Life

Our daughter Aliza was born! Praise God! What an amazing experience it was for me. On Sunday, January 17th, and 6:51am, when her little body was birthed and I heard her first cry, I was amazed and in awe of this miracle! Formed from a few tiny cells, now 9 months later in my arms as a little person. Wow! Watching her movements, her facial expressions, hearing her sounds, and everything else about her is an extraordinary experience. Now, it is 11 days after her birth, and she is growing fast. As far as parenting, it is a big initial adjustment to your routine. Aliza has slept through her first full night yesterday, and we are grateful. She now usually will not cry when her diaper is changed. I noticed that she wants to start and tries holding her bottle. I am excited to continue learning about her and to watch her grow.

How to study the Bible Brief history Canon of the Old Testament was settled 70 years before Jesus Christ birth as man. /lot of details here. Ill insert a link to an mp3 of the study. / Tips: Don't do: Don't pull verses out at random. Don't read verses out of context. Don't start at Genesis. In opinion, start at a Gospel and Acts of the Apostles. If you want to start a prophetic book, read Jeremiah. Don't let Chapters fool you, because a thought may flow from chapter to chapter. Don't use Bibles with headings for chapters. They are merely there for copyrightability of the text. To Do: Pray before you read Read whole books at a time. Read letters in whole once, without understanding most, then go and reread. Don't try to look for hidden meanings. Look for the plain sense of the text. New King James version is good translation. Good concordance. Can help teach meanings of words. Good interlinear Bible, with Greek and Hebrew texts side by side. Vines Expositary ...

A few months ago, I had a vision of December 28, 7:40PM to 7:48PM (2009). I believed that this was the time our first child will be born. When the time was nearing to a few hours away, we were thinking that the labor will be quick, since it has not begun. The labor did not start anytime before, though. It started exactly at 7:48PM. Jessica had contractions, and they lasted for 2 hours. Then they stopped. As of today, the baby has not been born yet, but the experience of this vision was awesome.

Jessica and I spent some time together today to pray about and talk about Vision 2010. In this vision, we shared our goals for this new year, and how we will go about accomplishing them. For example, I set a goal to devote more and more time to God, and I will accomplish this by spending time with God at breakfast and before bed. Another goal I have is to have a regular exercise regimen that I would stick to. I will accomplish this by doing cardio or strength training 3 times a week; not too much, not too little. I encourage you to set goals for this year. Goals that will grow you as a servant of God and a husband or wife or son or daughter. You can limit the list of goals, as I have done, to ten. Then ask God for strength and perseverence to accomplish those goals. May God bless you, Krzysztof Miszczak

'Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.' Jonah 2:8 Idols are mp3 players, people, games, tv, phones, books, sports, and anything else that is put before God. Whether you need to relax or just want to spend your 'free time', and you go to these things first, you might be idolizing these things.

Spending time with God Take walks with God - see how God reveals Himself. Tea time with God - time with God in the middle of the day, in conversation, or quiet. Just like having a conversation with a friend. Look around you, slow down, and see all God's blessings. May God bless you, Krzysztof Miszczak

...and it flees fast. The time between my posts here is too long. I should be doing this every week, and I get too busy. I'm sorry. Exciting news: Jessica, my wife, will soon give birth to our child. It's amazing to see how life "becomes". This testifies so clearly of God's wonder and mystery. I am in awe of Him and I marvel at His ways.