tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46615561868581570742024-03-13T02:37:58.877-05:00The Walters CrewThe Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-748989104846009892009-01-07T23:17:00.004-06:002009-01-07T23:21:11.220-06:00WE'VE MOVED BLOGS!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">Our new blog address is simple.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thewalters5.com">www.thewalters5.com</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please update your blog roll and keep in touch!</div>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-4283397811927171792009-01-04T14:39:00.002-06:002009-01-04T14:42:35.738-06:00Evidences of revivalAccording to Jonathan Edwards, the following are the evidences of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">real</span> revival.<div>1. Honor to Christ<br /></div><div>2. Opposition to sin</div><div>3. Submission to Scripture</div><div>4. Awakening to truth</div><div>5. Love to God and man.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thoughts? </div>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-64075844339432364782009-01-03T20:27:00.002-06:002009-01-03T20:30:32.573-06:00A reader's dream<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcqa1Oljf5i7usxttbaVAot7KktlIbS_gDYad2Vwr82-Qh7Dmj8IDU325QuMpGgGoHTF0dNVtyU3FMgFWpXIGiNHGQvqf6ooByNCInVy53uiWBdPXEg4GCz2SW48TlzMEKiNQo5ZCKXST/s1600-h/41dBkv0zHaL._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcqa1Oljf5i7usxttbaVAot7KktlIbS_gDYad2Vwr82-Qh7Dmj8IDU325QuMpGgGoHTF0dNVtyU3FMgFWpXIGiNHGQvqf6ooByNCInVy53uiWBdPXEg4GCz2SW48TlzMEKiNQo5ZCKXST/s200/41dBkv0zHaL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259572974526610" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Hey, for all you reading geeks out there check this out: a book weight! Thanks Nick!<br /></div>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-73052299915013780752009-01-03T12:32:00.004-06:002009-01-03T12:43:45.976-06:00Christmas pics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3xaUzL-QUwsErELEJ0-kqEuXSmUFPBOv3HOimsBpSAhH6YaQ857khsWxPn3D6-mdE14G8DTerFlGeC6CCtgGzOpeiiz5snZRzDcntaSbWz06Tquu_vlQ12_k63iAPg4_Nv0SRHhVgUyP/s1600-h/IMG_1669.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3xaUzL-QUwsErELEJ0-kqEuXSmUFPBOv3HOimsBpSAhH6YaQ857khsWxPn3D6-mdE14G8DTerFlGeC6CCtgGzOpeiiz5snZRzDcntaSbWz06Tquu_vlQ12_k63iAPg4_Nv0SRHhVgUyP/s320/IMG_1669.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287139725552815970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGzoBZS4s0ir9lIo_Da70q7qHaMZPYa2gatPaIXxgqAdT8NoLflyX6K8o4qsP7_9cHvOR3YX6SC4Iemb8pyx1LVrViUsatfuHOitTuwdv1F8rfyCGIF2gcPGa7WC1QY8wXaT_ValGRbXB/s1600-h/IMG_1670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGzoBZS4s0ir9lIo_Da70q7qHaMZPYa2gatPaIXxgqAdT8NoLflyX6K8o4qsP7_9cHvOR3YX6SC4Iemb8pyx1LVrViUsatfuHOitTuwdv1F8rfyCGIF2gcPGa7WC1QY8wXaT_ValGRbXB/s320/IMG_1670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287139720634522626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2IaHNNB_eNinzuo8nc8b-O3zerOatopF4dCIz5VN7dFI3IBXFZGnhCkVDFtRL57F7c9q_fxZkjisc943H3ASZ7MZEYebSjK0gLVOp7ZjJqLQXXJMp4nzetOkoIKm_BkDx1zux7ePGere/s1600-h/IMG_1749.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2IaHNNB_eNinzuo8nc8b-O3zerOatopF4dCIz5VN7dFI3IBXFZGnhCkVDFtRL57F7c9q_fxZkjisc943H3ASZ7MZEYebSjK0gLVOp7ZjJqLQXXJMp4nzetOkoIKm_BkDx1zux7ePGere/s320/IMG_1749.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287139711102746082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy got a bike....lol.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbsszjc7tVV_5fW-bqVB2VfQpqvFHLn4rLQL5Tn-70EXSnlYTYGCWuHYBqF41MhrXR3ZpI18E1AFbUSxg_Hc24nTp1Pjx_ZkXr0t9zsOHH8onxGc66l__echqnhxGz8Cjpw-CDrKBtElu/s1600-h/IMG_1826.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbsszjc7tVV_5fW-bqVB2VfQpqvFHLn4rLQL5Tn-70EXSnlYTYGCWuHYBqF41MhrXR3ZpI18E1AFbUSxg_Hc24nTp1Pjx_ZkXr0t9zsOHH8onxGc66l__echqnhxGz8Cjpw-CDrKBtElu/s320/IMG_1826.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287139707050829762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ethan's first shave.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmvfsYl6KKf3YMg5VyRQk0lblfDeFdBOuUoPzya3cdYP1m8G_sa-3KefKCztCVsENshKMmrOra74FIObQgcTctG3b_3HWIGDBQ2JEFBtInoJNwySBhCAM9zkrybG6Q1Rga045URUYfq70/s1600-h/IMG_1563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmvfsYl6KKf3YMg5VyRQk0lblfDeFdBOuUoPzya3cdYP1m8G_sa-3KefKCztCVsENshKMmrOra74FIObQgcTctG3b_3HWIGDBQ2JEFBtInoJNwySBhCAM9zkrybG6Q1Rga045URUYfq70/s320/IMG_1563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287139701934639810" /></a>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-63500036165149275952008-12-30T00:40:00.003-06:002008-12-30T01:42:55.961-06:00Jonathan Edwards....incredible.I'm reading a book entitled, "A God entranced vision of all things: The legacy of Jonathan Edwards" and it is wonderful. I find myself rebuked and encouraged by this man's lifelong passionate, disciplined pursuit of pleasure in God. When I compare myself to him in the realm of discipline I look like a 3yr old. When I compare myself to him in relation to how much He enjoyed His Savior I have no words to express my immaturity. I am finding such encouragement from this book (I think partly because I've been so off kelter with our past month that my devotional time has fallen pathetically behind....working on that).<div><br /></div><div>Let me hit you with a few broad things to think about: </div><div><br /></div><div>From the first chapter concerning his relationship with God: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Edwards remarkably managed to hold together what we tend to split apart. He saw Christianity as engaging both head and heart, while much of popular evangelicalism suffers greatly from pendulum swings in this regard."</div><div><br /></div><div>More on this in Edward's own words, </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"....God glorifies himself toward the creatures also in two ways" 1. By appearing to...their understanding. 