Busy May...

I've been very messy the past two weeks. Very dusty and speckled. For those who don't remember, we're painting the house next to our church. But the project is almost done and it's looking pretty good. I think I'll be going in on Monday to help finish it up.

However on Thursday I have two tests that I haven't completely studied for. So that provides a little pressure. And of course, I'm going to Alaska in 10 days. Yikes! Talk about not being prepared. Which begs the question, why am I posting? Good question. But I honestly enjoy it. :)


Yep, more work on the tree. This was actually 3 weeks ago, but the pictures never got downloaded. And yeah, we aren't wearing normal work clothes. It was really hot out.


So yeah, the chainsaw is old, dull and electric (don't get electric chainsaws), but it sure beats handsawing. Trust me on this. :)


But we're making headway. Admittedly, the other kids have done lots more work out there than we have. Seems like Drew and I are never home.


Of course, we all have to take breaks sometime. ;) No, this isn't significant showing a picture of my sister in a trash can. Seriously. I saw the picture, thought it was cute, and posted it. Bear with me. :)


And the gardens are doing well. Lots of green stuff. It'd be rabbit heaven. :)


These cauliflower may not look in the best shape, but they tasted good. That is, if you like cauliflower. I do, but I didn't want to offend any of you. :)


We actually had our Mother's Day party a day early. It was fun to surprise her and she really enjoyed it.


Watching the proceedings. Yeah, I know we look funny. But very normal. :)


And here we're still scraping and sanding. There was nothing official, but both Drew and I are SURE there were several earthquakes when we were up there. ;)


Later on I was working with Richard Weston, and I said "Hey Richard, I need a pic of you working to put on my blog." We needed to move the plywood, but I wasn't expecting him to just grab the piece and start hauling it. Pretty impressive though. Making me look bad, I think. :)


SWORD is still going. I almost said going strong, but I'm not sure if it is. :) Here Rachel and I are screaming at each other in anger. "I tagged you!", "No, you didn't, you liar!". *Wack!*. ;) No, I'm kidding. My sister couldn't get angry. We were on the same team anyway. No idea what we were discussing though. :)


I thought this picture was cute. Yep, that's the only reason I posted it. :)


Yeah, so Kevin, Justin and I always end up playing on the girls team in tag. Here we are showing our team spirit. Hooray!

I told a story for SWORD that night. The main characters were a grasshopper and a squirrel. I know it sounds crazy. But hopefully the point got across and the Lord was working in their lives.


Thursday was Philip's birthday! 11 now. He's sure growing up. He's already getting way too logical. ;) "No Kyle, that doesn't make any sense. Just think about it for a second and you'll see". :)


Yep, this is a typical scene from when our family is in the livingroom together... :)


And we're singing happy birthday to him. Timmy looks great in his pjs. :)


Timmy and get along great for the most part. I mean, every once in a while things get out of hand, but it's usually at my expense. ;) I should never have called him "pumpkin". :) Sorry for the clothes...didn't have time to change.


The house is looking better, what? Be nice and pretend it is. :)


And today we went to the park and played Ultimate Frisbee after the Men's Breakfast. That was lots of fun and very tiring. I lost...but still had tons of fun. :) This picture was actually staged, because I wasn't taking any pics during the real game.


And this is most of us who were there. The Sebo family had to leave early. I was bugging everyone here with the camera. I kinda enjoy that... :)


Yeah, so like I said, we were tired. But they did make it up the hill eventually. ;)

Ok, so that sums up the pictures for this post. I will hopefully be posting a week from Tuesday, the day I head up to Alaska. Don't know if I will have too much of interest to say, but we'll see. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

"Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s." --1 Cor. 3:18-23

Drowning, getting shot, and surviving...

Well ok, I technically didn't drown and didn't get shot, but I did survive. And there was a rumor that I drowned when a boat sank and that I was shot in the foot. Neither were true, I assure you, so rest at ease.

