“I do believe that the very angels have never wondered but once and that has been incessantly ever since they first beheld it. They never cease to tell the astonishing story, and to tell it with increasing astonishment too, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary, and became a man. Is he not rightly called Wonderful? Infinite, and an infant — eternal, and yet born of a woman — Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast supporting the universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms — king of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph — heir of all things and yet the carpenter’s despised son. Wonderful art thou O Jesus, and that shall be thy name for ever.”

- Charles Spurgeon, taken from the blog "Of First Importance."

Apple brought the fun of a photo booth to me, Kimberly, and Amanda. Oh what fun it is to pose on an iSight camera!

Fun Photos

Below is a project I've been working on. My sister sends me tons of pictures of my two nieces (Selene who is 2 yrs. and Kalyse who is almost 1 yr.). So, I just took some of them and made a slide show out of them.

Christ has a gate far beyond all our thinking –
Hidden the key, and the lock no man knows;
Free as the wind in His secret appearings,
Sweetly He comes and then strangely He goes.

Ours but to seek Him with impatient patience!
They only thrive who will wait for His love,
Yet in the waiting besiege Him with weeping,
Making ado till He comes from above.

Christ by His dealings would fashion and mould us;
Carving out baseness, corruption and sin,
Making us perfect by pain and by wounding,
Forming His Father’s fair image within.

Daily we mar all our prospects of heaven,
Stumbling we falter, yet Christ makes us whole;
Kindly He lifts us with glimpses of glory,
Till all its splendour shall rise on our soul.

Faith Cook, Grace in Winter (Carlisle, PA.: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1989), 68. Copied from the blog Of First Importance.

Pain. Grief. Healing. Hope. Love. Joy. Providence. These are the themes of 'bella' . Not a single cuss word or sex scene. The character development is so good and the storyline so gripping, that, you will feel like you have walked beside the characters themselves. I thank God for Alejandro Monteverde and Metanoia Films and pray that He will raise up more men and women in Hollywood to produce films like this one. If you're due a date night with your spouse, I highly recommend you use it to go and see this great movie.