2. In communicating Himself to their hearts, and in their rejoicing and delighting in, and enjoying, the manifestations which He makes of Himself...God is glorified not only by His glory's being seen, but by it's being rejoiced in."</div><div><br /></div><div>I love this because I see so many people just leave off the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">knowledge</span> of God for some "experience" or "feeling" and then I see others (and have experienced myself) who academically know the Bible but have no joy or experiential relationship with Jesus. Edward's saw the union of head and heart as a both/and as opposed to an either/or.</div><div><br /></div><div>Concerning overcoming sin, Edward's says that joy in God is the only suitable weapon:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Many Christians think stoicism is a good antidote to sensuality. It isn't. It is hopelessly weak and ineffective. And the reason it fails is that the power of sin comes from its promise of pleasure and is meant to be defeated by the superior promise of pleasure in God, not by the power of the human will. Willpower religion, whenever it succeeds, gets glory for the will. It produces legalists, not lovers."<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the best yet....and it smacks modern day, man centered Christianity in the face. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"The chief blessing that we receive, our greatest good, comes to us <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">in</span> God. In other words, the greatest blessing that God gives us when He saves us is himself."<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In Edward's own words,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"God himself is the great good [the redeemed] are brought to the possession of and enjoyment of by the redemption. He is the highest good and the sum of all good which Christ purchased. God is the inheritance of the saints; he is the portion of their souls. God is their wealth and treasure, their food, their life, their dwelling place, their ornament and diadem, and their everlasting honor and glory."<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Read over that again if it blew by you. What Edward's is saying is that God himself is our greatest blessing. God...nothing else. This is why the prosperity gospel is so horrible; it turns everything upside down. No longer is God himself the treasure; rather He becomes your key to getting cars, wealth, health, whatever. Watch the John Piper video on the prosperity gospel that I've got on the blog and you'll see what I'm saying.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-54396972227507775022008-12-18T23:50:00.004-06:002008-12-19T00:02:18.598-06:00The goofiness of Ethan<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqtIBztYKL9wuFRhrgnTgVCX6eQWFhgD2P5j5xJ6kCZ9e5VwhxsWTDN9Khs6RtpI1jmkWhZS-k11lAE4cUb97MFI0bu_bbS2KPQBb6Ta2msPH0CLixux0yFF4tgtdACpE5eSyGeV8fDQe/s1600-h/IMG_1198.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqtIBztYKL9wuFRhrgnTgVCX6eQWFhgD2P5j5xJ6kCZ9e5VwhxsWTDN9Khs6RtpI1jmkWhZS-k11lAE4cUb97MFI0bu_bbS2KPQBb6Ta2msPH0CLixux0yFF4tgtdACpE5eSyGeV8fDQe/s320/IMG_1198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281377003724674962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4sl3MY6uWSeTUD54EvcY9zpxWOdwWBpDswVnpxi8x0QXBTOtRlGd1NFxykXkyiXuJdGn6tRwh-QY40lnswEo6qwQ2m1VcCwXtMb0WytqZEawyPkk80MPGXOAL7d9gmA671N2A239LKcd/s1600-h/IMG_1197.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4sl3MY6uWSeTUD54EvcY9zpxWOdwWBpDswVnpxi8x0QXBTOtRlGd1NFxykXkyiXuJdGn6tRwh-QY40lnswEo6qwQ2m1VcCwXtMb0WytqZEawyPkk80MPGXOAL7d9gmA671N2A239LKcd/s320/IMG_1197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281376998773748722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz0khTRhI1cQC4BtjP0qXfb7yAzoLIT7VcIsZBYl0Fs10bLIunWLy8yDxmeyQBbEr2F6c70BY3sWCzkUpPJCHGfW8xVS6r0R3EOjkEleypc36SfKBunkJ_7t1QsOA36rcVY_TXrEIBI5Q/s1600-h/IMG_1195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz0khTRhI1cQC4BtjP0qXfb7yAzoLIT7VcIsZBYl0Fs10bLIunWLy8yDxmeyQBbEr2F6c70BY3sWCzkUpPJCHGfW8xVS6r0R3EOjkEleypc36SfKBunkJ_7t1QsOA36rcVY_TXrEIBI5Q/s320/IMG_1195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281376996572346962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMI6ZVyP7rZlBz7CX0IdKvC0Y5K7A_8jaA-QtnEdSaAlCXRN3IgNxdmYPyEyeFIreiWVd_dWLiVa8UQM2FQ68O6IYx-Rfg-AEb4pWkdwdwOByU48kwBub9NoVDjuLQcIV7RHoKr0BIcXPj/s1600-h/IMG_1194.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMI6ZVyP7rZlBz7CX0IdKvC0Y5K7A_8jaA-QtnEdSaAlCXRN3IgNxdmYPyEyeFIreiWVd_dWLiVa8UQM2FQ68O6IYx-Rfg-AEb4pWkdwdwOByU48kwBub9NoVDjuLQcIV7RHoKr0BIcXPj/s320/IMG_1194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281376990959136114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinYBQ-gxrNUCIcFkQ6LmI3NBmQy7FM6mDWJ52Q2cPXI5ka3MEH5i03cX7qsLRt-TxiuD-CdkYGP3-Td0DoruP6dqMAevXLXmf8ZJOcuCXXeuE5An3GVGsMg9pZ4_KmdceZphYpihdXar5/s1600-h/IMG_1193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinYBQ-gxrNUCIcFkQ6LmI3NBmQy7FM6mDWJ52Q2cPXI5ka3MEH5i03cX7qsLRt-TxiuD-CdkYGP3-Td0DoruP6dqMAevXLXmf8ZJOcuCXXeuE5An3GVGsMg9pZ4_KmdceZphYpihdXar5/s320/IMG_1193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281376985093165378" /></a>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-18737139004127022442008-12-18T23:36:00.002-06:002008-12-18T23:48:34.859-06:00Random musingsChristin and I talked last week and we both agreed that our last several weeks here in the Lbk should be spent touching base with all the wonderful relationships God has blessed us with here. Since then we've had some sweet time with friends just hanging out and enjoying each other's company. It has made me think about how good God is in that He created us as relational beings that can find joy and intimacy with one another. Pretty sweet.<div>I've also been really flabbergasted (I guess that's a word), humbled, and uplifted by all the encouraging words that my church family, friends, and co-workers have shared with me. </div><div>Pray for us.... it is stressful moving a family of 5 halfway across the country.