Great Is the Lord and Worthy of Praise

Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. — Psalm 48:1

God is great.

He is our Lord and Savior.

And He is most worthy of our praise.

This afternoon Abby and I will head over to the Westgate Hotel.

We'll celebrate Mother's Day with their high tea.

A chance to dress up and spend time together.

Last year we had a such a fun and delicious time enjoying tea, sandwiches, desserts, and macroons.

We enjoyed watching the other mothers and daughters.

And listening to the harpist.

And laughing and talking together.

We are looking forward to another fun afternoon together.

God is worthy of our praise!

God Is Greatly Exalted

The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. — Psalm 47:9 

God is greatly exalted.

The nobles of the nations and even us little peons are people of the God of Abraham.

God has adopted us into His family.

He loves and cares for us.

We belong to Him.

Here are the rings we were asked to pray over for James and Katie's wedding.

It was called a Ring Warming.

I hadn't heard of that before, but it was a thoughtful part of the pre-ceremony.

God is greatly exalted.

God Reigns

God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. — Psalm 47:8

Today is Cinco de Mayo!

God reigns over the nations.

God is seated on His holy throne.

He is glorified.

We worship His name.

Last night our cousin Rick and his son Chase joined us for dinner with Chase's fiancee Tory.

We had a fun time catching up over lasagna and caesar salad.

Kel joined us too.

God reigns.

Let the earth rejoice!

 

Sing Praises to God

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. — Psalm 47:6-7 

Today is Star Wars Day.

May the fourth be with you!

We're celebrating at work with a Star-Wars themed taco lunch in honor of Cinco de Mayo tomorrow.

Since praises to God.

Since praises to our King.

God is the King of all the earth.

Sing to Him a psalm of praise!

Shouts of Joy

God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets. — Psalm 47:5 

Happy Birthday, Becky!

Yesterday was my sister's birthday.

She celebrated over the weekend with her kids.

Since she's in Austria, we didn't get a chance to celebrate together.

Today is my friend Sheri's birthday!

God has ascended with shouts of joy.

The Lord has risen amid the sounding of trumpets.

Let us rejoice and be glad!

The Lord Is Awesome

For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. — Psalm 47:2

This was the venue for the wedding we went to on Saturday.

Located in the Beacon Hill Events area of Spokane.

While there we also toured Abby's alma mater, Whitworth University.

And we flew home yesterday on a flight with 7 other guests from the wedding.

The beautiful scenery was a reminder that the Lord is awesome.

God Most High is our creator.

He is the great King over all the earth.

And He created my sister, Becky, whose birthday we celebrate today!

Shout to God With Songs of Joy

Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. — Psalm 47:1

Here's James singing to Katie at their wedding yesterday.

We traveled to Spokane, Washington, for the weekend and had a fun time with friends.

It was raining in the morning, but it cleared up in time for the ceremony.

And James wrote a beautiful song to his bride.

Very moving, and a sweet testimony to their faith as well as to each other.

The day before during the rain, we saw a rainbow as we were having dinner.

A reminder of God's promises to us.

Happy May Day.

Shout to God with cries of joy!