God calls us to be his followers and gives us many guides: The Ten Commandments, The Beatitudes, etc. And with all of this in His Word he tells us in John that we will be persecuted as he was persecuted. It doesn't mean that we'll be nailed to a cross. It doesn't mean that we will be shot to death for saying we believe in God. It means that we will fear saying the right thing or doing the right thing because of persecution in form of words, weird looks, etc. Are we radical? Am I radical? Can I be?
Lord, help me to be your radical follower! Help me to not fear, but to trust that you will save me.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Summer Time
It's already July! It seems that summer just started and it's already half over. We had the best "summer" weekend! Saturday we swam for like 4 hours! Noah's a fish! He absolutely LOVES the water. He LOVES jumping in the water all by myself! Landon had fun too. He's a little more timid, but by the time we left he had been in the pool for about an hour.
Sunday we spent most of the day out at my grandma's for a cookout. It was like old times, but I was an adult watching the kids play outside! Sometimes it seems like I was just a kid playing kickball. Then when we came home, Matt and the boys camped out in a tent in the backyard. Who know they would actually sleep out there all night! They made it. Their first time camping and they made it through the night! I guess it took them about 30 min to fall asleep and they did wake up a couple of times during the night, but overall it was a good time. I enjoyed the whole bed to myself and wasn't freaking out because Matt wasn't home or something! It was a good night across the board.
Monday another cookout with lots of swimming for the boys! Noah and Landon swam for about 4 hours again! They ate first and then swam. Landon may have finally beat the fear he had! They didn't want to get out. Then back home to park and get the stroller to walk downtown to the fireworks. They LOVED them. Decatur always has a very nice show. They do a good job. The boys were up until about 11:00 p.m. It was crazy, but loads of fun! They were so excited to see the fireflies once again.
It was just like the storybook holiday weekend with family and swimming and hamburgers and hotdogs!
Sunday we spent most of the day out at my grandma's for a cookout. It was like old times, but I was an adult watching the kids play outside! Sometimes it seems like I was just a kid playing kickball. Then when we came home, Matt and the boys camped out in a tent in the backyard. Who know they would actually sleep out there all night! They made it. Their first time camping and they made it through the night! I guess it took them about 30 min to fall asleep and they did wake up a couple of times during the night, but overall it was a good time. I enjoyed the whole bed to myself and wasn't freaking out because Matt wasn't home or something! It was a good night across the board.
Monday another cookout with lots of swimming for the boys! Noah and Landon swam for about 4 hours again! They ate first and then swam. Landon may have finally beat the fear he had! They didn't want to get out. Then back home to park and get the stroller to walk downtown to the fireworks. They LOVED them. Decatur always has a very nice show. They do a good job. The boys were up until about 11:00 p.m. It was crazy, but loads of fun! They were so excited to see the fireflies once again.
It was just like the storybook holiday weekend with family and swimming and hamburgers and hotdogs!
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