New Baby

So a week ago yesterday Sarah had her baby. :)

Hannah Marie
11:50 pm, December 12
8 lbs. 7 oz.
22 inches

I was saving this "announcement blog" for when I had pictures but I have no idea when I'll actually get to see my new little niece so when I have a picture then I'll post it. :)

She called me last Saturday night around midnight and said, "Amanda? Is that you?"

To which of course I replied, "Yeah, you alright?"

"I just had a baby. It really hurt."

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Things are going well. I got my grades for this semester and I'm a 4.0 student! Yipee. I really love my new job and the cooler weather is making me happy too.

Yep, things are just swell. :)

Revelations

So it's almost December. It's Christmas season! I finished all my shopping before all the crazies started. :) We set up the tree.



Yesterday my parents and I rode our bikes around at Riverbend Park which is as close to the Florida wilderness as one can get. We saw lots of pretty birds and did I mention it was freezing? I was wearing fleece and still cold. Very odd!



At church tonight we talked about Revelation 5 and the scroll.

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?" But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."

The coolness about all of this is not really realized without a little history. Whenever an Israelite would get into debt or trouble they would lose their property and the deed would be rolled up and sealed and taken from them. Their only hope was if a "Kinsman Redeemer" would come and rescue them. They had to be related to them and they could come and pay the price for the property and then give it back to their relative.

Which is why Jesus had to become human, our brother, so he could be our "kin". He was the only person who could open the seal and give us back our inheritance. The only person with the ability to pay the price.

And that is why heaven worships. Because Jesus has put things back to their rightful place and paid the price.

As a closing thought... here are pictures of my new charges...

Carolyn & Genevieve

DD Pumpkin Muffin

So today I tried Dunkin Donut's pumpkin muffin.

Heaven.
In.
Your.
Mouth.

You know how you eat a muffin and you get done with the top part and you just want to throw the rest of the muffin away? Well, not so with a Dunkin Donut's pumpkin muffin. There is no bad part of a Dunkin Donut's pumpkin muffin. Next, to try Dunkin Donut's coffee and I may never enter a Starbucks ever again. *gasp* Then the transformation from Washingtonian to Floridian might be complete.