and I watch that show about once every 2-3 weeks, but it's usually enough to "sort of know" what' going on. It's a great show, but we're not really interested enough to try and watch it every week.

Alright- gotta jet. Have a wonderful Tuesday!

My Pilates Experience....

While I'm on hold for United Insurance (it always takes forever to get through to them) I'll give a quick update about my newest form of exercise that I'm loving: Pilates!

There are many reasons I am really enjoying it. First, since I sit all day- at my desk or whatever, I have been feeling like I'm just stiff, and I have very little flexibility and just all in all, need some lengthening. Second, I used to do a lot of running and elliptical stuff and really enjoyed that, but it is more "bulking" than "lengthening." Now, don't get me wrong, I still need to aerobic stuff, so I am trying to incorporate walking or jogging a few times a week as well, but I am loving the "core" strenghtening that pilates provides. It's also very time efficient for me. I usually wake up somewhere between 6-6:30, depending on when we got to bed, and the Pilates workout takes 30 minutes completely, which still allows me an hour to be in the Word and be working by 8:00. It's great!

I have been doing the Stott Pilates method so far. I ordered the beginner set, which came with 4 DvDs that vary in difficulty and focus. So far, I've been doing the beginners, Pilates Express, which can seem very simple but in actuality, it is helping me to get the form and breathing down right. Pilates movements are not difficult for the most part, but if you actually take the time to do them right and with control, they become much more purposeful. I always feel so good when I'm finished: awake, stretched out, worked out and stronger. I love it!

Okay, United picked up, so I'm gonna scoot! Have a great Weekend!

My blogging skills are getting really bad! So sorry, I can't even begin to describe how busy I've been, mainly with work lately. But, I love it so it's all good.

Jordan and I had a WONDERFUL time in Florida last week. The weather was beautiful and we loved getting to spend some time with our family. Erin & Dan's new house looks absolutely amazing- I wish I had some pictures to show you!

Before that- we went on a Winter Retreat with the whole youth group, which was great! Again, I apologize for my lack of pictures. It snowed almost 4 inches, which was so great since we rarely get to see that kind of snow. We spent one night- Friday night- which was very cold. I slept with no joke, about 8 layers and did not get too hot either. That's the scary part. It was an amazing time of God really building relationships and I was so thankful we did it this year.

Do I even need to begin to talk about all the wonderful tea I got while in Florida at Teavana? I was looking back at the posts the other day and realized how many were about tea. Maybe there is an obsession after all, as Jordan says :0) Well, to save you all, I won't tell you about the yummy things I found! You'll have to see for yourself sometime.

Blessings to everyone. I'll try to get some pictures up here soon! I need to post an update on my dear mother too. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow and get an update pic too. She looks so cute right now! I love her!

Have a great Thursday and if you're in Tennessee- enjoy these crazy storms!

sooooo looong!

I am bad, bad, bad. I've meant to blog all week, but frankly- I've been working a lot in the office. Haven't had time. We're leaving Florida tomorrow around noon, so I'll try and catch you all up on everything tomorrow either from the Memphis or Ft. Myers' airports or when we get home.

(And I just upset my dear husband who was really wanting to play doubles tennis in the morning before we left but I totally forgot to bring my tennis shoes. Big oops! I'm married to Jordan Roe and I forgot my tennis shoes- what gives!)

Oh she knows me well...

Moments after I published my last post, I heard the undeniable sound of a Delivery Truck pulling into our driveway. I forgot about it for a little bit because I was on the phone with a client, but afterwards remembered and ran to see if they left a surprise. They did!!! There was a little white box on our porch addressed to me- so exciting. Except I had no idea what it was and was afraid I had ordered something without realizing it.

What was inside but some flowering tea from my dear friend Trish for my birthday! So awesome!! It's Numi- which is a huge plus, and you can read about what flowering tea is right here. It's very cool and very exotic. I can't wait to try it- I may try some tonight!!! So THANK YOU Trish! You have made my week! :-) I cannot wait to try the Jasmine Lovers White tea.

Can't get enough tea....

....maybe I'm becoming addicted. It's just too fun to turn on the tea kettle in the morning, and then look at my teas and decide exactly which one I'm in the mood for. Mmm, mmm, mmm! This morning I had two cups: English Breakfast to begin with, and then Earl Grey Green in late morning. I'm grabbing a quick bite to eat- little lunch break- and I snuck onto Teavana's website. I have tea envy! I want them all. Okay, maybe it is getting a little out of hand :-)

We are going to Florida on the 19th though, and you had better believe I am making a stop by Teavana, so I am resisting any urges to purchase some right now- because I can get a whole other tea flavor for what I would pay for shipping.