On Thursday morning we went to a friend's cabin by a lake in central California for a few days of rest and relaxation. Well, maybe not rest, but relaxation anyway. :) It was a blast though, and I'm looking forward to the next time. Unfortunately, that won't be for a while as half of us are blasting around the world to various places this summer.

And to keep the tradition of my blog, I will now go to the pictures and captions.


After putting the boat in the lake, the truck wouldn't start. It was difficult to fix. ;) It ran out of gas. I wasn't driving though, so don't blame me. Anyway, it only took a few minutes and we were good to go.


Most of the dock next to our friend's boat ramp.


After we took care of the truck, we went out fishing on the boat. Or some went fishing. I went lure tying it looks like.

After we went fishing and we found out a water line in the boat had a leak. But we got back to the ramp before the boat sank. :) After that the boat was taken up to be fixed and we went out on the Sea-doos. Jonathan McIntire went out with me on one and it was war at first buoy. Neither of us drowned but we got our use out of the life-jackets.


And now we're setting up to shoot skeet. I'm "fixing" the skeet launcher. Ok, so I actually was trying to put the leg on upside down, but Stephen came over and politely took it from me and put it on correctly. ;)


Me preparing to fall over in shock that I hit the skeet. We'll assume I hit that one, ok?


And this is a bald eagle we saw over the lake. And yes, I know you would expect this to be from my Alaska pictures and not from this trip, but hey, take what you can get. :) It was cool to see it, though it was smaller one.


The next morning Jonathan and I got up early to go fishing. I did that both mornings actually, but this morning I actually caught a fish. We put him on a stringer when we went up to eat breakfast and this was taken when we came back down.


And a closer shot. No, it wasn't that big, but hey, I had to have proof I caught a fish!


Jonathan McIntire looking professional water-skiing.


I skied, too! See? See? ;) Ok, that isn't actually me, but that's what I looked like most of the time.


Mr. Ouatu cooked dinners and Kevin cooked breakfasts. They're both good cooks and I enjoyed the food. :)


Stephen looking cool while dirtbiking. Now that's his style of entertainment. :)


And we went skeet shooting the second day as well. We definitely enjoyed it, that's for sure.


Jonathan McIntire was really good at skeet shooting. His first time! Man, if I was allowed to, I'd be jealous of that guy's talents.


We had some pretty scenery while we shot.


I think this swimming picture is ok to post. One of the few. :)


Most of us guys down at the lake. We look weird.


If you expand the picture you'll see a bunch of bees. Exciting! :)


A baby rattlesnake. My brother caught it, but this is the most impressive picture, I think.


On the ride home the guys in the back entertained Kevin and I by reading...stuff. Sorta like a script or something. Anyway, it was funny. :)


And last night the brass played at our church recital. We played "HMS Pinafore" so we wore sailor hats. Creative, I know. Pretend it never happened, ok? :)


And this is from today. We're painting the house next to our church. It needs it! I know this is of Drew pressure washing, but I worked too! You'll have to trust me.

And on the forecast we have more prepping and painting. It's not bad though. We should be done in two weeks. And that's all for my blog entry now, I think. I hope you all had an enjoyable time reading it.

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled." - II Corinthians 10:3-6

Another week, another CI...

Yes, the first full week after we got back from Georgia, we did a children's program along with the Basic Seminar at our church. A lot of the kids were normal SWORD kids, but we did get quite a few others who were new. That naturally made it a little more exciting. Still, after Georgia, most anything would seem a little slower. :)

It went well, though, even if it did seem a little old doing the same skits and telling the same stories. On Friday afternoon I got to sub in for Stephen on his team as he had to work, and it was lots of fun actually getting to lead a team. I do miss that, though it has its difficulties... :) In Georgia I hardly had time to breathe while helping lead it, but for this one I had a lot more break time. It was nice to teach on a team for a bit so the other guys wouldn't get too jealous of my soft position. :)

It seems to me though, the more I'm in leadership or teaching, the harder Satan tries to get me down. Often in areas where I thought I didn't have any problems. I wish I could say he was failing. But this week has been refreshing as I've had more time to spend in the Word and in prayer. I'm preparing a sermon on James 1:12 and the following passage, which deals directly with this so that's been neat. The Lord knew what He was doing when He put that verse in my head. The only problem is that I hardly feel qualified to preach on it...

