Steve was ready to go when I was and I was able to get my hair and make-up done. I love mornings like that, no fuss. So we headed to the church so that I could go to Coffee Talk (a women's bible study held the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month). I got there in time to choose my seat, get a coffee and chit chat with some of the ladies. The lession was about how important it is not to let ideas of unhappiness enter into our marriages, not to let that "grass is greener on the other side" thought enter our marriage. We all know someone who has felt that way for sure.
While I was in Coffee Talk Steve was doing some more work on the car. He managed to get all the spark plugs replaced and then come in and have some time to chill and hang out and wait for Coffee Talk to be over. He got the car working so good, it doesn't have a studder anymore and it starts up really well.
So then after Coffee Talk I went to a friends house to have my hair dyed. She did an awesome job on it, I just love it! While I was standing around with 10 pounds of foil on my head, Mindy fed Allie some spagetti-o's. Allie loved them as you can see! It was nice to get my hair done and hang out with a friend at the same time. Steve poked around in the car for a little bit and even Mindy's husband joined him for a little bit.
After my hair was finished we headed over to the church for the College and Career bible study group. I wasn't sure what to expect because it used to be led by Scott, the worship leader and we would break up into small groups and go over an outlined study. Steve and I haven't been in quite a while and knew that there were some changes happening so it was exciting to experience it as a new thing and meet some new people. We started it out by playing a game much like "Rock, Paper, Sizzers" but it was "Man, Monkey, Gun". Man beats Gun because Man made gun and Gun beat Monkey because Monkey would be dead, and Monkey beat Man because that's just how it is. We were supposed to play until only one person was standing, I think some people sat down after only one round, but anyway I won. Scott said my prize was a carrot, how kind of him. I guess that Pastor Terry and Pastor John are going to take turns leading this group but today there was a guest. Pastor Bob! He took over for John when he left the Calvary Chapel he was senior Pastor at in California. He is overflowing with Charisma as he starts off his talk. He starts off talking about before he was saved by grace that he used to look for fights. That he was always fighting and enjoyed it but now he fights the "good fight" and enjoys it even more. I like how he starts this off because he had my attention right from the beginning. He's reading 1 Timothy 6:12-20. Which instructs us to fight the good fight. It goes into how Jesus stood before Pontius Pilate and didn't give in. I love how The Message version says "He's the only one death can't touch". How amazing that is to think about. The passage also tells people who are rich to stop being obsessed with money and to share the wealth. Paul also tells Timothy to guard what he knows, not to give in to what may look really good but not be of God. So back to Pastor Bob -
He goes on to tell us that we need 2 really important things in the battle for the Lord: We need prayer, we should be going to God frequently and not just for ourselves but we need to be praying for others more than ourselves; and our sword. In Ephesians 6:17 the sword is explained to be the word of God, the bible. He made a good point that we don't fall into Sin, we jump in. It's true. We know well enough to know when something is a sin or not, we choose whether we sin or stay away, not to say that it's easy, it's just something we do. Not one of us is without sin, we all fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Let's face it as Pastor Bob says (not in his exact words, I couldn't write fast enough) No one seeks coucelling because they got into trouble for running as far from sin as they could. Good point Pastor.
After a short question and answer sesion we go into some food and fellowship. Everyone is just hanging out, talking, having a great time. I love these people, they are my brothers
and sisters and I'm proud to say so!
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