A few scattered thoughts for Tuesday.
Time with the kids:
- Monday, we spent about an hour and a half in our living room searching for the Apple TV remote. We cleaned everything in our path, but alas . . . no remote!
- To celebrate, we went to McDonald’s and got ice cream and milkshakes. Don’t ask me how, but within minutes of leaving McDonald’s I had to pull over and help them get whipped cream topping off their fingers . . . and the van seat. It made for a good laugh!
- We took a bunch of kids on a bike ride in the evening Monday to the playground at Rimer. Traveling with a half dozen kids by bike for a mile each way is definitely an adventure!
Sports:
- Sheldon Ocker had a nice article about why Indians fans shouldn’t panic about losing so many games recently. I agree. Rough stretch, to be sure. But, no reason to lose hope. This team is much deeper than in years past.
- Rafael Nadal won his 8th French Open on Sunday. Even if you don’t care about tennis, you have to admit one person winning one tournament eight times is incredible!
Discipleship:
- Do you care more about making disciples than whether you like your church’s worship service?
- Is your day to day Christianity truly more important to you than what happens at your church on Sunday or Wednesday?
- Challenge: invite someone to study the Bible with you. Even if you don’t know much about the Bible, I bet this will challenge you to listen more. If someone says yes, you could just go off your church’s sermons. Teach what you learn!
Random:
- Are fast food milkshakes really worth $2? Alexa and David (suckers!) got milkshakes with their money, and I spent $1 for two dishes of ice cream for Jocelyn and me.
- I am really looking forward to Project Shine 2013. God has provided so much. I pray he brings us through an amazing week of ministry next week!
Faith Quote:
“We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.” – David Platt, Radical