Luke

Just try to not smile while you look at these pictures. I dare you.

Christmas Photos

Maggie is back with her mom and dad. We had so much fun snapping off some shots for a Christmas card. Thank you Katie and Brian for asking me to take your pictures.

Favorite Nature Shots 2008

God's handiwork ... my camera.

Hope you enjoy it.

...faith

Have faith like a child.
I never could see
what that would look like.
Today, the LORD showed me.
There in the car with Bob, Larry and Ben,
I turned on the music, he was quiet and then...

"Oh, how I love Jesus!"
He calls Him by name.
I've heard choirs sing it,
but it's not the same.

He's loud, he's certain
he's usually off key.
"Mama, can I sing it again?"
He keeps asking me.

Uninhibited, unashamed
he doesn't look for my smile.
He's content just to sit
and praise God for a while.

He sways with the music
and claps his small hands.
His feet start stomping
he is his own band.

I take joy in his gladness,
and join in his song.
Then I realize that I've had
faith like this all along.

The basis of faith
isn't that hard to grasp.
It's just understanding
my future and past.

I used to be lost
to myself and my sin.
Then God died for me
and soon rose again.

He took on my sin
and forgave my shame
the day that I knelt
and called on His name.

Some days I forget
what He did for me.
And I don't proclaim Truth
so willingly.

I don't shout His praise.
I don't dance for His sake.
All He does is give.
All I do is take.

By God's grace through faith
years ago He saved me.
What if my faith was as loud
as a child of three?