How Deep The Father's Love For Us!

I can't seem to get this song out of my head this morning so I am going to share it with all of you also. What an amazing thought about an amazing God. His love is deeper than we can ever imagine! Enjoy...

How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He would give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross
My guilt upon His shoulders
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no powr's, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

Life

In the blogging world, there are many types of writers. There are those that post up to the minute news announcements, these can be referred to as the Minutemen. Then you have those that post a daily dish of deep insight, you can call these Deep Thinkers. Of course, you can't forget the weekly update type, these go by the title Just-The-Fact'ers. Then you have people like me--The Oh-Yeah-I-Forgot-I-Have-A-Blog'ers. Yes, it really has been since April since I've posted anything at all. Wow.

Brief update:

•I was married in April to my wonderful wife, Aubrie. I know, it's hard to believe she actually said "Yes!" God really gave me what I needed in a wife! She has been a huge blessing and is a big help and encouragement to me each day.

•In June the Lord finally came through with a job that I have really been enjoying since. I have been working under the Public Health system, working with Hispanic families with special needs children. This job definitely fits the bill for what was necessary for us to continue working at Lighthouse Baptist Church as Spanish Pastor ( www.ibelfaro.wordpress.com ), and has actually taught me many things about ministering to people, organization, Hispanic culture and life. I have the great opportunity to share my faith on nearly a daily basis with people, both coworkers and clients' families. Not to mention the hours are wonderful. Thanks, God!

•In August--on my birthday no less--my wife broke the news to me that we are expecting!! We are thrilled that God has counted us faithful and worthy to be parents, and we ask Him daily to give us the wisdom to be the parents we need to be. We actually found out yesterday that we are having a GIRL! Praise the name of Jesus! I'll (try to) keep you updated with how this is going.

•In October we celebrated our Third Anniversary in the Spanish Church, Iglesia Bautista El Faro in Dawsonville, GA. It is hard to believe that time has flown by as quick as it has. I suppose that this is life in general -- just a vapor. We had a wonderful service with around 30 people in attendance and a great day at the park afterward. God has continued to bless our efforts and we are seeing new visitors almost on a weekly basis. You can keep up with what is going on at the church at my other blog, ibelfaro.wordpress.com . It is in Spanish, but I'll be posting pictures there too--those can easily span the gap if you don't know too much of the language.

•November has been a great month for us as well. Aubrie is doing well in her pregnancy and is not quite as queezy as she was during the first few months. Keep praying for us as we continue this awesome journey called life, and now with our new little passenger along the way.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the life of the Vances. Maybe the next post will be sometime before the baby is born in April. ;-)

May Christ Be Magnified,
Aaron Vance
Philippians 1:20-12