5 years + answered prayers + bunnies as income/food

Yesterday was our 5 year anniversary! It's so hard to believe that it's been that long. We left Willow with Stacey's parents (our first night away from her) and things went well (mostly!). We had a great time just getting to spend time together in Columbus and enjoy some expensive (but worth it!) excellent food. If you haven't stayed at one before, you need to make sure you stay at the homewood suites chain (by Hilton). It was nicer than the crowne plaza in NYC, and their included breakfast was excellent! The sausage gravy was some of the best I've ever had!

Prayers have been answered - a good friend of ours (Vicki Foster) has cancer pretty badly. Well, they did some surgery thursday to clean some things out and when they looked, there were no visible signs of cancer. So, the prayers and treatment have been going well.

One last thing -
I have to find a rabbit. This guy has made nearly $25k so far by threatening to kill this bunny and eat it. That's just crazy!

Bearing each other's burdens

James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

The two big lessons from this verse are:
1. I need not tell the world about all of my problems/weaknesses/sins, but if I don't tell someone, I can't expect help. When we look to each other for support, encouragement, admonition we're better equipped to deal with all that this life throws before us.
2. Prayer is effective! Maybe I can't do a lot to help others out, but I can pray. Also, this isn't talking about a righteous man - the only two I can think of to fit that bill are Jesus and Enoch. This is for those people who are seeking righteousness. If I have the desire for God's righteousness that I should, then I can be assured that God will answer my prayers.
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This blogger thing is great!
I spent a little time tweaking the look of this page and it's quite enjoyable. I've added a bit on the side that shows recent songs I've been listening to. I don't think it's exactly working yet, but it's a combination of these two sites: audioscrobbler and rss digest.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow - I'm taking a half day off from work, Willow is going to spend the night with my parents for the first time and Stacey and I are going to Columbus for our 5 year anniversary! It's just a little overnight thing, but since she's pregnant again, we most likely won't be going away to do anything for our anniversary next year!

Welcome to my world!

Thanks for stopping by and checking this out!

I'm hoping to add a few notes about what is going on in my world each day... things I've found interesting, things I'm studying, great webpages/recipes/resources, inspirational verses, etc...

The last one is why I've chosen the name that I did for this blog - Overflowing Every Day.
I'm so blessed with all of the wonderful gifts that God has given in my life that I want to make the effort to write them down here so I can keep them in my head and maybe help someone else out, too.

So, I'm going to try and keep this in the forefront of my mind and share - with whomever chooses to read - about how I am overflowing every day with God's graciousness.

Thanks for listening, and I hope this is informative and interesting!