Another awesome Sunday!

The day started with a good laugh at the fact that my son let his buddy have one of his giant stuffed animals to sleep with. Jordan's first sleepover. I guess he figured his buddy couldn't say anything to him about sleeping with a stuffed animal if he had one too.

Service today was no unlike any other as to where we went and the people we saw, but the message is never exactly the same. This week we went through 2 Corinthians ch 6 and 7. Two whole chapters. Terry said it was a record. Not that he is trying to go through the bible as fast as possible or anything, I'm sure he wasn't shooting for the most chapters read in a 45 minute period, it just turned out that way.

He was talking about Salvation. "There is joy in this journey". I love it when he says that. It's so true. Even though there are ups and downs in a Christian's life and we are not saved from troubles and hard times, we always have Immanuel meaning "God with us"! In chapter 6, the apostle Paul is recognizing the contrast in our walks in his letter to the Corinthians. I love what Paul writes, he's really a man who knows what it's like to love the Lord with all your heart but still have troubles. He even says:

"In fact, I don't understand why I act the way I do. I don't do what I know is right. I do the things I hate. Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good. So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot. Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. And so, if I don't do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right. With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God. But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do. What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die? Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me". ~Romans 7:15-25

How amazing is that! We also watched the Casting Crowns video for Slow Fade today, it talks about how you don't fade away from God in a day, it takes time, it's a slow fade away. It's so true. Even though we have ups and downs in our walk, the object is to keep your eyes on the Lord. Pastor Terry talked about how we don't have to go to church to be a Christian and that it's not the only way to be connected with God but that we should, we need to be "challenged by the word of God"! He's so right! Opening our hearts to what he is telling us. I know I have struggled with that, thankfully my down was followed by an up, getting back on track with the Lord feels like a victory, maybe just a small one but still victory!

I learned today that chapter breaks in the bible were added around 1300 by Stephen Langton. He had to go into chapter 7 right after 6 because it was totally tied together. Most of the book is, but this was really tied together. I encourage everyone to read it, although I'm sure most of you wont, in fact some people probably stopped reading this blog at the mention of Jesus or the bible. I'll keep praying for you.

He also explained the difference between Godly Sorrow and Worldly Sorrow. Godly Sorrow produces repentance and Worldly Sorrow produces death. Being sorry for something but doing it again would be Worldly Sorrow. When peter was sorry for denying knowing Christ he wept and repented, which was a Godly Sorrow, he was truely sorry! Judas though had a Worldly Sorrow, after he turned Jesus in he went out and hung himself. I could go on and on about this for so long and reference more bible verses but that's not what I'm writing about today. So the whole time the Pastor is up there talking about this message that obviously his heart is fully involved it, the two women behind me are using the 45 minutes of Pastor Terry's floor time to chit chat. I don't like that at all. Why sit on the second row, directly in front of the Pastor and talk while he's talking. I thought it was rude and was so distracted at some points that I missed what Pastor Terry was saying. I should have politely asked them to be quiet or gave them the universal signal for "shhh" but instead I turned around and asked them "are you bored". Now this is a perfect example of what the apostle Paul was talking about. I knew that was wrong. Sure they were wrong for talking but wow that was a rude way of telling them. They just gave me a dirty look and then later after service blamed it on the infant, which I'm quite aware doesn't require a whole lot of talking to during a perfectly good sleep session. Anyway if I run into them again I'll be sure to apologize, not for asking them to be quiet but for the way I said it.

So the other thing that happened today was that we brought my dear friend's son with us to Church. The sleepover, remember. Well he said he had fun! Jordan was so excited about it. My mom said that Jordan showed him his bible and explained the bible tabs to him and read vegi tales stories all the way to church. How awesome is my little evangelist son!

So anyway I had an excellent day! I really only meant for this to be a short blog about my day

but I just wanted to share so much with you all. Thanks for reading. I'll be trying hard to keep up the blogging!