Romans 8:31-39

Praise God! Today, I finished chapter 8! By his help this morning, I was able to memorize 9 verses:

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As is it written, "For your sake we were being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:26-30

By God's help in my weakness:

Likewise the Spirit helps up in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who have been called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. 

Romans 8:22-25

Today is one of those days where I feel like I could fall asleep standing up! By God's grace I managed to memorize:

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

For a short time only...

I put Chloe's hair in pigtails the other day before she went to see Nana and Papa. I asked her several times to leave them in so that Nana could see them (Papa picked her up) when she got to their house.  I hoped they would make it.

They didn't.  So, Christi posted this video so Nana could see the pigtails! The link will be open publicly for a short time so if you check it a month from now, it will likely no longer work.

This maybe one the family appreciates more than anyone else. We can watch the kids do nothing for 3 minutes and still think it is adorable!

Romans 8:18-21

Praise God! I was able to memorize 4 verses today!  Thank you, Lord, for drawing me up and out of bed this morning, for giving me faith to just plow ahead.  I ask for help for tomorrow to do the same. 

Lauren Rohwer, thank you for your email yesterday. Lauren has memorized Ps. 119:1-24. Last Thursday she had 1-8. In 5 days she memorized 16 verses!  Way to go, Lauren! Your email spurred me on.

Today's work:

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.