Bible...

Last Sunday (Feb 21st), before Sunday school, I noticed that my daughter was upset. Upon looking at my wife, she told me that Emma forgot to bring her Bible to church. I asked Emma how she managed to do that, and she said, with a tear in her eye "i dont know". My wife went on to tell me that if Emma doesnt have her Bible at sunday school, she would not get a sticker....I asked if Emma wanted one of my bibles, and she immediately cheered up. "Yes" she said. So off we went to my office and i gave her one of my bibles to use for Sunday school.
this makes me think and leads me to ask the question.. do you take your bible to church? Sure, seeing the verses up on PowerPoint in nice, but it's nicer yet to hold a copy of the Word of God in your hand.
You see, up until recently, church memebrs didnt have the luxiory of having a bible to use in church. The clergy were the only ones to have a copy, and they read passages to people on Sunday. As nice as that is, It's nicer yet to have people open up thier bibles and follow along... if we are supposed to be students of the Word, then shouldnt we bring our copy to church each Sunday? Just a thought...

Valentines Day

My daughter came home from school on Friday with several Valentines Day cards that she’d received from classmates.
This isn’t anything new, for when I was in school; we did the same thing type of thing…. You would get a bunch of valentines, write names on them and give them to everyone in your class, and one special one was for that special someone….
This concept got me thinking… If we were to receive a valentine from God, what would it say?
After a brief search of the Bible, I’ve found it and I want to share it with you now:
For God so loVed the world,
that he gAve
His onLy
BegottEn
SoN
That whosoever
Believes In Him
Should Not Perrish
but have Everlasting life"

God has given us Jesus Christ. He is the best Valentines Day gift that we could ever receive! Have you received Your gift?

funny isn't it....

i was at the post office the other day and i was talking with a fellow (one of the nice parts of my job, i get paid to visit with people!) anyway, he asked me if i had ever gone skiing, and i told him i had been once, but had a bad experinece with it, and i have never been back since.

Immediately i told him, "you know that's a lot like people and church, they have one bad experience and they never go back again." he told me that was intersting, and then the conversation changed to something different.

i think what i said that day is true. people have one bad experience at church and they never go back. but here's what i am wondering:, if we have a bad experience at walmart, do we go back? how about at your favorite restaurant? what about with your car? how about your political party? i know plenty of people that if their car burt, they wouldn't think anything of it to buy the same brand, or if their polititician burnt thier house down, they would still vote for that party, but why is it that we have one bad experience at church and we vow never to go back?

i get it that some people have truly been hurt by the church and that stinks. if that has been your experience, i am sorry, would you consider giving it another try?

that statement makes this next statement very hard for me to put in writing... i guess i will have to give skiing another try... much to my wife's pleasure