Added some of the pictures from Herm's Birthday celebration today. What a joy to see so many people celebrate with us. Lord willing, i will have more to add later.
Thanks to everyone who made today such a memorable day for us.
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place--Ephesians 6:14 NIV
Every day i go to work with a belt around my waist. At work i often wrap my belt around a person to aide in transferring that individual to or from a wheel chair. The belt can't do its job properly unless i securely fasten it around the person's waist. Sometimes the belt almost hurts when i cinch it down. The tight belt helps me safely complete a safe transfer. Some people don't like having my belt around them. i still use it however. The belt prevents falls. The belt guides the wearer to the correct destination. the belt telegraphs when someone is about to do something dangerous. The belt of truth does that for us.
When we accept God's truth, we remain safe. Sometimes the belt of truth hurts a little bit. i interpret that as God making sure he can keep a tight grip on me as i go through life. The belt of truth allows God to hold me up when i stumble. The belt of truth guides me on the correct path. The belt of truth enables God to gently guide me away from a dangerous behavior. Most of all the belt of truth re-assures me that God will keep me safe from straying far from God's Grace.
Thank you, God for wrapping your belt of truth tightly around me. Amen.
i've made some major changes to our home page today. Most of our home page's formating is accomplished via CSS. In theory Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provides me greater control over the look and feel of our web site. In reality, i now have a whole new can of worms to manage now. At least now we have a "drop shaddow" around the "Verse of the Day." The menu across the top of the page is easier to manage now too.
Unfortunately i discovered a few wierd anomalies caused by the code changes i've made. The good news is most of the anomalies disappear when you hit the refresh button on your browser. There are a few issues with Internet Explorer for Windows i hope to investigate before the week's end.
If all goes well we will have more content for our site soon. i also hope to convert the rest of the site to CSS formating too. Our church has so much potential. My prayer is this web site will help everyone who visits here see this potential. i also pray everyone will know how richly God has blessed us.