Currently Watching Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition) see related

its been to long , sorrrrrrrrrry!!!!!!

Well i have to tell you our Almighty God surely is good and may we be found faithful looking unto Jesus this day moment by moment.  I'm never sure how to begin, what i really want to tell you is what i've been learning do you want to hear?????  hope so  here it is have you ever wondered why the book of Romans was written? Well, this was not written to professors(i sure am glad or i would never be able to grasp the truth) but it was written to the Christians in Rome, to build them up and to establish them in their most holy faith. Did you know that Romans is the first of the various letters that are included in the N.T.. ( it was not the first letter written by the Apostle Paul that was 1Thessalonians) so why is it the first letter after Acts?  The book of Acts tells how the church was established and spread ( that is a study i want to read on also) so Romans is next because it puts us face to face with all the foundation truths of the Bible on which we must stand.  Many say that Romans has, possibly, played a more  important and a more crucial part in history of the church than any other single book in the whole of the Bible.  So why am i excited about sharing this well, by God's sheer grace I desire to know these foundational truths for my own soul but oh so much to share them as i walk the byways of life.

i plan on lookin at your alls sight now and i know i well be greatly blessed by your comments and stories of what is going on with you. 

looking forward to the wedding on Sat. (bet all of you out there in xanga world is to) hey what is up with Bro. Tom's xanga i think we all need to remind him!! ha,ha, love all of you in xanga world. be found "Looking onto Jesus"

Shirley

p.s. the book i'm studying from is Romans 1 by D.M. Lloyd Jones

What a blessed day we had at Grace today.  It was very exciting to see so many new faces and to meet people in our Spanish family I had not met.  May we who have trusted in Christ by His grace alone always have our eyes open and our hearts ready to meet and engage in others lives for the sake of Christ.  I'm still not sure about this xanga thing but regardless of how often i write or read what you have written know this i dislike sitting at this computer it just is not in me................. but always know this more i love each of you and care very much about what is going on with you.......... i just like to talk more then sit at this COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was so good to have Mrs. Roberta with us what a precious mentor, friend we would all do well to watch and listen and learn from her.  well tomorrow we will be back together worshipping our risen Christ. we must not wait till Easter to get excited but every day we need to be watching and living as if He will be here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe He will be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love you and see you in a few hours.  hootihoo, love ya so , in Christ

~Shirley

well this is something really new for me..... Martha is to blame!!!!!!!!!  so i will share something with you that has meant a lot to me.  as i think about all my circumstances that surround me each minute of each day i'm desiring to "look unto Jesus"  Paul learned this because of hard and trying situations(i'm sure you never have to face that) to "look unto Jesus."  2Cor. 12:9-10 talks about the "thorn in the flesh"  (ouch that hurts!)  Guess what it did!  He asked God 3 times to take it away.  God answered Paul with "My grace is sufficient for you"  Paul "looked unto Jesus" as his perfect example..." .who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross... Oh what a marvelous Savior we have think about Hime all day and "look unto Jesus" in all situations. 

so my precious friends i ask you the question i ask myself, am i, are you, "looking unto Jesus?"   Well thats all for now folks In Christ.  Hooty-hoo!!

~Shirley