It is quite humorous to me how I find myself in places on a date that, before now, would have been unthinkable. I've never been a big fan of Lowe's. I think the only times that Kimberly and I have gone to Lowe's is for gift cards. Now, we are going to Lowe's on a date night. We are under contract for our first house. Now, Lowe's is up there with Best Buy (in my esteem) and Hobby Lobby (in Kimberly's esteem).

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Now playing: David Crowder Band - Oh the Glory of It All
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"Man's intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the simplicities of the cross of Christ with an eye too little reverent and loving...the temptation with a man of refined thought and high education is to depart from the simple truth of Christ crucified, and to invent, as the term is, a more intellectual doctrine. This led the early Christian churches into Gnosticism, and bewitched them with all sorts of heresies...whoever you are, good reader, and whatever your education may be, if you be the Lord's, be assured you will find no rest in philosophizing divinity. You may receive this dogma of one great thinker. or that dream of another profound reasoner, by what the chaff is to the wheat, that will these be to the pure word of God. All that reason, when best guided, can find out is but the A B C of truth, and even that lacks certainty, while in Christ Jesus there is treasured up all the fullness of wisdom and knowledge. All attempts on the part of Christians to be content with systems such as Unitarian and Broad-church thinkers would approve of, must fail; true heirs of heaven must come back to the grandly simple reality which makes the plough-boy's eye flash with joy, and glads the pious pauper's heart--'Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.' Jesus satisfies the most elevated intellect when He is believingly received, but apart from Him the mind of the regenerate discovers no rest. 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.' 'A good understanding have all they that do His commandments.'"

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Now playing: David Crowder Band - Never Let Go
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We just got back from Freedom Fest over at Southside Baptist Church. This year they hosted Chris Tomlin. Before Chris and the band took the stage they opened up with the video below. What is interesting about this video is the person made it after he went to a Chris Tomlin concert and then posted it on YouTube. Check it out, it's pretty sweet.





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Now playing: Switchfoot - The Shadow Proves the Sunshine
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Kimberly and I went to Casa Mexico in Byron tonight for our date night. It's our favorite Mexican restaurant. Their chimichangas are unrivaled by any other in our area simply because they have the brilliant idea of pouring that wonderful white cheese all over them. Anyway, after our dinner we walked through the Byron outlet. We came to the point in our date that every husband either loves or hates because their is no middle ground. You know it very well. The point where your wife goes to the restroom and leaves you with the important task of holding her purse while you sit on a bench in the open. I am very thankful to some of my friends that I was adequately trained for this task on my bachelor night. Now I happen to be one of those guys that, overall, loves this task. Tonight, as I was sitting in the open with Kimberly's purse, I meditated on the wisdom and goodness of Christ. I am thankful that I get to sit on a bench holding the purse of the most beautiful and brilliant woman I've ever met. It isn't good for me to be alone. Her companionship is a gift. It's a shadow that points me to my Creator. Granted, these times of reflection are fewer than I would like. Sometimes I feel like throwing the purse across the parking lot. Marriage isn't room service, it's real life. And in this life we still have sin to battle. "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" In Christ I don't have to obey these sinful desires. I can deny myself, take up my wife's purse daily and follow Him. "But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant."

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Now playing: Chris Tomlin & Christy Nockels - Glorious
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