- From Luke 7 we began with a discussion/presentation about joy. Josiah contrasted the joy factor in Simon, the host, and the uninvited woman. The catch phrase of the lesson was: "forgiven little, love little- forgiven much, love much"
- From Philippians 3 we looked at Paul and how he needed to repent of his religiosity. This led to a discussion on how we need to better understand how deep our sin is and how incredible God's holiness is.
- The whole gospel is equal parts forgiveness and righteousness. Jesus death on the cross gives us forgiveness once and for all, and He imparts his righteousness to us through our faith in Him- we cannot earn it. When we couple our forgiveness and our unearned righteousness with a bigger understanding of our sin and God's holiness we should be overflowing with joy and motivated to be obedient!!
- And, we received an assignment today that challenges us to refrain from doing a laundry list of things for the next 3 days. Among the items we can't do are gossipping, criticizing others, complaining, boasting, deceiving, stretching the truth, interrupting others, making excuses, and defending yourself. Sounds like fun, eh?
We are anxious to hear the next 5 sessions! The kids get the added treat of participating in VBS in the evenings thanks to a group of people who came from the States just to do that!
Mason has been working hard at learning "Fist of the Dragon" martial arts.
He has 3 sessions each week 
and thus far there have only been two students! I watched the lesson today and was pretty impressed. Devin and Mason worked hard for 90 minutes, kicking the heavy bag, learning how to properly fall, doing flips, slightly punching each other, stretching body parts I'd rather not stretch, and having a blast doing everything. I really think April should sign up for the class. Then she wouldn't have any fear in walking after dark!
Martial arts April. That is a picture that just doesn't compute.
ReplyDeleteNor does the picture of Kung Fu Karis or Evil Ninja Ellie.
Mason, however, learning the way to fall right does make sense . . . just watch out for Camden. Big brothers are good at making little brothers fall!
I think Jasmine could have used some martial arts training. She had dominated Izzy, but it looks like Izzy has used the last couple weeks for training. Now they are too equally matched . . . and we find bits of fur on the floor.
We miss you, but enjoy the frequent reports. Don't let the week off cause your brains to revert to English only!
Steve