January 15th Memory Verse (a day late)

First, a little update on the Ice Storm of 2011.

Well, let's just say the power never went out.  I went to WalMart and bought a lantern and propane for the lantern and fire starter logs and lots of other stuff, including nothing but junk food for the week since I thought I wouldn't be able to cook, and low and behold, the power never went out.  I'm glad it didn't, but I definitely felt kind of silly for buying all that stuff.  I felt even sillier when I returned all of it on Friday.  But, I got some money back, and that's worth it, even if I did feel silly.

The crazy thing is, the girls were out of school ALL WEEK.  I can't imagine how much of a pain that was for working moms and dads who don't have any other option for childcare.  I could not believe they cancelled school for the whole week.  My mom said that even in the blizzard of '93, we didn't miss a day of school.  Crazy what a few inches of snow and ice can do.  There is still a little "snow" in my back yard, and I am SO ready for it to be gone.  If I don't see snow again for 10 years, I'll be okay with it.  I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I don't EVER want to live where it's this cold and/or snows regularly.

Okay.  Moving on.

If you read this post, you know that I am going to post a memory verse twice a month for the entire year of 2011.  I apologize for being a day late on this one.  I'm going to try to post the verse on the 1st and 15th of each month, but yesterday just slipped right by without me even realizing it was the 15th!

For today's memory verse, I have chosen Romans 12:2.  This verse is special to me, because it's a verse that I always felt was meant for my husband.  I remember printing it and framing it for him to put in his office when he graduated from college.  My preacher referenced it today, and I was reminded how great it is.  Funny enough, I realize now that it's meant every bit as much for me as it is for Derrick.  And we both need it just as much today as we did 8 years ago when I first gave it to him in a frame.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing, and perfect will."  -Romans 12:2 (NIV)

Write it down.  Read it.  Reread it.  Meditate on it.  Happy memorizing!

Don't forget to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tomorrow.  What an amazing man of God and warrior for civil rights and social justice.  Because of him, and many others, my husband and I are raising our children in a world that is moving along toward equality for all people.  Thank God for him, his work, and the sacrifices he made.