Like most of you, saving money is very important to us. We love to use coupons and look for good sales (and Laura, the complete geek, thinks it's fun) =). Following are a few links I found on another blog..........
http://freebies4mom.blogspot.com/
http://www.afullcup.com
http://www.becentsable.blogspot.com/
http://www.centsiblesavings.com/
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/
http://www.afullcup.com/upload/cmps_index.php?page=printable_coupons
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The point of the imperative
A Christian doesn't do something in order to gain God's favor. The Christian life is not about how you can prove yourself toward God, but about a worship-response to what God has done for you. There is nothing you could do to earn God's favor. There is nothing to be gained, as if I could secure God's pleasure by my "checklist obedience".
What about guilt? "If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome..." What is the point of obedience? If obedience is about the act itself, obedience becomes a checklist. Has God designed obediece as a checklist? Where are the commands pointing? My experience has been that the imperative drowns out or minimizes how glorious God truly is. Somehow, through obedience to the imperative, I miss knowing God. If the focal point of obedience is on appeasement or the quality of the obedience act itself, then obedience becomes more about me than about God. If, in giving thanks to God, I concentrate on something in myself, I lose all genuine affection for the Giver of all good, and fail to taste how glorious He truly is. When obedience becomes adherance to the imperative, one will never know the length and height and width and depth of God's love. He will miss it from preoccupation with performance.
What about guilt? "If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome..." What is the point of obedience? If obedience is about the act itself, obedience becomes a checklist. Has God designed obediece as a checklist? Where are the commands pointing? My experience has been that the imperative drowns out or minimizes how glorious God truly is. Somehow, through obedience to the imperative, I miss knowing God. If the focal point of obedience is on appeasement or the quality of the obedience act itself, then obedience becomes more about me than about God. If, in giving thanks to God, I concentrate on something in myself, I lose all genuine affection for the Giver of all good, and fail to taste how glorious He truly is. When obedience becomes adherance to the imperative, one will never know the length and height and width and depth of God's love. He will miss it from preoccupation with performance.
Why Blondeback? Why not? =)
Some have wondered why our blog is called "The Blondeback Blog". It's simple, really.....whenever Eric washes his hair and lets it dry naturally, the effect can be monkey-like in nature (see photo for details).
There is a species in the primate kingdom called the Silverback. Eric is blond, sometimes looks like a monkey and we're both goofy--hence, The Blondeback Blog.
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