Monday, February 25, 2013

Follow Me by David Platt

I am currently reading David Platt's new book entitled Follow Me.



Here is the book description from Amazon:

What did Jesus really mean when he said, “Follow Me”?

In this new book, David Platt, author of the New York Times bestselling book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, contends that multitudes of people around the world culturally think they are Christians yet biblically are not followers of Christ.

Scores of men, women, and children have been told that becoming a follower of Jesus simply involves believing certain truths or saying certain words. As a result, churches today are filled with people who believe they are Christians . . . but aren’t. We want to be disciples as long as doing so does not intrude on our lifestyles, our preferences, our comforts, and even our religion.

Revealing a biblical picture of what it means to truly be a Christian, Follow Me explores the gravity of what we must forsake in this world, as well as the indescribable joy and deep satisfaction to be found when we live for Christ.

The call to follow Jesus is not simply an invitation to pray a prayer; it’s a summons to lose your life—and to find new life in him. This book will show you what such life actually looks like.


So far I am really enjoying it. I have also read Platt's book Radical, which I highly recommend!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Elsie Kate

I have decided to give this whole blogging thing another try. It has been almost three years since I last posted, which is a little ridiculous I know. I figured what better way to get back into the swing of things than to post about our newest addition to the family....Elsie Katherine Culpepper. She was born October 5, 2013 at Huntsville Hospital. She weighed 5 lbs 9 oz and was 18 inches long. She is absolutely precious and I can't even remember what life was like before her arrival. 




God has blessed us with three beautiful girls and we couldn't be happier! Here is a glimpse of Elsie's nursery....






Here is a more recent picture of our sweet Elsie.....
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Psalm 127:3

I plan to be posting much more frequently in the future so stay tuned....