But I don't want to bore you. :) Here are some pictures from last week.


The first night. Yep, the same songs, too. "One, I am one of a kind! Two, for my...". You get the idea. But they're fun and the kids like them, so I do too. :)


And the authority skit. This is probably the 3rd time I've posted pictures on this one.


And yep, the parachute worked again. This time the egg wasn't cracked to begin with so it worked a bit better... :)


Kevin and I play some "songs" on the piano. And yes, we did get some laughs. Seriously! Well, maybe one giggle anyway.


Actually, both Kevin and I had to tell one new story. Here Kevin tells a story that required him to eat crayons. He's a real trooper. Crayons don't taste good.


Ok yeah, I laughed at him. But that doesn't mean I didn't feel bad for him!


On the days we had the kids all day, the leaders had to break the monotony. Here my brother's team combines to play musical chairs with my sister's team.


But yes, they had lots and lots of good quality teaching time as well.


And of course my sister's team looks and acts like a million dollars. Go figure. :)


And on the home front, there is work being done. Here Drew is taking out a tree. Very sad, because I like that tree, but the neighbors complained, so it must go. Hopefully there will be some fruit trees put it that will give us some privacy and shade.


Yep, those are my brothers. :) Incidentally, the pile is bigger now as we finished the bulk of the tree this morning.


My sisters also got a pet bunny recently. It's cool to have a mammal for a pet again. Though our Bearded Dragon and Boa are cool, too.

And yep, that's all the pictures I have. We've been too busy to take much.

I actually had finals for my online classes last week and they went real well. I got my updated academic evaluation back for all the testing out I did and everything but one test was accepted. I thought it wasn't going to be though, so that's no surprise. I took Personal Finance for a Business Elective, but naturally it didn't fit, so I'll be taking Business Math instead. Business Math is really easy, so that shouldn't be a problem. So school right now is pretty exciting as I'm pretty much done with the hard stuff and I feel like I'm headed down hill.

On Thursday I'll be headed up to a lake to spend a few days there. Most of the guys will be there and we're anticipating a great time. :) We'll miss Andrew Ouatu, but he's busy with some ministry and I'm excited with his willingness to serve. Anyhow, there will most likely be a blog post about that sometime next week, so stay tuned. :)

Here are a few Proverbs I read today that were convicting to me in all different areas. I figured I'd share them. :)

(11) A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.

(20) Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

(22) An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

(23) A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.

(25) The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.

Proverbs 29:11,20,22-23, 25

Georgia on my mind...

Wow, what a neat week and a half. Thursday the 3rd, a group from my church flew to Atlanta, GA, to run a children's program. Time would definitely fail me to describe everything that happened. Kevin and Stephen Weston, and my brother and I stayed at a really nice family's house for most of the trip. There were 3 nights we spent at the Ceausu's house in TN.

It was a neat and fun experience and I hope to do again sometime. It was a big blessing to have Andrew Ouatu there as I haven't seen him much lately. :) It was also nice to get to know the Waltman family and spend time working along with them. I will also never forget those Ultimate Frisbee games... ;)

As I was looking through all the pictures and trying to decide what to post and what to talk about, I decided there was no way I could do a day by day event logging. So instead I will post random pictures and caption them. :)


Yay, us on the plane. Actually, it was nice to sit next to Stephen and Justin and play the inflight trivia together. That was before I wrote one of my school assignments. Never write school assignments on planes. I got a terrific headache from trying to focus on the screen.


