Wedding Party at W & J

We gathered at Washington & Jefferson College for posed pictures before the wedding. Here are a few of what Dan & I got:

It was so cold that day,
The guys were keeping me warm.
Poor Annalise!
The Bridal Party
The bride & groomDonya keeping Annalise warm

Having fun!

Carissa kissing a pole?

Keeping Mandy warm!

John & his friends
Stopping at Starbucks before the wedding!

Sarah & John's Wedding

In leiu of the fact that we don't have the professional wedding pictures yet, I am combining pictures from various sources to post them on this blog. I will try to provide a link for the professional pictures from both weddings soon. Be patient, they'll be here soon.
The church:


The bridesmaids:
Donya, Carissa, Lindsay, & Mandy (maid of honor)

The flower girl, Annalise

Here comes the bride!The groomsmen:

Dr. Rashid, Hany, David, & Jason

Emily singing, Danny at the piano

Lighting the unity candle Time for exchanging of the rings

The kiss!!!

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. John Issac

The Receiving Line:

Carissa & Dave, the next in line to be wedded!

The bridal table.

John & Sarah and her grandparents

Quote

Here's another quote from the book I am reading. This is a passage in the book about a guy whose sister is an anorexic. She's 26 & is only 70 pounds, & has all manner of medical issues. He begins, "'I'm here to confess something to you...' Looking up at his audience, Paul paused: 'I don't even pray for her. I've been asking myself, 'Why not? Don't you care? Yes, I care! Do I believe in prayer? Yes, of course!' The reason I don't pray for my sister is because it's just too painful. To pray for her is to think about her situation. It means identifying with her and feeling her pain. So I find it easier just to forget the whole thing and pretend it's not happening.

'But God's been challenging me to feel my sister's pain, because that's actually what it means to truly intercede. I also believe God is challenging us...to dare to feel the pain all around us. To move from praying 'for' people from the comfort of our own salvation to interceding 'with' them from a position of need... Here's the question: 'Will we allow the things that break God's heart to break our hearts too? It'll mean more tears, more listening. It may even be the reason why so many of us struggle with our own personal burdens and heartaches - God is allowing us to feel the pain, to be weak and broken so that our prayers have power.

'Intercession means weeping for the Earthquake victims in the news right now, and for the anorexics, the drug abusers, the sexually abused, the friends who don't know Jesus. And God says that if we will stand in the gap in this way, bridging the ravine between a hurting generation and a healing God - we will see breakthrough, a new level of effectiveness in prayer. In short, there will be very great power in our pain, or, in the words of The Vision, we will weep 'sulphuric tears'.'

Paul scanned the crowd for a moment and noticed the way some were avoiding his gaze: 'This is a tough word isn't it? We're so often told to trust Jesus for a problem-free existence. But what if the call to pray is a call to bleed as well as to receive a blessing? Maybe we'll run out of words in the prayer room and just join the Spirit in praying with 'groans that words cannot express.' Maybe our passion will consume us until we actually live out our prayers in practical action? Will you carry the cross? Can you receive it?'"




Red Moon Rising by Pete Greig & Dave Roberts, page 162

Prayer Room

This is Go Time Ministry's Prayer Room right in the heart of Finleyville where Venetia Road empties out onto Rt. 88. Right across from the stop sign (that's where I took the picture). We are having a week of prayer Mar. 10th-15th from 7pm - 11pm. Scott gave the room fresh paint & I am hoping to get some scripture up on the walls. Brent has someone that's going to put up a wall map on 1 side of the room & dry erase boards on the other. And I'm asking my Dan if he could draw me a couple of pictures on the end wall to paint. There are a few other things that I need to get to fill in around the edges. When I'm done I'll post pictures for everyone to see. I'm so excited about this room! I love this room, its a wonderful sanctuary - a place to meet with God!

Go Time has a new website: www.gotimeministries.net
I have it listed to the left under "links".

Psalm 150

Praise the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
praise Him in His mighty heavens!
Praise Him for His acts of power;
praise Him for His surpassing greatness!
Praise Him with the sounding of His trumpet,
praise Him with harp and lyre,
praise Him with tambourine and dancing,
praise Him with the strings and flute,
praise Him with the clash of cymbals,
praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

Happy Valentine's Day!

The greatest love given:

For God so loved the world that He gave His one & only Son

That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

Quote

Here's a quote from Red Moon Rising by Pete Greig & Dave Roberts, the book I am reading:

"Augustine once said that God puts salt on our tongues that we may thirst for Him. Sometimes it is tears which carry the salt." pg 26