Standing On The Promises

                                            Here is a video of Peter and me playing piano!

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, an was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.  Philippians 2:5-8 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  Isaiah 53:3-5 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the wo...

Ever since I first had the idea to start a blog I have been trying to think of a good name for one. Blog names stick out to me. I like creative website and blog names, names that make you think “what is the meaning behind the name?” I talked to my parents and my friends; I prayed about it. I thought and I thought, until one day it came to me that I should use an old hymn name as my blog’s title. Why not? I love old hymns!  I grabbed a hymnal and started thumbing through it’s pages. I thought of “Amazing Grace”, “How Great Thou Art”, and others, but they weren’t quite what I wanted.  I want my blog to be about how a God that is powerful, a God that saves, a God of miracles, a God we can trust, a God that keeps promises, will work in the life of one of his daughters, Emily Jo Booher. So when I saw “Standing On The Promises” staring up at me I knew that it was the name for my blog. I’ve sung this many, many times and I love the words, especially verse two.  ...