</div>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-83804667083565416502008-12-10T14:29:00.002-06:002008-12-10T14:52:11.832-06:00We're crazyWell, for those of you who don't know our family will be moving to Louisville, KY where I will begin attending Southern Seminary (<a href="http://www.sbts.edu/">www.sbts.edu</a>) in Jan of 2009.<br /><br />We have been pretty quiet about this for business purposes (I currently sell commercial real estate) and for church purposes (I am the youth minister at our church) but this has become public knowledge and so we wanted to let all 2 of our readers know:).<br /><br />Our desire for the blog is for it to serve as a type of journal of our experiences so that you can know what's going down with us.<br /><br />Words can't describe how excited and scared we are as I leave the "normal" workforce to go to school half way across the country on a fifth of my current income with 3 kiddos and a wife to support. That may sound crazy, and I guess it is...but we trust that God provides the means for the ends that He has ordained. The words of David reassure me, "I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread." Ps 37:25.<br /><br />We are also very sad to be leaving some absolutely phenomenal friendships here in Lubbock. We trust that by God's grace our relationships will last as we seek to press on toward His calling.<br /><br />Our move date is set for January 12th. Look for pictures and experiences to be blogged soon thereafter. (If you didn't know, Kentucky has these things called trees which are really pretty. Living in Lubbock I've only seen a few of these and I'm looking forward to the scenery)<br /><br />Your prayers are appreciated.B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-87441549357871083492008-10-12T17:09:00.003-05:002008-10-12T17:15:22.266-05:00<div align="center">I forgot to add this one to the last post.</div><div align="center">And no, Levi is not standing up on his own. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DNfdctH099O61nUKXbPGUCqVB7ES58RrLSkx6HgcOMcx__L97Y5mjRJD1aVOvR7UHNrlhhJ5d0VGPZ0d_4PCRivWN261eOKd0SuM7VYwZRfpQbdM34OiawKSYryK2tY3nGPALYS-uyme/s1600-h/IMG_0552+crop.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256393733007731314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DNfdctH099O61nUKXbPGUCqVB7ES58RrLSkx6HgcOMcx__L97Y5mjRJD1aVOvR7UHNrlhhJ5d0VGPZ0d_4PCRivWN261eOKd0SuM7VYwZRfpQbdM34OiawKSYryK2tY3nGPALYS-uyme/s320/IMG_0552+crop.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-18234725011844748832008-10-12T16:44:00.003-05:002008-10-12T17:08:46.883-05:00<div align="center">Since I got a new camera, B.J. says I need to become an expert with it, so, yesterday I rounded up my best subjects and took some practice shots. </div><div align="center">Well, I must say, I love my new camera. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88Gst6wzGFMzapL0q1OjtZDgA-LHHbLRlyl1PrePg3UICkAhYyldD3Gw5-U1MiSLZkKP_dW3kvdxWZaGhYew0V1X3sw3StkF52QNGVk0bST7gSyJLLm3HvoyTzEUUGO5lv-JxnKT1c1od/s1600-h/IMG_0479+crop+2.JPG"></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256391355376776514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88Gst6wzGFMzapL0q1OjtZDgA-LHHbLRlyl1PrePg3UICkAhYyldD3Gw5-U1MiSLZkKP_dW3kvdxWZaGhYew0V1X3sw3StkF52QNGVk0bST7gSyJLLm3HvoyTzEUUGO5lv-JxnKT1c1od/s320/IMG_0479+crop+2.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0o8zMb-7kj3nX85vOl-C6x4Iv1fPfk9yGEE0JnOLuJFqDVnJec5FJK8F_DgZaQJRYrUfuK8QUQf01b-lTTCc0zfyHMw-yFHGa1DRKqqmSjFOtfm_6U9wgOP0Ee58PVQIthWauSeuPmYc/s1600-h/IMG_0510+crop.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256391353082509666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0o8zMb-7kj3nX85vOl-C6x4Iv1fPfk9yGEE0JnOLuJFqDVnJec5FJK8F_DgZaQJRYrUfuK8QUQf01b-lTTCc0zfyHMw-yFHGa1DRKqqmSjFOtfm_6U9wgOP0Ee58PVQIthWauSeuPmYc/s320/IMG_0510+crop.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DN1Ir0xNLgTivJGT9zntxxreE8PpoWxMgNvyz9qQLezHFTp8dPTTZ0Rh0XHphE3JTtkX16xxpPsy7KQvjOKwOLjzv4WdDC3WZa3-sx-gt0smLXCtetIZ8H5GqAzTFHTCBJrezbSloMf_/s1600-h/IMG_0526+crop.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256391360528746322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DN1Ir0xNLgTivJGT9zntxxreE8PpoWxMgNvyz9qQLezHFTp8dPTTZ0Rh0XHphE3JTtkX16xxpPsy7KQvjOKwOLjzv4WdDC3WZa3-sx-gt0smLXCtetIZ8H5GqAzTFHTCBJrezbSloMf_/s320/IMG_0526+crop.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">The Boys</div><br /><div align="center">(I was playing with the color on this one.)</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256389373029156658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHc7GliIuCbHxZ-9NtD7PyrefbqG_eBJWcn4SIC42akLhDMYB14DNB_TdG7qF-M0vwueRNIE-_z71of_zgRyp3qS8PyHUZSwUHCLkw0D2ZG03RlgTO3hYiRDUYidjEZN6Bm6OHtpGRn1o/s320/IMG_0504+crop.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-24990688928188448002008-10-07T18:16:00.003-05:002008-10-07T18:37:30.917-05:00Little Boys!<div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRYG1nVB4cJzGnSjJBL2iynIsQJpYwVT2e_4-bWEhH0LhRvyluhc-VFko2KYpTwz5EQBmx92L2N-IB4w5aM2TYysYwtAqnrDfP-PECMK5bNGxlXhyphenhyphenTlzl4fzbmvmzrmoBWgQKTkly7icQ/s1600-h/IMG_0398.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254556797764644114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRYG1nVB4cJzGnSjJBL2iynIsQJpYwVT2e_4-bWEhH0LhRvyluhc-VFko2KYpTwz5EQBmx92L2N-IB4w5aM2TYysYwtAqnrDfP-PECMK5bNGxlXhyphenhyphenTlzl4fzbmvmzrmoBWgQKTkly7icQ/s320/IMG_0398.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBElC5_YFIDZM5XT8EhJUA7WMLQhMjCKgsNczoCm5Ch_OGICtmEMgBTWeD7CCxnhFqU6PVmhGvbzWhx33vhxIYiJR1xcPka9B2vvEDd2IdPSqoO8uOrXRQLVdupL8L2OFD5gyffQ0RSFlU/s1600-h/IMG_0409.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254556806053984866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBElC5_YFIDZM5XT8EhJUA7WMLQhMjCKgsNczoCm5Ch_OGICtmEMgBTWeD7CCxnhFqU6PVmhGvbzWhx33vhxIYiJR1xcPka9B2vvEDd2IdPSqoO8uOrXRQLVdupL8L2OFD5gyffQ0RSFlU/s320/IMG_0409.