Happy Wednesday!

So, about 3 years ago, as I was on a spring break trip to Seattle, same trip I met Sarah on as a matter of fact, I heard one of the most deep impacting sermons I have ever heard by Milton Jones at the Northwest Church. He was kicking off a series on "The Seven Deadly Sins." And he was talking about pride...and how convicting it was! Tonight, we begin that same series here at North Davis in OASIS, our Wednesday evening worship time, I stole the title from Highland...sorry Mike! I hope and pray that it will help bring some things to the surface that we often refuse to talk or even think about! I rarely do something like this, I guess its the ACU influence shining through, but here is a quote from Ed Young Jr. of Fellowship Church in Grapevine...
"The temptation to sin exists at every turn of our lives. The seven deadly sins are part of our interior landscape becuase of our 'fallen' human nature! If these sins are allowed to exist and grow in us, they can overtake us, overwhelm us, and destroy us from the inside out!"
Pride, anger, envy, slothfulness, lust, gluttony and greed!

God is Good!!

Well,
It has been beautiful weather-wise the last few days here in Arlington! I was lucky to be outside playing in a Golf tournament on Monday and got to soak some of it in! Just absolutely in awe of God's creation!
From Psalm 8...
"O LORD , our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?..."

God's creation is amazing!

Second...
I've been meaning to post this for some time now, but have been too busy to think about it. The ZOE group, the best acappella worship group on the face of the earth today, is recording one of my arrangements on their upcoming CD, due out late September/early October. The song is "In Christ Alone." I am pumped and can't wait to hear what they do with it! You should check out their website at http://zoegroup.faithsite.com

More later...Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-channel!

Gotta love Friday...

After researching for many years, after much in-depth study, I have come to a major discovery: (Drum roll please...) FRIDAY IS THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK!!!

It is the wrap-up of the week, the anachrusis (go ahead...look it up in your musical dictionary) into the weekend! Beautiful weather, no pressing engagements, only cleaning up the apartment, a little baseball perhaps, and who knows, perhaps a little golf tune-up for the tournament on Monday! I know my church choir is looking forward to a rehearsal-free Saturday! As am I!!! Well, enjoy the weekend! Hopefully stress-free!

Can you count the number of hyphenated words?