So for Mother’s Day I thought I had a great idea. Every year I go with the safe gifts for my wife (clothes, perfume, spa treatments, etc…) but this year as a I was in Wal-Mart (which should’ve been my first red flag) I had a brainstorm. There were other factors as to why I chose the gift I did. The economy is making it to where we need to cut expenses and an emphasis to “go green.” There was also the idea that what I purchased — we could do as a family. And we could teach our children how people used to do things way back when. So here we go …. I purchased Kimberly everything one needs to can fruits and some vegetables (water bath canning). I got her a giant pot, racks to hold the mason jars, mason jars of different sizes, packets of flavoring, accessories like tolls to pull the jars out, magnet to handle the lids coming out of boiling water, a funnel, and a book to explain how to can. As she opened all 7-8 separately packaged gifts I could tell it wasn’t what she was looking for. It could have been her response when she said, “It looks like you got a great Father’s Day gift.” Anyway, I thought it was cool, but right now it is sitting in the garage because it’s still too early in the growing season to can anything. So, our first round will be with strawberries.
Some More pictures of the Praise team
Shout Out for Daybreak Praise Team
Daybreak has a wonderful praise team. The pictures I have posted are not of the whole team, so I will do a follow up to make sure I include everyone. As a pastor and “preacher†with absolutely no musical skill or gifting I have always stood as an outsider looking in on this special family. Over several years now I have observed how they work together as a team. They listen to each other, are all open to guiding towards a direction that lifts up the name of Jesus. They are all focused on getting better at what they do, and have a genuine spirit of love for one another and the congregation. They are worked through many things, and are a strong team that Daybreak Community is proud of. Also, I really enjoy the variety of age on the team. We have several young people that play, and they look to the older musicians as examples to follow win their Christian walk. This past Sunday they really shined. As their pastor I just sat back and allowed them to lead me in worship.
Hannah-Grace’s First Field Trip
Hannah-Grace and her pre-k class went to see the Frederick Keys stadium, and they met Keyote the Keys mascot. She was all decked out in her Atlanta Braves hat and sports jacket. She had a blast. The Frederick Keys support the Frederick school system by giving out free tickets to kids who read three books and turn in a form showing the books that they read. H-G had a blast, rode the merry-go-round, ate lunch at a park, and made some new friends. Field trips are awesome.
Psalms Greatest Hits: Psalm 24
The Book of Psalms is the largest and perhaps most widely used book in the Bible. It explores the full range of human experience in a very personal and practical way. Its 150 “songs†run from the Creation through the patriarchal, theocratic, monarchial, exilic, and postexilic periods. The tremendous breadth of subject matter in the Psalms includes diverse topics, such as jubilation, war, peace, worship, judgment, messianic prophecy, praise, and lament. The Psalms were set to the accompaniment of stringed instruments and served as the temple hymnbook and devotional guide for the Jewish people.
The Book of Psalm was gradually collected and originally unnamed, perhaps due to the great variety of material. It came to be known as Sepher Tehillum – “Book of Praises†– because almost every psalm contains some note of praise to God. The Septuagint uses the Greek word Psalmoi as its title for this book, meaning poems sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments. It also calls it the Psalterium (a collection songs), and this word is the basis for the term “Psalter.â€Â The Latin title is Liber Psalmorum, “Book of Psalms.â€[1]
Daybreak will look at each of the ten types of Psalms during the weeks of May 10th to July 12th.  You will discover that men and women throughout time have struggled with the same thoughts and frustrations, and rejoiced and sought truth just as you have. Let’s discover what this wonderful book has to say about our lives.
[1] Bruce Wilkinson and Kenneth Boa. Talk Through the Bible (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1983), 152.
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