Well it’s been a while since I’ve blogged so I wanted to bring everyone up to date on the life of the Lopers and share a few things that Andrea & I are so thankful for.
Even with times that are challenging financially as I search for full-time employment God keeps providing. Andrea & I have so much to be thankful for. We are thankful that God has provided freelance hours for me during these past several months while I’m looking for employment and Andrea is out on maternity leave.
I am so thankful for the way God is moving at C3 Church. We have so many people coming to know and depend on Christ during these trying times. I am so thankful to be a part of the Management Team that God is using to impact the community.
And last but certainly not least we are so thankful for our new little son Dallas. Obviously with Dallas celebrating his 10 week birthday today he has been keeping Mom & Dad pretty busy but he has been the bright spot in our challenging year. At 10 weeks he is wearing 6 month old clothing. As of last Wednesday he is 14 lbs, 10 oz and 25.3 (over 2 ft tall!) inches long. Dallas is totally off the charts for height & weight. It could be that his grandfather (Andrea’s Dad) is 6.5′ and his great grandfather was close to 7′ tall so we think he might have the tall gene.
So a mixed bag of good and challenging but God has been very good to us and as long as we have Him and family we will be fine!
Now consider yourself updated!
The Mandisa Song, “He Is With You” is an incredible song of encouragement. Here are the lyrics:
HE IS WITH YOU
There’s a time to live
And a time to die
There’s a time to laugh
And a time to cry
There’s a time for war
And a time for peace
There’s a hand to hold
In the worst of these
He is with you when your faith is dead
And you can’t even get out of bed
Or your husband doesn’t kiss you anymore
He is with you when your baby’s gone
And your house is still,
And your heart’s a stone
Cryin’ God, what’d You do that for
He is with you
There’s a time for yes
And a time for no
There’s a time to be angry
And a time to let it go
There is a time to run
And a time to face it
There is love to see you
Through all of this
He is with you in the conference room
When the world is coming down on you
And your wife and kids don’t know you anymore
He is with you in the ICU
When the doctors don’t know what to do
And it scares you to the core
He is with you
We may weep for a time
But joy will come in the morning
The morning light
He is with you when your kids are grown
When there’s too much space
And you feel alone
And you’re worried if you
got it right or wrong
Yes He is with you
when you’ve given up on ever finding your true love
Someone who feels like home
He is with you
When nothing else is left
And you take your final breath
He is with you
Filed under: Family
Words can not begin to describe the last 4 days of my life. My incredible, handsome little boy came in to the world on 10:45pm on Sunday, September 20, 2009. I thank God that He took care of my beautiful wife as she labored for 26hrs to push Dallas Isaiah Loper in to the world. I thank God that He protected my little man as he made his way into our lives. Thank you Lord for your blessings of new life!
DALLAS ISAIAH LOPER
The Delivery Dream Team!
The best wife & mom, ever!
My Family!
Filed under: Church, Pop Culture | Tags: C3 Church, Churches, Orlando Sentinel, Strip Malls
Listen y’all. I am so proud to be a church that is making an impact in our city! Check out this front page article about C3 Church in the Orlando Sentinel on Saturday!
Strip Malls Get Saved By Churches!
God if you won’t take me over it then give me the strength to get through.
If you won’t take me around it then help me bear up under.
If you won’t take me out of it then help me stand.
Because I know your desired result is not what is at the end of it.
Your desire is who I become through the process.
By: Darrell Loper
Filed under: Personal, Politics, Pop Culture | Tags: Angry Constituents, Arlen Specter, Health Care Bill, Kathleen Sebelius
There needs to be change & it’s in the Congress of the United States of America!
I don’t blog as much anymore but I am not alone. It has been 15 days since my last blog but I believe that I along with everyone else has been hit by a hurricane that has wiped out our blogging. I think that hurricane’s name is “Twitter”. We still are blogging but it is now done in 150 characters or less. I believe it’s not because we don’t want to blog and share our thoughts. I just think it’s easier and faster to jot down a quick blurb about our lives every so often during the day. I also think it’s more spontaneous than blogging. When you blog you really have to organize thoughts and then put them in writing. With Twitter all you have to do is to post what you are thinking at the moment. No thinking about it, no organization required. We are also living in such a fast paced, quick world that our free time is less and less so tweeting is far more preferrable.
So as much as I tweet, I hope that blogging doesn’t go away completely. I love them both. Although I might not blog as much, I tweet all the time. So I promise to try to find time to blog a little more, but in the meantime follow me on Twitter. My Twitter ID is darrellloper. So see you on Twitter and on every once in a while on WordPress. So, where have all the blogs gone?
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Marine, Thanks, United States Marine Corps, Valor, War in Afghanistan
After seeing this picture of a Marine barely escaping his death in Afghanistan. I once again realize how our military continues to confront evil to protect the freedoms we enjoy. Even though the war is winding down in Iraq; the war is getting more intense in Afghanistan. So please, please continue to pray for our troops and thank you to every man and woman that serves their country so valiantly!
July 13: A Marine of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade runs to safety moments after an IED blast in Garmsir district of Helmand Province in Afghanistan (AFP).
Use what you have. What could God use, that he’s already given you, to help you today?
If you’re focused on what you don’t have, you can’t see what you do have… What has God blessed you with that you’ve overlooked?
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