Woke Up To Storms..................................................................
The morning began with thunderstorms........Fritz wasn't too happy about going outside, but we managed sort of in between rumblings of thunder. Soon, the clouds cleared out and the sun is now here and it is very beautiful outside. I've opened up my windows and back door off the deck. Hardly any wind blowing....I LOVE it! I noticed for our next four day forecast....all thunderstorms, so hoping they will be like today. They will come in and go out fast.
We had a wonderful Ladies Bible Study last night. This one will be our last one until September......normally we have one more in May, but this May is just extremely busy, so decided to pick up where we left off next fall. We are studying a lesson on Prayer......it has been very good for us, indeed. Many things we knew but needed reminding....some things we tend to overlook......some things we needed our hearts pricked by the Holy Spirit about......& lots of good discussion. Last nights lesson was all about husbands & children.......we had much discussion about both. Some ladies have a hard time dealing with the "submission" part.......& it's really hard to teach to children because of how today's media portrays husbands and fathers has "bumbling idiots" to be laughed at rather than strong roll models to their families. Or....because there are so many single mother's raising children today. Think about it.......have you seen any shows at all on today's television such as "Father Knows Best"? There is "Leave It To Beaver" as well as "The Andy Griffith show.....but where do you see that in any of today's drama or comedy shows. & it's been this way for quite some time now. Some may ask, "What does this have to do with Prayer?" The answer is "lots" because children learn a lot by the examples placed before them......they should have some strong spiritual male roll models in there lives....men who aren't afraid to be "humble";"have a giving spirit";"who aren't afraid to pray anytime or anywhere if the need arises";"who will take them aside & teach them about God's love" & so on.
Sunday morning's service was awesome.....we got to see God's Love in action........I am not going to go in to detail.....it was a picture of the "prodigal son" portrayed by someone today......a young man who had "fallen" & was "restored" (I have never witnessed a WHOLE church get up out of their pews in the middle of the sermon and go forward and hug the young man and tell him they loved him and was there for him).....what a picture of the heavenly Father's Love for us.......even when we have done wrong.......awesome!
Well......my day is slowly getting away from me here......I'm trying to get some laundry done up so I can get Roger packed....he has to head to Kansas tomorrow for some business the rest of the week. Which works out great for me since a new book arrived yesterday and I am really "restraining" myself from diving right into it until he is gone. (smile) It's the third book in a series I started reading a while back that deals with the Indians, Slaves, leading up to the Civil War and this one Christian family living in Maryland who will end up having sons fighting on both sides....they actually freed their slaves and told them if they would stay with them, they would be paid & treated fairly with better housing, taught to read & write as well as other education of which they had to do all in secret as well as allowed to have church. Also, they eventually became a part of the Underground Railroad on the way to the North. I really love this author because of his historical facts.......I learned quite a lot more about the Indians & how they were treated than our history books taught us in school. Anyhow.....I am now off to pursue other things........I do hope everyone enjoys the rest of the day and I will leave you with something I saw on a church sign not far from here....................................
A church is a hospital for sinners......not a museum for the saints!.
