We had two couples over.....
..one couple (the Music Director of our church, and his wife) have the ONLY baby in our small church.
I was prepared (& quite willing) to hold him during lunch, so his mommy could eat.
But he slept all during that time, and we all got to chat.
Two very interesting couples....
...the Music Director is former Air Force and played keyboard in the Air Force Band!!!...(he is quite, quite good!!)
He & his wife live 30 minutes away, and I wanted to encourage them because they drive all this way, and once a month they stay in my area to go to the nursing home & give a church service.
This young man is such an asset to our church......his talent, devotion, and enthusiasm are outstanding!
The other couple are retired military....Air Force also.
He now teaches German, and US History, and AP European History at a school in Orlando. (Yes, he drives 45 min. to an hour to work)
They were quite interesting, and really seemed to like the food.-----They all had seconds!
My cake was a big hit too :))))
This is God's own grace......the retired military guy doesn't officially have a father .......his mother has him, and two half sisters, and she never married any of the men who she conceived with.
He was unchurched.....no male role model.
When he was working at McDonalds in highschool, the Christian group called The Navigators...witnessed to him, and he became a Christian.
So the Heavenly Father is the ONLY father he has ever known.
And he is a genuinely caring, nice man............one would never know what a difficult background he's had.
Just reminds me of Michael Card's song.....about God not wasting a thing.
What a testimony of God's grace & love is this fatherless (but no longer) man.
No comment....:-)
and now this:
I see that cnn .... via a blitz of stupid spinning blitzer has officially coined a new phrase this day ...
Super Patriot
Yes ... blitzer used the phrase super patriot ... in trying to assign blame for the anthrax scare. "Let's say it was a "super patriot" who wanted to warn the country about the threat of anthrax ..."
Think about this ...
Super Patriot ... at whose feet is this planned to land?!
Not the demos, that's for sure ...
Super Patriots... at a time of war, no less ... disparaging, manipulative ... awful .... I HATE THE MEDIA!!!
I am spitting nails, here ...
Better ... tomorrow ... I will write ... phone ... e-mail cnn ... enough.... enough ... enough .... enough ....
And that word is ridiculously spelled ...
Wow! What a great story, Guennie! It sounds as though he is truly a 'new creation.'
I had an interesting Sunday myself. I played the organ, as a substitute this morning, and accompanied my husband and older son who sang a beautiful duet together (husband is a tenor, son is a bass-baritone). It was a Hale and Wilder arrangement of the beautiful hymn "Jesus, I am Resting."
Jesus, I am resting, resting in the joy of what Thou art.
I am finding out the greatness of Thy loving heart.
Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee, and Thy beauty fills my soul,
For by Thy transforming power Thou hast made me whole.
Ever lift Thy face upon me as I work and wait for Thee,
Resting 'neath Thy smile, Lord Jesus, earth's dark shadows flee.
Brightness of my Father's glory, sunshine of my Father's face.
Keep me ever trusting, resting, fill me with Thy grace.
Jesus, I am resting, resting in the joy of what Thou art.
I am finding out the greatness of Thy loving heart.
After church, husband, son #1 and daughter #2 went white water rafting in West Virginia, daughter #1 is in Indiana, and of course son #2....Eric is in Kentucky.......so I am here all alone for 3 days!
I will either get a whole lot done, or I will spend every waking hour on FR!! Tough choice! :o)