Kevin and I the next morning at the church. We had actually gone to the church around midnight the night before to figure out where we were going to stay.


Wow, I really don't know... Bad things happen when we are left unsupervised, I guess. And no, we weren't actually playing anything. ;)


Our curriculum never arrived so we had extra preparation to do. It was quite noisy in there with song practicing, prep and normal discussion. (yes, I know you knew I'd have to explain what Emily was waving for...)


Notice my leg is all taped up? Look to the upper left corner and don't ask who and why. :)


And teacher training! ...yeah, very exciting, I know...


If you go to Kevin and Emily's blogs, you'll see a picture that is very similar to this one, but I'm not in it. I know that will never do, so I had to post this. You know, make it look like I was actually there and doing something!


Our normal weather. And I loved it. Sorry. :)


Kevin making a parachute for a skit. Yes, we did things last minute. But mainly because nothing went according to schedule. (which is fine) :)


Andrew O's team. I think they were doing time fillers here. :)

On Sunday night, the 6th, we drove up to Knoxville where the Ceausus and Waltmans live. On Monday we drove to Cades Cove spent the day there, and on Tuesday we went to Fort Loudon and spent the day at the lake there, playing frisbee and boating.


Getting ready to go on Monday morning. I had to post this picture because it's so cute of Kevin and Emily. (I will now make sure my will is completed)


Deer. At Cades Cove. Again, I know it's exciting, but please stay in your seats! ;)


You have to admit this is a cool picture of a turkey. And I have to admit I kept wanting to shoot it.


And now we're taking a hike to see a waterfall and to fellowship.




And bingo, we're at the falls.




And I had to get a few token scenic shots. It was very pretty there.


Waiting for the rest of the crew to catch up. It looks like the discussion is about something important like whether girls or guys are better at picking flowers or something. That's why most of us are just kinda hanging out to the side with "whatever" looks on our faces.


I guess I got tired of the guys, so I decided to eat with the girls. The conversation wasn't too bad, actually. Or maybe we just ate and didn't talk. The food was good, though.


Oh whew, here's backup. I was wondering what I was doing out there with no other guys.


We had a lot of group singing and prayer times with was neat.


And here we are approaching Fort Loudon.


Kinda formidable, but we stormed it anyway.




But lo and behold, they must have heard us coming, because they had all fled. Except for one lonely soldier who gave most the group a history lesson.


Justin and I unfortunately had to skip out because of an important business meeting.


Wow, I guess Justin's terms were harder than I thought. I had hoped for a more peaceful resolution.


"Ok, who wants to jump off the tilted fort wall into briar bushes first?" We were both very unselfish and insisted we'd wait for the other one.


And now to the boating. Most of us guys missed the first ride.


Ah, but we got on the second one! Or wait, does this crew look too good to be true? It was. Some of us were a tad fat so we got off to wait for the third trip.


So we played Ultimate frisbee. Actually, this picture was taken during the first ride, because Justin made it onto the boat and there were lots of girls playing. Anyhow, the game we played during that time was very low key and stress free. I must say though, it was the only one of the week and a half that was! :)


Ah, here we go. We got on for the third trip. If you enlarge it, you'll notice another game of frisbee taking place in the background. It was definitely our favorite activity.


That evening we went to the Waltman's house (thank-you for your hospitality, and the food was great!) for supper and fellowship. Here we're playing catchphrase. I have no idea who won, but it was lots of fun. I'm obviously describing something here, and like usual, I move my hands when I talk.


Hey, proof someone guessed it because Lois has it now. :)

On Wednesday we drove back down to Atlanta, and went to their youth night service. Then on Thursday is was back to working with the children. :)


One of the few pictures of me up there at isn't blurry. Seriously.


And here are some of the kids. This seems to be about an average night. I'd say 35-40 kids was the norm, though we had as much as 50-60 some days/nights.


