Game night

Today is Friday. Whoo hooo!!! It is also game night at our church. Usually the second Friday night of the month we gather for an evening of snacks and fellowship as we play games, usually Phase 10, Dominoes or if the pastor is there Mississippi Marbles. What is Mississippi Marbles you ask? Ok maybe you didn’t ask that but I had never heard of the game until we moved here. It is a dice game. You have six dice and you are trying to get to 11,000 points. There are more rules that are too complicated for me to try to type out but it is fun to play. And our pastor has a lot of fun trying to get you to risk the points you have by continuing to roll the dice. So we have game night tonight. I think I am going to make some brownies and a layered bean dip to share. So if you go to my church and read this blog you should come to game night tonight, you don’t know what you have been missing.

On another note you can read all the info on Steve’s blog but last night one of our visitation teams led an 84 year old man to Christ. This is awesome. God never gives up on His children. One of the message boards I am a member of we have been discussing ministry to the elderly. There is a man that is being looked down upon, whose call to preach is being questioned by other pastors around him because as they see it the ministry opportunities he has opened up to him at a nursing home as the only congregation he can get, and in their eyes it is pathetic. Well the way I see it you are lost if you don’t have Jesus in your heart whether you are 8 or 88. No chance to present the gospel should ever be turned down. The gospel is not an easy thing. Christ’s sacrifice was not easy so why do we think we should have it easy when we are told to go and tell. I am so grateful that I already know for sure that I will be in heaven with my Savior. Jesus ministered to the weak, the sick, the poor, the unclean. When did we become so arrogant in our ways that we say so often, “no I can’t do that. I can’t minister to those people. I might get dirty.” Jesus called us to go and tell, not worry about being comfortable and cozy in our happy little comfort zones. Realize I am speaking to myself. I have to start with my own life before I can point one finger at another person.

Just something to think about. Is God telling you to do something that you think is out of your comfort zone? Are you willing to be obedient and be blessed beyond measure?

American Idol

We had friends over last night so I am just now as I type watching American Idol from last night. It was very nice to have our friends over. J needed help with her work for English class so she brought her two boys over. I took one look at the work and suddenly remembered I love literature and writing but I despise grammar. So I promptly handed the book over to Steve and told him he could help. Our kids had a great time showing J’s boys how to play the Wii. The adults even managed to squeeze a couple of games of bowling in before they all headed home.

So anyway I have just seen Brooke White sing and she is by far my favorite girl this season. I love her style of singing and she just has this humbleness about her that I love.  David Cook sang next. Let me just say he is becoming one of my favorites. I am not sure but for some reason I did not like him at first. He can sing and all but he was not one of my favorites from the beginning. I think the turning point was the week he did the We will rock you/We are the Champions combo. That was awesome. Next we have Ramiele. I really can’t figure out how she has made it this far. I really expected her to go home a few weeks ago. And again I was not wowed by her song. Simon was right that it was forgettable. Jason Castro’s hair really creeps me out. He has nice eyes but the hair…ummm I don’t know. Carly Smithson has a great voice. I think she will be in the top. I am still not convinced that she is not pregnant. I said to Steve that I thought she was pregnant before she said anything last week. She looks it in the face. Her face is so much fuller than it was at the beginning of the season. I love, love, love David Archuleta. He can sing and he is just so sweet and pure. Kristy Lee Cook did pretty good this week. Better than in weeks past. Syesha did one of my favorite songs and did it well I thought. She did not try to be Whitney. And she did it sitting down–and she hit the high note, not and easy thing to do.  Michael did well even though I have never heard the song.  Who will go home? Ramiele I think. But then I have thought that before and have been wrong.

So I have just started on some education classes this semester.  I was not sure what to expect with these classes. But I have one of the best professors I have had so far in my time as a student at Liberty University. I have gotten more feedback and responses from her than any other professor. It is nice to have that every now and again. I just turned a paper in last night and it has already been graded. I did very well on the paper. And the professor’s comments were that the paper was very well done and that I have nice writing skills. That was nice to hear.