August 13, 2004
Lance Armstrong, the Scorpions
Had a fun day today.
I plan on taking my girls to downtown Austin (again) to take in the giant parade and party that is being thrown in Lance Armstrong's honor.
He's an Austin guy, and it's fun to celebrate such an amazing accomplishment -- winning six Tour de France races . . . in a row!
Wow!
I'm still digging that new Scorpions album. It's the first "buttrock" album I've enjoyed since the ugly death of commercial metal back in '91 or '92. It's really a fun and solid album.
Hebrews 10 has a lot of good things to say. A couple things jumped out at David and I as we peered at it earlier today:
"confidence." The writer of Hebrews (it's Paul, come on!) exhorts us to hold on to the confidence we have. I assume it's confidence in God and His ability to empower us and pull us through whatever circumstances we face.
And this is also one of five places (at my count) in the Word where God promises to not only forgive our sins, but forget them as well.
Wow.
I wish I could forget those things, too.
It's a choice, I believe, He makes (as opposed to an inability to remember. I mean, come on!)
Have a great weekend.
Charlotta and I celebrate our 12th Anniversary on Sunday.
God has blessed us.
He has sure blessed me with a wonderful woman.
One great example of that blessing occured this week, as we faced a critical deadline -- the mailing list had to be turned in to the printer, who was ready to print and ship the new issue out. We worked late into the night, and when it was time to take the kids home, Charlotta stayed alone and slugged away at entering all those names into the database. What a woman! She's my hero in a lot of ways.
:?)