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprBHSsjVOnvc_0oKJZkhlOsfpUAl7t2v-Ma1lBUGsPD8XCplLCVVyQwYcTQq4UWakp-ehIJQRSS_NURbmh1Vy91P4sZy-J1B1BuXaE6KzxVOnH0epe88b2yjvO-6kz3YVQQsMoRbYlCfi/s1600-h/IMG_0401.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254556810280866178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprBHSsjVOnvc_0oKJZkhlOsfpUAl7t2v-Ma1lBUGsPD8XCplLCVVyQwYcTQq4UWakp-ehIJQRSS_NURbmh1Vy91P4sZy-J1B1BuXaE6KzxVOnH0epe88b2yjvO-6kz3YVQQsMoRbYlCfi/s320/IMG_0401.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-21747054326554490672008-10-06T23:14:00.002-05:002008-10-06T23:45:31.376-05:00Pictures of Levi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzTo_TwYe8ecwRFC5or_sh3u86jSAgm0Bw33ylrOLAUdFbBKEHhCXOPf7nKQmqcwBcvpjq6RVVj2GIiif7w-QJ8Naj_got7kSd7G9H5gUiNucuY-YtF3PHsbqSdIoPlcTiXheHeyKAfJa/s1600-h/IMG_0235.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254263526255400898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzTo_TwYe8ecwRFC5or_sh3u86jSAgm0Bw33ylrOLAUdFbBKEHhCXOPf7nKQmqcwBcvpjq6RVVj2GIiif7w-QJ8Naj_got7kSd7G9H5gUiNucuY-YtF3PHsbqSdIoPlcTiXheHeyKAfJa/s320/IMG_0235.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi55Z66hdXjASJzVmJ6O7SKKejL0MBEwbskPGLQY_wjBQcrXdKNoj_hwL8NEJ1wpqhMv1SN5cHCKsqof73UehlCcbJjfKoild2QMspANbUXWQUx8MHIrKAlVSliX3eX9ydWSZ_7cc_tIr/s1600-h/IMG_0229.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254263533492096370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi55Z66hdXjASJzVmJ6O7SKKejL0MBEwbskPGLQY_wjBQcrXdKNoj_hwL8NEJ1wpqhMv1SN5cHCKsqof73UehlCcbJjfKoild2QMspANbUXWQUx8MHIrKAlVSliX3eX9ydWSZ_7cc_tIr/s320/IMG_0229.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9AuHfmeEumDbTwwddiQVr__zOQa97YHjkRdq_10bi7DDaDa73cJQHDMZI0oRKcVxoAkS7cYq_VDWqGsvYOOGEFTSbYQAuRhP3SiMa2eZXetm_eONkWL3ghUMgBIbwGeFkydCxK2Px3v3/s1600-h/IMG_0311.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254263540944574514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9AuHfmeEumDbTwwddiQVr__zOQa97YHjkRdq_10bi7DDaDa73cJQHDMZI0oRKcVxoAkS7cYq_VDWqGsvYOOGEFTSbYQAuRhP3SiMa2eZXetm_eONkWL3ghUMgBIbwGeFkydCxK2Px3v3/s320/IMG_0311.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkrCs7oqCupY2pynG8kJ3UzsF6WN3LZKcspwmwVvmCsJfxN1LuxMhyphenhyphenGd163zn_KSSjY7mEWFds74Rui1yAeXQ_WUFqoxpcbdK1yDVcOB4oyEZBQlWX4O6kLNpXCxme76bd4Jyhe5Y1tLa/s1600-h/IMG_0344.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254263546336534578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkrCs7oqCupY2pynG8kJ3UzsF6WN3LZKcspwmwVvmCsJfxN1LuxMhyphenhyphenGd163zn_KSSjY7mEWFds74Rui1yAeXQ_WUFqoxpcbdK1yDVcOB4oyEZBQlWX4O6kLNpXCxme76bd4Jyhe5Y1tLa/s320/IMG_0344.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-ul2JNb1aL054oz_jYrhFq-k_FBxQf9_ENBPMFhhfl4Fu1Pxe_Qd50fevyj7z6DtSMTcdBNQgJLZTzqDDExfGtz4ap4cacmc4SS9K5PxA2W-ER34k3PQUvHuPN3nJknLnd8CIytuRnMg/s1600-h/IMG_0345.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254263549586247890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-ul2JNb1aL054oz_jYrhFq-k_FBxQf9_ENBPMFhhfl4Fu1Pxe_Qd50fevyj7z6DtSMTcdBNQgJLZTzqDDExfGtz4ap4cacmc4SS9K5PxA2W-ER34k3PQUvHuPN3nJknLnd8CIytuRnMg/s320/IMG_0345.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-62832113569204944492008-10-06T22:43:00.003-05:002008-10-06T23:13:00.032-05:00Where did a month go?Ok, so I feel like we got bushwhacked. With the addition of our 3rd little rugrat Christin and I had to switch to zone defense instead of man to man and it's taking us a while to get back into the game. So for Christin's b-day several family members and I got together and bought her a smokin hot camera. Now to be honest we don't have a clue as to how to use the thing but it sure does look cool. Here are some pics, hope you enjoy and hopefully we blog before this time next month.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28OYAGQg-n1PWNyyvT2o3AZ5wKjYdXV44A06JVpCUGlTPTuWccmoXYIrWcU7fKWTKGhBtx-ebntYBFFiqGzvT9zWFBBXhy5VeiNc4PAtaXnAFltVy-Fx4CKHyWJqWEbZlmWZxv5U9LAvM/s1600-h/IMG_0123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254258586216353746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28OYAGQg-n1PWNyyvT2o3AZ5wKjYdXV44A06JVpCUGlTPTuWccmoXYIrWcU7fKWTKGhBtx-ebntYBFFiqGzvT9zWFBBXhy5VeiNc4PAtaXnAFltVy-Fx4CKHyWJqWEbZlmWZxv5U9LAvM/s320/IMG_0123.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQQBJarWwzc4SqBBbPGfcFVFHl2I3R-TkDfGYZkuQ2lsrLBxbgZHaaW2bdZq3_X3WhUGAJgVHWnkWXC41Tq0agU9oM-YiEsqH7b61YU1hQwSHlgRca1E_Hzy3YryseobzHyJfFZD5xFx-/s1600-h/IMG_0250.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254258595911244018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQQBJarWwzc4SqBBbPGfcFVFHl2I3R-TkDfGYZkuQ2lsrLBxbgZHaaW2bdZq3_X3WhUGAJgVHWnkWXC41Tq0agU9oM-YiEsqH7b61YU1hQwSHlgRca1E_Hzy3YryseobzHyJfFZD5xFx-/s320/IMG_0250.JPG" border="0" /></a>Our back yard. Pretty cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-yhZBWUwmT3ePV5Mz9ClLAOPJRaMWzf2lZM_hZ7l1kiNaMPS1PbdB6oK-dX5SHYJ3eN89qceAfFX-ana8f6U2k-2T3yZ380ghHqwgk_0tm6KLp2J0dEhjYURA3cONYHjsktFetFSv3D7/s1600-h/IMG_0253.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254258595052737618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-yhZBWUwmT3ePV5Mz9ClLAOPJRaMWzf2lZM_hZ7l1kiNaMPS1PbdB6oK-dX5SHYJ3eN89qceAfFX-ana8f6U2k-2T3yZ380ghHqwgk_0tm6KLp2J0dEhjYURA3cONYHjsktFetFSv3D7/s320/IMG_0253.JPG" border="0" /></a>What a stud.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8Z-uM0ovngB3FlE8UaaQ3sFIfsrZKPdp4yv9HwQ_LWPPpxVOGJQUgYdrtUO5GFG4NNYuzik-YvSKjGIqLza5-BlUpasCAzAg6QohFSqg90tRDeq2hfbU0cjxQrqY_inav0KoBKqMDHiv/s1600-h/IMG_0262.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254258599308615874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8Z-uM0ovngB3FlE8UaaQ3sFIfsrZKPdp4yv9HwQ_LWPPpxVOGJQUgYdrtUO5GFG4NNYuzik-YvSKjGIqLza5-BlUpasCAzAg6QohFSqg90tRDeq2hfbU0cjxQrqY_inav0KoBKqMDHiv/s320/IMG_0262.JPG" border="0" /></a>The scary thing is to think about when she's 16.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71zTQKp-JzxvBbPaQ6s7C-N11EpuIPcxgY7tZa8BP809FcV4NjG3ii3ws-jxRTBM5V5x3Vk3EAdgpqcHe3TQHK5G8wA7btuvpoCBmG1Xa1bZsher8PiY3CV2NJIh9P4aKjmPtwq762cH1/s1600-h/IMG_0263.