Luke 6:38

I also want to use this blog as a way to remember sermons, scripture, etc that speak to me.
This past Sunday, Pastor Morgan spoke on Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measure to you in return.
This verse is set in the market place. In Jesus' time, goods were sold by volume not by weight as they are in our day. In the market, bargaining is going on over price, quantity, etc. First the seller fills the container to the top, then presses the contents down and fills it some more. Next, he shakes the container so the grain will settle even more. The seller then fills the container til it overflows.
This is an example of how I should give to God. God gives to us because it is in His nature.
Matthew 7:11 says,
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
**Generous givers understand the shovel principle. I shovel it out, God shovels it in and He has a bigger shovel than I do!**
What will I do to be generous? How can I be more generous to those around me?

Our "Scrapbook"

Since I am not much on scrapbooking I thought I would start this blog as a way to remember our family's adventures. And what better way to start a blog about our family- a post about our vacation! We love vacations in our family! We love being where it is warm. So, this fall break, we headed to Florida.

We started our weekend in Orlando. Abby has read Harry Potter and really wanted to go to Universal to the Harry Potter exhibit. So Abby and I left the boys behind to watch football and swim.

Sunday was Typhoon Lagoon Day!

It was time for some fun in the sun- except when the sun wasn't exactly shining!

The boys enjoyed swimming with the sharks and sting rays.

They also loved the typhoon waves that came. Look to the right and you will see the wave coming to take them away.

And who can go to Orlando without some Downtown Disney fun! Yeah she's tough and got a tatoo. Yeah- right! We all know it's airbrushed. After some fun in Orlando we headed to Tampa for some beach fun, but we forgot the camera for that.