Asleep in Daddy's Arms

Making an entrance into the world is quite exhausting! All three of us are napping. It's just that Daddy and Mommy don't look quite as cute when they sleep as baby Titus does...




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Here Comes Baby!

Because of Liz's high risk for blood clotting, the doctor wants to monitor labor and delivery as closely as possible. This week is week #39 so the baby is healthy and ready to come. We arrived at Lutheran General Hospital about an hour ago. Liz is doing well - cool, calm, and collected. I think I am, too. It's all very surreal! The induction process will begin sometime this evening, so Baby Hinkle will be here soon. We can't wait for you to meet our Little One...

Perspective

We're making final prep for Baby Hinkle's arrival. I looked at the changing station and saw these "napkins.". Then I realized that those "napkins" are really diapers. I asked Liz, "Are these for real?!" So tiny. Just another reminder of this sweet small one that's about to change our lives forever...




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Stressed? Try Waving.

This brochure caught my eye as I was leaving Tacos el Norte, my regular Wednesday lunch spot. I couldn't resist picking it up. Maybe I'll give it a try? ...nah!

If You Think God Is Ignorant...

Do you think God stands far away? Do you think He hides Himself in times of trouble?
When you see the poor pursued and seized...
...the innocent murdered....
...the helpless crushed, sunk down, and fallen.

God does see. He notes mischief and vexation and will take it into His hands.
He will break the arm of the wicked and evildoer...
...call wickedness into account until there is no more...
...incline His ear to do justice for the fatherless and the oppressed...

Read Psalm 10 today and let it cultivate trust in the faithfulness and sufficiency of our God.
He does not forget the afflicted...
...is the helper of the fatherless...
...hears their desires and strengthens their hearts...
...is King forever and ever!

Three Technological Tools

I've never been a big reader. One of my younger sisters, Elizabeth, could spend an entire week doing nothing but reading and never get bored. That's not me. Not to say that I never read; I do! It just takes a certain amount of discipline. Here are three technological tools I've found that have been helping me read more regularly...

Google Reader. Using this, I can subscribe to blogs I like to read and it gathers them all in one place so I don't need to keep checking multiple websites. I've recently discovered Abraham Piper's blog, 22 Words. Check it out.

The Amazon Kindle app for my iPhone. Now I can get books downloaded directly on my iPhone, bypassing the need for a $339 Kindle device (although it would be cool to have). Books cost less, no shipping fees, and I can begin reading in a matter of minutes. I just started Death by Love: Letters from the Cross (Mark Driscoll).

Audio books on iTunes. Even cheaper than Kindle, I can now listen to a book read anywhere that I can take my iPod. Currently I'm listening to Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin With Superior Pleasure (John Piper) while I'm on the treadmill at the gym.

25 Things I Hate About Facebook

My sister sent this to me last week. What I've seen of this guy is pretty funny. This video is brilliant!

The Mystery of Godliness

Our small group just began studying 1st Timothy, and last night's discussion was the overview of the entire letter. Great content (but then, isn't that true of the entire Bible?). Very much looking forward to it. Some potentially controversial issues lie within, but I'm praying God will lead us and that we will have hearts to hear what His Word says. It will be "all good."

Right now my favorite part of the book (and I'm sure that will change week to week) is the beautifully poetic exposition of the gospel that Paul recites immediately following his purpose for writing (3:14-15). He calls it the mystery of godliness. I don't have any brilliant commentary to share; the gospel is brilliant on it's own...

"Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on by the world,
taken up in glory."
(1 Timothy 3:16)