Long Time No Write.....

Well now...it's been awhile since I logged in and wrote a few words.  To be honest just got busy and forgot about the site and yes even forgot my password to get into write anything else. 

Let's see,,since the last time I wrote a word or two, alot has transpired in my life.  My oldest girl, Amy, has gotten married and joined the ranks of adulthood at it's finest.  My second oldest, Emily, has since graduated high school and is now finishing up her Nursing degree!  She is studying to be a nurse practioner.  She has since gotten married also!  She wound up marry our Youth Minister at our church. He is a keeper too.  My youngest girl, Mary, is now a teenager and is still obsessed with the weather.  It's amazing to think back to when she was a baby and wasn't going to make it according to the doctors...boy they just don't know the power of my GOD!  My one and only son, John, just turned 13 years old and is one computer savy fella.  He is quite the nutty kid.  He loves to laugh and is as kicked back as you can get.  WOW...time is just flying..

I have gotten older of course and have lost alot of hair this past year.  I have to face the facts...one I am going bald as bad as it is killing me, and other than spend thousands of dollars for hair transplants, the only option is start looking at different hair styles or styles with no hair ;)..   I really do dread it..I am fearful that I will really start looking my age, 46!  I know that we are not suppose to be hung up on our looks so much, but when the only thing that ever got you attention was your jet black, gorgeous hair, (not my words...those were compliments I used to get) than its depressing.  I just hope that folks that love me just accept me for who I am and what I am, not if I have the hair or not.  They will, just because they are not shallow people.

I have also just went past my 25th year of government service recently!  Wow...just doesn't seem that long ago.  I have enjoy myself though.  I can honestly say that I have been blessed and favored by GOD to give me a job like the one that I have!  I do have the best job in the whole world!  I work with some of the smartest and fun to be around people in the world!  We have a great time at work and look out for each other.  Everyone is always willing to help each other. 

All this said....it brings me to a point I would like to make....You can sit back and watch life pass you by, or you can get up out of that chair and grab ahold of the things that make life great,,,like family, love, and especially learning and growing in the love of GOD.  I am so thankful for all that I have been given and acknowledge that GOD is the one and only awesome GOD....I am totally humbled that he chose me before the foundations of the earth and found favor in me.  WOW...that is amazing, the GOD of this awesome universe, chose me before the foundations of the world..He loved me that much to send His Son to be the sacrifice for my sins and allow him to take my place on the cross!  How great a love that He would send HIS Son and how great a love that HIS Son, Jesus Christ, would willingly leave heaven and take my place!  There are times I just want to cry and cry because of how unworthy and undeserving I am of HIS love and sacrifice.  WOW just take that in and tell me that it's not humbling...!!

Remember that GOD loves you and so do I....

"Before the First Christmas" Have you thought about it?

 Have you ever just sat around and thought about "Before the first Christmas"...Have you tried to put yourself back to the night when Christ left the awesomeness of heaven to come to this ol earth to save wretched people like us?  It amazes me that HE willing gave up his throne for a period of time (because by the power of GOD he is back on the throne) to be the sacrifice that was required to satisfy GOD's Holy requirement for forgiveness of sin.  I think the only way he could have given all of that up, was to be able to know that we were worth it to GOD...the ones that have made him the savior of their life. 

I have thought about the moments before Christ left heaven....I wonder if the Angels were crying, remember that HE had been there from the beginning of time itself with them.   I wonder if the Angels hugged him and told him that they were going to miss him?  I wonder if they asked him not to go?  (Probably not,,since they were made to serve GOD).   I wonder if Gabriel or Michael were always by his side,,and if they asked GOD to go with him to protect him?  Do you think heaven got just alittle less bright when HE left heaven?

I wonder if GOD was the excited Father when Christ was born?  Of course HE knew HE would be the perfect child, HE had to be excited, right? 

You know I used to think that Christ was born with all the knowledge of being GOD in the flesh, even as baby.  I have recently studied that and found out that based on scripture, Christ grew in wisdom and power.  

Luk 2:40 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom and the grace of God was upon Him.

TIME KEEPS ON SLIPPIN, SLIPPIN, INTO THE FUTURE:

Wow....where does the time go.  One day your a kid, next thing you know your a teenager with all kind of silly problems, well silly to an adult anyway.  After a teenager, then comes the adulthood that you have been waiting and counting on for most of your young life. Time is such a precious thing that just keeps on slippin, slippin, into the future.  That is where I am now..well for me its the present, but nevertheless time is slippin away for me as a father. 

Ecc 3:1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- (really cool sovereignty thing here...notice it says that there is an appointed time for everything..not by chance time!