We were hoping if we pooled all our money that we could buy this as a summer home, but alas, I had none to contribute and the deal fell through. :)




And more rain pictures. Never seen rain quite that heavy.




And these are some shots of a skit. This one ended up with me getting very wet, actually. But I won! (ok, inside joke there)


And here is the start of the infamous "banana clap". That one was fun, so pardon the crazed look in my eyes.


And again, on Friday we were able to play more Ultimate Frisbee. Wow, were those ever competitive games.

After each game we'd sit around and discuss how much fun we were having. I miss those times.

Don't ask, don't tell. Monster Energy Drink. We didn't pay for it though, I'll say that. But seriously, that stuff tastes like what bleach smells like and it sure didn't give me any energy.

Ok, here's an honesty question. How many of you clicked on that picture of me above with the "crazed look in my eyes"? Be honest. Humph, well you should have. ;)

And jumping back to why we were there, this time the Hockenstock skit. The little kids loved this one. I know this because one of them called me today and told me. So there. :)

And by the way, just as a reminder, the pictures I post make it look like all we did was play frisbee and party. This is only because, like when I go to Alaska, the time we have to take pictures is when we aren't busy. You'll have to trust me on this one, that most of the trip wasn't fun and games. But it was all exciting and it was fun to being serving the Lord this way. :)


And the Basic Seminar with Cris Ouatu translating.


And a parting shot of our whole team minus Joleen and Darleen, the photographer.

I feel in a small way what I feel when I post about Alaska. It's impossible to share all the ways that the Lord worked in both the kids and my life. One of the greatest blessings for me was how much the children adored us. It was really neat to be able to show them special attention that they all long for. Almost all of these children are growing up in Christian homes, but they can always use encouragement and reminders from the Lord. And the ministry is ongoing, as one family of kids has called me pretty much every day since we've left. :)

"For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

- 2 Corinthians 4:5-6

current life

I again want to thank all of you who have been praying. I really appreciate it! The Lord's been answering prayer and my dad is home now and doing much better. His memory is all back, except for the time he was in the coma and several days after it (which is natural). There aren't any huge updates beyond that, I don't think. You can definitely still be praying though for his general health as there are still areas that need healing. But I doubt he wants me to be talking too much on my blog about this whole situation. :) Blogs like mine are awfully public.

In other news, I leave tomorrow for Atlanta, Georgia to help run a children's program there. Kevin Weston of course is heading it up, but he gave me the honorary title of "staff" so I get to walk around feeling important. ;) I wanted to help him out more with the prep and all, but my life has been rather busy lately with other things. Of course, when I'm there I should be doing my fair share, so it all evens out in the end. Ok, maybe not evens out, but it will be better. :)

I'm sure we'd all appreciate prayer that we keep our focus on the Lord and serving Him. It is easy when doing things like this to get distracted and not focus on the ministry. The last time I've done a program like this was a LONG time ago, though our church's ministry, SWORD, is similar. Lord willing it will all go well, despite me. :)

Ok, there is other stuff I could talk about, including school and Alaska. Unfortunately I don't have too much time. I'm surviving with school and I hope to get my ticket to Alaska tonight. I believe I'll be leaving (with Andrew, Stephen W, and Jimmy I) on the 27th of May and get back August 1st in time for my cousin Marcia's wedding on the 2nd. Oh yeah, and it's my friend Aaron's wedding, too. ;) Don't ask why I'm coming home from Alaska to go to a wedding. I just am, ok? I know it doesn't sound like me. I'm slightly ashamed...but not sorry. :)

That will have to suffice for now. :) I will post a picture though so you can recognize this as my blog. ;)


There, does that work? Oh yeah. It does for me. :)

Man, this has been a boring post, huh? I'm losing my touch. Ok, maybe I never had one. But my life is picking up to a really fast pace right now and doesn't look to slow until August, so the posts will get more exciting. Hopefully... Or maybe you know me better than that. :)


"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." -Hebrews 11:6

update

To be fair, I guess I better update again. :) Not good to leave everyone on a cliffhanger. Thanks for the blog comments and especially the prayers! I really appreciate it.

