Isaac Quote of the Day

Today I was listening to Exodus chapter 26 while Isaac and Abigail were doing school work. Isaac was doing his school work when he suddenly looked up and said, "Did he say Wonka?" We like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I had to look back to see what Isaac really had heard. Want to guess? The verse says, "The length of one curtain..." One curtain, does kind of sound like Wonka if you are just listening a little.

Abigail quote of the day

I was cold so I put on a long sleeved shirt and long sleeved pants. Indiana wasn't cold so she has on a short sleeved shirt and long sleeved pants.

Is that our church?

We have been enjoying our gospel meeting this week with the church. Brother James Rogers has been presenting lessons on following in the footprints of Jesus. Last night he spoke about the steps of Jesus leading to His church and that it isn't "our" church but that the church belongs to Christ. I have been impressed with how well the children have been behaving each night and this morning I found out they are listening as well.
I have several devotional songs that I've been trying to learn and have found that congregations post videos to YouTube of the congregation singing. This morning I was playing a new song and Isaac came up and looked at the ipod and said, "Is that our church?" So I took the opportunity and asked him, "Whose church is it?" and he said, "God's." So then I asked him, "Who bought the church?" and he said, "Jesus." So far he'd been following brother James' outline so I followed up with, "How did Jesus pay for the church?" and Isaac said, "He had to die. That's sad." So then we talked a little more and Isaac came to the conclusion, "Jesus died so we could be members of His church and go to heaven."
We recently had a youth day and I had the opportunity to speak to the young ladies about being ready to give and answer from 1 Pet 3:15. In that lesson I talked a little about earning money verses being given money to spend. I've noticed with my kids if they want something and I tell them they can do chores to earn the money to buy it that once they've earned the money sometimes they decide to save it instead of spending it at the dollar store. As adults I think we are the same way, doesn't that bonus money usually go faster than our weekly paycheck? Do we tend to order more food when someone else is taking us out to eat verses what we would order if we were paying for it ourselves? What if we had to donate blood to earn money? What if stores had blood bank lines and when you took your new shoes up to the counter instead of getting out your wallet you sat in a chair, a nurse put a needle in your arm, and you had to give a pint of blood, or a quart, or a gallon? How long would most of us wait to get new shoes? Jesus didn't just give a little blood for the church though, He gave all of it! So when people say they love Jesus but not His church I find that highly contradictory. If we love Jesus we'll love the things He loves, and what could He love more than the one thing He gave His life for? He gave his life for the assembly, the congregation, the called out people, the church!

Life Goals

We have always tried to teach our kids that their number one goal in life is to get to heaven and their second goal is to help as many people get to heaven with them as they can. Tonight while showering Abigail I was asking her how we get to heaven and she said,"By doing what God says." So I asked her how we know what God says and she said,"We read the Bible." Then I asked her how we help other people get to heaven and she looked at me with a classic Abigail quizzical look and said,"uh, we pay money?" Not sure where that came from but we went on to discuss it and concluded that teaching them the Bible was a better answer to that question.

Indiana's vocabulary

Indiana has started talking a lot more lately. She usually still says "hold you" when she means "hold me." Today she was sitting at the table with Abigail and said, "Abagab, you. I, me."