life is good. I do not deserve anything that I am given, good or bad, but because of grace, i am blessed. marriage is awesome, I couldnt be more happy with my wife heather. she is the missing rib that took me 20 years to find. I thank God for my wife.
our church is going through some changes. a new service has been added to the mix of sunday mornings. one being a contemporary service, the other being the regualr traditional service. i think about this alot. its an awesome thing yet alot of work has to be involved. it takes an active church. the goal is to reach young adults. we have lost many of our young adults in our church and we are trying to change that. christ has blessed us. please pray for our church, westside baptist church, as we go through this process. a few of our band member are involved in this process. pray for us as well. thanks for tuning in. maybe a podcast or two can be thrown in the mix sometime. love you guys. jesus peace
teh
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Todd is married to Heather... Heather is married to Todd... They are in St. Lucia right now... We as a band could not go with him. He wouldn't let us (understandable). We asked though... Marriage is a beautiful thing. We are so happy for them and wish them the best!... On the band side of things we have BCM (Baptist College Ministries) coming up on Thursday that we will be leading. If you happen to read this and are any where near Jacksonville you should come out. It is at Westside Baptist Church (our home church). As it stands we have got a few songs in the working, but have not completed them yet. Hopefully we will get to play them on the 24th in Edgewater, FL. Looking forward to seeing our friends down there! Anyways... Well, we are just kind of chillin for the rest of the summer and hopefully when fall and winter arrive we will have some events lined up and maybe a little traveling! Only by the will of God though. In the mean time we will continue to praise Him and love!
+jdt
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
the book
I love to carry my Bible. I like it when they are thin with black leather. I got one when I graduated high school from my church. It feels cool to carry. I also like this camo Bible that I have mainly because its translation gives me footnotes on words and meanings. However, this one doesnt feel as cool, its not as small and sleek like my other Bible. I also have this study Bible that my mom gave me awhile back. It is nice. Two different kinds of leathers and a built in commentary. I like to often read the commentary on what someone else thinks about about what im reading. This bible is alot thicker though. Not as slick and thin as the others.
Bibles are made to look sweet. They have to or else people wouldnt carry them. Some of them even look like magazines. I have one of those too. Its nice. Modern english translation, easy to read. I read the book of Acts in it and was amazed. I loved it. But take the Bible for what it is. Its not the book, but its the life it holds. Adventure, war, life and death, grace, the Messiah, its awesome. And when we forget to put oursleves in this new adventure and life that God has given us through His word we miss out. We miss out on Spirtual insight. We miss out on the blessing of His story. I dont know of a better encouragement to give to you today than to tell you that I love you and to take some time and read the Bible. Regardless of what the cover looks like or what translation it is, its your call, read what you want, do it. If you are a believer, you need it.
As a band we are great. A few small changes and some written music have brought us along to solid ground and we have been blessed. We still have some growing to do but pray for us on that. Pray for the events to come with BCM at our church that we are leading out in and for the rally down in Edgewater at the end of the month. Also I, Todd, am getting married in four days! Its been a crazy ride God has taken me on, but I am so thankful. Finally, pray the Bible into our songs and ministry. We want nothing more than to glorify our Lord with the words we sing and we want scripture to be the foundation for that. Thanks for the time. Love you all. Jesus Peace.
th
Bibles are made to look sweet. They have to or else people wouldnt carry them. Some of them even look like magazines. I have one of those too. Its nice. Modern english translation, easy to read. I read the book of Acts in it and was amazed. I loved it. But take the Bible for what it is. Its not the book, but its the life it holds. Adventure, war, life and death, grace, the Messiah, its awesome. And when we forget to put oursleves in this new adventure and life that God has given us through His word we miss out. We miss out on Spirtual insight. We miss out on the blessing of His story. I dont know of a better encouragement to give to you today than to tell you that I love you and to take some time and read the Bible. Regardless of what the cover looks like or what translation it is, its your call, read what you want, do it. If you are a believer, you need it.
As a band we are great. A few small changes and some written music have brought us along to solid ground and we have been blessed. We still have some growing to do but pray for us on that. Pray for the events to come with BCM at our church that we are leading out in and for the rally down in Edgewater at the end of the month. Also I, Todd, am getting married in four days! Its been a crazy ride God has taken me on, but I am so thankful. Finally, pray the Bible into our songs and ministry. We want nothing more than to glorify our Lord with the words we sing and we want scripture to be the foundation for that. Thanks for the time. Love you all. Jesus Peace.
th
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