The Gaddis (Nathan & Bethany) get to stay with us again this weekend! Yay! Exciting. They've been at the re:create conference all week which I think is finishing up tonight. We will get to do something with them tomorrow night, although I don't think we've figured out what.

Okay, nice break. Back to work! Have a happy day and go drink some tea! :-)

It's been a good week so far. Very busy- for Jordan really, just one of those weeks where there's a lot going on. He has a Youth pastors' luncheon today as well as several meetings, so his day I'm sure will fly by.

I have been working like crazy. Last week, Florida Legislature issued an emergency law stating that no Insurer could non-renew a client for any reason but non payment of premium, effective immediately. In a nutshell- this means a lot for our industry. We've been fielding tons of client calls and trying to figure out what's going on. So, that's been a bit crazy, but things are getting back to normal.

I got to talk to Jessica last night! She & Jesse have recently moved to Hawaii and I have really been missing her. She's going to call again this evening- her lunchtime so we can talk a bit more. It's so neat to hear about everything over there- where they're living, what it's like, the people they're meeting- all sorts of things. God has really been providing for them, and it's amazing to see.

Well just wanted to shoot a quick update- let you know we're here and alive and kickin! It's actually been a great week so far. Nothing eventful in a monumental sense, but God certainly is doing things in our lives- always doing something, so I can't say it's been a bit boring.

Blessings to you!

Colts ALL THE WAY, BABY!

Last night was amazing!!! Every year, around the first week of February, I always get a little bit sad watching the Super Bowl, because although it's a wonderful game and full of surprises, it's a bit depressing that it means no football for 6, almost 7 whole months. It's a difficult thing for me to grasp :-( But, last night was worth it! The Colts won the superbowl. OF course I am a bit biased, they are our team, but I can't think of a more deserving team in the National Football League right now. Overall, this team is even-keeled, very supportive of one another, very steady and classy. Head Coach Tony Dungy is always calm & collected, Peyton Manning rarely gets too ruffled, and superstar receivers like Marvin Harrison are content to just get the job done without all the hype and hoopla that characterizes so many others in their field. (T.O.- take a lesson....)This picture says it all- Harrison with his son after last night's big win!



Here, Peyton Manning, Tony Dungy and I think Dungy's wife celebrate finally having the Vince Lombardi Trophy. It's amazing when you think of the past few years- especially of the Dungy family. A while ago- I think 2 years ago, Dungy's 18 year old son took his own life right before the playoffs. Horrible, absolutely heart breaking. And if you watched the post-game show last night, you saw for yourself Dungy's faith in Jesus Christ spelled out before millions of people as he gave credit and glory to the Lord, instead of himself, and even redirected the banner of "first black coach to take the title" with a comment about the "most important thing to him."




Just amazing to watch things like this- I've just been told, though I haven't seen it for myself, that Lovie Smith (Bear's coach) & Tony Dungy took out a huge add in USA Today that is a testament of faith in Jesus that sends chills down your spine. I'm going to have to get a copy of that!If you've seen it, let me know. I can't wait to see it.




What a great end to an amazing season of football, and we had a great time watching it last night with great friends and family. Nathan & Bethany Gaddis were here from Florida, Ian came, Mom & Dad, Ferris, Robby, Chris, even Dylan came in town. Robby was pretty brave coming into major Colts' territory, but he handled it well and stuck by his team. Sorry again for the loss, Robby, but it was great to have you!

Blessings on your day and your week. May the peace of God dwell richly in your hearts and minds!

Wonderful Wintry Whiteness!!

Today is beautiful!! I woke up a little later than I had planned, must have completely slept through my alarm, but it's kind of a blessing in disguise since I have been sick and trying to regain my voice before Sunday's service. Sleep truly is the bet medicine! So, I woke up and made some English Breakfast tea, and went upstairs to read and journal & lo and behold- what did I see before me out the window but white, wintery goodness! It snowed last night- and this is beautiful snow. It's actually covering the houses and the ground and each leafless tree branch, giving it that beautiful white outlined look. I love it!

We took some picture for all you beach bunnies! It is just amazing as warm as this winter has been that we actually got snow! A good bit too!

