Prayer for our President

I rushed to work this morning to join the live webcast of Max Lucado leading a time of prayer for President-Elect Obama on this, his inauguration day. I have felt so moved these last few weeks to pray for him.....I'm not sure if it is because his views are so different than mine and the anticipation of his presidency makes me so nervous....or, the state of our country and world makes me so nervous....or simply the moving of the Holy Spirit to pray.....or a combination of those. But, nevertheless, I have been praying for him. He may not be the President I would have chosen....but God commands me to submit to his leadership anyway. And, God tells me, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face... then I will heal their land." Oh, Father, how I pray that you would!

So, to share with all 5 people who probaby read this blog the prayer that Max led us in---and that I will be continuing to pray for Obama, Biden and their team...

1. Protection....."keep them safe from the evil one" John 17:15

2. Wisdom...."But if any of you need wisdom, you should ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to all people, so he will give you wisdom." James 1:5

3. Reverence...."Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord; those who obey his orders have good understanding. He should be praised forever." Psalms 111:10

4. Strength/Stamina/Capability..."I pray that the God of peace will give you every good thing you need so you can do what he wants." Hebrews 13:20

"I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity." 1 Timothy 2:1-2

One final praise, over 200,000 people signed up on Max Lucado's website prior to today to commit to pray for Obama today. I love feeling the power of the universal church coming together to the throne of God!!!!

I hope the above doesn't come across "preachy"....I just wanted to share some of what God has been laying on my heart.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

Kelly

Who went to Cameron Indoor? Oh yea, that would be ME!!!

My wonderful, sweet, dear, giving husband got my sister and me tickets to a home Duke game. MG and I are big Duke basketball fans and going to a game at Cameron Indoor was definately on our "bucket list". I can't tell you how pumped I was about going----and, I enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. Just such a fun experience. Not the least of which was spending the day with Lee and my sister.

Below is some of the video I took. Pardon the quality of it--I am still learning. I'm sure MG and I are the only ones who will watch it, anyway.

I'll post pictures as soon as someone (not mentioning names--but her name rhymes to Kary Krase) sends them to me. : )

Thanks again, Lee!!

My new toy

Nothing exciting in these videos--just wanted to play with my new toy that I got for an early Christmas present from Lee. 2 from a trip to Barnes & Noble and 1 from playing in the backyard. Only for die-hard Reese and John fans.

Reminder: pause the music in the playlist down below before playing videos.

Santa and the Christmas Program

We saw Santa at Pinetree last Sunday. So glad we didn't wait in the mall lines and have to pay $25 for pictures....bc this is the best picture that came from the visit...

Here are a few pics of Reese's school Christmas program---one of her singing with the rest of the 3 year-olds, 1 of her and Lee and 1 with her teacher, Ms. Sarah.

Finally, I went "minimalist" on the tree decorations this year due to the tornado which is John. I did put candy canes on the tree, which Reese has loved taking off and putting back on the tree..

Family Reunion in Troy

We got to spend last Saturday at Uncle Johnny's cabin in Troy for the family reunion on Lee's mom's side of the family. Uncle Johnny's is one of our favorite places----and Uncle Johnny is one of our favorite uncles. In fact, that is who John is named after. Below are some pics.

John and I spent most of the day outside just walking around. He had a blast.


Here is Lee and Uncle Johnny by the fire pit.


Here is Uncle Johnny leading some of the kids down to the pond to fish.


Reese wasn't feeling good and honestly didn't do much all day. But, we were able to coax her to roast one marshmellow.


John running around some more.

Christmas Fun

Enjoy!! (or laugh at me that I enjoyed it---your choice)...

(You'll need to pause the playlist music at the bottom on the page.)

Picture Postapalooza

Lots of pictures.....let's get started...

Reese and John "cooking" us dinner. About 5 minutes after this picture was taken, I caught Reese just as she was about to put the metal mixing bowl into the microwave to cook our "strawberry cake". Whew!

John eating his very first chocolate chip cookie.....and lovin' it.

We spent Thanksgiving with my parents at the cabin. Very low key and tons of fun.

Here are Reese and John with Roxie---my in-laws dog that we were keeping for the holidays.

Here is Lee with the deer he killed on Thanksgiving morning. You can see Roxie "helping" out too....

Thankgiving afternoon, my daddy, Reese and I took off in the golf cart to get some good outdoor fresh air. We dropped Lee off for an afternoon hunt...

...and took off down our little country road..

and I showed Reese the fireplace of the house where her great-great grandfather lived.

Then, like any good daughter of a Mississippi girl, we found a good cotton field to play in.

Dutch was teaching Reese a little about cotton---and she had to (dramatically, of course) ponder what he was saying...

After playing in Reese's "cotton garden", as she called it, we headed back to where the cabin is and went out walking to see if we could see any deer.

Daddy taught Reese a little about using binoculars,

how to look for deer tracks,

and how the corn feeder worked. (You know, all things a little 3 year-old girl should know.)

Reese decided to take a little break and look at leaves while sitting on a log.

Then, as it was getting dark, we headed back to the cabin.

And, Reese blew the deer a good-night kiss.

The next day, we packed up me, Mimi and the kids to leave and Reese declared that she was staying there with her daddy. Lee was nice enough to oblige and we put on her Carhart overalls and camo boots over her pink Dora gown so that she could "work" with her daddy.

And, I left her happy as could be for another night of Daddy/daughter fun!

Then, on Sunday evening, Reese had her very first Christmas children's choir performance.

I tried to get a good picture of her cute outfit....but she was too busy pondering the wonder that is Wow, Wow Wubzy.



Here she is before the performance with one of her teachers.

And, 2 pics of her singing her little heart out. If I do say so myself, she did wonderfully. She knew all the words and really sang out well. Tons of fun to see her.