“We have moments when we seem to reign in life, but they fade quickly as the circumstances of life beat us down. Ok, so how do we get there, and stay there – reigning in life?” (Pg. 41 Pure Grace)
via Quotable Grace: How Do We “Reign” in Life? – Pure Grace Online.
Kayaking on the Rainbow River: ON a much different kayaking excursion 
I wrote this on May 20th of 2007 on a previous version of my blog. It is one of my favorite stories, it was horrible going through it all but today I think it is hilarious. It is a long post so go grab some coffee and Enjoy!
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The Best Kayaking Trip Ever – A Survivor’s Story
The Benevolent Trainer,TBT aka Chris, and I share the same birthday. I am eight years older than him but we were both born on May 14th. This year we decided to do something in honor of our birthdays. We both love to kayak but we had not ever gone kayaking together. We had planned to but it hadn’t worked out to date so we wanted to correct that delay and enjoy a nice day on the river.TBT was kind enough to stake out all the different kayaking places in central Florida and he was specifically looking for scenery, challenge and not to far out from Orlando. Where I go, Rainbow River, is pretty far north of Orlando. He even borrowed a two seater kayak and a Lincoln Navigator from a couple he knows, Mr. & Mrs. C. They were very kind to extend the use of their resources and we felt truly blessed. TBT thought it would be fun to explore The Black River. We got to the drop point and we were surprised to see that no one else was there. As we untied the two seater kayak, love bugs swarmed the car we were in and got all inside the interior. Every May the love bugs (don’t know their real scientific name) swarm over Central Florida. They are EVERYWHERE and annoying. They are nasty to clean up and really do a mess up your car when you drive. Even so, we went down to the water and instead of The Black River, it was more like The Black Trickle.
I am so excited that my Pastor, Clark Whitten, has released his book Pure Grace. I have been hearing him teach this for a few years now and am SO very glad it is in book form. I will be a Christian for 20 years at the end of May and this understanding of Grace has restored my “first love” with Jesus.
I also am reading this with pen in hand to underline all the parts that stick out to me. I thought I would share these quotes with you chapter by chapter. Because this is what sticks out to me … it will not be comprehensive to what is in the chapter. I highly recommend you buy the book.
Page 19
1. Christians are way too conscious of sin and way too unconscious of God’s grace. Listen, jesus did not die to modify your behavior! he could have achieved behavior modification in any number of ways that wouldn’t have cost Him His life. jesus went to the cross taking the sins of the world upon Himself. All of yours and mine were included! All of them – past, present and future. We stand before God’s throne of grace sinless. that has to be true, or we don’t stand there at all. interested in exploring that? We will.
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