The Lord is continuing to work miracles and heal my dad. There have been many other areas since waking up from his coma that my dad has been improving in. Some serious ones that we didn't even realize were a problem until we found out that they were getting better. The initial situation that happened to him the doctor's call "Sudden Death". I won't go into details and it isn't a very friendly or promising title, but God doesn't care about titles.

He still is having trouble with his memory, but he is doing better! He now knows he forgets easy. (which of course bothers him) :) He may forget things easy right now, but his brain is still the same logical one it was before. All of us kids went to see him yesterday which was fun because he is doing so well. He was rather embarrassed at his appearence but it didn't bother us, of course. It was really neat to see him smiling, laughing and telling jokes. He now doesn't remember we came yesterday, but each day so far there has been progress. That may or may not continue, but that is in the Lord's hands.

Tom and Katie and their kids have been over since Thursday. Boy, I forgot what life was like with a bunch of little kiddos running around. I miss it. Even if there is frequent crying, "leaky accidents" on the floor, and the need to be quiet during naptime. (ok, so I don't miss ALL of that, but the total package is fun) I'm getting used to it all now, so it will seem quiet and slow when they leave. But they will probably be staying several more days, so I don't have to worry about that right now.

There are a ton of pictures. Hundreds and hundreds. But I don't have time to put too many up now. :) Most of the ones downloaded are from Thursday and Friday and things were rather up and down and emotional those days. Probably not the happiest picture material. :)

But now four pictures to hold you off until I get more time. :)


No one can claim the kids don't get enough attention from their uncles! (getting attention from their aunts is a given) :)


Here Julie and I take advantage of Andrew's laptop. This was a happier moment on Friday evening when we found out Dad was able to live without assistance from machines. (and don't ask what machines...I'm no doctor) :)


Bethy is one hilarious little girl. She's a barrel of fun and quite mischievous.


Michael loves helicopters and airplanes! He also likes me taking him up around the ceiling to fly his toys. A tad tiring...for me, not for him. He never gets tired doing that, for some reason... ;)

Thank-you all again for your prayers for my dad and please don't stop! :) And make sure to praise the Lord too, for the work He's already done. :) Unfortunately, there are some other serious matters that the doctors are waiting on before they can do some surgeries. Be in prayer that the situations don't get any worse. Thanks!


"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen[a] you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls." - I Peter 1:3-9

please be praying...

As most of you probably know by now, my dad had a heart attack at work and went into a coma on Wednesday morning (19th). The doctors said they needed to see recognition within 24 hours. But this morning, after 24 hours had passed, there was no change and no response from my dad. In my mind, there was no hope and I figured he already had or was going to die shortly. Thankfully we could rest in the sovereignty of God, and my family had multiple prayer and Bible sharing times together that were greatly encouraging.

Later this morning after my mom had gone to the hospital, we heard that my dad opened his eyes and was able to squeeze the doctor's hand on command. My mom was able to interact with him some in the same way. This is a major answer to prayer and a miracle. (anytime anyone is healed it is a miracle, but this time the Lord showed His hand even more) The doctors were quite surprised and elated themselves. Elated doesn't describe us. :) I don't know any word that does. We're just praising the Lord!

And while this doesn't mean that my dad will live, it is very encouraging to us. But no matter what happens, we know the Lord is in complete control. God is keeping my dad alive, just like He's keeping me alive. There is no difference in the level of difficulty for God.

Of course we'd still appreciate prayer for dad and for the family. Who knows what tomorrow will bring forth?

I'm sorry if this has been hard to read and understand. I'm not that good at writing things like this and I'm not at my best. (not that my best is any better)

"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:38-39

"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
“For who has known the mind of the LORD?
Or who has become His counselor?
Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?"
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen." - Romans 11:33-36