Hotel Room Numbers

The Husband had a revelation three weekends ago.  We were in, yet another, city for baseball.  In that hotel our room number was 316.  The revelation was to remember the room number with a Bible verse.
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life." John 3:16

Last weekend at another away tournament, our hotel room number was 424.  This number caused The Husband  to do some searching through the Bible and he found this verse:
"And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you." Ephesians 4:24


This week in Omaha, we are in room 313.  I volunteered to find the Hotel-Verse-For-This-Week and I chose:
"Since you are my rock and my fortress, 
    for the sake of your name lead and guide me." Psalms 31:3
What great verses to mull over during our weekends.  Maybe you'd like to give this a try.  When a number jumps out at you, pick up a Bible and find a verse with that number.  Get ready to be amazed with me, at how God can use a hotel room number, or your random number, to bless you.


Because He is an amazing One.

2 Outs, Bases Loaded...

We are in Omaha, Nebraska.

It is day one of a four-day national

baseball tournament.

The first game The Raptors played

a team from Overland, Kansas.

At one point our pitcher had bases loaded

with two outs and he was just tired.

Kidlet Three was brought in to pitch. 

With just one pitch

he got the guy out on a pop-fly.

Watch the action.

AWESOME!!

Raptor Pitching

Kidlet Three pitches occasionally for The Raptors.

He enjoys it and, I think, he is amazing!

Raptor Scales

Kidlet Three's baseball team are called The Raptors.

Raptors as in bald eagles and  you may remember

this post about the Osprey.  One of the boys on the

team picked the raptor name of Deinonychus, which

was a dinosaur raptor.

Sitting at multiple baseball games this past weekend

with my sandals on, left me with a very funky tan.

My sandals are leather and have decorative holes

on them.  Which caused this very interesting tan.

The tan looks a little like Raptor scales, don't you think?

Amazing...I'm a raptor, too!

Spiritual Rah! Rah!

Here is my daily devotional from Max Lucado's, Grace For The Moment.  After reading this I think you will feel encouraged, 'cheered on' and important.  I sure did

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You are a chosen people...that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.  I Peter 2:9


Let's spend a lifetime making our heavenly Father proud.  Use your uniqueness to do so.  You exited the womb called.  Don't see yourself as a product of your parents' DNA, but rather as a brand-new idea from heaven.  Make a big deal out of God.  Become who you are for him!  Has he not transferred you from a dull, death-destined life to a rich, heaven-bound adventure?


With God, every day matters, every person counts.  And that includes you.

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Singing in the Car

During the drive to the Up North Country on the weekend, The Husband and I played through almost all of the songs on our iPods.

It is a five-hour trip.

We cranked up the volume and we sang at the top of our lungs.

I shuffled the songs so they all popped up at random.

Even through the McDonald's drive-up window when we ordered our ice cream cones.  About that time we were singing "Celebrate good times, come on...doot doo doo doot..."

We sang Journey, Beach Boys, Third Day, Delirious, Black Eyed Peas, etc.

We have quite the collection of songs.

The following song has remained in my head from the weekend.  To me, this is a Firm Foundation song.

It explains my roots and where I choose to plant my feet.

It is the truth and not the invention of any man.

And I sang this at the top of MY lungs in the car...and I'm glad it continues in my mind.

An amazing song set to amazing words.

Be blessed.

Fish Tale

You've heard of fish tales?  Fish tales are stories from fishermen about fish that got away or some unbelievable experience while fishing.


Here is my fish tale from our Up North Weekend...


The pontoon boat had been in storage for several years.  With the New Land purchase, the pontoon boat was uncovered and the motor tested.  The boat was brought to the New Lake and tied to the dock and there it waited for us.


Dad, Mom, Kidlet Three, Buddy Daniel and I carried our fishing gear to the lake and climbed onto the pontoon for the first fishing expedition ever on the New Lake.  

Dad was the designated driver.  He put the key in the ignition and turned on the motor.

Mom and I untied the ropes from the dock and jumped on board.

Dad backed the boat away from the dock.  We all heard, "uh oh...uh oh...we have no steering".  

As the boat backed away from the dock.

Straight back.

We were going straight away from the dock because the steering wheel was frozen and wouldn't turn.

Dad turned off the motor.

Several of us tried turning the steering wheel but it wouldn't budge.

We were adrift on a lake where only two other houses exist.

And we didn't have a paddle.

Visions of Gilligan's Island started running through my mind.

Then we realized the wind had picked up and we were moving toward land but not aimed at the dock.

Using the wind, Dad would turn on the motor and back up just enough and then cut the motor.

We would drift toward the dock but not quite close enough so he'd back up again and cut the motor.

Back and forth we went as the wind slowly moved us toward the dock.

It wasn't quite a 3-hour tour like Gilligan and Mary Anne, but we made it close enough to the dock for me to jump, with the boat rope, and pull the boat back to the dock.

Where we promptly tied the boat up.

And we fished from the pontoon.

Tied to the dock.

You'd never even know we were tied to the dock from these photos.  Except we took the life jackets off after we realized we'd been docked for 30 minutes...

Mom had the first catch of the afternoon. 
If you squint your eyes you may be able to see the little sunfish she is holding.

Kidlet Three has the next big catch of the day...

It was a memorable boat ride and fishing adventure for us all.

You should've seen the fish that got away...