This was one of those "AWWWW!" kind of Lord's Days. We had a full house this morning with quite a few visitors. We had had a couple show up last Sunday for the first time. This week they came back and brought both their son and daughters' families. It has been good to meet them and their family, and we hope to see much more of them! James and Debbie P. were up from Houston, too. It is always great to see their smiling faces!
The singing was amazing...if anything, our remodeling improved the acoustics in our building. Dennis lead his old favorite, "The Ninety and Nine." Mike gave an excellent lesson on Ezekiel and the dry bones...about how through faith, life can come from something that everyone would think impossible. Then during the invitation song, we had someone come forward who has been out of duty for over 30 years! I know his parents have been praying earnestly for years for this to happen, but it was a surprise to them when he showed up and then expressed his desire to return to church. There was much rejoicing!
The afternoon was pretty quiet. The girls came over for dinner, but then headed back to their house. Several of the guys were delivering our old church pews to different ones who wanted them. The girls got one to put in their screened in porch. It was a perfect fit! I would loved to have gotten one, but we just don't have any place where one would fit.
This evening, our crowd was quite a bit smaller...all of our visitors were gone. But it was still a wonderful assembly. Heather has been doing SO much better lately and was there both times today (she even felt up to going out tonight with the group). Layne gave an excellent study on Joshua 4. He incorporated an analogy that has stuck with him from a lesson that Charles B. gave at our camp meeting six years ago...that of a concrete foundation. He drew from the verses in Joshua 4 about setting up stones as a reminder...to teach the children about the wonderful things that God had done for them. He likened our training up and teaching our children to pouring a slab of concrete. When a slab is poured, it needs to be smoothed and shaped and worked and reinforced to be able to support the building that will be built upon it. Otherwise it will just be a hard lump of concrete that is good for nothing and will erode and crumble away. It was a very good lesson...as his always are! After the assembly we had a group of 13 go to Rosa's for supper. We really enjoy our time together. What a great way to start the week!
I hope you all had a wonderful Lord's Day as well!
Ps 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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