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254258605062392130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71zTQKp-JzxvBbPaQ6s7C-N11EpuIPcxgY7tZa8BP809FcV4NjG3ii3ws-jxRTBM5V5x3Vk3EAdgpqcHe3TQHK5G8wA7btuvpoCBmG1Xa1bZsher8PiY3CV2NJIh9P4aKjmPtwq762cH1/s320/IMG_0263.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-17944849560371431322008-08-30T15:12:00.002-05:002008-08-30T15:40:47.927-05:00Preaching tomorrowTomorrow I have the opportunity to preach for the first time at "big church" shall we say. My preparation time this week has been a great time of worship. As tomorrow morning is quickly approaching I have been thinking about the weight preaching. It really is a priveledge and an honor to do this. So as I was thinking about this stuff I turned to my old dead friends, the Puritans, to see what they had to say about preaching. Enjoy.<br /><br />"A Minister's Preaching"<br /><br />My Master God,<br />I am desired to preach today,<br />but go weak and needy to my task;<br /><br />Yet I long that people might be edified with divine truth,<br />that an honest testimony might be borne for thee;<br /><br />Give me assistance in preaching and prayer,<br />with heart uplifted for grace and unction.<br /><br />Present to my view things pertinent to my subject<br />with fullness of matter and clarity of thought,<br />proper expressions, fluency, fervency,<br />a feeling sense of the things I preach,<br />and grace to apply them to men's consciences.<br /><br />Keep me conscious all the while of my own defects,<br />and let me not gloat in pride over my performance.<br /><br />Help me to offer a testimony for thyself,<br />and to leave sinners inexscusable in neglecting thy mercy.<br /><br />Give me freedom to open the sorrows of thy people,<br />and to set before them comforting considerations.<br /><br />Attend with power the truth preached,<br />and awaken the attention of my slothful audience.<br /><br />May thy people be refreshed, melted, convicted, comforted,<br />and help me to use the strongest arguments<br />drawn from Christ's incarnation and sufferings,<br />that men might be made holy.<br /><br />I myself need thy support, comfort, strength, holiness,<br />that I might be a pure channel of thy grace,<br />and be able to do something for thee;<br /><br />Give me then refreshment among thy people,<br />and help me not to treat excellent matter in a defective way,<br />or bear a broken testimony to so worthy a redeemer,<br />or be harsh in treating of Christ's death, its design and end,<br />from lack of warmth and fervency.<br /><br />And keep me in tune with thee as I do this work.<br /><br /><br />Now I promise that I'm not going to preach in Elizabethan english but I am so encouraged when I read these guys. They were truly sold out. What I love about them is that their passion and joy was theologically informed. In today's Christendom, where we just want to get excited and have a good time at the expense of theological depth, these guys show that theological depth and joy in Christ is a "both/and" not an "eaither/or". So, may we press on in His Word and daily search the riches of Christ and by this we will experience joy and fulfillment on a daily basis.The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-33486558557306186702008-08-29T20:09:00.012-05:002008-08-30T10:21:29.764-05:00Germany and back in 48 hrs - for real.<div align="center">My Dad has been a pilot for American Airlines for 29 years and this last week he retired. So a bunch of us went with him for his retirement flight to Frankfurt, Germany and back. We left Dallas Sunday at 2pm and returned on Tuesday at 2pm - insane. It was a great trip.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRlS1RCbLlaHRZGsbYHKirLg3aQOKiffQa8P0GufZe2pbx4dslH_nEpiZcSHKTJ4LKnJay9lg4E_dxtYEUdnmVfjg4MrAiGDEQgDriWXC1lpz1XurKWIwuAyi0XVhF-HjLjbZoNKa4sce/s1600-h/DSCN0008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240294421803961890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRlS1RCbLlaHRZGsbYHKirLg3aQOKiffQa8P0GufZe2pbx4dslH_nEpiZcSHKTJ4LKnJay9lg4E_dxtYEUdnmVfjg4MrAiGDEQgDriWXC1lpz1XurKWIwuAyi0XVhF-HjLjbZoNKa4sce/s320/DSCN0008.jpg" border="0" /></a> The whole lot of us before we left Dallas<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienvdOmlmXLv40fJk-0ShnC6TJyiAgFXfMLx-vHJvaTlb2krfPkIoXIAONFk79xz4r9_fkzkH-vL0xcMM3HyDN8uEyTino2eQqwzl075BceJ49TxBJazaQJ5dFHAfDLBdOlYMKaxWpi1R-/s1600-h/DSCN0015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240294422374246210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienvdOmlmXLv40fJk-0ShnC6TJyiAgFXfMLx-vHJvaTlb2krfPkIoXIAONFk79xz4r9_fkzkH-vL0xcMM3HyDN8uEyTino2eQqwzl075BceJ49TxBJazaQJ5dFHAfDLBdOlYMKaxWpi1R-/s320/DSCN0015.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cockpits of a 777 are a button pusher's dreamland.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoCa8j4280YpoPYYHYL5_LvwGWeaMqemyuusVjg0VZ9P-y3lZOO6TLBdCq_xSFZeLZpWGggwqNdemPlE7H5aqQER2MlSXx5AzC9w0eFZ-bs-C5igMT1qfAJKx9C_5vcmv3wtlQlIk3vHK/s1600-h/DSC02902.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240294429403246450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoCa8j4280YpoPYYHYL5_LvwGWeaMqemyuusVjg0VZ9P-y3lZOO6TLBdCq_xSFZeLZpWGggwqNdemPlE7H5aqQER2MlSXx5AzC9w0eFZ-bs-C5igMT1qfAJKx9C_5vcmv3wtlQlIk3vHK/s320/DSC02902.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dad coming out of the airport in Germany.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdTT3yo9eytBie6HwR8DDNUGBM3Ce-KvA7vPkDPA6AzMhgRZSvUaY4udvq_ar__JSULHfIEXCKuo5wQxgdfuJgoxuYLPXeKnJzIehwJQNyK7Z_GqGu75eMJDQx8N__FEPvhg8H4y6XHnf/s1600-h/DSC02901.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240294429218311762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdTT3yo9eytBie6HwR8DDNUGBM3Ce-KvA7vPkDPA6AzMhgRZSvUaY4udvq_ar__JSULHfIEXCKuo5wQxgdfuJgoxuYLPXeKnJzIehwJQNyK7Z_GqGu75eMJDQx8N__FEPvhg8H4y6XHnf/s320/DSC02901.JPG" border="0" /></a> Me giving Mandy a backrub after the 8.5 hr flight.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1VceEHKEOKiBaD8q3syH_oJ5AfOHCmuXEATSA9GuRPaMjrQYVuOcCh-u0iiLfnrUtv6NLYwzzshRwAgZBQwDCJ8uVSXiguLOwT2UBAt72i-wNfYHz1cN0-Ik_CGvHnrDZ9KP4pyABWNE/s1600-h/DSC00683.