Encouraged this morning by Ole Abe Lincoln. I thought this was a great quote:
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work ;we are in. -Abraham Lincoln
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (New International Version)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Funny thing is KJV uses the Word Charity for Love. Abe got that and we should as well.
We are going to post pics on Twitter sometime during the day (Everyday) until Nov 3rd. If you are the first to RT with the correct answer you win. If you win we will send you the new CD.
Happy guessing.
Our first winner was today:
Congrats Mat Alexander from Louisville KY!
We are getting close to CD time.
Shane and I are gearing up for the release tour as well as the Christmas run with Phil Wickham and Bethany.
As we have been brainstorming about what kind of pre-release incentive to offer I had a thought.
Let me know what you guys think:
I am wanting to give away Shane B’s first Taylor Guitar. As you can imagine Shane B is concerned. It would basically go like this: if you pre order the new record on Shaneandshane.com we will put your name in a hat and in a live video drawing we would draw a name at 12am nov 3rd revealing the winner.
He or she would then get the guitar the next day via fed ex.
He is not wanting to do it and he needs some encouragement. Let us know if you think think that is a good idea?
This just hit me in a cool way this morning. The fill the whole universe part.
We serve a very large God and to think he knows us all by name. Mind-blowing!
If ya have a problem today know this: Your God is BIG!
Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.
Howdy all,
In the studio trying to finish the new record. We are getting close and that feels pretty good. We will try to send a few vids this week.
God bless.
SE
Well we are back in Dallas for a few days. As you can see from the pics from our safari we had some exciting moments.
We also had some really touching ones.
We got a chance to meet a child named Emmanuel Tembo that Shane B has been sponsoring through World Vision for about 10 years.
It was an amazing experience. His family was so grateful, but we where the ones who were truly blessed.
As we walked around villages with thatched roofs and hand formed brick walled houses we were given a glimpse into a simpler place.
A place where people in a community really need each other to survive. A place where long conversations with the family living next door is the perfect night out.
I have never known a place like that in my urban sprawl but, it was amazing to see here in Zambia. Imagine a life with no gismos or gadgets to occupy and entertain us the 18 hours a day we have to consume. We might actually have to talk to someone, ahhhhh!!!! I know I am being a bit over dramatic but it really was an amazing glimpse into the lives of people full of joy and hope. Joy and hope in a place that to us looks utterly hopeless. Make no mistake, they need help, training, education, and medicine but they have love and each other. The way life has been happening for thousands of years with no prime time TV, no 24 (I love Jack Bauer!). Anyway, our trip was amazing and I recommend going. See the world if you can, go and tell the good news to all people, all nations, you might just get a great God glorifying picture of Christ’s beloved!
We sure did, God bless,
SE
