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January 3, 2008 at 4:43 pm · Filed under Taryn, Isaac, David
Still Waiting for Big Mr. JD to Arrive!!!
No sign of him yet today anyway, as I feel that 40 weeks of waiting 10 trips to the doctor and three trips to the hospital should be enough - one more trip is all it takes…
The Patience Building Saga Continues…
John 13:7 “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
2 Corinthians 1:9 “(This Happened)… So we might learn to trust, not in ourselves, but in God.”
Thought of the Day: When God Delays, He Knows Best!
Photo Above: Isaac and I on the look-out for JD’s Arrival!!! Waiting Patiently…
December 27, 2007 at 3:16 pm · Filed under Isaac
Isaac is having many new experiences lately…
Just in the past month he has experienced: Snow, Many new words (Including: my least favorite “no” and my favorite “Happy” or “Habby”), reading new books, throwing (and now throwing only balls,), even his first “real” Christmas (He was a very good boy this year!).
Another thing that he experienced this week was the introduction of a Big Boy Bed! Yes, I know he is growing up rather fast. He got him a toddler bed so that his little brother (Still Not Here Yet!!! but could be any minute!!!) J.D. could have his Baby Bed…
Well last night Isaac took a tumble - while sleeping - yes I know what you are thinking - so lets move on… Of course the whole house woke in a panic as we heard our little boy hit the floor with a thud (don’t worry it is only about one foot off the ground and he has bigger falls than this on a daily basis!)
Ok - here is where I am headed - Once we calmed him down we were hesitant to put him back in the bed (even though he has not fallen out of bed yet after several times sleeping in the Big Boy Bed). After Reasoning and prayer - we decided to put him back in his bed, because if we did not, he would have been scared of it!
Where am I going with this? Just there - If we have failed in a certain area of our lives what would God want us (His Children) to do? Get back up and try it again… Like the ole expression “If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again!”
After preparing for this weekend’s New Year’s Message I have had to process this in my own life as well… as I did I came across this verse from the message bible (I think you will like it…)
“God gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.” Ps. 145:14 (Mes)
I like that - God gives a fresh start - Right When We Are Ready to Quit… That speaks well of me sometimes - right when I feel like I have fallen out of my bed one to many times in life - Fresh Start Happens!
As for Isaac - He and I slept well last night after his tumble knowing that God was in control and that Isaac had a fresh start in his New Bed…
October 29, 2007 at 11:41 am · Filed under Taryn, Isaac
I am having a Great Day! Psalms 118:24 states “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Yes, I had a Great Weekend, Great Services on Sunday at Church, Great time last night hanging out with friends, etc.
These are all great reasons for me to have a great day, but they are not why I am having such a great day today… The reason I am having such a great day is that Taryn and Isaac are coming back in town Today at 2:26pm (which will be 6 days 3 hours and 14 minutes since they left on Tuesday.) I am so glad that they had a great trip in Louisiana with friends and family and the Women’s Conference that Taryn attended but I can’t wait to get them back home today…
Today is a great day for me as I pray it is for you as well. Afterall, it is the day that HE has made – Rejoice!
Thank God they’re back!
Bless You,
David
October 16, 2007 at 3:37 pm · Filed under Isaac
We had another great weekend at Church on Sunday as I am so fired-up about this new series that we have started called “Good Relationships Are No Accident.” The basic premise is that Truly Good Relationships don’t just happen “Accidentally,” they happen when we are “intentional” about them.
My son Isaac was the star of the weekend for me as he did something that made me so proud – and it just so happens that it is right along the lines of this series and my first message as well – and it goes something like this:
One of the wonderful members of our church came up to me after service just bragging on my son. So like any proud father I listened intently to what he did to impress her so much. She said that her son was having a hard time adjusting to the Children’s Ministry Area and being away from mom and dad. She also said that this has been a problem each Sunday and that they were not really sure what to do about it accept to just keep trying again and again each Sunday until he gets used to it. She went on to say that this Sunday started out no differently and her son was having a hard time again. Then (This is where it gets really good) she told me that in the midst of this difficult time, my son (Proud Mom & Dad!) went over to the entrance to the children’s area and reached out his hand to grab the other boy’s hand pulling him into the children’s area to play. The two boys then held hands and walked over to the play area to be with the other kids (Isn’t it beautiful!). From that point forward the other little boy had no problem in the children’s area for the rest of the time. (Go God!)
