Often, the kids will ask me what Pete does when he's at work. Well, I am not sure I completely understand what he does and it's difficult to explain ski design to toddlers so they really don't get it. I am proud to say they understand that their dad works hard to provide a life for us and for me to be able to stay home and take care of them. They can tell me the city he works in and the name of the business; so I'll count it a success.
Well, today I was able to show them a few videos that showed them what their dad has been working so hard on the past few years. PowderMagazine published an online article highlighting the new JetForce airbag from Black Diamond. Pete has been heavily involved and it's nice to see the outcome of all the hard work. I'm praying for continued success and safety and hoping he will get a pack of his own.
Below is the link to the article and three videos (in which, Pete appears quite a bit - esp. the last, at the bottom of the article) showing the process in getting the airbag made. Disclaimer: the videos have a loud fan noise so beware of the volume if watching in a public place. I am so proud of my husband and the many hours he has put into this process - including a trip to Austria last March. He is very humble about the whole thing but I was pretty excited when a copy of the patent arrived at our house with his name on it. Whatever God gives our family in the upcoming years, I am thankful for the 6 years (so far) he has had with Black Diamond.
New JetForce Airbag Changes The Game
Fellowship So Deep
Sunday, Terry will be speaking on discipleship among followers of Christ and what it can and should look like. However, when you read this, he may already have spoken and my anticipation will then be enjoyment and eagerness to live it out in my life. I am leading worship and the song below was suggested by Jen at our practice and it fits the message so well. Hopefully it can encourage you to worship the Lord and have a true, deep fellowship.
Fellowship So Deep
by Caedmon's Call
For the love that knows no ending, in the wisdom of God's plan
For the light that was descending to revive the heart of man
Christ the Lamb was made to suffer and to die upon a tree
So that we, sisters and brothers, could know His fellowship so deep
Let us sing of our Redeemer and of His love that made us free
And know this gift is ours forever,
A fellowship so deep
A fellowship so deep
We can feel his love among us; we can sing redemption's song
We can hear the Spirit call us to a place where we belong
For His joy is in our laughter and His comfort in our grief
Let His love here ever after be the language that we speak
Alleluia, alleluia to the Lamb, alleluia to the Lamb
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia to the Lamb, alleluia to the Lamb
New Blog Title
- be·lov·edbiˈləv(i)d/adjectivenoun
- 1.a much loved person."he watched his beloved"
synonyms: sweetheart, love, darling, dearest, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend; More
I have always loved the word: Beloved. For one, my name, AMY, means beloved. It is of latin and french origin and is a feminine form of the Hebrew name, David, which also means beloved.
I wanted to give a new name to my blog - I already changed the domain, so why not? After a few minutes of trying to come up with something witty and creative, this word came to mind. So I did a quick word study using the Logos app. In the Bible, beloved is often used to address people who are very loved and cared about. It also refers many times to Jesus - this is my Beloved Son. I gravitated toward Ephesians chapter 5 and Colossians chapter 3 in their use of beloved.
Colossians 3:12-17 states:
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
This is my "verse(s)" for the year two-thousand fourteen. It encompasses so well everything I desire for myself and how I relate to Christ, my family, friends, and "neighbors" in this year and years to come. Pray for me, as you remember, that I may keep these verses in my mind; that Christ will change my heart that I may "put on" the qualities mentioned here.
I love the sentence: And be thankful. So let's live our lives in love, as one body, with thankfulness in our hearts to God.
Bible Eater
Happy New Year! New year, and a renewed life for me. I am excited for what this year will bring and I pray to face it with Thanks, Grace, and Joy in Christ: Eucharisteo. This year, I am going to read the whole Bible. It has been a few years - I think the last time was 2010? So I'm diving in again to become refreshed and filled with God's word. The plan I have chosen is about 4 chapters a day but it's a little different because it's set up by quarters of the year instead of daily tasks. It's called the "Bible Eater" plan because every quarter there are also selected books of the Bible that are meant to be read in one sitting - or at least as much as you can over a few days. Each quarter allows for 4 days off (or maybe 4 catch up days in my case) but it's nice to be able to more or less make my own schedule. Below is an article that gives many more options for reading the whole Bible this year. If you haven't ever read the whole Bible through, I suggest you do. I think there is a plan in the article for reading the Bible in two years, if one is too much daily reading - but you can do it! Let me know if you have chosen to read the whole Bible this year; accountability is so important in my life and I would love to ask you how it's going. Feel free to ask me as well. I have great expectations for my growth with Jesus this year. Let's get 2014 underway!
The Gospel Coalition - How to read the Whole Bible in 2014
Bible Eater - Trent Hunter
The Gospel Coalition - How to read the Whole Bible in 2014
Bible Eater - Trent Hunter
This Smell...
I open the container and a delicious, familiar, smell overtakes me. Instantly, I am reminded of Christmases with my Grandma Beth and her caramel corn. From one smell, I close my eyes and I remember the Christmas Eve parties at Aunt Madge's. The terrible, yet inviting, red shag carpet; the fireplace that was double sided so it could warm two rooms at once. Hanging out upstairs with my cousins Tammy and Mark in the guest bedroom with the mirrored closer doors or down in the cold unfinished basement room - why it was fun for us down there, I'll never know. Grandma's caramel corn was always there.
On Christmas Day, the smell was there again. The giant bowl sitting on grandma's table - everyone grabbing as much or little as desired. The smell stayed with you throughout her house - probably stuck on our fingers because it was a bit sticky. Even the 1$ notebooks we always received as a "stocking stuffer" seemed to have a lingering stickiness in the days after Christmas.
This year, I am continuing the tradition. A few years ago, my dad printed out Grandma Beth's recipe and gave it to us. This year, as a family, we are trying to SLOW the season and enjoy all the gifts God gives. So, I made time to make the caramel corn. It's not difficult - especially now that we have an air popper for the popcorn - but, in years past, I always found something else to take up my time. The process was completed easily during nap time and, even though one batch is without the vanilla, it tastes delicious and the smell is once again in my life. The smell that has many memories for me and now, I pray, will carry many memories for my children.
John 18:37 "Then Pilate said to him, 'So you are a king?' Jesus answered, 'You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.'"
May you see and seek God's gifts and truth this Christmas season.
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