Way Behind, but....

I've had a minor surgery and missed some work.  I haven't been on the computer much at all for a week or so.  I haven't blogged in two weeks.  I have 923 items in my reader and 162 emails.  My house is a disaster.  But this one thing, I didn't want to miss.  It is time once again for a memory verse.  I am doing two per month and doing alright with them.  Here's the next one:

"I am still confident of this:

I will see the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living.

Wait for the Lord:

be strong and take heart

and wait for the Lord."

Psalm 27:13 & 14 (New International Version)

Scripture Verse Number 6

It is time once again to share the Scripture I am memorizing.  I don't know if you all are enjoying the Scripture, but I am seriously enjoying memorizing it.  Two verses per month is totally do-able for me.  And what I am trying to do is choose Scripture I NEED....

So here it is (John 10:10 from the New International Version):

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

Remember This?

Where in the world does time go? It gets SUCKED into nowhere sometimes. Back at the end of January, I posted this. GROOVY idea, I thought! Here was my plan...I wanted to read the winners blogs and see if I could come up with a little gift kinda "personalized" for them. That was and is the plan, but I just don't know where the time has gone! So let me tell you who the winners are:

Megan of The Best of Fates! She is fantastically witty! I love reading her blog....they are usually short entries that make me smile!

Sheryl of We are Never Alone! This is a nice blog with thought provoking insight....and she loves God! Don't miss her "Not Me Mondays"--they crack me up!!

And Annie Kelleher of writers and witches, and words, oh my. She actually has 5 blogs. She has some very rich writing that she shares with us from time to time!

Now these ladies are the winners of my Pay It Forward dealio...and they will get a gift in the mail someday. So if you are reading this, I haven't forgotten about you at all. I have the best intentions to dig into your blog and figure you out. And I also happen to need your snail mail addy at some point!

I Am Iron Man!

This morning as I was taking the sheets off our beds to be washed, my wonderful and beautiful wife, Jamie, asked me, "Are you my Iron Man?" Thinking she was thinking of the superhero, "Iron Man", I said, "Yes." After all I am one of her protectors (God being the strongest) right?

Then she showed me a pair of wrinkled pants and a wrinkled shirt and asked if I could iron them for her. Oh Man! I forgot that I do a lot of ironing for Jamie in the mornings, so she can have time to spend with God. Imagine the "irony" when I realized just what kind of Iron Man she was asking me to be for her.

Even though I am not always in the mood to do some ironing for Jamie, I try my best to do it with a servant heart. Knowing that Jamie is a daughter of the KING, that makes GOD my Father-in-Law! I had better treat HIS little girl with respect and love. So I ironed for my Bride. I was her Iron Man!

Posted by Mark (Jamie's Hubbs by accident thinking he was posting on his blog)!

Scripture Verse Number 5

Here's the next verse in my quest to memorize 2 verses of Scripture each month this year.  I love this Scripture because it tells us we can participate in the divine nature.  Of course, I like the idea of escaping the corruption of the world, too!

"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."  2 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)