As I reflect further on that, I realize that the interaction between those two little boys is probably a good example for all of us. Here are two questions that may help you along as I have found that both of them yield a pretty immediate response in our minds.
Do this: As soon as you read each question say the first thing that comes to mind:
1. Who around you is having a hard time?
2. In what way could you reach out a hand to make their day better?
3. What else can you do to help them through this difficult time?
Reaching Out Our Hands w/You,
David & Isaac
PS - In the Photo above is Da Da and Isaac at the National Cathedral in DC!
July 3, 2007 at 12:13 am · Filed under Isaac
OK, So my son does not get the classic carousel ride…
Here is how it went. We were having a fun family day at a Smithsonian Sponsored American Folk Festival (Sounds lame, but actually very non-folksy…) when dad (Me) sees a carousel (horses and all) going round and around in the distance and thinks, “Man, I bet Isaac would love to ride on that!”
I stand in line with my happy baby boy only to find that when we get on the ride, Isaac is not as thrilled as dad was to be on this quite confusing activity.
I get him strapped in on his very own stallion of a horse (sweet one), and notice where there is normally a very happy little smirk, I see a very inquisitive little look across his mug… He is of course wondering what Dad has gotten him into this time.
As the corousel begins to turn around and the stallion he is riding begins to bob up and down, I notice that he is not thrilled at all (Not sad or in pain…) yet instead there is a look of total confusion of why we would have waited so long in order to sit on a fake hourse and bob up and down while going in a circle over and over and over to music that, well lets face it, is very much to be desired?
At first I thought, “what gives, this is the carousel?” But then I got it, “Who wants to be stuck going round and round in a circle when there is so many other things to see and do???”
Ever feel like you are going in circles in life? Working as hard as you can, and still you are stuck… or better yet, we get going in a certain direction, get comfortable, and then as if we have been caught off guard and all of the sudden we find ourselves stuck going round and around in a circle, stuck, in some area of our life, or even worse our whole life. The carousel of life… Going around and around, listening to the same old tune, bobbing up and down…
It is no way to spend our precious days that God has given us, and I am convinced that He does not want us to live life like this for any length of time…
Even though the enemy wants us to stay on the carousel, God wants us to be moving forward towards His perfect and fulfilling plan for our lives…
John 10:10 states it best, “thief (enemy) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I (Jesus) have come that they (us) may have life, and that they (us) may have it more abundantly!
With that said, Isaac and I got off the carousel… and on with our lives…
Keep moving forward,
David & Isaac…
May 28, 2007 at 12:07 am · Filed under Uncategorized, Isaac
What a day it was for my (naked) son Isaac! On his first birthday things really came together for him as we celebrated his first year as if he were a president (maybe a president in the making???) It took place in Lake Charles, Louisiana at my parents home with many family members/friends coming in from all over.
Although he did all the traditional 1st year stuff including the best “1st cake smash” I have ever seen (that’s my boy!), I wanted to pray over him and speak the great things that I know that God has in store for him over his life. I felt to pray out of Jeremiah 29:11 that declares:
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Although I elaborated beyond this, I believe that God wants us to declare these types of great things over one another as believers in Him. He does have great plans for us that He knows about, and plans to bring those plans to pass! It is not just the little one year olds around us that need God’s blessing (but if you have kids, be sure to make this a daily part of your prayer for them…) rather we all need other believers to speak the promises of God over one another.
Lets get busy confessing His Great Plans over one another,
Bless You,
David Isaac
PS- God has Great Plans for You!
