For those of you who still xanga....we're still waiting fo rour little boy to be born!

He is due June 8th, but we just have this feeling that he's coming early!  Christy is about to explode, every pound she's gained in this pregnancy is on her belly.  You seriously can't even tell she's pregnant from behind.  Our youth get a kick out of that!  We'll update when the litte guy is born!

Meanwhile, we've started a new blog:  It's :

http://justinandchristywyatt.blogspot.com/

See ya,

  So I thought that maybe after a month I would update.  I'm a slacker.

Life is crazy busy, but it's a busy wonderful!  Right now life is consumed with baby prep.  I tell you what, this baby's a lot of work, and he's not here yet!  And of course, people are so full of advice!  It kind of reminds me of being single and how everyone tells you that you aren't really living yet because you aren't married....well now it's oh you're not really living yet until you have children...and I'm sure in years to come it will be you're not really living until you have grandchildren...

well, I'm coming to the conclusion that we're not really living until we're dead!  Paul says that to be absent from the body is to be in the presence of Christ.  In Him we have full life.  So I think I'm trying to focus on living with Christ, becuase that's where 'living' comes from. 

In Greek we've been working through the sermon on the mount..and a verse just came to life for me.

Matthew 5:3 - Blessed are the the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven...the phrase poor in spirit always was a booger to me.  I never really understood what it meant, and I don't really remmeber a whole lot of explanation on it...but a really good literal meaning of it translated could be:  Blessed are the one's who know they need God...or blessed are the one's who know they are powerless.  So that's where I'm trying rest; learnin that I am powerless, realizing nothing good is in me ((Rom 7:18) and that I desperately need Jesus.

Closing out with some fun pics from our 'baby-moon' to San Fransisco and northern California...if you've never visited this place..it gets by uber recommendation! 

The GG Bridge                                           In the City

Chinatown                                                The bluffs on the coast

The sunset over the Pacific...taken from our room at the Bed and Breakfast.  I could get used to lying in bed and watching the sunset

Hope all is well with you folks.  We went to the doctor yesterday...and we're having a boy!

Here are some pics from the ultasound!

Here's his little profile with his hand up by his head

His footprint

How they knew it was a boy!...

Another profile..

Smile...he's looking right at you!

Currently Reading What Jesus Demands from the World By John Piper see related

Happy Birthday to the most amazing woman in the world...my wife! (and my baby's momma)

I thought all the weird crazy techno remixes of old songs was a phenomon of gyms Korea....like the remix of Itsy Bitsy Teeny.....Bikini...but apparently its taking over american gyms too...this morning...it was a total remix of that 80's Dirty Dancing Hit, Hungry Eyes....it just didn't work

            In recent weeks several news stories followed the details of different rescue attempts.  One story followed several hikers lost in the snowy mountains.  Another story was of attempts to rescue a father who was missing after he attempted to rescue his family lost in the snow.  Just last week another rescue occurred, this time of people caught in their cars after an avalanche.  Some of these rescue attempts were successful, while others sadly were not. 

            Can you imagine the plight of those who needed rescuing?  Imagine the feeling of being utterly vulnerable.   Conceive the thought of being trapped in a place where you are helpless to obtain your own safety.  Picture yourself lost, utterly helpless, and unable to get to safety.  Envision needing rescue.

            What you have just imagined is a perfect picture of our sin.  We are lost in it. Not just kind of lost, like when you have taken a wrong turn.  Utterly lost.  Helpless.  Hopeless.  There is nothing we can do to get out.  Our best efforts leave us short and only more ensnared. 

            Colossians 1:13  For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. 

            How beautiful is the truth of this verse.  Amazing love and divine compassion rescued us, pulled us out and redeemed us.  We were so profoundly in need of rescue, and through Christ, we have been so profoundly rescued.  This truth is our joy.  This truth is our hope.  This truth should cause our hearts to rejoice and to join with all of heaven singing “Glory in highest to our great king!” 

            When we lose sight of our rescue, our lives become out of focus.  Our faith and subsequent obedience is not about trying really hard.  It is not about duty.  It is about compulsion.  Because God is so great, His love is so wonderful, His grace so profound; because He has rescued us when we didn’t deserve rescue and we certainly could not have rescued ourselves; because of these things, we lovingly, willingly, and passionately give our lives to Him.  This understanding is when our faith stops becoming obligation and becomes a joyous delight.  Rejoice in your rescue!