I am a "Mimi" Again!!!!!

Megan Grace Deputy

Born 8:20 P.M. Monday March 30, 2009

A Sweet Little Bundle of Pure Joy!!!

Morning Prayer

Lord, Thou art the water of life,

Water Pitcher

As this day begins, I am an empty pitcher before Thee.

Fill me, O Lord.

Thou art the light of the world.

Red candle with smoke curling up from the wick after being blown out

As this day begins, I am an unlit candle.
Thy light can never shine through me to others unless
Thou dost shine in my heart.
Thou art the true light that lightest everyone
That cometh into the world.

Light me, O Lord.

Thou art the true vine.

A Close View of a Cluster of Green Grapes on a Vine in Colorado
Unless I dwell in Thee this day,
I can bring forth no fruit.
My leaves turn brown, shrivel, blow away and I die.

Let Thy life always flow into me, Thy branch, O Lord.

Elaine Sommers Rich
allposters

Elaine Sommers Rich is a free-lance writer and teacher living in Bluffton, Ohio.
She and her husband, Dr. Ronald Rich, spent ten years at the International Christian University in Tokyo.
She is a longtime columnist for the Mennonite Weekly Review and author of Prayers for Everyday.

Mimi

MY ALL FOR CHRIST

My Hands


Woman's Hands Holding Globe, Death Valley National Park, California

"I will therefore that men pray... lifting up holy hands."
1 Timothy 2:8

My Feet

The Boot-Shod Feet of a Hiker Dangle over the Side of a Cliff

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringest good tidings."
Isaiah 52:7

My Eyes


Close-up of Woman's Eye

"Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest."
John 4:35

My Ears


HS Senior Judy Krug Laughs Into Friend's Ear
shows Why She Was Considered Most Talkative in School

"And He taught them many things!... and said...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
Mark 4:2-9

My Mouth


Close-Up of Woman's Mouth

My Heart


Love for All

"Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God."
I Kings 8:61

My Mind


The Door Into Someone's Mind

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength,
and with all thy mind."
Luke 10:27

FEAR GOD, and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man.

Eccles. 12:13

references:
The Bible,
All Posters

Mimi

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN!!

Joshua Caleb Deputy is seven years old today!!!

Josh is a very good helper for his mom and dad

He is a very special Big Brother for Jon...
He shows him the moon eclipse
(and of course explains it all to him in great detail)

And isn't he an angel when he is sleeping...

I wonder what he is dreaming about?

Happy Birthday Josh,
We love you,
Mimi and Papaw

Spliting Our Love of God From Man

One of our fatal maladies is that we tend to split our love of God from our love of men.

Many religionists can talk in glowing terms of their love for God, while expressing hate toward men.

On the other hand, many humanists can speak of their love for man, but have no place for love of God.

Throughout the New Testament the love of God and love of man are inseparable. John causes us to face up to the fact that we cannot love God while hating our brother.
"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar" (1 John 4:20).

You see, love of God and love of man are not two separate things, but one and the same fact. Genuine love of God must issue in love of men. If it doesn't, then we are worshiping a God other than that revealed by Jesus Christ.

John is saying to us that this love of men really is the testing of our love of God.

We can recognize that one may have deep and searching emotions as he worships in the house of God, and yet go out to treat his fellow human beings with shabby disdain.

If we really love the God who is made known in Jesus Christ, we should cherish the image of him who is stamped on every human soul.

It is in the face of another human being that there is most clearly revealed the image and character of our God.

This is the reason Jesus says: "Inasmuch as you did it unto one of the least of these my brethern, you did it unto me."

We know that Christ always identifies himself with those in need.

It is Christ who is crushed by the divisions of our social system. It is Christ who is slighted and insulted when those who have ignore those who have not.

It is Christ who suffers in the degradation of the drunkard and wanderer.


Elderly Hobo, with Bundle Strapped to His Back, Walking Along Train Tracks

It is Christ who weeps when little children do not have enough to eat and live in homes unfit for rats.

Small Dirty Child Living in the Migratory Camp

It is Christ who feels the shame when some of his children are called "second rate" and inferior.

If only we could understand that Christ is in that mother, that father, that child, that employer, that employee, -- what a difference it would make in our treatment of each other.

Has our love of God issued in our love of men?---This is the test of love.



Major Hugging a Little Girl Waiting Evacuation

Are we innocent or are we guilty?

references:

j. Herbert Gilmore, Jr
all posters

Mimi

The Amazing Grace of God

Heavens Gateway
I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights, or it's decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp.

The thieves, the Liars, the Sinners,
The alcoholics, and the trash.

There sat the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money!...Twice.

Portrait of a Teenage Boy Sitting and Wearing Inline Skates

Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.


Old Man with Red Star, Cuba

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, "What's the deal?
I would love to hear your take.

How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must have made a mistake."

And why's everyone so quiet,
So somber - give me a clue."

'Hush, child,' He said, 'They're all in shock.

No one thought they'd be seeing you!

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