I just found out this past week that my oldest daugther Amy is wanting to get married.  Seems like just yesterday I was holding her in my arms when she was born...in England...and the nurse was telling me in a British accent "Mr. Cox, it's a baby girl!"  Wow, how fast that time has slipped by.  I remember her laying on my chest in my recliner and us going to sleep :),,I remember her helping me wash our car in Oklahoma, and then alittle more time slipped away and she was in middle school, then high school learning piano,then guitar, then leading worship in the youth ministry.  Oh how proud she has made me!  GOD has blessed me with awesome, awesome kids.  I remember when she left to go to college across town and it absolutely almost killed me...felt like part of my heart was ripped out.  One day she was a freshman in college and now she has graduated!  Now the adulthood that she has waited all of her life for is here, and the time is slippin even faster lately as I get older. 

I just hope as time continues to slip away that I make sure to make the most of that time.  I want each day to be a day to remember, one way or another.  There is a point that I do want time to slip away....that is the time that Jesus Christ comes back to get his people.  After that time comes..there will never be such a thing as time..it will cease to be...because we will be in heaven where we will live for eternity. 

Always know that GOD loves you and so do I.

TIME KEEPS ON SLIPPIN, SLIPPIN, INTO THE FUTURE:

Wow....where does the time go.  One day your a kid, next thing you know your a teenager with all kind of silly problems, well silly to an adult anyway.  After a teenager, then comes the adulthood that you have been waiting and counting on for most of your young life. Time is such a precious thing that just keeps on slippin, slippin, into the future.  That is where I am now..well for me its the present, but nevertheless time is slippin away for me as a father. 

Ecc 3:1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- (really cool sovereignty thing here...notice it says that there is an appointed time for everything..not by chance time!

I just found out this past week that my oldest daugther Amy is wanting to get married.  Seems like just yesterday I was holding her in my arms when she was born...in England...and the nurse was telling me in a British accent "Mr. Cox, it's a baby girl!"  Wow, how fast that time has slipped by.  I remember her laying on my chest in my recliner and us going to sleep :),,I remember her helping me wash our car in Oklahoma, and then alittle more time slipped away and she was in middle school, then high school learning piano,then guitar, then leading worship in the youth ministry.  Oh how proud she has made me!  GOD has blessed me with awesome, awesome kids.  I remember when she left to go to college across town and it absolutely almost killed me...felt like part of my heart was ripped out.  One day she was a freshman in college and now she has graduated!  Now the adulthood that she has waited all of her life for is here, and the time is slippin even faster lately as I get older. 

I just hope as time continues to slip away that I make sure to make the most of that time.  I want each day to be a day to remember, one way or another.  There is a point that I do want time to slip away....that is the time that Jesus Christ comes back to get his people.  After that time comes..there will never be such a thing as time..it will cease to be...because we will be in heaven where we will live for eternity. 

Always know that GOD loves you and so do I.

It's about time....huh..Priorities

Well I have finally decided to write some things....It's been awhile I know.  I have been really busy working and just haven't made the time to sit down and write.  So here is what is on my mind lately:

Our lives are all about priorities..what is the most important thing in our lives?  Have you ever stopped and thought about what you could move up on that list?  I have..and just wanted to let ya know what is on my mind alot these days.  Just thought I would write down what needs to move up on my list of priorities.

I would like to start with moving the  "I want to be a man after GOD's own heart" priority, and move it straight to the top of the list.  I know if I get that relationship right then everything else falls into place, not to mention I would get help from the Holy Spirit to prioritize my list in a way that is best for me.  Heck that's scriptural ya know : Mat 6:33 "But seek His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

I think I will move the " I need to spend more time with the ones that I love" priority to second.  The only way to better a relationship is spending time together.  Of course this priority blends very well with the first one.  I have always wanted to know the ones I love deeper than they probably want me to..but it's not to manipulate them, but to be able to anticipate their needs and meet them before they have to ask me.  It's just a deeper way of showing how much I love them.  If you are willing to take the time to get to know them that deep, it shows them that your love is unconditional and immeasurable.

Let me see...hmmm...let me move the "I want to be a better person" priority to third.  This is one that ties into to my first and second priority!  If I accomplish my first two, this one is a given..automatic.  Seeking GOD and His righteousness and spending more time with the ones you love, makes you a better person!  See if you set your priorities right, you can mark some off you list quickly..shows progress,,which strokes the ol ego and gives you that since of accomplishment that allows you to make another list. 

 Isn't that part of life, priority list after priority list.   We just have to figure out what on our list and which list is most important .  Let me give you a hint...if you decide to rearrange you list/priorities, try using my first two and see if your life doesn't improve.  I can guarantee it will...because I know GOD and he never breaks a promise! 

GOD loves you and so do I.....