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240294432633465234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1VceEHKEOKiBaD8q3syH_oJ5AfOHCmuXEATSA9GuRPaMjrQYVuOcCh-u0iiLfnrUtv6NLYwzzshRwAgZBQwDCJ8uVSXiguLOwT2UBAt72i-wNfYHz1cN0-Ik_CGvHnrDZ9KP4pyABWNE/s320/DSC00683.jpg" border="0" /></a> Yea, we're stupid<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6-E9zvU85LHj63gZqYHlphTD-w0t_YcVlixqm9YOZzBxGNVhgZWsdn_6s96MB5fl7oyfHnZ7f7b8M-PUPwFhxlMU0Aw3NSLQZnbQUaJatDRy8Aza0KwOMxfd5pJq_89R7DYzdHQ-Kw43/s1600-h/DSCN0080.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240116493759642930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6-E9zvU85LHj63gZqYHlphTD-w0t_YcVlixqm9YOZzBxGNVhgZWsdn_6s96MB5fl7oyfHnZ7f7b8M-PUPwFhxlMU0Aw3NSLQZnbQUaJatDRy8Aza0KwOMxfd5pJq_89R7DYzdHQ-Kw43/s320/DSCN0080.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqC4Fbz6vntHfk79dSE_nVzsLeatxLE1Vzy3uoaxg1d9g-sAO2M5GKLqppMWCwTtGjDoGF3Ovg3by_t5wwOIu5HcSuJcjty4r9Dma9iNb57lJQba_ZVACVvqlGKiGZuIsdbN0G5KPBzGYz/s1600-h/DSC02936.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240116494051385218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqC4Fbz6vntHfk79dSE_nVzsLeatxLE1Vzy3uoaxg1d9g-sAO2M5GKLqppMWCwTtGjDoGF3Ovg3by_t5wwOIu5HcSuJcjty4r9Dma9iNb57lJQba_ZVACVvqlGKiGZuIsdbN0G5KPBzGYz/s320/DSC02936.JPG" border="0" /></a> Mandy laughing hysterically at something during a celebration dinner for Dad<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t9Kh4keRwdXb3Y9_xSD1uaT-EOJU7wAr9O7RCGUudbcol53Ij5_z1DWqa5-gM0r_wYHsM4X448DP2u26lQvDfgpOZIpzXxvGu5IjdJ3y6wp1Q6dnLtHESoqRjssCoaXep7KqUq12ZP1u/s1600-h/DSC02920.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240116497992140706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t9Kh4keRwdXb3Y9_xSD1uaT-EOJU7wAr9O7RCGUudbcol53Ij5_z1DWqa5-gM0r_wYHsM4X448DP2u26lQvDfgpOZIpzXxvGu5IjdJ3y6wp1Q6dnLtHESoqRjssCoaXep7KqUq12ZP1u/s320/DSC02920.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dad making a toast at his celebration dinner<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEc9faQpNEmsZnp66RXfgaMhvIwin6gATpyT7Pg8CFLhT9ChyX4WV8tlXXyJB2b0uS9E7EQ6IMp77J1dakDxQdfW-CpaizEA1bzE-LnGEnk2WzCVXeG1FCW2So9RHttpof2w2ugY9RVNun/s1600-h/DSC02927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240116501789004754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEc9faQpNEmsZnp66RXfgaMhvIwin6gATpyT7Pg8CFLhT9ChyX4WV8tlXXyJB2b0uS9E7EQ6IMp77J1dakDxQdfW-CpaizEA1bzE-LnGEnk2WzCVXeG1FCW2So9RHttpof2w2ugY9RVNun/s320/DSC02927.JPG" border="0" /></a> Aunt Marion, Uncle Dave, Me, and Mandy<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfDDqCUcKKcXJYKG_l3j6C8R4tEgRqw5SNml8zq5k7Uif9RiqQSwHXRlAwG1qIJElP5bPf240jpxtO899br6Ht6eyqC0BeiMsYkK0vrsEP80vhuoCAwn-ytJVUT8BtdbUl3PswB4AffBr/s1600-h/P1010875.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240116501142237778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfDDqCUcKKcXJYKG_l3j6C8R4tEgRqw5SNml8zq5k7Uif9RiqQSwHXRlAwG1qIJElP5bPf240jpxtO899br6Ht6eyqC0BeiMsYkK0vrsEP80vhuoCAwn-ytJVUT8BtdbUl3PswB4AffBr/s320/P1010875.jpg" border="0" /></a> So at dinner I had this German dish called, Schwienhox (I'm sure I murdered the spelling). It was incredible. Here's a group of us as we sat down at our table.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qfp1a-XsVDZmvnuzHJ_PrgYCgzZHo34qy18bURsPCIsBOb2tuGZtvYb7MD0ivoIZV8p2OBRTZPyVEfrwGLr8UD1fj1zI9YKtlcI70Q3iSY9t-Hgb6GaoaBQMoOXnXBhOMIE0jQDXMOex/s1600-h/DSCN0222.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240115877585438370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qfp1a-XsVDZmvnuzHJ_PrgYCgzZHo34qy18bURsPCIsBOb2tuGZtvYb7MD0ivoIZV8p2OBRTZPyVEfrwGLr8UD1fj1zI9YKtlcI70Q3iSY9t-Hgb6GaoaBQMoOXnXBhOMIE0jQDXMOex/s320/DSCN0222.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mandy and Uncle Dave and Dad in the cockpit before we took off from FRA back to Dallas<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGinCC9nXlk8VAhOzDihfzV-TYPvew5tYM-flmridOL84USmVlmSDF-RBEsA_A9fg_as8knFhzRI0FesjifQy_Qw_oG4k12UdohzJdbcUzVeFSconcNdeV1RUJJ2gY9T0bxkWvjz9-cHy/s1600-h/DSCN0220.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240115882385053682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGinCC9nXlk8VAhOzDihfzV-TYPvew5tYM-flmridOL84USmVlmSDF-RBEsA_A9fg_as8knFhzRI0FesjifQy_Qw_oG4k12UdohzJdbcUzVeFSconcNdeV1RUJJ2gY9T0bxkWvjz9-cHy/s320/DSCN0220.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me and Uncle Dave and Dad<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3X9h7yg9ClYtYCF9k1iS6EsF0Dmk10mFaOQLSZPuhTgoR-ihhfbcWDTCV3E5etwJhVLr3CXwAoLpZQLVy0qD5ZJGHItMth9K6SqgN_lG2Kw5ljc_Z9l7q2J-JHJitkSNeOm6Q41trSCo/s1600-h/DSCN0213.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240115880834857490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3X9h7yg9ClYtYCF9k1iS6EsF0Dmk10mFaOQLSZPuhTgoR-ihhfbcWDTCV3E5etwJhVLr3CXwAoLpZQLVy0qD5ZJGHItMth9K6SqgN_lG2Kw5ljc_Z9l7q2J-JHJitkSNeOm6Q41trSCo/s320/DSCN0213.jpg" border="0" /></a> Way to go Dad!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmsxnWmSEu3gedYTC4KhkCQSROJcJcgvIEDqVKdK63kY4icLWHPAvcOd59XgP-jfxF_9I6iP-9Vuv_-bP9dYy7ydZQxFpu43SvG46gFRp-z90mkDt71rZkyFSG9BzlHVbS0QuQvre9sIY/s1600-h/DSCN0281.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240115881215312946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmsxnWmSEu3gedYTC4KhkCQSROJcJcgvIEDqVKdK63kY4icLWHPAvcOd59XgP-jfxF_9I6iP-9Vuv_-bP9dYy7ydZQxFpu43SvG46gFRp-z90mkDt71rZkyFSG9BzlHVbS0QuQvre9sIY/s320/DSCN0281.jpg" border="0" /></a> Dad and Cheryl<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyxoGmEUVXQgXD4cAxfRkP6fdIJRTeYzfsrZyHvpYm4pDJdpPhCk29xtr1HVPKHs37fCVdZUXCkFs8emAWZUI3d-gKBeeDGAFUv__iAqnQrdwsNPndVdNlP_B4JiHjA8fOGIHSvc2x3Nt/s1600-h/DSCN0285.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240115886739760466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyxoGmEUVXQgXD4cAxfRkP6fdIJRTeYzfsrZyHvpYm4pDJdpPhCk29xtr1HVPKHs37fCVdZUXCkFs8emAWZUI3d-gKBeeDGAFUv__iAqnQrdwsNPndVdNlP_B4JiHjA8fOGIHSvc2x3Nt/s320/DSCN0285.jpg" border="0" /></a> We took this just before we deplaned after our arrival back in Dallas.