Tomorrow is my Dad's 52nd birthday. Here are only 52 reasons why I love him very much!
1. He’s my dad!
2. He likes to go “zoom, zoom”.
3. He’s extremely knowledgeable about many things.
4. He has a license to kill (bugs).
5. He’s entertaining.
6. If he’s not here, he’s gone.
7. He gets excited about things that excite me.
8. He read me stories and played in the sandbox with me growing up.
9. He always explains things perfectly.
10. He has high expectations of me.
11. He sings “Yes we have no bananas”.
12. He is trustworthy.
13. He makes us wrap our own Christmas presents.
14. He is a hard worker.
15. He tolerates us girls.
16. He pours mom’s coffee.
17. He hates shopping and you can’t take him any where.
18. He is honest.
19. He taught me to respect my elders.
20. Nobody will ever be able to buy him the right kind of underwear.
21. He let me drive his truck to prom after months of begging.
22. He is always organized and clean.
23. Mom thinks his tractor is sexy.
24. He watches Inside Edition every night.
25. He takes very good care of everything he owns.
26. He lets me ride in the tractor with him.
27. He protects me.
28.He’s an awesome cook and grill master.
29.He never shows off his new truck.
30.He is a planner and is the only person I trust leading a snowmobile trip.
31.He has a good music taste and dance style.
32.He never wears white shorts because they are gay.
33.He says “you’re such a nice girl” when we do something good.
34.He listens to our cheesy jokes, and laughs at them.
35.He mows the grass perfect and takes good care of the lawn.
36.He cannot watch a movie silent or without complaining.
37.He has a very nice beard.
38.He’s a handsome blonde, and has good friends to take him to the barefoot.
39.He attends our important events.
40.He says “nice and neatie, like a sweetie”.
41. He understands $money$.
42.He tolerates mom and I’s shopping trips.
43.He will always guess the gift (correctly) before he opens it.
44.He is safe and is always a thinker.
45.He is strong.
46.He says “drive safe” every time I leave home.
47.He’s always the last person to get in the car.
48.He drives down the lane slowly.
49.He secretly loves the “stupid dog”.
50.He sits on the deck in the summer, and when I pull in the
drive he waves like a princess.
51.“That’s the one I wanted.”
52.He loves me.
Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?
2 My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
3 He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.
4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrowsa]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a] that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
5 But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
7 He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
8 Unjustly condemned,
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No one cared that he died without descendants,
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But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
9 He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s grave.
10 But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
11 When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
12 I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier,
because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels
This passage has humbled me this week! I want to live my life in light of Jesus' death. I am so thankful that I can have the life Jesus died for. This week I have had a great sense of being lead by Christ and that brings me great joy. So many prayers have been answered. The Lord is faithful!
A new Lecrae album came out yesterday and I had a chance to listen to some of the lyrics at work today. There were many lines that stuck out to me. Here are a few.
"I am an alien about to phone home"
"God is enough"
"Won't you take the lead!"
"You came for the lame, I'm the lamest. I made a mess but you say you'll erase. I'll take it."
"Here is my moment, here is my lifetime, all that I have I will give to you."
