our latest photos

You are invited to view Joel's photo gallery.

View Joel's Gallery

Proverbs 17

1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue. Watch who you are listening to

5 He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

6 Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

7 Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

8 A bribe (gift) is a charm to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

9 He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

10 A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool. Don’t’ fight it and get defensive (or worse – attack)

11 An evil man is bent only on rebellion; a merciless official will be sent against him.

12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

13 If a man pays back evil for good,
evil will never leave his house.

14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

15 Acquitting the guilty & condemning the innocent- the LORD detests them both.

16 Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom? Use wealth to gain wisdom

17 A (true) friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

18 A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

19 He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.

20 A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

21 To have a fool for a son brings grief;
there is no joy for the father of a fool.

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

23 A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

24 A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

25 A foolish son brings grief to his father & bitterness to the one who bore him.

26 It is not good to punish an innocent man, or to flog officials for their integrity.

27 A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered.

28 Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. The y had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

Finally fed up, God said, 'THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job.'

So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.

They moused.

They faxed.

They e-mailed.

They e-mailed with attachments.

They downloaded.

They did spreadsheets!

They wrote reports.

They created labels and cards.

They created charts and graphs.

They did some genealogy reports

They did every job known to man.

Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.

Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off.

Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld.

Jesus just sighed.

Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming:

'It's gone! It's all GONE! 'I lost everything when the power went out!'

Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work.

Satan observed this and became irate.

'Wait!' he screamed. 'That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?'

God just shrugged and said,

JESUS SAVES

Beautiful San Diego

We just got back from our 1st trip since Noah was born. We went and visited friends in San Diego and we had a wonderful time. We stayed with Heather and we got to meet Jackson. I think he is officially the best baby we have seen. He never cries, never fusses, and rarely even poops. He is a cutie for sure! He is smiling and jumping like crazy in his "Johny Jump Up". There is so much to look forward with with Noah.

We headed down early Friday morning and went to the Wild Animal Park. It was a beautiful, cool morning and we had an awesome time. The Lion exhibit had seven new cubs and we also saw a 2 day old giraffe. After the park we had lunch with Kayla and then went and say our friends at Media All Stars and Bamboo Salon.

On Saturday we went to the home and garden show and hung out with Tim and Alicia. Alicia was struggling with a little morning sickness, but she toughed it out and came to see us. Later that afternoon I played tennis with Matt and Terry. On Sunday we went to CBC and saw a lot of our friends there. We got to meet Dennis and Amy's new baby (he is going to be a football player for sure) and we found out the Krista was pregnant as well - So many babies!!