What Super Bowl?

Since I'm not overly interested in watching the "big game" today, I spent some time working on my site. I did watch the first quarter, but had to bring my son home to go to bed. He wasn't really interested either. So while the rest of my family was at church enjoying the game, I had some nice RARE quiet time at home doing my favorite pasttime. If you'd like to check out the newest additions to my site, go to the "Hallin" page and look under Olof Jönsson and Christina Andersdotter. You should see some new links there to some very old documents that I posted. The birth record for Christina Andersdotter is from 1778! It always amazes me that the pages from the books that old haven't turned to dust.

On a different topic.....I read Me, Myself, and Bob on Friday. Yes, it was so good that I read it all in one day! It is about Phil Vischer, the rise and fall of Big Idea, and God. If you aren't familiar with Phil Vischer or Big Idea, think VeggieTales. And if you aren't familiar with VeggieTales, I cannot help you. You have been living under a rock for the last 10 years! Once you crawl out you can see Bob the Tomato and Larry the cucumber at www.bigidea.com . Anyways....I read the whole book on Friday and it was so captivating. I don't usually plow through books like that anymore, at least not since college. The beginning of the book is interesting and funny. He spends a lot of time talking about his childhood and then about building Big Idea. If you are interested in computer animation you will just looooove all of the technical stuff in there. If not, just read it. There is no pop quiz, after all. The last couple of chapters is the "what have we learned" section of the book. I was surprised at how God hit me between the eyes with this part. After all, I am a stay at home mom, not a CEO of a multimillion dollar company~how could it possibly relate to me? Well, that's why I was so caught off guard. He talks about how our dreams can be idols, even dreams that are honorable. His dream was to be a Christian "Walt Disney" and provide Christian, quality entertainment for families~ entertainment with a purpose. There is nothing wrong with that dream! But there is a huge problem when we hang on to that dream and not to God. I realized that I have a dream, too. My dream is for my son to be healed. There is nothing wrong with wanting your child to be healthy! But there is a problem when you want that more than you desire God. I wouldn't have admitted that before, but I can see that I need to let that dream die. Maybe God will bring that dream back to life, maybe He won't. But that is God's choice. He has had a plan for me since before I was born and I need to worry about listening and obeying. Right now, that plan is for me to care for my disabled son until further notice. It does mean that I am not able to help my husband with his ministry as much as I think I should, but that is for God to worry about. Not me.
God spoke to me through Phil Vischer's book, so I reread the last part on Saturday night.
The really weird thing happened at church this morning. For Sunday School this morning someone brought in a DVD from the Bible conference at Lake Okoboji~and it was Phil Vischer speaking about the same stuff from his book. I felt like God was giving me a review, in case I didn't get it all the first and second time. In case I had any doubts that He was speaking to ME. I love how God works. He's so awesome.