I saw this while I was driving the other day. I was amused to say the least.

Well it’s not me that really loves rainbows, it’s my wife, Miriam. But I love rainbows because Miriam loves rainbows so much.

We had one appear yesterday over the house. It had been rainy all weekend until Sunday afternoon when the sun broke out brilliantly. It reminders me that God keeps his promises. So whatever is plaguing you on this Monday, remember that God is faithful and good.

Some Mondays, that thought is all that I have to get me through (that and the fact that Friday is only a few days away!) .

Enjoy your Monday!

Okay, so we’ve been basically burning the candle at both ends lately as a family. New baby, new job at work, meetings at church, AWANA, in-laws visiting, school starting… the list goes on and on. So we decided to actually treat today as the Sabbath - not Sunday - but as an actual day of rest.

So, thus marksPajama Day. No church, no errands to run, no agendas, no projects, nothing.

Two words: Train wreck.

Have fun writing a caption for this one.

This is truly amazing [compliments of MudPuppy]. It’s a geographical map of baseball teams and their fan base. Enjoy. The pic can be found here.

I love baseball and Barry Bonds makes me sick. There is so much in baseball that is dishonest and has nothing to do with the game. Barry has brought shame to the game, but he’s not the only one.  He’s just the only one relishing in a glory that is not his. But how many of us do this - relish in glory that’s not ours?

Last week, when I was speaking to a group of youth at a camp about evangelism I asked, “how many of you here have saved someone.” Most raised their hands. Then I quickly retorted, “Christ is the only one that saves, not us.” We don’t save people. We can’t. We’re called to share the good news and be a ready instrument of God, but we will never saved anyone. We never will.

Knowing that Christ is the Savior and not us is a humbling thought. How often do we relish in an event when kids are saved or the Lord really moves, as if we had something to do with it? I used to be concerned with numbers when I was a youth pastor and worked for a church that worshiped numbers. Then I began to realize that it doesn’t matter. Nothing in this world will stand. The only thing that lasting is Christ’s work within us. Is what Barry has done an accomplishment? Not really. He hit the home run, then marched around the bases and then when he stepped on home plate he pointed to heaven as if to thank God [for giving him BALCO]. It’s just amazing how we celebrate nothingness in name of God.

John the Baptist (and yes I believe he was a dirty baptist) said it best, “he [Christ] must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).  So where in our lives do we need to decrease so God can do his lasting work? I’m just amazed, excited and humbled that in light of this that He still takes me along for the ride.

Stuart’s Financial Advice #453:

Never trust your financial future to anyone who has quotation marks in their name.

Well, it’s almost Friday and do you need a little pick-me-up?

Sure who doesn’t.

Go to cuteoverload.com. See how long you can stand the overload to your senses. It’s like eating a pound bag of skittles all by your self - so sweet, it’ll make you sick (but it’s calorie free).

So go on and get your Thursdays warm ‘n’ fuzzies in!