Kimberly's Expressions

If you have the opportunity to ask Ava, "What are you and Mommy and Daddy going to have?" you will hear her prompt response, "Baby!"  We are expecting another precious child in October, and we are thrilled.  We feel so thankful to God for his care of our family. "You [God] made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed."  - Psalm 139:13-16 Ava less than 1 month old.

In Bible times, animal sacrifices were made at the altar to worship God and to atone for sin. The animal they brought to the altar was spotless or without defect.  They didn't bring the scrawniest lamb they could find, or the sick doves, they didn't bring the next to nicest calf they owned, and they didn't bring their neighbor's goat - they brought their best acceptable animal t o God. Because Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, became the perfect sacrifice for our sin, we no longer make animal sacrifices; we receive our forgiveness of sin by directly talking to Jesus and repenting.  But we do still bring our best to God.  Our heart's desire should be to praise God with all of our being, to serve Him with all of our heart, and to give Him our best in private as well as in public. When you read in your Bible or are challenged at church to give the "sacrifice of praise" or to "come to the altar", remember to bring your  best to God. Singing the lyrics ...

ALERT: The Purse Bunny is on the loose. She was last seen in Tennessee going by the alias "Ava." She is not very tall, but she is clever, and she loves purses. Call with any information that may help us catch this cute bunny before she finds another purse and topples over.