Taking Hebron

When you're a child a year is a looonnnggg time! As you get older years seem to get shorter and shorter! Still it's 365 days. Whether we feel our days go fast or slow, we do live every single one with it's adventures and challenges. And sometimes we look back and realize all that can change in a year. A family trip to the fair! (2013) One year later... (2014) A year ago Aaron was only a name we carried in our hearts. This year he came to the fair with us! (And despite the look he has in these pictures, he smiles all the time!) A lot can happen in a year.

(The above video is just the song, the lyrics are below.) Twila Paris has to be one of my favorite singers. Her songs always seem to be saying what I can't find the words to say. This song I Will Listen  is one of my many favorites. The first time I heard this song (after many years) the part that stuck out to me most was, But I've already made my choice, and this is where I stand until He moves me on.  I have walked so many days that have felt just like this song. When there's nothing to see, this is where I stand. When nothing is clear, this is where I stand. When I have more questions than answers, this is where I stand. When words can't express the ache in my heart, this is where I stand.   Why?  Because I've already made my choice. I can't imagine what the future holds, but I know who holds it.  If you find yourself in this place today, don't lose heart. You are not standing alone. You made your choice not for anything you could understa...

The other day I was thinking about the title of this blog. Before this blog I taught a small group/Bible study that's name was Taking Hebron. Betsy and I named our group this after the story in Joshua 14:6-15. The first time Caleb ever saw Hebron was when he and the others were sent into the Promise Land as spies. He saw the same giants the others saw still when he returned to Moses and the children he said: "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it." But the children would not go in. Still Moses swore on that day "Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God." I was at a Bible study once that compared Hebron, the mountain of giants, to your greatest struggle. It posed the question, what is your mountain of giants?  I had a mountain of giants and I was going to take it. Thus Taking Hebron. Now 3 1/2 years late...