<br /><br />Dad, thanks for all your work and for supporting our family for so many years. I appreciate you and am thankful that I could be a part of your retirement trip honoring you for your service.<br /></div>B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-2338914494526925722008-08-19T17:08:00.002-05:002008-08-19T17:19:28.388-05:00Naomi and Ethan meet Levi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQXRhUHYSpi2BUV309R5AgoyJ16f6aV2F1fCaYYh7cOBIKw_i5u_PdYi7bv4zpc5crIc4nMtSTDjchi5jDrQ19bHrZqzhOp0e3_qGnOTw6BV3U4f0Uc_p4jX1cKaLxiFfI6wmH4G6wT8o/s1600-h/P8180004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236356780537583602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQXRhUHYSpi2BUV309R5AgoyJ16f6aV2F1fCaYYh7cOBIKw_i5u_PdYi7bv4zpc5crIc4nMtSTDjchi5jDrQ19bHrZqzhOp0e3_qGnOTw6BV3U4f0Uc_p4jX1cKaLxiFfI6wmH4G6wT8o/s320/P8180004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eZgv6vTZidry4QmB82d6hlFk7jiGGl_YOpYeIK9w_Y83zMGVL6gw4bZ8OS-eTyymVuKYwn9Yc4Lvbr2whl9eKQhGcrBji8AsPXoyL91ycdwjmbQnEiEUtcOwKOd8ujwc4jSrqx-czs2M/s1600-h/P8180002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236356786394281282" style="DISPLAY: block; 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Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-34638839494684325222008-08-18T16:18:00.004-05:002008-08-18T18:24:43.361-05:00Levi's arrived!Levi arrived at 2:56pm this afternoon. He weighs 7lbs and 5 oz and is 19 inches long. Both he and Mommy are healthy and happy. His first feeding went well and he appears to be very content. We are very thankful for a safe delivery and a healthy baby boy. 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Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-30832654174773634322008-08-17T22:32:00.003-05:002008-08-17T22:41:51.043-05:00My wife the bellydancer<p> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzi2ptCMAZCGLl37m6drbVLV9AlnxMr9cw0G58CDBGLGEYCALpKcNCBSPf5ScwpFNKjD1U5ovjUcmGPT_Ly9g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p align="left">Check this out! This is Levi moving inside of Christin's womb.</p><p align="center"> </p>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-67402587041909225712008-08-17T22:18:00.002-05:002008-08-17T22:22:59.457-05:00Due date: Aug. 16th<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ig0x6UdH04rzY4LiKqUew4vgPHR2sB7cXVw0T14DTt7ae8-b_RLYeyTxlvF9O9lZr-YWjBe8HHEPcteOAN5B1aHJaVOgYBE7VJc0WQfZFDTuhQU-sAjIAYlT6b7QjjpYQWxZ3MZh_UbT/s1600-h/P8170015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235692460817680050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ig0x6UdH04rzY4LiKqUew4vgPHR2sB7cXVw0T14DTt7ae8-b_RLYeyTxlvF9O9lZr-YWjBe8HHEPcteOAN5B1aHJaVOgYBE7VJc0WQfZFDTuhQU-sAjIAYlT6b7QjjpYQWxZ3MZh_UbT/s320/P8170015.JPG" border="0" /></a> Christin is one day past her due date for the little guy. She has been having quite a few contractions today and feels like the baby is lower than ever. Hopefully there will be another little stinker soon. We'll post pics in short order when he arrives.<br /><div></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-44406962987110537852008-08-13T09:49:00.005-05:002008-08-13T13:25:52.416-05:00EthanismsOk, Ethan's a riot. Now I realize that I'm his Dad but others can vouch for me on this. Here's a few of the things that he's said or done lately...<br /><br />When Ethan thinks of something that he wants to do or somewhere he wants to go he asks, "Could we do that on Thursday?" He says this no matter what day of the week it is and he does it almost everyday.<br /><br />A while back I was walking down the stairs with Ethan and told him that he was getting to be a big boy to which he said, "yeah, and handsome."<br /><br />If you ask him what time it is he's likely to say, "thirty six o' clock"<br /><br />When he wants to do something right now he says, "can we do that <em>straight away</em>?" I still don't know where he heard that.<br /><br />Since he has an older sister he ends up playing with her girl stuff. But being a guy he wants to make it more manly so he recently asked if he could have a "<em>boy</em> princess computer".<br /><br />He's a pathetic Momma's boy at times. At night when Christin tucks him in he says, "Mommy you hug me, rock me, kiss me, hold me, sing songs to me?"B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-20506987904513389892008-08-13T09:44:00.003-05:002008-08-13T09:48:09.311-05:00No news yetWell, Christin had an anti-climactic OB appt. yesterday. She hasn't progressed any since her appt. last week. She's still dialated to a 2 and 3/4ths of the way thinned out. Her origional due date is the 16th of Aug. Keep praying that the Lord would bring the little guy soon! I think he's happy as a clam breakdancing in her belly and is showing no intention of coming out right now. Crazy kid.B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-30642565609894171862008-08-08T09:32:00.003-05:002008-08-08T09:40:05.778-05:00Update on ChristinChristin's due date is the 16th of Aug. and my little wifer <em>really</em> wants to have this baby out of her belly. This little guy is more active in the womb than Naomi and Ethan ever were. It looks like he's break dancing in there. (I hope he's got better moves than his Dad). Given how active Ethan is Christin's scared that this kiddo is going to be one hyper little boy. It's fun to think of Ethan and Levi romping together and getting into trouble:). Christin is having more braxton hicks (spelling?) contractions and she is 3/4ths of the way thinned out. We're praying that the little guy comes soon.B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-85080239530319823852008-08-07T09:30:00.006-05:002008-08-07T10:09:33.447-05:00Christ is allThis is another poem/meditation from The Valley of Vision entitled "Christ is all".<br /><br />O lover to the uttermost,<br />May I read the meltings of thy heart to me<br />in the manger of thy birth,<br />in the garden of thy agony,<br />in the cross of thy suffering,<br />in the tomb of thy resurrection,<br />in the heaven of thy intercession.