Sabbath Day

This morning Bev and I attended Christian Fellowship Church with our daughter and family. They've attended at CFC now about 6 years and are actively involved in a small group on Sunday evenings. Their church family and small group family have been excellent for their Christian growth and becoming more fully formed followers of Jesus Christ. CFC has a Saturday evening service and 2 Sunday a.m. services and I'm guessing they average between 2-3,000 a weekend in worship. 

Today was the third in a message series on "Beginnings" and "A New Marriage- Part 3." Senior Pastor David Niednagel spoke today three key skills necessary for healthy relationships and marriage: 1) To treat all people as created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), 2) To allow my spouse to be my "helper" (Genesis 2:18-23), and 3) To be united with the kind of love that will hold it all together (Genesis 2:24) which includes eros, phileo, and agape. The conclusion asked, "How do I know when I have the right kind of love to be married?" Answer: 1) When I treat others with respect, value, and dignity, 2) Receive correction (from my spouse/others) as God attempting to complete what is lacking in me, 3) Keep commitments and put the needs of others before my own. Good message with some solid teaching. 

We've basically practice Sabbath today and rested and enjoyed each others company. Trevor and I just finished playing together in his bounce house (see picture) and the other picture is of Evan on Saturday, May 2. Don't want to brag, but golly those two boys are mighty cute! 

Bev is thoroughly enjoying her role as grandmother (changing dirty diapers included!). We may be heading back to KY on Wednesday before traveling to OH on Friday. We were going to OH from here, but Kirsten's boys have all been sick with the stomach virus I contracted at their house earlier in our trip. They had hoped to come here this coming week to see their new nephew, cousin, but they may have to wait now.