Saturday, August 04, 2007

With Shouts of Joy

The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. - Zeph. 3:17 NASB

Yesterday the Lord entrusted to me a second son, Ryan Benjamin. Jessica’s labor was short and the delivery was very fast. The boy is active when he’s awake; Jessica says he’s “all movement,” flexing his arms and kicking the air non-stop, just like he was in utero. He’s going to be a little tank.

My sister Teresa, her husband Chans, and their three offspring are thinking about coming up from North Carolina to visit for a few days, perhaps on Wednesday. That would be nice.

I have a lot to do on my week “off.” I need to make up my mind whether I’m going to study Bible at Regent University (I was accepted as a student) as there is paperwork I haven’t completed. I have to prepare and finalize notes for a sermon on next Sunday morning, and consider options for acquiring a van to accommodate my family of six. If my sister comes with cousins, Catherine will celebrate her sixth birthday on Thursday. I need to make contact with Daugherty and do a brochure or something for the purity conference scheduled in late October. And sometime or other I’d like to meet with the Pastor and his associate to air my concerns about the two of them.

I need to hear the whispers of the Holy Spirit this week.

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. - Zeph. 3:17 KJV

1 comment:

Before 10 said...

I like the verse that you have to go along with your post! just curious on why you use the NASB and the KJV. I myself prefer KJV but maybe that's b/c I was born and raised using it.

Congrats on baby Ryan. I'm glad they're both doing well.