I am a Church Member

I started a new Ladies Bible study a couple of weeks ago, I came across a book called I am a Church Member written by the CEO of Lifeway Stores. To say that it is convicting is a understatement.
The book can be read in less than two hours, but I told the ladies we will do a chapter at a time and really think about the context of each chapter not just read and go. First chapter was on what we thought being a church member means and how we as Americans look at membership to something as entitlement. Wrong!!! Second week was on forgiveness, and the love chapter in I Corinthians  and how this is not for marriage but was meant for the church. Read that chapter think of your church and you realize how unloving and selfish you can be. This week was on the church is not here for my preferences but for me to serve and humble myself to others as Christ has done. Lets just say that this has been a get real kind of class, I told them from the beginning that it is time for the church to quit being babies and sucking on the milk bottle and start getting real teeth and chewing on the word.  I told them I am not good at baby sitting adults, I not good at making things seem alright when they are not and that time is to short to keep playing the games the church does.  I have a group of about 15 ladies, old, young, new believers, old believers, some I'm not sure are believers. So I do have to try and handle the situations gracefully. But I have decided that we as "mature" (I laugh as I write this)
Christians had better start stepping up to the plate and calling a spade a spade. There are to many uninformed people who say they are Christians and have absolutely no clue to what the scriptures say, they listen to people, Sunday school teachers, radio, their children and never check out the accuracy of what they are learning. We as members of the church have a loving responsibility and it time we did something about it.

Cold Rainy Days

What we do on rainy days, run around church with marker on our face.  When she got there Josh said somehow she got into the markers on the ride over. I laughed and told her we need to wash off and was it permanent markers she said I hope so, I don't want it to come off.

 

 Another stop we have on cold rainy days is Chick-fil-a every Tuesday. Yesterday Joey, Harper and I went to the Children's museum in Winston then to eat.  She had a so much fun at both places. of course Joey made friends with the little kids by throwing snowballs at them in the their igloo I made. All the children started zeroing in on him after a while.

 Last stop was home for rest and as you see she like to play coyote in a box. We get the coyote and put in box to get rid of them. Don't worry lid is not hooked to she can breathe. She comes up with all kinds of crazy things to play.

I love how kids can be so creative, when did we as adults stop. Did we think that it is embarrassing or silly to just be fun at times. I guess that  grandkids are good at bringing out the imagination in us old fudy dudies.

Christmas Week

Harper spent the night with us on Christmas Eve eve

I always have the Davis side of the family over for brunch , so Harper had to have Elsa Hair for the day

Joey and I tried to take our first and only selfie but it didn't work so Audrey took a quick picture. I hate taking pictures of myself. I am totally amazed at the people who take selfies everyday of their life.

Harper loves her bedroom Christmas tree but she told her Mom Sunday morning before church that she didn't like wearing boy plaid pants. Its funny how children already think about things, they were not boy pants but I guess she thought the plaid and colors were.

 

Her favorite present of all, her name is Tink (Tinkerbell) and it is one of the sweetest cats ever. It lets Harper drag her all over the place.

The week before Christmas and all through the...

Loves to mow with Pap-paw, especially in this tractor it has heat/air and radio

She wanted me to chase her up the hill with my car, don't tell her parents

Then our next stop was Macaroni grill for bread and noodles

Then her favorite place of all .

Then after going to the new toy store we found off to Tanglewood to show us the lights, this is her second trip.

Joseph

Today our youth pastor preached about the sacrifices Joseph made, the shame of marrying a woman who was already pregnant. Trusting a woman who told him she was a virgin, stepping out in faith that what the angel said to him was true. Then becoming the man to raise the Messiah. Joseph was a
righteous and blessed man.