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Chapman Family Interviews…

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If you haven’t seen the recent interviews with Steven Curtis Chapman and his family, I have some video links. The testimony of the Chapman family is so powerful. They have faced an unthinkable tragedy in the death of their daughter/sister Maria Sue. They are continuing to deal with the grief and loss every day. They are getting through this journey with faith. Absolute unwavering faith. I have had a tremendous amount of respect for this family for a long time and that has only grown. Let’s please remember to keep them in our prayers.

From Good Morning America:

Larry King Live video segment. This is a synopsis video. YouTube has several postings with the complete interview broken into series clips.

Blessings,
Kelly

The End of Summer?

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It’s hard to believe that summer is rapidly drawing to an end. Not the “real” end, but the official end as far as school days go. Public school here starts back on Monday, August 11th. So, in other words, three more days. It’s hard to believe that summer has passed by so quickly. We had a full one that included VBS, dance camp, a trip to the beach, a visit to the Georgia Aquarium, birthday parties and more. We had more things that we had wanted to do, but just never got around to it. Still, we managed to keep busy and have a lot of fun. And, in the course of all that fun, the days fell away rather quickly. Now, here we are – the last weekday before the beginning of school. Already. Incredible, isn’t it? Around here, we’lll have several more weeks of true summer, but with school beginning our activities will be curtailed quite a bit during the week. We’ll start to get up earlier in the morning and things will work themselves into a new normal – a new routine for all of us. Preschool will start in two weeks (from Monday) and then, before we know it, the crispness of fall will be in the air. But, I’m certainly not one for rushing into fall just yet. I want to savor these last summer days. It might be over as far as school goes, but there is still fun to be had outdoors in the evenings and on weekends.

Come Monday morning, we’ll have a Kindergartener in our house. Miss Macey is so excited to begin elementary school. Yesterday we went to Meet & Greet and got to meet her teacher and get more school information. The classroom she’ll be in is so nice. It’s big and has great light, plus lots of great station areas for the kids. Next week they will have “Kindergarten Camp” in which each Kindergarten teacher will rotate to each class and evaluations will be performed on each student for class placement. We will find out on Friday who her teacher will be for the rest of the school year. It’s all so exciting.

For now, it’s off to enjoy this weekend. We are hoping to take the girls to the zoo this afternoon for a family adventure. We also hope to do a lot of swimming this weekend. And, then Sunday we’ll have church, family time and gearing up for the BIG day on Monday.

Summer isn’t over yet, so I hope everyone will enjoy what’s left of it. 🙂 Happy weekend, all!

Steven Curtis Chapman on Larry King Live

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Steven Curtis Chapman and family will appear on Larry King Live tonight. This is what is on the Larry King segment of CNN’s website – A tragic accident led to a miracle — and reinforced their faith. They’re taking your calls. It’s an hour of inspiration and hope tonight on Larry King Live! I have set our DVR to record this. Steven Curtis and family have always had such an amazing story and testimony. I can only imagine how powerful this segment will be.

Ocean…

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I just love this photo that I took on our beach trip and I wanted to share it.

When I look at this photo, the chorus to Ten Shekel Shirt’s song “Ocean” come to mind.

Something about the ocean
Makes me rise up and praise
Something about the heavens
Makes me stand in awe again
Something about the sunrise
Reminds me of Your faithfulness
Something about the ocean
And I’m lost in love again

Isn’t that chorus just so true? To me, there is something about the ocean that makes my soul just feel the presence of God. I’m at a loss to describe exactly how I feel that connectivity, but I always do. Maybe it’s that the ocean is so vast and wondrous. Or, perhaps it’s the tranquility of the tide with the depth of the unknown just beneath the surface. Or maybe it’s just knowing that God created something so incredibly diverse, amazing and mysterious. Like I said, I can’t put words to it, but every time I am near the ocean, my soul feels a unique connection to God. And, it’s beautiful to me.