What's in a name...

Springer is reading through Revelation right now, and he came upon some very interesting verses this morning in chapter 21...

10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb...

18The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.
22I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

How cool is that? I didn't know we had given our pup a heavenly name! We actually named our little pup (who is not so little anymore!) after Jasper, Georgia, home of Sharp Top Cove.

I especially like verses 23-27. Reminds me of 1 John 1:5...
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

T M I

Last night we were all sitting on the couch... well, Springer and I were sitting, Jasper was crawling all over the place. [Brace yourself, Mom, this is kind of inappropriate.] All of the sudden Jasper farted. What makes the story funnier is that he then looked around as if to blame one of us for the funny smell that had just entered his nose. Ha!

Rascal

Sometimes I call Jasper "Rascal", and today he definitely lived up to that nickname. He stays in his crate in the kitchen while we are at work. When Springer came home for lunch today, he discovered that Jasper had pulled down a blanket that was covering the top of his crate. A Ziploc bag of his treats sat on top of the blanket, so when he pulled the blanket down into his crate, he received a bag full of treats! I wish I could have seen his face when he got the treats! He probably thought "Jackpot!" What a rascal!

13 Weeks and 22 Pounds

11 Weeks

Christmas Playlist

Earlier this month Springer and I put together a CD of our favorite Christmas songs. We put all of our Christmas CD's on iTunes and picked out our favorite of each carol, except for O Holy Night and O Come All Ye Faithful, which we couldn't pick just one! Here's the list... enjoy! And if you're looking for a new Christmas CD, these albums are great!

1. O Holy Night - "Joy" - Ed Cash, Allen Levi, Bebo Norman
2. O Come All Ye Faithful - "Christmas Offerings" - Third Day
3. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus - "Silent Night" - Red Mountain Church
4. Joy to the World - "Joy" - Ed Cash, Allen Levi, Bebo Norman
5. Do You Hear What I Hear - "Christmas Offerings" - Third Day
6. Silent Night - "Glory In the Highest (A Christmas Album)" - Shane and Shane
7. Little Drummer Boy - "Joy" - Ed Cash, Allen Levi, Bebo Norman
8. What Child Is This - "Silent Night" - Red Mountain Church
9. Angels We Have Heard on High - "Christmas Offerings" - Third Day
10. Go Tell It on the Mountain - "Joy" - Ed Cash, Allen Levi, Bebo Norman
11. Born to Die - "Glory In the Highest (A Christmas Album)" - Shane and Shane
12. The First Noel - "Christmas Offerings" - Third Day
13. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - "Christmas: From the Realms of Glory" - Bebo Norman
14. O Come Let Us Adore Him - "Glory In the Highest (A Christmas Album)" - Shane and Shane 15. Come and Worship - "Christmas: From the Realms of Glory" - Bebo Norman
16. Away in a Manger - "Christmas Offerings" - Third Day
17. O Come All Ye Faithful - "Silent Night" - Red Mountain Church
18. O Holy Night - "Glory In the Highest (A Christmas Album)" - Shane and Shane
19. Born to Bleed - "Joy" - Ed Cash, Allen Levi, Bebo Norman

10 Weeks Old... 15 & 1/2 Pounds!

Still growing!