Borrowed Prayers

I read this today and I just had to share it. I am often reminded of the wonderful promise God provides in the verse that Pastor Glenn writes here. This passage comes from our church's weekly bulletin and I deleted some. Pastor Glenn writes....

"On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. A few minutes into the flight a flock of birds disabled the plane's engines. Captain Chesley Sullenberger managed to set the plane down safely in the Hudson River. All 155 passengers survived. The media dubbed the event, “the miracle on the Hudson.” In an interview Katie Couric asked the pilot, "Did you, at any point, pray?" Sullenberger replied, "I would imagine somebody in the back was taking care of that for me while I was flying the airplane!"

I wondered about the power of borrowed prayer. I am a believer in the power of prayer,
although I am not one to pray for God to reorder the universe to accommodate my personal agenda. I am more prone to pray for God to reorder me that I might live faithfully in the universe. Still, I have prayed many a prayer for myself and others, including those on the plane.

The Christian faith is a team effort with God being the first person on the team. You
didn't have to take time to pray. Your teammates were doing it for you, starting with the head coach. Your job was to run with the ball, and you ran the play of your life that day! I can't imagine that God isn't proud.

We all have a role to play. Sometimes that role is to fly the plane. Sometimes the role is to care for the victims. Sometimes the role is to charge the doors. When I feel separated from an event and powerless in so many ways, I pray. I pray to soothe my soul, and I pray to support the souls of those in peril. The rationalists would say my words are empty. I say that my prayers give voice to my faith, and in times of trial and disaster we need all the faith we can get. And sometimes, “When we don't know how to pray, the Holy Spirit intercedes for us in sighs too deep for words.”

So team, I’ll loan you my prayers when you need them, and I’ll borrow yours when I need them. And when neither of us has words to pray, we’ll borrow the sighs of the Spirit. Together we’ll face triumph and disaster in the fellowship of faith. "

Borrower and lender of prayers,
Wordgirl

I phone…

I am iphoning and loving it. I am totally addicted. Believe it or not, the function I use the most is the weather. Call me crazy, but I like knowing what the weather is going to be like everyday, throughout the day. I even have it programmed to show me the weather in my families' towns, (Powell, Tn, Piedmont, Al, and South Africa). Is that ludicrous or what? Granted, the weather is not all that different in TN, AL and GA, but I have to notice. I use to think (well, still think) my parents are crazy for watching the weather channel 24/7, but I am beginning to change my tune. The other feature I like is the entertaining music and games I can download to keep the kids occupied. We were at the doctor's office the other day and "Peanut Butter, Jelly Time" was a nice alternative to Chase running circles around the waiting room. You got to hear that song and see that banana do that dance. It is quite hilarious.

Angel child….Ryan.

I am loving 2009! For whatever reason, Ryan has turned over a new leaf. He has never been a real problem child, however we did go through a rough December with him not EVER wanting to get dressed. I was seriously late for work almost everyday in December. It is a game now and we have a race. Works wonders. I don't know if it is the game or if he is just growing out of the terrible threes. With boys, I don't believe in the terrible twos, as it is all about the threes. Whatever the reason, I am loving it. With the exception of an occasional tackling of Chase to the ground, Ryan has been an angel. And I think he is liking me more this month too. He is insistent on sitting by me wherever we go, just because. Yesterday, while at home, he said, "I have so much fun with you mom." What an angel. And what a blessing to have gotten through December which was a little rough patch. There will be days, right?

Dog or no dog??

Chase, who will be 2 in March, ADORES dogs. So the question of the day is....should we get a dog?? I cannot ever remember having a dog, a cat named FiFi, but no dogs. I really don't have a clue about how to take care of a dog. There are many pros and cons to caring for a dog, so let me have it. Anyone have something to contribute to this decision? If you have ever seen Chase's face when encountering a dog, you would agree there is no decision here.

Christmas 2008

Hard to believe January is 1/3 over already. I have been pretty lax about my blog lately. December was pretty busy. We welcomed Janey Kate, my new niece, into the family in earlyDecember. That was the most fun of December. Right behind that was un amazing Christmas. We had a great time in Piedmont the week before Christmas and a great time in Knoxville the week after Christmas. And for Christmas....for the first time ever, we were at home. We arrived at home on Christmas Eve. It was WONDERFUL. The kids loved it and we did too. We actually had Christmas lunch in our pajamas. For real...it was awesome. I included a few pictures here from our Piedmont visit and our time at home.

Kelly and Hunter....

The Martin grandkids.

Ryan making cookies for Santa.

Dad, do you recognize this rocking horse? (Christmas Eve)


Our gigantic tree amongst our herd.

Halloween

Okay, we had an awesome time trick-or-treating with friends in our neighborhood. Ryan and Evan have been talking for weeks about being Auburn Tigers and tonight was their debut. Chase also debuted tonight on his first trick-or-treat outing. He was more interested in the various dogs he met at each house. It is an understatement to say that he loves dogs. We found out that Ryan loves tootsie roll pops. I think every picture we have of Ryan shows him with a tootsie roll pop. Not the same one mind you. Oh no, he had several.....

Tootsieroll pop Number 1, 2 and 3

Pumpkins Galore

Saturday pumpkin patch visit was a blast. They loved the hay rides, pumpkin pickin, and the fried apple pies. This is a tradition we started with Ryan when he was 7 months old.