Another long, but full and fun Sunday. We headed off to church this morning like usual. Thankfully my sinus medication kicked in around the time we arrived at church and I wasn't too bad off the rest of the day. The message was great, again. :) We were in Ephesians 2 which talks about God's saving grace and how no man (or woman, for that matter) has grounds to boast about salvation or the good works that stem from it....its all God. Even our response to His call is not of ourselves because He was the one initiating it all along. Peter brought up a good point. He said that those who are not believers sin out of ignorance of God's requirements. But for those who are aware of what God desires and also what He calls sin, when we sin, we do it with a high hand, or basically a fist in God's face. Wow...I'd never thought about it that way.
I was able to serve with our little children today. Our church is still small and so all the children ages 0-4 share half of a room. There are a few pictures in the slideshow below of some of the children. You may notice a picture of Bekah playing with Mr. Victor. Bekah always asks him "Where's your hair???" She's pretty forward that way. This afternoon our fellowship held a baptism and I was sorry I was not able to attend. One of our high school girls got baptized and I would have loved to have witnessed that.
After church we came home and had lunch. Then Dad stopped by to deliver Jose's birthday present and visit for a while. And what a fabulous present it is!! New golf clubs!!! Jose was so excited that a couple hours ago he went back to the driving range. I think he'll become a regular now. You're the best, Dad!
In the later afternoon Jose's sister, Monica, came over with her family. We love them so much and don't get to see them nearly enough. They live in the high desert and with all of our busy lives, our visits aren't often enough. We all went to our family favorite...pho. Leti and Angie joined us and we even had our favorite waiter, Coongh. We moved on to ice cream for dessert next door and then had to end our visit with Monica and her family. Leti and Angie came back to the house to visit while Jose went to the driving range. We had good coversation and a good time figuring stuff out on our blog templates.
We're so blessed with our families. Life isn't always peaches n cream and sometimes the grass does seem greener on the other side, but when it comes to family and friends, we couldn't ask for better.
1 comment:
I loved spending time with the family too. It was good to see the Flores family, it had been a while since I'd seen them. Thanks for the invite to enjoy some "Pho noodles", as Bek would say. Pho, as always, was yummy! And seeing Bek with blue/green mouth was hilarious. Time at the table was invigorating. And of course, working on the blogs was very educating. Wonderful memories being made...thank you Jesus!
Post a Comment