PSS - Isaac Loves Ceiling Fans! so his daddy bought him a ceiling fan (he is sitting on it) for his room, and he also got the first ever - ceiling fan cake. (don’t worry he got plenty of toys too…)
April 9, 2007 at 9:07 pm · Filed under Uncategorized, Isaac, David
Taryn and I had a great trip to DC and a wonderful Easter at Celebration. I hope you all made it to church this weekend. It seemed like everyone in Jacksonville Fl. came to Celebration Church this past weekend. Even though Easter is my favorite weekend of the year, I had no idea that we would be celebrating last Sunday with over 10,000 other people at Church.
It was amazing how it worked out, we knew that we would need more seating, but as each service went by it was as if we had placed just the right amount of chairs out for the amount of people who came. The whole church had been praying to fill all the chairs and I know that God had answered our prayers. God sent just the right amount, any more and we would have had to turn them away…
Every service brought just the right amount and after 16 weekend services at all our locations, we had over 10,000 people come to church and over a thousand receive Christ!
Go God!
I hope your weekend was as exciting…
David
PS ? that is me and Isaac’s Easter Photo (I am the photographer, and what about that rare suit and tie?)
March 25, 2007 at 5:04 pm · Filed under Isaac
In between two great services at Celebration Church we took a few of our DCMetroChurch Launch Team members over to visit another local church called Grace Fellowship. Although we could not stay for their full service, we did get the full tour of the behind the scenes at Tinseltown, in Southside where they meet (Thanks so much for everything Grace Fellowship, You guys are awesome). We went over there to meet with their team and see how church can be done in a movie theater. What a cool concept, Church in a movie theater!
After checking out their service to get some ideas we went back and attended Celebration Church’s second service, where Pastor Stovall delivered an incredible word about inviting people to church! Another cool concept, go figure! This after noon instead of taking our traditional (classic) after church nap at the Stine house, We decided to take our son Isaac to the beach! He was a little reluctant at first, but after eating about four handfuls of sand he started to warm up to the concept. I think that he was amazed that not only was everyone wearing the same amount of clothes that he prefers to wear (almost nothing) but mostly, that everyone there was there to Play (Which is his favorite word, and activity, and hobby as well.) It made for a great day for him and us.I hope everyone had a great day as well.Go God!David
January 29, 2007 at 11:58 pm · Filed under Isaac
My son Isaac is a real go-getter. He has been progressing greatly in the little things that we all progress in during our first year. My favorite has been this new fear-factor stunt that he likes to do in the mornings after Taryn and I put him in bed with us… I like to call it “The Baby Bungee Jump.” The move is very simple, he rapidly crawls to the edge of the bed and then leaps off! Yes that’s right, He just takes a leap of faith!
Your probabally thinking, “Is he alright when he dives off the edge of the bed?, or Is your mattress on the floor?” So just to give you peace, Isaac is fine, but my mattress is not on the floor. The trick is much more ingenius than one would think. You see Isaac, first gets my attention! Once he has my attention he knows that I am going to catch him before he makes his 4 foot rapid descent. He only makes the leap when his leg in my hand and there he dangles about two feet from the floor, laughing his head off I might add, as I bring him back to safety… He is a tiger and as you can imagine very trusting of his father.
As I thought about my fearless son, I was again reminded of how we need only “In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make our paths straight” (Prov. 3:6.) Once we acknowledge Him we should just trust Him to catch us as we leap out in faith after Him… Sometimes we will land where He wants us to land, and even if don’t, He will catch us and bring us back to safety…
October 31, 2006 at 4:31 pm · Filed under Isaac
Isaac had his first Halloween Trick-or-Treating adventure this afternoon with some of his buddies in their “buy-buy buggy.” We are off to the third annual Family Fun Fest Tonite. We are expecting to encounter about 5000 others who will make the outing their Halloween destination of choice.
Hope you all like Tigger, because we have a little tigger on our hands at the Stine home as you can see!
Go God!
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