Yesterday was, as most of you know, my birthday! It was a great day, and I can hardly believe I'm 25 years old! We had done a birthday dinner a week ago for myself, Jordan and my Aunt Beth with my family, but I got some fun things yesterday. Jordan gave me a new Bible! It's so pretty! My other one was still great (God's word doesn't change:-) but it had fallen apart a few times, and it had my maiden name inscribed on it, rather than Roe- so this is very very exciting! Ferris came down to see me and we all went and got some coffee in the afternoon. Jordan and I went to Pancho's for lunch, and we're going out tonight. Not sure what I want to do yet....I don't think I'm in the mood to go to the theatre- maybe we'll rent "One Night With the King." I LOVE that movie! I think we're going to try the Asian Bistro over by It's a Grind......haven't ever been there and I have heard great things about it.

Well, I need to go, just wanted to give you a taste of what our view was this morning! Gaddis's: we're hoping it sticks around a bit for you! We'll see.....

Middle of the week...not too much to say

It's been a great week so far! Jordan is slowly but surely getting better, and (he says) coughing a little less each night. I still think that any coughing is too much, just because I hate to see him dealing with it, but, I am glad for the medicine!

We have our final Life Group tonight with Andy & Tracy Cole. We are multiplying our life group into two- one of which Andy & Tracy will be leading, and Jordan & myself leading the other. It's always bittersweet because it's been an incredible group, but it has definitely gotten a bit large for the ideal small group! So tonight we will pray for each other and enjoy this evening together. I am looking forward to it very much!

That's about it for the rest of the day. Jordan and I are both working hard- trying to get as much done as we can! I think we have a fairly mellow weekend coming up, which I am all about. It will be weird though- a Sunday with now football. I know we have one more- the Superbowl, but I always get really sad at the thought of the season being over...it's a bit depressing!

Oh well- have a Wonderful Wednesday- blessings to ya!

Birthdays

Last night we celebrated three birthdays. It's becoming the tradition in my family to pool all three into one evening, which makes sense because Jordan's is January 18th, Aunt Beth's is January 25th and mine is February 1st- all exactly one week apart. Mom had an appointment with her Oncologist (sp?) in the afternoon, and we had assured her that cooking wasn't necessary so she picked up Royal Thai and we had that for dinner. Mmm Mmm good! I always wear peeople out though with the dish I like- it's so spicy! I totally sweat the whole time when I eat it! We had a really fun time hanging out together, despite several of us being pretty tired, and Dad even delayed his 24 episode with his new Tivo. :-) I got another one of my crystal glasses I've begun collecting- I picked out this pattern a while ago and begun collecting them. They're so beautiful! Mom also got me a silver platter, this Wilton Armetale stuff is really the coolest stuff! It's so versatile and looks good! Jordan got a gift card to Basil, the Asian bistro, which we're excited to try. We've never been there, but I'm sure we'll love it. It was so fun to just spend time with family and enjoy each other.

Well onto REALLY exciting things, our COLTS WON! In the most amazing second half comeback, Peyton and the boys pressed through a depressing first half and went on to win against the New England Patriots, arguably the most difficult team the beat in the post season. The Bears beat the Saints, so we're in for quite the classic Superbowl, as the Bears and the Colts battle it out on February 4th! We're so excited our friends Nathan & Bethany will be here with us! Go Colts!

Well I am going to do some reading before I start work. Have an incredible Tuesday!

Jesse & Jessica Cupp

Today is a difficult and interesting day. Today one of my dearest friends embarks upon a new life and a new adventure. Today begins an incredible season for the Cupp's and the ending of a season for me.

My dear, amazing friend Jessica is moving to Hawaii unto becoming missionaries in Japan. Jessica and I have been friends for 5 years now, all beginning with me totaling my car in the middle of the night in Lewisburg after taking her home, up until this point and time- both married, both walking out God's calling on our lives and learning to serve our husbands in the Lord in whatever He calls us to. Our paths have been very similar over the years, from church at Newsong, being in school at MTSU, to getting married within a month of each other in the same year, and then to being part of churches planted from Newsong Cool Springs! She has been a friend beyond what I could imagine and someone I could never replace.

Jessica had taught me faithfulness and the power of encouragement in friendship. There is not a time when we are together that I don't leave feeling refreshed, uplifted and encouraged. Some time ago, she & her husband, Jesse began to sense that God was moving them ahead in His calling on their lives to be missionaries. Jesse has had Japan on his heart for years, and Jessica knew that she was called to Asia, just unsure of where. God began to reveal it over a year ago and they began to make preparations to go. This is what they were born to do! I know that and I believe, but it doesn't make it easy to say goodbye.

