Silas Samuel West was born to Zach and Sarah West yesterday afternoon at 1:31 weighing in at 7lbs 8oz.
Silas is welcomed by big brother Elijah.

Please pray for Silas, who aspirated meconium, probably during labor sometime, and had to be transferred to the NICU at shands hospital. He is currently sedated and intubated while he processes the meconium, which could take a week or could lead to complications that would mean more intervention and time in the ICU. He is perfectly healthy apart from the serious lung problem.

Unnumbered comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.

Sunday the passage in Philippians 3 pointed us to the reality that our dying to ourselves creates life for others. This article by Dane Ortlund captures well the way that this can look in our relationship with others.

All day long, words are flowing out of us. Passing another and saying hello in the hallway at work, chatting over lunch, greeting our spouse at the end of the day, tucking a child in with a good night story, speaking with a salesperson at Best Buy, talking on the phone while driving. We also use words without employing the larynx: emails, tweets, Facebook comments, handwritten notes stuck on the fridge. Even in this article I am using words: Are they bringing life?

In the hurricane of words that make up any given day, how do we walk in wisdom such that our words inject sanity, calm, and life rather than destruction? In two ways.

First, by saying nothing.

Second, by saying something.

Read the whole thing.

I just sat in on a planning meeting of the team that leads our ministry to youth. Great group who are zealous for Christ and to see Him adored and followed by middle and high school students. You WILL be hearing more from them in weeks to come.

Joey Roberts, Steven Eicholtz, Angela White, Tori Jacobs, Anthony D’Augustino

Tomorrow we will sing together
Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

Here’s a great 2 minute bio on the author, Robert Robinson

http://youtu.be/sg5m7f5iUAU