ESV daily verse

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing. (Isaiah 40:26, ESV) (Listen)



Seven will not be the name of our first child

December 8th, 2005

so i’ve been commissioned to do this little survey deal by my wife. the funny thing is that she thinks i’m going to take it seriously…..

Seven Things to Do Before I Die (Lord willing):
1. commandeer a pirate ship
2. literally make a mountain out of a mole hill
3. meet a unicorn
4. visit Narnia
5. read all the books in the world
6. box a kangaroo
7. have a penguin as a pet (ok that one’s actually true)

Seven Things I Cannot Do:
1. eat a spider
2. tie my shoes while standing on my head
3. count to infinity
4. leap from building to building
5. know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
6. convince myself that Greedo did not shoot first
7. convince myself that this is a worthwhile expenditure of time

Seven Things that Attract Me to My Spouse [romantic interest, best friend, whomever](not necessarily in this order!):
1. she’s hot
2. she’s hot
3. she’s hot
4. she’s hot
5. she’s hot
6. she’s hot
7. she cooks

Seven Things I Say (or write!) Most Often:
1. hogswallop
2. verily
3. supralapsarian
4. antidisestablishmentarianism
5. apocopated
6. xerophagy
7. gastronomical

Seven Books (or series) I Love:
1. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
2. Dutton’s Nautical Navigation by Thomas Cutler
3. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
4. How to Ride Your Unicycle by Anonymous
5. The Works of Arminius by Jacobus Arminius
6. The Four Spiritual Laws by Campus Crusade Ministries
7. The Collected Works of Bruce Wilkinson

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Left Behind
2. Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
3. Left Behind III: World at War
4. Howard the Duck
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
6. Spice World
7. Blue Crush

Seven People I Want to Join in:
1. Jonathan Edwards
2. Martin Luther
3. Pelagius
4. Habakkuk
5. Saladin
6. Bilbo Baggins
7. Snoopy