I love you, Jessica. I will miss you terribly, but I am so excited that I know my dear friend and I, albeit miles apart, are building God's kingdom together.

A not-too-thorough Update

It's 2:46 and I just fixed myself a black bean burger for lunch- I love those and I always tend to forget I buy them. I have been meaning to do an update blog all week but it's just been one of those busy weeks and I haven't had the chance yet.

I wanted to update on the weekend, but when it gets to Thursday, you're not really sure if a weekend update or week update is more appropriate. I'll just try to think of the most interesting things that have happened since my last blog, and I'll go from there!

We had a really fun & full weekend. A bunch of kids from Spring Hill came over Friday night to hang out. We ordered pizza, set up ping pong in the garage, and ended up playing a big game of murder. It was SO much fun. It's always great to just get to hang out with some of the students separate from Saturday nights. I think they all really had a great time too. Dylan came over as well, and hung out- so we got to hear all about the Passion conference he had just attended in Atlanta. Sounded pretty unbelievable!

Another highlight of the weekend was Robby's graduation party. He graduated on Saturday from the Student Internship Program at our church, and is a part of the Leadership Team for New song Spring Hill, that Jordan and I are also a part of. So, we spend a lot of time with him, and he's really become a brother to us. Here are some pictures I took to go in his "scrapbook" I had people sign in. It turned out really well.

Oh my gosh, and I almost forgot about Jordan's Sugar Bowl trip. Last week, he got to go to New Orlean's with his dad for the Sugar Bowl, which was LSU vs. Notre Dame. It was an awesome trip for him and he loved the time with his dad, even though Notre Dame lost, and lost hard. So- I'll put some pics above of that! Okay, well, it's not doing it very quickly, and I don't have time to sit and wait for it, so I'll try and get those up as soon as possible.

Last night was Life Group, which was amazing. Jordan and I have been leading a Life Group (small groups at our church) for about 5 or 6 months now. Something like that. We are getting ready to multiply into two groups. The ideal size is 8-12 people, and ours is something crazy like 25. We've had a lot of new people lately, which has accounted for all the Life Groups getting larger than they need to be. Last night we ate, I helped Andy with worship, and then went upstairs to play with the 4 elementary aged boys, b/c we ended up with 9 kids and the girl who does childcare couldn't handle 4 toddlers, a baby and 4 wild boys on top of that. So we had a Connect4 championship and then played Uno, which I came in second thankyou very much! :-)

Alright, well I have to jet! I'll update again soon, and I won't take as long this time- promise :)

Tea for Me!

My tea came in! I am so excited. Earlier today I was working, and I thought I heard someone pulling into the driveway. Like a kid at Christmas I peaked out my little window in the Bonus Room and saw the Fed Ex man bringing a small box up. I ran downstairs and lo and behold, there was a box with my Earl Grey Creme, Caribbean Breeze, and Rooibos Sweet Amore. (which I'm drinking now) Yum yum yum!

Just thought I would share today's little delight!

2007

A new year! Already. Wow! In a way it has snuck up on me and in a way I am completely prepared. Yeah, I know that makes no sense. I think what I mean is that I have been preparing mentally and spiritually for what God has for the Roe's in 2007, and I am ready to run with it, but very unsure of what that is, and what this year will look like. A few things are certain, it will be full, it will be amazing, it will be difficult, challenging, I will cry a lot, I will laugh a lot, there will be times of sorrow and times of unbelievable rejoicing. People will move in, move away, get married, have babies, quit jobs, begin new jobs, come to know Christ and have great breakthrough in their lives. But, we are praying for more of it all!

I wrote a few weeks ago about the book, "Passion & Purity" by Elisabeth Elliot. Since then, I have read "Through Gates of Splendor," "The Savage my Kinsman," and currently "Shadow of the Almighty." God just keeps speaking so much to me through her writings and the life of Jim Elliot. It was SUCH a life of obedience, such a life of selflessness. Is it possible that Jordan and I can truly live like that? Can we live with the same heart they had in the jungle with unreached people groups, here in suburban Spring Hill? I believe we can, it just takes surrender and a determination to lay down self for the Savior.

"The obedience God calls us to is costly, but the rewards of obedience are priceless- among the few things we CANNOT LOSE." -Jim Elliot

My prayer for 2007 can be summed up as this: "God, help me to rid my heart of affections towards things that can be lost, and to be filled with You, and affections for things eternal, that I cannot lose and no one can take from me."