Celebrating my mom

This weekend will be my moms birthday. We will be going to see her and share in this special day with her.

I would like to take this time to say that I thank God for my mom. She has been a solid foundation for me in my life. From giving me birth in the emegency room when her life was in the balance to caring for me through the different challenges that I have had in my life.

My mom (and dad as well) has been a wonderful blessing to me spiritually. From the time she gave her life to Jesus Christ she has been a true follower of His. She encourages me and prays for me often and is a blessing to my wife and our kids.

Mom just want to say Happy Birthday and that I love you and I am blessed in having you as my mom.

Amazed and Impressed

I was recently invited to watch one of our churches 3rd graders take his test for his next martial arts belt. Jonah had not been in martial arts that long so I didn't know what to expect. He took his test with two other boys who were in his class but who had been in martial arts much longer than Jonah.

For 45 minutes Jonah and his classmates went through their test together. Jonah showed himself to be very impressive as he did his test without flaw. Jonah was able to finish the test and had done so well that his instructor gave him the next belt by passing the belt he was testing for.

Sometimes as Christians we limit ourselves in what we can accomplish because we are young in our faith or are not as well veresed in Biblical matters. But with faith in the Lord and with deligent work we can find ourselves impacting our peoples lives far more than we expect.

Jonah reminded me that hard and consistant work can accomplish much. God will take our abilities and availabilities and will do much with it.