Funny Sweet Good Deep

Two very different boys. At the bookstore, John gets a dictionary, and now we sit down together and learn how to use it to look up words. I mean, this is what we have spent time doing this weekend.

Joseph chose a “Smart Lab” voice changer. So we sat down, put the wires together, went to the store to get a battery, and came back and made scary voices and alien voices. And Joe learned you can burp through it. Luckily, he did not take John’s suggestion about what to do next.

I noticed that on my prayer bench is a toy. Joe put it there for me. Makes sense—you have fun in prayer.

We had 110 tonight, so Bill was right—end of the month, cold day (freezing rain). Came down for grilled cheese and chicken noodle. Preached Wesley’s sermon, “Salvation By Faith.” Like I said before—preaching to the unchurched, to people burnt out on religion, or who have not been to church in forever—Wesley’s sermons are it. Just freshen it up and you’re in. Two came forward at the altar call. One guy still seeking Jesus, another young woman responding in faith for the first time.

They are definitely singing a lot more, with more enthusiasm. Barb does a good job playing loud early. Then they get the tune and she softens up and they can hear themselves.

Sunday School. We started Sunday School at the Rock. We hadn’t had much and we knew we needed a place for discipleship and small groups. We have over 50 in 7 classes, and we expect to need more classes. Wow, to think we thought we’d be happy with 3 classes and 10 in each class. Dream big. Better yet, let God send you what He wants.

In Sunday School this past weekend, we were studying the tabernacle. Rosanna said that if the tabernacle, all of the time and money they put into it, if it was meant to reconcile humans to God, shouldn’t our tabernacle be about that same task? We all just had to sit there and soak that in.