no pictures

I was going to post some pictures today, but Picassa is a piece of crap and won't do it for some reason.

Christmas was good in the Dilbone house this year. We decided to begin our own family tradition and stay at our house Christmas Eve and then after we opened our gifts to each other Christmas morning we would go down and begin the marathon.

Some valuable memories were had and some new family traditions were begun. First it was dinner at the Weiss' house. Great dinner, great company. Then is was off to the Christmas Eve service for a time of worship and reflection. We got home and after getting Macee settled we got out Luke 2 to read the Christmas story and then prayed and thanked God for sending Jesus and the Holy Spirit to us. It was priceless to have our own time and our own traditions beginning for the first time. We are so blessed...beyond measure...
right now Macee is listening to David Crowder Band in her CD player that Nanna and Papaw got for her. She requests him often and even fell asleep to him last night. Good times at the Dilbone house...maybe I'll get some pictures on soon too...

Lost post

How can this be??? Where are you my "I digress" post??? I don't think I've lost a post in over two years...or at least not while it was still on the front page...This is a travesty...a catastrophe, a mockery...a travecatastrmockery to the fullest extent of the meaning of the word. Oh yeah, I guess this thing is free huh...Ok, so I won't go filing a lawsuit although those few lines of print represented thoughts of mine even if only for a few moments in time...and now...I'll never get them back. I dare say that the world has lost a priceless treasure.

To my favorite "I digress" post ever written...may your journey be swift and full of adventure as you enter the enigma of cyberspace.

I bid thee farewell...

I need Jesus

I was reminded yet again today that I, in and of myself, just don't have the capacity to love people the way I am called to love them. I have been reminded lately of the self-centered ass I have been most of my life. These past two and a half years have been a whole new discovery for me as a follower of Christ. I really didn't know I was so self absorbed...so once I found out I was very eager to change that. Now here I sit...struggling more than ever in this quest for selfless kingdom living. I don't have the capacity to get it done...it just isn't in me...Jesus, thank You that Your grace is enough for me...thank You for the mighty power of the cross...for the wounds you suffered for my sake...and thank You for coming to this earth as the humble king who came to serve not to be served

So in the midst of rediscovering all of that, Sara, Macee and I have been able to spend some time with our families the past few weekends and it has been refreshing. Sometimes being away from family geographically makes it easy to just forget about those relationships, but it is good to be reminded of how important they are.

Irregular

Yeah, I know...I've been pretty irregular lately...no not toilet issues, that's all coming out just fine.

I was just reading the other morning and I found myself in Matthew reading the words of Christ:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’
But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on
the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to
sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If
someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one
who wants to borrow from you." “You have heard that it was said,
‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be
sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil
and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not
even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers,
what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

I guess if we really take this seriously it will begin to affect our world view...and more importantly, the way we live and treat those around us.

Lord, help me to love the unlovable...the hard to love, the people that try my patience, those that speak and act evil toward me...clothe me with Your grace, peace, and mercy... give me the desire and the ability to love as You love...