It's been a good week.
Had good health...
Productive days in school...
Another good basketball practice and game for Beth...
A good night of bowling with some cousins...
Good discussion/fellowship in Bible study...
We're seeing prayers answered...
And the Lord faithfully working in hearts and lives.
I still haven't gotten into the habit of hauling my camera along with me on our family outings, so there were some blog opportunities that were missed. But sometimes it's nice to fully live the moments rather than seeing them through the lens of the camera anyway...
We have many reasons to be thankful.
That said, we are still walking through a difficult time in our extended family.
It is what it is, and God is still good, and we know that--regardless of the outcome--we have a long road ahead. So, it's one of those things where you just do the next thing and draw near to the Lord and make the most of the many good gifts that God gives each day.
The funny thing is that when I started typing this blog entry, I had no intention of telling you any of this!
It's crazy how I can sit in front of the keyboard and it's as if the words just write themselves sometimes.
The theme that has risen up in our home the last couple of days has been:
E D I F Y
We studied the second half of Romans 14 in Bible study last night...
Verse 19 says:
"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Edification means to "build up"...
It is so encouraging as a child of God to have the opportunity to come alongside our brothers and sisters in Christ and do what we can to lift them up.
Philippians 1:27 was brought out in our discussion. In the ESV, these words jumped out at me:
"standing firm"
"one spirit"
"one mind"
"striving"
"side-by-side"
These words paint such a beautiful picture of what our lives should look like as Christ-followers.
And so ends a blog entry that was supposed to be about my couch! Ha!
Maybe there was someone out there who was supposed to read these words . . .
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