"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Psalm 127:3-5

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Away in a Manger

This song, written by Steve Merkel and Lee Black, is on one of our favorite Christmas CDs; the Carol of Emmanuel. The words are so powerful.

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“Longing for a Savior
A hopeless world would wait
Sin demanded justice
At a price we could not pay;
But God displayed his mercy
The greatest gift of love
When we could not reach heaven
Heaven came to us.

Chorus:
He made a way in a manger
A way to the cross
Messiah the promised
Before time had begun;
For God so loved this world
Though he knew what love would cost
He made a way in a manger
To make a way to the cross.

In Bethlehem a stable
Became a throne of grace
As God himself our Savior
Drew near to take our place;
His mother smiled in wonder
As shepherds stood in awe
The sacrifice of heaven
Lay sleeping in the straw.

Bridge:
He is the life that died our death
The precious Lord Jesus
Laid down his sweet head.

Chorus:
He made a way in a manger
A way to the cross
Messiah, the promised
Before time had begun;
For God so loved this world
Though He knew what love would cost
He made a way in a manger
To make a way to the cross.

Creation Museum

In the beginning of this month, we went to visit a family in Kentucky we had met at a conference earlier this year. While we were there, we also went to see the Creation Museum and their annual Christmas Town.

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Duck: “Welcome to the Creation Museum, we begin our tour by visiting my pond.”

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The Johnson girls with our friends we stayed with.

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These lamas were so cute!

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Cow: “I’m loving this!”

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Clara with the zorse and zonkey. They weren’t cooperating too well:)

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Proud as a peacock!

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Kangaroo: “Please do not take my picture.”

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The gardens were a great place to take portraits.

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We love you both!

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One of the first exhibits in the Creation Museum has this picture of Mount St. Helens.

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The Grand Canyon

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The boys really enjoyed the dinosaurs!

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Martin Luther

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We walked through an exhibit all about God’s amazing creation.

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It was beautiful!

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This little guy was so cute!

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Methuselah told us about his life and the boat his great grandson was building.

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Looking at plans for the new Ark Encounter.

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Let’s see, what was Noah’s wife’s name?

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We enjoyed the new addition of Noah. Even he has a problem with closing his eyes during pictures:)

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God’s promise.

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This was Ken Ham’s (the found and president of Answers in Genesis) father’s Bible open at Genesis 1. What a legacy!

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In the evening we walked through the Christmas Town outside.

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The gardens were all in color. It was beautiful!

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Hello Sir!

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We had a wonderful day celebrating the incarnation of our Lord Jesus. What an incredible gift!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Goodbye Cape Cod…Hello Miss Liberty!

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Our last day at Cape Cod, we saw lots of sea lions.

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If you were quiet, you could here them bark at each other.

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They kept an eye on us the whole time.

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We’ve arrived at the great metropolis: New York!

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The 9-11 monument which is still under construction. When you look through the parallel monument, you are looking at where the twin towers stood.

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God blessed us with such wonderful weather on our trip!

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Leaving Jersey City Train Station on the ferry.

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Ellis Island where millions of immigrants entered the United States. We figured that a few of our ancestors probably came through this island. That made it more personal.

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There she is!

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I think it is impossible to take a bad picture of the Statue of Liberty.

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We had a great tour. It turned out to be private.

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Even though we were so close to New York City, it was quiet and peaceful on the island.

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We were unable to ascend to her crown due to construction. We’ll just have to come back!

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Here’s Mr. Philip at his favorite part of the trip. In the first few days of our trip, we would ask Philip what his favorite part was so far. He would answer, “The Statue of Liberty.”

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Holding our “torches” high.

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Hello, um…Mr. Liberty.

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“Guess where I am Papa!”

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Good by Miss Liberty!

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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.”

Luke 4:18