The Gambler's scoreless innings streaked was halted at 31 last night. After gunning down two Astros at the plate in the first inning, Houston put a run on the board in the second. They would eventually plate three, but it wasn't nearly enough as Laynce Nix had a career-high six RBI's in propelling the Rangers to a 7-3 win.
Could someone explain this to me: Why is it that we are the home territory of the Rangers and Astros, yet on today's Fox national game of the week, we are subjected to the Cubs/White Sox game? Makes no sense.
Since the game isn't on the tube here, I would love to drive to Dallas this afternoon to catch the game. But with temperatures at 95 degrees today, I don't think my girls could hack it.
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Has anyone visiting this blog ever used the children's curriculum published by 252 Basics? Jimmy and I have been visiting that site this week and I am very impressed with the quality, content and layout of the curriculum. If someone has hands-on experience with this curriculum, shoot me an e-mail (jgardner@hsnp.com or jim@villagechurchofchrist.org) with your feedback.
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"If we with ink the ocean filled and were the skies of parchment made. Were every stalk on earth on a quill and every man a scribe by trade. To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole though stretched from sky to sky."
Tomorrow, in a message adapted from my sermon last week at Bentonville, we are going to look at the relentless love of God. So often, the pursuit of God is framed as our pursuit of Him. We typically hone in on verses like Isaiah 55.6: "Seek the LORD while He may be found." But Scripture paints a more compelling story - the story of a relentless God who pursues us for relationship. "I revealed myself to a people who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek Me" (Isaiah 63.1).
My hope is that through His Word, we will see God as "the hound of heaven" (as C.S. Lewis called God) who relentlessly, recklessly and even unreasonably pursues men and women for a love relationship.