<br /><br />Bold in this thought I defy my adversary,<br />tread down his temptations,<br />resist his schemings,<br />renounce the world,<br />am valiant for the truth.<br /><br />Deepen in me a sense of my holy relationship to thee,<br />as spiritual bridegroom,<br />as Jehovah's fellow,<br />as sinners' friend.<br /><br />I think of thy glory and my vileness,<br />thy majesty and my meanness,<br />thy beauty and my deformity,<br />thy purity and my filth,<br />thy righteousness and my iniquity.<br /><br />Thou hast loved me everlastingly, unchangeably,<br />may I love thee as I am loved;<br /><br />Thou hast given thyself for me,<br />may I also give myself to thee;<br /><br />Thou hast died for me,<br />may I live to thee,<br />in every moment of my time,<br />in every movement of my mind,<br />in every pulse of my heart.<br /><br />May I never dally with the world and its allurements,<br />but walk by thy side,<br />listen to thy voice,<br />be clothed with thy graces,<br />and adorned with thy righteousness.<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />I want to confess to you that there is an element of pride in my heart as I post stuff like this. You know, this looks so spiritual and deep. Let me confess to you that reading these just causes me to worship my great Savior, Jesus Christ. When I read these I<em> want</em> to experience Jesus like these guys did deep within their being. Unfortunately, alot of times I just don't. I find myself more often than I'd like fighting sinfulness rather than basking in His greatness. I find myself wanting to want Him but struggling with this body of death in which I dwell (Rom 7:24). I teach the youth at our church that joy in Christ trumps the temptation that we experience in daily life. I teach that as we grow in Christ our joy in Him will eclipse the fleeting pleasures in this world and I believe that because I see it in Scripture. However the 1 and 1/2 feet of distance between my head and my heart often times seems as wide as the Grand Canyon. Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-49930467317736742672008-08-04T10:34:00.004-05:002008-08-04T10:59:18.416-05:00The Valley of VisionOk, so I've thought about buying a copy of "The Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions" for quite some time now. Well, last week I picked up a copy and I can say with confidence that these old dead guys of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries thought more deeply and lovingly about our great God and Savior than I ever will. I want to share one with you. Now let me warn you that these poems are in King James like language - don't be a sissy!!! I know it's not everyday language and I don't read out of the KJV either. Struggle through it, engage your mind and heart and you will be rewarded. May it cause you to worship!<br /><br />The Deeps<br /><br />Lord Jesus,<br />Give me a deeper repentance,<br /> a horror of sin,<br /> a dread of its approach;<br />Help me chastely to flee it,<br /> and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone.<br /><br />Give me a deeper trust,<br /> that I may lose myself to find myself in thee,<br /> the ground of my rest,<br /> the spring of my being.<br /><br />Give me a deeper knowledge of thyself<br /> as savior, master, lord and king.<br /><br />Give me deeper power in private prayer,<br /> more sweetness in thy Word,<br /> more steadfast grip on its truth.<br /><br />Give me deeper holiness in speech, thought, action,<br /> and let me not seek moral virtue apart from thee.<br /><br />Plough deep in me, great Lord, heavenly husbandman,<br /> that my being may be a tilled field.<br /> the roots of grace spreading far and wide,<br /> until thou alone art seen in me,<br /> thy beauty golden like summer harvest,<br /> thy fruitfulness as autumn plenty.<br /><br />I have no master but thee,<br /> no law but thy will,<br /> no delight but thyself,<br /> no wealth but that thou givest,<br /> no good but that thou blessest,<br /> no peace but that thou bestowest.<br /><br />I am nothing but that thou makest me,<br />I have nothing but that I receive from thee,<br />I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.<br /><br />Quarry me deep, dear Lord,<br /> and then fill me to overflowing with living water.B.J. Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412697542521862312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661556186858157074.post-54721246614891647262008-07-22T23:14:00.004-05:002008-12-10T00:28:58.450-06:00Sonogram images of Levi<div align="center">Well, we're a bit behind getting these posted since Christin had her sonogram in April. Anywho, here's 2 pics of Levi, one of his hand and one of his face.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYwPqWcVYkHyVy462taTON2GJ5Q-NenSTF5I6a2yZX25armZRj1zzUQC8L7UFpK7yvqc89n6YY3EYy1iuhgot8CsaaRWyJWB9zqjVP7TlRdAUArWEbTQHBOurtp00Lqtsh0H3mWUrO5PW/s1600-h/Levi+sonogram+hand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226058727032109458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYwPqWcVYkHyVy462taTON2GJ5Q-NenSTF5I6a2yZX25armZRj1zzUQC8L7UFpK7yvqc89n6YY3EYy1iuhgot8CsaaRWyJWB9zqjVP7TlRdAUArWEbTQHBOurtp00Lqtsh0H3mWUrO5PW/s320/Levi+sonogram+hand.jpg" border="0" /></a> "What's up guys?"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcCBxU8blZ_FuJoi4jfhDl4ggwVxqX-599Epw5haoLbo39FaENY-RHoU6i3TkJK3Ih0iNTinLIYDjJ8di8AfY2HZfTg-2NzijOQ8KlUdnNjMHNvV_LTtKp8aaQYFbGCMfU2jnHzWQfe3g/s1600-h/Levi+sonogram+face.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226058728107572882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcCBxU8blZ_FuJoi4jfhDl4ggwVxqX-599Epw5haoLbo39FaENY-RHoU6i3TkJK3Ih0iNTinLIYDjJ8di8AfY2HZfTg-2NzijOQ8KlUdnNjMHNvV_LTtKp8aaQYFbGCMfU2jnHzWQfe3g/s320/Levi+sonogram+face.jpg" border="0" /></a>I think this one looks kind of freaky but Christin said she wanted it on here....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>The Walters Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020127097470437168noreply@blogger.com5