Quick Update
We had a great Easter! We were able to see several souls saved in our morning service and the auditorium was full. It was such a blessing.
Bus 5 was the #1 bus with only 31. We didn't think we would make that ranking again. Frankly, I was shocked that we had so many on the bus. After my visitation on Saturday, I was afraid we would be doing good to have 20 on there. Many families were having "get-togethers".
The ensemble sang "The Perfect Lamb" for the special and I think it came out ok except for one spot. I love singing in that group because we can really give it all we've got. Every song we have sung has been something that had much feeling in it. Mike and I both struggle with the memorizing of the words but so far it has worked.
The choir also sang a great song, "Forgiven Forever" which was mostly the choir backing up Leah Black as she sang a beautiful solo. We also had to memorize that one. We are really stretching our old brains.
We started relearning the ten commandments on the bus again, since that is something I have flashcards for. We work on the books of the bible most every Sunday and I am really proud of how well some of those children can do that.
I can remember when the ten commandments were something that we just didn't mention in Sunday School. Perhaps it was because we didn't want to stress a set of rules in case someone should think that they could obey those and make it to heaven. But, I have come to realize that most children on my bus have no idea of what God's standard really is. If they don't understand that, how can they ever fathom the depth of their sin. When they live with parents involved in gross immorality as an every day life style, they have a slanted view of what is right and wrong.
The flashcards I have show the numbers decorated in a way to make it understandable. For instance, yesterday, I was working on #3, (thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God in vain). That seems so simple to me but after working on that one a few minutes, I realized that there were some children on the bus that had NEVER even heard such a thing. The number 3 is decorated with two faces. One on the top and one on the bottom. The lesson is that when you have a friend that speaks lovingly to your face and then to your back talks badly of you, you consider that person to be "two-faced". I use that to explain that the word "vain" means empty or without meaning. Just as we do not like it when we have a friend that speaks in an empty way to our face, God does not like to hear His name spoken in an empty fashion. I am apalled today when the TV is on for any length of time, we hear God's name taken in vain over and over. On the bus, the children do that with no thought. Maybe they understand a little more what God's standard is, after yesterday.
Happy Easter to all!! Jesus is alive!!!!!
Bus 5 was the #1 bus with only 31. We didn't think we would make that ranking again. Frankly, I was shocked that we had so many on the bus. After my visitation on Saturday, I was afraid we would be doing good to have 20 on there. Many families were having "get-togethers".
The ensemble sang "The Perfect Lamb" for the special and I think it came out ok except for one spot. I love singing in that group because we can really give it all we've got. Every song we have sung has been something that had much feeling in it. Mike and I both struggle with the memorizing of the words but so far it has worked.
The choir also sang a great song, "Forgiven Forever" which was mostly the choir backing up Leah Black as she sang a beautiful solo. We also had to memorize that one. We are really stretching our old brains.
We started relearning the ten commandments on the bus again, since that is something I have flashcards for. We work on the books of the bible most every Sunday and I am really proud of how well some of those children can do that.
I can remember when the ten commandments were something that we just didn't mention in Sunday School. Perhaps it was because we didn't want to stress a set of rules in case someone should think that they could obey those and make it to heaven. But, I have come to realize that most children on my bus have no idea of what God's standard really is. If they don't understand that, how can they ever fathom the depth of their sin. When they live with parents involved in gross immorality as an every day life style, they have a slanted view of what is right and wrong.
The flashcards I have show the numbers decorated in a way to make it understandable. For instance, yesterday, I was working on #3, (thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God in vain). That seems so simple to me but after working on that one a few minutes, I realized that there were some children on the bus that had NEVER even heard such a thing. The number 3 is decorated with two faces. One on the top and one on the bottom. The lesson is that when you have a friend that speaks lovingly to your face and then to your back talks badly of you, you consider that person to be "two-faced". I use that to explain that the word "vain" means empty or without meaning. Just as we do not like it when we have a friend that speaks in an empty way to our face, God does not like to hear His name spoken in an empty fashion. I am apalled today when the TV is on for any length of time, we hear God's name taken in vain over and over. On the bus, the children do that with no thought. Maybe they understand a little more what God's standard is, after yesterday.
Happy Easter to all!! Jesus is alive!!!!!
posted by momlinda1945 | 8:29 AM
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