jam packed sunday

had a jammed pack sunday today! we got off to an early start and assembled with the crossroads church in floyd, in. it was a good experience. got to finally meet one of my electronic friends, who i have only been in dialogue with via email. he was much like i expected. after service, i pulled another adam and put my bible and day calendar on top of the car while putting kylie in her seat. and as expected forgot it was up there, until we were long gone. jody and i ran back to see if i could recover it, but to no avail. that is probably the 4th or 5th time i have done that! it was frustrating to say the least. had lunch with jody and his wife missy, and their two kids. it was a very pleasant afternoon, and my family enjoyed our time together.

emily, then went straight to a baby shower and was there the rest of the afternoon. when she got home we had to prepare for our small group. our verse this week was i peter 4:10:

"each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering god's grace in it's various forms."

couple things about this verse. one, we all, by god's grace, have been gifted. and these gifts are to be used to serve other people. two, god's grace can take on various shapes in our lives and the lives of the one's we are serving. it is quite amazing to think we can steward god's grace to others. again, it is not anything i can brag about, because it is only by the grace of god that i have the gift in the first place!! once again, it is humbling to truly understand this passage of scripture.

this is derby week, so there are all kinds of festivities planned in louisville. we hope to get to spend some good times with friends, toward the end of this week, and family over the weekend.

reds update - we took 2 out of 3 in san fran. we scored 20 runs in the last two games. hopefully some indication our offense is coming out of it's long slumber. we hit the road for 3 in st. louis (critical games), and 3 in atlanta. it would be nice to take 4 of 6, and head back home with some momentum built up. we are still 4 games under .500.