Visit home.....

Went home to Lansing today to pick up the girls from my in-laws house. And to bbq at the sis-in-laws house and remove the fallen tree. We went up in time to attend our home church, South Lansing Christian Church for Sunday School and Worship. Sunday School there is always a pleasure to attend. Ray Lund teaches on just about everything not just strictly sticking to the bible, but sometimes venturing into Christian history. Today we studied II Timothy 3 and as always I learned something knew and have almost a full page of notes.

I then got to hear one of the first messages by the new minister Frank Weller. It was on what was expected of us Christians as the Church body and good Christians. All about the hows and whys of seeking God in our lives, the reasons we fail sometimes and ways to succeed. But the thing that stuck with me the most was the "key" to seeking God of the message. It is love. As Frank so greatly put it our love for God needs to be proclaimed out loud. He gave the example of Tom Cruise on Oprah's couch professing his love for Katie Holmes. That our proclamation of our love for God should be along those lines - out loud, unashamed, unrelenting and for everyone to hear. Just what I needed to hear this weekend. It touched on something I didn't know I was needing. I love when worship sermons do that.

Back home now and glad that I have air conditioning. It was to darn hot today! But the girls do need to be outside in this. They are spoiled in the fact that their school is the only elementary in their district that has a/c. I am torn at the thought that we as kids could run free in our neighborhoods and be safe. Our parents didn't worry about us being out and about. But that feeling is gone, predators are known to live in your neighborhood and nothing feels safe anymore. Whats a mother to do?

And now its bedtime as I plan to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow and start running.