Well, I've had a cancellation for the last appointment of the day and I am heading out the door to go a box or two before church tonight. (Moving is not my hobby but you would think so as often as I have done it lately.) But I have developed an enjoyment of looking through memory boxes of my kids! We had some great times watching them grow up! And we didn't even know how much fun we were having! Time to reflect can be such a blessing!
Tonight I am teaching our class from Luke 5. Now don't you know these were some events for reflection in years to come!
"Hey John! Remember when our boats were filled up with Jesus' catch! I'll never forget the looks on everyone's faces when we walked after the Lord and they had to clean all those fish! We laughed so hard we cried! Boy, that Jesus was the partier, huh? Remember the laughter and hugging that He did when He finally got to touch that leper! Don't you just know that God had been waiting forever to get His holy hands on him and tell he was CLEAN! And do you remember the time we were in that house listening to Jesus teach and began to feel like Chicken Little! The sky began to fall - IN THE HOUSE! Jesus was cracking up at those four guys finding an incredible way to get their buddy at His holy feet to be healed! What about the party at Matthew's house! Loud - now, those tax collectors knew how to eat and party-down! Even those ol' Pharisees and scribes began to gather to see what was going on. They could hear Jesus' laughter from the street! They knew He was in there! and they didn't like it one bit! They started asking us questions when we went outside - they were trying so hard to intimidate us! Remember their horror when Jesus came out and began answering their questions before we had to!!! He started telling them about how we HAD to party - something about wineskins. So funny!"
May we join the disciples reflecting on how God has been such a faithful, healing, cleansing, joy-filling God to follow! I just love that about Him!
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4 comments:
I love thinking about God's faithfulness!!
Can't wait to get you and Dad into your new house!
Congrats on the new house! So many new things in your new life!! Your posts make me a little envious of Decatur! Tell Heather(Seniker) Baker I said Hello!
Melanie, I miss you so much! Thank you for your sweet words. We do love it here! Please come see us! I will tell Heather. She is a precious! I LOVE her!
I'm so glad you are finally getting to close the final chapter of an awful book. We are super happy you have found a house and it sounds beautiful. I'm glad to hear about all the wonderful things happening in your life. God has really been faithful through it all, and you guys have blessed so many because of your faithfulness through the past year or so.
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