August 26, 2012
Today was, once again, a special day.
Sarah Gillespie, recently deceased sweetheart of Randy Bates, was being honored by having people sign a banner that was used at a fund-raiser recently, held in Sarah's memory.
For the "Bunkhouse," Randy delivered a powerful quatrain (4 lined poem) on his faith. Randy was presented an extra special cross that I selected for him and together with Kenny Woodruff we selected the verse that should be burnt into it.
The cross broke during its construction but I glued it back together. I selected it for Randy because the mended crack is symbolic of the mending of Randy's heart the cross is intended to bring. On it are burnt the initials of many of Randy's friends, letting him know that he is prayed for and loved by them.
Norm had musical accompaniment today and he was playing a mandolin, for most of the songs. Norm announced that the fundraising efforts the chuch worked on, led in large part by Christy Mason, had collected in excess of $8,000!!
Marlee Shaw led the Bible study and we had a wonderful "No Coincidence" again today. Her topic was how do we deal with feeling "overwhelmed." She handed out nine cards with various scripture verses to several folks who read those passages. The fourth passage, read by JoAn Meyer, was from 2Corinthians 12:9. The coincidence? For her leading the Bible Study today, Kenny Woodruff had selected a cross with a verse, to present to her. He made that selection last week. What verse was on that cross?
Yup, 2Cor 12:9!!
We had a guest preacher today, Brian Watson, who started out giving the Lord thanks for the healing attributes of the aroma of coffee for asthmatics.
Last, but not least, we visitors brought visitors! Brent Groff, of Old Town Hobby in Lewisville, attended with his family, his wife, Karen, and his daughters, Sarah and Emily.
Peace,
