I awoke this morning to Paul saying, "Happy Fourth of July, Mommy!" and Lydia saying, "Happy Birthday, Mommy!" Matt got the patriotic music playing on the cd player while he made pancakes for our hungry crew. Joel bobbed his head to the music as he waited in his chair at the table. We are truly blessed by the Lord.
Wednesday, my summer Bible study reconvened. Three of us gals have been meeting for the last three summers to work through Nancy Missler's "Way of Agape" series. This year we had considered not meeting at all due to our busy schedules, but then decided God's Word should be first and we would meet, although for only four or five sessions instead of ten. We're studying A.W. Pink's "Repentence" this year. We're all very aware of how much we have to learn in this area. As we sat in the unair-conditioned room of the church where we meet, I could feel a "murmuring and complaining" spirit well up within me. Then the Lord reminded me how blessed I am to be able to study His Word without restriction or fear of persecution. As a nation, we are blessed. His mercy has definitely been upon us since our nation's beginning.
This afternoon we will head to church for a 4th of July BBQ. The donations gathered will go towards the building of our new church and school. Matt was asked to be in charge of kids games. I know he plans on splattering some British Redcoats with water balloons. I'm not sure what else he has up his sleeve (he probably doesn't either), but Matt is good at thinking up games on the fly and I'm sure all the kids will have a ton of fun.
Tonight we'll watch the city's fireworks display. The kids love the 4th of July because bedtime rules do not apply. They're already all stoked up and will probably be good and crabby by the time the show starts, but maybe we'll get a good quiet time in today to ward off the crabbies (hah, hah).
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